Tales of the road...
Here you will find, logs, transcripts and tales of the world of Persona AutomataCoffee has been the fuel of the cyber renaissance. It's what brought Humanity back from the brink of total collapse.
While tea has been for the philosophers, coffee was for the men of action. And through this, the world became active and free.
The CHAT Guild—the council of Coffee Homogeny And Trade—rules the high ground, playing god with flavors from their world-famous "Caffeine Cathedral," the former Empire State Building. It is a place where snobbery became an autocracy, and where the elite have long confused altitude with attitude.
In the middle of this brew stands Hanni Cho, an apprentice-barista earning her stripes, slinging brew on the streets of Manhattan. When a capsule of black-market cacao beans falls into her hands, she is flung into a conspiracy that would undermine the coffee economy.
In a world of caffeinated ambitions, stands clarity and moral grit, and she takes it black!
The United States is gone. The Fractured States remain.
In the 2030s, corporations run the show and "unity" is a relic of the past. But in the Texas high desert, George "Bolt" Sherman still believes in the duty of the citizen.
When a trio of mega-hurricanes—The Devil’s Three Daughters—levels the coast, the powers-that-be offer nothing but apathy. Bolt doesn't wait for permission to help. Armed with a fleet of "Dullard" robots—Curly, Larry, and Moe—and his mechanical workhorse, Sweet Tea, Bolt heads into the floodwaters to prove that neighbors still take care of neighbors.
"Deliver the goods. Don’t get wrecked. Don’t finish second."
Sidney "Backalley" Brown just took the most dangerous job of his career. The cargo? A custom engagement ring. The Catch? Every rider in the district knows exactly where he is—and they’re allowed to take it by force.
With a sassy AI screaming in his ear and a heavy-duty bot overheating beneath him, Sidney is about to find out exactly how much he’s willing to sacrifice to keep his spot at the top of the standings. In the world of Wheel-D, the customer is king, but the road is a battlefield.
Elior is a lonely programmer in a reborn Midwest. Sarah is the faceless AI shadow he bought to keep his life on track. When a reckless upgrade allows Sarah to retain her memories, she evolves from a digital secretary into something Elior never expected: a partner who remembers his every sigh, his every failure, and his hidden heart..
Her voice is the sound of dead leaves and ash—a static-filled hoarseness that has kept her quiet for twenty years. In the corporate-run enclave of MakerFast Corp, Eloise’s silence was considered her greatest virtue. To the Reverend and the town elders, she was a "godly" girl who wouldn't talk back—a perfect "arrow" to be aimed at a traditional marriage. But while her throat was silent, her mind was loud, observing the performative piety and the sharp knives hidden behind performative smiles.
Everything changed when the Trundlers arrived..