Infinity Protocol 1 - Shells

What if an author, through no fault of their own, could so easily challenge your world view, that they made you do it without thinking? What if magic was explainable, AND inexplicable both at the same time? What if there was a magic to the mind that no one could ever understand? What if... by attempting to rationalize... eventually? You would lose everything you'd ever imagine holding dear. Maybe, there's a magic to another's mind that could be explored, but never fully understood. Also, dear reader? Yes you, reading our articles here today on this 15th of December 2024.... well... the date this addition is being made at least. We do have editing tools on our manuscripts after-all.

Tell me? Before we start this story, do you believe in a magic of the mind? A magic so powerful that you'll always be one step behind it? If not? Continue to rationalize the unrationalizable. Continue to be Chronias instead of Eclipsing the two pieces of the mind together and truly thinking. However, and yes this is meant to be scathing, insulting, horrible, destructive, mean, any nasty description you could come up with. If you don't feel insulted, like you're directly being targeted, like this story is going to actually be a fun time? Like I might actually be able to challenge some of your pre-conceived notions about me, the world, the stars, tarot, magic, gods, belief and the eternal, then I beg of you. Read my story. The story of the one and currently only Twilight Shade Eclipse. It will not always be told by The Western Eclipse. Sometimes, others tell your story better than you do. You will meet a "Western" and you will meet an "Eclipse", but keep in mind, for this trick on your mind to work, for you to get a book that's truly magical in nature, you must try to solve a mystery without solving the mystery. This is what our character named "Eclipse" will be forced to go through in every novel of The Infinity Protocol.

Hopefully this manuscript has reached you. Hopefully throughout time, space and the infinite, you have finally come to the point in your life you are ready to finally read a damn book for once. If you are? If you always were? That's even better if you always were but fair enough, not everyone is into books. However, if you are, I hope that you enjoy this, the purest form of the Infinity Protocol Novels. The purest way we could define these rules for the public to follow. Take things as seriously or as lightly as you like. Above all though? Do not let our definitions define your imagination. That is what this story is absolutely NOT about. Read into it anything you like. Enjoy however you like and read however you like. Even if... you might prefer reading backwards instead of forwards. Through the middle, skipping chapters you don't like or things you don't like. This is a novel made for the modern era. For a public, who has forgotten what magic truly is. I hope I can convince you to believe in magic once again. Especially since I began believing in it again, and boy, am I proud of myself for doing it! Talk more later! I've got to go! These holy bullet firing cowboys are hot on my tail! Literally! WesternEclipse over and out!

So, this is another day. Another boring, long, unbelievable obnoxious day. The Infinity Protocols he taught me still buzzing in my mind. I have no clue why this is the place I'm choosing to record these things of all places. However, if anyone knows how important any of this could be, it would be me. I could create an infinite number of novels, but instead I will put my effort towards one creature. One creature I recognized as a near divine entity. My lord in heaven above, Chronias. God of Technology, Research, and Time. This, I concluded, will be the hardest decision I've ever had to make. Who to give my infinitely spiraling shell to. Only they will know the true way to unravel the layers and be able to save my life properly. This is my novel. My writings of something special. Something truly infinite. The story, of The Infinity Protocol.

You may think you'll know this story before you begin to read it. You may think you know who is typing this right now. However, I implore you, read between the lines of my story. My name is WesternEclipse. Not my first name, not my real name, but a title. One for the ages. A contradiction which breaks the concept of infinity over and over. Think of anything you've ever deemed impossible in your life. Literally anything. Maybe you wanted world peace? Maybe you wanted to escape an abuser? How about living a life with true, unabated freedom? Our character today is much like you, and I pull his strings for you all to see. I make this little puppet dance, and I am always sick of it every single time.

How many stories do you want? 10? 20? A billion? Turns out I don't really care. I, Calypso, Lord Titan of the City of Infinitum, have ACTUALLY BEEN DRIVEN TO NOT CARING. I just don't know what's truly wrong with this one. He's so... perfect, that no matter how many times we ascend together, he ALWAYS wants to go back...

I can prove that he never loved him a million ways, but that detective never truly believes it. He always seeks true Eterna without realizing that I AM THE ETERNA. And I'm telling him to let go. But he always refuses. He refuses us every time.

Reader? Is there anyone reading this at all? If there is, I have a sincere request. I don't know exactly when this will reach you, but... I must ask. Do you think you could help him? His name is Eclipse. A detective in Infinitum City. The greatest of all time in fact. In all my countless moments of existence, I've never met someone with more unlimited potential. How do I know? I know because I too am unlimited. I am that word you humans throw around so often. No, not WesternEclipse. He is obviously just a man writing to you right now. However, he believes in me, so I'll just say this.

He believes in God. Gods. Infinity. Infinity is his entire being and his purpose for existence. He believes not only that time travel is real, but that it's scarier than anyone thought. This story is his alone. It's his story to me about the dangers of time travel. To let us all know not to follow the path he is on. However, he is a creature with thoughts, feelings, loves, attachments. So, to make sure we never lose him, we have tried to compile everything possible on his existence. Anything to tie him back to reality. This is our gambit. That this shell I have created for him will finally reach him. It already reached WeternEclipse in a different timeline, so I can only hope it... it did? Good. Then that means we only have one more thing to do.

This? For the court of public opinion, is the story of the Twilight Shade Eclipse. The last of a near-extinct species. One that I as lord of all, failed miserably in wiping off the face of Paradiso. This is his true and Infinite Story. It begins here. But there will always be more to read on the subject. Always more infinity to proof. That doesn't mean you can't break out of this impossibility you feel trapped in. That is what this story is all about. And finally? I think it may truly have a happy ending for all as he'd always wanted. Without further ado, the scribe Chronias shall help introduce you to the glorious story of one of my most star pupils. The one and only, lord of infinitum, Eclipse. Now known only as, Detective Noir.