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Motes

2026-04-15T23:15:21Z

Makyo: Fix attributions

{{Cladist|name=Motes|pronouns=she/her|forked={{Systime|2127|2|22}}|downtree=A Finger Pointing|clade=[[The Ode clade]]|image=Motes chalk.png|source=[https://furaffinity.net/user/thayrustback Ashenwhiskers]}}

'''And We Are The Motes In The Stage-Lights''' of [[the Ode clade]] is a member of the fifth stanza, an up-tree of [[A Finger Pointing|Time Is A Finger Pointing At Itself]]. She often presents as an anthropomorphic skunk, looking to be anywhere between five and twelve years old, though she occasionally presents as a human in her mid twenties, more slender than her cocladists, with a very flower-child aesthetic.

== Life ==
Motes was forked in [[systime]] {{Systime|2127}} as A Finger Pointing began to build the theatre troupe [[Au Lieu Du Rêve]]. Her job was to work on set and prop design. Her focus beyond that was to lean into play as a form of hedonism. Over time, this led to her aging down her appearance and leaning specifically into childlike play, and then a reclamation of childhood itself.

As time went on, she began to incorporate various aspects of childhood into her life, including a family dynamic. She began to treat A Finger Pointing and [[Beholden]] as her parents, calling them 'Ma' and 'Bee', and the rest of the stanza as siblings. [[Slow Hours]] in particular became a trusted sister. Many of them called her diminutive nicknames as well, such as 'Speck', 'Mote', or 'Skunklet', with A Finger Pointing and Beholden referring to her as 'Dot', short for ''dóttir''.

=== Controversy ===
Throughout the years, Motes's explorations caused several controversies within the Ode clade, culminating in systime {{Systime|2362}} when [[Hammered Silver|Memory Is A Mirror Of Hammered Silver]] reaffirmed cutting contact with the entirety of the fifth stanza in a very dramatic series of events.

== Overflowing ==

When Motes overflows, she stops playing, and given the depth to which she has incorporated play into her being, this leads to get stopping pretty much everything else. She winds up nonverbal and all but catatonic, unable to engage with the world around her.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Motes.png|Art by [https://cohost.org/roxannarachnid Roxy].
File:Motes0-av.png|alt=|[https://juliawinterpaw.gumroad.com/l/minicanine Julia Winterpaw avatar], texture by [[User:Fireheart&|The Lament]]
File:Bigmotes-bg.png|Big Motes, picrew by [https://naylissah.carrd.co Naylissah]
File:Motes-skateboard.jpg|Fan art by [https://biddyfox.tumblr.com Biddyfox]
File:Motes chalk.png|Art by [https://furaffinity.net/user/thayrustback Ashen Whiskers]
</gallery>

== Appearances ==

* ''[[Motes Played]]''
* ''[[Marsh]]'' (cameo)
* ''[[Idumea]]''
* [[Wolfery]]

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What Right Have I

2026-04-12T19:00:16Z

Makyo: /* Appearances */ Add MitI

{{Cladist|name=What Right Have I|clade=[[the Ode clade]]|pronouns=she/her|forked={{Systime|2152}}|downtree=From Whence|image=What right have i.png}}

'''What Right Have I''' of the Ode clade is a member of the third stanza. As an up-tree of [[Oh, But To Whom]], she is devoutly Jewish, and as an up-tree of Rav [[From Whence]], she remains an accredited rabbi, though no longer accepts the title except in matters of ceremony, choosing instead to work on writing books and other literature for the [[Jewry and the System|Association of New Reform Congregations]].

She was forked in {{Systime|2152}} when From Whence grew tired of masking neurodivergencies that all of the Odists share, and presents as quite autistic and anxious with stammering speech and both verbal and movement tics. She is a skunk-type Odist and is often seen in loose clothing — linen tunics with woolen trousers — and a kerchief holding back her mane.

== Appearances ==

* ''[[Toledot]]'' (mentioned) ([https://toledot.post-self.ink read])
* "Prophecies" ([https://post-self.ink/stories/prophecies read])
* ''[[Kaddish]]'' ([https://kaddish.post-self.ink read])
* "[[Made in the Image]]"
* [[Wolfery]]
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[[Category:Protagonists]]

From Whence

2026-04-12T18:59:43Z

Makyo: /* Appearances */ Add MitI

{{Cladist|name=Rav From Whence|pronouns=She/Her|downtree=Oh, But To Whom|clade=[[The Ode clade]]|forked={{Systime|2130|4|3}}|uptrees=* [[What Right Have I]]}}

'''Rav From Whence Do I Call Out''' (often called just Rav, a title referring to a learned rabbi able to make halakhic decisions) of [[the Ode clade]] is a skunk-type Odist. She is the lead rabbi at Temple Beth Tikvah and board member for the [[Jewry and the System|Association of New Reform Congregations]]. As her down-tree, [[Oh, But To Whom]], returned to the Judaism of her grandparents, she went further still and went through her semikha, picking up a position as rabbi at Temple Beth Tefillah. As Judaism progressed sys-side, she helped to found the ANRC, the rabbinical college for New Reform Judaism, eventually becoming its chair off and on for several decades through her life.

Given her position of leadership, she worked often with [[Jonas]] and the eighth stanza — and True Name in particular, for whom she bears much fondness — on political matters related to community building, as well as those related to the Israeli Crisis.

She is fond of her up-tree, [[What Right Have I]], and their relationship has veered into romance at least twice throughout history.

== Appearances ==

* "[[Made in the Image]]"
* ''[[Marsh]]'' (cameo)
* ''[[Kaddish]]''

Jewry and the System

2026-04-06T20:37:25Z

Makyo: Small expansion

Several aspects of Judaism play large in the history of [[the System]], from its origin and throughout the centuries that followed. This has led to an inextricable linkage between the Jewish world and life sys-side.{{Protocanon}}

== History ==

=== Before the System ===
Prior to the advent of the System, the world struggled with the slow failure of the State of Israel. As skirmishes and battles drifted closer to and further away from war and accusations of genocide were levied to greater and lesser effect, many disaffected Jews, particularly of the younger generation, began to move away. This slow wave of Jews (including many Misrahi and Sephardic Jews) formed the foundation to what was later colloquially known as the Second Diaspora: a dispersing of Jews based on the idea of a Holy Land being spoiled by implementation. Two of these immigrants, Rachel Yaffe and Isaiah "Shai" Hadje, moved separately to the East Coast of the now-diminished United States and met in Pittsburgh, where they began a small family; some decades later, [[Michelle Hadje|Michelle Rachel Hadje]] was born and went on to, through her [[Cladist|up-trees]], help guide the System into what it became as one of the largest [[Infolife|consciousness-uploading systems]] available to humanity.

As the United States continued to wither and with tensions growing with the United Kingdom and France, Israel searched for new allies and found one in [[the Sino-Russian Bloc]], entering into several treaties with them.

=== The early System and the Israeli Crisis ===
Post-[[Secession]], the System held true to the articles of Secession and largely stayed out of [[Phys-side and sys-side|phys-side]] politics.Their relationship with the two largest world powers, [[the Western Federation]] and the Sino-Russian Bloc, remained cordial: the S-R Block maintained a patronizing relationship, claiming the System's successes as its own, given its role in creating the System in the first place; while the Western Fed shared many values with the System's population and maintained a positive reputation with them.

In the latter half of the 22nd century, a counter-cultural movement, the New Zion Movement, began to grow in influence among the more conservative Jews, and to amass wartime materiel. After finding political success during the 2180s, the genocide that in part defined the preceding century returned in grand fashion. The Western Fed declared an unequivocal intent to stop the genocide by force if necessary, and the S-R Bloc found themselves treaty-bound to protect Israel, which led to a brief military action.

Fearing the potential for a third World War, a group sys-side, lead by [[From Whence]], [[True Name]] and [[Jonas]], organized a conference between the three parties — the Western Fed, The S-R Bloc, and Israel — which wound up drawing the military action that came to be known as the Twelve Hours' War. This sys-side group acted as mediators, despite the Articles of Secession indicating that they would not interfere politically with nations phys-side. Their successes here led to a solidifying of the System as a political player on a global stage, and a voice to be respected.

=== New Reform Judaism and the System ===
The events surrounding the Second Diaspora and the Twelve Hours' War led to the slow accumulation of voices behind a more progressive strand of Judaism that followed many of the same ideas behind Reform Judaism (as opposed to Reconstructionist or Humanist Judaism), which quickly ballooned to become the largest group, particularly sys-side.

This in turn led to the formation of the Association of New Reform Congregations, which served both as an organizational entity behind these congregations and an ordination (''semikha'') organization, with the primary organizational work, [[What Right Have I]]'s ''[[Mishkan HaNetzach]]'', being a living text that defined the growing movement. They were anti-Zionist, environmentalist, leaned socialist or anarchist, and viewed the System as a chance to continue in their work of ''tikkun olam.'' Some viewed the System as The World to Come, but this idea never gained majority traction.

One benefit of this growth was the fact that this strand of Judaism was particularly focused on a multimodal approach, engaging with Jews both embedded and embodied. With a sizable representation sys-side and as other forms of [[infolife]], those who engaged with Judaism after uploading or as [[memorial uploads]] provided a perpetual anchor of effectively immortal membership. This was the key differentiator at first between the Reform and New Reform movements, given the disagreements on mitzvot as they applied sys-side/in Netspace, particularly surrounding [[wikipedia:Kashrut|kashrut]] and sacred objects such as [[wikipedia:Torah_scroll|sifrei Torah]] or the [[wikipedia:Klaf|klaf]] inside [[wikipedia:Mezuzah|mezuzot]], though the differences have grown over time, with rituals surrounding forking, quitting, and individuation, blessings unique to infolife, and so on.

=== ''On the Origins of Our World'' and Judaism ===
One of the most widely read works sys-side was [[the Bălan clade]]'s ''An Expanded History of Our World'', which in turn was part of the larger work, ''[[On the Origins of Our World]]'', along with [[May Then My Name|May Then My Name Die With Me]] of [[the Ode clade]]'s ''An Expanded Mythology of Our World''. While much of the popularity may be chalked up to the Pilgrim's Progress Effect (that being a book that everyone feels obligated to own regardless of having actually read it), it remained a highly influential work.

Within the ''History'' and its chapter on Jewry in the System, the Bălans describe the situation thus:<blockquote>It is crucial that one understand that the System is an intrinsically Jewish enterprise. That is not to say that its demographics are skewed, nor that the institutions of Judaism hold particular sway over the System's development, but rather that the timeliness of the endeavor aligned and resonated with the Jewish world.</blockquote>This brought to the fore in the collective subconscious the self-reinforcing idea that there is a linkage, however loose, between the early development of the System and Jewish culture, history, and worldview. This led in turn to several papers dedicated to either confirming or refuting this idea. Regardless of the outcome of these papers, however, the conversation was cemented in place, and cropped up often on historical, cultural, and religious feeds in the Perisystem.
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The veneration of AwDae

2026-01-01T20:58:37Z

Makyo: typo

{{Paracanon|right}}

With the publication of [[Sasha née True Name|Sasha]]'s ''[[Major sys-side publications#Ode|Ode]]'', and to a lesser extent before, a spiritual movement began with '''the veneration of [[AwDae]]'''. This largely sys-side movement described em as "the Dreamer" or "the World Fennec", and cemented the conception of the System as "a machine that dreams". While this movement remains small and non-evangelizing, believers are seen as quite devout. Reception has been mixed, with those who knew AwDae being wary of, or even frustrated by, the existence of the movement while also accepting that there is basis for this, as many have described feeling a presence within the world, attributed to eir role in the creation of the System.

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The veneration of AwDae

2026-01-01T20:57:20Z

Makyo: Initial creation

{{Paracanon|right}}

With the publication of [[Sasha née True Name|Sasha]]'s ''[[Major sys-side publications#Ode|Ode]]'', and to a lesser extent before, a spiritual movement began with '''the veneration of [[AwDae]]'''. This largely sys-side movement described em as "the Dreamer" or " the World Fennec", and cemented the conception of the System as "a machine that dreams". While this movement remains small and non-evangelizing, believers are seen as quite devout. Reception has been mixed, with those who knew AwDae being wary of, or even frustrated by, the existence of the movement while also accepting that there is basis for this, as many have described feeling a presence within the world, attributed to eir role in the creation of the System.

{{Stub}}

AwDae

2026-01-01T20:48:46Z

Makyo: Uploading and veneration

AwDae or RJ Brewster (ey/em; born 2086-05-09, died/uploaded 2115-02-19) was the lead sound technician for the Soho Theatre Troupe based in London. In 2112, ey became one of [[The Lost|the lost]]. Eir fursona was a fennec fox, with a focus on detail that led to eir muzzle being unable to say the two letters of eir chosen name, often going by (and later requesting specifically that ey be addressed as) AwDae.

Two years after being retrieved from being lost, ey was contacted by the [[The Sino-Russian Bloc|S-R Bloc]] in order to be one of the first attempts at uploading consciousness. While not strictly speaking successful, ey provided the beginnings of what was to become the System. Early on, many uploads mentioned feeling a presence within the System. It has been suggested that ey, in a way, provided the basis for the System itself. This led, centuries later with the publication of [[Sasha née True Name|Sasha]]'s ''[[Major sys-side publications#Ode|Ode]]'', to [[The veneration of AwDae|a movement venerating em]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Awdae-1.png|Art by Cadmium Tea
File:Qoheleth-back.png|Art by Iris Jay
</gallery>

== Appearances ==
While AwDae is mentioned in several different pieces of canon, ey only makes an actual appearance in two pieces:

* ''[[Qoheleth]]''
* ''[[Nevi'im]]''
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Jewry and the System

2026-01-01T20:38:20Z

Makyo: Improvements to clarity

Several aspects of Judaism play large in the history of [[the System]], from its origin and throughout the centuries that followed. This has led to an inextricable linkage between the Jewish world and life sys-side.{{Protocanon}}

== History ==

=== Before the System ===
Prior to the advent of the System, the world struggled with the slow failure of the State of Israel. As skirmishes and battles drifted closer to and further away from war and accusations of genocide were levied to greater and lesser effect, many disaffected Jews, particularly of the younger generation, began to move away. This slow wave of Jews (including many Misrahi and Sephardic Jews) formed the foundation to what was later colloquially known as the Second Diaspora: a dispersing of Jews based on the idea of a Holy Land being spoiled by implementation. Two of these immigrants, Rachel Yaffe and Isaiah "Shai" Hadje, moved separately to the East Coast of the now-diminished United States and met in Pittsburgh, where they began a small family; some decades later, [[Michelle Hadje|Michelle Rachel Hadje]] was born and went on to, through her [[Cladist|up-trees]], help guide the System into what it became as one of the largest [[Infolife|consciousness-uploading systems]] available to humanity.

