The Emerald Melody

Reset begins on February 1, 2025

[Warnings: The setting is derived from Cthulhu Gaslight Expanded and The Sinking City, with an alternate Victorian-era Ninjago universe. Contains lots of original worldbuilding, a little Qing-Lao pairing content and other canon pairings. Any out-of-character moments are on me.]

Do you know?

The emerald-green song drifting beneath the stars.

Though today is riddled with wounds, though tomorrow lies in ruin,

the world will eventually welcome the rebirth we hope for

This is the worst of times, and the best of times.

The streets reek of coal smoke and chemicals. Beneath the gleaming surface, countless claws of evil take root, blending with the celebrated image of a great metropolis known to the public to form the city of today: Landganning, a nation at the pinnacle of the world that foreigners will do anything to reach, Landganning.

Here, tragedy and comedy coexist.

Here, sin and justice coexist.

Here, mystery and science coexist.

No matter how often you run your fingers over that long-yellowed black-and-white photograph, reliving the dawn when the sky first broke: golden light devoured the black thorns wrapped around the whole city. From the moment Landganning first greeted the sunlight, their departure was inevitable, and no one could change it.

“Witness the parting of family, and learn of the nightmare of dreams turned to ashes.”

“Sever the grudges of the past, and remember the love that brought such pain.”

“Reach the threshold of your ideals, and cry out at the end of the violet-black.”

“Embrace the golden dragon, and fall into the kingdom of heaven.”

“May all be well in your dreams, my son.”