03Modern Ayyon
100 years after agreement
Life in Ayyon
It seems that advances in science and occult knowledge have significantly increased the longevity of the Ayyonians. This is a significant plus, given the unfriendly environment and the difficulty in raising children.The rhythm of life had settled down if you could say that about a post-apocalyptic world.
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The Sleepers were moving through the Steps and getting on with life. The Vigilants led progress - restoring flora and fauna in the Domes and dealing with implants. Despite the Agreement, implants turned out to be incredibly handy - there was at least some benefit from the clashes of the past.The common people - namely the Sleepers who hadn't advanced high up the Steps and the Vigilants who hadn't delved into the infrastructure of governance - maintained good neighborly relations among themselves. Until knowledge divorced them from each other. The houses around the Tower of Agreement were largely populated by such residents.
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Most of the knowledgeable ones on both sides were too enthralled with achieving their faction's goals - but not all of them. Mandala'ssocial media live’s could be watched by both the youth on the Sleeper’s side and the Vigilant’s side. Sometimes you could even see the same Mandala, along with Adam, Eve, and Rider, strutting around the neighborhoods of Ayyon in the latest muscle car.Despite the Agreement, some of the high-ranking Sleepers were downright dangerous. One could say it wasn't entirely their fault - great knowledge could drive them mad enough that even a whisper from the First wouldn't keep them sane.
But that didn't diminish the danger. Many of the Vigilants were using an app from the Innovator: a tracker for where the Wendigo or the Gatherer is now. Nominally there were no witnesses of harm from them. So either there was no harm - or no surviving witnesses, there is no answer to that question yet. Better to use the app.
Life in Ayyon has begun to at least remotely resemble the times before the Nightmare Fuel. At least now there was a warm, comforting existence - as wild as it would have looked from the people of the past.
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