As the United States continued to wither and with tensions growing with the United Kingdom and France, Israel searched for new allies and found one in [[the Sino-Russian Bloc]], entering into several treaties with them.

=== The early System and the Israeli Crisis ===
Post-[[Secession]], the System held true to the articles of Secession and largely stayed out of [[Phys-side and sys-side|phys-side]] politics.Their relationship with the two largest world powers, [[the Western Federation]] and the Sino-Russian Bloc, remained cordial: the S-R Block maintained a patronizing relationship, claiming the System's successes as its own, given its role in creating the System in the first place; while the Western Fed shared many values with the System's population and maintained a positive reputation with them.

In the latter half of the 22nd century, a counter-cultural movement, the New Zion Movement, began to grow in influence among the more conservative Jews, and to amass wartime materiel. After finding political success during the 2180s, the genocide that in part defined the preceding century returned in grand fashion. The Western Fed declared an unequivocal intent to stop the genocide by force if necessary, and the S-R Bloc found themselves treaty-bound to protect Israel, which led to a brief military action.

Fearing the potential for a third World War, a group sys-side, lead by [[From Whence]], [[True Name]] and [[Jonas]], organized a conference between the three parties — the Western Fed, The S-R Bloc, and Israel — which wound up drawing the military action that came to be known as the Twelve Hours' War. This sys-side group acted as mediators, despite the Articles of Secession indicating that they would not interfere politically with nations phys-side. Their successes here led to a solidifying of the System as a political player on a global stage, and a voice to be respected.

=== New Reform Judaism and the System ===
The events surrounding the Second Diaspora and the Twelve Hours' War led to the slow accumulation of voices behind a more progressive strand of Judaism that followed many of the same ideas behind Reform Judaism (as opposed to Reconstructionist or Humanist Judaism), which quickly ballooned to become the largest group, particularly sys-side.

This in turn led to the formation of the Association of New Reform Congregations, which served both as an organizational entity behind these congregations and an ordination (''semikha'') organization, with the primary organizational work, [[What Right Have I]]'s ''[[Mishkan HaNetzach]]'', being a living text that defined the growing movement. They were anti-Zionist, environmentalist, leaned socialist or anarchist, and viewed the System as a chance to continue in their work of ''tikkun olam.'' Some viewed the System as The World to Come, but this idea never gained majority traction.

One benefit of this growth was the fact that this strand of Judaism was particularly focused on a multimodal approach, engaging with Jews both embedded and embodied. With a sizable representation sys-side and as other forms of [[infolife]], those who engaged with Judaism after uploading or as [[memorial uploads]] provided a perpetual anchor of effectively immortal membership. This was the key differentiator at first between the Reform and New Reform movements, given the disagreements on mitzvot as they applied sys-side/in Netspace, particularly surrounding [[wikipedia:Kashrut|kashrut]] and sacred objects such as a [[wikipedia:Torah_scroll|sifrei Torah]] or the [[wikipedia:Klaf|klaf]] inside [[wikipedia:Mezuzah|mezuzot]], though the differences have grown over time.

=== ''On the Origins of Our World'' and Judaism ===
One of the most widely read works sys-side was [[the Bălan clade]]'s ''An Expanded History of Our World'', which in turn was part of the larger work, ''[[On the Origins of Our World]]'', along with [[May Then My Name|May Then My Name Die With Me]] of [[the Ode clade]]'s ''An Expanded Mythology of Our World''. While much of the popularity may be chalked up to the Pilgrim's Progress Effect (that being a book that everyone feels obligated to own regardless of having actually read it), it remained a highly influential work.

Within the ''History'' and its chapter on Jewry in the System, the Bălans describe the situation thus:<blockquote>It is crucial that one understand that the System is an intrinsically Jewish enterprise. That is not to say that its demographics are skewed, nor that the institutions of Judaism hold particular sway over the System's development, but rather that the timeliness of the endeavor aligned and resonated with the Jewish world.</blockquote>This brought to the fore in the collective subconscious the self-reinforcing idea that there is a linkage, however loose, between the early development of the System and Jewish culture, history, and worldview. This led in turn to several papers dedicated to either confirming or refuting this idea. Regardless of the outcome of these papers, however, the conversation was cemented in place, and cropped up often on historical, cultural, and religious feeds in the Perisystem.
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[[Category:Worldbuilding]]

Mishkan HaNetzach

2026-01-01T20:29:02Z

Makyo: Link Judaism

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Mishkan HaNetzach''}}{{Protocanon}}'''''Mishkan HaNetzach''''' (English: ''The Eternal Tabernacle)'' is a constantly updated book (a 'living document') that describes [[Jewry and the System|New Reform Judaism]], largely written by [[What Right Have I]] of [[the Ode clade]]. It consists of three major sections: ''siddur'' (prayer), history, and ''teshuvot'' (questions and answers).

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[[Category:Diegetic Works]]

Major sys-side publications

2026-01-01T20:25:26Z

Makyo: Flesh out the History

''See also: [[:Category:Diegetic Works|Diegetic works]]''

There are several major publications that have become fundamental to both sys-side and phys-side. Of note in the setting are the following, though doubtless there are several more.

== On the Perils of Memory ==
{{See also|Qoheleth}}

''On the Perils of Memory'' is a book published in {{Systime|2306}} by [[Ioan Bălan|Ioan]] and [[Codrin Bălan]] detailing the events leading up to and shortly following Qoheleth's assassination. This was accompanied by a private document prepared for the Ode clade's eyes only. Later, in the early {{Systime|2354}}s, this was adapted to the stage by Ioan.

== On the Origins of Our World ==
{{See also|Toledot}}

''On the Origins of Our World'' comprised ''An Extended History of Our World'' (also known as "the ''History''") by the Bălan clade, a history of the System from [[Secession]] to [[The Launch Project|Launch]] told over several volumes, and ''An Extended Mythology of Our World'' by May Then My Name of the Ode clade. The ''History'' became the Bălans' most widely read work and lead to several changes both sys- and phys-side, including being one of the texts referenced by the perpetrators of [[the Century Attack]]. It is widely understood to be a hyperbolized, even in places untrue, interpretation of events, which was later stated by [[True Name]] as the goal during their interviews, so that the work would be taken as sensationalist and the eighth stanza and [[Jonas]] could continue their work behind the scenes.

== The Convergence with Artemis: First Contact ==
{{See also|Nevi'im}}
{{Paracanon|right}}
"The [[Convergence]] with Artemis: First Contact" was a paper written by Codrin Bălan#Castor after the encounter with Artemis and the meetings that followed. Largely an academic paper rather than a more personal work, it remained popular as the first major description of the events of first contact.

== Individuation and Reconciliation ==
{{See also|Mitzvot}}

''I&R'' was the third major work by the Ode clade, written by Ioan and [[Aurel Bălan]] surrounding the assassination of [[True Name]] and the origins of [[Sasha née True Name|Sasha]].

== Ode ==
{{See also|Selected Letters}}

''Ode'' was a book published by Sasha in 2365, retelling much of the events of the ''History'' from the inside, as it were, with Sasha lending insight from her time living as True Name to the matters, as well as expressing the ways in which the ''History'' was shaped. It also marked the first time [[AwDae]]'s name (as RJ Brewster) was published sys-side.

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[[Category:Worldbuilding]]

Major sys-side publications

2026-01-01T20:06:02Z

Makyo: Fix link

''See also: [[:Category:Diegetic Works|Diegetic works]]''

There are several major publications that have become fundamental to both sys-side and phys-side. Of note in the setting are the following, though doubtless there are several more.

== On the Perils of Memory ==
{{See also|Qoheleth}}

''On the Perils of Memory'' is a book published in {{Systime|2306}} by [[Ioan Bălan|Ioan]] and [[Codrin Bălan]] detailing the events leading up to and shortly following Qoheleth's assassination. This was accompanied by a private document prepared for the Ode clade's eyes only. Later, in the early {{Systime|2354}}s, this was adapted to the stage by Ioan.

== On the Origins of Our World ==
{{See also|Toledot}}

''On the Origins of Our World'' comprised ''An Extended History of Our World'' (also known as "the ''History''") by the Bălan clade, a history of the System from [[Secession]] to [[The Launch Project|Launch]] told over several volumes, and ''An Extended Mythology of Our World'' by May Then My Name of the Ode clade. The ''History'' became the Bălans most widely read work and lead to several changes both sys- and phys-side, including being one of the texts referenced by the perpetrators of [[the Century Attack]].

== The Convergence with Artemis: First Contact ==
{{See also|Nevi'im}}
{{Paracanon|right}}
"The Convergence with Artemis: First Contact" was a paper written by Codrin Bălan#Castor after the encounter with Artemis and the meetings that followed. Largely an academic paper rather than a more personal work, it remained popular as the first major description of the events of first contact.

== Individuation and Reconciliation ==
{{See also|Mitzvot}}

''I&R'' was the third major work by the Ode clade, written by Ioan and [[Aurel Bălan]] surrounding the assassination of [[True Name]] and the origins of [[Sasha née True Name|Sasha]].

== Ode ==
{{See also|Selected Letters}}

''Ode'' was a book published by Sasha in 2365, retelling much of the events of the ''History'' from the inside, as it were, with Sasha lending insight from her time living as True Name to the matters, as well as expressing the ways in which the ''History'' was shaped. It also marked the first time [[AwDae]]'s name (as RJ Brewster) was published sys-side.

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[[Category:Worldbuilding]]

Major sys-side publications

2026-01-01T20:03:55Z

Makyo: See also diegetic works

{{See also|Category:Diegetic Works}}

There are several major publications that have become fundamental to both sys-side and phys-side. Of note in the setting are the following, though doubtless there are several more.

== On the Perils of Memory ==
{{See also|Qoheleth}}

''On the Perils of Memory'' is a book published in {{Systime|2306}} by [[Ioan Bălan|Ioan]] and [[Codrin Bălan]] detailing the events leading up to and shortly following Qoheleth's assassination. This was accompanied by a private document prepared for the Ode clade's eyes only. Later, in the early {{Systime|2354}}s, this was adapted to the stage by Ioan.

== On the Origins of Our World ==
{{See also|Toledot}}

''On the Origins of Our World'' comprised ''An Extended History of Our World'' (also known as "the ''History''") by the Bălan clade, a history of the System from [[Secession]] to [[The Launch Project|Launch]] told over several volumes, and ''An Extended Mythology of Our World'' by May Then My Name of the Ode clade. The ''History'' became the Bălans most widely read work and lead to several changes both sys- and phys-side, including being one of the texts referenced by the perpetrators of [[the Century Attack]].

== The Convergence with Artemis: First Contact ==
{{See also|Nevi'im}}
{{Paracanon|right}}
"The Convergence with Artemis: First Contact" was a paper written by Codrin Bălan#Castor after the encounter with Artemis and the meetings that followed. Largely an academic paper rather than a more personal work, it remained popular as the first major description of the events of first contact.

== Individuation and Reconciliation ==
{{See also|Mitzvot}}

''I&R'' was the third major work by the Ode clade, written by Ioan and [[Aurel Bălan]] surrounding the assassination of [[True Name]] and the origins of [[Sasha née True Name|Sasha]].

== Ode ==
{{See also|Selected Letters}}

''Ode'' was a book published by Sasha in 2365, retelling much of the events of the ''History'' from the inside, as it were, with Sasha lending insight from her time living as True Name to the matters, as well as expressing the ways in which the ''History'' was shaped. It also marked the first time [[AwDae]]'s name (as RJ Brewster) was published sys-side.

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[[Category:Worldbuilding]]

Major sys-side publications

2026-01-01T20:02:02Z

Makyo: Move Convergence, make paracanon

There are several major publications that have become fundamental to both sys-side and phys-side. Of note in the setting are the following, though doubtless there are several more.

== On the Perils of Memory ==
{{See also|Qoheleth}}

''On the Perils of Memory'' is a book published in {{Systime|2306}} by [[Ioan Bălan|Ioan]] and [[Codrin Bălan]] detailing the events leading up to and shortly following Qoheleth's assassination. This was accompanied by a private document prepared for the Ode clade's eyes only. Later, in the early {{Systime|2354}}s, this was adapted to the stage by Ioan.

== On the Origins of Our World ==
{{See also|Toledot}}

''On the Origins of Our World'' comprised ''An Extended History of Our World'' (also known as "the ''History''") by the Bălan clade, a history of the System from [[Secession]] to [[The Launch Project|Launch]] told over several volumes, and ''An Extended Mythology of Our World'' by May Then My Name of the Ode clade. The ''History'' became the Bălans most widely read work and lead to several changes both sys- and phys-side, including being one of the texts referenced by the perpetrators of [[the Century Attack]].

== The Convergence with Artemis: First Contact ==
{{See also|Nevi'im}}
{{Paracanon|right}}
"The Convergence with Artemis: First Contact" was a paper written by Codrin Bălan#Castor after the encounter with Artemis and the meetings that followed. Largely an academic paper rather than a more personal work, it remained popular as the first major description of the events of first contact.

== Individuation and Reconciliation ==
{{See also|Mitzvot}}

''I&R'' was the third major work by the Ode clade, written by Ioan and [[Aurel Bălan]] surrounding the assassination of [[True Name]] and the origins of [[Sasha née True Name|Sasha]].

