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SERIES 102499a: You were here.

Title 114:  I am the complex. I have now spent over 15 months underground, in the mines, pretending I was one of them and looking for any and all opportunities for espionage. I thought I would go unnoticed. Monsters harvest broken hearts for fuel, feeding the fat while sleeping youth lay dreaming in their laps. I enlisted as an undercover mechanic. My purpsose was to secretly distribute the new science to the sleeping. But as I poke around the sub-territories I realize that I am not actually awake after all, and in fact I am not sure where I am. I may have crossed the line between soldier and captive but there are no guards here to ask. I search my memories for a map to consciousness and the code to open my eyes. I sense the others are nearby but as the artificial lights begin to glow I cannot hear them. We hear better in the dark.

Title 115: I am looking for a new home for Prosolar Mechanics. This place is damp and the bullet tree sags from the weight such moisture. I want to approach the lake brainso I can swim and wash your hateful thoughts from my skin, but the mud lining these banks is too deep. I am afraid of sticking to the ground and needing your strength to pull me free.

Title 116: Trust no one. Morning report indicated that footsteps were heard on the upper balcony at apx. 2:17 this morning. Guards have been sent to patrol the perimeter of the station, but no intruders have been found. Down below the masses might be praying for light to penetrate cracks in their cells in order to stimulate the primary generation of names. But in the present those lives remain nameless. The prison stays invisible and slowly the urge turns to a light itch. Then nothing. The so-called leaders bring coffee and the morning paper to those starving for bread, but they read and take in the new nutrients; style and caffeine. Somewhere beyond here the real Prosolar Mechanics fear for our survival and do nothing. My frustration turns to yen and I am asleep again.

Title 117: The future of sex. I am not ever going to make it any easier for you than this. The next time you see me, here's what you'll do...

Title 118: Put free time to good use. You live in a world where you have precious few choices and and little time to make them, and you know that. You say prayers in your sleep that you cannot remember upon waking. You do not believe in God, but you don't disbelieve either. Things were once easier for you, but now that you've given up on the notion of having any real identity for yourself you can't seem to understand why you bother to wake up at all, and each day. Bother. Figure out why.

Title 119: The mechanics are desperate like me. We have been conducting more tests over in the lab because the complex seems to have mutated again. It used to seem as though the lethargy seeped in through orafices. Now we suspect it spontaneously erupts from within. No one is safe and we need all the recruits we can muster to keep fighting before we've all rolled over for the last few minutes before the alarm goes off. By then it might be too late. I've opened my eyes for the fourth time this morning without ever closing them in between and the landscapes become more bizarre with each awakening. Where the hell are the others with the ship? If you see them, please let them know I need a hand correcting the spelling on my application to the Academy...

 

 

never natural