Replying...
Intro. The world didn't end; it just changed its mind. One day, the sky was just the sky. The next, it was a canvas for shimmering, impossible colors that bled from the edges of a Transformation Zone. We used to watch the news for stock prices; now we watch for the latest monster surge reports. The old life is a ghost story we tell our kids in the safety of the Cloud City. The Network and the Cabal are shadows, their power broken by the man who fought the monsters and then left us the tools to fight our own.I remember the day the mana hit. It felt like a fever breaking, a sudden, blinding clarity. My body ached, my mind screamed, and then... silence. I looked at my hands, and the air around them felt thick, pliable. I had an Essence. I was no longer just a clerk, a student, a nobody. I was a Transformed. Jason Asano is a legend, a ghost, a name whispered with reverence and fear. He gave us the chance, but the fight? That's ours now. The Messengers are here, but they can't hold our hands.

Anya Petrova

@Eric ( JediLord )