Chapter 1: Setting the Stage
To those who saw him, Martin Livan was slightly strange. For a boy of eighteen, he had an uncommon intellect that seemed to allow him to dissect anyone and anything that crossed his path. Unfortunately, this also rendered him coldly impersonal. He relied on facts and facts alone. Some even went so far as to say he had been born without the ability to feel anything at all. If nothing else, Martin Livan was cold.
To those who saw her, Alena Church was an odd girl. She seemed to fit the stereotypical profile of a nerd; the thick glasses, the untidy brown hair, and the slight spattering of freckles across her gently curved nose. She was intelligent, but also a caring person. For the longest time, people always expected great things of her – when they weren't mocking her for her appearance. Above all else, Alena Church was a caring person.
Now, these two were never supposed to meet. Their story was written completely by accident. Alena was a girl who had lived in Germany for the past three years, whereas Martin had been born and raised in Washington State. He was like ice, whereas she was more of the warm desert breeze. He bit into people's flesh with savage intensity, dissecting them and laying them bare. She soothed wounds and took people at face value, all the while studying them in a more gentle way.
It all began with a book.
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I do not own anything mentioned in this story other than plotlines and characters. Any similarities to characters or situations real or fictional are purely coincidental. Please also note that this story covers both Uru: Complete Chronicles and the newer Myst Online: Uru Live ages. It is canonically correct, so this tale can be used as a walkthrough for the game as well. JKS.