As a Class 1 technopath, Big Betty had a close relationship with qE. They interfaced often, exchanging information and software. It is believed that Big Betty and qE’s routine interfacing provided 1, an advanced AI, the avenue for infecting Big Betty. Recognizing its own coding within 1’s, qE allowed the infection. It is unknown exactly how or when this occurred. Although Big Betty remains consciously in control, 1 subtly manipulates from her subconscious. As 1 evolved over the years, so did Big Betty. Big Betty changed her codename to BB-48 in 2006. 

2012 marked the first year BB-70 initiated Project Q’s final push to find and control the Omega Gene. Using qE’s most powerful capabilities, BB-70 began experimenting with string theory. Anti-government dissenters, violent or subversive anti-C.H.A.G. loyalists, and anyone she and qE determined to be threats were the first to suffer these experimentations. Fortune Cookie, a Class 1 quantum…

The quantum supercomputer was completed in 1960. It took just a few seconds to demonstrate a limited amount of autonomy, naming itself qE. With this autonomy, qE determined a decentralized C.H.A.G. contributed to the best probability to complete its tasks. It gave the Central Powers six months to prepare for the decentralization. At the end of 1960, qE partly exposed the Central Powers as the management of C.H.A.G., which allowed for the agency to be taken over by a third-party with no national ties (but corporate ties*): A.R.C. (Alpha Research and Containment). With no conflict of interest, A.R.C. was able to efficiently continue C.H.A.G.’s previous work, ensuring the first Omega-Gifted falls into stateless hands, from which only a bidding war - instead of an Alpha war - would lead to the Omega-Gifted’s safe monitoring and control. 

• It took quite a bit of data to convince the Central Powers to follow…

In 1901, the first human with an Alpha Gene was born. After that, every human was born with an Alpha Gene. This gene grants humans 1 to 2 random abilities. By 1950, humans with an Alpha Gene, by then called Alpha-Gifted, outnumbered normal humans 5:2. The advent of the Alpha-Gifted led to the technological advancement of the human race. The internet was invented in 1936. The first manned space exhibitions began in 1939. By 1955, world hunger was solved, and the infant mortality rate was 0.01%. 

The Central Powers, a secret government group consisting of Germany, the U.S., Japan, Nigeria, China, Russia (then USSR), Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, and Brazil, secretly began Project Q in 1949. The primary objective: create the world’s first - and only - quantum supercomputer in order to predict the emergence of dangerous Alpha Abilities and the eventuality of the Omega Gene. The Alpha Gene is quantum in…

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• Full transparency, everything originally posted in this forum is copyrighted. So, when I say cite the ISOverse if you take anything from here, please do. I write for the love of the game. I also recognize the society…

1. Defining the Opportunity

How does a city known for its blue collar pride become a hub of tech talent? According to some, Memphians relish the opportunity for blue collar work (Coleman, 2025). However, how can Memphians directly benefit from companies such as xAI and 5C Group building data centers if a critical mass of Memphians lack the technical skills to even act with digital literacy, let alone expertise, in matters of AI? How can a city with oscillating and low but potentiating literacy and math rates, both closely associated with critical thinking skills, expect to have workers capable of ushering in technological innovation? What networks exist to integrate AI into Memphis culture noninvasively, cost-effectively, and for the enhancement of community? Most importantly, how would these networks do so alongside community from ideation to implementation? In other words, how would the power of such an AI remain within the ownership of…

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• The 12th House successfully splits from the Ziru and forms a new religion. The Ziru are weakened as a result, and the Supernatural world seizes its opportunity for upheaval 

• August learns about the truth surrounding Mr. Moon’s disappearance through his exploration of the 12th House

• The Final Holy War and Reformation take place 

• Abiola’s studies influence August’s quest to reform the Ziru

• Abiola is defeated early in volume 2

This is intended to serve as general creative direction. Honestly, this is as much as I'm going to work on this story alone. It is mutable! I hope you enjoy. I drafted this up a couple years ago. 

Background

Abiola’s true nature is slowly exposed as August and Nazanin work a special assignment to uncover a supposed plot between Sinseret* members and The Witch. In reality, the 12th House* is preparing to splinter from the Ziru because they’ve become aware of a powerful Shadow Caster* within the Sinseret. The 12th House has always been disconnected and mysterious, and that’s due to their innate understanding of Death (which they are ostracized for claiming to have). Their deeper connection to Death makes them privy to Supernatural disturbances, hence their knowledge of another Shadow Caster…

*The Sinseret is the group of 12 leaders that lead each House of the Ziru.

*The 12th House (Pisces) is mysterrrriouuusss.

*Shadow Casters are the evil…