Polcompball: Nexus

Polcompball: Nexus is a story.

Before
Read these before reading Chapter 0 and the rest of this story.


 * Status Report (contains spoilers)
 * Chapter 1: Downfall
 * Chapter 2: Destruction
 * Chapter 2.5: Disgust
 * Chapter 3: Diligence
 * Chatper 3.5: Disposition
 * Chapter 4A: Detour
 * Chapter 4B: Dysfunction
 * Chapter 4.5: Delusion
 * Chapter 5: Sociality

Renovation

 * Chapter 0: Retry (you are here)
 * Chapter 1: Recollection

Nowhere
...

Gah!

...

W-Where am I?

...

( looks around him, seeing nothing but pure white everywhere)

What is this place?!

Hello there.

Huh?

( looks behind him and sees... someone just standing there, grilling)

Chat with me for a while. You have nowhere else to go.

Who are you?

Doesn't matter.

Where is everyone?

You're very inquisitive. Truth is, your world has been erased.

W-what?!

Everyone you know and love has been lost to the aether.

Why?

Your world... Well, let's just say some higher beings didn't like the way things were going. Maybe it wasn't supposed to be that way.

Higher beings?

If I told you who they were, your little half-human half-robot cyborg brain would explode!

But why have they decided to erase my world? Why am I here?

You're asking a lot of me. I don't really know why exactly your world was erased, but I did enjoy looking at it. It was entertaining.

Huh?

I managed to work out a deal with the big men upstairs to restore your world, but with a few... noticeable changes.

Like what?

Well, first, it might feel a bit more crowded in there. Second, things might go a little differently than how they went in your world.

Why was I spared? Why are you doing this?

I want to prevent this vicious cycle from repeating again. I spared you because you seemed like the most level-headed guy.

I don't understand...

Don't worry, you won't remember this once you're back to your corporeal form. That might happen a few seconds from now.

I... Okay, before I go, who really are you?

The fate of all worlds.

(Suddenly, 's vision goes black)

...

Hey, Demtrans, wake up! We'll be late for the meeting!

Living Quarters, Centrist Congress
Hm?

( is inside his charging power station. Next to him are two other identical charging power stations, labeled "Liberal Transhumanism" and "Apolitical Transhumanism")

Oh, right, apologies. I might have shed too much battery last night...

Well, come on, let's go!

CHAPTER 0 END