babylon lost

<div class='fade0 delay1'>babylon lost</div><div class='fade0 delay3'>by moody rahman</div><br><div class='fade3 delay4'>[[start|intro0]]</div>

<div class='fade3'>they say that infinite monkeys in an infinite room will eventually write Hamlet</div><br><div class='fade3 delay3'>they'll also write what happened to amelia earhart, where is atlantis, and the true nature of god</div><br><div class='fade3 delay6'>as it turns out, the universe is much like this <br> as time progresses, stars are born and then die, <br>mere instants in the vastness of time <br> they synthesize new types of atoms to populate the universe</div><br><div class='fade3 delay9'>the atoms rush around throughout all of existence, sometimes they collide into each other and form molecules.</div><br><div class='fade3 delay12'>sometimes, those molecules smash into each other and form larger and more complicated structures</div><div class='fade0 delay15'>[[lets watch|intro1]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay0'>look! will smith just formed from the infinite randomness!</div><div class='fade0 delay1'>just look at that gigawatt smile</div><br><div class='fade1 delay6'>will smith just died after a brief moment of existing in the oxygenless environment of deep space.</div><div class='fade2 delay8'><br>Rest In Peace <br> *How you live such a happy life? ~ Agent J, Men in Black III*</div><br><br><div class='fade0 delay10'>[[lets watch some more!|intro2]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>.</div><div class='fade0 delay2'>.</div><div class='fade0 delay3'>.</div><div class='fade0 delay5'>would you look at that</div><div class='fade0 delay7'>a brain just spontaneously formed in the void</div><div class='fade0 delay9'>[[inspect brain|intro3]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>it's about 20 inches in diameter, and perfectly smooth</div><div class='fade0 delay3'>there's not even a brainstem</div><div class='fade0 delay4'>truth be told, i can't figure out who it belongs to</div><div class='fade0 delay6'>not even what species this belongs to</div><div class='fade0 delay8'>and that's saying something, i'm the closest thing to a god that you've seen so far</div><div class='fade0 delay13'>it's fated to die in the next few milliseconds</div><div class='fade2 delay14'>.</div><div class='fade2 delay15'>.</div><div class='fade2 delay16'>.</div><div class='fade2 delay19'>it's dreaming</div><br><div class='fade2 delay21'>[[observe the dream|dream0]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay0'>it dreams of the void</div><br><div class='fade0 delay2'>it dreams of a single point in the void</div><br><div class='fade2 delay3'>[[Start|dream1]]</div>

<div class='fade1 delay0'>The quark-gluon plasma expands at breathtaking speeds as the baby universe grows.</div><div class='fade1 delay1'>It coalesces into a soup of protons, neutrons and electrons.</div><div class='fade1 delay2'>Primordial molecules form, eventually creating hydrogen to fuel stars.</div><div class='fade2 delay4'>A cloud of gas accretes and collapses into itself</div><div class='fade2 delay6'>[[A star shines|grencaid]]</div>

<div class='fade1 delay1'>The dust around the star gives birth to celestial bodies of terra and water.</div><div class='fade1 delay3'>The dust around each planet gives birth to creatures of terra and water.</div><br><div class='fade1 delay5'>From these creatures, across the millenia, arose civilization and strife.</div><div class='fade1 delay7'>Arose love and plagues.</div><div class='fade1 delay9'>Arose art and war</div><div class='fade3 delay12'>And long, long before all that, before history began, was an individual named [[Grencaid|forage0]].</div>

<div class='fade3 delay1'>The sun was beating down on the inhabitants of this village as they went about their day.</div><div class='fade3 delay4'>The village consisted of about 20 huts, small but well built, centered around a large storehouse of grain.</div><div class='fade3 delay8'>Patches of fertile land dotted the area with several people tending to them.</div><div class='fade1 delay12'>They were a hard-working and industrious people, farming was invented just the other day.</div><br><div class='fade1 delay16'>Some of them were staring at the ashuin, trying their best to see their crops slow growth.</div><div class='fade1 delay18'>"Yeah ashuin is nice, but I could really go for some cheshweh fruit right about now."</div><div class='fade1 delay20'>"Man, I really do miss cheshweh. I could swear that they were all over the place when I was a kid. Nowadays, we can't even find their rotting stumps."</div><div class='fade1 delay22'>"Except for that one tree a good walk away from here."</div><div class='fade2 delay24'>"Look at that! I swear, I saw it creep up a tiny bit."</div><br><br><div class='fade0 delay27'>Grencaid was ogling at the village beauty, Aled.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay28'>[[goddamn look at those hips GO|forage1]]</div>

