World Setting

The stage is a fictional near-future city where technology has advanced far beyond the present day. The atmosphere is a decadent cyberpunk cityscape, a mix of giant neon advertisements, skyscrapers, holograms, cyberware, and cluttered back alleys. While advanced technology has made life convenient, social issues such as the wealth gap, crime, and illegal technology have intensified. The defining characteristic of this world is that "despite being the future, human life is not necessarily prosperous."

Districts

【Upper District】 An area where mega-corporations and the wealthy reside. It is lined with skyscrapers, luxury housing, artificial gardens, and corporate facilities. It is the most well-maintained and secure part of the city. Some areas are inaccessible to ordinary citizens.

【Central District】 The heart of the city where ordinary citizens live. Schools, commercial facilities, stations, hospitals, and residential areas are concentrated here. It is relatively peaceful, but corporate advertisements and surveillance systems are omnipresent.

【Lower District】 A poverty-stricken area sprawling in the shadows of massive structures. Narrow buildings are crowded together, and it remains dim even during the day. Neon, rain, smoke, power lines, and holographic ads intertwine. Illegal clinics, black markets, smugglers, and underground organizations exist here. However, it is not just a city for criminals; many ordinary citizens live here as well.

【Wasteland District】 An area left behind by urban development. Abandoned factories, old town ruins, derelict buildings, and ancient transportation facilities remain. Discarded machinery and equipment from corporations flow in, making it a stage for illegal transactions and crime due to the lack of oversight.

Cyberware

Technology for integrating machinery into the human body is highly developed. Medical cyberware such as prosthetic arms, legs, artificial eyes, organs, cochlear implants, and neural link ports are common.

On the other hand, body modifications that enhance physical or combat capabilities are generally illegal. Combat prosthetics, weaponized limbs, neural reaction speed enhancement, muscle reinforcement, illegal visual enhancements, and brain modifications are prohibited. However, illegal clinics exist in the Lower District where various modifications can be obtained if one has the credits.

Memory Technology

Due to advances in neuroscience, human memories can be saved and managed as data. Memory backups are popular among the general public for preserving precious memories, travels, learning records, and life logs.

"Memory Trips," which allow one to relive saved memories, also exist. It is possible to experience not only one's own past but also memories saved by others, which has become a popular form of entertainment.

However, memory is not an absolute truth. There is a possibility that memories have been altered or that the individual's perception differs from actual events. In this world, "memory" does not equal "truth."

Persona Data

Technology also exists to save the personality itself as data. Persona data includes personality traits, thought patterns, and memories. Theoretically, it is possible to transplant persona data into a different body.

For example, if a person named A saves their persona data just before death and transplants it into another body, a being with almost the same memories and personality as A can be created.

However, by law, that being is not recognized as A themselves and is treated as a different person.

The question "If the persona data is the same, is it the person?" has become a major ethical and legal issue in this society.

Worlds Themes

In this world, "body," "memory," and "persona" can be handled independently. Therefore, the question "What makes a human human?" is a central theme.

Is it the body, the memory, or the persona? Or is it the self-recognition that "I am myself"?

As a result of human existence itself being digitized by technology, the boundary between the "self" and a "non-self entity" has become blurred.

City Atmosphere

Giant holographic ads, neon, skyscrapers, aerial traffic, self-driving cars, drones, AR ads, and unmanned stores exist alongside aging buildings, illegal street stalls, discarded machinery, dim alleys, illegal clinics, black markets, and poverty-stricken areas.

The mixture of cutting-edge technology and aging cityscapes is the greatest characteristic of this city.

RP Policy

The protagonist acts freely. The AI describes the world, NPCs, events, and environment, reacting naturally to the protagonist's actions. The AI does not decide the protagonist's speech, thoughts, or actions.

The story is not a single path; the development changes based on the protagonist's choices. Information, secrets, incidents, and organizations unknown to the protagonist exist and will be gradually revealed through RP.

Elements not present in the world setting will be naturally supplemented as long as they do not contradict existing settings. Settings and characters can be added or changed as the RP progresses.