By the year 2162, the Provisional Government was well underway. They had
successfully shed some of the worst laws that the Republic had instituted, and
people were yet to feel like they were taking too long to prepare for a new
round of fair elections. That problem would arise after 2165 came and went,
but for now, people were happy making piecemeal policy changes, using the
leadership who stepped in to fill the void after the previous administration
was removed. Despite Drumpf’s constant hesitations when it came to making
these changes, he was balanced out with Ecrin’s radically progressive ideas,
so things were moving forward at a reasonable pace. A series of laws were
proposed that no one asked for, but still made people happy. These extra
little decisions weren’t designed to make huge changes to the way society was
run, but they did serve a nice purpose. One particular example of this was
what they would call people with time powers. No one really understood what
was happening, but mage remnants no longer seemed to be remnants anymore.
After Durus barely survived colliding with Earth, and created the Deathspring
portals, those who had special abilities started noticing an increase in their
powers. They were stronger, more precise, more useful. It was as if their
fated journey towards annihilation was holding it back, and now that it was
subverted, these remnants were free from their bonds. They weren’t mages,
though, and a provisional policymaker thought it made sense to formalize this
reality. She asked the public to come up with a new term that would replace
mage. She proposed a couple of ideas herself, but openly asked for anyone
else’s input. It wasn’t the most important thing to do right now, but it had
symbolic significance. People wanted to move past their past, and start fresh,
as if this world were only now being colonized. The nomenclature of yesterday
just reminded them of their mistakes. Over the course of a few weeks, they
started paring down the assortment of ideas, until only one was left. People
with time powers would now be referred to as paramounts. Historical records
would remain as they were when discussing their ancestors who lived during
Mage Protectorate, but any powered individual still alive today, or born from
now on, would go by the new designation. Again, this didn’t absolutely have to
be done, but most people found it a welcome relief to be involved in something
so trivial. It showed them that there was more to this world than its history
of misogyny, and the monumental work that needed to be put in to fix it. They
just needed a win, and the good thing about this vote was that there was no
real way to lose. Just about everyone was happy with the results, because they
were achieved democratically, and that was what they were striving for all
along.
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Now that the lineup has been irreversibly established, and their reliance upon the direction of any external force removed from the equation, Team Matic must decide for themselves what missions to take. As they approach the year that changes everything, they may find themselves on a long detour.
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My name is Nick Fisherman III. It's not my real name, but that's not because I'm trying to hide from my former agency, or something. I named myself after someone I've known for most of my life, and he chose it in honor of his late best friend. I took up writing when I found myself failing 8th grade science, and realized I might never reach my dream of becoming a biochemist, a meteorologist, and a quantum physicist. I started developing my canon after a scouting trip to an island inspired what I thought would be my first novel. I founded this website upon the advice of many people, who told me I needed to get my work out there, and not wait for an agent to accept my manuscript. You can expect one new story every day. Weekdays are for microstories, which are one or two paragraphs long. They're usually only thematically linked, so you won't have to read one to understand another, but they do sometimes tell a combined story. Sundays are for my continuous longer story, The Advancement of Mateo Matic, which I started in the beginning, and won't end until 2066. Saturdays are for long series, most of which take place in the same universe as Mateo, and add to the larger mythology.
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