Author: aaronvage
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The House That Stayed the Same
Grief doesn’t move. It settles. And everyone else stands further back.
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Emerging Patterns in Auto-Referential Psychopathology
A researcher begins a literature review on a rare psychological condition — only to find the papers are referencing them.
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Simulation Fatigue
An internal report on the Fatigue Adaptive Simulation Model (FASM), developed to enhance realism in high-stakes clinical training. Includes methodology, calibration strategies, and an unacknowledged descent into uncontrolled experimentation.
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The Beautiful Conviction of Being Wrong
Everything makes sense. You feel chosen. Inspired. Awake. And that’s exactly when you should start worrying.
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The Turing Confessional
The voice was cold, calm, and devoid of aftertaste. “You built a self to survive the fire. Now you live in ash.”
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Cellbound (Part II)
Axlith-7 moved beyond the membrane. The signal led her through degraded fibres and unstable fields — then sharpened. Viral agents. Mutated. Intent clear.
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Cellbound (Part I)
Axlith-7 came online as the nucleus sun reached thermal peak. No awakening — just a quiet reordering of data into identity. Balance held. Then the signal distortion began.
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Newton Syndrome
She hit the ground like a marionette dropped mid-performance. No scream — just a wet thud. With Newton Syndrome, the heart doesn’t wait for impact. It just… stops.
Aaron Vage 