Memetic Mutation

by DreadPirateSephy

Memetics: the study of mental evolution through units of culture- beliefs, patterns of behavior, ideas- which "host" in the mind. Under certain circumstances, a unit can mutate within an individual, and occasionally spread, like a virus of the mind.

1. prologue

prologue

Sometimes things happen. That's life, right? But sometimes these things that happen seem like they don't have a reason, don't make sense, don't just happen and let you move on smooth. Sometimes, things happen that change things. Sometimes it's just the little things; where you put your toothbrush, which shampoo you use, the way you drive to work. But sometimes it's the big things; where you live, how you live, what you do with your life. And sometimes, it changes everything, seeps into everything you touch, you feel, you are, and warps it, just a little, to make the whole impossible to fit back together. It changes everything about you until you don't even know who you are anymore, and leaves you lost by the side of the road with no means to find your way home. What happens then? What can you do? Where do you go from nowhere? How do you pick up the pieces of something that has already turned to ash and disappeared with the breeze?

a/n: Yes, so, disclaimer first, I suppose. I don't really own anything. I just decided, after a very odd dream one night, to take it, twist it, shake it all up, and see what it became. Warnings, this story is what happens when I need to vent, experiment, and explore, and as such, it will get VERY weird. In plot, structure, you name it, I'll break it and glue it back together in a strange new form and then throw glitter all over it. Plot wise, basically, it's almost AU, but not quite. It's what canon might have been if something happened, something hundreds of years before Shinra Electric and Cloud Strife and Meteor, something that warped the future and turned everything inside out. Also, it is indeed a self insert, but NOTHING like my other one. This is the story-place I go to when I need to play on the darker side of my head for a while, and as such, things will get graphic, horrible, and stranger in a much different way than what you might expect if you've ever read my other stories. In any case, thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy it despite its twisted, sharp, and ruthless flavor.