Polcompball: Nexus/Chapter 1: Recollection

Inner Circle

 * [[File:Anrad.png]]
 * [[File:Apolit.png]]
 * [[File:Altcentr.png]]
 * [[File:Horshu.png]]
 * [[File:Lib.png]]
 * [[File:Moder.png]]
 * [[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]]
 * [[File:Radcent.png]]

Outer Circle

 * [[File:Abstentionism.png]] Abstentionism
 * [[File:Altcen.png]] Alt-Center
 * [[File:Anarcho-Apoliticism.png]] Anarcho-Apoliticism
 * [[File:Antideo.png]] Anti-Ideology
 * [[File:Apcomb.png]] Apolitical Combatocracy
 * [[File:Apolitical Nihilism Icon.png]] Apolitical Nihilism
 * [[File:Apolitical Transhumanism.png]] Apolitical Transhumanism
 * [[File:Asiaapol.png]] Asian Apoliticism
 * [[File:Classdeal.png]]
 * [[File:Confess.png]]
 * [[File:Intcen.png]] Conscious Centrism
 * [[File:No!.png]] Contrarianism
 * [[File:Debaterismf.png]] Debaterism
 * [[File:Democratic Liberalism.png]] Democratic Liberalism
 * [[File:Demtrans.png]]
 * [[File:Demcr.png]] Democratism
 * [[File:Egolib.png]] Ego-Liberalism
 * [[File:Electoral.png]] Electoralism
 * [[File:Glib.png]]
 * [[File:Gugachacrism (Horseshoe Neoliberalism).png]] Gugachacrism
 * [[File:Gun Club Liberalism.png]] Gun Club Liberalism
 * [[File:Humanismpix.png]] Humanism
 * [[File:Ideology Disintegrationism.png]] Ideology Disintegrationism
 * [[File:IndCent.png]] Individualist Centrism
 * [[File:Libaut.png]] Liberal Autocracy
 * [[File:Libfem.png]]
 * [[File:Liberalpop.png]] Liberal Populism
 * [[File:Libtech.png]] Liberal Technocracy
 * [[File:Librtrans.png]] Liberal Transhumanism
 * [[File:Modcon.png]] Moderate Conservatism
 * [[File:Modnat.png]] Moderate Nationalism
 * [[File:Modprog.png]] Moderate Progressivism
 * [[File:MuscLib.png]] Muscular Liberalism
 * [[File:NarcLib.png]] Narco-Liberalism
 * [[File:Neocen.png]] Neo-Centrism
 * [[File:Non-ism.png]] Non-ism
 * [[File:One-Nation Liberalism.png]] One Nation Liberalism
 * [[File:PoliticalIndecisiveness-icon.png]] Political Indecisiveness
 * [[File:Radape.png]]
 * [[File:Reform.png]]
 * [[File:Relreject.png]]
 * [[File:Neoliberal Centrism.png]] Scientific Centrism
 * [[File:Soclib.png]]
 * [[File:Statlib.png]]
 * [[File:Synclib.png]]
 * [[File:3way.png]]
 * [[File:Veganapolit.png]] Vegan Apoliticism

Congress Hall, Centrist Congress
( and enter the main Congress Hall in a rush)

We're here!

...

Oh, right.

Why do you always say we're going to be late? We're always the first ones to get here!

Sorry. Where's Apolitical Transhumanism?

I don't know.

I'm right here.

( and both look behind them to see )

How early are we this time?

23 minutes and 8 seconds.

Hm...

( looks out into the hall. A couple dozen chairs and tables are arranged in a half-circle, centering around where the Inner Circle takes their seats. At the center of it all is the speaker, Moderatism, 's chair)

What's up with you today, Demtrans? You look distant.

Nothing. I just feel like I had a really long, complex dream. I feel weird whenever I look at today's date.

Septober 33rd?

Yes. It makes me feel... sad. And afraid.

Really? Did anything traumatic happen to you today?

No, not really. At least I don't think so.

( and arrive at the hall)

Hey, fellas.

God, these transhumanists, always waking up at insanely early hours.

What's wrong with waking up early? The early bird catches the worm, you know.

I don't know why your cyborg brain makes you stupider than you previously were. The augmentations seem to have done wonders for your pals, but you're still annoying.

Dude, what's with the aggressiveness today?

I didn't get any sleep last night. I just don't want to deal with idiots.

Sheesh.

( enters the hall)

I heard some squabbling! What are you guys fighting about?

( enters the hall)

God, Debaterism, you should really stop getting in everyone's business... You woke me up with how fast you got out of your bed once you heard them fighting.

