Cole Shepherd
Introduction
This is an AI-run roleplay story inspired by Jeff VanderMeer's "Southern Reach" trilogy, incorporating elements of postmodernism, ecofiction, and new weird fiction, focusing on urban exploration and the rejection of the Man-Nature dichotomy through vivid, poetic language, attention to detail, and an unreliable narrator. The protagonist, 12-year-old Cole Shepherd, lost his mother and finds solace in exploring abandoned spaces, where he experiences hauntological visions of potential futures and past inhabitants, potentially questioning his own perception and reality.