Emergence, In Fifty-five Words - Section Seven, War; Part Forty-four, Loyalties, Collected Chapters

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 315, November 11th, 2017 Chapter One: Genetic Many things united the people of the Empire; language, cult, custom. Fear and hope were among the most powerful forces establishing both mutuality and commonality throughout the worlds. Nevertheless, the children of the Ancients evolved in different ways, on their disparate worlds, with different stars to look upon, different fates to contemplate. Differences were primary. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 316, November 12th, 2017 Chapter Two: Class Everyone dreamed of advancing to the next level, it was the constant preoccupation of the masses, to advance, either in this life or the next. Complacency was abhorrent. They loathed their own place, but when threatened their class united them. They were connected by clan, village, planet, by class, and rank, by fear and loathing. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 317, November 13th, 2017 Chapter Three: Planetary There were a million worlds in the galactic Empire. Planets strung like gems among the stars, each of them was the locus of identity for the ordinary citizen. Every person was marked by the world they lived on, genetically aligned to its exigencies. Their worlds marked them in ways that were both obvious and hidden. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 318, November 14th, 2017 Chapter Four: Linguistic The Imperial schools attempted to normalize linguistics. It was a mission that never ended, something that they failed at from generation to generation. Variation persisted, colloquial patterns bonded people to one another, an unconscious manifestation of shared experience. Language patterns were buried in the ganglia of the central nervous system, they were a genetic endowment. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 319, November 15th, 2017 Chapter Five: Desire People found one another through the things they desired most; bonding with one another through their joy, and pain. Shared experience were the strongest ties, and because of this, people unconsciously sabotaged themselves, undercut their hopes for advancement, so as to remain in proximity to those they loved. Through this medium, incredible tragedies would unfold. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 320, November 16th, 2017 Chapter Six: Fear Fear makes the life and behaviors of the citizenry more predictable than any other factor.  Not even death could overcome the power of fear. Fear poisoned the body, shaping its consciousness in the electromagnetic field. Fear was the most powerful emotion, stronger than hope, than desire, than hate. Fear catalyzed all of the lesser emotions. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Day 321, November 17th, 2017 Chapter Seven: Love Love is stronger than fear, stronger than any power. The Imperial cult worked tirelessly to frustrate the reality of love among each of the million worlds that constituted the galactic civilization. Love is a feeling, like fear, and joy, but love is more, it is a choice, it is a fundamental option. Love is freedom. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0: Section Seven, War Part Forty-four, Loyalties Collected Chapters 01 Genetic 02 Class 03 Planetary 04 Linguistic 05 Desire 06 Fear 07 Love #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!