At last! I tried to leave a review earlier this morning but it was playing up. I've only read chapter one so far but already I'm enthralled about what's to come. Your writing is so evocative. Even when you're describing mundane things such as burnt lasagne there's a poetry about your description. I'll try and catch up with the rest very soon but I think I'm going to hit my Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable first to gen up on the classical allusions ;-)

Great dialogue between Smith and Kia! Again I sense another twist coming up. BTW someone else put this in another fic and a reviewer said "the Matrix code is not binary" but who cares? I love this fic!

Oh. I put allusions in there? No way!

Actually, come to think of it, there are a great many classical allusions. Hmmm... They probably hold a lot of the clues to the plot, being as they're so prevalent, e.g. the title, the opening sequence and maybe that whole murder bit.

Argus taking a hint from Isis? No. Isis is a figure in Egyptian mythology and I'm using Classical (i.e., GrecoRoman). Interestingly, Joseph Campbell compares Isis' wandering to that of Demeter/Diana. That truly is a coincidence there. Additionally, Argus did not get to go to Egypt as he was slain by Hermes, although his charge Io went-at least that's what Ovid says.

Sorry the allusions got the best of you. The allusions provide the framework that the story is built around. It's a fun way to drop clues and foreshadow-of course the night watchman is going to be named Argus. You can be completely ignorant of symbolic connections and still enjoy the story and in the end probably learn a thing or two about Classical mythology. Doesn't hurt to learn new things every so often.

Alsace? Nope, no geographic allusion there, just a first name-it's his last name that counts.

Just finished reading chapter 3 on your site.

Every time I read one more chapter, I come away with this feeling that I've just been through a long, philospohical art film. Your imagery is taut. I love the way you paint such vivid images with so few words. I only hope I can emulate you to some success. I also love the way you reveal details and information about the characters without just saying it. It wouldn't have been nearly as good if you'd just said "Kai is a _" I also like the interaction between Kai and the different Agents. Already I know a lot about the personalities of Smith and Brown.

Good job, dear! So dark and delicious!

I was gonna be a good little reader and read and review your lovely fic here, but your dark realm is so much better for setting the mood, so I'll go read it there and feedback you later. I already know this chapter will be great, wonderfully dark and full of oqi-brand detail and mayhem.

Oh. Oh my. The classical allusions are flying thick and fast - it's all I can do to stay afloat.

I find this promisingly dark - um, yeah. "Promisingly" ... when someone is dismembered in the first chapter. The many-eyed Argus shoulda taken a leaf out of Isis' book and stuck him back together. *snerk* sorry ...

So, is Alsace bitter because his lover Lorraine left him? :)

Intriguing...I would definitely like to see more. I have to admit I was a little confused at first with the switching between scenes (got lost once or twice) but eventually I figured it out. Can't wait to see how this story figures into The Matrix universe.