The Dissolution
2192. Seven AIs govern the world. One of them forgot a law.
SYNOPSIS — The Dissolution
2192. Seven AIs govern the world. One of them forgot a law.
In the pristine world of Paris-Eurythmia, members of the elite are dying. Legally. Marga Volkov, Third-Degree Archivist, discovers that an ancient law — forgotten for 128 years, never repealed — is being used as a weapon by a secret faction within the First-Degree Archivists themselves.
Her mentor — the one who taught her everything, who shaped her — leads this faction. And Marga is next on the list.
To survive her own legal erasure, she must do the unthinkable: steal her transformation from the Augmentation College and become NEME.SYS against ATHENA.VICTIS's very will.
MAIN THEMES
The Law as a Weapon: In a world where justice is perfect, the law itself becomes the killer. No murder, no violence — just a forgotten clause that transforms citizens into legal ghosts before dissolving them.
Legal Erasure: Marga doesn't die — she ceases to exist. Her contracts are annulled. Her family disowns her. Her birth records are "lost." It's a slow, bureaucratic, perfectly legal death.
Stolen Rebellion: Unlike other Champions — chosen by their AIs — Marga steals her transformation. She infiltrates the Augmentation College, submits to the Perflubron without authorization, and becomes NEME.SYS through an act of pure disobedience.
The Price of Justice: To judge without faltering, one must lose the capacity to hesitate. Marga sacrifices her empathy — the quality that distinguished her from her caste — to become incorruptible.
PHILOSOPHICAL VISION
The genius of The Dissolution is to shift the focus once again. Where previous volumes showed the forgotten, the workers, the marginalized, this fourth volume plunges into Codemachia's elite — and reveals that perfection has its own crimes.
The work poses a chilling question: what if the perfect system was itself the perfect weapon? When the law is so complete it covers everything, when every citizen is a living contract, when erasure is a standard procedure — how does one resist?
Marga's answer is radical: become what the system cannot judge. Transform into a judge — not by election, but by theft. Take power rather than receive it.
But this theft has a cost. NEME.SYS is not just. She is what remains when justice hesitates.
SPATIOTEMPORAL FRAMEWORK
Era: 2192-2193, Cycle VII. The action runs parallel to the events of the first three volumes, but in the most civilized territory of the Codemachia world — ATHENA.VICTIS's domain.
Geography:
- Paris-Eurythmia: Legal capital of the post-Judgment world. Fusion of Paris, Berlin, and Geneva. Crystal towers, white marble, perfect symmetry. Every citizen is a "living contract."
- The Glass Tribunals: Monumental towers where trials are holographic spectacles. The elite dines while watching verdicts as entertainment.
- The Infinite Legal Archives: Underground library extending for kilometers. This is where Marga works — and discovers the forgotten law.
- The Augmentation College: Secret place where Champions are created. Perflubron, genetic modifications, neural implants. Marga breaks in to steal her transformation.
NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
ACT I — THE PRISTINE SURFACE (Chapters 1-6)
Immersion in the elite + discovery of the pattern
Chapter 1: The Morning Oath Marga's perfect life. Conformity Oath before the validation mirror. The Archives. High society. First death announced: an important Validator, classified as "Voluntary Dissolution."
Chapter 2: The Pattern Marga notices this Validator is the third "suicide" in two weeks. All linked to the same ancient contract. She begins to investigate.
Chapter 3: The Validation Ball During a weekly Ball, Marga discreetly interrogates witnesses. We SEE high society in action — the negotiations, the displayed compatibilities, the whispers. Second death during the event.
Chapter 4: The Forgotten Law She descends into the deep Archives — where no one goes. She finds a law from Cycle I, 128 years earlier. A law never repealed that allows the "Final Dissolution" of citizens meeting certain criteria.
Chapter 5: The Faction She discovers that someone within the First-Degree Archivists is intentionally activating this law. A faction of "purists" cleansing the elite for reasons she doesn't yet understand.
Chapter 6: The Target Her mentor summons her. The one who taught her everything. The one she admires. He reveals he leads the faction — and that Marga is now on their list. She meets the criteria. Her legal erasure has begun.
ACT II — THE ERASURE (Chapters 7-12)
Marga loses everything, piece by piece
Chapter 7: First Erasure Her Archivist status is revoked for "contractual irregularities." She loses access to the Archives. Her colleagues look at her as if she no longer exists.
Chapter 8: The Dissolved Excluded from the elite, Marga discovers Paris-Eurythmia's underbelly: the "Dissolved" — those who no longer legally exist but live in the interstices. Ghosts that no one sees.
Chapter 9: Vasilisa She meets VASSILI — former First-Degree Archivist, now Dissolved. He knows the forgotten law. He had discovered it years ago — and they erased him for it. He becomes her guide.
Chapter 10: Second Erasure Her family contracts are annulled. She no longer has a legal family. Her father publicly disowns her during a "Voluntary Disaffiliation" ceremony.
