The Storm and Stress: Organizing the Chaos Within Part 1

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Daniel Daedalus awakes in his basement flat alone. He's a man unprepared for manhood, who has been wondering, for some month: where things whent wrong, what kind of life is right for him, and what his life is amounting to. In this moment of reflection and the great contempt he vows to take on the examined life. The Storm and Stress is a philosophical, and psychological odyssey seen through the prism of ancient Greek thought and myth where Daedalus must see what lie behind the veil of the mirrored reflection of himself, and learn how to organize the chaos within before it's too late. The meta-story is based on Greek mythology. Prometheus has a son with a mortal woman and hides the boy away so that no one can discover his plan. Years later, Zeus, looking darkly upon humanity, decides to do them in again. Prometheus, humanity’s once savior, decides to step in and tells Zeus of a possible future where humanity once again praises the divinity with awe and piety. Zeus reluctantly affords Prometheus time if he can change the course of human history before it’s too late. Daniel Daedalus awakes from his basement flat alone. He doesn’t really know much about the world. He doesn’t know if there is a point to life, that life has a point. In this moment of reflection and the great contempt he promises to himself to take on the examined life and understand the mysteries within it. As the story unravels we find the protagonist living a dual life as though he were on the isle of the blest, contemplating questions of first importance, but then another aspect of his life is lived in the grit of hard work. He begins to read voraciously starting with Homer and making his way through history chronologically. Prometheus, watching his son struggle with life, wants him to see beneath the surface of these great works, so he makes a pact with Morpheus the god of dreams. Morpheus admits to Prometheus that they have something oddly in common, for they both have a certain sight. However, the ruling principle in Morpheus’ vision is shrouded in mystery. Morpheus agrees and Daniel’s dream world begins to haunt his subconscious where visions and allegories unravel in his psyche. Prometheus decides to further accelerate his education and traverses the Earth and sky in search for gods that will come to his aid in teaching Daedalus. They do: Athena, god of wisdom; Apollo, god of prophecy and poetry; Eusebeia, god of piety and prayer; Urania, god of astronomy; Dionysus, god of wine and religious ecstasy; and Psyche agree. By chance, at a café, Daniel happens to cross paths with a group of intelligentsia, who are the gods disguised as men and a woman, who plan to give wise counsel in their special way. Prometheus, also known as Soren, the god of foresight, takes on the role of the historian, because without hindsight there can be no foresight. They talk about the nature of metaphysics, history, depth psychology, and philosophy. Meanwhile, Soren and Daedalus breathe life into Plato and Aristotle. He meets a young woman who attends college named Nausica and they begin to fall in love. What Zeus did to the once noble titan race didn’t sit well with old Prometheus. Zeus begins to grow weary and restless of Prometheus’ plans and demands an update. However, Prometheus keeps Zeus in the darkness, because he has plans for Zeus, who rules more by might then by right. Then tragedy strikes and Daedalus comes into contact with his shadow and what really has a grip on his life. The mind becomes a labyrinth and something is not right with reality, but he can’t quite put his finger on it. Will he make it out alive and will Prometheus’ plan come to fruition?