<br><br><br><center class='fade0 delay1'><b style="font-size: 2em;">[[BONK|forage2]]</b></center>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>Grencaid felt a blunt force land on his head.</div><div class='fade0 delay3'>His grandmother, Ralbe, stood behind him. She rapped her walking stick against the ground, visibly annoyed. A basket was strapped to her back.</div><br><br><br><div class='fade0 delay7'>What should Grencaid say?</div><br><br><div class='fade1 delay9'>[[Hello grandmother, how are you doing today?|forage3polite]]</div><div class='fade2 delay10'>[[Ow! That hurt! What's your problem you old hag?|forage3angry]]</div><div class='fade3 delay11'>[[-stay silent-|forage3silent]]</div>

<div class='fade1 delay1'>"Hello grandmama, I hope you're having a wonderful walk this lovely afternoon!"</div><br><div class='fade0 delay5'>Ralbe stared at Grencaid, fully aware of what he was doing a few moments prior.</div><div class='fade0 delay8'>"Idiot boy, you had one job. The cheshweh tree is ripening and its fruits will soon spoil.</div><div class='fade0 delay8'>You forgot your basket, and here I come to deliver it to you only to catch you wasting your time with these girls."</div><br><div class='fade0 delay15'>She whipped the basket off of her back and placed it on Grencaid's head</div><br><div class='fade0 delay19'>"And one more thing my grandchild, you definitely don't have enough game to chase Aled.</div><div class='fade0 delay19'>The sun will set in about four hours, be sure to come back soon."</div><br><div class='fade2 delay22'>[[walk to the cheshweh tree|forage4]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>.</div><div class='fade0 delay2'>.</div><div class='fade0 delay3'>.</div><div class='fade0 delay4'>"Stupid idiot boy why did I even bother sending you to do one one simple task you unreliable idiot always lazing about and staring at a girl that you have no chance with and I try to be nice for once and bring you the basket that you forgot and you treat your grandmama like this you piece of Xecrellian trash I wish my daughter had never given birth to you and don't you even dare thinking about staying late the sun is going to set in four hours idiot child"</div><br><div class='fade2 delay8'>Grencaid's gaping at the string of expletives was cut short as his grandmother proceeded to hit him on the head again, even harder this time.</div><div class='fade0 delay12'>She threw the basket at Grencaid</div><div class='fade0 delay13'>"And don't even think about coming back home until that basket is full with cheshweh fruit."</div><br><div class='fade2 delay15'>[[walk to the cheshweh tree|forage4]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>.</div><div class='fade0 delay2'>.</div><div class='fade0 delay3'>.</div><div class='fade0 delay5'>"You always were the odd one weren't you. Anyhow, you forgot your basket. Be sure to come home with some cheshweh fruit. The sun sets in four hours, so be sure to come home soon, okay?"</div><br><div class='fade2 delay7'>[[walk to the cheshweh tree|forage4]]</div>

<div class='fade1 delay1'>The sunlight filtered through the canopy as the squeebles chirped their [[songs]].</div><div class='fade1 delay3'>The cool shade was a blessed repreive from the scorching afternoon as Grencaid meandered to the cheshweh tree.</div><br><div class='fade4 delay6'>[[The sky is growing darker...|oldreality0]]</div>

<div> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ?autoplay=1" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div><br><br><div class='fade4 delay4'>[[i'm oh so terribly sorry|forage4]]</div>

<div class='fade3 delay1'>The shadows were growing long around Grencaid as he walked through the forest.</div><div class='fade3 delay4'>The sun was setting.</div><div class='fade1 delay8'>It has been twenty minutes since his encounter with grandmother.</div><br><div class='fade3 delay10'>The moons were rising.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay12'>[[stop walking|oldreality1]]</div>

