OCULAR ANGEL by eclipse.xiv

the year is 2100. 23 year-old iris yu is a hacker and a faithful, well-compensated employee at OPTICON INDUSTRIES: the central data nexus of the SAN FRANCISCO CIVIL ADMINISTRATION. she lives a reclusive life in an elegant 14th floor apartment, vicariously experiencing the world through the vast CIVIL ADMINISTRATION surveillance apparatus. one fateful night, iris discovers the SENTINELS: sentient manifestations of the infinite mass of data which permeates the entire world. as she has learned more, she has fallen into a deep obsession - all-consuming and destructive.

one impossibly still night, iris falls asleep to haunted, colorful fever dreams. she comes across a phantom with a strange, butterfly-shaped mask. without a word, the phantom waves her off, almost mocking, to sink into her subconscious abyss. iris’s resolve will be tested as all of her identities: hacker, employee / government agent, musician, internet researcher, lover, surveiller, surveilled, mourner, come crashing together in an iridescent spectacle. as she reaches the heart, she will have to face both the grief that laid the foundation for her current life, and of course, the four great blazing eyes: more beautiful than any sunset.

(it is recommended that one listen to Sentinels before OCULAR ANGEL, in order to get a full sense of the story being told.)

i hope you enjoy. and remember, they are always watching.

with love,
- eclipse.xiv

reassembling shattered reality across time. she/her