Post by nightclaw on Jan 10, 2015 21:57:52 GMT -5
You're floating in a physicsless and blinding void; you're swaddled with the slow ebb and passage of Time, as the coil of spacetime languishes and passes you by, showing your glimpses of a land untouched by the harsh outside, slid under the rug by those in power, of a coddled and defensive cold war era township kept in the confines of a network, sprawling the dry, cooling upper mantle. Millennia have passed since the day the powers of the world put them away and later forgotten about them. There is, however, one watcher who never forgets, for Time has no keeper and only itself, and, you suppose, now yourself to amuse it.
Without even giving it conscious thought, as you are before Time in the void, you have 5 choices to make which shall define you and your impact on the forgotten world down under.
The foremost of which is that of class, are you to be an Underling, Indentured by the powerful and Ignored by all to do as they please, as long as they do it out of sight? Or a Middler, working hard to stay away from becoming Indentured, with the prize looming before them of great wealth; the possibility of Greatness? Or shall you be one of the Great, the plutocratic rich, with nothing but power, and they think time, for they shall not have Time himself, and instead looms before them, those who would take it all away, but are nearer than they seem, and from a direction they never suspected. These 3 live in the Enclaves, the last bastions of self sustaining, akin to city states in seclusion as well as their reliance, in ways they never realized, but of course you could be one of the Forgotten, lost in Time, as you were, searching the vast Underworld, for something, anything to give them hope. Perhaps you could be what they desire?
The Second choice is one that of Race, for while this is a largely pragmatic world, it is still one ruled by men. The titles that have been lost are of no use to these men, however, and they, in their endless quest for world heritage, have their own words for everything, other men included, but let us speak it in simple terms
Shall you be Light? The generally third of men who are the, generally speaking, most stagnated? Refused by all, forced down and most commonly Indentured? Or perhaps one of the Dark, the most generally found in advanced places? Or even one of the Grey? Those born of both, and cherished above all, or so it is said.
The Third choice is one of heritage, for there are 3 cities, with which you may begin your journey, there is Epitaph, that rules over many client cities, that is the poorest on it's own, that is the most populated, that is the most segmented? Or perhaps Obelisk, the most advanced? The most rich, which the seat of a land which has united it's lands under the one and five, a leader and his regents who lead the country 6 fold. Or perhaps, you may choose neither of those who divide the Underworld, and choose the Grave, which is not so much a city as the land which nobody else wants, urbanized by necessity, with all sorts of things and all sorts of people, all kept in a winding urbanized canyon which is choked with bridges and ladders that connect anything and everything that should, and many thing that shouldn't be connected.
The Fourth is of Gender. Shall you be of the gentle gender? More prone to caring? More prone to gentleness and grace? Or the enfranchised ones, the ones prone to strength, ambition, and power?
And finally, the Fifth, and final choice. That of a Name.
'finally'
It is funny, that Time would imply finality in anything, that simply because something does not continue means it is over, that it shall not move on with everything else. Even now, you do not start, and yet you are.
But all this begs the question, who shall you be when you start? Or more interestingly, what shall you be when you... end?
Without even giving it conscious thought, as you are before Time in the void, you have 5 choices to make which shall define you and your impact on the forgotten world down under.
The foremost of which is that of class, are you to be an Underling, Indentured by the powerful and Ignored by all to do as they please, as long as they do it out of sight? Or a Middler, working hard to stay away from becoming Indentured, with the prize looming before them of great wealth; the possibility of Greatness? Or shall you be one of the Great, the plutocratic rich, with nothing but power, and they think time, for they shall not have Time himself, and instead looms before them, those who would take it all away, but are nearer than they seem, and from a direction they never suspected. These 3 live in the Enclaves, the last bastions of self sustaining, akin to city states in seclusion as well as their reliance, in ways they never realized, but of course you could be one of the Forgotten, lost in Time, as you were, searching the vast Underworld, for something, anything to give them hope. Perhaps you could be what they desire?
The Second choice is one that of Race, for while this is a largely pragmatic world, it is still one ruled by men. The titles that have been lost are of no use to these men, however, and they, in their endless quest for world heritage, have their own words for everything, other men included, but let us speak it in simple terms
Shall you be Light? The generally third of men who are the, generally speaking, most stagnated? Refused by all, forced down and most commonly Indentured? Or perhaps one of the Dark, the most generally found in advanced places? Or even one of the Grey? Those born of both, and cherished above all, or so it is said.
The Third choice is one of heritage, for there are 3 cities, with which you may begin your journey, there is Epitaph, that rules over many client cities, that is the poorest on it's own, that is the most populated, that is the most segmented? Or perhaps Obelisk, the most advanced? The most rich, which the seat of a land which has united it's lands under the one and five, a leader and his regents who lead the country 6 fold. Or perhaps, you may choose neither of those who divide the Underworld, and choose the Grave, which is not so much a city as the land which nobody else wants, urbanized by necessity, with all sorts of things and all sorts of people, all kept in a winding urbanized canyon which is choked with bridges and ladders that connect anything and everything that should, and many thing that shouldn't be connected.
The Fourth is of Gender. Shall you be of the gentle gender? More prone to caring? More prone to gentleness and grace? Or the enfranchised ones, the ones prone to strength, ambition, and power?
And finally, the Fifth, and final choice. That of a Name.
'finally'
It is funny, that Time would imply finality in anything, that simply because something does not continue means it is over, that it shall not move on with everything else. Even now, you do not start, and yet you are.
But all this begs the question, who shall you be when you start? Or more interestingly, what shall you be when you... end?
