In the year 2327, the dusty library on the outskirts of a long-abandoned city lies shrouded in a somber, crepuscular haze, the air thick with the scent of aged paper and metallic decay. Sunlight struggles to penetrate the grimy windows, casting a faint, golden glow over the room, where the only sound is the creaking of worn wooden beams. The mood is one of contemplative longing, as if the very walls are infused with the weight of forgotten knowledge.
Aika's fingers move with deliberate slowness over the portable CORE7 broadcast rig, her eyes fixed intently on the device as she searches for a signal. Rika sits beside her, legs crossed, her gaze drifting toward the shelves of old books, her expression a mix of determination and wistful nostalgia. The soft hum of the device and the creaking of the wooden beams are the only sounds that break the silence, as the two women are lost in their own thoughts, their faces set in a resolute quest for answers. The warm glow of the setting sun casts long shadows across the room, imbuing the scene with a sense of melancholic hope.
“Signal's weak, but I think I've got something.”
“What is it?”
“A fragment of a transmission, possibly from the Polyák family.”
“Play it back, let's hear what we're dealing with.”
“It's corrupted, but I can try to reconstruct the message.”
As Aika's fingers dance across the device, the faint outline of a message begins to take shape, its words hanging in the air like a promise of redemption, and the silence between the two women is filled with a sense of longing and anticipation. The discovery of this signal sets them on a path that will lead them deeper into the heart of the abandoned city, in search of the truth about the Polyák family.