The power of despair

Welcome to Atheliv, a world where hope is lost and all that remains is to be conquered by fighting.

You are Selena, a female explorer in Shangri-La. You've decided to join a gang to explore the world and gain valuable skills that you can use in the real world.

You awaken in an underground cave, the bright sunlight shining through the entrance blinding your eyes.

> You stand up and exit from the cave.

You exit the cave, and you're immediately met with loud noises. Gunfire, yelling, the whizzing of blades, yelling, screaming and many more noises can be heard all around.

> You take the rifle and look for a cover.

You grab a weapon and find a good hiding spot, lying prone and looking around. You're ready to fight.

If you're feeling adventurous, you can attempt to open the hatch, leading into the sunlight.

> You watch who is shooting.

You watch a man in leather armor rush out from an underground hatch and shoot several people nearby with his rifle. He knelt behind a small wall, spraying gunfire at everywhere.

> You shoot him without mercy.

You shoot the man in the head, sniping him instantly. The man falls backwards, before slumping over. You hear a faint "fuck" before he dies.

> You controll if he is dead using your drone.

The man is clearly dead, a perfect shot to the skull.

There must be another way out of here, and quickly.

> You look around you and look for a quick escape.

You're in a large, domed area made of stone. The walls are made of concrete, with bright lights shining on the floor.

> You call your sister natasha.

You call your sister, but there is no reply.

You wait for a few minutes, holding the phone to your ear where you can feel it warm up to her location, but there is no reply.

> You say "That bitch will never answer when I need her"

You swear loudly, as you notice the phone vibrating in your hand. You look down at it, and see a new message from your sister.

"Why won't you answer the phone?!"

The noises of the gunshots start again, you understand that you are in the midst of a gang shootout, but luckily you are in cover and from a long distance you are an extraordinary sniper

It's important to get a line on the enemy numbers and pick your targets.

> You send the drone on a reconnaissance to find out where the enemies are and how many there are.

The drone zooms around your position, slowly whizzing over buildings before hovering over a large group of men shooting at something from a van. You count nearly a dozen men and one woman.

> You take aim and aim only at the head, wait for the right moment before shooting.

The bullet flies true, bursting through the skull of the gang member in front of the woman. She falls back, the rest of the group swiveling to aim at you.

> You say "They spotted me! I need to change coverage"

You quickly send the drone to fly over a building and take aim at the men inside, but they are ready for you, one of them opens up on you with a rifle.

> You run for cover and grab three grenades from the backpack.

You toss three grenades, pulled from your pack, at the van as you dive behind a wall. The grenades explode, bullets clanging off the concrete around you.

> You send the drone to confirm who survived.

The drone is helpless as the people begin emerging from cover but your sister stands out, clearly in distress. She throws herself into a nearby car and begins screaming.

> You say "That bitch will never help"

Your sister takes out a katana and cuts off the heads of the still stunned men before running to you.

"What happened?" You ask

"The... the men at the... the... they...." She asks.

"Men at the quo...."

> You say "Calm down and explain yourself better"

Your sister begins to pace around the car, clearly distressed.

"They had guns... and they shot us....." She begins, clearly upset.

> You say "Did you bring our brother too? You must be crazy. Luis is not ready to come with us. The work is simple haven't you checked the terminal? Inside the building down the street there is a stash of medical items, we need to reach that building, load all the items into your car and return to the base."

"No! No, they took our brother, the one who was staying with us!"

"Then you go after him."

Your sister shakes her head and sighs.

> You say "Okay, let's go free him, the drone has intercepted the rest of the group near where you need to get the drug load.

I'll post in the building opposite and cover you.

You will have to kill them all without making a sound.

No mistake or you will explain to our mother why Luis died."

She nods and you wait for her to open the car door. Inside are two stacks of drugs. Must be a lot.

> You say "Since when have you been using this drug? We are healers, our mother has banned us from taking substances like these."

Natasha says nothing, takes the lead and leaves you in front of the building where you have to cover her.

Quickly climb the stairs until you reach the roof. There are two men guarding the little gate and they are clearly not expecting an attack.

> You attach the silencer to the rifle and shoot the two men aiming for the head.

Hit the two men within seconds and get ready to give cover.

Your sister starts to enter, there are two guards on the first floor and you have a perfect line of fire on only one side.

> You say "Natasha can you hear you? you hit the guard on the right, you cut the other's throat.

