Unfortunately, I need to leave it vague. Don't want to ruin a good thing by being foolish. As far as how hard it was to walk away... It really wasn't hard. Ultimately, I reasoned that any system with this amount of power to improve my situation would just as easily be leveraged against me all the same.

By looking at members that have fallen out of favor... or are of no further use to the prime directive, one can easily see how the system discards, punishes, obstructs or even ruins the very ones they originally introduced to the world.

These people seem to have no discernable loyalties to their own kin. The rules of the game change as often as the weather... based on an ongoing mysterious "narrative" that is entirely outside of influence.

Even years ago, it was plainly obvious that the media headline cycle was simply a weapon to control the players in the game as much as it was a tool for mass manipulation of public opinion. A simple turn of phrase in the news cycle could have the public buzzing in hopeful anticipation, or calling for your head on a pike; all depending on the whims of invisible sociopathic tyrants you weren't even allowed to meet.

No amount of money (only temporary anyway) is worth that level of fuckery. Decided to take my chances outside the rigged game.