Resistance scouts uncovered a glowing metallic orb in the ruins of Vortex Alley this morning. Roughly the size of a human heart and warm to the touch, the object displays continuously shifting script in a language that no AI or lexicon database has been able to translate.
The orb emits low-frequency pulses in rhythm with Veridion’s environmental fluxes, suggesting it may be a time-reactive artifact. Some believe it to be a message—or a warning—sent from a splinter timeline. Others fear it’s a containment device, or worse, a beacon.
The artifact is currently held under lock and key beneath the Neon Quarters Observatory. Scholars are urging caution. One Triumvirate aide, requesting anonymity, remarked: “We don’t know if it’s ancient or from a future we haven’t reached yet.”