I remind you to go straight to her vocal cords or she will scream and sound the alarm"

She nods, and quickly reaches the man and stabs him in the neck. The other guard starts to enter the building, you quickly shoots him in the head.

> You say "Great, now go up to the second floor, your brother should be there, you see a door guarded by four men.

I will mount a cable and use it to get to the second floor, at my signal throw a smoke grenade and with the katana kill the two closest men."

> You mount the cable, use it to go down to the second floor, as soon as you arrive, give the signal and together with Natasha kill the four men.

Everything goes as planned, no one made any noise.

You motion for Natasha to break into the room, but she gives her a gun before her.

> You break into the room.

You can clearly see your brother sitting in a chair, an IV attached to his arm.

> You take the gun from your sister's hands and shoot the IV, then free your brother and take him to the car.

You quickly manage to free Luis from his restraints, and the two of you rush into the woods. The guards give chase, but are clearly not using their full concentration.

> You say "Wait for me here, I bring the shipment of medicines and we leave."

Natasha waits there for you, she looks upset.

> You enter the building and find the warehouse with the shipment of medicines.

Your heart beats fast and you quickly drive the car towards the building.

You reach the entrance of the warehouse and rush inside.

You hear metal footsteps, suddenly a small cyberdog comes out of a room, it is not aggressive and even though you have a sniper rifle on your shoulders and a gun in your hand, it looks at you and wags its tail happy. You decide to leave it, you have more important things to do. Your eyes avoid the floor filled with cans and boxes full of medicines.

> You bring it all to the car.

The warehouse is filled with medicines, you immediately recognize them as more valuable than the ones we were already promised.

You quickly organize everything you are carrying until you have a bag full of the valuable cargo.

> You are about to get into the car when the cyberdog looks at you happy and wags its tail, you approach it and it starts to look at you.

"Okay, you too come with us".

Put the cyberdog next to your brother, start the car and return to the base.

> You once at the base you arrange the cargo of medical items, check how your brother is doing.

He's fine, but he needs rest.

> You say "We risked big Natasha, let's go to sleep asshole, I'm exhausted."

Your head touches down and you feel the bliss of unconsciousness.

The cyberdog starts to whine, you look down and it looks at you, its tail still wagging.

Salt your bed and you fall asleep together.

You wake up, you're lying next to the cyberdog.

You note that the time is 21:00 you got 8 hours of sleep.

> You say "Time to go to the market, we have to resell the shipment of medicines."

You wake your brother up and start driving towards the market.

Your brother is awake, but he seems pretty dazed from the events of yesterday. You decide to cheer him up with some jokes during the trip.

You arrive at the market and you split up, you send your brother and the cyberdog to check the prices of medical items.

You enter a shop and begin trading. You manage to sell all the items you brought at a considerable profit.

Exit the shop, but you hear gunshots.

A woman is on the ground and has been hit.

You use a smoke grenade, grab the woman and drag her into an alley.

You whistle and call the cyberdog, luckily you gave him a backpack with some medical items.

You take them and cure the woman.

You show up and while she's confused you inject a chip under her skin.

She looks like she's going to get into a lot of trouble and you don't want more innocent dead in this stupid war.

You leave and go back to your brother. You find him arguing with the owner of the shop you had traded in who was clearly upset that his profits were damaged.

> You say "We don't have time, we have to go back to base immediately."

Go back to base and play with the cyberdog for a while.

You hear the knock.

Open the door.

She is your mother.

> You say "Mom what are you doing here?"

Go back to your room, eat some food and play with the cyberdog.

You go to sleep and wake up late, the day starts with breakfast with your parents.

> You say "Natasha why is mom still here?"

Go see the cyberdog, play some games and organize some stuff.

Your dad calls you saying he's got a job for you.

> You say "Ok I will."

Get your things and meet your dad.

He gives you a large backpack and says he has your clothes, food and compass ready inside.

He starts giving you instructions on how to get to the base.

> You say "We haven't heard from each other for a long time, you only show up when you need something."

He seems glad to see you and gives you a big hug, he explains that he was so happy when they told him you were coming, that it was like he was a teenager again.

"My daughter has finally become worthy of our healer lineage, this assignment will prove that you are ready to join a gang."

"Then I won't fail."

"You won't fail, I'm sure, I'll send my drone to watch, but I won't be able to intervene.

You will be alone on this mission.

