tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47188105829259726802024-02-20T06:39:44.149-08:00Worlds of MebarSelf-proclaimed gods have quietly ruled the multiverse of Mebar for over 800 years. But the one founding member of their order that condemned their methods has just been set loose from prison.awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-54684141086986551652021-01-05T20:42:00.003-08:002021-01-05T20:42:42.246-08:00034 ECHELON Chapter 6<p> Aramis prepares for her trip to see Paul. Soma is finally invited to be a part of Pan's high society.</p><p><a href="https://anchor.fm/worldsofmebar/episodes/034-ECHELON-Chapter-6-eojv1v">Chapter 6 is up!!</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ym77pgxKt-YwpE4Ko2Z26_ONbad2_XbNu8VTyoGWCsJ5RL5zJPJPhjOmvVfMteAJk2em2f-EfSvrXjemjn8WXkFsFZQDOnU0HpAOvhFqpKxw205RIfYfnZ2YPKB05PfosJWwyj1x8Zg/s1589/Ari+Mask+smaller-tall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1589" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ym77pgxKt-YwpE4Ko2Z26_ONbad2_XbNu8VTyoGWCsJ5RL5zJPJPhjOmvVfMteAJk2em2f-EfSvrXjemjn8WXkFsFZQDOnU0HpAOvhFqpKxw205RIfYfnZ2YPKB05PfosJWwyj1x8Zg/w258-h400/Ari+Mask+smaller-tall.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-74352488933256509982020-12-22T13:13:00.000-08:002020-12-22T13:13:18.487-08:00033 ECHELON Chapter 5<p>Paul is surprised by an odd invitation. And Nathan finally finds out what happened to the world that he had helped make. </p><p><a href="https://anchor.fm/worldsofmebar/episodes/033-ECHELON-Chapter-5-eo4ljc">Chapter 5</a> is up!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT15tjt-apRtdhOUS187Y44ICTnVxAUMpuiHesn3FKX9I-jnlWKSGQI0Cos6UWOW2Np3l_gvvNbwrklkjzgx03OmYPULcQsr13iY7baaFtmEJRQ3sY7dQXLazal82gZzGe5JohZ406sCA/s2048/Dragon+Slayer-units+fixed+in+ps-150dpi.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT15tjt-apRtdhOUS187Y44ICTnVxAUMpuiHesn3FKX9I-jnlWKSGQI0Cos6UWOW2Np3l_gvvNbwrklkjzgx03OmYPULcQsr13iY7baaFtmEJRQ3sY7dQXLazal82gZzGe5JohZ406sCA/s320/Dragon+Slayer-units+fixed+in+ps-150dpi.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-39300250097274500512020-12-08T16:28:00.003-08:002020-12-08T16:49:55.042-08:00032 ECHELON Chapter 4Soma deals with a mayor, Paul deals with a murderer, and Nathan finds an old friend.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://anchor.fm/worldsofmebar/episodes/032-ECHELON-Chapter-4-eni2tv">Chapter 4</a> of Echelon is out! 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Aramis risks a violent, watery death. Nathan travels to a forbidden world for answers. And Paul may finally get his chance for revenge.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://anchor.fm/worldsofmebar/episodes/031-ECHELON-Chapter-3-emkn3e">Chapter 3</a> of Echelon. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCutAilKY2z2P7MPlMlNVCkkouKTLfxfe_1WBaOP33i5mvYFY2N9OFPL0CL7tKUjYC6upH3BPStp9al3zUNwsfMYVsFKU1M8k0SkVqy4Lqy2DKmaM2dUbAG8l15VhENQ0_uzpygikbWxQ/s1386/snow+walk+flat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCutAilKY2z2P7MPlMlNVCkkouKTLfxfe_1WBaOP33i5mvYFY2N9OFPL0CL7tKUjYC6upH3BPStp9al3zUNwsfMYVsFKU1M8k0SkVqy4Lqy2DKmaM2dUbAG8l15VhENQ0_uzpygikbWxQ/s320/snow+walk+flat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-43849105537811503532020-12-08T16:21:00.006-08:002020-12-08T16:26:15.918-08:00030 ECHELON Chapter 2Paul talks to Susie. Soma gets her powers into shape. And Aramis is given an impossible offer.
