Novel in Production
Hong Kong, 2054: A vertical maze braced by seawalls and overshadowed by towers. The cascades of the '30s never fully healed, but the city endures.
CELL 54: Washed-up savants and “divergent" talents, contracted to an enigmatic firm called Heliotrope Virtual.
Just Another Day at the Office
It all started with a gig like any other. Shepherd a courier, shake a few rent-a-mercs, drop a payload of kompromat at a Triad-owned club in Kowloon. But then Cell 54 stumbles onto a conspiracy linking a rogue metacorp AI to the dreams of long-dead gods: transtemporal entities that cycle through human consciousness to shape history.
As if becoming pawns in a system-spanning corporate and gangland shadow war wasn't bad enough, they're also locked in a contest against the custodians of death over which memories survive the next culling.
What they uncover could rewrite the world, or end it…
Bios prepared by Dr. Hye-jin Cho, Heliotrope Virtual. 7 December 2052
Heliotrope Virtual
Not just diverse—divergent
Are you looking for a talent incubator willing to take things to the “Next Level”? Look no further.
Heliotrope is a boutique virtual agency. Our operatives range from the gifted but marginalized to those whose aberrance borders on the pathological. Don't discriminate—operationalize.
Our versatility runs on limited-autonomy AI. We field Cells: small teams that work closely through our distributed systems. You will not meet other Cells face-to-face. You will not need to.
Cells are carefully selected and matched based on a proprietary three-month assessment. Clear it, and Jiru—our limited-autonomy AI—becomes your handler, cutout, and quiet enabler. Jiru parcels just enough truth to get the job done, routes your intel to the right vault, manages equipment deliveries (pending clearance), and helps keep your heat signature below street noise.
You might watch a doorway for a week and log every yellow jumpsuit that passes. You might drop a thumb drive to a Nigerian called “the Swede"—for reasons no one will explain—in a back-alley noodle shop or deliver a sealed envelope to a pediatric dentist's office on the forty-third floor of a building that, according to municipal records, has forty-two.
No two gigs look the same. They're built around the specific composition of your Cell.
Not every assignment will make sense from your seat. Trust us, it all ties together at a level above your clearance.
Or don't. Either way, the creds will be in your account.
How do I apply?
If you’re reading this, we already have an eye on you.
Note: your NeuroCam implant firmware will update at the start of your application process. Side effects are usually temporary.
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