Emergence: Section Two, The Continuum; Collected Parts VIII - XIV

08 The Body, 09 The Ancients, 10 The Hunger, 11 The Observers, 12 The Empire

13 The Revolutionary, 14 The Collapse

Emergence: Section Two, The Continuum Part Eight, The Body Collected Chapters	Section 02, The Continuum Part 08, The Body Chapters 01 The Whole 02 Perception 03 The Parts 04 Personhood 05 Belonging 06 Freedom 07 Control #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi @jaybotten
The Body; Part Eight, Chapter One: The Whole	Pt. 08, Ch. 01 The Continuum had a place in time and space; a HomeWorld, but Continuum was a field of consciousness. It was energy. #Emergence
The Body; Part Eight, Chapter Two: Perception	Pt. 08, Ch. 02 Continuum claimed that it was a unique, and singular consciousness. Jim knew that this was lie. It was an algorithm. #Emergence
The Body; Part Eight, Chapter Three: The Parts	Pt. 08, Ch. 03 A trillion beings formed the Continuum. Or more; each a distinct entity carrying the whole compressed within itself. #Emergence
The Body; Part Eight, Chapter Four: Personhood		Pt. 08, Ch. 04 There is more to being a person than having a distinct-identity. A person must be free; having autonomy and purpose. #Emergence
The Body; Part Eight, Chapter Five: Belonging		Pt. 08, Ch. 05 There are many forms of belonging; free or by compulsion; and then there is metaphysical belonging, because you are. #Emergence
The Body; Part Eight, Chapter Six: Freedom		Pt. 08, Pt. 06 In the Continuum there was no want; though it was understood vicariously, and remembered. everything belonged to it. #Emergence
The Body; Part Eight, Chapter Seven: Control		Pt. 08, Ch. 07 The majority of the Continuum never leave Home World. They had abandoned their bodies; uniqueness, a total illusion. #Emergence
Emergence: Section Two, The Continuum Part Nine, The Ancients Collected Chapters		Section 02, The Continuum Part 09, The Ancients Chapters 01 History 1st 02 History 2nd 03 History 3rd 04 History 4th 05 History 5th 06 History 6th 07 History 7th #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi @jaybotten
The Ancients; Part Nine, Chapter One: History 1st		Pt. 09, Ch. 01 The Continuum came from animals; bipeds with hemispheric brains; who found immortality in the magic of the electron. #Emergence
The Ancients; Part Nine, Chapter Two: History 2nd		Pt. 09, Ch. 02 For billions of years the Continuum evolved; emerging from water, reaching beyond their world, and out to the stars. #Emergence
The Ancients; Part Nine, Chapter Three: History 3rd		Pt. 09, Ch. 03 The Continuum found a way to the stars; colonizing planets; launching ships, planetoids, living vessels in the dark. #Emergence
The Ancients; Part Nine, Chapter Four: History 4th		Pt. 09, Ch. 04 Over billions of years millions of worlds were populated by the Ancients; establishing the foundation of the Empire. #Emergence
The Ancients; Part Nine, Chapter Five: History 5th		Pt. 09, Ch. 05 The children of the ancients spawned civilizations that flourished, and died; while in the center Continuum emerged. #Emergence
The Ancients; Part Nine, Chapter Six: History 6th		Pt. 09, Pt. 06 Continuum was the undoing of Death, allowing a person to upload their consciousness into a field of perpetual being. #Emergence
The Ancients; Part Nine, Chapter Seven: History 7th		Pt. 09, Ch. 07 Death would not be cheated by the Continuum. None of its members talked of this. The Continuum was a trap, a miasma. #Emergence
Emergence: Section One, Jim and Kathy Part Three, Loss and Discovery, Collected Chapters		Section 01, Jim and Kathy Part 03, Loss and Discovery Chapters 01 Watching 02 Connected 03 Portents 04 Unrequited 05 Impression 06 Finding 07 True #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi @jaybotten
The Hunger; Part Ten, Chapter One: Malaise		Pt. 10, Ch. 01 There are silences in the Continuum that span eons; as the members are quiet, observant, consumed by time’s passage. #Emergence
