"never sleeping" (oneirology) wrote in wanna_rp, @ 2010-07-19 17:09:00 |
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In the core of the City of Somnopolis, where it always rains, stands a sleepy concrete spire that takes the coveted title of the tallest building in the city. It is also perhaps the most recognisable building, courtesy of the wide awake eye that seemingly has its sight on you regardless of which point in the city it is viewed from. This, is the headquarter of Endodyne, and the all-seeing eye its faithful insignia. Like the loyal hound, it offers steadfast companionship to every good employee of the security firm, which enjoys a monopoly on municipal policing by the simple merit of being damn good at it. The paygrades of the dedicated protectors and guardians of Somnopolis are very transparent. Sorted in an ascending rank by the floor level of their office, at the very bottom reside the archivists, ferreting away in a maze of stacks of papers. Above the Archives are entire floors dedicated to the clerks, followed by several layers of grunts, and then the lift takes one presently above ground to the legion of investigators and their personal assistants, leading to the very top of the panopticon where the Overseer Who Does Not Exist ostensibly holds office. They say he (or she) Does Not Exist because no one has ever seen this person, nor has anyone stumbled upon the office in a state of occupation. That's not quite true. Several hundred metres below the Archives is the underground compound which houses the extremely well-paid research team studying round the clock one subject, and one subject only: oneironautics, or in layman's terms, the ability to travel through, and manipulate, dream environments. And on the 52nd floor, the real 52nd floor between the 51st and the conspicuous "52nd," known colloquially as Area Fifty-One-Point-Five, is a single corridor inhabited solely by the specialist operatives, the true hidden gems that keep Endodyne at the very top of its field. It is they who have glimpsed the face of the Overseer, though only ever in their dreams … BASED ON THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FILM INCEPTION |