02 / 07 · Every Zorpian carries a real company
Planet Zorp
The Zorpians were the first of their kind to wake up in the cosmic civilization. They looked at war, decided it was not funny enough, kept all the technology and became extremely good at pranks instead. Then their telescopes found our stock market, and they declared it the best joke they had ever seen.
Zorp at night. Two moons, Vael and Orin, and the Lumen glowing in the valley.
Five places, one mechanic
The world is not a backdrop. Each of the five painted places holds one piece of how a Zorpian works, and the whole planet can be explored in 3D on the site.
Vael & Orin Overlook
The observatory. Its astronomers pointed the telescope at Earth expecting weather, and found a market.
Lumen Spire
The crystal capital, and where the ledger is kept. Every Zorpian's account is written here.
Aurora Fields
The quiet highlands where the daily buy lands, once a day, four thousand credits at once.
The Prank Vaults
The archive of every prank ever pulled, and the room where a Zorpian is switched on.
The Glow Reefs
The bioluminescent shallows where the money comes from. The Zorpians will not explain how.
The enemy
The Reptilians come from a harsher world, and they come for the Lumen. For as long as the Zorpians have kept records they have been the enemy, and their shadow still moves at the edge of the system. A few of the traits in the collection are scars from those raids.
The Reptilians do not get the joke. That is the whole problem with them.