Donna Xia

A group of online friends meet in person for the first time and discover their host is an enigmatic entity who molds a private world just for them. Through surrealistic individual battles with regret, trauma, failure, and mental disorder, each must decide if laboring through life is a worthwhile effort.

In a dystopian world where mutants—individuals with the ability to transform into animals—are confined to the island city of Arktus, two young mutants, Liora and Kian, enroll in the Academy to gain control over their mutation. Their goal: to secure passage to the human cities beyond Arktus's walls. As a friendship develops between the two, they discover the dark truth behind the Academy. They must now fight against the oppressive regime to reclaim their freedom.