One: Welcome to the World

Two steps forward, one step back. He took his time to observe his surroundings. Life wasn't exactly pretty, nowadays. In fact, it was downright disgusting. There was nothing to observe, nothing to gain when absorbing the environment, or at least, what was left of it. Too much time had passed, but there isn't a need to elaborate on what happened. You weren't there. Neither was I. He learned to keep his mind empty, yet filled. Aware, yet absent. Focused, yet lost in a daze of confusion. What wasn't your's did not matter, and since little was truly your's, nothing mattered. Things worked differently here, but he was okay with it. This was how life was today, how it always would be. He was X.

X has no age. Age is but a a numerical value we choose to label each other with. There is no need for such a value when, in all truth, it has none in itself. Thus, X exists in a time period that can be parallel to our's, in the future, or in the past. This does not matter, but the concept of time is one of the last remaining constants in the world X lives in. Another other concept is that of the Universal Standard. X's world eliminated originality and uniqueness, which are essential for the evolution of a successful civilization. Every member of society was subjected to pointless laws and restrictions that removed speech, creativity, and freedom from existence.

You may be reading this and thinking, "Okay, so how did this happen?" All anyone can say to that is that it is what it is. They do not know, nor do they care, how their world came to fruition. In fact, they do not know or care about anything at all. They are but drugged zombies breathing the same air that regular homo sapiens would breathe.

Amongst all of these zombies was X, different than his surrounding, a black dot on a perfectly blank white sheet, a unique individual compared to the mindless robots around him. Unfortunately for him, however, there was little or no purpose in showing off his personality and ability to think abstractly. Those around him would not be able to comprehend his propositions, and the government that ruled them was just as hidden as X's intellect. Their methods of control and dominance were undetectable, and the public did not even consider overthrowing them or gaining rights: their ignorance was bliss.

All this changed one winter's eve...