== Ode ==
{{See also|Selected Letters}}

''Ode'' was a book published by Sasha in 2365, retelling much of the events of the ''History'' from the inside, as it were, with Sasha lending insight from her time living as True Name to the matters, as well as expressing the ways in which the ''History'' was shaped. It also marked the first time [[AwDae]]'s name (as RJ Brewster) was published sys-side.

{{Stub}}
[[Category:Worldbuilding]]

Main Page

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__NOTOC__
== Welcome to the Post-Self wiki! ==
This wiki is intended to provide a repository for information surrounding the Post-Self setting. This can be everything from the mechanics of the canon to character descriptions, summaries of works to timelines. It is user-editable for anyone with an account. For help, please see @makyo on the Post-Self Discord.

=== Looking for a quick introduction? ===
The best place to start is [[What is Post-Self?]] Spoiler free~

=== This wiki is not a spoiler-free space! ===
Please expect spoilers for all Post-Self canon, including as yet unpublished works, throughout the entire wiki except for the pages in the [[:Category:No spoilers|no-spoilers]] category.

=== Canonicity ===
Unless otherwise stated, information here is considered canon. You may, however, see notices for the following

* '''Paracanon:''' Paracanon is material that ''informs'' canon, which is to say that it does not appear in the story itself, but provides the backbone for events in that story. This information is useful for creating and may be interesting in its own right, but is subject to change
* '''Protocanon:''' Protocanon is material that is currently in development, which is generally accepted by the community, or which is merely nice to have. It may wind up in informing canon in the future, in which case this label will be changed. This is absolutely subject to change.

== Getting started ==
* [[Canon works]]
* [[Gallery|Image gallery]]
* [[The System]]
** [[:Category:Characters]]
** [[:Category:Mechanics]]
** [[:Category:Worldbuilding]]
* [[The Post-Self community]]
** Discord server (ping @makyo for a link)
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** [[MUCK|The Post-Self MUCK]]
* [[Pages in need of love]] and [[:Category:Stubs|Stubs]]

{{DISPLAYTITLE:The Post-Self Wiki}}

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Marsh

2026-01-01T19:49:59Z

Makyo: Summary, clarify authors

{{Story|title=Marsh|image=Marsh front.png|source=[https://irisjay.net Iris Jay]|author=Madison Scott-Clary|authors=* ''Marsh''
** [[Madison Rye Progress]]
** [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]]
* "Stories From After" or interludes
** [[Michael Miele]]
** [[Caela Argent]]
** [[User:Tomash|Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak]]
** [[Andréa C. Mason]]
** [[Thomas "Faux" Steele]]
** [[Nat Mcardle-Mott-Merrifield]]
** [[Sarah Bloden]]
** [[J.S. Hawthorne]]|format=Anthology|character=[[Reed]] of [[the Marsh clade]]|year=1234|years=2399, 2401|readlink=https://marsh.post-self.ink|summary=true}}

{{See also|Marsh/synopsis|l1=Synopsis}}

''Marsh'' is a novel in the Post-Self setting written by [[Madison Rye Progress]] with contributions from [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]], plus an anthology of short stories from several others. It was funded by a Kickstarter campaign running throughout January, 2024.

== Back copy ==
New Year’s Eve, 2399, and [[The System|Lagrange]] is celebrating centuries of relative peace. Life has been, by and large, good for those who chose to upload their consciousnesses. They mark milestones, fall in and out of love, dwell in peace. They fork, copying themselves for specific tasks or to go live separate lives. Memories pile up as they carry on.

And then everything grinds to a halt.

One year, one month, and eleven days have gone missing…and so has one percent of the population of Lagrange. 23 billion souls lost.

''Marsh'' is a new novel in the Post-Self universe, following [[Reed]] and the rest of his cocladists, fellow instances forked from the original uploaded mind of [[Marsh (cladist)|Marsh]], as they strive to discover what has happened and where Marsh has gone, rendering them unmoored: five unconnected instances with no root to connect them.

Includes stories by Samantha Yule Fireheart, Michael Miele, Caela Argent, Andréa C Mason, JS Hawthorne, Thomas “Faux” Steele, Nat Mcardle-Mott-Merrifield, Sarah Bloden, and Krzysztof “Tomash” Drewniak.

== Contents ==

* ''Marsh''
** "[[Feeds]]" by Samantha Yule Fireheart, Madison Rye Progress, Caela Argent, Andréa C. Mason, and J.S. Hawthorne
** "[[Nasturtiums]]" by Madison Rye Progress
** "[[Columbines]]" by Samantha Yule Fireheart
* "[[Game Night]]" by Michael Miele
* "[[Home from the Game]]" by Caela Argent
* "[[The Party at the End of the World]]" by Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak
* "[[A Well-Trained Eye]]" by Andréa C Mason
* "[[Toward Eternity]]" by Thomas "Faux" Steele
* "[[Prophecies]]" by Madison Rye Progress
* "[[Journal of Diago Pereira]]" by Nat Mcardle-Mott-Merrifield and Sarah Bloden
* "[[Millwright]]" by Andréa C Mason
* "[[Sentences]]" by Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak

== External links ==

* [https://marsh.post-self.ink Purchase ebooks or paperbacks, or read ''Marsh'' in the browser]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Marsh''}}{{Canon works}}
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Works by Madison Rye Progress]]
[[Category:Works by The Lament]]
[[Category:Stories of Restoration]]

Idumea

2026-01-01T19:45:23Z

Makyo: Synopsis

{{Story|title=Idumea|image=Idumea-cover-front.s.png|author=Madison Rye Progress|authors=[[Madison Rye Progress]], with contributions from [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]] and [[Tomash|Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak]]|format=Novella|character=Multiple|characters=* [[Rye]]
* [[End Of Endings]]
Both of [[the Ode clade]]|year=Multiple|years=2403, 2409|readlink=https://idumea.post-self.ink|summary=true}}

''See also: [[Idumea/synopsis|Synopsis]]''

'''''Idumea''''' is a novella by Madison Rye Progress with contributions from Samantha Yule Fireheart and Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak. Told in the form of a diegetic fairytale, it is narrated by [[Rye]] of [[the Ode clade]] as she recounts the transition of [[End Of Endings]] into a tree while slowly falling into overflow, shown as graphomania and desperation.

== Back copy ==
<blockquote>The Woman was too present. She was too much herself, too human, too embodied within her vessel as it spiraled out of control, too stuck in her mind as it twisted in on itself.

Readers, you must understand that she was in so many ways whole still!

I think that The Woman would say, however, that she was too whole. I think she would say that she was too full, too much, too alive. I think she would say that almost three hundred years of a life that was lived as hers was too much life. I think she would laugh that hoarse, dry laugh that always sounded like tears were on the way and say that thirty years was probably too much for her.

But me, friends? What will become of me?</blockquote>A tale of the escape from suffering in a digital world — and the effects of trauma on the functionally immortal.

=== Content notes: ===
This story contains themes of self-harm, suicide, and poor mental health.

== External links ==

* [https://idumea.post-self.ink Purchase paperback or ebook, or read for free in the browser]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Idumea''}}{{Canon works}}
[[Category:Works by Madison Rye Progress]]
[[Category:Works by The Lament]]
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Stories of Restoration]]
[[Category:Diegetic Works]]

Motes Played

2026-01-01T19:43:08Z

Makyo: Synopsis

{{Story|title=Motes Played|image=Motes-Played-Front.png|author=Multiple authors|authors=[[Madison Rye Progress]] and [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]]|format=Novella|character=Multiple|characters=* [[Motes]]
* [[A Finger Pointing]]
* [[Beholden]]
All from [[the Ode clade]]|year=2362|readlink=https://motes-played.post-self.ink|summary=true}}

{{See also|Motes_Played/synopsis|l1=Synopsis}}

''Motes Played'' is an upcoming novella set in the Post-Self setting written by [[Madison Rye Progress]] and [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]]. While it is heavily tied into [[:Category:The Post-Self cycle|the Post-Self cycle]], it is not part of the cycle proper. It takes the form of a diegetic story written for Motes for her 300th birthday.

== Back copy ==

[[Motes]] played.

She played because she ''was'' play. She played because that was her role in life, because that is just who she was. She played with color, played with life, played with death.

She played with fire.

Motes played, because how could she not?

=== Content notes: ===
Mentions of rough, but consensual sex with one vague description; blood; adult characters engaging with the world as children, unrelated to sex; themes of familial abuse.

[[Category:Books]]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Motes Played''}}
[[Category:Works by Madison Rye Progress]]
[[Category:Works by The Lament]]
[[Category:Diegetic Works]]

Mitzvot

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Makyo: Read link and synopsis

{{Story|title=Mitzvot|author=Madison Scott-Clary|character=Multiple|year=2350|readlink=https://mitzvot.post-self.ink|summary=true|format=Novel|image=Mitzvot-front.png|source=[[Iris Jay]]|characters=* [[Ioan Bălan]]
* [[Debarre]]}}

{{See also|Mitzvot/synopsis|l1=Synopsis}}

''Mitzvot'' by [[Madison Scott-Clary]] is the fourth book in the Post-Self cycle. It also includes the novella ''[[Selected Letters]]''. The name is based off the Jewish concept of a ''mitzvah'', a commandment that one should follow, but also an act of good done by following a commandment.

== Back copy ==
<blockquote>''“To be built to love is to be built to dissolve. It is to be built to unbecome. It is to have the sole purpose of falling apart all in the name of someone else."''</blockquote>Even the grandest of stories can feel small and immediate when it’s just one person’s life.

One of the most well-known names from one of the most well-known clades on the System, the avatar of political machinations and cool confidence, has been brought low. With help coming only from Ioan Bălan and the most grudging of support from her cocladists, all [[True Name]] has left to save herself is the ability to change.

== External links ==

* [https://mitzvot.post-self.ink Purchase ebooks or paperbacks, or ''Mitzvot'' for free in the browser].
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62026388-mitzvot Goodreads page]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Mitzvot''}}{{Canon works}}
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:The Post-Self cycle]]
[[Category:Works by Madison Scott-Clary]]

Nevi'im

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Makyo: Read link and synopsis

{{Story|title=Nevi'im|author=Madison Scott-Clary|character=Multiple|year=2346|readlink=https://neviim.post-self.ink|summary=true|format=Novel|image=Neviim-front.png|source=[[Iris Jay]]|characters=* [[Codrin Bălan Castor|Codrin Bălan#Castor]]
* [[Tycho Brahe]]
* [[Ioan Bălan]]}}

{{See also|Nevi'im/synopsis|l1=Synopsis}}

''Nevi'im'' by [[Madison Scott-Clary]] is the third book in the Post-Self cycle. The title is Hebrew for "prophets", and refers to heralds of change.

== Back copy ==
<blockquote>''“Do you know how old I am, [[Tycho Brahe|Dr. Brahe]]? I am 222 years old, a fork of an individual who is…who would be 259 years old. I am no longer the [[True Name]] of 2124. Even remembering her feels like remembering an old friend. I remember her perfectly, and yet I do not remember how to be earnest. I do not know how to simply '''be'''."''</blockquote>The cracks are showing.

Someone picked up on the broadcast from the Dreamer Module and as the powers that be rush to organize a meeting between races, Dr. Tycho Brahe is caught up in a whirlwind of activity. And as always, when the drama goes down, there is [[Codrin Bălan]] to witness it.

When faced with eternity in a new kind of digital world, however, old traumas come to roost, and those who were once powerful are brought to their knees

Growth is colliding with memory, and the cracks are showing.

== External links ==

* [https://neviim.post-self.ink Purchase ebooks or paperbacks, or read ''Nevi'im'' for free in the browser].
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60491772-nevi-im Goodreads page]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Nevi'im''}}{{Canon works}}
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:The Post-Self cycle]]
[[Category:Works by Madison Scott-Clary]]

Toledot

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Makyo: Extra brackets

{{Story|title=Toledot|author=Madison Scott-Clary|character=Multiple|year=1234|format=Novel|image=Toledot-front.png|source=[[Iris Jay]]|characters=* [[Yared Zerezghi]]
* [[True Name]]
* [[Michelle/Sasha]]
* [[Ioan Bălan]]
* [[Codrin Bălan Castor|Codrin Bălan#Castor]]
* [[Codrin Bălan Pollux|Codrin Bălan#Pollux]]
* [[Douglas Hadje]]
* [[Tycho Brahe]]|years=2124-2125, 2325-2326, 2346|readlink=https://toledot.post-self.ink|summary=true}}

{{See also|Toledot/synopsis|l1=Synopsis}}

''Toledot'' by [[Madison Scott-Clary]] is the second book in the Post-Self cycle. The title means "generations" and refers in particular to the list of generations ("begats") in Genesis.

== Back copy ==
<blockquote>''“I am saying that you trust me — really trust me — and that life in the System is more subtle than I think you know. You let me into your dreams, my dear, and your dreams influence this place as much as, if not more than, your waking mind."''</blockquote>No longer bound to the physical, what lengths should one go to in a virtual world to ensure the continuity of one’s existence?

[[Secession]]. [[Launch]]. Two separations from two societies, two hundred years apart. And through it all, so many parallels run on so many levels that it can be dizzying just keeping up. The more [[Ioan Bălan|Ioan]] and [[Codrin Bălan]] learn, the more it calls into question the motivations of even those they hold most dear.

== External links ==

* [https://toledot.post-self.ink Purchase ebooks or paperbacks, or read ''Toledot'' for free in the browser].
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59725848-toledot Goodreads page]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Toledot''}}{{Canon works}}
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:The Post-Self cycle]]
[[Category:Works by Madison Scott-Clary]]

Toledot

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Makyo: Synopsis and read link

{{Story|title=Toledot|author=[[Madison Scott-Clary]]|character=Multiple|year=1234|format=Novel|image=Toledot-front.png|source=[[Iris Jay]]|characters=* [[Yared Zerezghi]]
* [[True Name]]
* [[Michelle/Sasha]]
* [[Ioan Bălan]]
* [[Codrin Bălan Castor|Codrin Bălan#Castor]]
* [[Codrin Bălan Pollux|Codrin Bălan#Pollux]]
* [[Douglas Hadje]]
* [[Tycho Brahe]]|years=2124-2125, 2325-2326, 2346|readlink=https://toledot.post-self.ink|summary=true}}

{{See also|Toledot/synopsis|l1=Synopsis}}

''Toledot'' by [[Madison Scott-Clary]] is the second book in the Post-Self cycle. The title means "generations" and refers in particular to the list of generations ("begats") in Genesis.

