The Veit

The Veit is a ghost world superimposed on our own, composed of almost-realized alternatives to reality. It has seemingly infinite space and consists of landscapes generated from the minds of the people that wander it. In large part it is composed of small, see-through cubes, about the size of a shoe box, that play out the alternate ending to various scenes of the winning reality.

Cubes that cannot be changed, aka scenes that have a singular alternate and almost anything related to the Fox family, are ringed in blinding gold and cannot be touched by Cero, the only being able to interact with the alternate timelines.

Fox Family
Half a millenia ago, the ancestors of the Fox family made a deal with the trickster spirit known as Ayatana that, in exchange for immortality, she would be able to roam their world instead of being trapped in the Veit. She was unable to give them true immortality, instead fixing their survival in the timeline of the Veit. This means they are unable to die by accidental or intentional means and can only through old age. Even suicide is made impossible by seemingly innocous events always occuring in time to save their lives. Her ability to enter their world and roam it through the linking of their fates with the Veit weakened the walls between the two worlds just enough for them to interact, starting the chain of events that led to the development of Resilients/Zeroes and Fascimiles.

Resilients/Zeroes
Resilients/Zeroes are so named for being unable to see the fake realities constructed by fascimiles by illusionists. For example, a road is illusioned to look like it has been painted but it has not. A Resilient will be unable to see the lines and will veer between lanes. The danger this poses to the order of society means that they are vilified and unable to participate in the social contract. They are also used as power sinks for Illusionists, meaning their existence has been commodified.

The creation of a Resilient/Zero has nothing to do with genetics. Every time an individual experiences a near-death experience they become more prone to entering the Veit and more susceptible to becoming Resilient. Research on this this is difficult due to human rights concerns and yet proceeds in secrecy.