ReubenZiro

One-two-three-start!—
Tick-Tick-Tick-Tick-Tick-Tick
Goes the sound of a metronome setting the tone for what’s to come…
What awaits?
A series of paths that twist and turn, halting and allowing you to advanced, the lines of what is real and what’s not is blurred
But what is real?
That is the question you’ll find yourself asking, or maybe you won’t at all,
The world might have already swallowed you up by them
Chewing your mind and dissolving your intrigue into it’s entity, it’s world it’s rings, it’s people,
And then it will spit you back up—
Tick-Tick
And the metronome would have stopped,
It stopped a long time ago,
It’s ticks setting the stage for another sound,
One you are spat into,
It begins and it ends
Eternal Requiem.

Eternal Requiem(v1)

A bell rings throughout the town as dusk draws near 


By the eighteenth elegant stroke, a peaceful silence sets. 


The people of Soterra are always at peace, always happy,


All minds here are dedicated and happy, 


…. I stare at a portrait of the 'last royal family', my mind thoroughly confused,


The king stands gloriously his face depicted sternly with a long red mane of a beard,


His wife beside him a beautiful woman with sparkling red eyes and a beautiful smile that exudes her love for the boy that stands between them, flaming red hair like his father a face blissfully unaware of the struggles he would soon face.


I don't know how I should feel about this, 


We never were really friends, so I'm not surprised he'd hide this,


But what am I feeling? I saw him blow himself up, he intended to kill all of us back there.


He lost his home and for years suffered while others thrived happily,


I feel his regret for not ever making it back, for not fighting back 


Meanwhile I survive and peacefully live out my years here,


No, I have to get out of here, I can't stay, I don't belong.


"Sir," I bow to the priest, "I thank you for hospitality, but I will take my leave now."


"Dedicate yourself before you go?" The priest implores 


I'm already making my way through the cathedral 


 I will dedicate myself to finding the truth,


The roads are empty as the moon draws into the soon night sky. 


The lights that illuminate the city are a sight of awe 


"State your purpose?" a guard asks as I approach the gate 


"Dedicate yourself and you may leave," he repeats 


"I don't need dedication, I need to leave'"


"Dedicate yourself and you may leave then" 


The guard adamantly refuses to let me pass 


Should I turn back? Head to the cathedral become 'dedicated'?


How do I get out of this situation peacefully?


"I will not dedicate myself to your cause," "I say calmly, I have my own cause to fulfil, let me pass and you may never deal with me again."


What would your cause be? the guard scoffs 


We dedicate ourselves so that we can be with God, like God and serve God 


You may not leave here ever unless you are like us!" he rants


'What if I'm not asking anymore?" I threaten getting irritated


"Look," the guard laughs, "God, who loves all beings still punishes those who stray and like him I will not hesitate to punish you" 


Cautiously I draw my bow, while my mind races in thought;


Should I be reasonable about this? Agree to head back to become one of them? 


"You are not permitted to," the guard sneers, dedicate yourself and you may stand a chance!"


Raising his hands, the guard lets out a blast of wind launching me into a solid stone wall.


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