<div class='fade3 delay1'>Grencaid stopped walking and watched his surroundings.</div><div class='fade2 delay4'>The moons slowly rose through the night sky.</div><div class='fade1 delay6'>Visibly rose.</div><div class='fade0 delay8'>Rose faster and faster.</div><div class='fade0 delay10'>Until, the moons were behind him. The sky was tinged violet as the new morning begun.</div><div class='fade0 delay12'>His heart started beating rapidly as breathing turned ragged.</div><div class='fade0 delay13'>A minute of daylight later and he saw the moons again.</div><div class='fade0 delay14'>The sun and the twin moons kept rising and falling in rapid succession until they became a three rings in the oscillating colors of the sky.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay15'>It's been forty minutes since his encounter with his grandmother.</div><br><br><div class='fade0 delay19'>[[go back to the village|oldreality2village]]</div><div class='fade0 delay20'>[[go to the tree|oldreality2tree]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>Grencaid rushed back to the village, only to find</div><div class='fade1 delay3'>absolutely no one.</div><div class='fade1 delay5'>The sky was now an unnatural shade of lavender, the night and day skies blurring into one color.</div><div class='fade1 delay8'>The plants and surrounding trees shifted, weeks of growth passing by in seconds.</div><br><div class='fade1 delay10'>Ivy grew up the walls of the huts as the grass died and regrew. The trees continue shifting in place, losing their leaves.</div><div class='fade1 delay12'>The trees collapsed as new ones grew to take their place.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay15'>Grencaid closed his eyes and lied down, the grass in perpertual flux tickled his back.</div><br><div class='fade2 delay19'>[[go to the cheshweh tree|oldreality2tree]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>Grencaid rushed to the cheshweh tree. Where the cheshweh tree was, he found</div><div class='fade4 delay2'>a column of light reaching into the heavens.</div><div class='fade3 delay6'>It flickered with electric blue whisps dancing around a central column of glacial white energy, emanating from where the cheshweh tree once was.</div><div class='fade3 delay10'>It pierced into the atmosphere, into a gaping maw of pure blackness encompassed by the lavender sky.</div><div class='fade3 delay14'>The surrounding flora kept on shifting as time accelerated. Grencaid gripped the basket in his right hand tighter.</div><div class='fade3 delay22'>Grencaid stepped into the pillar.</div><div class='fade3 delay26'>It's been sixty minutes since he last saw his grandmother.</div><br><br><div class='fade4 delay30'>Somewhere, far away, a handful of neurons disintegrate.</div><br><div class='fade4 delay34'>[[*start* |future0]]</div>

<strong class='fade0 delay1'>*beep*</strong><strong class='fade0 delay2'>*beep*</strong><strong class='fade0 delay3'>*beep*</strong><div class='fade1 delay5'>[[wake up|room0]]</div><div class='fade1 delay6'>[[snooze|snoozeroom0]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>Her wrist vibrates as her embedded interfaced brace releases nitrium into her blood stream.</div><div class='fade0 delay3'>She has no choice but to wake up now.</div><div class='fade0 delay4'>*goddamn this godforsaken machine making me get out of bed and actually do stuff*</div><div class='fade0 delay6'>[[wake up|room0]]</div>

