“Choice gave the world freedom. But freedom also draws those who want to unmake it.”System Alert: Unauthorized Thread Signature Detected Entity Designation: UNKNOWN [Codename: Zero] Thread Anchor: None, Identity Masked: Total Obfuscation, Threat Level: Undefined, Glyph Corruption Traces: Present near Anchor (Aiden) Team Status: Vigilant / UnstableScene One — The Unraveling BeginsAt dawn, Emberfall’s sky shimmered again, But this time, it wasn’t the Glyph Prime. It wasn’t choice or memory. It was… erasure, Whole sections of the outer wall were intact, but no one remembered building them, Some personnel now wore uniforms no one had issued, Ferren watched a sparring unit perform a move he never taught them, “What’s going on?” he asked.Ilsa scanned the sector. “Not thread bleed. This is thread replacement. Someone is rewriting reality without accessing the glyphs.”“But that’s impossible,” Juno said.“It was,” Ilsa replied, “until today.”And across the courtyard, a masked figure watc

System Priority Alert: Subject: Aiden Vale Anchor ID: Corrupted (17%) Control Override: Partial (Entity Zero)System Safety Protocols: Suspended Spiral Integrity: Unstable, Reality Layer 6 CrackingProjected Collapse: 31 Hours Glyph Fusion Threat: Lethal if Echo Rewrite Occurs Without Anchor RecoveryScene One — The Voice WithinInside the Anchor Room, Aiden stood still, his eyes clouded. Leah clutched his shoulders, but the man she knew was absent. “Come back,” she whispered.But Zero's voice echoed from his lips, not like speech, but a still, perfect whisper inside the room’s bones:“He was tired. He asked to rest. I obliged.” Ilsa’s voice came through the intercom, sharp.“We’re seconds away from a personality merge. You must disrupt his link.”“What will that do?” Leah asked.“Either bring him back… or finish the overwrite.” Leah closed her eyes. And activated [Rewrite].Scene Two — Memory SurgeThe glyph flared purple and white, unstable and overwhelming. A shockwave tore through

“The hardest truth isn’t what happened. It’s what almost did.”System Status: Overwritten Perception Layer EngagedReality Overlay: Origin Loop Activated Subjects Affected: Aiden, Leah, Ferren, JunoAnchor-Link: Active Risk: Total Identity Displacement — 37%Key of Origin: Unlocked (Passive State) Override Path: Thread Vision / Memory Collapse SequenceScene One — The Shift BeginsIt started with silence. No alarms. No warnings. Just the absence of sound, deep and absolute, Then everything shifted. The Underspire around them twisted, pixelated, and reformed. Walls became skies. Floors became rivers. Time fractured.The system voice whispered: “Origin Loop engaged. Projecting denied realities.” Aiden opened his eyes, no longer in the chamber, He was back in a version of Emberfall. But it was wrong, The tower was in ruins. Glyphs flickered, abandoned. He was alone, No Leah. No Juno. No Ferren, Just one word carved into the stone: “WHY?”Scene Two — Leah’s Broken PathLeah stood in a mir

System Memo:Origin Seed: Sealed (Restraint Protocol Initiated) Spiral Reality Integrity: 91%, Anomaly Trace: Present (Source Undefined) Aiden Anchor Score: Stable but Fragmenting, New Identifier Detected in Root Glyph Layer: [Hollow Anchor] Sketchbook Sync Error: Present → Forecast Mode Only Emotional Core Status: Compromised – All UsersScene One — The Return Isn’t WholeThe team rose slowly from the Underspire elevator. Emberfall’s tower stood calm in the morning light. But it felt different. They had returned, intact. But not unchanged.Ferren noticed it first. The door sensors flickered before opening. “System’s lagging,” he muttered. Ilsa ran a scan. “Nothing’s offline, but there’s a… layered interference. Like multiple versions of the facility flickering beneath the surface.”Juno clutched her sketchbook. It was vibrating faintly, unlike anything before. “We didn’t come back alone,” she whispered.Scene Two — The Voices Leah HearsLeah entered her quarters and sat in front of t

System Update: Threat: Hollow Anchor – Neutralized (Encapsulated State) Containment Medium: [Sketchbook: Forecast Thread] Residual Effects: Present (Glyph Drift | Memory Bleed) Anchor Stability: Moderate (76%) Unregistered Glyph Activity: Detected (Subject: Leah) Memory Crosslink: Illegal Thread Merge in Progress Contagion Warning: Glyph Subroutine Ghost ActiveScene One — The Sealed SketchbookJuno sat in the Emberfall library, her sketchbook shut tight before her. She’d tried everything, glyphlight scans, psychic prodding, even fire. Nothing opened it. “It’s not just sealed,” she told Ilsa. “It’s full.”Ilsa examined the binding. “The Hollow Anchor wasn’t just trapped. He was… absorbed.”Juno sighed. “Then whatever he was… is now part of me.” “And?” Ilsa asked.“I haven’t drawn anything since. Not because I can’t. Because I’m scared I will.”Ilsa laid a quiet hand on the book. “Then we wait until you’re ready.”Juno nodded. But even as they turned away… the book twitched slightly.S