I struggled with this one, since one of the primary characters is somewhat difficult to portray. This story is an exercise in developing the kind of characters that fill out the background and mythos of a world, as opposed to the protagonist the story itself follows.
The setting is very similar to “The 64th.”
An experiment in exposition that became an experiment in writer’s block. It was further delayed by a family vacation and another project I started and then dropped. It should be safe to expect faster updates after this.
Here, I tried to practice world building and exposition. I wanted to introduce and explain concepts as naturally as possible, as well as name drop other ideas that hint at a larger world around those elements. So it’s probably kind of confusing. However, I try to never write a story that isn’t a little funny. I also practiced banter as a means of character development.
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