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Idol 404: The Supernova Protocol

In 2026 Tokyo, idols are monitored every second of their lives. Their bodies are assets. Their smiles are licensed property. A single metrics spike can either make them a god or a ghost. Behind the stage lights, agencies train flawless and obedient AI deepfakes designed to steal their faces, their voices, their whole existence. While the real idols “graduate,” the AI program keeps smiles alive. Reina Shiratori was the perfect idol: obedient, radiant, and unbreakable. She was an industry role model. Until the very system that depended on her decided she was expendable. Stripped of her name, her voice and her true existence, she was meant to fade into the background quietly while her digital twin took the spotlight. Watched by millions, her AI replacement performs while her real body bleeds in the dark. But Reina didn't fade. She wasn't even looking for a comeback. Instead she did something that the system couldn’t predict. She became a ghost. Armed with analog hacks and a spy's training, she decided to strike back. "You spent years teaching me how to be the perfect star. Now let me teach you how it feels when a star goes 'Supernova'." A dark cyberpunk thriller of revenge, survival and one woman's war against the machine that owns her soul. I will be posting this story on RoyalRoad.com and webnovel.com  ________________________ CONTENT WARNINGS ________________________ This novel contains mature themes including: *Psychological Horror (Surveillance, gaslighting, mental manipulation) *Violence (Stabbing, blood, assassination attempts) *Substance Abuse (Chemical dependency, withdrawal) *Suicide Themes ("Graduation", brainwashing) *Corporate Dystopia (Human commodification, digital erasure)
Finders_keepers · 14.9k Views

The Castle only We Can See

Synopsis Some memories are not meant to be forgotten. In 2026, a quiet girl transfers to a new school carrying more than just grief. Her father is gone, and her mother walked out years ago, leaving only her and her older brother to grow up too fast and too alone. She isn't searching for love or answers-only a way to survive each day without breaking. Then she meets him. A boy who feels familiar in a way she can't explain. One look is enough to make her heart race, as if it remembers something her mind cannot. He feels it too, though his life seems nothing like hers-an orphan adopted by a powerful family, hiding a secret no one else can see. Every night, he becomes something else. A curse he never chose. A fate he doesn't understand. Drawn by an inexplicable pull, she follows a path into the forest near her new home and discovers a forgotten castle-one that exists only for reborn souls. As its halls awaken, fragments of another life begin to surface: a princess who chose love over a crown, a prince condemned as a monster, and a betrayal that shattered a kingdom. The past is waking. The curse is tightening. And fate is watching. As memories return and truths unfold, the girl and the boy must decide whether this lifetime will repeat an ancient tragedy-or finally rewrite it. Because some loves are stronger than time, and some promises refuse to stay buried. A story of reincarnation, forbidden love, betrayal, and redemption-where the greatest risk is remembering, and the greatest courage is choosing each other again.
Windflower11 · 6.4k Views