== Back copy ==
<blockquote>''“I am saying that you trust me — really trust me — and that life in the System is more subtle than I think you know. You let me into your dreams, my dear, and your dreams influence this place as much as, if not more than, your waking mind."''</blockquote>No longer bound to the physical, what lengths should one go to in a virtual world to ensure the continuity of one’s existence?

[[Secession]]. [[Launch]]. Two separations from two societies, two hundred years apart. And through it all, so many parallels run on so many levels that it can be dizzying just keeping up. The more [[Ioan Bălan|Ioan]] and [[Codrin Bălan]] learn, the more it calls into question the motivations of even those they hold most dear.

== External links ==

* [https://toledot.post-self.ink Purchase ebooks or paperbacks, or read ''Toledot'' for free in the browser].
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59725848-toledot Goodreads page]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Toledot''}}{{Canon works}}
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:The Post-Self cycle]]
[[Category:Works by Madison Scott-Clary]]

Template:Story

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Makyo: in usage

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|-
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= Usage =

Displays information about a story.

<pre><nowiki>
{{Story
| title=Story title
| author=Story author
| authors=Multiple authors
| image=Image file
| source=Source for the image
| format=Story format
| character=Character
| characters=Multiple characters
| year=Year
| appearsin=Collection of works
| readlink=https://link-to-read.com
| synopsis=true
}}
</nowiki></pre>

= Examples =

== Short story ==

{{Story
| title=Cowboy
| author=Alexandria Christina Leal
| format=Short story
| character=The Peace system
| year=2200
| appearsin=Clade — A Post-Self anthology
| readlink=https://clade.post-self.ink/cowboy
}}
<pre><nowiki>
{{Story
| title=Cowboy
| author=Alexandria Christina Leal
| format=Short story
| character=The Peace system
| year=2200
| appearsin=Clade — A Post-Self anthology
| readlink=https://clade.post-self.ink/cowboy
}}
</nowiki></pre>

== Novel ==

{{Story
| title=Qoheleth
| author=Madison Scott-Clary
| image=Qoheleth-front.png
| source=[[Iris Jay]]
| format=Novel
| character=Multiple
| characters=[[AwDae]], [[Michelle/Sasha|Sasha]], [[Dr. Carter Ramirez]], [[Ioan Bălan]], [[Qoheleth (cladist)|Qoheleth]]
| year=2305
| years=2112, 2305
| readlink=https://qoheleth.post-self.ink
| summary=true
}}

<pre><nowiki>
{{Story
| title=Qoheleth
| author=Madison Scott-Clary
| image=Qoheleth-front.png
| source=[[Iris Jay]]
| format=Novel
| character=Multiple
| characters=[[AwDae]], [[Michelle/Sasha|Sasha]], [[Dr. Carter Ramirez]], [[Ioan Bălan]], [[Qoheleth (cladist)|Qoheleth]]
| year=2305
| years=2112, 2305
| readlink=https://qoheleth.post-self.ink
}}
</nowiki></pre>

<noinclude>
= Parameters =
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"params": {
"canon": {
"label": "Canonicity",
"description": "What level of canon the work is",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"Canon",
"Paracanon",
"Protocanon",
"Non-canon"
],
"default": "Canon"
},
"appearsin": {
"label": "Appears in",
"description": "Any collections the work appears in",
"example": "Clade — A Post-Self Anthology",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"Clade — A Post-Self Anthology",
"Marsh"
]
},
"readlink": {
"label": "Read link",
"description": "A link where one can read the story",
"example": "https://clade.post-self.ink/cowboy",
"type": "url"
},
"title": {
"label": "Title",
"description": "The title of the work",
"example": "Cowboy",
"type": "string",
"required": true
},
"author": {
"label": "Author",
"description": "The author of the work",
"example": "Alexandria Christina Leal",
"type": "line",
"required": true
},
"character": {
"label": "Character",
"description": "The name of the main POV character or clade in wiki format",
"example": "Theodred",
"type": "line",
"required": true
},
"year": {
"label": "Year",
"description": "The year in which the story takes place",
"example": "2343",
"type": "number",
"required": true
},
"format": {
"label": "Format",
"description": "The format of the work",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"Anthology",
"Flash fiction",
"Short story",
"Novella",
"Novel",
"Interactive fiction"
],
"default": "Short story"
},
"image": {
"label": "Image",
"description": "An image for the story",
"example": "Qoheleth-front.png",
"type": "wiki-file-name"
},
"source": {
"label": "Source",
"description": "The source for the image",
"example": "[https://irisjay.net Iris Jay]",
"type": "line"
},
"characters": {
"label": "Characters",
"description": "If there are multiple POV characters, add them wiki-formatted here (\"character\" is still required)",
"example": "[[Ioan Bălan]], [[Debarre]]",
"type": "content"
},
"years": {
"label": "Years",
"description": "If the story takes place in multiple years, list them here (\"year\" is still required)",
"example": "2112, 2305",
"type": "string"
},
"authors": {
"label": "Authors",
"description": "Multiple authors",
"example": "[[Madison Scott-Clary]], [[Rob MacWolf]]...",
"type": "content"
},
"summary": {
"label": "Has summary",
"description": "Whether or not to link to a synopsis page (synopsis page name must be PAGENAME/synopsis",
"example": "true",
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"paramOrder": [
"title",
"image",
"source",
"author",
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"format",
"character",
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"year",
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"canon",
"appearsin",
"readlink",
"summary"
]
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Story

2026-01-01T19:39:07Z

Makyo: Synopsis on same line

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! colspan="2" | {{{title}}}
|-
! colspan="2" | {{#if: {{{authors|}}} | Multiple | {{pipe escape | [[{{{author}}}]] }} }}
|-
{{#if: {{{image|}}} | {{pipe escape |
! colspan{{=}}"2" | [[File:{{{image}}}|frameless]]
|-
}}}}
{{#if: {{{source|}}} | {{pipe escape |
! colspan{{=}}"2" style{{=}}"font-weight: normal; font-size: 95%;" | Source: {{{source}}}
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| {{#if: {{{characters|}}} | {{pipe escape | {{{characters|}}} }} | {{pipe escape | {{{character}}} }} }}
|-
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| {{#if: {{{years|}}} | {{{years|}}} | {{{year}}} }}
|-
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| {{{canon|Canon}}}
|-
{{#if: {{{appearsin|}}} | {{pipe escape |
! Appears in
| [[{{{appearsin}}}]]
|-
}}}}
{{#if: {{{readlink|}}} | {{pipe escape |
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|-
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|}</onlyinclude></includeonly>

= Usage =

Displays information about a story.

<pre><nowiki>
{{Story
| title=Story title
| author=Story author
| authors=Multiple authors
| image=Image file
| source=Source for the image
| format=Story format
| character=Character
| characters=Multiple characters
| year=Year
| appearsin=Collection of works
| readlink=https://link-to-read.com
}}
</nowiki></pre>

= Examples =

== Short story ==

{{Story
| title=Cowboy
| author=Alexandria Christina Leal
| format=Short story
| character=The Peace system
| year=2200
| appearsin=Clade — A Post-Self anthology
| readlink=https://clade.post-self.ink/cowboy
}}
<pre><nowiki>
{{Story
| title=Cowboy
| author=Alexandria Christina Leal
| format=Short story
| character=The Peace system
| year=2200
| appearsin=Clade — A Post-Self anthology
| readlink=https://clade.post-self.ink/cowboy
}}
</nowiki></pre>

== Novel ==

{{Story
| title=Qoheleth
| author=Madison Scott-Clary
| image=Qoheleth-front.png
| source=[[Iris Jay]]
| format=Novel
| character=Multiple
| characters=[[AwDae]], [[Michelle/Sasha|Sasha]], [[Dr. Carter Ramirez]], [[Ioan Bălan]], [[Qoheleth (cladist)|Qoheleth]]
| year=2305
| years=2112, 2305
| readlink=https://qoheleth.post-self.ink
| summary=true
}}

<pre><nowiki>
{{Story
| title=Qoheleth
| author=Madison Scott-Clary
| image=Qoheleth-front.png
| source=[[Iris Jay]]
| format=Novel
| character=Multiple
| characters=[[AwDae]], [[Michelle/Sasha|Sasha]], [[Dr. Carter Ramirez]], [[Ioan Bălan]], [[Qoheleth (cladist)|Qoheleth]]
| year=2305
| years=2112, 2305
| readlink=https://qoheleth.post-self.ink
}}
</nowiki></pre>

<noinclude>
= Parameters =
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{
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"description": "What level of canon the work is",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"Canon",
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"label": "Appears in",
"description": "Any collections the work appears in",
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"example": "Theodred",
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"example": "Qoheleth-front.png",
"type": "wiki-file-name"
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"source": {
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"example": "[https://irisjay.net Iris Jay]",
"type": "line"
},
"characters": {
"label": "Characters",
"description": "If there are multiple POV characters, add them wiki-formatted here (\"character\" is still required)",
"example": "[[Ioan Bălan]], [[Debarre]]",
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"example": "[[Madison Scott-Clary]], [[Rob MacWolf]]...",
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"year",
"years",
"canon",
"appearsin",
"readlink",
"summary"
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}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Template:Story

2026-01-01T19:37:49Z

Makyo: Synopsis, not summary

<includeonly><onlyinclude>{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em; margin-right: 0; float: right; clear: right; max-width: min(360px, 40%);"
! colspan="2" | {{{title}}}
|-
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|-
{{#if: {{{image|}}} | {{pipe escape |
! colspan{{=}}"2" | [[File:{{{image}}}|frameless]]
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{{#if: {{{source|}}} | {{pipe escape |
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{{#if: {{{readlink|}}} | {{pipe escape |
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= Usage =

Displays information about a story.

<pre><nowiki>
{{Story
| title=Story title
| author=Story author
| authors=Multiple authors
| image=Image file
| source=Source for the image
| format=Story format
| character=Character
| characters=Multiple characters
| year=Year
| appearsin=Collection of works
| readlink=https://link-to-read.com
}}
</nowiki></pre>

= Examples =

== Short story ==

{{Story
| title=Cowboy
| author=Alexandria Christina Leal
| format=Short story
| character=The Peace system
| year=2200
| appearsin=Clade — A Post-Self anthology
| readlink=https://clade.post-self.ink/cowboy
}}
<pre><nowiki>
{{Story
| title=Cowboy
| author=Alexandria Christina Leal
| format=Short story
| character=The Peace system
| year=2200
| appearsin=Clade — A Post-Self anthology
| readlink=https://clade.post-self.ink/cowboy
}}
</nowiki></pre>

== Novel ==

{{Story
| title=Qoheleth
| author=Madison Scott-Clary
| image=Qoheleth-front.png
| source=[[Iris Jay]]
| format=Novel
| character=Multiple
| characters=[[AwDae]], [[Michelle/Sasha|Sasha]], [[Dr. Carter Ramirez]], [[Ioan Bălan]], [[Qoheleth (cladist)|Qoheleth]]
| year=2305
| years=2112, 2305
| readlink=https://qoheleth.post-self.ink
| summary=true
}}

<pre><nowiki>
{{Story
| title=Qoheleth
| author=Madison Scott-Clary
| image=Qoheleth-front.png
| source=[[Iris Jay]]
| format=Novel
| character=Multiple
| characters=[[AwDae]], [[Michelle/Sasha|Sasha]], [[Dr. Carter Ramirez]], [[Ioan Bălan]], [[Qoheleth (cladist)|Qoheleth]]
| year=2305
| years=2112, 2305
| readlink=https://qoheleth.post-self.ink
}}
</nowiki></pre>

<noinclude>
= Parameters =
<templatedata>
{
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"label": "Canonicity",
"description": "What level of canon the work is",
"type": "string",
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"label": "Character",
"description": "The name of the main POV character or clade in wiki format",
"example": "Theodred",
"type": "line",
"required": true
},
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"description": "The year in which the story takes place",
"example": "2343",
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"label": "Format",
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"example": "[https://irisjay.net Iris Jay]",
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"example": "[[Ioan Bălan]], [[Debarre]]",
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"example": "[[Madison Scott-Clary]], [[Rob MacWolf]]...",
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}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

Qoheleth

2026-01-01T19:36:03Z

Makyo: Readlink and summary

{{Story|title=Qoheleth|author=Madison Scott-Clary|character=Multiple|characters=* [[AwDae]]
* [[Dr. Carter Ramirez]]
* [[Michelle/Sasha|Sasha]]
* [[Ioan Bălan]]
* [[Qoheleth (cladist)|Qoheleth]]|year=1234|years=2112, 2305|readlink=https://qoheleth.post-self.ink|summary=true|format=Novel|image=Qoheleth-front.png|source=[https://irisjay.net Iris Jay]}}

{{See also|Qoheleth/synopsis|l1=Synopsis|Qoheleth (cladist)}}

''Qoheleth'' is a book in the Post-Self cycle. It was written by [[Madison Scott-Clary]] and contains the bonus novella ''[[Gallery Exhibition: A Love Story]]''. The title refers to ''Qohelet'' (or "Ecclesiastes" in translation), the teacher and narrator from the book in the Bible by the same name.

== Back copy ==
<blockquote>“All artists search. I search for stories, in this post-self age. What happens when you can no longer call yourself an individual, when you have split your sense of self among several instances? How do you react? Do you withdraw into yourself, become a hermit? Do you expand until you lose all sense of identity? Do you fragment? Do you go about it deliberately, or do you let nature and chance take their course?”</blockquote>With immersive technology at its peak, it’s all too easy to get lost. When RJ loses emself in that virtual world, not only must ey find eir way out, but find all the answers ey can along the way.

And, nearly a century on, society still struggles with the ramifications of those answers.

