Emergence 3.0
A Novel – In One Page Per Day
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Chapter One: Fear
For as far back as Jim could remember he wanted to create a better
world, not for himself alone, but for everyone.
Jim was an
intractable critic, he was perpetually discontent. This was natural to his
character, and it drove him to work, whereas in most other people he
encountered such feelings more often than not fostered apathy.
Before the
creation of the Collective, in his first life, when he was just a tiny creature
of flesh and blood, Jim wanted more for himself and for everyone. This drove
his participation in the team of researchers that created the Collective.
His
inclination to take risks led him to be one of the first volunteers to be successfully
translated into the Collective field. His grim determination allowed him to
preserve his sanity and identity when most of his fellows failed.
When the Collective
began to experience its first great existential crisis, Jim awoke to the
occasion and together with the greatest engineering minds that the Ancient
people had ever produced, they created the Continuum to be a representation of
the Collective will.
Not a single
one of them realized at the time that they had in fact given rise to the
demi-urge.
Jim’s
concerns regarding the Continuum were not rooted in his basic disposition as a
malcontent. They were based in his abiding interest for ethics and morals.
He was
frightened by the things he witnessed, the Collective had become a society of
monsters, and the Continuum was its head.
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