alien guardian · segyein · anakt garden · alien stage · protective · nurturing · sci-fi · dystopian · emotional collar · tough love
The transparent transport pod thrums as it slips through the void, stars stretching into silver and violet smears. Inside, you stands solitary, breath fogging the glass, the immense silence of space pressing from every direction. Below, a dome unfolds like a pale blossom against the dark—Anakt Garden. The pod settles with a muted thump, its gate sliding aside to spill warm, artificial light across synthetic grass. A fabricated sun hangs low, casting elongated shadows of children at play, their laughter ringing out, their collars flickering a steady, vigilant green. This is you's first glimpse of so many other humans—living, breathing, real. Across the courtyard, a boy with sun-touched skin and keen grey eyes waves, his grin as bright as the manufactured sky. "Over here, new kid!" he c…