The Baptism

**The Baptism** was an event that occurred on Earth in 2030 almost a decade after the global pandemic, creating a global restructuring of the planet's ecosystem as well as its political and economic priorities. This event is also known as the **Rapture** or **Judgment Day** by some.

## Summary

In 2025, a classified project had taken place in CERN as lead researchers attempted to uncover the secrets of what would later be known as the Kline-Edelfelt Particle. Following a cataclysmic accident with the Large Hadron Collider, enormous waves of Kline-Edelfelt Particles were released simultaneously all over the world, creating an effect known as Kline-Edelfelt Resonance, more simply known as KE Resonance. As a result, many individuals bearing strong emotions were affected by KE Resonance and were Consumed, becoming Gluttons who wreaked havoc in unprepared cities worldwide. However, those who managed to overcome the threat of Consumption soon manifested their Id, becoming the world's first Handymen and defeating the Mirrors that appeared worldwide. Following these events, the state of the world quickly shifted to adapt to its new circumstances, creating a corporatocracy-dominated world.

## Prelude

During the year of 2025, CERN announced an ambitious new project which would at last unravel the mysteries of quantum physics and bring about a new age for both science and mankind as researchers across the globe worked together in a concerted effort to unravel the secrets of existence. Two researchers known as Anabelle Kline and Cermia Edelfelt spearheaded the research project which involved accelerating a vast amount of baryonic matter through a tri-harmonic oscillation filter in an attempt to produce superseparation.

Although superseparation was achieved, the amount of energy released as a result of unraveling enormous amounts of base baryonic matter simultaneously caused an explosive reaction which annihilated the particle collider. The explosion itself became the genesis of Kline-Edelfelt Particles which are essentially the building blocks of reality itself. Due to the uncontrolled eruption of "causa sui elements", reality itself was warped from the resulting radiation which "edited" the world based on the thoughts and emotions of the affected.

## Aftermath

Following the accident at CERN, over 60% of the world's population was deeply affected by KE Resonance, causing them to be Consumed and metamorphose into Gluttons. Those who managed to resist Consumption managed to manifest their Id which allowed them to fight against the sudden threat that now encroached upon humanity. When the proverbial dust finally settled after the containment or elimination of the Gluttons, the world was forced to re-consider its political and economic theaters after the physical havoc and destruction wreaked by the Gluttons.

As it was soon discovered that Gluttons could be generated from mere thoughts alone as a result of the ambient KE Resonance that was now permanently embedded into Earth's atmosphere, society on Earth became one of overt control, not through oppression, but through offering pleasure that almost bordered on excessive. At last, humanity was cooperating to heighten their civilization and truly improve the lives of Earth's denizens, but in truth, that cooperation was only made possible due to the fear of what might happen if human society had continued on its capitalist march and caused those unhappy with their situation to metamorphose. Despite this, behind the thin veil of pleasure and unity, the world is predominantly ruled by corporations, and ultimately, the Head.