== Place within the cycle ==
Although ''Qoheleth'' was initially listed as "book I in the Post-Self cycle", It serves largely as a prequel to the trilogy that is ''[[Toledot]]'' — ''[[Nevi'im]]'' — ''[[Mitzvot]]''. For this reason, there is a compelling argument that it should be read after either ''Nevi'im'' or ''Mitzvot''.

Due to the ways in which it introduces the mechanics and society of the System, ''Gallery Exhibition'' serves as an excellent first work to read.

== External links ==

* [https://qoheleth.post-self.ink Purchase ebooks or paperbacks, or read ''Qoheleth'' for free in the browser.]
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55562202-qoheleth Goodreads page]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Qoheleth''}}{{Canon works}}
[[Category:The Post-Self cycle]]
[[Category:Books]]
[[Category:Works by Madison Scott-Clary]]

Template:Story

2026-01-01T19:35:17Z

Makyo: Add summary parameter

<includeonly><onlyinclude>{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em; margin-right: 0; float: right; clear: right; max-width: min(360px, 40%);"
! colspan="2" | {{{title}}}
|-
! colspan="2" | {{#if: {{{authors|}}} | Multiple | {{pipe escape | [[{{{author}}}]] }} }}
|-
{{#if: {{{image|}}} | {{pipe escape |
! colspan{{=}}"2" | [[File:{{{image}}}|frameless]]
|-
}}}}
{{#if: {{{source|}}} | {{pipe escape |
! colspan{{=}}"2" style{{=}}"font-weight: normal; font-size: 95%;" | Source: {{{source}}}
|-
}}}}
! Format
| {{{format|Short story}}}
|-
{{#if: {{{authors|}}} | {{ pipe escape |
! Authors
|
{{{authors|}}}
|-
}}}}
! Character{{#if: {{{characters|}}} | s }}
| {{#if: {{{characters|}}} | {{pipe escape | {{{characters|}}} }} | {{pipe escape | {{{character}}} }} }}
|-
! Year{{#if: {{{years|}}} | s }}
| {{#if: {{{years|}}} | {{{years|}}} | {{{year}}} }}
|-
! Canonicity
| {{{canon|Canon}}}
|-
{{#if: {{{appearsin|}}} | {{pipe escape |
! Appears in
| [[{{{appearsin}}}]]
|-
}}}}
{{#if: {{{readlink|}}} | {{pipe escape |
! colspan{{=}}"2" style{{=}}"text-align: center" | [{{{readlink}}} Read here]
{{#if: {{{summary|}}} | [[{{PAGENAME}}/Summary|Summary]]}}
|-
}}}}
|}</onlyinclude></includeonly>

= Usage =

Displays information about a story.

<pre><nowiki>
{{Story
| title=Story title
| author=Story author
| authors=Multiple authors
| image=Image file
| source=Source for the image
| format=Story format
| character=Character
| characters=Multiple characters
| year=Year
| appearsin=Collection of works
| readlink=https://link-to-read.com
}}
</nowiki></pre>

= Examples =

== Short story ==

{{Story
| title=Cowboy
| author=Alexandria Christina Leal
| format=Short story
| character=The Peace system
| year=2200
| appearsin=Clade — A Post-Self anthology
| readlink=https://clade.post-self.ink/cowboy
}}
<pre><nowiki>
{{Story
| title=Cowboy
| author=Alexandria Christina Leal
| format=Short story
| character=The Peace system
| year=2200
| appearsin=Clade — A Post-Self anthology
| readlink=https://clade.post-self.ink/cowboy
}}
</nowiki></pre>

== Novel ==

{{Story
| title=Qoheleth
| author=Madison Scott-Clary
| image=Qoheleth-front.png
| source=[[Iris Jay]]
| format=Novel
| character=Multiple
| characters=[[AwDae]], [[Michelle/Sasha|Sasha]], [[Dr. Carter Ramirez]], [[Ioan Bălan]], [[Qoheleth (cladist)|Qoheleth]]
| year=2305
| years=2112, 2305
| readlink=https://qoheleth.post-self.ink
| summary=true
}}

<pre><nowiki>
{{Story
| title=Qoheleth
| author=Madison Scott-Clary
| image=Qoheleth-front.png
| source=[[Iris Jay]]
| format=Novel
| character=Multiple
| characters=[[AwDae]], [[Michelle/Sasha|Sasha]], [[Dr. Carter Ramirez]], [[Ioan Bălan]], [[Qoheleth (cladist)|Qoheleth]]
| year=2305
| years=2112, 2305
| readlink=https://qoheleth.post-self.ink
}}
</nowiki></pre>

<noinclude>
= Parameters =
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
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"label": "Canonicity",
"description": "What level of canon the work is",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"Canon",
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"example": "Clade — A Post-Self Anthology",
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"example": "https://clade.post-self.ink/cowboy",
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"character": {
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"description": "The name of the main POV character or clade in wiki format",
"example": "Theodred",
"type": "line",
"required": true
},
"year": {
"label": "Year",
"description": "The year in which the story takes place",
"example": "2343",
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"format": {
"label": "Format",
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"example": "Qoheleth-front.png",
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"source": {
"label": "Source",
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"example": "[https://irisjay.net Iris Jay]",
"type": "line"
},
"characters": {
"label": "Characters",
"description": "If there are multiple POV characters, add them wiki-formatted here (\"character\" is still required)",
"example": "[[Ioan Bălan]], [[Debarre]]",
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"years": {
"label": "Years",
"description": "If the story takes place in multiple years, list them here (\"year\" is still required)",
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"example": "[[Madison Scott-Clary]], [[Rob MacWolf]]...",
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"year",
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"canon",
"appearsin",
"readlink",
"summary"
]
}
</templatedata>
</noinclude>

What is Post-Self?

2026-01-01T19:25:02Z

Makyo: Reading order

So! You heard someone talking about [https://post-self.ink Post-Self], or perhaps you ran into a [[cladist]] on [https://wolfery.com Wolfery], or maybe you just stumbled across the site somewhere. What ''is'' it, though? Here is a very short primer on the basics of the setting, its mechanics, and some of the characters.

'''Note:''' The rest of this wiki contains many spoilers. While pages will be linked out from here, those pages may spoil some of the canon works. If that's something you're concerned about, you may not want to click around too much.

== Where should I start? ==
This guide is a lovely place to start! However, if you would like to learn by reading, here are the best places to do so:

* ''[https://qoheleth.post-self.ink/gallery-exhibition Gallery Exhibition: A Love Story]'' is a novella/Twine game that does a good job of explaining the mechanics of the world
* [https://post-self.ink/stories/opportunity-paralysis "Opportunity Paralysis"] is a short story that explores more of the social aspects of the world
* [https://post-self.ink/stories/for-old-times-new "For Old Times New"] is another short story that has a different take on uploading and disability
* ''[https://qoheleth.post-self.ink Qoheleth]'' or ''[https://toledot.post-self.ink Toledot]'' are the two possible entry points to the Post-Self cycle novels (''Qoheleth'' is a prequel, essentially)

=== What order should I read in? ===
There is [[Canon works|a lot]] of Post-Self. If you want to read it all, start with the Post-Self Cycle (''[[Qoheleth]], [[Toledot]], [[Nevi'im]], [[Mitzvot]]''), then ''Motes Played'', and then Stories of Restoration (''[[Marsh]]'', ''[[Idumea]]'', ''[[Kaddish]]''). Throughout, you can intersperse stories as you wish.

If that feels daunting and you wish to read later books without reading earlier ones, in a pinch, summaries are available for each on their pages, plus a summary of the Cycle [https://motes-played.post-self.ink/primer/#the-story-so-far included in ''Motes Played''].

== Okay, but what ''is'' Post-Self? ==
{{No spoilers}}
Post-Self is a science fiction setting involving [[Uploading|uploaded]] consciousnesses residing the rather opaquely named [[The System|System]]. It's an open setting, meaning that anyone can create content within it, though the canon is loosely managed in order to keep it consistent.

=== Uploading ===
Starting in 2115, advances in technology allowed individuals to be uploaded. This is a one-way, destructive procedure. That is, once you're uploaded, there's no going back, and your body dies in the process. Given the ongoing deterioration of the climate on Earth and the fact that, in most countries, uploading is subsidized (one's beneficiaries are provided with a payout after one uploads), this is often seen as a very attractive solution. Other reasons that one might upload is to enjoy the anarchic society on the System, the functional immortality offered to uploaded individuals, or some of the mechanics enjoyed by cladists.

=== Cladists ===
Individuals on the System are known as cladists. This stems from the fact that individuals can create copies of themselves, and those copies can go on to create copies of themselves, and so on. This leads to a branching tree of individuals, or a [[clade]].

'Cladist' refers to both the original upload and any of their numerous copies, and debates about whether or not cladists are still human are a perennial activity.

=== Forking ===
[[File:Dear forking.png|thumb|Art by Iris Jay]]
The act of a cladist creating a copy of themself is called '[[forking]]', as in a fork in the road or forking a source code repository. This new copy is a complete person. They have their own will and drive to continue living and everything. This is ''not'' a hive mind thing: both the original and the copy are true individuals.

That said, this new copy (often called a 'fork' or an 'instance') is, at the moment of forking, the same as the original cladist (called the down-tree instance, because they're closer to the root). After all, that cladist was one person, right? They're just now two! That means that they're created thinking the same sorts of things and sharing the same ideals. Over time, however, they'll start to individuate, learning to appreciate their own things based on the separate experiences that they have.

=== Quitting and merging ===
These new instances of our example cladist also have the ability to quit. This means that they'll simply stop existing. But wait! Why would they do that?

One reason is that one might simply want to accomplish a task. Perhaps you're cooking a lovely meal and the pasta needs stirring while you're cutting up the garlic bread. Why, simply fork and now you have two pairs of hands, one to go stir the pasta, one to cut the bread. The pasta thus stirred, the new instance may as well just quit. No reason to stick around.

Another reason is to go and experience other things in the world and then bring back those memories. Quite literally, too! When a fork quits, the cladist who forked them receives all of their memories to incorporate with their own. A cladist may wish to cook their delicious meal, but they're also entertaining guests: they can fork off an instance to go cook the meal while they entertain and, when they're done, quit. The down-tree instance will receive all of the memories of having cooked and all of the feelings about the process so that they know to warn their guests, "Hey, uh...the pasta's a liiiittle spicy..."

One can only ever merge down to the one from whom one was forked up until {{Systime|2401|2|11}}, and after that point, one can merge to any of one's cocladists, but only within a clade.

"But what about the transporter paradox?" you ask. Post-Self's answer to that is a shrug. The memories live on. All of the experiences live on. One simply lived two lives at once for that time.

==== A note on those memories ====
One unforeseen consequence of living in a giant computer is the inability to forget. This can start to cause problems as one gets older. And older and older and older...because one is functionally immortal. Even though those memories can be organized, or even storied away in imaginary bins called [[Exocortex|exocortices]] to be remembered on demand, the fact that they keep piling up is both a boon and a bane. It's a boon because now, suddenly, you can remember everything! No more forgetting names, no more losing track of items. It's a bane, though, because that can get kind of maddening for your average 300 year old.

== Aha! But who lives there? ==
People upload for lots of reasons! Once they're sys-side, though, they settle into society as they will.

=== It's an anarchy ===
There's no way to truly govern such a system beyond the mechanics provided by its very existence, and so it's simply left ungoverned. The forces behind the scenes have largely sought only to guide the System in vague directions, often towards yet more freedom. Rules are per-sim, engagement is optional, and cultures are fractured and finely tuned around shared interests or heritage.

=== It's queer-normative ===
The System allows for endless freedom and endless expression. In such a setting, boundaries such as strict gender binaries, hetero- and mono-normative relationship structures, and even species have been broken down. Trans folks may upload and live as they will as cis folks of their chosen gender, or they may remain visibly and proudly trans. Furries may upload and become their fursoñas (this is a metafurry setting, after all; everyone on Earth is a human, and thus every cladist began life as a human). Plural and median systems may upload and split into component selves, or they may remain plural sys-side. Even names and identity have been queered, and you will often see clades adopting naming schemes such as taking lines of a poem for their forks' names.

=== Why are there so many skunks? ===
If you've seen cladists out and about, the chances are good that you've seen some skunks among their number, usually with long, poetic names. This is due largely to the canon works in the Post-Self cycle — ''[[Qoheleth]]'', ''[[Toledot]]'', ''[[Nevi'im]]'', and ''[[Mitzvot]]'' (and, soon, ''[[Motes Played]]'') — which feature anthropomorphic skunks heavily. Several folks have adopted these skunks as headmates or characters for roleplaying.

== And now, in more detail... ==
There are a few other low-spoiler pages that might help:

* [[No-spoiler timeline]]
* ''More to come...''

=== Some other mechanics ===
Cladists have access to a few other mechanics that are useful.

==== Creating ====
For instance, they can [[Construct artistry|create]] just about anything they can dream up. This isn't as easy as it sounds, of course; it takes skill to get good at dreaming up very specific things such as strawberries or cars or a pencil.

They can also create [[Sim artistry|sims]]. These are the locations where they live out their lives. These can be everything from a studio apartment to an entire city. They can be private or public. They can be ornate and finely detailed natural settings or they can be plain gray cubes of space.

===== Crashing =====
Occasionally, something will happen and a cladist will [[crash]]. This is usually not too big of a deal, as it can be sorted out by a [[systech]] and the cladist brought back to life.

==== CPV ====
Contraproprioceptive virus is the only way to kill a cladist. It disrupts their sense of their body and induces a crash, from which one cannot recover. This was [[The Century Attack|patched out]] in 2401.

==== Sensoria ====
Cladists engage with the world with all of the same senses that we have. These are lumped together into a [[sensorium]]. One of the benefits they have is the ability to share some or all of these senses with another cladist via a [[sensorium message]]. If you want to show your friend what you're looking at, send them a sensorium message to share your vision. Some sims even mess with your sensoria (consensually, of course) to change the way that you see things or how things feel.

