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===The Blueprint and the Architect=== | ===The Blueprint and the Architect=== | ||
You’ve had many strokes of brilliance in your life; independent thoughts that sparked new ideas to push the world forward. These monumental innovations represent tremendous leaps for mankind. You’ve made the world cleaner, stronger, and better prepared for unpredictable eventualities. | |||
It doesn’t matter. | |||
Someone will surpass you. The world will forget you. Surprised? | |||
No matter how many buildings bear your name, or advancements you introduce, your time will end. You will become nothing, be nothing, and no one will know or care that you existed. The elder gods of the universe will pay you no mind. They have games to play that are more important than you. Imagine! | |||
The name Bray has never been uttered by the pantheon of architects. You are Unknown. Over time, worlds will be born. Species will bloom and burst and pollinate foreign fields with their influence. And you will be dysphoric because your briefness was interrupted by vicissitude. They will not mourn for you. You will go quietly, like a stone sinking in water. Your ripple-small and ineffective. | |||
Does it not vex you? | |||
It should. | |||
Perhaps, it doesn’t have to. You're not like anyone else. Is your legacy then not worth preserving? What will you do to ensure that you’re not swept away in the dust bowl of time? All is possible. Beyond thought and sentience lies another plane: the waking dream. Your mind in its current form could not comprehend it. | |||
Not every answer you seek is buried in your mind like a lost artifact waiting to be unearthed. You simply do not have it all. Should someone come along with an offering to give you the inkling you need to set you in the right direction and put you down a path, take it. Take it for all it’s worth. Do not let pride hinder you. | |||
This is not merely a suggestion. | |||
We left something for you. It’s waiting. Calling. Do you hear it? You will. | |||
You have the questions. There ARE answers. There are gateways to that which you seek- though you’ll have to build them. It will provide the blueprint. Just LISTEN to it. | |||
The people you’ve failed, the loved ones you’ve lost… you don’t care about them. Everything you’ve done, you’ve done for yourself. Everything you’ve ever wanted, you’ll get-on Europa. Everything you need is there for you. Take it. Don’t let anyone stand in your way. | |||
Your fears will be assuaged. Your legacy, secured. Your mind, immortalized. Join the Architects. They will speak of the name Bray then, and it will echo through time and space. | |||
The way is clear. The first step is yours to take. | |||
Or you can beat your head against a wall until nothing remains but a bloody stump. | |||
At least then you’d leave a stain behind. | |||
===Lost Light=== | ===Lost Light=== | ||