BarelyConscious



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    Ryland doesn't know where he is, what he's doing, or why he's doing it. All he knows is that he's in a universe with no stars and that an organization called the COI found the Hail Mary spinning out into deep space. He knows that Rocky may be injured somewhere, and he knows that the man that currently lays in a hospital bed in front of him should be dead as dirt but has miraculously survived.

    He knows he has been given an ultimatum. Find out what brought Simon back to life or never see Rocky again.

    The task proves more complicated than he thought.

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    The worst part about it, Simon thinks, is that when his skin starts to slough off, it’s replaced by a film of blood. And when that starts, the line of demarcation that separates what was strictly him and strictly other starts to fade. Even when his left arm detaches with an uneven rip and the voice in his head stops being his voice, he still hopes there’s a way to distill his real self from the sludge.

    Simon subscribes to the idea that people get what they deserve as a consequence of their actions. Something along the lines of karma. It brings a sense of closure, and he’ll take closure where he can get it. With that, Simon submits himself to the notion he’s getting exactly what he deserves. This is how it’s going to end - with him blindly slinging an axe in a battle for unsatisfying gulps of metallic air, fumbling around the dark for a line that used to exist.

    But he wakes up. And the first thing Simon’s traitorous brain thinks is that this man has the kindest eyes he’s ever seen.

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    You are fresh out of college and ready to finally make some real income doing the bare minimum for a toy factory that want your tech skills. So easy...

    The reason a toy factory has a bunch of science equipment is beyond you. Even more so why a doctor is in charge of the department.

    Probably the most perplexing thing though is why the doctor likes to linger around you. You don't understand that in the slightest.

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    You're an under-qualified employee working in the labs of a morally bankrupt "toy company." Surrounded by geniuses who doubt your ability, you begin to believe you're as incapable as they make you feel. But you will learn... you will come to find out that you're the center piece of a puzzle constructed by a mind far greater than yours. This mind has a purpose for you, though even he doesn't account for just how far his own obsession will eventually go...

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