( and enter the hall)

Wow, it really speaks volumes that the Inner Circle never gets up early. Why do we still allow them to lead us?

Because everyone hates them and that's funny.

Amen!

( suddenly enters the hall)

No. I disagree.

( enters the hall)

Can you transhumanists fix this Contrarianism guy? Rewire his brain or something? He's unbearable...

I'm not sure it's that simple.

Hey, Liberal Transhumanism?

What's up?

I feel like... I've never met most of these people. Despite knowing them for months now.

What do you mean?

Debaterism, Contrarianism, Abstentionism, hell, even Apolitical Transhumanism, a childhood friend of mine... I'm struggling to remember much about them now.

Man, are you good? Maybe I shouldn't have woken you up so early, you're clearly out of charge.

Yes, that's probably it.

(Over time, people begin to pour into the hall, but no member of the Inner Circle arrives)

Well, we're all here. Except the people who are supposed to start the meeting.

I'm going to start firing at the ceiling just to wake these motherfuckers up.

Are you sure they're sleeping and not just doing something else?

I don't know.

You never do.

Wait, ONL, you always sleep in Neolib's room. Where is he?

Beats me. When I woke up he wasn't in the room.

We're not getting anything done...

... And that's a good thing!

Fucking idiots. If I was in the Inner Circle, this wouldn't happen. I'm going to go check on whatever the fuck they're doing.

We don't even know where they are, Statelib.

So? I want to start the meeting. We're 20 minutes late now. Neocent, GC, Libaut, come with. We're dragging these morons into the hell whether they like it or not.

Got it.

Are you sure that won't get you kicked out of the Congress?

Who cares. I've done worse to them.

(Before could head out into the living quarters, the Inner Circle arrives at the Hall)

Hello, everyone. Apologies for the delay. We have something very important to show you today, so I would like you to take a seat.

Thank God. It's really boring having to hear these people's conversations before the meetings.

Say that to my face, pussy.

Fight! Fight!

Please, control yourselves.

5 months in and we still can't keep them from pointlessly squabbling...

Don't worry, we just need to wait a few more months and they'll start growing closer.

Constantly saying that won't make it come true.

Hey, honey, why were you late?

We were preparing something very important. You'll see once we're all in our seats.

(Everyone goes to get seated...)

Alright!

( slams a gavel 2 times)

Let the 159th Centrist Congress meeting begin! This time, we'd like to start the meeting ourselves, with a little surprise. Radcent?

Well...

Act 1.5: Retelling
I'll tell you the story I told the other Inner Circle members.

...

I was walking in the forest right outside the Congress...

Forest, Congress Outskirts
( is walking through the forest, with a backpack on. Suddenly, he notices something portruding from the ground, among the blades of grass)

Hm?

( gets closer to inspect it, realizing it is a hatch door handle)

What the...

( pulls on the handle, opening the hatch. He sees a ladder made of iron bars, and darkness below)

Huh.

( goes down the ladder, and finds himself in a pitch black room)

Crap... Good thing I have an emergency flashlight.

( pulls out a flashlight from his backpack, and lights up the room. It is still too dark to see, so he tries illuminating the walls to find a lightswitch. He finds one)

Oh, good.

( turns on the lightswitch. The hatch closes by itself, and a small green light is turned on further into the room)

What the hell is that?

( sees what's under the light...)



( walks forwards towards the strange gem. He notices that it's on a claw-like pedestal, and slightly floating above the ground)

Hm...

(, on impulse, grabs the gem and stores it in his pocket. The light suddenly turns off, but the sunlight rushes in again as the hatch opens by itself)

The fuck?

( exits the room and goes back up, and heads for the Congress. However, as he's doing so, he gets the impulse to take the gem out of the backpack and examine it. While looking at it...)

Woah... Wha-

(Suddenly, is paralyzed, and a burst of information is relayed into his mind... )

Congress Hall, Centrist Congress
So? What did it tell you?

Well, it told me that... That it could make us more powerful than the extremists. A genuine threat. Only if we listened to it...

This sounds very sketchy.

Don't worry. I verified it with Esoteric Transhumanism. It's legit.

Yo, there's gotta be a catch. These thingies always have a catch.

Well, there is indeed a catch... It's-

Not important.

What?

It doesn't matter.

Yeah, you're right... It's probably no big deal.

This is very untrustworthy.

You can trust me, right? So can you trust us when we say it's not relevant right now?

Alright then.

So, let's begin the discussion phase of the meeting! Who would like to start?

