protocol clarity

PROTOCOL CLARITY
"Everything is possible if only you choose to believe."
That is the lie glowing in gold on Alma's wall every morning. Everyone around her chooses to believe, smiling at digital skies and breathing synthetic scents of blossoms.
Armed with sharp wit and a mechanical broom, Alma is the only "glitch" who sees the soot beneath the render. She holds a forbidden pendant and seeks a truth everyone else has long forgotten. She wasn't supposed to notice a jagged charcoal mark on a bare concrete wall, and she certainly wasn't supposed to find out she isn't alone.
In a world polluted by pixels, she is the one who sees the rot beneath the polish.
Because in a world of forced happiness, being awake is a capital crime.