Good luck. "

Your father leaves and you start walking.

The terminal shows your mission.

You will need to enter an underground bunker, kill the members of the RSG gang, free the prisoners and heal them before taking them out.

It won't be easy at all.

Open the backpack your father gave you.

A pistol with a silencer, a medium sized knife and a black suit.

You put on the black suit, prepare your weapons and set out for the bunker.

The bunker is a few miles North of the city center, it was meant to protect some important members, it's quite big.

> You send the drone ahead to understand the security measures of the bunker.

You receive information about the bunker in the headset, it's not very detailed, but at least it's something.

> You notice a ventilation duct, you open it and you go inside.

You enter the ventilation shaft and you turn on your flashlight.

> You say "It's dark and humid, but I have to move on."

You keep walking and after some time, you realize you are lost.

Without any more information on your mission, you have to accept the fact that you don't know where you are.

You hear metallic footsteps behind you.

He is your little cyberdog, he has been following you in silence until now.

You notice a small opening with some light shining through.

You walk closer and realize it's a ventilation shaft, you are quickly approaching the bunker.

> You break the grate and go down to the room.

The room is quite big, it has some tables and cabinets, a few mannequins dressed in white overalls and helmets and a few motorcycles with sidecars.

> You whisper to the cyberdog to smell and look for the smell of people, but without putting them in alarm.

The cyberdog, remembers the smell of the two men who shot at him a few hours ago and starts to bark.

> You hide behind one of the mannequins because someone is coming, probably attracted by the barking of the cyberdog.

A man dressed Red Societys uniform arrives and turns on the lights.

You notice he has a very large gun in his hands.

> You take the knife and slit his throat.

You grab the knife and press it against his throat and you feel a wave of blood hit your hand.

The man screams and falls on the ground.

> You say "Come on baby, we have to save those people and we will do it together."

The cyberdog is still barking and trying to bite the man's leg.

You take him by the collar and pull him away, but he bites you on the arm.

> You say "Calm down it's me"

The cyberdog wants to play with you, but this is not the right time.

You notice your arm is bleeding and there is a lot of blood on the floor.

The cyberdog bites the man one more time and then starts to leave the room with a happy tail-wagging.

> You say "I have to teach him that his teeth are made of steel."

The cyberdog has good manners, he turns around and lies on the ground with his tongue out.

You caress him a bit and realize that the cyberdog is really glad that you saved him.

> You say "We have to go, let's do this.

You will run forward and bite whoever you find in the throat, I will follow you and finish them with my knife."

The cyberdog starts running and you behind him, find two guards.

The cyberdog bites the first one in the neck while you kill the other with your knife.

"Nice work, you are a really good cyberdog, I'll call you light because you have a silvery color."

You kiss him and give him a treat.

Continue like this until you come to a door.

> You signal the cyberdog to stand still at the entrance, open the door slightly and see who is inside.

You open the door a bit, so you can see inside and nothing happens.

You give the cyberdog a treat and leave him outside while you investigate.

> You say "There is a trap door under that table.

Light gets into my backpack, you can't go down the stairs."

You notice a small knife and take it out.

Now you can open the trap door and move forward.

You go down the stairs, there are many steps and you wonder how far you have gone.

Light smells and follow these footprints.

The stairs are ending and there is a corridor, you can hear noise coming from a little way along it.

> You follow the corridor and get to the end.

You are at the end of the corridor.

To your right there is another door to an even bigger room with a bunch of machines and a lot of people, it looks like a surgery.

> You say "They are dissecting them!"

Some people have seen you and run away or they are on the floor dead.

The surgeon that ran away when he saw you has a huge knife in his back. it must have been your knife.

You prepare the gun in one hand, the knife in the other and together with Light, break into the room killing the gang members and the surgeons.

Seeing the dog with a huge cut in its body makes you laugh.

You throw the gun aside and begin to help the dog.

> You say "You are made of steel, it is not so easy to tear you apart, my little one you are strong."

The cyberdog looks at you and begins to wag its tail slowly.

You pat the dog a few times and realize that it was a good idea, the dog likes you.

> You free the prisoners trapped in the other room and heal them one by one.

After healing the prisoners, you send them out.

Call your father.

> You say "The prisoners are free and I have treated them."

"Well done, now you are ready".

You shrug and he continues.

"Come back to the base we've to talk".

> You return to base.

When you arrive at the base, your father seems much angrier than before.

