PROLEGOMENON

Hedo is born under Dika, the leader of the Perdheigh government, and Delegate of Clarity & Reason. Due to vaer relation, vae isn't raised like many other mimeans, immediately distancing vae from vaer peers from birth. Instead, vae is raised in the capitol, kept far away from outside influence for most of vaer life. When vae is about 18 years old, a small shift in society begins, leading to Dika putting the Crater of Alas under lockdown and snapping it off from the outside world. Not long after that, Delegates begin losing their abilities, and Dika is found guilty for knowing this was happening and hiding it from the people. As vae is executed by the people, Hedo is hurriedly Delegated - despite the waning powers of Delegates - and crowned as the new leader of Perdheigh, at only 19.

Immediately, Hedo decides to lower the walls around the Crater, which turns to be a massive mistake. Outside the Crater, a political ideaology had been forming around the group known as the Perdheigh Preservation Society (PPS), whose plan is to upload all citizen's consciousness into a supercomputer to stay 'alive' while the crisis passes. The theory is that, when the Delegate powers return, they'll be able to return to physical form in robots and have their abilities again. This idea roots into the society within the Crater before Hedo can act against it. When Hedo is 20, after ruling for barely a year, the PPS carry out their plan, committing a mass suicide leaving very few mimeans left in Perdheigh.

On the last day of Perdheigh, Hedo is contacted by Dolo. Somehow, she has a copy of SEED, and offers to let Hedo in on playing in order to escape from this hellscape. Hedo agrees to do so.

Upon entering vaer session of SEED, Hedo immediately discovers an issue with the game - the Light doesn't spawn correctly, there aren't any villagers nor enemies, Olivia and Albus aren't there... Vae also finds that vae has some Delegate powers back, though not as strong as vae used to be. Vae confers with vaer associates and confirm they're all seeing the same thing - this world is dead and silent.

Almost immediately, the party splits into two teams - one led by Hedo, and the other under Dolo's command. This session is stressful, as the lack of Light to claim means there isn't a win condition they can meet, but they also know that the session will inevitably be destroyed as that's an infallible failsafe. They need to find a way to break out of the game, and before the time limit is up. Hedo's opinion is to try to keep morale up by throwing parties, bringing people together, and communicating with vaer people. Vae's a very open leader, though vae forbids people from going to the computer after they already confirmed it isn't on. This is because - secretly - Hedo had gone back to investigate it alone, to see if vae could claim the Light immediately. However, the machine really wasn't working - and, on accident, Hedo breaks some part of the machine, which makes vae look guilty of vandalism.

As their time grows shorter, Plut begins pressing Hedo for permission to investigate the computer again. Hedo forbids it strictly - so strictly, vae uses vaer power to influence Plut into staying away, since ey won't stop pestering vaer. Through Apat, Hedo hears that Plut has plans to investigate the computer anyways.

Under Hedo's command, Comu makes a machine that - hypothetically - should take the party out of the game's universe, saving them. However, the portal explodes during testing, and Comu disappears through the portal. The team assumes ae have passed away, as there's no evidence of where ae went. After this, Hedo mourns for vaer friend, withdrawing for some time to be alone.Dolo starts pushing the idea of checking out the computer really hard after that, which Hedo barely has the energy to shove back against. Vae ignores Dolo's needling about the issues going on and how the machine might have a solution, and vae worries that others agree with her more than vaer.

However, not all hope is lost! Comu manages to get back in contact with Hedo, confirming that ae is alive and mostly okay. Ae has updated aer blueprint for that machine, and this time it won't blow up. Hedo has confidence in Comu's abilities, and is happy to see this bring morale back to the team. Vae orders vaer team to start working with Dolo's group to build the new portal, though before proper work begins on this matter, vae gets more information from Apat that Dolo's convinced Plut to go to the machine. Concerned, Hedo heads to the machine and catches Plut there, demanding to know what ey're doing. In a paranoid fit, Plut accuses Hedo of the worst thing one could do - sabotaging the machine on purpose. Hedo pleads with em and tries to convince em this isn't true, but Plut won't hear vaer out, and kills vaer.