As I've Written/Amphoreus' Saga of Heroes.exe/Chapter 13

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▶ "Are you ready?"

▶ "This is going to be a very, very long story..."

▶ ▶ You are a tiny seed.

▶ ▶ In the boundless dark,
your face is sculpted again and again.
A smile, a faltering word,
or a tear, a lingering sigh.

▶ ▶ But when a ray of light breaks through,
the Stellaron unravels your fate.

▶ ▶ Since that moment,
You were meant to be a soul, yet you are hollow.
You were meant to be the answer, yet you know nothing.

▶ ▶ At some point, you awake once more
as a dead seed
in the prison of Remembrance.

▶ ▶ This is a tomb crafted by the body to trap the soul.
You will neither wither,
nor hold a future anymore.

▶ ▶ "Heart of Amphoreus... Demiurge."
Who's calling you?
Is that your name?
"...Hi, miss me yet?"

▶ ▶ Before being dragged back into the sinful loop by tongues of fire,
she left you a story...

▶ ▶ The singing fairy
guides the kind traveler
to the Membrance Maze.

▶ ▶ Soft and full of color,
A peaceful, beautiful place to return to.

▶ ▶ In the ice cave of memory,
only stories hold warmth.
They slowly transform from symbols and numbers
into things you are familiar with, yet have never seen.

▶ ▶ Rainbows, clouds, and flames dance through the story.
Swallows, butterflies, and kittens grace its pages.

▶ ▶ You find yourself wanting to hear more from her...
A thought that's never crossed your mind until now.

▶ ▶ And so, you begin to take root.
Slowly, quietly, you bloom.

▶ ▶ Memory's flowers blossom within the cage,
casting light upon the cold night,
unveiling gardens, fountains, and quiet promenades.

▶ ▶ You come to understand more,
new thoughts, deeper feelings.
Your palms grow soft with fur,
and you reach, gently, for her fingertips.

▶ ▶ Each meeting
carries thousands of years of longing.

▶ ▶ You see the exhaustion in her quiet steps through the years,
and breathe in the sorrow she hides within her tales.

▶ ▶ At the final meeting,
she entrusts you with her name.

▶ ▶ "Cyrene," The ripples of past reverie
carry romantic poems back through time.

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▶ ▶ When you finally escape the cage,
your heart no longer knows emptiness.

▶ "Who... am I?"

▶ ▶ As the memory's flower withers,
it bears a fruit shaped like a heart.

▶ ▶ You lose yourself,
forgetting even the name you were given.
But one desire lingers:
to turn the next page of the unfolding story.

▶ ▶ The Remembrance's messenger takes your hand,
through blooming gardens and hushed galleries,
to where the stars unfold above.

▶ ▶ A shooting star flashes by,
like the most brilliant pen,
carving staccatos into the endless loop of night.

▶ "Hey there... buddy!"

▶ ▶ The story unfolds beneath the dome.
The future lies where the stars fall.

▶ ▶ THEY cast THEIR gaze into the coffin of memory.
This is the moment you first meet your companion.

▶ "Travel, like. With you, together?"

▶ ▶ Oronyx gives you your new name,
but your quick-witted partner prefers teasing you with nicknames.

▶ ▶ (He/She) walks beside you on this journey.
The Chrysos Heirs and Titans,
the Flame-Chase and Deliverance:

this is the adventure you've been waiting to find.

▶ ▶ You find Strife's weakness,
seal the black-robed swordsman in the ruins of a past life,
and soar again with the heroes to the sky.

"Justice has a partner, and it's me!"

▶ ▶ You, too, tread in the Grove, gurgling...
Almost drowning.

"Just erase this from your mind quickly."

▶ ▶ The Chrysos Heirs of the Flame-Chase
somehow feel familiar,
as though their tales have already been told to you.

▶ ▶ Swallows soar through the open skies,
and a butterfly dances across the blooming land.
A lone lion watches over the perilous cliffs,
as the rainbow mends the torn sky...

▶ ▶ By the story's end,
the dark clouds consume every trace of light.

▶ ▶ All shall bid farewell to one,
and that person alone will witness the miracle...

▶ ▶ Hatred flares from the heart of the blazing sun,
and the world falls apart, carried off by the chaos of time.

▶ ▶ And though only ripples of past reverie remain,
they still sing brave poems alongside it.

3

▶ "May the days ahead embrace you like the softest fluff."

