The Honor"- From the "Crestfallen Reflection" Digital Art Collection
Subtitled: "The Future of Myself?"
"The Honor"
For the last 14 or 15 centuries, JaiChai and his family have enjoyed all the social and financial benefits of being named the next "Progenitor"; an honor bestowed upon one out of every "Gogol" of sentient beings in the known 27 Universes.
For convenience sake, the Gogol, like all Uber-Huge numbers, are written in the "exponential format"; otherwise known as "scientific notation" (e.g., 10 to the 100th power).
The exponential format is a compact and efficient representational model, indeed.
But, as JaiChai mused, "Scientific notation is also the preferred method of representing the smallest of our numbers too; like 10 to the negative 100th power - an unimaginable, quantum-minuscule number;...and the way I'm feeling now..."
And no matter how many butterflies he may have had about "The Honor" of seeding a newly terra-formed, "suitable to support future life" exo-planet named "JaiChaitia"; in honor of the brave "JaiChai - Progenitor #gogol 437", he knew that he must do his duty.
"It really sucks to be me", he thought. "Who the f*ck thinks it's an "Honor" to sacrifice himself and relinquish his living DNA in a quickly dissipating mist just so that future forms of sentient life has a chance to survive, gain sentience and hopefully, continue the wax/wane cycle of consciousness."
It was clear to JaiChai that backing out now and pulling a runner is not an option.
If he didn't go through with the whole ritual of voluntarily disintegrating his macro structure (aka die and demolecularize), his family - past, present and future - will be shamed, ostracized and eventually banished from everything they have come to depend on in "The Collective".
And one generation after the other will spend a Googol's worth of time disgraced and wandering the "Outland Space of No Return".
(Heavy Sigh)...
[To be continued?]
This image is #1 of 3 rare (only three have been minted), signed, non-watermarked NFTs of "The Honor" from the "Crestfallen Reflection" Digital Art Collection available here:
When purchased, this NFT is totally yours to display, hodl or resell.
May you and yours be well and loving life today.
In Lak'ech, JaiChai
(JaiChai 1 DEC 2021. Simultaneous multi-site submissions posted. All rights reserved.)