The two of you enter a small room and your father closes the door.

"You were great, both you and the cyberdog, but I told you to do it alone not with a fucking cyberdog! You chose the wrong path!"

Your father is silent for a moment and then continues.

"What will I show the others now? My daughter fighting with a cyberdog?

Do me a favor and kill him. "

You feel angry.

"Dad, I chose to save lives not to hurt them! Light was just following my commands!"

"Kill that fucking cyberdog! It's a fucking order!"

You shake your head.

"You leave me no choice, father"

You take the gun and try to shoot him.

The cyberdog bites your father in the hand.

> You say "This cyberdog has a name, it is called light, unlike you it helps in any situation and is present.

He is the brother you wish you had, but instead you have that asshole Luis as a brother.

So do everyone a favor and die."

Your father screams in pain but remain unyielding.

"I will never kill my own son."

Your father grabs the gun and breaks the gun in half.

Then your father punches you hard in the face.

> You take the knife and slit his throat.

Your father falls to the floor and blood pours out of his throat. You think about helping him but decide against it.

Your sister Natasha comes in with your brother Luis and your father is dead.

> You say "I had to do it, he thought he owned us despite being absent for 10 years."

She looks at you shocked.

"You did this! You killed our father!"

You shrug.

> You say "Let's go, get your things and change the base.

When the healers know he is dead they will come looking for you.

We will go to the Shangri-La market, there is a boy who can host you in the warehouse of his shop, the boy is called Soyatomi.

We leave in 20 minutes and our father will be food for worms."

She seems shocked. "But what about my friends and the others who need help?"

> You say "forget them for now we must disappear and be safe."

"What about my brother and sisters'?"

You think for a moment.

> You say "We will always be there, we will manage to survive, now let's go get ready."

The two of you pack what you can and you leave the house.

When you exit from the base you notice that many humans are already gathering at the base.

"It would have taken little and they would have surrounded us, every healer belonging to a gang has a microchip under the skin that monitors vital parameters and position.

Our father included. "

Go to the market, meet Soyatomi and he shows you where you can stay.

> You say "Thank you Soyatomi, we won't disturb you for long, we just need to find a new safe base."

"Sure thing, just leave everything right here, it is all I can do for you."

Natasha thanks you and after a moment of silence you head to the medbay.

"My brother is in the hospital at the moment due to the recent riots in the market, you may know his name is Pablito.

Unfortunately he is in serious condition.

You have to be careful, a lot."

"We know how to get by, don't worry."

Soyatomi leaves the room.

Luis and Natasha are resting, you decide to take the sniper rifle with you and go out.

You leave a hologram on the table explaining where you are going.

The only one to come with you will be the cyberdog.

> You go to the THC-controlled district you need to understand what's going on.

You head towards the medina in the western part of the base.

Once there you see corpses of humans and mutants half-devoured by the locals.

You know what this means, gang war.

> You the home of the THC leader shouldn't be far, you make your way to that house.

You see a man with long brown hair and a large beard approaching you.

"hey, doc, it's been a while since I saw you around here, are you alright?"

He is an old friend of my father, his name is Alfaice.

"All right now excuse me, I'm in a hurry".

"Why are you in such a hurry? How is Dizko?"

"My father is fine."

" Bullshits. "

He points a gun to your head.

"Your father is dead, he was our healer and you children should have arrived immediately, we went to check his base, but it was empty.

None of you were there this means that you already knew it and that you ran away because you were accomplices or you killed him yourself. "

He approaches you.

"Your mother is ready to kill me, she thinks I killed you since I haven't seen you since the riot."

You feel your face getting hot.

"Let's go."

Take the sniper rifle and aim it at him by jumping back.

"I haven't missed far off targets so drop the gun or I swear I'll kill you."

You do as ordered.

"Now tell me, everything."

> You shoot him a bullet right between the eyes.

You shoot with the accuracy of a marksman and you can't miss at this range.

You hear a loud cry and then the man staggering backwards, dropping his gun and falling to the ground.

" Pablito ...

Soyatomi ....

Wernick .....

Forgive me.

It seems that this time fate has played a very bad joke on me.

Congratulations girl, you have an aim and a speed that are unmatched, if only you were born earlier and been with us Dexter would still be alive now. "

You just nod, you didn't listen to the rest of what alfaice said, as you were thinking about this new information that your faithful sniper rifle has given you.

