Story and art by A. Jaecadin. V.B.
If I were to break into thousands of fractals,
Into infinite universes
Would you still see me?
Tell me to hang in there, as you’ve always done?
And when all seems lost—
Define me by the love that we’ve always shared if nothing else?
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A story about love and identity. What becomes of them when we lose ourselves to forces larger than us—even when our power lets us shatter worlds, yet we’re still not enough?
A mysterious conglomerate of planets called the Sooted Star Planet Network (SSPN) is home to seven different species. After several millennia of learning to get along, they all seemed to be doing just fine. That is, until the seriphi of Planet Eresdel decided to make the conflict between their superpowered senergian and non-superpowered exergian populations everyone else’s problem.
Well-meaning labs began developing technology that could open gateways into the Wavelength Realm, a mysterious realm that senergians can tap into for their powers. They promised a truly equalizing force for all species in the SSPN. But is it a salvation, or another unfathomable entity we die for without ever finding its answer?
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Disclaimers:
* This work uses an experimental neopronoun system.
* Currently a work in progress. New chapters out whenever I can find time.