No version of a populated Earth is a waterworld. Sure, it’s possible that a
version of it could be bombarded with enough asteroids and comets to cover
the entire surface with water, with no land, but if that were the case,
humans would not have ended up on it. Life could theoretically evolve to a
certain point under the sea, but technology made by such a species would
reach its maximum level pretty early on, as they could never invent
electricity, or even discover fire. The land is where the magic happens, but
that doesn’t mean it has to stay that way. It just needs to be a starting
point. One universe took this idea to the extreme. Apparently for no other
reason than they felt compelled, these people moved out to the oceans,
choosing to live on artificial floating islands. A small fraction of the
population stayed on land, but it is very rare, which doesn’t really make
much sense to me. For the most part, humanity is not a monolith. It
shouldn’t be possible for the entire race to want to live the same way, but
that’s exactly what somehow happened here. Nearly all of them wanted to
become water-bound, and I still can’t explain it. These islands are modular,
meaning they can be broken apart, and transported elsewhere, to be
rearranged according to whims and new needs. Continents separate into
countries, countries into regions, regions into cities, cities into
communities, and communities into individual homes. Tired of your neighbors?
Just detach your section, and go find new ones—clear across the globe, if
you want. Someone invented the technology to make this possible, and easy,
and everyone jumped on board pretty much immediately, literally. It ended
all wars, and even poverty. Small floaters are cheap and accessible, and
with access to the whole world’s resources, there was no need to hoard. They
can escape from any storm, move away from any area to let it replenish
itself, and avoid overtaxing their planet. This doesn’t seem to have been
their idea, but this transformation also led to the Ochivari completely
ignoring their world. They’re totally safe from the Darning Wars. It would
probably be a nice place to vacation if bulkverse travel were more common.
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The Advancement of Mateo Matic
The team continues to struggle through the Third Rail. Enemies approach from all sides, and threaten them in all ways. Even the strongest bonds will be tested as an ominous future war places all of reality in jeopardy.
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Mateo Daily
Daily installments of The Advancement of Mateo Matic have temporarily replaced all weekday stories.
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Mateo Daily
Daily installments of The Advancement of Mateo Matic have temporarily replaced all Saturday stories.
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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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