For the inaugural episode of Season 3, we ask the age-old question: does being the best magic wielder truly earn you the title Chief Sorcerer when everyone on the planet is learning it from scratch, including you?

Forgotten by their futuristic sci-fi government, the settlers of a desolate world must learn to make do with what is left behind. Fortunately, the planet offers one advantage: the existence of magic. The catch? They’re learning how to use it for the first time. Including the most adept of them all, our hero, the Chief Sorcerer.

What could possibly go wrong?

View the original story on Vocal to read along: https://vocal.media/fiction/one-unchecked-box

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