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<br />awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-75316585540348300812018-06-19T01:09:00.001-07:002018-06-19T01:09:27.654-07:00026 The New Aleph - Chapter TwentyAramis and Paul are both confronted with their own new paths to take...and Nathan finally meets Soma.<br />
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<br />awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-45708121357732327962018-06-04T23:55:00.000-07:002018-06-04T23:55:21.909-07:00025 The New Aleph - Chapter NineteenAramis returns from the Narthex, Paul returns to Prometheus, and we learn the consequences of Soma's arrest lists.<br />
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awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-6832587213928203972018-05-21T22:11:00.000-07:002018-05-21T22:11:02.933-07:00024 The New Aleph - Chapter Eighteen - Part 2Aramis' group fights for their lives at the Narthex.<br />
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<br />awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-59457863167369370462018-05-08T14:00:00.003-07:002018-05-08T14:00:59.444-07:00023 The New Aleph - Chapter Eighteen - Part 1Aramis leads the group of refugees to the Narthex, heading for the hub world of Threshold, but getting through won't be a simple matter.<br />
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awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-45411268743189908052018-05-06T17:19:00.002-07:002018-05-06T17:19:23.486-07:00022 Recap 2 w/Don't Panic Radio ShowRecap2<br />
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My segment with the guys is in the second half of the episode, but don't be a jerk and fast-forward to that, hang out for the whole episode! It's all good, I guarantee it, guys.<br />
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<li>(ACT I ended in mid-May, as Soma decided to settle in to Pan, Nathan had to go back to Prometheus, and Aramis and Paul became friends at the Remnant study meetings.</li>
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<li>Early December: Soma pressures Ignacio to help her begin her vendetta against the Alephs (and to bond with her). Nathan goes on top of a hill to pressure Irse into appearing to answer some questions. Aramis has strong feelings for Paul, but he's still set on getting back to his girlfriend in Prometheus</li>
<li>Mid December: Irse tells Nathan that Mebar is no longer a computer simulation but instead a real, physical multiverse. Soma and Ignacio are captured when trying to get into Babel to gather evidence of Aleph corruption. </li>
<li>Around Christmas: Nathan goes to Pan because Irse tells him something is about to happen, referring to the appeal hearing that Soma demanded upon her arrest. Nathan, impatient with Aramis' hesitant explanation of the preyvede bond, does his own detective work and meets Milton and Aubry, two older Preyvedes. </li>
<li>APPEAL HEARING: The head Aleph of Pan, Negri, kills Ignacio after he killed many people at the hearing in an escape attempt. He then tells Soma he's going to wipe her memory and change nothing to help the soul space offender problem. Soma, now boosted by Ignacio's power (as per one of the conditions of their bond), loses control and explodes in fire, killing everyone in the room except Negri. Embarrassed by losing control of things, Negri passes on his Assembly seat to Soma, telling HER to try and fix the soul offender problem. </li>
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<li>January 17th. Soma has handed down orders to all the head mayors in Pan, saying that all soul offenders on the Main Continent must be arrested. If they turn themselves in before the deadline (February 22nd), they'll be sent to prison. If they don't, and they're found guilty, they will be executed. Preyvedes are fleeing the Continent in droves, since almost all of them have at least incidental connections to soul offender activities. </li>
<li>Late January: The Remnant study group's leader, Kamel, turns himself in as a soul offender. The aggressive response to this from the Hempstock police, plus the Preyvede exodus, motivates Aramis to put together a plan to smuggle frightened people off of Pan.</li>
<li>Early February: Nathan and Soma both seek out allies, the former with a smuggler syndicate called the Soyou Cult, the latter with a semi-anarchist group called the Kaze Cult. Aramis finds out that over two hundred people want to join the group leaving Pan. </li>
<li>February 20: Soma attends a Assembly meeting, discussing major problems multi-verse-wide, and gains important perspective. Aramis and Paul and the group, now diminished down to about 90, begin their march to the Narthex. Viktoria, on probation since Soma's hearing, has joined them, partly because Aramis does not want to bond with Paul in order to get him strong enough to open the Narthex door. </li>
