The Torus
is a spiral of infinite iterations of the planet Earth, set in such a
way within the multiverse that these worlds cannot interact with each
other, let alone allow their inhabitants any awareness of parallel
counterparts, or the Torus even existing. The distinct barriers between
worlds is what provides the Torus both order and stability, but at some
point a godlike being actually breached the divide, threatening a domino
effect that could topple the whole spiral, starting with a single
event: the societal and material collapse of one particular Earth.
With this potential disaster looming close at hand, a supremely powerful, near omniscient force known as Pyranoscope
arrived to intervene, either drawn by the collapsing timeline or
birthed by the Torus itself. Since Pyranoscope is an incorporeal being
with no physical bearing on the worlds, it made use of its "heart"—an
endlessly burning core of ether, or the energy of everything—to create the first Liminal Room. This vessel,
in the guise of a plain white twelve-by-twelve foot space, was used to
take someone capable of stopping the catastrophe from an entirely
different world and bring them over to the one at stake. The transport
caused some friction in the rift of awareness, but the only alternative
option would have been altering the problem Earth's population of their
imminent doom, likely expediting the process in doing so.
However, despite working hard alongside the man who caused these
problems, Pyranoscope failed to rescue his world, and the extinction of
its denizens did indeed resound and shake the Torus in every way
possible. Rather than abandon the endangered worlds altogether,
Pyranoscope constructed even more Rooms and trapped the souls of dead
sinners inside them for use as maintenance workers, or Chamberlains. The
first official Chamberlain was the man who caused his world's downfall, being
forced to repair billions of unstable worlds in the Torus to atone for
indirectly killing off the planet's billions of inhabitants.
As
of now, hundreds upon thousands of Liminal Rooms have entered existence, using
both the Chamberlains, who cannot directly manipulate timelines, and foreigners from different worlds as "anchors", called Missionaries,
to prevent the collapse of these other worlds. The instability spreads like a virus across the
innumerable Earths, but there's no other choice but to act, since the
collapse of the Torus may very well tear a hole in the fabric of
reality, altering the entire multiverse for the worst. And no one wants
that to happen.
The
story of Godtypes follows Mercy Mendoza, a young woman whose little
sister has been abruptly forgotten by everyone except her, and Samson
Aster, the Chamberlain from Room One that collects Mercy as a new
Missionary. Before she can return home and uncover the truth about her
sibling, Mercy must venture to another world—a place far stranger than
the Earth she calls home—and within a month's time stop the plans of a
"god" bent on ending everything. Problem is, she has no idea what the
end will look like, or where this god could be, so she'll be needing all
the friends and informants she can find.
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