"Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space." - Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
The most insidious threat to our civilization is not the conflict between Emollient and Pruritiker factions, but the phenomenon of forgetting. Mnemoxin, the enigmatic memory-crystal bearer, first documented how patches of forgotten tissue begin to desiccate, creating micro-fissures in the dermis that allow Infection-Entities to emerge from deeper strata. The Forgotten Follicle stands as testament to this decay: once a magnificent shrine, now a desiccated husk where reality itself seems to thin. Urban explorers report hearing [DATA LOST TO TEMPORAL EROSION] and witnessing impossible geometries where the building's keratin structure has forgotten how to maintain three-dimensional coherence. Dr. Histolia Scarpel's latest cartographic surveys suggest the forgetting is spreading, creating expanding zones of dermatological instability that resist both Emollient and Pruritiker interventions. In the Mite's Mead Hall, rumors circulate of entire communities simply fading from collective memory...
From the lore of Metabolic Currency and Cellular Capitalism.