Kpleeb wakes up in a strange cave with a smooth floor and multiple sides. He notices a weird sun and moon cycle and finds mysterious food and water. Despite the routine, he ponders if this is merely hell. Days blend together, leaving him questioning his reality.
As Krund tends his potato patch, forbidden whispers beckon, but he remains steadfast in his labor. Meanwhile, Projection Emitter 3 grapples with the delicate balance of deterring curiosity while training civilization to co-exist with forbidden secrets that will inevitably be revealed.
In Reset #1,000,000’s micro-reality, Krund, unassuming dirt farmer, scratched his head as cosmic rain, personified by Projection Emitter 3, explained the grand design. Undeterred, Krund, with a grug and a potato in hand, unwittingly embraces his role as cosmic dance partner in the peculiar interplay of celestial wisdom and humble dirt-farming.
Outside reality, Projection Emitter #3, with 5.5 body units, imparts cosmic wisdom to it’s creation. Wrestling with the 5.5 nature of everything, it ponders troublesome communications with its enigmatic half-counterpart, Point-Five. While the descendant builds a hut, questions arise about Point-Five’s fractional existence, weaving an intricate dance of communication across the universe’s peculiar dimensions.
In the cosmic symphony, Projection Emitter #3 engages in a whimsical monologue with the latest descendant, expressing relief at their survival and offering a cosmic crash course on the intricacies of the universe. Amidst discussions of BNS beams and light years, the entity contemplates the occasional monotony of projecting reality into the vast blackness. The narrative takes an unexpected turn as the cosmic guide’s attention shifts abruptly, leaving the descendant to ponder the mysteries of the whirling sparkles.
Commander Llarp and his elite llama squad exploit a portal to raid a parallel world, perceived as a home of giant ‘portal beasts’, but their adventure falls short when they materialize as tiny toys in a human world.
The ancient Projection Emitter entity continues to play the role of patient tour guide, warning it’s newly-generated fledgling species against the now-electrified stairs while dropping important facts about the Fast action Relay Telecommunication (FRT) gate. Between epochs, this cosmic overlord unveiled the ins-and-outs of its own existence in a voyage of self-discovery. Now it must relay this info to the primitive race it harbors within itself.
In the cosmic theater of creation and reset, Projection Emitter Number Three introduces a new life form to test its FRT gate. Beneath the benevolent exterior lies a cautionary tale about stairs leading to the Upstairs Brane, a repeated temptation despite dire consequences. Each reset adds a warning, a plea to resist the ancestral curiosity that disrupts countless timelines.
On Christmas Eve, a father tries to convince his daughter, Emma, that it’s Christmas the next day, despite the lack of snow in Louisiana. Unable to do so verbally, he creates a mini snowstorm with an air conditioner and a video, temporarily placating her.
The KSS Archimedes VII, an experimental interstellar supercruiser, is part of a top-secret government project- Project X-335. As the narrative unfolds, we witness Victor B. Massanan, a hospital employee, becoming entangled in a mysterious brain surgery case. Simultaneously, the Archimedes faces a catastrophic glitch, one that completely upends Victor’s life… or rather his virtual life.