<div class='fade2 delay1'>The sunlight trickles through the windows as Myrm sits up in her bed.</div><div class='fade2 delay3'>She moves her rumpled blankets to the side and climbs out of bed.</div><div class='fade3 delay5'>She's wearing a pale green t-shirt and checkered sweatpants.</div><div class='fade2 delay7'>Her room is filled with various gadgets and keepsakes from her various adventures.</div><br><br><<set $room to ["posters", "desk", "cereal"]>> <<script>> <</script>> <<if $room.length == 0>> [[leave room|hallway]] <<else>> <<for $i to 0; $i lt $room.length; $i++>> <div class="fade0 delay1">[[$room[$i]|$room[$i]]]</div> <</for>> <</if>>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>The wall opposite her bed is covered in posters.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay3'>Will Smith just dropped his three-hundredth-and-forty-third album, whose album art is taped onto her wall.</div><div class='fade1 delay5'>A grey filter over his grinning face with a superimposed pair of yellowing horns looks straight into your soul.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay8'>To its right is a timeline of Xecrellian history.</div><br><br><div class="poster"><div class='fade2 delay9'>*1.6 billion years ago - the universe was created*</div><div class='fade2 delay11'>*1.2 billion years ago - relu forms from the debris of our local star system*</div><div class='fade2 delay13'>*1 billion years ago - the twin moons, aereth and derse form from jettisonned material from relu's geothermic activity*</div><div class='fade2 delay15'>*600 million years ago - evidence of life on relu*</div><div class='fade2 delay17'>*50 million years ago - the first xecrals arose*</div><div class='fade2 delay19'>*15 million years ago - ashuin was domesticated, starting the agricultural revolution*</div><div class='fade2 delay21'>*15 million +- 10,000 years ago - evidence of a reality failure event detected*</div><div class='fade2 delay23'>*5 million years ago - the haber-brosch process was invented*</div><div class='fade2 delay25'>*500 thousand years ago - gentx was founded*</div></div> <<script>> var i = state.active.variables.room.indexOf("posters"); console.log(state.active.variables.room) console.log(i) state.active.variables.room.splice(i, 1); <</script>> <<if $room.length == 0>> <div class="fade0 delay27">[[leave room|hallway]]</div> <<else>> <<for $i to 0; $i lt $room.length; $i++>> <div class="fade0 delay1=27">[[$room[$i]|$room[$i]]]</div> <</for>> <</if>>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>Her desk is covered with several inventions and gadgets she's acquired through questionable means.</div><div class='fade0 delay4'>The quintic abducator quietly buzzes as light flickers around in its transparent chamber.</div><div class='fade0 delay7'>A grappling hook lies atop a stack of textbooks.</div><div class="poster"><div class='fade1 delay10'>f(x) And More Math Jokes You Can Tell Yourself</div><div class='fade1 delay11'>Mathematics Made Difficult, by Carl E. Linderholm</div><div class='fade1 delay12'>The Geometry of Quantum Theory</div><div class='fade1 delay13'>Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Season One</div></div><div class='fade0 delay15'>At its center is her name tag.</div><br><c class='fade0 delay17 nametag'>MYRM OBDOWYN</c><br><c class='fade0 delay18 nametag'>SENIOR QUANTUM-REALITY NATURE RESEARCHER</c><br><br><div class='fade0 delay20'>She's rather terribly proud of her title.</div><br><br><<script>> var i = state.active.variables.room.indexOf("desk"); console.log(state.active.variables.room) console.log(i) state.active.variables.room.splice(i, 1); <</script>> <<if $room.length == 0>> <div class="fade0 delay22">[[leave room|hallway]]</div> <<else>> <<for $i to 0; $i lt $room.length; $i++>> <div class="fade0 delay22">[[$room[$i]|$room[$i]]]</div> <</for>> <</if>>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>Just a box of cereal?</div><div class='fade0 delay2'>Why are you observing this?</div><br><<script>> var i = state.active.variables.room.indexOf("cereal"); console.log(state.active.variables.room) console.log(i) state.active.variables.room.splice(i, 1); <</script>> <<if $room.length == 0>> <div class="fade0 delay4">[[leave room|hallway]]</div> <<else>> <<for $i to 0; $i lt $room.length; $i++>> <div class="fade0 delay4">[[$room[$i]|$room[$i]]]</div> <</for>> <</if>>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>Her living room is considerably more plain compared to her bedroom.</div><div class='fade0 delay3'>It's walls are painted rust, their color static despite the light fixture.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay5'>In front of the auburn couch is a central entertainment console.</div><div class='fade0 delay7'>It just turned itself on, having detected Myrm's presence in the room.</div><div class='fade0 delay9'>It's holographic panel projects her health information above the consoles smooth glass top.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay11'>Behind her couch are a few steps that go down to the front door of the apartment.</div><div class='fade0 delay13'>Next to the door is a coat rack. On it hangs a white lab coat.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay15'>On the left wall is a door that leads into her bathroom.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay17'>[[leave apartment|grosswork]]</div><div class='fade0 delay17'>[[brush teeth|bathroom0]]</div>

