~Basically a slow-burning 'magical' science fiction within a RPG-esque fantasy setting*~
An operation failed. One survived. Now a foreigner lost and stranded somewhere someplace, alien yet familiar, fantastical yet real. Found and rescued by another, similar but distinct; departed and never seen again. Left alone, yet again. Alien among aliens. Forced to hide and blend in… to a point; hunted, yet not really. Young, yet ancient. Analytical, yet aloof. A mind decayed by time, riddled with contradictions. Masks and faces worn as one, both without identity. A purpose long lost.
Gods scheme upon rotting thrones, shackled to wills beyond their own. Great powers devour their world, cursed with stomachs never satiated. Delusions of fantasy dreamt to swipe away the nightmares heralded by shooting stars. The world’s play motions forward to the choir’s tune as the past withers away; the stage evolves and changes, yet remains static and contrived.
Meaningless happenings, given meaning. People found, turned to characters. Memories, turned to story. Events in observation, narrativized. A protagonist found and placed on stage, made to dance the play of it which observes, indifferently yet with ever maddening interest.
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Notes:
- Synopsis is tentative.
- This narrative has elements of philosophically absurdist underpinnings and influences, and may not be conventional in some ways.
- This story is a very slow moving burn, but prone to flaring up, escalating, or even sudden derailments.
- There is a strong emphasis on worldbuilding and character psychology.
- There are elements of mystery, but largely in the sense of reader engagement and understanding (and confusion).
- This is planned to be a large series and long-term project.
- Each "Pars" was initially 3,500 - 4,500 words, but most will be split into two segments and published as two chapters.
- This story is starting out with its 'prologue' (Volume – N), which was intended to be a general and broad introduction to the specific aspects of the setting, world, and primary character, and cover the mumbo-jumbo; but, it ended up becoming very fat, chunky, and long; it will be split into two 'acts'.
- Subsequent volumes are planned to be shorter and more specific. The prologue is largely completed, but I am still in the process of freshening and cleaning it up.
