The Forgotten Flame
Location: Void Echo Abyss]
Time… was afraid of itself.
I — Aren Kael — stepped into a place with no sound, no memories.
Only one thing lived here —
"Something I tried to forget… but never really could."
Below me, a black Spiral flame burned — but it gave off no light.
And from above, every second, a memory fell —
broken… bleeding… screaming.
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Tomo (whispering, scared):
"Bro... this isn't just a Spiral zone...
This is Spiral's regret.
All the memories that were lost — they're chained here."
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Eira was with me —
but her eyes… they were shaking.
She was trying to remember something…
But Spiral was rewriting her thoughts in real time.
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Eira (voice glitching):
"Aika... was she my best friend... or did she…
No… I came to save her… or…
Did I come to kill her…?"
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Me (in my head):
"Spiral isn't erasing us…
It's replacing us."
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Then…
a twisted Spiral scream echoed across the abyss —
And it appeared —
A Void Entity.
Half-formed. Pitch black.
Spiral rings where ribs should be.
Eyes with no pupils — only shattered time glowing inside.
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Void (calmly):
> "Aren Kael... whether the Spiral burns or remembers — it doesn't matter.
All your versions… are just echoes of Spiral.
But you… you became the Spiral itself."
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I raised the Spiral Rod —
But something was different.
It wasn't my rod anymore.
It was white —
Like someone else had touched it first.
And then…
A voice.
Small. In pain. Familiar.
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> "You are me… but I'm the you…
who never touched the Spiral at all."
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[Scene Shift: Inside a Memory]
A small version of me —
Standing there. Weak. Scared. Alone.
His hands were empty.
His eyes had only one request:
> "Please… don't fight the Spiral… just run."
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Me (softly):
"…You're who I was.
The one who just wanted to escape."
> "But now… I don't want to run anymore.
I'm ready to burn."
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Suddenly —
The Void Entity attacked.
Black Flame Surge!
The entire arena twisted.
The Time Scrolls began to scream.
Eira cried out —
Her memories glitching wildly:
> "Who… am I?
What am I becoming…?"
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I raised the Spiral Rod —
It pulsed with three flames:
> Epoch Mirror + Flame of Resolve + Null Core Fragment
= Triple Spiral Flame
I looked back at my younger self — and whispered:
> "You forgot who you were.
But I won't.
I'll keep you alive… inside my memories."
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Final Move:
Flame Echo Shatter!!
A white-red Spiral flame burst from the rod —
It pierced the Void Entity —
And pulled out its very first memory.
Inside that memory…
was a face.
Lunara Vale.
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Void (screaming):
> "YOU MADE ME REMEMBER—
NOW I CAN NEVER FORGET MYSELF…!!"
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The entire Void Abyss trembled.
The Time Scrolls collapsed.
A rift opened —
with a staircase rising toward the sky…
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Tomo (softly):
"Bro… you didn't burn a memory…
You saved it."
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Eira (smiling faintly):
"For the first time…
Spiral isn't hurting me.
It's showing me the truth."
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Final Shot:
Aren, Eira, and Tomo walking up a white staircase.
The Spiral Rod glowing softly in Aren's hand.
In the background…
a line appears in the air:
> "When someone forgets a memory…
Spiral turns it into one."
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TO BE CONTINUED…