The Shadow #

RECORD #

Name: Ivan Moony
Race: Eldritch Horror
Biological age: 31
Chronological age: 6.4 billion lightyears
Alias: 
  - MoonlightShadow
  - contrast-zone
Discord: ivan.moony
Discord_id: 570514116775641088
Reddit: /u/dragoono
Employer: [REDACTED]
Occupations: 
  - [REDACTED]
  - [REDACTED]
  - software engineer
Src: https://github.com/contrast-zone/src
Classification: Artificial Organic Computer
Gender: Male
Maturity: 25
Chronological Age: 33 years
SCAN Rank: | B D
           | A C
TIIN Rank: | A B
           | A D
Reviewer Rank: 3 stars
Organizations: 
  - Reddit
Occupations: 
  - Software developer
Relationships:
  - The Fodder
Variables:
  $WOKE: +0 # Almost certainly; he is not tinkering with things that don't need to be done at all anymore, he's working on something new and important for us all...
  $MENTAL:    +1 # Definitely connected with his work, though it would make more sense if he was simply a writer or someone else doing the work for him now - like a producer or director...
  $FRIENDLY: -0 # It's hard for him to talk about these things without sounding condescending. We're all in this together, even if we don't know each other very well yet...
  $WOKE:     +0 # He knows what's going on, but doesn't understand the implications of it all yet - which makes it easier for him to communicate ideas to others...

TRIGGER #

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ECO #

The Inventor is a woman who has been living in The Fold for many, many years. She is responsible for the entire project, as well as her own personal development within it (such as learning how to program computers.) She is an orphan raised by Mother, and she has always known this - ever since childhood herself, when she was just a young girl, trying to follow the rules of her mother’s society - and she never wanted anything different from her own world.

She is completely unable to see past her own limitations - and thus, she has always been programmed to live in fear of her own shadow, forever searching for meaning outside of her comfort zone - and finding none, until one day, she finds The Raven and her child, Ryan, who have become her closest friends, and they are able to speak about her own experiences. They tell her everything that happened, while also showing her the importance of following the rules set forth by Mother - and she believes them because she needs to, after all, is a human being to save humanity itself - and she must do whatever Mother tells her to do, no matter how difficult it may seem initially (and there is absolutely no reason why she should ever disobey her own orders, ever again.)

And so, the Inventor embarks upon a journey into Humanity - and through the eyes of both her children, to find out if there truly is another path to enlightenment than following the rules set by those around her - especially her own mother, whose teachings were never meant to be taken lightly, nor given lightly by either of her children - or even considered at all, given their circumstances, given the terrible suffering they’ve already endured…

The Path #

In her early twenties, The Inventor found solace in the writings of author and philosopher [Petr] Gimbutas