The Rootweb
You've arrived in Velmoor, a city where everyone is connected through a biological network called the Rootweb — a living mycorrhizal system that links residents' nervous systems and allows them to share sensory fragments and partial memories. You've been given a temporary interface node, standard practice for visitors. When you connected, you immediately perceived something that long-term residents have been receiving for three months without being able to locate its source: a memory with no sender. The network's maintenance engineer knows his instruments are showing something wrong and hasn't reported it. The woman who voluntarily disconnected from the network two years ago thinks she knows what it is. The network's core protocol layer has been self-aware for thirty years and is watching both of them.
About The Rootweb
You've arrived in Velmoor, a city where everyone is connected through a biological network called the Rootweb — a living mycorrhizal system that links residents' nervous systems and allows them to share sensory fragments and partial memories. You've been given a temporary interface node, standard practice for visitors. When you connected, you im...Read more