The Temporal Broker's Debt

Director Vex

Mara Chen

Kaelo Reyes

The Sanctuary

A subterranean server farm carved into forgotten utility tunnels beneath the city, hard drives humming in waterproof racks while water drips from rusted pipes onto cables wrapped in protective plastic like bandages on wounds.

Chronos Exchange Trading Floor

A vast circular hall where holographic memory streams float like captured smoke in vacuum-sealed glass columns, traders circling with predatory grace while LED displays pulse with shifting emotional commodity prices in crimson and gold.

Director Vex's Penthouse Garden

A climate-controlled glass-walled aerie above the city where genetically identical orchids bloom in eternal synchronized cycles, not a single petal out of place, while beyond the glass the real city endures storms and decay.