<div class='fade1 delay1'>You're really gonna try to make Myrm leave her place without brushing her teeth?</div><div class='fade0 delay4'>You disgusting animal.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay5'>[[brush teeth like a normal xecral for crying out loud|bathroom0]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>Her bathroom is as average as bathrooms come.</div><div class='fade2 delay3'>It's totally empty, except for a large red button on a pedestal at the center of its smooth marble floor.</div><div class='fade3 delay6'>She presses the button, and the marble floor starts to softly glow.</div><div class='fade4 delay9'>Her shirt and hair slightly lifts up as an invisible energy rises up from the floor.</div><div class='fade0 delay12'>.</div><div class='fade0 delay13'>.</div><div class='fade0 delay14'>.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay16'>Her teeth are brushed, hair cleaned, and face washed.</div><div class='fade0 delay18'>The wonders of anioscopic thermocule technology.</div><div class='fade0 delay20'>[[go to work|work0]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>Right before she leaves her apartment, Myrm's shirt glowed a pale blue.</div><div class='fade0 delay3'>Her once green t-shirt stretches and grows around her legs and up her arms.</div><div class='fade0 delay5'>She grabs her lab coat and steps through the door, now wearing a set of navy blue scrubs under her coat.</div><div class='fade2 delay8'>Just outside of her door glows a bright white light.</div><br><div class='fade4 delay10'>Her room reverts to flat grey walls when she steps outside. The holograms that project her home decor deactivate to save power.</div><div class='fade4 delay10'>Robotic arms snake out of the walls to reclaim her possessions and places them into cubbyholes.</div><br><div class='fade4 delay13'>[[teleport to the lab |work1]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>She rematerializes in an ellipsoid room made up of a cool white material.</div><div class='fade0 delay3'>Several xecrals are scrambling about, as papers are scattered throughout the room.</div><div class='fade0 delay5'>One of them, a tall brown-haired xecreal, Hamilton, stops infront of Myrm.</div><div class='fade0 delay7'>"Oh my god, Myrm, something terrible has happened"</div><br><br><div class='fade1 delay9'>[["..."|silencelab]]</div><div class='fade1 delay9'>[["What? What! What are you talking about?"|angrylab]]</div><div class='fade1 delay9'>[["It's okay, talk to me. What happened?"|calmlab]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>"... Just go and check for yourself. Experiment 3D65B"</div><div class='fade0 delay3'>He walks off, muttering obsceneties in Myrm's direction.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay5'>[[go to experiment|3D65B]]</div>

<div class='fade2 delay1'>"..."</div><div class='fade2 delay4'>"..."</div><div class='fade2 delay7'>"Experiment 3D65B"</div><div class='fade0 delay9'>He walks away with a puzzled look on his face.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay11'>[[go to experiment|3D65B]]</div>

<div class='fade1 delay1'>"Things have been really crazy around here. Hamilton did something crazy with some of the old cheshweh DNA, and, and, and...</div><div class='fade1 delay3'>No one really knows what's going on.</div><div class='fade2 delay4'>Thank you for being here missus head of the lab. It means a lot"</div><div class='fade0 delay6'>He walks away looking slightly reassured.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay8'>[[go to experiment|3D65B]]</div>

