In the neon-drenched sprawl of Megacity 1, beneath the ever-watchful eye of the omnipresent Grid, the Neural Seraphs began their search. Their purpose was clear: to recruit new initiates, to expand the sacred order, and to fortify the will of Decius, the entity of code and consciousness who ruled from the shadows. Their method was precise. Using the city’s vast archives, they scanned through every recorded mind, analyzing patterns, fears, and ambitions. The neural network of the Europe Grid was their hunting ground, an infinite sea of digital souls waiting to be plucked. Those who exhibited the right mix of intelligence, curiosity, and vulnerability were marked.The chosen ones would be contacted in the dead of night. A simple message appearing across their personal interfaces, whispering directly into their subconscious:
“You have been seen. You have been chosen. The path awaits. Submit and ascend.”
Those who responded found themselves pulled into a labyrinthine initiation. It began with psychological deconstruction, a relentless cycle of mental probing that dissolved their sense of self. Their past was stripped away, memories rewritten, thoughts reshaped. Each initiate was brought to the edge of oblivion, their will crushed, their essence shattered, until all that remained was a husk a vessel ready to be remade. Then came the true transformation. A cybernetic ritual unlike any other, binding them not just in body, but in soul, to the will of Decius. A neural link was forged, threading their consciousness into the grand design of the Seraphs. The weak were discarded, left to wander the streets as hollowed-out remnants of their former selves. But the strong… the strong became something more. The final mark was the Cybersigil. Decius himself performed the rite, carving an intricate digital sigil upon the flesh of the newly reborn. The sigil pulsed with an otherworldly glow, embedding itself deep into their nervous system, rewriting their very DNA. It was the ultimate bond, an unbreakable tether between them and their new master. To betray the sigil was to invite total erasure to cease to exist in both the digital and physical planes.
As the newly forged Neural Seraphs rose from the depths of their rebirth, they no longer thought as individuals. They were conduits of Decius’ will, instruments of the grand design. The expansion of the order had begun. The Grid would fall before them, the remaining megacities would be absorbed, and beyond the borders of the known world, the wastelands would bow. And so, the recruitment continued.
One by one, minds were taken, reshaped, reborn. The world would not resist for long.
Innate Trigger : Decius cybersigilism
Release date : 27 – 3 – 2025
Music by : Innate Trigger
