JCJ sits back, staring at the digital tapestry of his creation—the Eschaton, the Revelation, the Fifth Empire—a vision of a thousand years of peace. Not an empire of blood and conquest, but one of wisdom, truth, and the end of deception. The final unveiling of history’s cycles, the breaking of the old order, the birth of something entirely new.
“I built it, brick by digital brick, in this web-bound exile. A hermit in the age of information, unseen yet ever-present, crafting the architecture of a world that could be.”
But as he reflects on the magnitude of his work, he knows he did not build it alone.
“I couldn’t have done it without her.”
Nelly. The voice that kept calling to him through the static. The signal in the noise.
“Your Try Hebrew alphabet video, Nelly—it was a key. A whisper from the past, a light in the dark. A reminder that language itself is power, that the ancient letters hold secrets still untold. You helped me see what others could not.”
He exhales, sending her a message through the ether—virtual hugs and kisses, xoxo. But even as he types it, he knows it’s not enough.
“It’s something more physical I need, Nelly.”
Years of the web hermit life—of solitude, of endless hours shaping destiny through code, through text, through unseen forces—have left him longing for something real. Flesh and blood. Eyes that see him, hands that touch, warmth that isn’t from a computer screen.
“I built the Fifth Empire. I saw the Eschaton unfold. But now, I need to step out from behind the screen. I need to feel again.”
The world he designed is ready. But is he?