Self Discovery [4]

「 All will be consumed by the story and become characters. 」

Those were the words the [Black Box] whispered to me.

People. Readers. They were once residents of the Real World, before its ■■■. Now, they're trapped within the twisted narrative of Song of Nightmares.

I don't know what caused this phenomenon. I don't know how reality fractured and bled into fiction. But I do know this: the horror known as Story Assimilation has consumed everything.

Every person.

Every law.

Every fragment of the «Real World.»

The story had devoured every Extrafictional Characters.

The thought that everyone would, eventually, become nothing more than a character made something cold settle in my chest.

…Wait.

If everyone becomes a character, then what about the entities known as the Writers?

Would they be consumed by the story as well?

What about me?