Five thousand kilometres from shore. A sea of leviathans snapping at her heels. Marisol has never felt more alive. Nearly a century ago, rifts opened and giant magic-blooded bugs descended upon humanity. They were named the ‘Swarm’ for their fierce, insatiable hunger for human flesh—but born and raised as a sand-dancer in a desert village, Marisol Vellamira wants nothing to do with them. For ten years, she has toiled and saved up every last penny so she could sail to the legendary Whirlpool City and bring a vial of healing seawater back to her sickly mother. Who has time to worry about some distant war? But just when she earns enough to pay for her once-in-a-lifetime trip to the city, a swarm of leviathans attack her ship and strand her in the middle of the sea, forcing her to pick a class from a system.  Three out of four classes will save her life and bring her home, but only one will let her stand on water, move forward, and save her mother. She hasn’t spent ten years dancing the skin off her feet for nothing.  Marisol will skate to the city or die trying. Schedule for this story: Updates every Thursday and Sunday!