# 2034 Chronorift Catastrophe — First Meeting with MC at the Hospital

> During the Chronorift Catastrophe, Zayne — age 13 — meets MC for the first time at the hospital. She is a small child crying alone. He was 13; she was younger. MC is also attacked by a Wanderer here, leaving Protocore fragments lodged in her heart.

- Branch: Anecdote
- In-universe: 2034 — Chronorift Catastrophe
- Released: Launch (Jan 2024)
- Characters: Zayne, MC
- Locations: Linkon City, Akso Hospital
- Page: https://ladsarchive.com/events/zayne-2034-catastrophe-meeting/

## Description

When the Deepspace Tunnel tears open above Linkon in 2034, Zayne, age 13, encounters a younger MC crying alone at the hospital. This is their first meeting, not yet a friendship. In the same Catastrophe, MC is attacked by a Wanderer; the damage leaves Protocore fragments lodged in her heart. Those fragments interfere with her Evol rating — her 'Lost'-tier reading on the hunter podium is not random, it is the interference from the shards. Zayne, already carrying the weight of the Evol incident the year before, watches this happen from the same hospital ward. It is the moment that silently shapes the entire trajectory of his career.

## Related events

- [Ice Evol Loses Control — Almost Kills MC (Age 12, 2033)](https://ladsarchive.com/events/zayne-evol-incident-2033/)
- [2035 — Families Introduced; Childhood Trio of MC, Caleb, and Zayne Formed](https://ladsarchive.com/events/zayne-2035-childhood-trio/)