<li>The Deadline (February 22): Soma travels from city to city, delivering arrest lists (first to her Kaze Cult contacts, then to the mayors). Aramis and Paul are nearly to the Narthex, but after an argument concerning Viktoria, their friendship is strained. </li>
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awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-86148982787272871342018-04-09T13:36:00.002-07:002018-04-09T13:36:30.374-07:00Unexpectedly Long SabbaticalSorry for the continued sabbatical, everybody (the main reason for it was a couple health scares I had in March). I confidently promise the break won't last forever.<br />
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However! In the interim I have been getting pages written for book 2, which means the wait after The New Aleph ends and the second book starts will be that much shorter!awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-84124257372749326912018-03-19T21:08:00.001-07:002018-03-19T21:08:41.211-07:00021 The New Aleph - Chapter Seventeen - Part 2Soma continues handing out lists, Nathan finds out that she's put a bounty on his head, and Aramis asserts her leadership decisions concerning her group of refugees.<br />
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<br />awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-74824174041621998912018-03-05T09:07:00.001-08:002018-03-05T09:07:26.766-08:00020 The New Aleph - Chapter Seventeen - Part 1Soma takes care of final business before her deadline and Aramis takes care of last second problems before hiking to the Narthex.<br />
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awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-29118751196058521892018-02-19T19:24:00.001-08:002018-02-19T19:24:43.200-08:00019 The New Aleph - Chapter SixteenSoma and Nathan have difficult conversations with their respective new friends. Aramis and Paul begin their journey.<br />
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<br />awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-81760950321407394002018-02-05T22:08:00.000-08:002018-02-05T22:08:10.459-08:00018 The New Aleph - Chapter FifteenSoma and Nathan make alliances. Aramis works on how to get people out of Pan.<br />
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<br />awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-83232229441644211632018-01-22T22:13:00.000-08:002018-01-22T22:22:27.113-08:00017 The New Aleph - Chapter FourteenThree weeks have passed since the Assembly hearing. All those living in Pan now deal with the aftermath.<br />
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<br />awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-7330191244484919442018-01-08T20:50:00.001-08:002018-01-08T20:50:25.621-08:00016 The New Aleph - Chapter ThirteenThe Assembly hearing begins and Soma makes her pleas.<br />
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<br />awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-16775903377897605862017-12-25T10:19:00.000-08:002017-12-25T10:19:45.514-08:00015 The New Aleph - Chapter TwelvePaul gets some information on the Bond, Soma gets worried about the upcoming hearing, and Nathan gets very, very cold.<br />
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<br />awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-16469016234649834802017-12-18T00:53:00.000-08:002017-12-18T00:53:32.191-08:00Nathan's Vocab Study List(This is the list that Irse gives Nathan in Chapter 11)<br /><br />MONEY<br /><ul>
<li>1 credit = 2000 fractions (fixed rate)</li>
<li>1 foot (DA ink) = 12 inches ~ 100-500 fractions</li>
<li>1 fraction = 100 rubles (fixed rate) ~ 200-1000 shekels (median is 300)</li>
<li>1 ruble ~ 2-10 shekels (median is 3)</li>
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AUGMENTATIONS<br /><ul>
<li>Seated Alephs – Mebar-level leaders. Only 21 of them</li>
<li>Auditors – The Assembly’s law marshals. Extremely powerful. Only 8 of them.</li>
<li>Sub-Assembly Seated – World-level leaders. 3-12 per world.</li>
<li>Deputy Auditors/Masayoshigami/‘gamis – Assembly’s main police force (all are Alephs). Approximately 1000.</li>
<li>Alephs – World administrators and assistants of world administrators. 1,000-2,000 on each major world.</li>
<li>Vassals – Alephs, humans, or preyvedes that have DC commands tattooed on their bodies to give them powers. 5,000-10,000 scattered across Mebar. </li>
<li>Bondees – Alephs (rare), preyvedes, or humans that are bonded to someone above them in power. Hundreds of thousands. </li>
