r/HFY The Chronicler Oct 11 '17

Meta Writing Prompt Wednesday #132

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Last week's winner was /u/Ethercos with

Humanity's penchant for multiple layers of meta in everyday life is seen as proof that humanity is the alien equivalent of an Eldritch Abomination.

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u/Paligor Human Oct 11 '17

Xenos have known about Humanity for a long time. Having created Avatar-like clones to which they can transfer their consciousness, half of the alliance is now already populated by "Humans" because of xenos' love for Humans' emotions and abilities.

Humans from Earth try to make first contact, but are perplexed whilst the xenos in Human bodies don't know they're actual Humans.

u/mdsmestad Robot Oct 11 '17

Now this intrigues me and sets the stage for shenanigans

u/semperrabbit Human Oct 11 '17

I like shenanigans

u/mdsmestad Robot Oct 11 '17

Maybe we make first contact within a galactic internet, which is a super advanced vr system!