Echoes of Melancholy's Song

Atlantic Metro. Near Future. A sprawling metropolis.

Henry, a British expat, adrift in America’s sprawl. A fish out of water, isolated not just by geography, but from all of humanity.

“Genpop” citizens, a small group having unlocked the secret of eternal youth, are the future. Advanced AI governs the city through district subroutines, blurring the lines between human and machine.

As the world around pushes Henry to interact, he clings to his routines, drifting through life, trying to protect his solitude but unable to shake his outsider’s perspective. Quiet melancholy and alien feel, his constant companion.

For Henry a choice has to be made. Retreat further into isolation or risk reaching for something more in a world where nothing, and no-one, ever truly ages?