Hertareum #10
Condensed Aether x 1, Hertareum x 20
📍 Herta Space Station Master Control Zone
Investigate
System
You glimpse several books together as you pass by. Judging by the glossy covers, they seem to be the kind of thick space-fillers used to make a bookshelf look impressive. They show no signs of having actually been read.
Options
Browse the bookshelf to see what's there.
Pick out a book at random and flip through.
System
There's a copy of The Fall of The Aeons – A Discussion on Cosmic Traditions series, a copy of Marks of Aeon Worship in Society, a copy of Cases of Cosmic Myths: The Meanings Behind Aeons in Myth, and a copy of Beneath the Aeons: The Low-Dimensional World As A Will and A Surface Phenomenon.
System
Your fingertips run over the book spines before landing on Beneath the Aeons: The Low-Dimensional World As A Will and A Surface Phenomenon.
System
The book is bound with covers containing the logo of the space station, but the contents are all authentic masterpieces. As you flip through the pages, a piece of paper falls out.
Investigate
System
The paper is filled with scribbled words. Squinting to make things out, you discover the words "Department of Insight" printed on the page. There's also a cat-shaped sticker at the bottom-right corner.
System
You surmise that this note could be from a Department of Insight researcher's notebook.
+ A Note Between Book Pages x 1
I found this note. Is it yours?
Mare
W—Was it inside the book called Beneath the Aeons: The Low-Dimensional World As A Will and A Surface Phenomenon?
- A Note Between Book Pages x 1
Mare
It's mine! It's not a note, but... an experiment specifically placed there. It worked. I didn't expect it to be a success!
Mare
Great... my research and faith in the Aeons have finally yielded a response... Woohoo!
Options
An "experiment"? What experiment?
A "response"? What response?
Mare
Come on. Didn't you even read the book you found the note in?
Mare
Beneath the Aeons: The Low-Dimensional World As A Will and A Surface Phenomenon talks about us living in a low-dimensional world, and the Aeons we sense are simply projections from a higher dimension.
Mare
The note I left is a prayer for the Aeons to project and materialize and, as expected, you were summoned.
Mare
Tell me! Are you from a radically different world? Do you come from the higher dimensional world of the Aeons?
Options
What the heck are you harping on about...
Do you need to get a medical check-up?
Mare
Don't worry. Just listen to my analysis. You have to pay attention to those seemingly inconspicuous details.
Mare
Like... you know the IPC's planet, Junipter? Take the types of lumber it exports, list them according to the categories in the IPC's purchase orders, then take the first letter of each one and spell it out —
Mare
"D... E... S... T..." see? Doesn't it spell out the start of "Destruction"? This is proof that the Aeon of Destruction is secretly pulling all the strings in the IPC!
Options
You're just making this all up.
How is that related?
Mare
Hey, it's a reasonable conclusion to reach based on solid research of the literature!
Mare
You have to feel it with your heart and focus. Are you getting it?
Mare
Keep on reading, then! I hope you can put aside your foolish superstitions and embrace the theories of modern science!
Options
Whatever. So long as you're happy.
... I don't wanna chat with you right now.
Mare
Don't lose hope. I owe this scientific discovery to the theoretical foundation given to me at the Department of Insight. We come from different backgrounds...
Mare
Ack, I don't think you really look like a high-dimensional being. I've gotta get back to work. Chat with you later then!
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