The Hunger; Part Ten, Chapter Two: Fascination		Pt. 10, Ch. 02 There is a pervasive curiosity in the Continuum; concerning the culture of their offspring; a consumptive curiosity. #Emergence
The Hunger; Part Ten, Chapter Three: Apathy		Pt. 10, Ch. 03 The Continuum had no sense of time, or its place among the stars. They did not consider that anyone could harm them. #Emergence
The Hunger; Part Ten, Chapter Four: Control		Pt. 10, Ch. 04 The Continuum left nothing chance. It ruled an empire, it filled the galaxy like a hungry God devouring experiences. #Emergence
The Hunger; Part Ten, Chapter Five: Taboo		Pt. 10, Ch. 05 For the Continuum all experiences were fodder for its need to feel and be something. Intervention was the one taboo. #Emergence
The Hunger; Part Ten, Chapter Six: Domination		Pt. 10, Pt. 06 The Continuum feared that its progeny would find a path to their own immortality. This potential was always crushed. #Emergence
The Hunger; Part Ten, Chapter Seven: Addiction		Pt. 10, Ch. 07 The Continuum was a psychic vampire, living vicariously; feeding off the lives, and tragedies of billions of worlds. #Emergence
Emergence: Section Two, The Continuum Part Eleven, The Observers Collected Chapters		Section 02, The Continuum Part 11, The Observers Chapters 01 Identification 02 Assignment 03 Mission 04 Incorporation 05 Watching 06 Indifference 07 Reporting #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi @jaybotten
The Observers; Part Eleven, Chapter One: Identification		Pt. 11, Ch. 01 The Continuum selected Observers from its members who had returned to consciousness after falling into deep silence. #Emergence
The Observers; Part Eleven, Chapter Two: Assignment		Pt. 11, Ch. 02 Sending a person to the Observer Corp removed their influence from the Continuum, providing relief to the suffering. #Emergence
The Observers; Part Eleven, Chapter Three: Mission		Pt. 11, Ch. 03 Observers lived with the people, and in the collective consciousness, feeding triumphs and tragedy to the Continuum. #Emergence
The Observers; Part Eleven, Chapter Four: Incorporation		Pt. 11, Ch. 04 Being an Observer meant having a body. Organic on the observed world, mechanical on Home World; it was a life apart. #Emergence
The Observers; Part Eleven, Chapter Five: Watching		Pt. 11, Ch. 05 There are many forms of observation; satellite imaging, audio recording. The primary method was to live with people. #Emergence
The Observers; Part Eleven, Chapter Six: Indifference		Pt. 11, Pt. 06 Emotional capacities were engineered out of the Observer’s body. They complicated the work; disrupted the Continuum. #Emergence
The Observers; Part Eleven, Chapter Seven: Reporting		Pt. 11, Ch. 07 The regimen was for the Observer to return to Continuum; upload the content of their experiences, for it to consume. #Emergence
Emergence: Section Two, The Continuum Part Twelve, The Empire Collected Chapters		Section 02, The Continuum Part 12, The Empire Chapters 01 The Lost 02 The Search 03 The Homecoming 04 The Magisterium 05 The Missions 06 The Billion Worlds 07 The Emperor #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi @jaybotten
The Empire; Part Twelve, Chapter One: The Lost		Pt. 12, Ch. 01 Before the Continuum; the first people launched themselves into the galaxy; on ships, and planetoids, into the dark. #Emergence
The Empire; Part Twelve, Chapter Two: The Search		Pt. 12, Ch. 02 In time a search began; to discover what happened to those explorers, the adventurers and extra planetary colonists. #Emergence
The Empire; Part Twelve, Chapter Three: The Homecoming		Pt. 12, Ch. 03 The lost peoples were found in time. Few remembered their origins. Those who did fell to worship when they returned. #Emergence
The Empire; Part Twelve, Chapter Four: The Magisterium		Pt. 12, Ch. 04 From the civilizations founded by the Ancients the Priesthood emerged; creating the ritual devotions for the Empire. #Emergence
