A Puppet's Journey
Humanity tried to outsmart death. The universe didn’t like that very much.
Boom - one allergic reaction later, the world ended.
Forty years after the cataclysm, the world is stuck in limbo. People got what they wanted. No one ages. No one dies.
But here’s the catch - they can’t give birth either. Evolution hit a full stop.
Half the population turned into breathing husks - bodies that move, but no one’s inside. The rest? Burned, twisted, mutated by the chaos we left behind. Humanity became immortal, but far from alive.
For forty years, there have been no deaths, no births… just existence.
And yet, something is shifting again.
In the ruins of history, hidden hands are moving. Secrets are surfacing.
The balance that has held for decades is about to break - and the world will feel the changes, a little too well.
What To Expect:
This isn’t a story that rushes. It’s a slow‑burn mystery‑odyssey that follows Kshaya - a man trapped between duty and decay - as he begins a journey that’s as spiritual as it is physical.
The story takes place in a world that has long since stopped moving forward. Humanity left behind death, but also life. What remains is a strange new order where most have forgotten what it means to change.
You can expect a lot of atmosphere - abandoned places, living landscapes, and quiet conversations that hide countless secrets. It’s a mix of science‑fiction and mythology, with touches of eldritch mystery woven through. Some scenes will feel familiar, others unsettlingly alien. Everything will connect eventually, even if it doesn’t seem like it at first.
If you enjoy stories built like puzzles - where scattered pieces slowly form a whole - this one’s for you. The pace starts gentle, but the deeper you go, the more the world and its forgotten truths begin to unfold.
The mystery and the journey will come before anything else. I usually enjoy worldbuilding in my writings, but this time I will balance out my likes for aspects I feel are more crucial to the story, to make it a better experience.
Detektive · Fantasy