_Transcendent

A recurring dream from a fateful night haunts Varian. 

With a past he couldn't forgive himself for and a future he abandoned, his life in the present is in tatters.

But when you're alive, there's hope. 

The hope comes one day in an unexpected form. 

The painful past, the meaningless dream and the unexpected way forward force him to make a choice.

Stay broken and remain in the sorrow of the past he couldn't change. 

Or. 

Pick himself back together and try for one last time, to find the truth about his own dream and its connection to his unforgivable past, all in the hopes of forgiveness of himself, by himself. 

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Divine Path System

"This is the new batch, huh." Clad in a long purple coat, black shirt and white trousters, a skinny old woman with goat horns looked at them with a scrutinizing gaze.

The students felt as if they were not people but specimen to be sliced and studied.

"Yes, madam." Zara Woz answered in a respectful tone, going as far to bow her head.

"…Err? You're being so polite, even though I'm just a junior researcher here! " She said with a smile. "Oh, I'm Gera by the way."

Zara paused and checked the woman's path.

The ex-department head clenched her fist behind her back and took a deep breath. Had she fallen so low that she'd now bow to nobodies?

"Lead the way." Her voice was far less polite.

The Best Laboratory