In a city where nothing is hidden, nothing is questioned.
Oriel is a masterpiece of design—a world built on perfect clarity, where every movement is seen, every action recorded, and every life aligned within a system that allows no shadows. Its citizens live within concentric tiers of light and order, guided by a structure so precise it has erased uncertainty itself. Here, visibility is truth. Control is harmony. And perfection is unquestioned.
Elias has always believed in that perfection.
As an archivist, he works at the very core of Oriel’s intelligence, interpreting the data that defines reality within the city. But when he begins to notice subtle irregularities—patterns that should not exist, movements that cannot be explained—his certainty begins to fracture. What was once dismissed as statistical noise starts to resemble something else entirely.
Kyle Hambster is a storyteller and craftsman of atmosphere, drawn to the quiet tension between technology and memory. With a background in film restoration and an obsession with mechanical design, Rickel writes about the places where progress and nostalgia collide where gears, circuits, and human hearts still turn in sync. The Geometry of Gears is his debut work, a meditation on time, purpose, and the enduring beauty of things made by hand. He lives surrounded by vintage machines and unfinished manuscripts, always chasing the sound of a perfect click.View all by Kyle Hambster