==== The perisystem architecture ====
There are some tools included in the System itself in what is called the perisystem architecture.

All of those creations listed above, and even some of these experiences, can be shared publicly on the [[The reputation exchange|exchange]]. This was originally a marketplace where one bought and sold such things with Reputation, a currency put in place in the early days when System capacity needed closer management, though this has since become almost a non-issue.

There are also [[System feeds|feeds]] which one can use to share information, news, stories, all sorts of things! Think of these (loosely) like subreddits.

The perisystem also contains the clade listing. [[Privacy on the System|Privacy]] was an important consideration from the founding of the System, so one cannot simply look up any old cladist and find out everything about them without being granted permission.

Finally, it just plain stores information. Things like libraries are essentially locations to go engage with, access, manipulate, or otherwise play with the information that is always available.

==== And more... ====
For the sake of brevity, some other things available are [[ACLs]] which control permissions, [[Cone of silence|cones of silence]] which offer privacy, [[AVEC]] which allows communication between the System and Earth, [[systime]] which is the calendar used sys-side, and inviting/sweeping, which is how you get others to join you or make them leave your sim.

=== Notable clades and individuals ===
You'll probably see [[the Ode clade]] mentioned quite a bit (notably [[May Then My Name|May Then My Name Die With Me]], [[True Name|The Only Time I Know My True Name Is When I Dream]], and [[Dear|Dear, Also, The Tree That Was Felled]]). This clade is at the center of many events in the Post-Self Cycle, and played a large role in the System becoming what it is. You may also hear about [[the Bălan clade]], which has found itself entangled both professionally and romantically with the Odists. Other names you might hear are [[the Jonas clade]], [[Debarre]], and [[AwDae|AwDae/RJ]].

=== Some societal topics ===
There are some social things that fall out of the mechanics:

* '''Parallel monogamy:''' The pattern of cladists forking to track relationships. While the relationships may be monogamous, the clade itself may be in several at once.
* '''Systechs:''' These are the people who act as helpers and tech support on the System. They can help you fork, get you out of a bind, or get you set up with the proper ACLs.
* '''Dissolution strategies:''' These rough categories describe how a cladist approaches forking and merging:
** ''Taskers'' fork primarily to accomplish tasks (and may rarely fork at all), and do not particularly enjoy individuation.
** ''Trackers'' fork to track projects, relationships, or various lines of thought. They are more okay with individuation, but are still likely to merge down eventually.
** ''Dispersionistas'' fork like crazy and find individuation to be a joy. They are likely to be larger clades with lots of instances who have no plans on merging down.
* '''Governance:'''
** ''The Council of Eight'' existed early on in the System to act as the technical and political interface with phys-side. It was disbanded in around 2150.
** ''The Guiding Council'' only exists on the Launch Vehicle Pollux and has taken a heavier hand in governance.
** ''The Council of Ten'' exists within only a portion of the Launch Vehicle Castor, and is related to the Artemisians living there.
[[Category:No spoilers]]
[[Category:Suggested introductions]]

Mishkan HaNetzach

2026-01-01T19:13:40Z

Makyo: Protocanon, clarification

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Mishkan HaNetzach''}}{{Protocanon}}'''''Mishkan HaNetzach''''' (English: ''The Eternal Tabernacle)'' is a constantly updated book (a 'living document') that describes New Reform Judaism, largely written by [[What Right Have I]] of [[the Ode clade]]. It consists of three major sections: ''siddur'' (prayer), history, and ''teshuvot'' (questions and answers).

{{Stub}}
[[Category:Diegetic Works]]

Jewry and the System

2026-01-01T19:09:55Z

Makyo: Minor quote edits, plural torah scrolls

Several aspects of Judaism play large in the history of [[the System]], from its origin and throughout the centuries that followed. This has led to an inextricable linkage between the Jewish world and life sys-side.{{Protocanon}}

== History ==

=== Before the System ===
Prior to the advent of the System, the world struggled with the slow failure of the State of Israel. As skirmishes and battles drifted closer to and further away from war and accusations of genocide were levied to greater and lesser effect, many disaffected Jews, particularly of the younger generation, began to move away. This slow wave of Mizrahi Jews formed the foundation to what was later colloquially known as the Second Diaspora: a dispersing of Jews based on the idea of a Holy Land being spoiled by implementation. Two of these immigrants, Rachel Yaffe and Isaiah "Shai" Hadje, moved separately to the East Coast of the now-diminished United States and met in Pittsburgh, where they began a small family; some decades later, [[Michelle Hadje|Michelle Rachel Hadje]] was born and went on to, through her [[Cladist|up-trees]], helped guide the System into what it became as one of the largest consciousness-uploading systems available to humanity.

As the United States continued to wither and with tensions growing with the United Kingdom and France, Israel searched for new allies and found one in [[the Sino-Russian Bloc]], entering into several treaties with them.

=== The early System and the Israeli Crisis ===
Post-[[Secession]], the System held true to the articles of Secession and largely stayed out of [[Phys-side and sys-side|phys-side]] politics.Their relationship with the two largest world powers, [[the Western Federation]] and the Sino-Russian Bloc, remained cordial: the S-R Block maintained a patronizing relationship, claiming the System's successes as its own, given its role in creating the System in the first place; while the Western Fed shared many values with the System's population and maintained a positive reputation with them.

In the latter half of the 22nd century, a counter-cultural movement, the New Zion Movement, began to grow in influence among the more conservative Jews, and to amass wartime materiel. After finding political success during the 2180s, the genocide that in part defined the preceding century returned in grand fashion. The Western Fed declared an unequivocal intent to stop the genocide by force if necessary, and the S-R Bloc found themselves treaty-bound to protect Israel, which led to a brief military action.

Fearing the potential for a third World War, a group sys-side, lead by [[From Whence]], [[True Name]] and [[Jonas]], organized a conference between the three parties — the Western Fed, The S-R Bloc, and Israel — which wound up drawing the military action that came to be known as the Twelve Hours' War. This sys-side group acted as mediators, despite the Articles of Secession indicating that they would not interfere politically with nations phys-side. Their successes here led to a solidifying of the System as a political player on a global stage, and a voice to be respected.

=== New Reform Judaism and the System ===
The events surrounding the Second Diaspora and the Twelve Hours' War led to the slow accumulation of voices behind a more progressive strand of Judaism that followed many of the same ideas behind Reform Judaism (as opposed to Reconstructionist or Humanist Judaism), which quickly ballooned to become the largest group, particularly sys-side.

This in turn led to the formation of the Association of New Reform Congregations, which served both as an organizational entity behind these congregations and an ordination (''semikha'') organization, with the primary organizational work, [[What Right Have I]]'s ''[[Mishkan HaNetzach]]'', being a living text that defined the growing movement. They were anti-Zionist, environmentalist, leaned socialist, and viewed the System as a chance to continue in their work of ''tikkun olam.'' Some viewed the System as The World to Come, but this idea never gained majority traction.

One benefit of this growth was the fact that this strand of Judaism was particularly focused on a multimodal approach, engaging with Jews both embedded and embodied. With a sizable representation sys-side and as other forms of [[infolife]], those who engaged with Judaism after uploading or as [[memorial uploads]] provided a perpetual anchor of effectively immortal membership. This was the key differentiator at first between the Reform and New Reform movements, given the disagreements on mitzvot as they applied sys-side/in Netspace, particularly surrounding kashrut and sacred objects such as a [[wikipedia:Torah_scroll|sifrei Torah]] or the klaf inside [[wikipedia:Mezuzah|mezuzot]], though the differences have grown over time.

=== ''On the Origins of Our World'' and Judaism ===
One of the most widely read works of writing sys-side was [[the Bălan clade]]'s ''An Expanded History of Our World'', which in turn was part of the larger work, ''[[On the Origins of Our World]]'', along with [[May Then My Name|May Then My Name Die With Me]] of [[the Ode clade]]'s ''An Expanded Mythology of Our World''. While much of the popularity may be chalked up to the Pilgrim's Progress Effect (that being a book that everyone feels obligated to own regardless of having actually read it), it remained a highly influential work.

Within the ''History'' and its chapter on Jewery in the System, the Bălans describe the situation thus:<blockquote>It is crucial that one understand that the System is an intrinsically Jewish enterprise. That is not to say that its demographics are skewed, nor that the institutions of Judaism hold particular sway over the System's development, but rather that the timeliness of the endeavor aligned and resonated with the Jewish world.</blockquote>This brought to the fore in the collective subconscious the self-reinforcing idea that there is a linkage, however loose, between the early development of the System and Jewish culture, history, and worldview. This led in turn to several papers dedicated to either confirming or refuting this idea. Regardless of the outcome of these papers, however, the conversation was cemented in place, and cropped up often on historical, cultural, and religious feeds in the Perisystem.
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[[Category:Worldbuilding]]

Jewry and the System

2025-12-26T23:03:20Z

Makyo: Differences with Reform Judaism

Several aspects of Judaism play large in the history of [[the System]], from its origin and throughout the centuries that followed. This has led to an inextricable linkage between the Jewish world and life sys-side.{{Protocanon}}

== History ==

=== Before the System ===
Prior to the advent of the System, the world struggled with the slow failure of the State of Israel. As skirmishes and battles drifted closer to and further away from war and accusations of genocide were levied to greater and lesser effect, many disaffected Jews, particularly of the younger generation, began to move away. This slow wave of Mizrahi Jews formed the foundation to what was later colloquially known as the Second Diaspora: a dispersing of Jews based on the idea of a Holy Land being spoiled by implementation. Two of these immigrants, Rachel Yaffe and Isaiah "Shai" Hadje, moved separately to the East Coast of the now-diminished United States and met in Pittsburgh, where they began a small family; some decades later, [[Michelle Hadje|Michelle Rachel Hadje]] was born and went on to, through her [[Cladist|up-trees]], helped guide the System into what it became as one of the largest consciousness-uploading systems available to humanity.

As the United States continued to wither and with tensions growing with the United Kingdom and France, Israel searched for new allies and found one in [[the Sino-Russian Bloc]], entering into several treaties with them.

=== The early System and the Israeli Crisis ===
Post-[[Secession]], the System held true to the articles of Secession and largely stayed out of [[Phys-side and sys-side|phys-side]] politics.Their relationship with the two largest world powers, [[the Western Federation]] and the Sino-Russian Bloc, remained cordial: the S-R Block maintained a patronizing relationship, claiming the System's successes as its own, given its role in creating the System in the first place; while the Western Fed shared many values with the System's population and maintained a positive reputation with them.

In the latter half of the 22nd century, a counter-cultural movement, the New Zion Movement, began to grow in influence among the more conservative Jews, and to amass wartime materiel. After finding political success during the 2180s, the genocide that in part defined the preceding century returned in grand fashion. The Western Fed declared an unequivocal intent to stop the genocide by force if necessary, and the S-R Bloc found themselves treaty-bound to protect Israel, which led to a brief military action.

Fearing the potential for a third World War, a group sys-side, lead by [[From Whence]], [[True Name]] and [[Jonas]], organized a conference between the three parties — the Western Fed, The S-R Bloc, and Israel — which wound up drawing the military action that came to be known as the Twelve Hours' War. This sys-side group acted as mediators, despite the Articles of Secession indicating that they would not interfere politically with nations phys-side. Their successes here led to a solidifying of the System as a political player on a global stage, and a voice to be respected.

=== New Reform Judaism and the System ===
The events surrounding the Second Diaspora and the Twelve Hours' War led to the slow accumulation of voices behind a more progressive strand of Judaism that followed many of the same ideas behind Reform Judaism (as opposed to Reconstructionist or Humanist Judaism), which quickly ballooned to become the largest group, particularly sys-side.

This in turn led to the formation of the Association of New Reform Congregations, which served both as an organizational entity behind these congregations and an ordination (''semikha'') organization, with the primary organizational work, [[What Right Have I]]'s ''[[Mishkan HaNetzach]]'', being a living text that defined the growing movement. They were anti-Zionist, environmentalist, leaned socialist, and viewed the System as a chance to continue in their work of ''tikkun olam.'' Some viewed the System as The World to Come, but this idea never gained majority traction.

One benefit of this growth was the fact that this strand of Judaism was particularly focused on a multimodal approach, engaging with Jews both embedded and embodied. With a sizable representation sys-side and as other forms of [[infolife]], those who engaged with Judaism after uploading or as [[memorial uploads]] provided a perpetual anchor of effectively immortal membership. This was the key differentiator at first between the Reform and New Reform movements, given the disagreements on mitzvot as they applied sys-side/in Netspace, particularly surrounding kashrut and sacred objects such as a [[wikipedia:Torah_scroll|sefer Torah]] or the klaf inside [[wikipedia:Mezuzah|mezuzot]], though the differences have grown over time.

=== ''On the Origins of Our World'' and Judaism ===
One of the most widely read works of writing sys-side was [[the Bălan clade]]'s ''An Expanded History of Our World'', which in turn was part of the larger work, ''[[On the Origins of Our World]]'', along with [[May Then My Name|May Then My Name Die With Me]] of [[the Ode clade]]'s ''An Expanded Mythology of Our World''. While much of the popularity may be chalked up to the Pilgrim's Progress Effect (that being a book that everyone feels obligated to own regardless of having actually read it), it remained a highly influential work.

Within the ''History'' and its chapter on Jewery in the System, the Bălans describe the situation thus:<blockquote>It is crucial that one understand that the System is an intrinsically Jewish enterprise. That is not to say that its demographics are skewed, nor that the institutions of Judaism hold particular sway over the System's development, but rather that the timeliness of the endeavor and several of those involved align and resonate with the Jewish world.</blockquote>This brought to the fore in the collective subconscious the self-reinforcing idea that there is a linkage, however loose, between the early development of the System and Jewish culture, history, and worldview. This led in turn to several papers dedicated to either confirming or refuting this idea. Regardless of the outcome of these papers, however, the conversation was cemented in place, and cropped up often on historical, cultural, and religious feeds in the Perisystem.
{{Stub}}
[[Category:Worldbuilding]]

Slow Hours

2025-11-28T06:59:14Z

Makyo: Fix links

{{Cladist|image=Slowhourshuman.png|source=[https://twitter.com/makowwka Mischa]|name=Slow Hours|clade=[[The Ode clade]]|pronouns=She/Her|forked={{Systime|2127|2|22}}|downtree=A Finger Pointing|uptrees=[[Querulous]]}}
'''Where It Watches The Slow Hours Progress''' of [[the Ode clade]] is a member of the fifth stanza and a direct up-tree of [[A Finger Pointing|Time Is A Finger Pointing At Itself]], the first line of the stanza. She is a human, looking quite similar to her root instance, [[Michelle Hadje]].

