The Inevitable Cycle

By LenkamchaFrom daily life to the battlefield, to the stress of the medical field, The Inevitable Cycle follows a set of characters through trauma, mistakes, and in some cases recovery. Unaware of the grander scheme at play, some of these characters navigate their journey though birth, death, and eventually rebirth.Follow the story on Tumblr.




The Myth

It started when the Sentient Universe created a Being, the First Being.The Sentient Universe saw the loneliness in the Being, a feeling the Universe knew too well, and decided to shape a second Being into life. As time passed the Second Being grew increasingly lonely, despite the First Being's presence. The Second begged the Sentient Universe to create another Being, but the Universe ignored its pleas.
Lonely and upset, the Second began creating another Being on its own. Create, the Second did, but successful it was not. The unmoving husk of the Third Being brought an emotion The Second had never felt before, an emotion so strong it caused pain– grief.
The First Being, seeing the Second's pain, wanted to help. Having seen the creation of the Second Being, the First found a way to bring life into the unmoving husk. Slowly the unmoving became the moving, and the husk became a Being full of life.It was a peaceful time, until the First noticed an instability in the universe. It suspected the creation of the Third Being caused the instability, and for a while, it didn't do much harm to keep quiet– but the instability became more and more noticeable, more and more painful. With no one to ask for guidance, the Sentient Universe now long gone, the First took a chance and created another Being in hopes of regaining the stability it longed for.But something went wrong. It created two beings. It made a mistake.The two Beings, broken and mangled, merged into one and subsequently unmerged again. It, no... they, had seemingly no control, repeating a pattern of merging and unmerging, screaming and writhing in pain. The First Being felt it had no choice other than to split them for good.And so the second mistake was made. The split was uneven.The screaming stopped– it was too quiet now. The First watched as the largest one moved ever so slightly, reaching out to the First. It gently caressed the Being, naming it the Fourth Being. And the smaller, fading, one was named the Fifth.
To save the Fifth Being, the First created a fitting vessel; the being was fragile, so the First made the vessel indestructible; the being was dim, so the First made the vessel bright.
Despite its mistakes, the universe began to stabilise, but it was far from the same universe the First had such fond memories of– something was clearly different.
The Second disliked the new Beings, keeping its distance from them, afraid that its own dislike would turn into hate. The third on the other hand, did not. The Third accepted the new Beings. They found comfort in the Third Being, and the Third found comfort in them.
The Fourth became increasingly unstable as time passed. No matter what the First Being did, no matter how many times the Third Being tried to comfort it– the Fourth reached a point of no return, unleashing a great light not even the First Being had seen before.The previously quiet and dark universe was now a loud, chaotic mess. The Fourth's great light scattering itself covering the loud void in millions of small, twinkling lights.


Characters

From daily life to the battlefield, to the stress of the medical field, The Inevitable Cycle follows a set of characters through trauma, mistakes, and in some cases recovery. Unaware of the grander scheme at play, some of these characters navigate their journey though birth, death, and eventually rebirth.


The Embryo

Saichon:


The Embryo

Saichon:


The Embryo

Saichon:


The Embryo

Saichon:


The Embryo

The Embryo follows Saichon navigating their childhood through neglect and religious psychosis simultaneously as their childhood best friend Deralt navigates the loss of his father, Örvis, and his mother Lydia's descent deeper into psychosis. Separated after Deralt pursued a medical career, they reunite as adults where feelings start to bloom again.


The Foetus

The Foetus follows Almyr throughout their life, from a young child fleeing their home to joining a paramilitary branch of the domestic security service to entering the medical field as a neurosurgeon. Having suffered immense trauma during their childhood, they try to navigate the aftermath– entering a cycle of abuse they struggle to escape.


The Birth

The Birth starts with the birth of Reyfenhr, a child revealed to have special, but unstable, abilities. They are later begrudgingly adopted by Mor, with the belief she was the only one equipped to handle them. Reyfenhr becomes increasingly unstable, seemingly haunted by things they can't remember, their life suddenly ending with their suicide. The story continues with R31 and R32, both officers in the Special Abilities Combat Unit, where they navigate their mental health through the stress of the military.


The Rebirth

The Rebirth begins with the birth of Marish, who was, like Reyfenhr, adopted by Mor due to their strong, but unstable, special abilities. Marish's mental health spirals as they move away from their family, ending up with their tail being cut off in a moment of mental crisis, leading to their long journey of psychological intervention. Haunted by Litjen's past, they try to navigate R32's suicide, subscribing their free time to studying the Blocker, a medication given to Rey and later themself to surpress their abilities.