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Synopsis: Rigel, by chance immortal, witnesses the collapse of the universe over 10,000 years. | Synopsis: Rigel, by chance immortal, witnesses the collapse of the universe over 10,000 years. | ||
− | Call to Action: | + | Call to Action: besides the basic plot above anything is fair game. We have 10,000 years to cover so there is much freedom to explore subplots. Feel free to edit, change, improve, delete, add to the story. Even a sentence or two would be helpful. If a large enough number of people contributed in this way; producing material daily, weekly, monthly, this could be a great project. Jump on board and help create an open-source novel. |
==Chapter 1: (...)== | ==Chapter 1: (...)== | ||
− | Tentative Synopsis: Rigel, a botanist, embarks as a passenger on a ship headed to a galactic conference only to find out that he has an incurable disease, and six months left to live. | + | Tentative Synopsis: Rigel, a botanist, embarks as a passenger on a ship headed to a galactic conference only to find out that he has an incurable disease, and six months left to live. |
− | + | ==1.1== | |
+ | The evening sky illuminated the landscape and dazzled the entrance to the cave. The seven suns burned in the solid mauve sky as they walked, as if on eggshells to the cave's mouth. The two looked down at the life form that had pulled them so far across the stars. What a marvel. “Once in a hundred years!” | ||
− | + | “Do you want me to extract Rigel?” Gine asked. “What’s so special about those little lichens anyway?” | |
− | + | “Everything. There’s a pattern here, extremely rare. And no we’re not going to extract, just observe.” | |
− | + | “For how long?” Gine asked. “I honestly don’t know, however long it blooms. A botanist must be patient.” | |
− | + | “If you say so. What a way to spend your birthday.” Gine grinned. | |
− | + | How the years pass. I was young then. A ripe 64. This was the beginning, before things started to slow down. I’m surprised I remember. Has it really been 10,000 years? | |
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− | + | I arrived home later that night (describe trek through countryside?). My loft was empty, uninspiring, Spartan. But I liked it that way. The screen to the far side of the space was blinking. I had a message. It was from my father. | |
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+ | Jaia!" a male voice said as incessant pounding grew louder. "Please, I will beg you if I have to - you have to help us, we have to rebuild. Please!" | ||
+ | Silence. | ||
− | " | + | "I don't know what we're going to do, I just don't know, she's the only one left," the man said muttering on and on to himself as he grew weary and plunked himself down on the doorstep. |
+ | He sat motionless staring into the distance hoping it was all a nightmare, one he would awaken from any minute. | ||
− | + | "And what if I don't?" a female voice finally said after an eternity. | |
− | + | "You know the answer to that, Jaia," he said. | |
− | " | + | "No, I really don't," Jaia said, her voice distressed. "You always said everything we were doing would be here. That it all was for the greater good. Look around you, Zayen. Does this look good to you?" |
− | + | "There was no other option!" Zayen said. "Did you want to sit there and just watch it all be destroyed? I wouldn't change it Jaia, I hate to say it, but I wouldn't." | |
− | + | "Just go away," Jaia said. | |
− | + | "I would but being that you're the only person still alive that can help me, I can't leave without you can I? And trust me, begging you kills my soul almost as much as they did." | |
− | + | ==1.2== | |
+ | The year has gone by and this isn't going as we thought. | ||
+ | With many others to find, we are becoming more and more desperate. In case you haven't figured it out we are all survivors of globalization. The universe is intact but the planet is dying. There is no sign of vegetation and we have been surviving with nutrient packs combined at meal times or if you're lucky you have a complete meal.... at this point all humans sterile and we are walking the Earth to find the mother of all people. Yes, you are correct Mother Earth has a human sister who lends PURE eggs to the facilities where the generations are produced. | ||
− | + | I am what you would call a reboot human. I chose the name Graysin myself, because sin can be gray and that is the world today. A reboot human is a body and mind that has been used by machines for our organic electric energy. The machines use our electric current to fuel future generations with sensory exchange. Like charging the babys with human affection and touch so they develop their ultimate electrical capacities. Once my energy starts to deplete the humans are discharged. Basically the machines put us outside to live or die. Upon discharge I was naked. Terrified. | |
