Emergence 3.0
A Novel – In One Page Per Day
Sunday, March 3rd, 2019
Chapter
Three: Cloak
Secrecy was
everything.
Jim had to
be able to conceal his work from the Continuum. He had to be able to endure its
scrutiny at each and every cycle in which he was required to report back to
HomeWorld, exposing himself to the Continuum and sharing his first-hand
experience with his brothers and sisters in the Collective.
This task
was filled by a replicant, a version of himself who was completely committed to
the mission Jim had claimed for them all. To pass through the ordeal Jim had
restricted the experiences of this replicant, controlled them, making it so
that he had precious few secrets to hide at the moment his consciousness was exposed
to the powerful examination of the Continuum.
He had to
conceal his movements and machinations from the mechana of spycraft that the Continuum
had required him to position all around the world; satellites with powerful
tools for audio and visual surveillance.
He had to be
even more careful in consideration of the living spies he knew the Continuum
had sent to Earth, his fellow members of the Observer Corps who were sent to
watch over him and report back to the Continuum covertly.
When Earth
entered the digital age, he had to be even more mindful of his actions because
he knew the Continuum and its spies had penetrated the information technologies
of nations states, and could use their technological resources to sort massive
amounts of data at incredible speeds, thereby increasing the likelihood that he
would be discovered.
Jim orchestrated the development of his international organizations,
personally managing the traditions that would allow it to progress, pulling the
cloak of secrecy over it, and stretching its shadowy tendrils into every facet
of human society; the Templars, the Hashishim, the Jesuits, the Illuminati,
they all belonged to him, served his bidding, fulfilled his purpose, operating
in the shadows, well beneath the notice of the Observers.
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