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| Prologue To Illyria | |
| By Levi | ||||||||||
| 04 December 2007 | ||||||||||
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Hey. Thought I'd post the prologue to 'Twilight Illyria' - a novel of mine. The two characters referenced aren't mentioned again until the end of the story, but this exchange pretty much encapsulates the tone of the whole thing. I'd love a few reactions. It's deliberately very short... ...................... Once upon a time, there was nothing. No space, no life, nothing. Not even emptiness. Because if there was emptiness people would start asking silly questions. The Evera Creators were too busy for silly questions. So nothing it was. 'It's a bit boring,' one of them said. 'Boring? It's perfect. There's no pain, war, famine, hunger - perfect.' 'Yeah, but... come on, it doesn't do much.' The second Creator stepped back and tried to work out what existence was MEANT to do. 'I guess it could use something extra.' So the Evera Creators installed a spoiler and some flashing neon lights. Existence was looking pretty snappy. 'Okay. Now all we need is for something to happen.' 'You're so picky! Fine what do you want?' 'I'm not sure. This may take a while. What's the biggest thing you can imagine?' .....................
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