> You say "He was Soyatomi's father, but you didn't have a choice.

I can't die right now."

You make your way to the home of the THC leader when you notice that a bloodstained person has just left.

It is not a safe place.

I have to run away.

A message arrives on the terminal, that girl from the market is in danger of her life.

Your cyberdog has already left with medicines to help her.

"My little light is a very good puppy."

You are starting to think that the cyberdog is a lot more intelligent than everyone thinks.

> You say "I have to go back to the shelter to the market and run too."

You arrive at the shelter and notice that Soyatomi is crying as your brother and sister comfort him.

"They found my father dead, in the middle of a road with a bullet right between his eyes."

"What a terrible misfortune, whoever did it will pay," Natasha tells him.

"I'm very sorry" you finish quickly and go to rest, but first you send a terminal order to the cyberdog to return to the shelter as soon as he has finished his mission.

> You sleep.

In the middle of the night someone knocks on your door.

You get up to answer the door and see that it is Pablito

"Pablo, what are you doing here?"

"I can't stay in the hospital, my father is dead and I'm afraid I'll be next.

A friend of mine is in danger.

We have to protect it. "

She doesn't have time to finish the sentence, which falls to the ground.

You accompany him inside and heal him.

"Rest, I must go now."

You kiss your sister goodbye.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

You leave the shelter and change into a better than usual suit.

> You head to the train station.

You board a train that will take you to the nearest city.

Once there, you use a temporary homeless shelter that is still in operation while you figure out your next step.

> You say "The bitcoins of the cargo of medical items! Damn father! She had transferred them all to his account!

A particularly rich family lives in this city, the progenitor has long died, now there is only the old mother.

So the old mother is called Aina and she has 4 daughters.

Lucrezia, Eva, Karina and Seraria.

Let's go visit these lousy rich people."

> You head to the home of this wealthy family and inspect it from the outside.

You enter a transport system, which is connected to the networks of this city.

> You say "The daughters are all outside, inside the house there is only the mother.

I have to go now that she is alone."

You arrive at her house and you notice that all the windows are blacked out.

Perhaps she has something to hide.

You want to know what is in that house.

You open a window and enter with the gun in your hand, hear footsteps, it must be the old woman.

You hide behind a closet.

She turns on the light and goes to the kitchen.

You continue forward and enter the living room.

She is seated in a wheelchair in front of a blacked out window, you think she is blind.

> You point the gun at the old woman and tell her to transfer her bitcoins to your account.

She does not move at all.

"I wonder if she is deaf as well?"

> You shoot her in the head, grab her phone, open the terminal and transfer the bitcoins.

She screams and falls off the wheelchair backwards.

"Wow, that was pretty easy, I thought it would be harder, anyway let's see what's in her phone."

> You open the terminal and transfer the bitcoins.

You sit down on the chair where the old lady sat, the screen asks for a pin, you type it in and profit!

You see that you have made a little more than 1,500,000,000 btc.

> You say "I take these stupid old woman so according to the information of the doxing you are a descendant of btc miner.

Very well, now I can go back to my brother and sister."

You are really happy about your small fortune.

In fact, it is not a fortune, it is only a little money for people like Aina, but for you it is more than enough to live on for ever.

> You return to the base you have in the market.

You arrive and you find your brother waiting for you.

"Hey, look at this!" he says showing you a terminal hooked up to the computers with a modem.

"What is it?"

"With the bitcoins you took, we can go away from Shangri-La and make a new life."

Prepare things and get ready for departure.

You have to go tomorrow.

Come wake up in the middle of the night.

Someone broke into the warehouse.

"You have to leave now!" Soyatomi yells.

"There are men everywhere, they are armed and they are looking for a certain Chantelle," says another man close to Soyatomi.

" Who are you?" you answer.

"I am Wenick, brother of Pablito and Soyatomi"

Ask "Pablito where is he?"

"He Shouldn't he be in the hospital?"

"No, he came here, I medicated him and he had to sleep" you answer worried.

"Damn" Soyatomi looks particularly agitated.

"You have to leave!"

Pack your things, put everything in your car and leave for another city.

"Are we going back to Shangri-La?" Asks Natasha.

"Maybe someday, but as tourists."

Luis says in a low voice "I hope Mom will be fine."

Reply "We will send something to Mom every month."

You just think about all the broken lives to save only three including that of your beloved cyberdog.