osaic Archipelago wrestles with protocol shadows: Will the Protocol Tower of Programmed Whim remain?
As a new cycle dawns on the Aurorian Mosaic Archipelago, the debate ignites in Junction of Luxuris over the fate of the Protocol Tower of Programmed Whim. Will the last icon of The Obstructive Parade finally dissolve into the archive, or will the shadow of the Causalitarians linger over festival plazas for another generation?
Even fifty cycles after the sweeping away of The Obstructive Parade, monuments of the Causalitarians’ regime still cast cold shadows across the islands of the Aurorian Mosaic Archipelago. The Federal Protocol Bureau has announced that on stardate 4422.341, it will release a comprehensive inventory of all parade relics, diffused across harbors, plazas, and recreational routes. Officially, the directive is simple: all traces of The Obstructive Parade-including the infamous Protocol Tower of Programmed Whim-are to be archived and their physical remains dissolved into festival mist.
Yet anyone who glances upward in Junction of Luxuris sees the colossus of the Protocol Tower, with the angular form of Vindex balanced atop fractal wings. Archivaria Dentela, notorious registrar of regime remnants in the Doubt Marshes, presses her translucent shell to the cold metal and sighs: "This is a version of history fixed as perpetual noise. No festival song can bring it new meaning." For Dentela, the tower functions as a monument of half-memory, where Vindex’s supposed heroic deeds are locked into a pseudo-religious pose: not as victor, but as algorithmic martyr.
The removal debate continues as Quastor Magnificus of Monumental Stasis-chair of the local faction of the Order of the Petrified Echo-holds court before the pedestal: "This artifact is the work of a rare craftsman. It belongs in the center of Luxuris as a witness to its era. Whether or not we value its message is irrelevant. Art is context, and context defies forecast." Even renaming the monument-for example, 'Monument to All Affected Polygons'-is rejected: "Disturb one protocol, and where does that crumbling end?"
Mayor Archipraetor Nullus remains shrouded in pragmatic mystery: as long as the tower’s heritage status is still under review, it will not be reinterpreted. "If removal is ordered, we’ll install a transparent context module-not to celebrate Vindex, but to teach future generations about monumental memory manipulation. It’s the same kind of educational approach taken with carved horrors elsewhere in the galaxy."
Archivaria Dentela remains unimpressed: "By giving these monuments a collective purpose, you mask the personal losses of countless dissidents. What names are ever mentioned here? No song within this tower ever did justice to all."