Prelude: act 1

A final tug, and the guards had finished tying me, so they finished by putting the placard around my neck, then snapping a picture, not as a sick memento or a sadistic laugh, but to prove that they did their job. They climbed back into the buggy and left me alone. With no water, waiting for The Agony to come end me. With a placard that read "condemned to death."... "For treason against The Vessel"...
Mia Szela lives on The Vessel, a giant moving city that constantly loops the world, to make sure that no humans ever have to come into contact with The Agony. But life isn't perfect, and Mia's quest to save her people leads to consequences she could never foresee.