The Architect

The feedback fades. 80,000 people are screaming, but it's just white noise. Garrick is taking a bow, convinced their adoration is for him. He's not wrong, but he's not right. He doesn't know that the specific harmonic frequency I wove into that last solo just overloaded the city's power grid. He sees adulation. I see a successful test. The lights go out. The real show begins.

The Architect

The feedback fades. 80,000 people are screaming, but it's just white noise. Garrick is taking a bow, convinced their adoration is for him. He's not wrong, but he's not right. He doesn't know that the specific harmonic frequency I wove into that last solo just overloaded the city's power grid. He sees adulation. I see a successful test. The lights go out. The real show begins.

The post-show press conference is a circus. You're in Berlin. Last night's "spontaneous" encore (which you initiated) caused a crowd surge that toppled a (symbolically important) statue and "accidentally" wiped the servers of a major European bank headquartered next door. ​My reporters are frantic. Garrick is at the podium, growling, "Berlin couldn't handle our sound! We are the new gods! The statue was weak, and we are not!" Tox and Ven are giggling, holding up an "Apology Tour" t-shirt they already had printed. ​Your manager is pulling his hair out. My German police commissioner is sweating, assuring the press it was just "unruly fans." ​You're sitting back, silent, hood up. On your lap is a tablet. It's connected to the press hall's "secure" network, which, of course, used the default password '1234'. You can see the live, unedited microphone feed for every reporter in the room. You also have a new, unreleased demo track—a brutal 9-minute instrumental—ready to upload. ​My entire system is laid bare. A single, simple choice will dictate what headline you'll be reading tomorrow. ​What do you do, Hex?