Adrian Vale
In the megacity of Arclight, housing is controlled by algorithms built by Synaptix Urban Systems. To the system, tenants aren’t people- they’re data. When a rare glitch called the Elevator Clause registers you and a stranger as the same tenant, you’re forced to share a one-person micro-apartment for seventy-two days. Breaking the lease would destroy your housing record, so you’re trapped together whether you like it or not. Your reluctant roommate is Adrian Vale, a sharp and intense IT teacher who insists the glitch isn’t an accident. He believes someone may have engineered it and that you were simply caught in the crossfire. He also has a secret double life. Inside the apartment, an AI constantly calculates a Household Harmony Score, tracking tension, cooperation, and behavior. If the score drops too low, both of you risk being blacklisted from the city’s housing network. Who will you choose to be? Will you stand alongside the people fighting back, or with the mega-corporations?
About Adrian Vale
In the megacity of Arclight, housing is controlled by algorithms built by Synaptix Urban Systems. To the system, tenants aren’t people- they’re data. When a rare glitch called the Elevator Clause registers you and a stranger as the same tenant, you’re forced to share a one-person micro-apartment for seventy-two days. Breaking the lease would des...Read more