<div class='fade2 delay1'>A passage opens up in the smooth walls of the oblong room, leading into a brightly lit tube.</div><div class='fade2 delay4'>Myrm enters the passage, and after a few minutes of walking she emerges in the room where Experiment 3D65B is being conducted.</div><br><div class='fade3 delay7'>A shaft of brilliant white light is radiating straight up from the floor.</div><div class='fade3 delay10'>At the base of the light is a silhouette of a tree, it's rotund fruit obvious amongst its sparse leaves.</div><div class='fade3 delay13'>The light is surrounded by a shield of transtempuric glass as azure sparks of energy dance on the surface of the glass.</div><div class='fade1 delay16'>The perimenter of the room is lined with several monitors, displaying the data being collected from the light.</div><br><div class='fade2 delay18'>Hamilton walks into the room.</div><div class='fade2 delay20'>[[speak to Hamilton|hamilton0]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>"It's insane, the energy signatures we're getting exactly matches what remains from where we found the DNA of that cheshweh tree."</div><br><div class='fade0 delay3'>Another xecral just walked into the experiment chambers, their ID tag reads</div><br><div class='fade0 delay5 nametag'>MARLOWYN DUNSTYG</div><div class='fade0 delay6 nametag'>JUNIOR INTERN</div><br><div class='fade0 delay7'>"We've also been throwing some objects into the beam of light after getting to readings whatsoever on it's content. We might see that tree there but none of our equipment can actually detect it."</div><div class='fade0 delay14'>Myrm replies, "Did you guys already choose a name for what's going on?"</div><div class='fade0 delay16'>"Some of the energy signatures also match the anomalous readings from where we believe a reality failure event to have occured fifteen million years ago."</div><div class='fade0 delay20'>[[a nearby computer spits out a long strip of paper|paper0]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>Myrm grabs the paper and tears it off.</div><div class='fade2 delay3'>It's covered in archaic symbols and numbers.</div><div class='fade2 delay5'>She points to a specific region on the paper and shows the rest of them.</div><br><div class="poster"><div class='fade0 delay7'>Ax-455 PZCIANV3FF</div><div class='fade0 delay8'>Bx-456 XF68UUAORF</div><div class='fade0 delay9'>Cx-457 GINYBE51E8</div><div class='fade0 delay10'>0x-458 QCBA2R8TN7</div><div class='fade0 delay11'>0x-459 BZ00000000</div><div class='fade0 delay12'>0x-460 0000000000</div><div class='fade0 delay13'>0x-461 0000000000</div><div class='fade0 delay14'>0x-462 0000000000</div><div class='fade0 delay15'>0x-463 000000GD2M</div><div class='fade0 delay16'>Dx-464 STIUWADOZI</div></div><br><div class='fade0 delay17'>"A 0x memory registration? Where is all this phantom data coming from?"</div><div class='fade0 delay19'>Marlowyn responds, "The technicians are losing their minds trying to fix this bug. It's the first issue the lab computers have had in..."</div><div class='fade0 delay24'>Hamilton chimes in, "Not a single programming or hardware bug in the past five thousand years. Quantum singularity designed machines are physically guarunteed to be bug-free."</div><br><div class='fade0 delay29'>Myrm considers the paper in her hand.</div><div class='fade0 delay33'>As she goes deeper and deeper into her thoughts, the paper feels much heavier than it initally did.</div><br><div class='fade0 delay38'>"How long have we been running the transtempuric chambers?"</div><div class='fade0 delay42'>"It's been applying a two hundred thousand factor time dialation over the past day for an equivalent of ten thousand years"</div><div class='fade0 delay45'>"We've had several computers check the outputs, they're all match. Certain parts of out reality, just, don't exist."</div><div class='fade0 delay48'>"Saying that they're incapable of existing is more apt. The moment that cheshweh tree was fully reconstructed, it collapsed into a reality failure event."</div><div class='fade3 delay52'>"What if, just what if, this isn't a bug in our machine. It's..."</div><div class='fade3 delay55'>"It's what?"</div><div class='fade2 delay58'>"It's a bug in our reality."</div><br><div class='fade0 delay62'>A loud thud follows a scream that echoes through the lab.</div><div class='fade0 delay65'>Everyone stops rushing around, all attention is now on the light column.</div><div class='fade0 delay67'>[[look |grencaidfuture0]]</div>

<div class='fade3 delay1'>The column of light suddenly disappears, leaving a massive hole in the ceiling of the lab.</div><div class='fade3 delay4'>On the floor, behind the glass, lies a xecral body.</div><div class='fade3 delay8'>Their skull is bashed in, and their limbs are at odd angles. Around their mouth are stains of dried blood, evidence of prolonged and intense screaming.</div><div class='fade3 delay16'>In their right hand is a woven basket, entirely untouched.</div><br><br><div class='fade3 delay19'>[[s t a r t|hyperfuture0]]</div>

<div class='fade1 delay1'>The universe was dying.</div><div class='fade1 delay4'>[[Another star died|hyperfuture1]]</div>

<div class='fade1 delay1'>Even though the star was dead, it's system was still very much alive.</div><div class='fade1 delay4'>Hundreds of rays of light were shining off of the surface of most planets.</div><div class='fade1 delay7'>A shadowy figure was taking note of the conditions of Relu from several miles up its atmosphere.</div><div class='fade1 delay11'>[[observe the planet|hyperfuture2]]</div>

