Genre : Alternate Universe, of the sorta futuristic, sorta-postapocalyptic kind. (No mecha though, promise.)

Warnings : Disturbing stuff, Spiral-style. That means there (probably) won't be gore, but still some disturbing concepts. (Killer kids, hello.) Probably borderline incest-ish and shounen-ai-ish hints, because of some characters' canon relationships. And bastardry because of some characters's canon behavior.
Oh, and kittens.

Progress : Story pretty much laid out and planned, I just need to make it work and hope it agrees to go the way I want it to (it's forced me to change things a few times already). That makes the prologue very subject to changes, although I tried to leave myself some leeway.

Characters : Any you can think of, pretty much. I'm most likely going to change the characters filters every once in a while just for the hell of it. Some might have their personalities slightly altered, for universe-related reasons.
Of course, I'm not saying every single one character who was ever mentioned and/or got a line in Spiral will be in here.
But I'll make sure it's pretty damn close.

Pairings : Not really ; canon and virtually-canon ones are hinted at and that's it, really. I will be messing a lot with relationships of all kinds though. (grins)

Disclaimer : Characters and their personalities (the ones I don't mess with too much), names, concepts and stuff are Shirodaira Kyou's and Mizuno Eita's. Apart from that, the plot itself and all the insanity ensuing are miiine~

Dedication to : You, because your reading this means more to me than I can put into words ; Adina, because my e-wifey doth rock that hard, her beta-ing is wonderfully helpful and her fangirlism over this makes me fangirl ; and Skunky, because our oh-so-OTP chivalrous courtship makes me crack up and she loves to mess up with characters, too. (And I am totally not cheating on either of them with the other, I swear, no kicking please !)

Last words : This little thing is my monster-baby. I've put a lot of time, research and thought in it, but in the event that something just doesn't make sense to you, be it a plot point or a poorly phrased sentence, please ring the bell ! Constructive criticism is just as welcome as mindless squealing (meaning a lot).

And now I'll let you go and start reading, and hope you enjoy :)

Second half of the twenty-first century : experimental 'perfect' metropolis Eden is built in Japan, in the most isolated area found.

Its inhabitants are carefully selected. Only healthy, intelligent and socially capable people, particularly talented in at least one area and with a clean criminal record are allowed in. A good half of these people are stable couples, some of them with children which have passed the tests as well ; the others are encouraged to find a partner and produce the first progeny of Eden. A good part of them are Japanese, but there is also a significant amount of foreigners come from virtually all over the world, provided they speak at least English or Japanese. The diversity of backgrounds and talents is enough to get the whole city to work on its own after a while, and the outsiders who came to help in the beginning quickly become useless.

With free water, gas, electricity and wireless signal over the entire area and the best means to reduce the production of pollutive substances, Eden is to be a model of a perfect city. It is divided into districts, supposedly for strictly administrative reasons but the first few years are enough to give each district its own look, its own life, and the distinctions become evident. For example, district number 5 is the closest one to the fields and greenhouses that surround the town, and it shows in the rural way of living of its inhabitants ; it is not unusual to see a cow cross the street among the electric cars. District 13 has huge public TV-screens in every street, loud music comes out of every shop and at night, it glows with hundreds and hundreds of brightly colored neon lights. District 19 is the place with all the labs ; no one really knows what all of them do.

No one really knows who first organized or funded this huge project, either.

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In 2080, Eden counts over 2,000,000 inhabitants.

In 2083, the population has dropped to one percent of that number.

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You may call 2082 the Armageddon Year, or the Year of Divine Judgment, whichever suits your taste best.

Though Asazuki Kousuke just calls it the Shitty Year.