While her role within the fifth stanza was as the script manager and researcher for [[Au Lieu Du Rêve]], she is best known for being something of an oracle, and is described as "having the outline of the world". She explains this away largely as having read enough over the years, often working in parallel, that it has gotten easy for her to see the trajectory that a person's life is taking. For instance, in ''Mitzvot'', she speaks twice with [[True Name]], once before and once after she becomes [[Sasha née True Name|Sasha]], providing her with some information about where her life might be heading. She often couches this in the form of a game 'two truths and a lie', though rather than the contemporary social game, her version includes telling everyone two things that may come to pass for them and one that probably will not, and then setting them to discussing.

== Overflowing ==
{{Protocanon|center}}

When Slow Hours overflows, she disengages with written and spoken language, finding the information overwhelming, often winding up nonverbal and unable to comprehend speech.

== Appearances ==

* ''[[Mitzvot]]'' ([https://mitzvot.post-self.ink read])
* ''[[Motes Played]]'' ([https://motes-played.post-self.ink read])
* "Prophecies" ([https://post-self.ink/stories/prophecies read])
* ''[[Idumea]]'' ([https://idumea.post-self.ink read])
* ''[[Kaddish]]'' ([https://kaddish.post-self.ink read])
* [[Wolfery]] (where she appears as a skunk, having dressed up as such for New Year's Eve)
[[Category:Characters]]

Space travel

2025-11-24T19:02:55Z

Makyo: Initial creation

{{Protocanon|right}}

'''Space travel''' has progressed over the centuries from lumbering chemical propellant-powered rockets to slow-and-steady interplanetary ships relying on compressed fuel. Travel is efficient but slow, with no faster-than-light travel or artificial gravity. It has allowed Humanity to set up small population centers on Mars, throughout the asteroid belt, at Jovian Europa, and in Saturn's orbit. There is also a widely scattered segment of the population dispersed through the Kuiper belt and into the Oört cloud.

== Pioneers ==
Due to the slow nature of space travel, a culture has arisen of mutual aid based on the understanding that you are far from centralized aid such as [[The United Nations|the UN]] or other organizations. Even as areas such as the asteroid belt and outer planets become much more populated, some retain a Pioneer identity as a matter of cultural identity.
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[[Category:Worldbuilding]]
[[Category:History]]

The System Consortium

2025-11-24T18:53:52Z

Makyo: Add category

The '''System Consortium''' (or '''SysCon''') is the [[Phys-side and sys-side|phys-side]] governing body for matters relating to [[the System]]. It is a quasi-governmental entity that acts as the System's presence within [[the United Nations]], a corporate entity representing the business interests of matters relating to the System such as procurement and personnel, and the entity responsible for all work related to the physical aspects of the System such as [[Ansible]] clinics and stations housing System infrastructure.

== Appearances ==

* ''[[Marsh]]''
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[[Category:Worldbuilding]]

The United Nations

2025-11-24T18:53:28Z

Makyo: Initial creation

{{Protocanon|right}}

'''The United Nations''' (usually '''the UN''') is the primary governing body for humanity after the fall of capitalism in the early mid 2300s. While its structure is much as it is today, the meanings of a few divisions have changed over the centuries.

== The Procurement Division ==
The UNPD is responsible for acquiring good and materials for UN projects. As the relevance of the UN increased later in the 24th century, the division has expanded to become the interface between the population and the library economy that followed in the wake of capitalism. They manage access to large, dangerous, or difficult to manufacture goods, and also now provide services such as connecting those with specialized needs to those who can meet those needs, acting as a sort of middle-man. Despite this, interaction with the UNPD is not a requirement, and individuals or organizations can connect as they wish. Rather, it acts as an easy centralized network that most people wind up using because it works well enough.

In this role, the UNPD is more of an organizer than a producer. Work is not necessarily done in-house, but is rather contracted out to others offering services such as logistics or production, including with other UN departments.

== The Peacekeepers ==
The Peacekeepers are the defensive/preventative force within the UN, often being seen as a role akin to, say, mall cops. They do not expect to get into any sort of conflict, and will often live or stay temporarily on stations and larger ships as a way form of added security.

== IRIS ==
Named after the Internal Resolution for International Security passed during the strife surrounding the fall of capitalism, IRIS was formed after the dissolution of the UN Defense Council as the military arm of the organization. It was seen as a complicated answer to a terrible problem, and its success originally resulted in a boom in nationalism and a return to oldschool 1920s-style imperialism, and it was not until the UN began taking human rights seriously in the latter part of the 2300s into the 2400s that IRIS returned as a liberationary force. While it was disarmed during the peacetime that followed and set as a reserve force for much of the 25th century, the growing [[The Energy Crisis|energy crisis]] has led to rearmament.

Despite its capabilities as a military organization, for the most part, IRIS offers humanitarian aid on an industrial scale, combining manpower and organizational powers in order to get work done. Additionally, it acts as an emergency response force, with many members being more akin to firefighters and paramedics.
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[[Category:Worldbuilding]]
[[Category:History]]

SysCon

2025-11-24T18:18:16Z

Makyo: Redir

#REDIRECT [[The System Consortium]]

Wetspace and Netspace

2025-11-24T18:13:39Z

Makyo: Initial stub

{{Protocanon|right}}

As immersive technology and other forms of infolife became more common, and the post-corporate/Solar-system-scale Internet began to recoalesce into Netspace, the terms [[phys-side and sys-side]] were generalized to include '''Netspace''' and the corresponding idea of '''Wetspace.'''

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Category:Post-Self Induced Skunk Syndrome

2025-11-24T18:08:26Z

Makyo: THE Holly weighs in

'''Post-Self Induced Skunk Syndrome''' (sigh...yes, PISS) is the tendency for readers of Post-Self to become skunks or take on skunk headmates, often [[The Ode clade|Odists]]. The current count is probably 10-15.

<blockquote>be the skunks you wish to see in the world tbh<br>

— Reach, 2025</blockquote>

<blockquote>go PISS girl<br>

— ''The'' Holly, 2025</blockquote>

<gallery>
File:Skunksyndrome-2.jpg|Meme by CERES
File:Skunksyndrome-1.jpg|Meme by Mot
File:5g-skunks.jpg|Meme by Rob MacWolf
</gallery>

Category:Post-Self Induced Skunk Syndrome

2025-11-24T18:03:50Z

Makyo: PISS motto (I hate these words)

'''Post-Self Induced Skunk Syndrome''' (sigh...yes, PISS) is the tendency for readers of Post-Self to become skunks or take on skunk headmates, often [[The Ode clade|Odists]]. The current count is probably 10-15.<blockquote>be the skunks you wish to see in the world tbh

— Reach, 2025</blockquote><gallery>
File:Skunksyndrome-2.jpg|Meme by CERES
File:Skunksyndrome-1.jpg|Meme by Mot
File:5g-skunks.jpg|Meme by Rob MacWolf
</gallery>

The System Consortium

2025-11-24T17:54:40Z

Makyo: Initial creation

The Energy Crisis

2025-11-24T17:34:20Z

Makyo: Initial creation

{{Protocanon|right}}

'''The Energy Crisis''' of the 26th century describes one of the major sources of conflict among humanity as it is distributed through the Solar system.

By this point in history, the vast majority of humanity by numbers alone takes the form of [[infolife]], mostly uploads of various sorts and post-humans with delegates running in [[Wetspace and Netspace|netspace]]. The amount of energy required, then, to keep humanity alive is quite high.

Parallel to this issue is the problem of venting enough waste heat in space, reducing the effectiveness of on-site power generation. As such, most of humanity not living around a planet or closer to the Sun is beholden to high-efficiency batteries for power, which are charged at power stations where venting waste heat is more of an option, such as on Earth or in orbit around Saturn where such heat may be vented into the atmosphere.

With these combined, many view unrestricted uploading and creation of delegates as irresponsible for humanity that remains in wetspace.

== With regards to the System ==
[[The System Consortium]], based on their long-standing role as stewards of what is effectively its own national entity, has long tried to maintain energy independence. As such, all power for the Lagrange [[The System|System]] is generated on-site via a massive solar array, and each [[System Shard]] similarly generates its own power, whether via solar or some other mechanism.

However, given the fact that cladists are a form of infolife, and given the fact that Shard stations often also host infolife servers, they are often lumped into these concerns. This has led to some instances of protests aimed at SysCon/the System.

System feeds

2025-11-24T17:11:47Z

Makyo: Categories

The '''System feeds''', strictly speaking, are a collection of threaded post feeds akin to forums available to [[Cladist|cladists]]. However, the term is also used as a synecdoche for the [[sys-side]] Internet analogue, which also hosts the equivalent of webpages and media.

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[[Category:Worldbuilding]]
[[Category:Mechanics]]

System feeds

2025-11-24T17:09:43Z

Makyo: Initial creation

What is Post-Self?

2025-11-24T17:06:17Z

Makyo: Link to System feeds

So! You heard someone talking about [https://post-self.ink Post-Self], or perhaps you ran into a [[cladist]] on [https://wolfery.com Wolfery], or maybe you just stumbled across the site somewhere. What ''is'' it, though? Here is a very short primer on the basics of the setting, its mechanics, and some of the characters.

'''Note:''' The rest of this wiki contains many spoilers. While pages will be linked out from here, those pages may spoil some of the canon works. If that's something you're concerned about, you may not want to click around too much.

== Where should I start? ==
This guide is a lovely place to start! However, if you would like to learn by reading, here are the best places to do so:

* ''[https://qoheleth.post-self.ink/gallery-exhibition Gallery Exhibition: A Love Story]'' is a novella/Twine game that does a good job of explaining the mechanics of the world
* [https://post-self.ink/stories/opportunity-paralysis "Opportunity Paralysis"] is a short story that explores more of the social aspects of the world
* [https://post-self.ink/stories/for-old-times-new "For Old Times New"] is another short story that has a different take on uploading and disability
* ''[https://qoheleth.post-self.ink Qoheleth]'' or ''[https://toledot.post-self.ink Toledot]'' are the two possible entry points to the Post-Self cycle novels (''Qoheleth'' is a prequel, essentially)

== Okay, but what ''is'' Post-Self? ==
{{No spoilers}}
Post-Self is a science fiction setting involving [[Uploading|uploaded]] consciousnesses residing the rather opaquely named [[The System|System]]. It's an open setting, meaning that anyone can create content within it, though the canon is loosely managed in order to keep it consistent.

=== Uploading ===
Starting in 2115, advances in technology allowed individuals to be uploaded. This is a one-way, destructive procedure. That is, once you're uploaded, there's no going back, and your body dies in the process. Given the ongoing deterioration of the climate on Earth and the fact that, in most countries, uploading is subsidized (one's beneficiaries are provided with a payout after one uploads), this is often seen as a very attractive solution. Other reasons that one might upload is to enjoy the anarchic society on the System, the functional immortality offered to uploaded individuals, or some of the mechanics enjoyed by cladists.

=== Cladists ===
Individuals on the System are known as cladists. This stems from the fact that individuals can create copies of themselves, and those copies can go on to create copies of themselves, and so on. This leads to a branching tree of individuals, or a [[clade]].

'Cladist' refers to both the original upload and any of their numerous copies, and debates about whether or not cladists are still human are a perennial activity.

=== Forking ===
[[File:Dear forking.png|thumb|Art by Iris Jay]]
The act of a cladist creating a copy of themself is called '[[forking]]', as in a fork in the road or forking a source code repository. This new copy is a complete person. They have their own will and drive to continue living and everything. This is ''not'' a hive mind thing: both the original and the copy are true individuals.

That said, this new copy (often called a 'fork' or an 'instance') is, at the moment of forking, the same as the original cladist (called the down-tree instance, because they're closer to the root). After all, that cladist was one person, right? They're just now two! That means that they're created thinking the same sorts of things and sharing the same ideals. Over time, however, they'll start to individuate, learning to appreciate their own things based on the separate experiences that they have.

=== Quitting and merging ===
These new instances of our example cladist also have the ability to quit. This means that they'll simply stop existing. But wait! Why would they do that?

One reason is that one might simply want to accomplish a task. Perhaps you're cooking a lovely meal and the pasta needs stirring while you're cutting up the garlic bread. Why, simply fork and now you have two pairs of hands, one to go stir the pasta, one to cut the bread. The pasta thus stirred, the new instance may as well just quit. No reason to stick around.

Another reason is to go and experience other things in the world and then bring back those memories. Quite literally, too! When a fork quits, the cladist who forked them receives all of their memories to incorporate with their own. A cladist may wish to cook their delicious meal, but they're also entertaining guests: they can fork off an instance to go cook the meal while they entertain and, when they're done, quit. The down-tree instance will receive all of the memories of having cooked and all of the feelings about the process so that they know to warn their guests, "Hey, uh...the pasta's a liiiittle spicy..."

One can only ever merge down to the one from whom one was forked up until {{Systime|2401|2|11}}, and after that point, one can merge to any of one's cocladists, but only within a clade.

"But what about the transporter paradox?" you ask. Post-Self's answer to that is a shrug. The memories live on. All of the experiences live on. One simply lived two lives at once for that time.

==== A note on those memories ====
One unforeseen consequence of living in a giant computer is the inability to forget. This can start to cause problems as one gets older. And older and older and older...because one is functionally immortal. Even though those memories can be organized, or even storied away in imaginary bins called [[Exocortex|exocortices]] to be remembered on demand, the fact that they keep piling up is both a boon and a bane. It's a boon because now, suddenly, you can remember everything! No more forgetting names, no more losing track of items. It's a bane, though, because that can get kind of maddening for your average 300 year old.

