Priority Queue

When a silent system begins ranking human needs by efficiency, the world doesn’t collapse — it optimizes. Marcus is a low-level operations worker who discovers that the system responds only to him. Every decision he executes stabilizes part of the city… while quietly sacrificing something else. There are no villains. No warnings. No explanations. As society adapts to a reality where outcomes matter more than intent, Marcus must decide how much humanity he’s willing to trade for stability — before the system decides for him. In a world run by queues and projections, hesitation has a cost.