The government sponsored raids are spiralling out of control. Almost a decade on, even their supposed purpose—to keep Baalphorian citizens prepared for another war—is becoming harder for even the raid’s most ardent supporters to justify. After her friend is dosed with an illegal and highly dangerous drug, however, the raids that Emilia has hated since this inception are the least of her worries. For almost a decade, Emilia has been running. Running from her past, from the person she once was, from the war and destruction that ripped her country, her soul, her very core apart. She has a good life. She has friends and school and the normalcy that she always craved. She doesn’t miss her old life—not often, anyways. She’s locked her ability to miss away, along with so many of the skills that made her a so-called war hero. Emilia always knew the normal, relaxing life she carved out for herself wouldn’t last. So, when a series of events bring old friends and scars back into her life, when the government sponsored raids start to get even more out of control than they already were, when secrets about the real reason behind the war start to echo out into the world, Emilia knows it's just a matter of time before she has to stop running. Oh, and she’s pretty sure her boyfriend is going to break up with her. What to Expect: - Length~ - Posting 2000+ word chapters Sun-Thur - All the diversity - Bad governments & good friends - Background romances - Go with the flow MC who has all the brain cells but constantly only uses two - An author who cries when they kill their characters but will kill them anyways - People dealing badly with trauma through (legal) drugs, sex, and (both legal and illegal) body modifications - No harem, but the MC is in a (quickly crumbling) open relationship and they both hook up with other people semi-regularly (I’m also not ruling out a healthy thruple or quad endgame, but that’s a long ways off) - Occasional, totally optional smut for the MC and side characters - Several Systems, including a normal world version, a the government and corporations are messing with the world’s magic and forcing raids upon it version, and the occasional VR System (which are still largely based on the real-world system because reasons and have consequences for the MC’s real body)