You stand at the edge of the harbor, your eyes fixed on the colossal STATUE OF LIBERTY.
Your old-school Aether Scan device thrums in your hand, its ancient needle swinging wildly as it detects an unusually strong tether signature emanating from the monument.
You’ve been chasing this strange energy trail for days — and it’s led you here….
As you approach, your instruments begin to malfunction.
The Aether Scan’s screen flickers and distorts, numbers and graphs dancing erratically.
You beat it against your palm, but the chaos only intensifies…
Switching on your lens scanner, you activate the æther filter…
Suddenly, the world around you transforms…
“Are you all seeing this?” you asked your 24 faithful fans watching live from the Etherverse…
Shimmering waves of energy pulse from Lady Liberty’s torch, rippling outward in mesmerizing patterns…
They collide with some kind of invisible barrier high in the sky, creating a dome-like effect that stretches as far as you can see…
Old Liberty’s restored copper gleams in the sunlight between the towering spires of NEW MANHATTAN and the green living architecture of JERSEY GENESIS.
You recount the history of the statue’s restoration to your audience…
Liberty’s green shell was deoxidized not too long after NEWARK officially became off-limits to anyone not part of THE SEVENTH ORDER…
The Seventh Order completely financed the first cleaning and continue to pay for quarterly cleanings of The Statue.
The coincidence seems too great to ignore that now this enormous tether signal grows from it…
You (to your live audience): “The Seventh Order HAS to be behind this…”
A chill runs down your spine as you contemplate the secrets this statue must hold…
You wonder to yourself, what is the purpose of these energy waves?
And why do you suddenly feel like you’re being watched???
Just then, a flicker of movement catches your eye near the base of the statue…
For a split second, you swear you see a hooded figure vanish into thin air…
But that’s impossible… isn’t it?
