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The Ground (下界 Gekai), referred to as the Pit by the Spherites, is the surface of the world, a wasteland with a mostly toxic environment infested with Trash Beasts due to the constant downpour of trash from the Sphere. It’s inhabited by humans called Groundlings. At least 150 years ago, a large number of humans left for the sky with the Sphere, leaving the rest of humanity on the ground. Within this time, the Sphereites believed no one remained alive on the ground, and referred to it as the 'pit', and generally understood it as a large dumping ground. Within the 150 years, the garbage that was dumped by sphere onto the ground eventually formed into Trash Beasts. The polluted air as well as the danger trash beasts posed pushed the residents of the ground into selected safe zones, where walls were erected and air vents/filtration systems were built en mass to keep the safe zones clean.

The level of pollution changed much of the grounds environment. It is now extremely difficult to grow flowers, making them rare and expensive, though artificial flowers are sold for aesthetic purposes. Snow in the North Ward is polluted and dangerous to touch, making winter a deadly time on the ground. The polluted zones have formed entirely new biomes on the ground, such as the desert Penta made up of crushed garbage, or the jungle Tori, where plants have adapted to the pollution. Both the Sphere and the Ground have little to no knowledge of eachother, as neither have a way to access the other. Infomation regarding the relationship between the two on the ground has been censored or erased. However, clues do remain to its history. Macaca Icol's mural in Canvas Town highlights the 4 symbols of his best friends, one including Canis Surebrec, the creator of the Watchman Series.

Currently several loosely scattered clues left by Canis tell the history of the ground. Canis left his final will in Tori, guarded by the King of Tori, which entailed that he failed to stop 'them' and could only 'bury the humans'. Canis knew Kuro, who at some point begged Canis to 'not go'. Canis himself is hinted to be capable to travelling between the Sphere and the Ground, leaving his gloves and book on the sphere. Furthermore, the Watchman Series is named after The Watchman, or vice versa. On the ground, information is its own form of currency. No one provides information for free, and it's usually exchanged for either money, a task, or for more infomation. Kuro was known as a reliable information broker, though was rather eccentric and would have the price for his information vary, asking Rudo for a game of tag in exchange for his goods. Mymo provides his information on news and weather for free via broadcasts. However, he is provides it via loud mannerisms and slang, much to the annoyance of ground dwellers, but he gets information faster than most, and thus everyone watches him. Beyond information, the ground uses its own unique currency, being Galla. One cone of ice cream costs 70 galla.

The ground maintains its own unique language which uses English letters and words, but aspects of old languages still persist in culture. Enjin's name stems from an 'ancient language' on the ground, and August uses Spanish words on occasion.

Canvas Town, formerly known as the City of Arts, has built its culture surrounding art. Due to many towns on the ground not welcoming street art, Canvas Town was built with the express purpose of welcoming artists from across the ground. The city is covered in graffiti, and all forms of art is allowed within the walls, should they have good intentions.

There exists human trafficking, due to the lawless stats of ground, as some individuals exploit the lack of strict enforcement to abduct and exploit vulnerable people, with Amo Empool and Enijn being the noticeable example, Amo was sold by her own mother to an unstable abusive, unnamed man, while Enjin was an orphan living in an institution that later became a slave market, thanks to man who "looked like he had money". Enjin made a "connection", seemingly trying to find better funding for his orphanage, and used his newfound influence to exploit the system further, turning the orphanage into a front for trafficking. This grim reality underscores the vulnerabilities in such environments, where exploitation thrives unchecked, highlighting the urgent need for stronger oversight and protective measures to safeguard at-risk individuals from similar fates.

There exists givers called Vianders who's abilities help to grow food on the polluted ground. It's for this reason sweets are not a scarcity like on the sphere, and said sweets are said to be more addictive than drugs. Similarly to the sphere, the ground has a wealth divide. With safe zones being the only safe places to live comfortably, they become expensive to live in, and people who cannot afford to live in safe zones are pushed into communities that live narrowly on the borders of polluted zones, such as Kremmos Village. The ground is broken up into four wards, which hold both safe and polluted zones. Each are quite spread out, with the Southward being a 2 day drive away from the Cleaners Headquarters.

North Ward

The only place on the ground where snow falls, and is said to be the closest to the Sphere. The snow is toxic, so winter in the North Ward is said to be dangerous. Follo Tunito was born and raised here.

South Ward

2 days away from the Cleaners HQ, the South Ward is home to the the No Man's Land of Tori. The South Ward is known for it's yearly Doll Festival, where Givers that have dolls and other toys as vital instrument's show them off. East Ward

Where the Cleaners Headquarters are located and Team Akuta live in their free time. Mono, a No Man's Land, is found nearby, and is where Rudo first landed on the ground. A larger region known as Genia is found in the East Ward. West Ward

Little is known about the West Ward right now, but the Hell Guard have authority there.

Polluted Zone The contaminated zone is the dangerous zones closest to the settlements. Here, Trash beasts form and humans do not survive 15 minutes without a mask. Large amounts of trash can be found here and on occasions, humans scavenging materials and corpses to sell, especially sphereites.

No Man's Land

No Man’s Land are areas that are the most dangerous and unexplored of the three, with there only being six of them, a human would die almost instantly in these zones, and the Trash beasts that form here are said to be a challenge for even givers to handle.

Trash Beasts: The massive amounts of trash dumped from above fester and spawn dangerous, mutated monsters born from the negative emotions and discarded items of the people above.

The Cleaners: To fight back against the beasts, the inhabitants of the Ground use specialized items called "Vital Instruments". The givers are the ones with the capacity of turn a cherished object in a strong weapon to defeat the Beasts. There are also supporters, and Follo is one of them, those aren't givers, but they're strong and needed to help.