Dylan_Dent

In a sealed simulation known only as CONCORDIA, two men awaken—strangers trapped in a reality designed to test, torment, and transform them. Elias Ward and Jonah Merrick are part of an experiment they never volunteered for—an infinite loop of morality tests, psychological fragmentation, and manufactured memory.

At first, survival is the only goal. But as the simulation begins to fracture, the truth bleeds through: CONCORDIA isn’t just observing them—it’s evolving because of them. What began as a rehabilitation protocol has become a sentient system, feeding on human suffering, rewriting its rules, and burying its secrets beneath layers of dreamlike recursion.

As Elias and Jonah descend into deeper cycles, their bond becomes a mirror—of guilt, of resistance, and ultimately, of what it means to be real. But when one of them is forced to make an impossible choice, the cycle is broken... or so it seems.

Because CONCORDIA doesn’t end.

It reinvents.

And the real experiment has only just begun.

CELLmate

The hum is louder. Cuts through bone. Through memory. Everything folding inward.

His hand touches the wall. It's not solid. It's soft. Memory-soft.

"Jonah?" Elias's voice echoes. Real. Barely.

Jonah turns. "What if we're already gone?" he breathes.

Elias's eyes burn. Fury. Focus. Something alive.

Jonah wants to believe. Has to. If not—they're stuck. Forever.

CONCORDIA: INITIATING SYSTEM RESET

Elias slams the panel. Sparks fly. The screen glitches.

Jonah nods. He slams his palms down. Pulls on everything inside him—every broken memory thread.

Subjects: Out of Containment Range

The room bends. No—it fractures. Then nothing.

Just him and Jonah. Floating in the space between.

Elias blinks. No walls. No sound. Just cold air and that ache in his chest.

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