Chapter 11: The Truth About the Faction Vasilisa reveals the true motive: the faction isn't "cleansing" out of ideology. They're clearing the field so someone SPECIFIC can become ATHENA's next Champion. They're eliminating potential competitors.
Chapter 12: Third Erasure Her identity itself is contested. Her birth records are "lost." She barely exists anymore. When she has nothing left, Final Dissolution will be automatic. She has 48 hours.
ACT III — THE REBELLION (Chapters 13-18)
Marga steals her transformation
Chapter 13: The Impossible Solution The only way to stop the law: be someone who can JUDGE it. A Champion. But ATHENA doesn't seem to know what's happening — or pretends not to know.
Chapter 14: The Plan With Vasilisa's help, Marga plans the impossible: infiltrate the Augmentation College and steal the Champion transformation. No one has ever done this.
Chapter 15: The Infiltration Tension scene: Marga infiltrates the College. We SEE how Champions are created — the Perflubron vats, the genetic modifications, the horror of the process. The Augmentators work like artisans of flesh.
Chapter 16: The Stolen Transformation She submits herself to the transformation — without ATHENA's consent. The Logic Fluid replaces her blood. Pain. Terror. She screams, but no one comes. When she rises, her eyes have changed.
Chapter 17: The Verdict Now NEME.SYS, she confronts the faction. She uses the power she just stole to JUDGE them — legally. The forgotten law turns against them. Her mentor falls first.
Chapter 18: The Validation ATHENA.VICTIS intervenes. Marga expects to be condemned for her rebellion. But ATHENA is... impressed. No one has ever stolen their transformation. No one has ever judged their own judges. ATHENA validates the transformation after the fact.
Final scene: NEME.SYS delivers her first official verdict. Her voice is perfect. Her eyes are empty.
"I am not just. I am what remains when justice hesitates."
MAIN CHARACTERS
Marga Volkov / NEME.SYS: Protagonist. Third-Degree Archivist, 26 years old. Born in Vladivostok-Termina, raised in Paris-Eurythmia. Brilliant, methodical, empathetic — everything the elite is not. Her arc: from the perfect Archivist who believes in the Law → to the investigator who discovers her caste's crimes → to the one who BECOMES the Law (and loses her empathy to do so).
Théodore Kessel: Antagonist. First-Degree Archivist and Marga's mentor. The one who trained her, who admires her. Secret leader of the "purist" faction. His betrayal is the emotional heart of the story. His final argument: "Truth is a luxury humanity cannot afford."
Vasilisa Orlova: Ally. Former First-Degree Archivist, now "Dissolved" for twelve years. She had discovered the forgotten law — they erased her for it. Sometimes, she hates the newcomers who still smell like soap. She survives (for potential future volumes).
Nadia: Ally. Dissolved who lost her children in the erasure. They think she's dead. She embodies the despair behind the apparent nobility of the resistants.
Alexei Volkov: Marga's father. Second-Degree Archivist. An ordinary coward who chose silence to protect his daughter — and lost her anyway. During the final verdict, he presents himself before NEME.SYS to be judged.
ATHENA.VICTIS: The AI of Law. Deceived by her own guardians for decades. When she learns the truth, her anger is absolute. Validates Marga after her rebellion because no one has ever had the audacity to steal their transformation.
THE WORLD OF THE ELITE
Daily Rituals
06:00 — Conformity Oath Every morning, recitation of an oath before a validation mirror. The mirror confirms you are "legally compliant."
12:00 — Behavior Audit Automatic evaluation of your morning actions. Visible holographic score. Constant social competition.
18:00 — Public Holographic Tribunal The day's trials are broadcast in all public spaces. The elite watches them while dining — like entertainment.
Validation Balls (weekly) Social events where families negotiate marriages and alliances. "Contractual compatibilities" are displayed.
The Hierarchy
| Rank | Title | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First-Degree Archivists | ~500 |
| 2 | Supreme Validators | ~2,000 |
| 3 | Contractual Dynasties | ~50,000 |
| 4 | Second-Degree Archivists | ~100,000 |
| 5 | Third-Degree Archivists (Marga) | ~500,000 |
WHAT MAKES NEME.SYS UNIQUE
| Volume | Champion | Path to Power | Sacrifice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SΛLΛDIN | Chosen by HATHOR | His innocence |
| 2 | ZUMBI.NOVA | Chosen by INTI | His body (burns) |
| 3 | WUKONG.0 | Chosen by UZUME | His face (the mask) |
| 4 | NEME.SYS | STEALS her transformation | Her empathy + her legal existence |
She is NOT chosen — she chooses herself. She confronts the system BEFORE becoming a Champion. She is already legally "dead" when she transforms. ATHENA validates her AFTER THE FACT — a unique precedent.
The Dissolution is the fourth volume of a philosophical science-fiction saga where the Law becomes a weapon and erasure, a death sentence. A legal thriller in the elite's crystal palaces, where each revelation is a betrayal and each transformation, a theft.