It's just another grey, stormy morning at Xanthic Cross game studios, where Nefarioun Crisis and her fellow coders trade their hours for a living wage. But the office's "e;camaraderie-building"e; annual betting pool is about to take a turn for the surreal.When Nefarioun places a casual two-dollar wager on an underdog track-and-field runner named Yeon Blast, she inadvertently triggers the ever-vigilant ears of her resident genie, Disco. What should have been a simple race becomes a reality-shattering event as a magically "e;enhanced"e; energy drink sends Yeon Blast into a physics-defying time paradox, winning the race 40,000 times over...and sending the city's bookmakers into a panicked flight.But this chaos is only beginning. Back at the apartment, a storm-induced blackout threatens to keep Nefarioun from the seasonal anime she lives for.