In the 36th century, a child of humankind reaches out across the stars. Matrioshka battles her past, and the forces of an uncaring universe, as she commands her ship; the Sliver of the Sun.
"We always wanted to make contact with 'extraterrestrials'...we just weren't aware of the consequences…"
First, contact. Then, conflict.
When a curious Earth sends peacekeeping forces to observe a medieval civilization on a sister-like planet called Roana, their diplomatic mission takes a startling twist with every bizarre revelation.
But when they land on Roana to verify the existence of magic and establish relations with the only other intelligent beings in a cold, lonely universe, the...
[A/N 1: This is a fanfiction crossover between First Contact, an ongoing novel on Reddit by Ralts_Bloodthorne and Worm, a webnovel by Wildbow. I make no claim to either property. This is merely a fun look at what happens when two worlds interact for the first time.]
[A/N 2: This chapter beta-read by Lady Columbine of Mystal.]
[A/N 3: I will follow the canon of both stories as closely as I can. If I find something that canon does not cover, I will make stuff up. If canon then refutes me, I...
On the Thirty-First of March, 2018, a madman rampages across the Tokyo Ward of Japan, in the process revealing a strange power that lives in the hearts of humanity. Over the following decades, this power gives rise to new sciences and technologies, even enabling travel to the stars. The source of this incredible power is something inherent to all sentient life, their very souls.
It will come to be called the greatest discovery in human history, even outstripping the discoveries that come to...