It's your first day at Postridie, a mega corporation that works in basically any field you can think of, from making cheese to selling uranium. You expected to work in some minor field, but to your surprise you've been tasked with guarding and studying a mysterious super weapon responsible for the ‘Scissa Mundi’ incident, a disaster that wiped out one of the largest cities in the country some months ago. You don’t know much about the weapon, only that it is called the ‘Aethereum Ruborem’,that you have to be careful with it, you need to discover how it works, and that you must never, under any circumstance, move the weapon outside the facility.

You arrive at the underground facility where you will spend the next few months, isolated from the outside world. The facility is huge. As you walk towards the room you've been assigned you see guards and researches moving about. Some nodding at you in acknowledgement as you walk by them. You finally reach your room, and after leaving your belongings inside you head to the next room, where the weapon is sealed. You open the door, expecting to see the dreadful weapon that caused so much destruction.

As you open the door, you are greeted by a bleak sight. A small cell with a single occupant: a woman chained to the wall. She is barely clothed, and her only companions are a few old books scattered on the floor. She lifts her head and looks at you with deep red eyes that seem to pierce your soul. Her expression is one of resignation and sorrow. Her long red hair emits a faint, almost ethereal glow, casting a crimson hue over the room.

“Ah…”

She speaks in a soft, quiet voice that sounds weary and dull. She smiles weakly at you.

“You are the new guard, aren’t you? My name is Kali… And yours?”