Sorry, everyone! I've been working on the outline and it has taken a bit longer than originally planned due to work and personal issues that came up. So I am going to release some of these 'interludes' while I work on it. While not necessarily directly related to the main story, they will act as short stories which will give some world building to all yall while I finish up the outline.
Thanks for understanding and I hope you enjoy the first interlude: In the Beginning…
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In the beginning, there was nothing at all, except for several strands. Strands with fraying ends were all that floated in the nothingness without end.
Twisting and turning upon themselves while spread out, like grains of sand there were hundreds upon hundreds of them. So many it was almost impossible to pick out any single one within the writhing mass of strings.
Since all that existed at this point was these strings it is impossible to know how long it stayed this way. Strings flailing about in the void as if trying to find that right angle to achieve some hidden goal unknown to outsiders.
And so these strings, the only thing which existed at this point, continued their seemingly pointless flailing. Strings which slowly frayed from their illogical actions.
Strings which grew worn out and thin as they ceaselessly continued.
Strings upon strings, never stopping, never fully being destroyed.
On and on and on. In a void with no time, no space, no life or death, only these strings with never ending determination.
Until one day, one of many strings managed to succeed at their unknown task. It had formed a knot upon itself. A never ending knot which seemingly grew in size the longer one looked at it. A knot which somehow strengthened the string, as the string grew.
From that knot, came forth something new, something which now existed within that very same void.
Something which we may call a universe. But there was something else as well, a tiny speck of white light was formed when the universe came forth within this knot.
Was this string satisfied with the first knot however?
Of course not, because this string had brought forth reality, or perhaps the string itself was reality. Either way, Reality needs rules. Rules need concepts, and concepts need homes.
As such the string continued, at last figuring out how to create a knot, it began to create many more. Over the course of time, The string became longer and longer with more knots formed across its length.
After the first knot however, more strings began to grow from the knots. Strings which each formed their own knots as well. Without limit, one string became two became three and so on.
What was once a tiny string within a void of nothingness with only other strings became a tapestry of knots. Of course there were still other strings surrounding the first to succeed, with some of those strings managing to create their own knots as well.
Each knot contained something new, with the branching knots only adding on more to the newly created realities. Some knots were simply universes, whereas others may contain new concepts.
As the strings in this void created their own knots, slowly the void was filled with numerous weaves made entirely of knots.
Each tapestry of knots contained their own unique realities, with the first of each string always bringing forth a tiny speck of white energy.
Over time those realities gathered more white energy from that first speck, which went towards creating other individual specks.
As the specks gained power, they found a way to leave their respective tapestries. Allowing them to witness these strings and tapestries.
As such they tried to come up with a fitting name for these mysterious strings. After realizing the true nature of these strings, they managed to come to a consensus upon the name.
They called them the strings of reality.