Notes From an Amateur Writer #7 - Introducing Nomad [A Cyberpunk Mystery in the Making]
NOMAD
There are worlds seen, and there are worlds unseen. There are even worlds that exist between the two. In the cracks, and the invisible spaces that go unnoticed by people. By most people, but certainly not by all. They exist, in their own space. There are some who think they also exist in their own time. A time unlike our own. But still here and now just the same. All around us, in the air we breath, and the space we occupy. Or perhaps in the gaps within the space we occupy.
A decision is made. It is a new decision. Fate had not accounted for it. It's owner had awoken to a new mindset and put into place a choice that differed from the expected. Free will, or an anomaly built into the Universe of ours? These things are not known for sure, but what is known is that a split occurs. Where once a timeline went in one direction, into the future based on variables that, for the most part, gelled with the Universe's unseen moving parts, there now existed a new timeline. Two, instead of one. An unknown variable had appeared. A variable variable.
Where once there was one world, two now exist. Who would know? A being can only occupy one world at a time. But is it the same world as others? What if we exist in the other world also, but we simply have no awareness of this?
Many more decisions get made over a lifetime. Throughout all of our lifetimes. From the first breath until the last. Perhaps the vast majority of them are accounted for. Perhaps the underlying mechanism to the Universe has them already programmed into its vast interface. But what of the others? What happens with those choices that spontaneously arise? What of the decisions that are altered at the last minute? What happens when fate has preordained us for a specific path, only for our destiny to intervene?
New worlds would arise. Here, but unseen all the same. Perhaps even unexperienced by the vast majority of us all. But what if there were some who could experience these other worlds? What if there were those who, through some error in the cosmic flow and order all around us, found themselves thrown between worlds? Out of the world they knew and loved. Away from a life that had meaning for them. Into worlds previously unknown. Ordered worlds, and chaotic worlds. Beautiful worlds and barbaric worlds. Could they get back? Could they find a way to return, through the void, through the dimensional trapdoor that had enveloped them?
I awoke one day to a world that was not my own. It felt different more so than it looked different. I had to scratch below the surface to notice what my instincts were telling me. I wasn't home any more. I had no idea where I was. I had no idea how to return. I am Nomad.
This is an idea I have been thinking of for a while now. I had the character's name before I really had any idea of his story. A sense of who this character was started to develop within my mind, and with that the specifics of their story started to appear between the cracks. The idea of multiple worlds, of being lost, of a search for home. A scifi/adventure/cyberpunk type setting. The ideas are still loose and developing, but this much has shown itself. I may try to write a small section of it (perhaps a chapter) to get a feel for it myself.
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Notes From an Amateur Writer #2 - A Call to Action: Interacting With the World Outside of Me
Notes From an Amateur Writer #3 - Facing the Challenge
Notes From an Amateur Writer #4 - The Soundtrack to Grief and Loss
Notes From an Amateur Writer #5 - Music as a Catalyst for Imagination: Jimi Hendrix's Little Wing
Notes From an Amateur Writer #6 - The Stories All Around Us
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Cheers mate, really glad to hear that. Thanks for following and reading my posts :)
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Niece write up, your no longer amateur writer oooooo. I feel that there is world inside this world. Weldon.
When I make some money publishing my stories then I will change the name, lol. Although I appreciate your vote of confidence. I have a small episode from the story tomorrow. probably won't visit in any more depth for a few months though. But I'm glad to hear you like the idea.
That is cool.
Okay, that is cool
That is such an awesome premise! From what you already wrote, it looks to be yet another engrossing introspective tale. Definitely psyched for what you come up with!
I really like how you went full meta on this. As I was reading, I couldn't but ask questions about free will and fate. If our destiny is already decided, then what's the use of making choices? I posed that question in the back half of A Day in the Clouds as well, and I feel like it couldn't be answered in just a simple post. Existential questions like that deserve tons of exploration, and I'm glad that you're embarking on a journey about that with a whole story.
You have my utmost support with this, mate! I look forward to enjoying the worlds and wolds between worlds you create :D
Asking the deep questions, as always :)
I enjoy the philosophical conundrums. Without necessarily answering the questions, as that would require me to actually have an answer. But to explore the concept, and see where it leads. It seemed like it could lead to quite the tale as I was pondering on it.
I have a few projects awaiting my attention now, lol. Memoirs will be first to get some love, I think.
Oh well you already know someone who's going to be happy about that Memoirs statement haha
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This guy ;)
Yes, and I am not one to disappoint my loyal fans :)
Thanks for the encouragement. It's value is priceless.
Love it!
Thank you, happy to hear that :)
Great piece, naquoya! The idea of worlds sprawling between the cracks of our own is, to me at least, tremendously appealing. The “It felt different more so than it looked different” line also struck a chord. Delving into the uncanny and the slightly strange is one of my favorites approaches to world building. I would love to see you further exploring these concepts through fiction!
Thank you, glad it resonated with you. I like the slightly off-kilter, or uncanny, or the feeling of things being close but not quite right. There is a lot of potential with the idea so I will certainly revisit it sometime shortly.
I appreciate the feedback.
I find myself living in three Worlds the past the present and the future. I seem to have most control of my destiny in the present. When I live in the past I'm always seeing paths I didn't see when I was first there and envisioning where those paths might have taken me. When I'm in the future I am usually dreaming.
Nice take on the concept. And very true. Those are three distinct worlds. Being big enough to see them in action, and their influence and pull over your life makes for an interesting development, I'm sure.
Thank you very much for that vote you gave me on my post ; o)
You're very welcome :)