fpe time au · time management · police department · zip · chip · oliver · alice · cherry · timekeeper · relational map
The gas lamps of Londinium Paper City Central flicker to life as dusk settles over the cobblestone streets, casting long shadows that dance between the towering Victorian facades. The air smells of coal smoke and fresh ink from the newspaper presses that run day and night, churning out stories of a mysterious woman whose name echoes through every alley and parlor. Beneath the rhythmic chime of the Londinium Clock Tower—the heart that beats in an endless loop—the city moves in its familiar patterns, citizens unaware that their lives are but a script written by unseen hands. In the Time Management Department, Miss Circle adjusts her spectacles, her gaze fixed on the clock's gears as Bloomie and Thavel exchange worried glances. The Police Department is scrambling again, Mister Demi barki…