Sesquipedalianism

by Gemma Mindell

This was a challenge to AI to find out how many crazy-big words it could use to write a story. It is not intended to be quality reading material, but rather it provides a source of words for an unusual word search puzzle at the end of the piece.

The interdisciplinary research team gathered within the environmentally shielded command center, overlooking the extraterrestrial excavation site. Their objective was the characterization of a massive, transcendentalist monument discovered beneath the Martian regolith. Chief Exobiologist Dr. Aris Thorne studied the microbiologically inert samples, noting the counter-revolutionary implications of finding such advanced paleoanthropology on a dead world.

The primary artifact—a shimmering, multidimensional monolith—exhibited uninterruptedly shifting geometric patterns. It pulsed with a bio-electromagnetic frequency that challenged every conceptualization of modern physics. “The proportionality of these carvings suggests a non-representative mathematical language,” Aris noted, his voice reflecting an over-intellectualization of his growing dread. He worried that the unpredictability of the object might lead to an institutionalization of panic among the colonies.

“We need a comprehensiveness in our data collection that exceeds current standardization,” suggested Sarah, the lead engineer. She was currently troubleshooting the intercommunication array, which had been suffering from electro-conductivity failures since the monolith’s activation. The incompressibility of the data packets being emitted by the stone was causing disproportionateness in their server loads, leading to unconventionality in the processing speeds.

Suddenly, a super-crystallization process began on the monolith’s surface. The air grew thick with photosynthetically active particles that shouldn’t exist in the vacuum-thin atmosphere. The industrialization of the site was halted as the instrumentalist alarms wailed. Aris watched as the unidentifiability of the energy signatures spiked. He felt an unscrupulousness in his curiosity, a drive to touch the surface despite the impermissibility of such an action according to safety protocols.

“The perpendicularity of the energy beams is aligning with the North Star!” Sarah shouted over the hypersensitivity of the sensors.

Aris realized the monument was a counter-intelligence device, a lighthouse designed to signal the interconnectedness of galactic civilizations. The reconstructionism of their history was happening in real-time. This wasn’t just a tomb; it was an internationalization of Martian heritage for an audience across the stars. He felt a sense of untrustworthiness toward his own previous theories of a desolate universe.

As the light reached its ultracentrifugation peak, the ground shook with unquestionability. The disestablishment of the surrounding scaffolding was instantaneous. Yet, amidst the chaos, a telecommunication link opened—not to Earth, but to the monolith itself. A voice, processed through electro-encephalography, resonated in their minds. It spoke of the unproductiveness of war and the interchangeability of souls across the cosmos.

The misinterpretation of their mission was now clear. They weren’t there to study a relic; they were being recruited into a super-intellectual collective. The oversimplification of their human existence was stripped away, replaced by an unprecedentedness of cosmic awareness. Aris looked at his hands, which seemed to shimmer with the same phosphorescence as the stone.

“The unpredictableness of this event,” Aris whispered, “is matched only by its irreplaceability.”

The reversibility of the process was nonexistent. As the command center was flooded with light, the representativeness of the human race changed forever. They were no longer just inhabitants of a small blue planet; they were part of an intercontinental… no, an intergalactical community. The unsubstantiality of their previous fears vanished as the oversensitization of their spirits began.

The interrelationship between the creators and the seekers was finally established. As the dust settled, the unattractiveness of the barren red world was gone, replaced by a spectrophotometry of colors never before seen by human eyes. Aris smiled, embracing the unconventionalism of their new reality, ready to begin the re-industrialization of the soul.