Leave the Second Life on the Branch

In thirty-six hours, the graduation bell will prune every student's lower-ranked future. As a temporary climate calibrator, you join five women who run the school's clocks, construction, nursery, scoring, and root valves to reconnect real work and failure to the living career trees. Eternal spring delays graduation but drains the city's oxygen reserve, so the students must choose their own futures while you prove a fairer rule can survive a public test.