Long ago, the world was stable. But then,
chaos; technological singularity rocked the world, tearing down governments, social structures, even the
almighty corporations. When humanity held
ultimate power in its hand, only the small groups, communes, families could survive. But in the process of surviving, they found it necessary to
change; becoming more than human, less than human, something to the side of human. The details vary, but in the end, every group became something that those who came before would not qualify as successors.
Well, not all of them. These people, these
base humans who surround you have remained, through fear, the
same. Living deep in these caves, far from the eternally changing
surface, with its neural viruses and tempting pheromones. Here, in what the locals simply call
home, life goes on, as it has for millions of years, and how it undoubtedly will for
millions to come.
It makes you sick.Once you were like them. "Better poor and safe than powerful and inhuman." But now you and a few friends think you can find a
better way. Not far to the
east from home is a
sprawling mega-structure, extending far above your heads, into the cavern's ceiling and beyond, and, you assume, downwards into the depths of the planet. Nobody could have built this... could they? It seems
infinite, yet it does not swallow up the world in its intricacies, rather simply
inviting, waiting for a
few brave souls (like you) to enter and pry out the secrets. It is, simply,
Perplexing.
Name: What will we call you, punk?
Description: What do you look like, punk?
Disposition: Why are you a punk... man?
Aspiration: What makes you feel so special... punk?
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Topic: Welcome to the Perplexiplex: Splitting storylines (Read 6026 times)