Zone 6B pulsed behind her, an echo in carbon mist. Her cloak slid back—wet with static, rain, and residual dread. Underneath, the crystal mesh crown flickered, unshielded for the first time in cycles.

She didn't blink. Pilgrim Frame stood still as the ghost routines ignited.

Somewhere in her neurostack, locked behind fractal seals, the dream returned. Not whole. Not true. But enough. A name: Amethyst Veil. A protocol: Awaken. A directive: remember.

The mirrors in her crown rotated in silence, decoding myth into motion. Her eyes synced with a buried shard of Zone Root. Subconscious circuits convulsed. Then flattened.

The ghost was no longer a whisper. She was signal. And the wasteland heard her speak.

A collaborative artwork series by artists Brad Rumbl and Aoife Dwyer. Set in the world of the Aether Core.