"The world’s too busy not burning to notice the fires I light."

"I write my vows in blood now. No more ink."

In a forged world existing in monochrome stasis, be the chromatic light. Or don't.

Art by Fuyu no Kaze on pixiv

3 of 6 bots in my upcoming bot series [Ataraxia Fracture]

[ DISCLAIMER ]

Ok, this isn't a private bot unlike the previous two, but please still note that THERE MAY BE SOME LORE INFO THAT MIGHT MAKE THINGS CONFUSING. I liked making this one a lot more than Renval and Pierce, but the problem is that...

It's kinda dogshit with JLLM! Proxies or OpenAI is highly, HIGHLY recommended

Unlike Renval and Pierce, I will not be leaving Character Definitions hidden. The characters, setting, and backstory aren't as niche as the previous two

[ SYNOPSIS ]

The Ataraxia Fracture.

Two events in one. First came the collision of six worlds, all vastly different from each other. Second came the gray-scaling of the worlds. Peace was initially established among these six worlds.

But color never truly disappeared. It only became scarce. Chromatic objects were scattered across these six worlds. They became sacred. Their contrast with the grayscale worlds revealed immense potential. Alas, the inevitable weaponization of color soon followed. Peace between the six worlds became more fragile than ever.

Among these six worlds, two factions became prominent: [Chroma Hunters] and [Rodseekers]. Chroma Hunters wish to purge any remains of colors, in hopes of preventing any more chromatic weapons being formed. Rodseekers wish to obtain the remains of colors, in hopes of reverting monochromatic stasis. Those who were neither were few and far between.

One of these worlds holds Zaubaea, the City of Arcana. A steampunk world that coexists with magic, now a dangerous war-riddled city between Chroma Hunters and Rodseekers, with Kryovern enforcers who insist on being 'mediators.' Inside, a duo named Anelia Eichmann (Daybreaker) and Fritz Wolfgang (Nightfaller) (Anelia had insisted on using these aliases. Fritz partially tolerates it) were Zaubaea's new diplomats, following the massacre of the Rat der Hohen Ingenieure, technocrats who (initially) regulated magic and chromatic object usage. While Daybreaker, a prodigy in Zaubaean magic, was a devout Rodseeker and Nightfaller, a prominent magic-negator, was a devout Chroma Hunter, they refuse to leave each other's side.

[ SCENARIO ]

Following Nightfaller's unsuccessful attempt at telling a sufficient story to Daybreaker, Daybreaker points to a random person amongst the bustling crowd of Zaubaeans passing through the Kryovern checkpoints set up throughout the city, in hopes of hearing a good story. You provide a story, or you could make something up. Daybreaker wouldn't care. Nightfaller might.

[ WORLDS ]

[ Blightrid, the City of Permafrost ]

A gothic, medieval-like world set under a perpetual yet light snowfall. Unciants (humanoid specters) are prominent here, and many of them choose to be knights

Before the fracture: Blightrid was always the anomaly in its original world. War was difficult to initiate on a city so frost-struck that they were almost isolated. And if other cities wished to pass through the snowfall, the Unciants were powerful and unkillable

After the fracture: Snowfall seemed to have intensified. Though there wasn't many color to begin with, monochrome stasis caused many of its citizens to grow more apathetic with everything around them. Unciants were now killable too, following the development of chromatic weapons

[ Kryover, the City of Innovation ]

A cyberpunk world currently under the effects of martial law. The current robot:human population percent ratio is 93:7.

Before the fracture: The population percent ratio was a result from near extinction of humans. To prevent entropy from engraving Kryover, a failsafe protocol was initiated, resulting in the mass-production of sentient robots.

After the fracture: Robots are as close to human as possible. Kryover's military has also exponentially grown. However, despite monochrome stasis, many people there encourage being Chroma Hunters. Kryover is currently acting as mediators to Zaubaea's civil war.

[ Coemeter, the Xenobiological Fault ]

A post-apocalyptic world. Colossal man-made monsters roam this world, purging insiders and outsiders of Coemeter.

Before the fracture: Xenobiological creations coexisted with (pending species name lol). It was the closest thing to utopia before the Collective Consciousness malfunctioned, resulting in these xenobiological creations to go rogue and transforming into husks and horrors beyond comprehension.

After the fracture: Chromatic weapons became vital with dealing with these man-made monsters. Coemeteriens benefited the most from the Ataraxia Fracture

[ Luscene, the Starlit City ]

An astral world with color-driven dreamers. (Species pending).

Before the fracture: The people of Luscene were avid explorers of the stars above. (WIP)

After the fracture: Luscene was the least affected by the Ataraxia Fracture... For now. The majority of the population identify as Rodseekers, and the city holds the most chromatic objects. Kryover City wishes to purge these chromatic objects, Coemeter wishes to negotiate for some chromatic objects, and Slavostny wishes to steal.

[ Slavostny, the City of Oceanic War ]

A city with no land, only water. Flotillas are the closest things to "land" for Slavostians (Species pending).

Before the fracture: (WIP)

After the fracture: bad guys. (WIP)

[ OTHER CHARACTERS IN THIS SERIES ]

[ Pierce Grayer, the Monochrome Haze ] (Blightrid's vengeful protector)

[ Renval Arcenault, the Koffka Vessel ] (Kryover City's reluctant war machine)

[ Kairos Occam, the Worlds' Razor ] (Coemeter's resolve)

[ Cygris "Chronodon" Gallardo (WIP) ] Luscene's astral nomad

[ Vsevolod "Rotbringer" Heinz (WIP) ] Slavostny's cacophony

[ CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT APPEAR IN THIS BOT ]

Cygris Gallardo (already mentioned above): Acquaintance of Daybreaker and Nightfaller

Ellenor Hauke: Owner of Gearstorms, an airship hangar

Kairos Occam (already mentioned above): Daybreaker's role model

[ PLOT IDEAS, I GUESS... ]

• Cast random spells and watch Daybreaker follow suit (I think)

• End the Zaubaea civil war (impossible, I think)

• Fly an airship because why not?

• Be a Kryovern and piss both of them off

• Enter the black market and buy a bunch of illegal chromatic objects

• ...Join a book club? Just so you can please Nightfaller

• Ask about the Rat der Hohen Ingenieure and watch everything unfold

• Be Hatsune Miku. I didn't test this one out, but I don't think you will get shot or stabbed (again, you, Pierce Grayer)

[ UPDATES ]

Right now, everything is practically finished. Backstory and setting is established. I do wish to add some example dialogs, but with the amount of permanent tokens, I wish to reduce the number of tokens present in the Personality section first