S01E06 · The Chip (Kai)

S01E06 · The Chip (Kai)(Chapter Five of Legacy, Book One of the Orriona Universe)ORRIONA: S01E06 · The Chip

Kai Kyros has survived eight years on Edgepoint Station by being invisible. Every night he deals cards at Lucky 9 casino—except he doesn't actually work there. The casino just never noticed an extra dealer who never appears on payroll. Magnets in his gloves. Marks who think they're skilled. Credits that keep him fed one more day.

It's a system. It works. And systems are safe when you have nothing else.

Tonight should be like every other night—run the con, read the marks, disappear before security notices. But then Ieoa walks in. The only person who knows who Kai really is beneath the careful masks and calculated angles. The only person who's ever really seen him.

When Kai retreats to the shadows he calls home, he has a choice to make. The notification glows on his screen: crew contract, position gunner, vessel Orriona. Three hours to respond.

He could ignore it. Keep running the tables, keep surviving in the spaces between notice and consequence. It's worked this long.

But in his pocket sits a reminder that some people believe he's capable of more than survival. And the clock is ticking down to a decision that will either carry him beyond Edgepoint's stagnant orbit—or prove that some shadows are too comfortable to leave.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

1. Audio drama adaptation of Legacy with cinematic sound design
2. A queer-norm galaxy (no homophobia, no coming-out angst—just space adventures)
3. A con artist facing an honest choice
4. Found family origins and fractured connections
5. The weight of survival and the cost of hope
6. Grand, hopeful adventure with a massive heart

CONTENT NOTES: Survival themes, implied poverty, gambling, deception, isolation

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