Unarin paces around his Inner Sanctum, his eyes closed, as he has done countless times for countless different reasons over his long, storied life. Without any other Volgrim within several stories, let alone those foolish enough to barge in on the First Founder, he has always been able to enjoy a certain degree of peace…
Seven days after the Great Debate, Immigration Centers open up around Tarus II. Four of them in total, with one at each side of the city: North, east, west, and south. These centers provide a huge building for people to go and place their preferred future residence following the Great Debate, so everyone will be…
"The Evolved." Jason repeats thoughtfully. "Were the Sentinels capable of becoming Evolved?" "They were not." Calanthra explains. "The Sentinels were not made with the intention of accelerated learning. Their programming was relatively fixed, making it so they would not grow infinitely more intelligent over time. That being said, at their base level, the leader of…
"Hell yeah, I wanna go exploring." Jason says to Calanthra with a smile. "How do we navigate around Ripspace though? Traveling to other galaxies is going to take billions of years, right? Surely, there’s a shortcut." "Ripspace is not as it seems." Calanthra explains, gesturing grandly to the epic sight before them. "It is a…
"Convergent Evolution." Jason repeats. He pauses for a moment to collect his thoughts. "The tendency for species to evolve toward certain similar characteristics over time, ones which are often evolutionarily superior or grant significant advantages. For example, having an even-number of legs to walk on, such as two or four or six." The Wordsmith materializes…
"Fifty million years?" Jason asks, as he looks at Lady Calanthra in shock. "That feels a little over the top!" The Fairy Matriarch smiles at the young Wordsmith with kind eyes. "It is not as exaggerated as you believe, Jason. The Angels were formed from the dust of the Cosmos. They are many billions of…
On the world of Volgarius, inside the Founder’s Thumb. Unarin calmly walks into the main command center of the upper floors. He pauses for a second, looking at the dedicated team of Technopaths and Changelings who keep his mighty empire running, with all of them either directly linked to massive central networks that collect and…
An hour after the conclusion of the Great Debate, Jason and Phoebe sneak back to their room to finally enjoy some private time together. For Phoebe, a little over three weeks have passed since her husband went to Chrona. But for Jason, he has not seen his beautiful wife in a substantially longer period of…
Following the end of the two opening and closing arguments, the Great Debate enters a new format. No longer do Phoebe and Neil speak unopposed, but instead they both stand at their respective podiums on the left and right, with Yamir positioned between them. The Minotaur holds up a microphone and speaks. "People of humanity,…
When Phoebe steps up to the podium, her heart wavers for a moment. Neil’s twisting of reality, and his manipulation of the masses has truly gone far beyond what she could accomplish. In her eyes, only one word describes the man seated behind her. Shameless! It doesn’t take her much effort to deduce that Neil…
