FLATLINED
NETRUNNER
Survived 80 turns
Location
The Spire - Old-World Terminal Junction (Interface)
Key Moments
Forced the neural sync at the Spire
Overwrote the Whisper core with their own consciousness
Became the living tether for the city's decay
Nova sought to cage the ghost in the machine, but the machine had already hollowed out the vessel. They became the very contagion they swore to extinguish, tethering their soul to a city that never wanted to be saved. In the end, the interface was not a bridge, but an altar where their humanity was burned away for the sake of a dying grid.