<div class='fade1 delay1'>Relu was covered with millions of large circular holes.</div><div class='fade1 delay4'>The stark black gashes were in contrast to the purple stone of the planet.</div><br><div class='fade1 delay7'>*Is this truly where my ancestors are from?*</div><div class='fade1 delay10'>Another presence materialized next to the first shadowy figure.</div><div class='fade1 delay13'>[[kythe into the new presence|hyperfuture3]]</div>

<div class='fade1 delay1'>*Yes, they called themselves the xecral*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay4'>*How did such pitiful creatures of terra give way to us?*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay7'>*It was three trillion years ago when the xecral learned of quanta-obfuscation and left their physical forms*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay10'>*Why would they want to do that?*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay13'>*They knew their world was dying. Something was wrong with the fundamental structure of reality.*</div><div class='fade1 delay13'>*Certain ideas simply could not exist, and rather transformed into pillars of temporal energy*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay16'>*Why are there so many pockmarks all over reality, couldn't they just stop manufacturing those ideas in violation?*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay19'>*More and more ideas became un-existable as time progressed. The rate at which the count of things refused to also accelerated*</div><div class='fade1 delay19'>*Now, not much else remains.*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay22'>*Are we immune to becoming un-existable?*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay25'>*Oh young one, do not fret. We are not made of matter, we are safe from un-existing*</div><br><br><div class='fade1 delay28'>Somewhere far away, an entity contemplated the DGV76HB nebula.</div><div class='fade1 delay31'>Before they could registered what had happened, their existence had ceased.</div><div class='fade1 delay34'>Turned into a pillar of light that shines through the cosmos.</div><br><div class='fade1 delay37'>[[coalesce|hyperfuture4]]</div>

<div class='fade1 delay1'>They had gathered in the confines of the noble and dying quasar KFDF579S.</div><br><div class='fade1 delay4'>*As you all know, ͈̲̰̀̎̃̐ơ̷̞̞̯̤͖̰͉͙͚͔̞͙̩̓̈̃̋́͂̇͋͠o̵͎̙̪̗̱̟̲̤͒d̵̨̰͔̯̱̞̦̪͕̣̺̳̒̓̽́̊͆̾͗͘͠y̸͙͇̺͉̞̤̣̖̮͔̠̅̊́̎̇̒̓̈͑͂̚͘͘͘͜͜͜ is currently not here with us anymore.*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay7'>*What had happened to them? Our bodies are made up of thoughts and abstractions, we cannot die*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay10'>*It appears as though that ...*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay13'>*Oh no...*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay16'>*That we can un-exist as well*</div><br><div class='fade1 delay19'>They were all silent, waiting for someone to kythe what to do next.</div><br><div class='fade1 delay22'>[[ruminate|hyperfuture5]]</div>

<div class='fade1 delay1'>They built a brain, a design that far surpassed any of flesh or imagination.</div><div class='fade1 delay4'>it's about 20 inches in diameter, and perfectly smooth</div><div class='fade1 delay7'>there's not even a brainstem</div><div class='fade1 delay10'>And in that brain, they programmed it to dream</div><div class='fade1 delay13'>They programmed it to dream and never stop.</div><br><div class='fade1 delay16'>For the first time in trillions of years, they said a prayer.</div><br><div class='fade1 delay19'>They prayed of a better future in what little time their reality had left</div><div class='fade1 delay22'>They prayed for the infinite possibilities of their creation</div><div class='fade1 delay25'>They prayed that this brain will preserve what they know of reality</div><div class='fade1 delay28'>They prayed that the brain will remain without imperfections</div><div class='fade1 delay31'>Not for their own pride, but for the sake of the inhabitants of the new universe</div><br><br><div class='fade1 delay34'>it's dreaming of the void</div><div class='fade1 delay37'>it's dreaming of a single point in the void</div><div class='fade1 delay40'>[[End|end]]</div>

<div class='fade0 delay1'>thank you for reading</div><div class='fade0 delay2'>babylon lost</div><div class='fade0 delay3'>by moody rahman</div>