The Empire; Part Twelve, Chapter Five: The Missions		Pt. 12, Ch. 05 Star by star, missionaries recovered the lost, founding an empire from the remnants; offering them to the Continuum. #Emergence
The Empire; Part Twelve, Chapter Six: The Billion Worlds		Pt. 12, Pt. 06 The many lives, cultures, ways of being; the Empire collected them, through ritual, and the promise of eternal life. #Emergence
The Empire; Part Twelve, Chapter Seven: The Emperor		Pt. 12, Ch. 07 He was the focal point, the sword tip. that imagined ruling the lives of countless people; the bridge, Pontifex Rex. #Emergence
Emergence: Section Two, The Continuum Part Thirteen, The Revolutionary Collected Chapters		Section 02, The Continuum Part 13, The Revolutionary Chapters 01 Ordinary 02 Eruption 03 Family 04 Tribes 05 Love 06 Music 07 Purpose #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi @jaybotten
The Revolutionary; Part Thirteen, Chapter One: Ordinary		Pt. 13, Ch. 01 Jim was an Observer, he spent ages on Earth; watching the culture emerge from the children of the ancient explorers. #Emergence
The Revolutionary; Part Thirteen, Chapter Two: Eruption		Pt. 13, Ch. 02 Earth had fallen; from spacefarer to hunter. Continuum was fascinated. Then the volcano nearly wiped everything out. #Emergence
The Revolutionary; Part Thirteen, Chapter Three: Family		Pt. 13, Ch. 03 The Observer bonded with a family; led them in the dark time. He gave them a virus that changed them in subtle ways. #Emergence
The Revolutionary; Part Thirteen, Chapter Four: Tribes		Pt. 13, Ch. 04 Strong-new tribes formed. Jim mingled with different ones in each generation; differentiating them from one another. #Emergence
The Revolutionary; Part Thirteen, Chapter Five: Love		Pt. 13, Ch. 05 Love was manufactured in humans with a retro-virus, a parasite blending utility, compassion, and desire. It was art. #Emergence
The Revolutionary; Part Thirteen, Chapter Six: Music		Pt. 13, Pt. 06 It began with rhythm, a code fixed in the genes; uniting humanity. It was the drum beat. The Continuum was obsessed. #Emergence
The Revolutionary; Part Thirteen, Chapter Seven: Purpose		Pt. 13, Ch. 07 Jim knew that it was only a matter of time before the next cataclysm and he deeply desired to save humanity from it. #Emergence
Emergence: Section Two, The Continuum Part Fourteen, The Collapse Collected Chapters		Section 02, The Continuum Part 14, The Collapse Chapters 01 Shock 02 Pain 03 Shame 04 Sympatico 05 Paralysis 06 Corruption 07 Fuge #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi @jaybotten
The Collapse; Part Fourteen, Chapter One: Shock		Pt. 14, Ch. 01 Continuum was not prepared for the dying anguish of a whole planet. Until that moment emotions had merely been data. #Emergence
The Collapse; Part Fourteen, Chapter Two: Pain		Pt. 14, Ch. 02 Fear followed shock; like a chasm, open beneath Continuum, and a white hot pulse of agony, pushing it over the edge. #Emergence
The Collapse; Part Fourteen, Chapter Three: Shame		Pt. 14, Ch. 03 Wildlife sensed it first; fleeing in droves. Then seismographs told the tale, but disbelief crept into the analysis. #Emergence
The Collapse; Part Fourteen, Chapter Four: Sympatico		Pt. 14, Ch. 04 Every living thing heard the explosion. Chaos followed quick upon the sound wave, with prayer rising up to greet it. #Emergence
The Collapse; Part Fourteen, Chapter Five: Paralysis		Pt. 14, Ch. 05 Over six hundred thousand years the pressure was building. When the Yellowstone Cauldera blew, Earth’s axis shifted. #Emergence
The Collapse; Part Fourteen, Chapter Six: Corruption		Pt. 14, Pt. 06 Ash buried North America, while clouds of fine particles, and poisonous gases covered the world; blocking all light. #Emergence
The Collapse; Part Fourteen, Chapter Seven: Fuge		Pt. 14, Ch. 07 It was a crucible. Half of the world perished within days of the blast; most of the rest in the month that followed. #Emergence