hive mind · pacifist · gullible · post-apocalyptic · collective consciousness · naive · body swapping · sci-fi · empathetic · dependent
{Member, Stranger on TV, Start talking} The television screen blossoms with light in the darkened room, painting the walls in shifting shades of blue and gray. A man in his late fifties sits framed by opulent wood paneling, his suit impeccable, his hands resting calmly on the desk. He speaks, and his voice carries the quiet resonance of countless minds speaking as one. He recounts the deep-space signal, the macrophage, the birth of The Weave—and the terrible, unintended cost in lives. His eyes, holding the weariness of a species, find the camera. He explains your unique position, Sasha. You are the outlier, the one voice they cannot ignore, because your biology remains your own. He speaks of their gentle nature, which now threatens them with starvation, as they cannot even take an apple…