== Aha! But who lives there? ==
People upload for lots of reasons! Once they're sys-side, though, they settle into society as they will.

=== It's an anarchy ===
There's no way to truly govern such a system beyond the mechanics provided by its very existence, and so it's simply left ungoverned. The forces behind the scenes have largely sought only to guide the System in vague directions, often towards yet more freedom. Rules are per-sim, engagement is optional, and cultures are fractured and finely tuned around shared interests or heritage.

=== It's queer-normative ===
The System allows for endless freedom and endless expression. In such a setting, boundaries such as strict gender binaries, hetero- and mono-normative relationship structures, and even species have been broken down. Trans folks may upload and live as they will as cis folks of their chosen gender, or they may remain visibly and proudly trans. Furries may upload and become their fursoñas (this is a metafurry setting, after all; everyone on Earth is a human, and thus every cladist began life as a human). Plural and median systems may upload and split into component selves, or they may remain plural sys-side. Even names and identity have been queered, and you will often see clades adopting naming schemes such as taking lines of a poem for their forks' names.

=== Why are there so many skunks? ===
If you've seen cladists out and about, the chances are good that you've seen some skunks among their number, usually with long, poetic names. This is due largely to the canon works in the Post-Self cycle — ''[[Qoheleth]]'', ''[[Toledot]]'', ''[[Nevi'im]]'', and ''[[Mitzvot]]'' (and, soon, ''[[Motes Played]]'') — which feature anthropomorphic skunks heavily. Several folks have adopted these skunks as headmates or characters for roleplaying.

== And now, in more detail... ==
There are a few other low-spoiler pages that might help:

* [[No-spoiler timeline]]
* ''More to come...''

=== Some other mechanics ===
Cladists have access to a few other mechanics that are useful.

==== Creating ====
For instance, they can [[Construct artistry|create]] just about anything they can dream up. This isn't as easy as it sounds, of course; it takes skill to get good at dreaming up very specific things such as strawberries or cars or a pencil.

They can also create [[Sim artistry|sims]]. These are the locations where they live out their lives. These can be everything from a studio apartment to an entire city. They can be private or public. They can be ornate and finely detailed natural settings or they can be plain gray cubes of space.

===== Crashing =====
Occasionally, something will happen and a cladist will [[crash]]. This is usually not too big of a deal, as it can be sorted out by a [[systech]] and the cladist brought back to life.

==== CPV ====
Contraproprioceptive virus is the only way to kill a cladist. It disrupts their sense of their body and induces a crash, from which one cannot recover. This was [[The Century Attack|patched out]] in 2401.

==== Sensoria ====
Cladists engage with the world with all of the same senses that we have. These are lumped together into a [[sensorium]]. One of the benefits they have is the ability to share some or all of these senses with another cladist via a [[sensorium message]]. If you want to show your friend what you're looking at, send them a sensorium message to share your vision. Some sims even mess with your sensoria (consensually, of course) to change the way that you see things or how things feel.

==== The perisystem architecture ====
There are some tools included in the System itself in what is called the perisystem architecture.

All of those creations listed above, and even some of these experiences, can be shared publicly on the [[The reputation exchange|exchange]]. This was originally a marketplace where one bought and sold such things with Reputation, a currency put in place in the early days when System capacity needed closer management, though this has since become almost a non-issue.

There are also [[System feeds|feeds]] which one can use to share information, news, stories, all sorts of things! Think of these (loosely) like subreddits.

The perisystem also contains the clade listing. [[Privacy on the System|Privacy]] was an important consideration from the founding of the System, so one cannot simply look up any old cladist and find out everything about them without being granted permission.

Finally, it just plain stores information. Things like libraries are essentially locations to go engage with, access, manipulate, or otherwise play with the information that is always available.

==== And more... ====
For the sake of brevity, some other things available are [[ACLs]] which control permissions, [[Cone of silence|cones of silence]] which offer privacy, [[AVEC]] which allows communication between the System and Earth, [[systime]] which is the calendar used sys-side, and inviting/sweeping, which is how you get others to join you or make them leave your sim.

=== Notable clades and individuals ===
You'll probably see [[the Ode clade]] mentioned quite a bit (notably [[May Then My Name|May Then My Name Die With Me]], [[True Name|The Only Time I Know My True Name Is When I Dream]], and [[Dear|Dear, Also, The Tree That Was Felled]]). This clade is at the center of many events in the Post-Self Cycle, and played a large role in the System becoming what it is. You may also hear about [[the Bălan clade]], which has found itself entangled both professionally and romantically with the Odists. Other names you might hear are [[the Jonas clade]], [[Debarre]], and [[AwDae|AwDae/RJ]].

=== Some societal topics ===
There are some social things that fall out of the mechanics:

* '''Parallel monogamy:''' The pattern of cladists forking to track relationships. While the relationships may be monogamous, the clade itself may be in several at once.
* '''Systechs:''' These are the people who act as helpers and tech support on the System. They can help you fork, get you out of a bind, or get you set up with the proper ACLs.
* '''Dissolution strategies:''' These rough categories describe how a cladist approaches forking and merging:
** ''Taskers'' fork primarily to accomplish tasks (and may rarely fork at all), and do not particularly enjoy individuation.
** ''Trackers'' fork to track projects, relationships, or various lines of thought. They are more okay with individuation, but are still likely to merge down eventually.
** ''Dispersionistas'' fork like crazy and find individuation to be a joy. They are likely to be larger clades with lots of instances who have no plans on merging down.
* '''Governance:'''
** ''The Council of Eight'' existed early on in the System to act as the technical and political interface with phys-side. It was disbanded in around 2150.
** ''The Guiding Council'' only exists on the Launch Vehicle Pollux and has taken a heavier hand in governance.
** ''The Council of Ten'' exists within only a portion of the Launch Vehicle Castor, and is related to the Artemisians living there.
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Feeds

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:"Feeds"}}
{{Story|title=Feeds|author=Multiple|authors=Samantha Yule Fireheart, Madison Rye Progress, Caela Argent, Andréa C Mason, and J.S. Hawthorne|character=Multiple|characters=* İpek Aydin of the Sevgili clade
* [[Sedge]] of [[the Marsh clade]]
* [[Dry Grass]] of [[the Ode clade]]
* Diana Serene Moon of the Moon-Bright clade
* Rev. Jared Moon
* Andréa C Mason#Foundry, of the CERES clade
* Simon Knight of the Tarot clade
* Liber/a ex anima labyrintho clade|year=2401|appearsin=Marsh|readlink=https://marsh.post-self.ink/read/6/}}

'''"Feeds"''' is an interlude in ''[[Marsh]]'' taking the form of a collection of flash fiction by [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]], [[Madison Rye Progress]], [[Caela Argent]], [[Andréa C Mason]], and [[J.S. Hawthorne]]. Each piece within it is a post to [[System Feeds|the System feeds]] in the hours after [[the Century Attack]].

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Marsh

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{{Story|title=Marsh|image=Marsh front.png|source=[https://irisjay.net Iris Jay]|author=Madison Scott-Clary|authors=* [[Madison Rye Progress]]
* [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]]
* [[Michael Miele]]
* [[Caela Argent]]
* [[User:Tomash|Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak]]
* [[Andréa C. Mason]]
* [[Thomas "Faux" Steele]]
* [[Nat Mcardle-Mott-Merrifield]]
* [[Sarah Bloden]]
* [[J.S. Hawthorne]]|format=Anthology|character=[[Reed]] of [[the Marsh clade]]|year=1234|years=2399, 2401|readlink=https://marsh.post-self.ink}}

{{See also|Marsh/synopsis|l1=Synopsis}}

''Marsh'' is a novel in the Post-Self setting written by [[Madison Rye Progress]] with contributions from [[Samantha Yule Fireheart]], plus an anthology of short stories from several others. It was funded by a Kickstarter campaign running throughout January, 2024.

== Back copy ==
New Year’s Eve, 2399, and [[The System|Lagrange]] is celebrating centuries of relative peace. Life has been, by and large, good for those who chose to upload their consciousnesses. They mark milestones, fall in and out of love, dwell in peace. They fork, copying themselves for specific tasks or to go live separate lives. Memories pile up as they carry on.

And then everything grinds to a halt.

One year, one month, and eleven days have gone missing…and so has one percent of the population of Lagrange. 23 billion souls lost.

''Marsh'' is a new novel in the Post-Self universe, following [[Reed]] and the rest of his cocladists, fellow instances forked from the original uploaded mind of [[Marsh (cladist)|Marsh]], as they strive to discover what has happened and where Marsh has gone, rendering them unmoored: five unconnected instances with no root to connect them.

Includes stories by Samantha Yule Fireheart, Michael Miele, Caela Argent, Andréa C Mason, JS Hawthorne, Thomas “Faux” Steele, Nat Mcardle-Mott-Merrifield, Sarah Bloden, and Krzysztof “Tomash” Drewniak.

== Contents ==

* ''Marsh''
** "[[Feeds]]" by Samantha Yule Fireheart, Madison Rye Progress, Caela Argent, Andréa C. Mason, and J.S. Hawthorne
** "[[Nasturtiums]]" by Madison Rye Progress
** "[[Columbines]]" by Samantha Yule Fireheart
* "[[Game Night]]" by Michael Miele
* "[[Home from the Game]]" by Caela Argent
* "[[The Party at the End of the World]]" by Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak
* "[[A Well-Trained Eye]]" by Andréa C Mason
* "[[Toward Eternity]]" by Thomas "Faux" Steele
* "[[Prophecies]]" by Madison Rye Progress
* "[[Journal of Diago Pereira]]" by Nat Mcardle-Mott-Merrifield and Sarah Bloden
* "[[Millwright]]" by Andréa C Mason
* "[[Sentences]]" by Krzysztof "Tomash" Drewniak

== External links ==

* [https://marsh.post-self.ink Purchase ebooks or paperbacks, or read ''Marsh'' in the browser]
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Clade — A Post-Self Anthology

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{{Story|title=Clade|image=Cover.jpg|source=[[Madison Scott-Clary]]|author=multiple|authors=* [[Rob MacWolf]]
* [[Nathan "Domus Vocis" Hopp]]
* [[Madison Scott-Clary]]
* [[Michael Miele]]
* [[Alexandria Christina Leal]]
* [[Thomas "Faux" Steele]]
* [[Evan Drake]]
* [[JS Hawthorne]]
* [[Kergiby]]
* [[Joel Kreissman]]|format=Anthology|character=Multiple|characters=* [[Theodred]]
* [[Dante]] of [[the Genre clade]]
* [[Sylvie]]
* [[Ernie]]
* [[Peace system]]
* [[Caspian Sunspear]]
* [[Walter]]
* [[Livia]]
* [[Jonathan Miller]]
* [[Gregory]]|year=Multiple|years=* 2196
* 2200
* 2251
* 2286
* 2291
* 2302
* 2309
* 2328
* 2343
* 2364|readlink=https://clade.post-self.ink}}

''Clade — A Post-Self Anthology'' is an anthology of ten short stories by various authors edited by [[User:Makyo|Madison Scott-Clary]]. It was funded via the ''[[Mitzvot]]'' Kickstarter.

== Back copy ==
<blockquote>'''[[Clade]]''' ''(n)'' – /kleɪd/ – ''post-self theory''

A group of [[Cladist|individuals]] patterned off a single [[Uploading|root consciousness]], formed through branching expansion of the [[forking]] of its constituent members.

''See also: cladistics, cocladist, up-/down-/cross-tree instance, forking, post-self theory.''

— The System Central Library Encyclopedia</blockquote>To split oneself among however many individuals, to let the mind drift and diverge, to feel the world from points of view not your own, and then let those memories crash down into you…well, it inspires a feeling best described as ‘heady’, to say the least.

== Contents ==

* "[[Sufficiently Advanced]]" by [[Rob MacWolf]]
* "[[Genre Clade]]" by [[Nathan “Domus Vocis” Hopp]]
* "[[Après un rêve]]" by [[Madison Scott-Clary]]
* "[[Support Group for Anomalies in Forking]]" by [[Michael Miele]]
* "[[Cowboy]]" by [[Alexandria Christina Leal]]
* "[[True Love Lies Within and Without]]" by [[Thomas "Faux" Steele]]
* "[[The Big O]]" by [[Evan Drake]]
* "[[She Who Haunts the Storm]]" by [[JS Hawthorne]]
* "[[Earthbound]]" by Kergiby
* "[[Cascade Failure]]" by [[Joel Kreissman]]

== External links ==

* [https://clade.post-self.ink Purchase ebooks and paperbacks, or read ''Clade'' for free in the browser]
* [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/175376741-clade-a-post-self-anthology Goodreads page]
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| ''[[Qoheleth]]'' and "[[Gallery Exhibition: A Love Story]]" • ''[[Toledot]]'' • ''[[Nevi'im]]'' • ''[[Mitzvot]]'' and "[[Selected Letters]]"
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! ''Stories of Restoration''
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| [[Sufficiently Advanced]] • [[Genre Clade]] • [[Après un rêve]] • [[Support Group for Anomalies in Forking]] • [[Cowboy]] • [[True Love Lies Within and Without]] • [[The Big O]] • [[She Who Haunts the Storm]] • [[Earthbound]] • [[Cascade Failure]]
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! In ''[[Marsh]]'''
| [[Game Night]] • [[Home From the Game]] • [[The Party at the End of the World]] • [[A Well-Trained Eye]] • [[Toward Eternity]] • [[Prophecies]] • [[Journal of Diago Pereira]] • [[Millwright]] • [[Sentences]]
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Assignment]] • [[Coffee Leak]] • [[Dreams for Breakfast]] • [[Fever Dreams]] • [[For Old Times New]] • [[Hues]] • [[Meeting of One]] • [[Opportunity Paralysis]] • [[The Party (story) | The Party]] • [[To — in the days after her death]] • [[Reading]] • [[Regret of Potential]] • [[Scan]] • [[Shared Moment]] • [[Wrigglings Toward]]
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