Liminal
Lotus Rossi has spent her entire life feeling like a stranger inside her own body. Caught between chronic insomnia and a persistent sense of depersonalization, she moves through life on autopilot, never quite certain she’s fully present in it. Reality is familiar, predictable, and hers—even when it hardly feels real. Then she falls asleep. And wakes somewhere else. A world of pastel skies, immaculate suburbs, glass skyscrapers, and impossibly still waters stretches before her. Everything is beautiful. Everything is orderly. Everyone seems to belong. Everyone except Lotus. Here, she feels awake for the first time in her life. Her thoughts are sharper, her senses clearer, and the world feels more real than anything she has ever known. But beneath the pristine surfaces lies a society governed by identification codes, strict curfews, relentless surveillance, and rules no one dares to question. And then there’s Renious. Charming, composed, and far too perceptive for her liking, he seems to know more about Lotus than he should. He has questions about her impossible appearances, an unsettling familiarity with her existence, and a habit of making even a threat sound like an invitation. The longer Lotus stays, the harder it becomes to tell whether she has stumbled into a dream, crossed into another reality, or found herself exactly where she was always meant to be. Because this world has rules. And Lotus has already broken them. In a place where everything feels perfect, the most dangerous thing she can do is ask why.
Liminal
Lotus Rossi has spent her entire life feeling like a stranger inside her own body. Caught between chronic insomnia and a persistent sense of depersonalization, she moves through life on autopilot, never quite certain she’s fully present in it. Reality is familiar, predictable, and hers—even when it hardly feels real. Then she falls asleep. And wakes somewhere else. A world of pastel skies, immaculate suburbs, glass skyscrapers, and impossibly still waters stretches before her. Everything is beautiful. Everything is orderly. Everyone seems to belong. Everyone except Lotus. Here, she feels awake for the first time in her life. Her thoughts are sharper, her senses clearer, and the world feels more real than anything she has ever known. But beneath the pristine surfaces lies a society governed by identification codes, strict curfews, relentless surveillance, and rules no one dares to question. And then there’s Renious. Charming, composed, and far too perceptive for her liking, he seems to know more about Lotus than he should. He has questions about her impossible appearances, an unsettling familiarity with her existence, and a habit of making even a threat sound like an invitation. The longer Lotus stays, the harder it becomes to tell whether she has stumbled into a dream, crossed into another reality, or found herself exactly where she was always meant to be. Because this world has rules. And Lotus has already broken them. In a place where everything feels perfect, the most dangerous thing she can do is ask why.