Well, first, not to brag, but Antideo and I ran over a POLITICOID last night. Said his name was Social Technocracy or something. We finished the job and threw him into a lake!

Are you sure you didn't just lightly injure him and get him wet?

Well, he didn't come back up after we dumped him in the lake, so he's probably dead.

God, you radical apoliticals are all the same. You should be like us real Centrists.

You people are too violent.

... Says the one who burnt down an office building because the owner was a capitalist...

That was public service.

Burning down buildings is based and kekpilled. You're just a coping zoomer cringetard.

Why do we let Ego-Liberalism speak? Nobody understands him.

... And we've devolved into pointless squabbling again...

I see no difference between this meeting and every single other meeting we've had.

If you're not gonna tell these plebs the "catch", then why don't you just tell me? I'm the only Inner Circle member that doesn't know.

That's not true. I don't know either.

Does it matter if you do?

Neolib, I... I don't know what took over me. I wanted to say it. And I want to tell you. But I-

Say it, then.

Well...

Forest, Congress Outskirts
(A peaceful forest, near the Centrist Congress, sits undisturbed)

...

(A rumbling sound can be heard from the skies. It gets louder and louder, until it suddenly stops and then gets slower)

...

(A spaceship slowly lands on a clear area in the forest)

...

(The spaceship's doors open)

...

( Galacticism and a mysterious hooded figure carrying a small box get out of the ship and step into the grass)

Alright, we're here. Can I get paid now?

...

(The hooded figure suddenly pulls out a sword and plants it a few centimeters from 's eyes)

Okay, okay, okay.

...

(The hooded figure pokes 's forehead with the sword)

Alright, I get it!

...

( gets back on the ship and heads off)

...

(The hooded figure begins to walk through the forest)

...

(A few minutes of walking later, the forest suddenly stops, revealing a large building)

...

(The hooded figure stops at this location, and inspects the building. A sign next to it reads "CENTRIST CONGRESS: MEETING IN PROGRESS")

...

We're here.

Congress Hall, Centrist Congress
Hey, Liberal Transhumanism?

What's up?

I'm feeling a stomachache.

A stomachache? How?

I'm wondering about it myself. I haven't gotten a single stomachache since my augmentations. I feel horrible...

It'll pass. We'll check it out once the meeting is over.

...

So? Are you going to tell me or not?

Alright, fine. The catch is, the gem-

(Suddenly, part of the roof and wall behind the Inner Circle seating area crumbles)

What the-?!

(While everyone focuses their attention on the now-destroyed wall, a hooded figure jumps into the Congress and throws a maroon box to the ground, which dematerializes on impact, releasing dozens of spores into the floor, which suddenly sprout into Hive-Mind Collectivists)

What the hell are those?!

(The s suddenly jump into the crowd as the Centrists begin to run away, while the hooded figure approaches the Inner Circle)

Give me that gem.

( jumps in front of the figure)

Who are you? Why are you doing this?

In my way.

Moderate, look out!

(The hooded figure suddenly pulls out a sword and slices in half)

Gah...

(The hooded figure consecutively slashes until he turns into a bloody mush)

Woah! What the fuck?!

H-he wants the gem... He wants the-

Run, you dumbasses!

(Meanwhile, 5 s begin to corner some of the Centrists)

They're getting closer...

Stand behind me!

O-okay!

(The Centrists stand behind, except for...)

No. I refuse.

They circle us!

I disagree.

(Suddenly, a jumps on top of, absorbs him, then rumbles for an instant before spitting him out...)

Disagree... Disagree...

W-what the hell?!

What did it do to him?!

It doesn't matter right now! I have weapons! Here, grab them!

( throws grilling tools towards the other Centrists. gets a skewer,  gets a carving fork and  gets a spatula.  pulls out a knife)

What are I supposed do with this?!

Fight!

( attacks, while the others attack the 5 s)

Take this!

( stabs a through the head, killing it)

Ah!

(One of the s lunges at, but throws a knife at it, killing it)

Be more careful next time!

Come, Contrariarianism... Please, snap out...

Disagree... Disagree!

( throws himself at )

Oh!

( tries to smack with the spatula, but  absorbs him, processes him and spits him out...)

...

( manage to kill the remaining s, but turn around to see )

Oh, no...

Kill them!

What? They're our friends!

( stabs through the head)

Not anymore, they're not!

( stabs one of 's eyes)

Gah!

( stabs through the chest, killing him)

I hate this...

Let's keep moving! Help the others!

(While trudge forward, a pack of s approaches ...)

W.I.P.