La Vitalis Immortal Loss V011 Beta Bflat -

Core Premise A culture has engineered “la Vitalis,” a slow, bio-ritual process that preserves memory and identity beyond physical death. Over generations, unintended consequences—societal stagnation, memory inflation, and the erosion of grief—produce an epidemic called Immortal Loss: the paradoxical disappearance of meaning despite crowded continuity. Characters, communities, and artifacts navigate this tension: preserved lives that no longer anchor the living.