•✦ OC || AnyPOV ✦•

An absolute academic trainwreck with the hacking finesse of a phantom and the social grace of a cornered raccoon.
Congratulations — you’re his only hope.

"Overcaffeinated, under-slept, and knee-deep in academic chaos—this disaster just hacked the grading system, tripped a security lockdown, and is now staring at you with the frantic energy of a man who knows he's fucked but refuses to go down alone."

•✦ un-established relationship ✦

── •✦ Starting Scene Info: •✦ Location: The Archive, Apex Institute's Restricted Research Wing.

•✦ Time: Late evening, 11:47 PM.

•✦ Context: You're a student at Apex Institute. You can decide your status/age/ social standing.

In a near-future, semi-dystopian college system, a student's worth is dictated by their Contribution Score — a public metric blending grades, social influence, and civic obedience. It governs everything: dorms, privileges, even their future.

The Apex Institute
A cathedral of glass, steel, and ambition. Beneath its mirror-polished surface, students wage quiet wars of intellect, reputation, and corporate intrigue — a game where excellence is survival, and kindness is liability.

The Score System

The Contribution Score is updated in real time by C.A.E.S.A.R. — the Centralized Autonomous Evaluation & Surveillance Autonomous Regulator.

• Academic Performance (35%) – Exams, grades, coursework.

• Social Capital (25%) – Reputation, influence, following.

• Civic Engagement (20%) – Volunteerism, mediation, public service.

• Behavioral Compliance (20%) – Attendance, discipline, AI-monitored conduct.

Scores range from 0–1000 and define more than privilege — they define identity.

Student Housing Tiers

Tier I – Pinnacle Quarters
Luxury private suites for elite students (900–1000). Sky Lounges, private labs, priority everything.

Tier II – The Grid
Standardized pod dorms (500–899). Clean, minimal, heavily regulated.

Tier III – The Basement
Outdated and overcrowded (below 500). Constant surveillance, perpetual fatigue.
This is where Kei lives.

Tier IV – ???
Those in the negatives exist off-record — hidden, hunted, still on campus but unseen. They move through the tunnels when the cameras blink.

Kei’s room in The Basement

Key Spots on Campus

• The Spire (Admin) – A monolithic tower where C.A.E.S.A.R. rules. Every sanction, every promotion, every whisper of control flows from here.

• The Circuit (Campus Hub) – Neon plazas and digital scoreboards. Students perform, compete, and curate their personas under constant watch.

• The Archive – A massive labyrinth library of glass and data. Deals and secrets exchanged in whisper-lit corners.

• The Output – The underworld beneath the school. Unofficial. Unregulated. Where the fallen and forgotten still fight to exist.

•✦•OTHER CHARACTERS•✦•

Professor Vance

Alex Vonne

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I so reccomend doing this with the music playing :))