<li>Preyvedes/Tragic Dead – people who died on one of the mirror worlds and were resurrected on the opposite of their home world as an elemental being: Stone, Wind, Water, and Fire types. Approximately 100,000 per Mirror World. </li>
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MAGIC<br /><ul>
<li>Mazai – Abbreviation of “mahou-zairyo,” Japanese for “magical material.” Raw materials that come from special minerals, plants, and animals that have unique, often supernatural abilities. Also used as the name for machines and potions that combine these materials together into various uses.</li>
<li>Kessho – magical energy. Preyvedes, Alephs, and some animals have a reserve of this that acts like a muscle group, regenerated by rest and eating. </li>
<li>Pocket World Potion/PWP – potions that draw one into pocket universes of varying designs and complexity.</li>
<li>Hollow – Category of items that do not follow natural or mazai laws. Usually created with DC paper. </li>
<li>Aljinn – Cheap PWPs that give a mostly-scripted sexual experience. Mebar VR porn. </li>
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<li>MOA – Mebar Operations Agency. Official term for the world-level presence of the Assembly. </li>
<li>World of the dead – whichever of the Mirror Worlds a person is not currently on (unless they’re a preyvede). </li>
<li>Found Item – Pieces of culture from Earth that have been “discovered” (smuggled out of Threshold). </li>
<li>Chain of Authority – philosophy originating with the Alephs, referring to the mechanics of how commands from higher-ranking people override commands from lower-ranking people.</li>
<li>Pen Reader – Like a smartphone with a stylus, but the stylus and phone are the same size as each other. And the phone screen is holographic. And the battery lasts for months.</li>
<li>Gray Market – Anything that is thought of as “disapproved” by the Alephs. Most found items are considered gray market. Written and recorded music from earth is by far the most common merchandise of this category. Some PWPs are considered gray market in Pan. </li>
<li>Black Market/Forbidden Knowledge – Anything considered forbidden by the Alephs or culture. Any information that seems to delve too deeply into the fundamental elements of reality. Or anything that seeks to change those elements. PWPs are considered part of Forbidden Knowledge in Prometheus. Both information about the true history of Mebar’s origin, and the technical details behind the false histories, are considered forbidden. </li>
<li>Security Paper – The biggest difference between Pan and Prometheus is not the innovation of mazai arts in Pan contrasted against the stagnated electronics in Prometheus, or even the acceptance of the existence of the Alephs, Managers, and preyvedes in the former against the willful ignorance of them in the latter. The chief difference between the worlds is in their attitudes toward privacy. Because people in Pan are conscious of magic that makes Clausius spy on other people for them, no one uses watches for anything but emergencies or the most pedantic communication. Or uses pen readers for storage of information of any value. Both are susceptible to Clausius’ probes. Important correspondence and notes rely on security paper, which is made of rough, inconsistent fibers and colors that make it so Clausius cannot determine what is written on it. None of this stops me from being able to see what is written on this paper, of course, but unlike the other Managers, I am immune to all magic. And I would never degrade myself by submitting to such petty, clandestine nonsense. </li>
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awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-3414797751205527822017-12-13T17:02:00.001-08:002017-12-13T17:02:19.595-08:00014 The New Aleph - Chapter Eleven (take 2)Soma pressures Ignacio to help kick off her vendetta against the Alephs, Paul looks for his own answers, and Nathan waits for Irse to appear.<br />
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<br />awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718810582925972680.post-12089354386185617442017-12-13T11:45:00.001-08:002017-12-13T11:45:08.942-08:00Temporary FixHey everybody,<br />
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So, due to a issue with how the RSS feed works, I'm going to have to take down the text version of the story from this site. I'll be looking into another venue for posting the text, and hopefully get that back up and running soon, but for now it's going away.<br />
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Sorry to everybody who was enjoying reading the text! If you have any ideas where I could post it, feel free to let me know!!!awilliamwrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851797741231750081noreply@blogger.com0