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− | + | Being curious of the world around and filled with many new feelings, I cried. I do not completely understand why. We rebooted humans have no names, only QR codes. We have no understanding of the new science only of our existence and our role. | |
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− | After | + | After crying I began to feel fatigued so I slept by the facility gate feeling its protection and safety. |
− | + | At the sun slid below the horizon the night cooled quickly and I began to feel anxious. Everything was new and unrecognizable. | |
− | + | I began to perceive that there was something moving in the distance. | |
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“A matter of importance. It is also urgent. But I would also like to see my son. It’s been too long.” | “A matter of importance. It is also urgent. But I would also like to see my son. It’s been too long.” | ||
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I arrived at the lift. The ship was massive, one of the Leviathan-class interstellar cruisers. Its black perma-steel hull sparkled, bright and dark, translucent and opaque, sinister and beautiful. | I arrived at the lift. The ship was massive, one of the Leviathan-class interstellar cruisers. Its black perma-steel hull sparkled, bright and dark, translucent and opaque, sinister and beautiful. | ||
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"That's preposterous! The speed of light is a constant." came another voice in the conference room deep within the Department of Sciences, a department of the League. | "That's preposterous! The speed of light is a constant." came another voice in the conference room deep within the Department of Sciences, a department of the League. | ||
− | "Or so we thought," replied the Tular Renn. | + | "Or so we thought," replied the Tular Renn. |
The General stood up, "I am not after theories! What are we to do about it?" | The General stood up, "I am not after theories! What are we to do about it?" | ||
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− | ... At the request of my father I went to get a long | + | ... At the request of my father I went to get a long overdo physical exam. The room was crowded with (instruments). It resembled (...). “Pardon the mess. We are in the process of (revamping) this facility.” The doctor was an older man, with dark orange skin. Spots cluttered his large, round face. He was a Belerion I believe. “I am...” The doctor interrupted, “you must be Rigel. General Vango talks about you all the time. He’s informed me to give you every test there is. The doctor paused for a second. “Where are my manners, I’m Doctor Condel, or Co-del’-ondel-o’ris if you have the patience.” |
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− | + | It was strange to hear that my father talked about me. I always thought of myself as a chore to him. An inconvenience that needed to be met every couple of years. But I knew he loved me, even if In his own way. And I did love him, in my own way. That is why I agreed to this ridiculous physical, to make him happy. That is why I agreed to take a ride on this ship, to leave home. “Dr. Condel, where do we begin?” | |
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− | + | ==Discussion== | |
+ | * Technologic development of the League? They have explored most of the galaxy but have yet to go beyond the rim. They can harvest energy from stars directly but have yet to construct a Dyson sphere, or at least the project has never been undertaken. The technology to destroy a star and create a black hole is there, but is illegal, due to its potential as a weapon. They have just recently begun to harvest dark matter for practical purposes. Much of the technical details can be ignored due to the story being told from the point of view of Rigel, who doesn't really understand what is going on. | ||
− | + | * Tentative Synopsis, Chapter 2: Rigel, in search of a cure, ventures out of League territory to a far off planet following rumors of an illegal medical procedure. | |
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− | [ | + | * [[6 Billion A.D./Chapter 2|Chapter 2]] |
+ | * [[6 Billion A.D./Chapter 3|Chapter 3]] | ||
+ | * [[6 Billion A.D./Chapter 2|Chapter 4]] | ||
+ | * [[6 Billion A.D./Chapter 3|Chapter 5]] | ||
+ | * [[6 Billion A.D./Chapter 2|Chapter 6]] | ||
+ | * [[6 Billion A.D./Chapter 3|Chapter 7]] | ||
+ | * [[6 Billion A.D./Chapter 2|Chapter 8]] | ||
+ | * [[6 Billion A.D./Chapter 3|Chapter 9]] | ||
+ | * [[6 Billion A.D./Chapter 2|Chapter 10]] | ||
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[[Category:Science fiction]] | [[Category:Science fiction]] |