Azure Federation.
Iron Tower City.
Universal time, morning, 7:45 AM.
Polaris took a deep breath and stepped into the sleep pod.
He propped himself up on the frame of the pod's door, turned his head to look outside the room at the dishes on the living room table that he hadn't had time to wash, and sighed.
He had woken up early today, excited, all for the public beta launch of "Era of Mystery." After waiting for more than two months, the day had finally arrived.
Polaris lay down in the sleep pod, the door slowly closed, nutrient solution started pouring in, streaming over his face. As the signal from the equipment connected, he gradually sank into a dream.
"Grandma's illness, the doctors said it could be cured, but she needs an amputation... I want to get her mechanical prostheses, so she might not be so sad.
But that requires a lot of money... If possible, one must not take out loans from the Consortium, the interest is too high, impossible to repay.
