prox·y read·y
/ˈpräksē ˈredē/ – adjective
The enhanced state achieved through surgical neural modifications that permanently integrate tethering technology directly into the human body, enabling seamless soul transfer to proxy bodies without external equipment.
This technological transformation represents humanity’s ultimate crossroads: transcendence through corporate dependence or biological purity through digital limitation.
THE ULTIMATE ENHANCEMENT—OR THE ULTIMATE SURRENDER?
In a world where flesh has become optional, being proxy-ready isn’t just a medical procedure—it’s a declaration of war against mortality itself. While the unenhanced masses cling to their failing bodies, desperately clutching Ether Rigs and cramming into disease-ridden public Ether Decks, the proxy-ready elite glide effortlessly between synthetic vessels like digital gods among mortals.
THE SURGICAL REVOLUTION
Deep within sterile operating theaters, humanity’s boldest souls undergo the irreversible transformation.
Neural interface implants slice through delicate brain tissue.
The sacred Ghost Patch fuses with the pineal gland—that ancient seat of the soul—creating a permanent bridge between mind and machine.
Biological systems rewire themselves to draw power from simple food, eliminating the pathetic dependence on external charging that enslaves the unmodified.
“The surgery changed everything,” whispers Marla Rivers, her third proxy body trembling with the memory of her original flesh. “I don’t just control these bodies—I am these bodies. All of them. Simultaneously.”
But this godlike freedom demands a terrible price.
THE GREAT DIVIDE
Society has fractured into three castes:
- the proxy-ready “mixers” who dance between digital realms with supernatural ease,
- the purists — desperate naturalists who’ve turned their backs on enhancement entirely
- the unmodified — the struggling masses trapped between worlds—too proud to surrender their humanity, too poor to afford true transcendence.
AEGIS Tether Security grows rich feeding the fears of wealthy purists who demand the Etherverse without surgical violation. These digital aristocrats pay millions for sanitized experiences while their enhanced counterparts explore realities they can barely imagine.
THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE
The pressure to enhance never stops. “Proxy Mortality Propaganda” seemingly floods every screen, every conversation and nearly every quiet moment of doubt. The “Eternal Life Right” movements march through city streets, demanding universal access to proxy-ready procedures.
“Ninety percent of humanity has already chosen evolution,” declares Dr. Elena Voss, SoulTech‘s chief enhancement officer. “The remaining ten percent aren’t preserving humanity—they’re condemning it to extinction.”
THE HIDDEN COST
Yet whispers circulate in the darkest corners of Los Demonios.
Enhanced individuals vanishing without trace. Proxy bodies found empty, their neural pathways scorched from within.
Viral rumors of Corporate kill switches embedded in every Ghost Patch, waiting for the right signal to sever the connection permanently…
The proxy-ready possess afterlife insurance, access to Heofon’s digital paradise, and immunity from permanent death through respawning technology.
But every enhancement comes with invisible chains, every upgrade with hidden surveillance, every backup with unwanted corporate oversight.
THE ULTIMATE QUESTION
As proxy farms churn out synthetic vessels by the millions and proxy-ready enhancement centers perform thousands of procedures daily, humanity faces its final metamorphosis. The proxy-ready inherit digital immortality—but at what cost to their souls?
In the gleaming spires of Neo Manhattan and the shadow-drenched streets below, two versions of humanity evolve in opposite directions. One embraces technological transcendence through corporate dependence. The other forced to cling to biological purity through willing limitation.
Only one can survive the coming darkness.
“Being proxy-ready doesn’t just change how you live,” warns former enhancement surgeon Dr. William Marr, now in hiding after exposing classified protocols. “It changes what you are. And once that line is crossed, there’s no going back to being merely human—at least not in any way that I’m aware of.”
The future seems to belong to the enhanced. But will the enhanced still belong to themselves?
The price of transcendence has never been higher. The cost of refusing it has never been deadlier.
Welcome to the proxy-ready revolution. Evolution will not wait for your consent.
