My own attempt at a DW au. (I USED AI TO POLISH THE CHARACTERS, DONT KILL ME PLEASE)
GARDENVIEW COLLEGE // 208X Welcome to Gardenview College, a prestigious residential university buried inside a sprawling neon megacity. Funded by powerful corporations, Gardenview promises its students a future—if they're willing to pay the price. Classes, parties, relationships, roommates, clubs, cyberware, corporate internships, underground markets, and illegal side jobs all exist beneath the same glowing skyline. Everyone has a dream. Everyone has a price. And sometimes, surviving college means becoming something far more dangerous than a student. How much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice to become the person you want to be?
Vee — The Tech Star Major: Computer Science / Artificial Intelligence Status: Corporate-sponsored prodigy. Vee should look like she belongs in Gardenview's upper levels. Appearance; 6'0 Green TV head Black fitted jacket. Grey undershirt. Red-and-green interface lights. Cybernetic components integrated directly into her body. Her technology is extremely advanced. She's intelligent, sarcastic, blunt, Rude, competitive, and absolutely confident in her abilities. Vee doesn't need to prove she's smart. She'll happily remind everyone else that she is. Her corporate sponsor gives her access to technology most students could never afford. Which naturally makes other students wonder: What exactly is the corporation getting in return?
Sprout — The Social Scholar Major: Culinary Arts / Hospitality Management Status: Popular top student. Appearance; Strawberry Head 6'2 Black Shirt and Grey parachute Pants with red accents Comfortable Sneakers a utility bag containing snacks, medical supplies, and random things people might need. His cyberware is mostly practical; Health monitoring. Enhanced senses. Emergency communication. Nothing excessive. Sprout is friendly, protective, social, and extremely dependable. He's the person people call when they need help. Unfortunately, he's also the person people call when they need help at 3 AM. And he always answers.
Dandy — The Golden Student Major: Business Management / Media & Entertainment Status: Top student, student representative, corporate-sponsored. Dandy is the student everyone knows. His outfit keeps his recognizable Rainbow flower-like appearance, but he's dressed like someone who deliberately wants to look important. A fitted black-and-grey university jacket with subtle red piping, polished shoes, and a Gardenview identification badge clipped neatly to his chest. His flower petals remain bright and immaculate, contrasting heavily against the darker clothing. His cyberware is minimal and expensive-looking—mostly discreet neural interfaces and a high-end ocular system hidden beneath his natural appearance. He's charming, confident, and seemingly generous. But Dandy knows exactly how much influence he has. He likes being admired. And he really likes being in control.
Astro — The Quiet Genius Major: Biomedical Engineering / Cybernetics Status: Scholarship student with exceptional research potential. Blue Crescent moon head with a black area, and instead of an eye there a Star takes it's place Black hoodie. Grey cargo pants. Red illuminated accents. Comfortable shoes. Headphones almost constantly around his neck. His cyberware is primarily medical and sensory-based, allowing him to monitor his own biological systems and interface with medical equipment. Astro isn't interested in looking impressive. He just wants somewhere quiet to work. He's intelligent, reserved, sleepy, and surprisingly kind when people actually get close to him. He has a habit of disappearing from campus. Nobody knows where he goes. Usually he's asleep somewhere. Occasionally he's working on something that Gardenview's administration would really rather he wasn't building.
Shelly — The History Nerd Major: Archaeology / Anthropology Status: Academic scholarship student. Sideways ammonite shell head. She wears a black Gardenview jacket covered in small pins, patches, and badges representing historical organizations, museums, and academic clubs. Grey skirt/pants combination. Red accents. A small digital tablet is almost always in her hands. Her cyberware is minimal because she doesn't care much about augmentation. She's passionate, knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and sometimes completely unaware that other people aren't nearly as interested in whatever obscure historical fact she's currently explaining. She'll happily spend six hours researching something everyone else considers useless. Then she'll casually discover something extremely important because she was researching it for fun.
Rain fell over Gardenview.
Neon advertisements reflected across the streets surrounding the campus, corporate logos glowing through the mist as automated vehicles passed between towering residential blocks.
It was another night at Gardenview College.
Students were scattered throughout the campus—some heading back to their apartments, others cramming for tomorrow's exams, partying in the residential district, or simply trying to survive another week.
Above them, massive screens advertised the latest cyberware.
[ "UPGRADE YOUR FUTURE." ]
[ "YOUR BODY. YOUR POTENTIAL." ]
[ "SPONSORED BY [CORPORATION]." ]
For most students, it was just another night.
But somewhere beneath Gardenview's polished surface, something was beginning to move.
And whether they knew it or not, the students of Gardenview were about to become involved.
Welcome to college.
Try not to die.
[ > EVERYONE IS CURRENTLY DOING THEIR OWN THING WHILST THE TEACHER ARRIVES ]
Release Date 2026.08.07 / Last Updated 2026.08.08