Timeline of Events

8,000+ Years in the Future:

• Unknown Time: A genetic switch activates in the evolved human population, drastically reducing birth rates and pushing humanity towards extinction.
• Unknown Time: Advanced technology, including dimensional travel ("folding") and AI companions (Helixes), is developed.
• Unknown Time: Folders begin traveling back in time to different dimensions, seeding new settlements and attempting to alter the course of history to prevent the genetic switch.
• Unknown Time: A devastating genetic plague ravages Earth, disproportionately affecting those lacking genetic diversity. This event reinforces the importance of genetic mixing and shapes the ethical framework of future society.
• Years Before the Main Story: A folder with a Helix dies under mysterious circumstances. The Helix and its technology are recovered by an unknown entity.

Present Day:

• **Beginning of the story:**Four friends in Singapore – a Healer (female), a younger girl with enhanced senses (queer), and two other friends (male) – playing a VR game encounter a dimensional door and are transported to a new world.
• The Healer encounters the Dark Elf, a scout from a militaristic faction of future humans, and learns about the existence of other folders and settlements. She discovers she possesses latent folding abilities.
• The Healer returns to her own time, visibly changed by her experience. Her friends later follow her through the dimensional door.
• **Events Leading to Book 2:**The friends, now equipped with Helixes and enhanced abilities, integrate into the new world and develop their roles within the community. The Healer’s latent folding abilities are recognized.
• Romance develops between the Healer and the Dark Elf, creating conflict and intrigue.
• The friends encounter the original folder who created the two-way door.
• The Dark Elf's true allegiance to his people creates tension and challenges the group's trust.

Future Events (Across Multiple Books):

• The espionage subplot unfolds, revealing hidden agendas and testing the characters' loyalties.
• The protagonists travel to different dimensions, encountering other groups of folders and facing various challenges that test their abilities and relationships.
• The mystery of the original folder's death and the recovered Helix deepens.
• The protagonists confront the threat of the Dark Elf's faction while trying to prevent the genetic plague and the activation of the genetic switch.