People are happy in Floasterverse. They love living on the ocean, being able
to be as close to the water as they want. Some people live on artificial
islands that are so large that they can’t even tell the difference between
that, and regular land. It doesn’t have everything, though. Namely, it doesn’t
have trains, and it doesn’t have beaches. Once everyone was relocated to the
island system, people realized what they were missing. So while the robots
were busy deconstructing the land cities of old, others were building new
structures. More advanced and luxurious resorts were built on the natural
beaches, which was kind of impossible to do on a floating island, as the
entire point was that it was technically mobile. Similarly, a new train
network was laid on every continent. They didn’t need to connect all the
cities together, which was the purpose of the trains of yesterday, but they
did want people to be able to enjoy nature as they passed by. It went all
around the world in an extremely long loop, but it stopped regularly to let
people on and off, in case they didn’t want to ride the whole thing, or simply
didn’t have time. There were other things that people couldn’t do on the
islands, or which would be too difficult to construct. These included camping,
skiing, and freshwater activities. Still, this did not change their minds.
These destinations were just for vacation. They almost always returned to the
sea after they were finished. Even after having reached the technological
singularity, and finding themselves with no more need for human labor, people
considered the seasteads their permanent homes, and the vacation spots
temporary places to enjoy themselves before getting back to their lives. As I
said before, this universe did not fall victim to the Ochivari’s sterility
virus, and did not have to involve themselves in the Darning Wars. But it was
more than that. They became a profoundly peaceful race, and were perfectly
capable of managing their population on a plateau, so they never felt the need
to colonize other worlds. They strung up satellites to protect the planet
against impact events, and the like. Then they spent the rest of the time
just...living free.
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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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- About Me
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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