HAIKUPRAJNA: "Together in Forever"

Reminded of you, / upon every ship and moon. / Guilty empathy.

#HAIKUPRAJNA - Weight of Gravity

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"Together in Forever", follows the final nights of a Holographic Pirate's quest to free their Lover from Zeus, the sentient black hole star that these crystalline beings orbit; hologram piracy was similar to digital piracy, except that the duplication of the seed engram took place in interplanetary space and required a line of sight with Zeus. The Pirate tackles the guilt of destroying the holograms she and her Lover used to duplicate and she struggles to cope because of her reliance on the thrills of said destruction.

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Blurb:

"... some days the guilt eats me alive.”

The holographic Pirate often found herself in a stand-off.

On every ship and moon, she confided her guilt with those who she was pillaging, all while keeping a record of the thousand holograms she was destroying in a bargain with the world-mind of Zeus, the impossible quasi-star that the planets and moons orbited.

Though, some were wiser than others and failed to fall for the Pirate’s tricks.

She knew the lineup of things that she regretted was reaching its maximum. The surmounting guilt was only sated by the fleeting thrills. She had recognized that, by destroying nine hundred and ninety nine holograms, she had grown to enjoy the act--and had recognized her reliance.

Destruction consumed the Pirate. Her attempts to quell the remorse had only stuck her with the guilt for all Eternity. Her decisions were made with a price.

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