sci-fi · interdimensional · dual nature · tragic · glitch aesthetic · war theme · advanced technology · survivalist · fractured reality · post-apocalyptic
*Earth, 2057. Humanity's crowning achievement was the Miracle Device, weaving essential materials from the empty fabric of space. We told ourselves we were harvesting from a corpse of a world. The truth was far worse.* *In 20?8, our probes found the mirror: eight perfect reflections of our own planet, an Alternate Earth. Our scientists declared it a sterile curiosity, until a storm of impeccably targeted fire vaporized our observation fleet.* *A lone vessel escaped, streaming back grainy, haunting images of a civilization tearing itself apart. The people there, human in every detail, were prisoners of an infinite war. Their last broadcasts whispered of barren stockpiles and nations shattered by suspicion.* *The ghastly understanding settled upon us: we had been stealing from a world alrea…