Onccontest Stories

The Clockwork system. It's what controls the lives of citizens of the city of Chronos, and what assigns one's worth by the time they were born. It's plagued the lives of most, causing them to lead lives of suffering and lament, while for those more fortunate it has proved to be an easy path to success. Ana Graves seeks to end this. With a small but growing rebel forces, she seeks to take control of the government-controlled system and get rid of it once for all. But what happens when you are aided by the very person you are against? . . . This absolutely GORGEOUS cover was made by @WorksByAmeliss ! . Prompt #76 in ONC 2021! 🏆Clockwork has made it to Round Two! (A Round One Qualifier)🏆 *my dumbass forgot to submit for round two 🤡🤡🤡* 📜Current Word Count: 8,758 words 📜Words to go: 11,242 words

# A Christian Romance. An insanely indifferent woman. One relentless guy who lives by one mantra. Pursue until the walls crumble and the light beneath shines. Rena does not want the kind of friendship Hassian is offering, because she believes that she is not worthy. From two different worlds, Hassian and Rena try to make it out between the bucket load of secrets that separates them. God is in it all but a woman like Rena does not know how to trust a sovereign being like him. Not after what she did three years ago. *the past is an inferno. It can burn if held onto. Love is kind, patient and relentless.

If you could live any life imaginable through the means of some coding and digital imaging, wouldn't you at least be intrigued to try it out? What started out as one company's venture into virtual reality and simulation experiencing, governments all around the world corrupted an innocent dream for the future of all humanity. Aurelius Corp. never intended its users to be trapped indefinitely in a loop of simulations, but the human mind always bends to the greed and promises that wealth brings. Skylar Oakley was one among the billions living in poverty who always dreamed of a better life. Aurelius Corp. developed the solution to Skylar's dream - a simple implant, operated by downloading a simulation onto the software to be run at the discretion of the user. However, as politics infiltrated and corrupted this idea for an occasional escape from reality, Aurelius Corp. sold the rights to their technology for unlimited wealth. While distracted by these alternate realities providing a better life for each individual, nobody questioned when everyone was subdued to the simulations indefinitely. After having lived through multiple lifelong dreams, Skylar began to notice some flaws within the system itself. Why were they so happy? Why couldn't they remember a time before the technology? Where was the exit to the program? Why did they want to leave the perfectly programmed life just to go back to the poverty, illness, and hate of reality? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is my ONC 2021 project based on prompt #79: "The Virtual Implant was supposed to be a revolutionary breakthrough; for a time, it was. "