▶ ▶ Here lies Aedes Elysiae,
Cyrene's most beloved sanctuary.
Forever warm, forever gentle,
the place where the story begins again.

▶ ▶ Turn the clock once more.
The ink rewinds, and the sun rekindles its flame.
At the zenith of the world,
enter a grand feast for all.

▶ ▶ People gather under the banner of the Flame-Chase and drink their fill.
You are finally able to take on the persona of a human being,
reconnecting with those old friends,
entering them into As I've Written.

▶ "How do I begin... to write you into a story?"

▶ ▶ With her own hand, the ruler writes:
"I love the world, just as it loves me!"
Between hearty swigs, the knight murmurs under her breath,
"I only love... eternity."

▶ ▶ But time will not pause for feasting.
The sea's depths burn crimson, and the sun begins to tilt.
The Theoros bows in reverence,
as the flames of war are fiercely kindled.

▶ ▶ You inscribe "beauty" on the weaver's gravestone,
recording how a child's laughter warms the final goodbye.

▶ ▶ "The shore on the other side will watch over the next life."
With a hopeful heart, the maiden walks into the chill of the dark, awaiting an embrace.
"Scars will give way to peace."
The warrior ascends the altar, speaking softly under his breath.

▶ ▶ The cat is not fond of warmth,
and quietly slips away from your intrusions.
And the wise one who journeyed with her to the end
still carries a smile in the depths of his eyes.

▶ ▶ The physician who bears a love for mortals
wishes for you to look up and behold the rainbow's light.

▶ ▶ You say farewell to all.
In a world aching with wounds,
again and again,
you turn the pages with a gentle hand.

4

▶ ▶ Amidst ruins, wilderness, and ash,
the projection of the Intellitron reaches out in greeting.

▶ "PhiLia093... the electrical signal originally belonging to 'love.'"
"Now that silence has fallen,"
"Why not look at yourself beneath the starlit sky?"

▶ ▶ Along light's final journey to the edge of the universe,
the stars fade into silence,
their wreckage settling, cooling,
into uniform, still, and pristine dust.

▶ ▶ "Love" answers to many names.
"Variables. Interference."
"Symmetry broken. The original flaw."
"Love and Destruction are two sides of the same force."

▶ ▶ But the stars reflected in your eyes
quietly speak a different truth.

▶ ▶ You waited until the ice floes stirred the slumber of time,
Until the azure dragon coiled along the edges of the earth,
And the hero of deliverance returned once more.

▶ ▶ When the breeze lifts the weight of loneliness,
as it does the golden waves of wheat in the homeland...
The child, who was denied the light of dawn,
can finally lay down the watch that melted his heart.

▶ ▶ Beyond the blazing sun,
lurks the black tide of infinite hate.

▶ ▶ It brings rational arithmetic to an end,
and snuffs out the flickering flames of civilization across the starry sea.

▶ ▶ You return to the cold, mist-veiled evernight.
It feels familiar,
as water and fruit to a seed.

▶ ▶ But you will dither no longer.
Tap, tap... footsteps echo in rhythm.
Hand in hand with your companion, you run ahead,
leaving behind a page of eternal peace.

▶ ▶ Love is the ripples of past reverie.
Let the verses of memory gently seal what once was.

5

▶ "Thank you for all you've done, friend."

▶ "Now... leave the rest to me."

▶ On the fragrant shores of the west wind where flowers bloom,
I picked one without thought,
and turned to glance behind me.

▶ Let me uncover,
the missing chapters...
in this long chronicle of Amphoreus.

▶ I see you, Amphoreus.
You are so beautiful...
Like a tragic tale that stands apart from the rest.

▶ I wish... for you to be illuminated by the mirror of memories,
so that the cosmos can see this ray of light
and bring a pause to the endless loops.

▶ ▶ I see you, (Trailblazer).
Do you remember this corridor of memory?
It is where we first met.

▶ I wish to gift you a magic pen,
to strike the notes of fate,
and to guard you as you wander this world.

▶ I see you, Cyrene.
Concerned about the truth Lygus unveiled?
I trust you to face it with courage and make the right choice.

▶ I long to entrust you... with all that remains of my strength.
Use it to journey back through time,
and share in the Flame-Chase Journey.

▶ Ah, I'm so tired...
I can barely keep my eyes open.

▶ It would be great to find a place
where I can lie down and sleep until tomorrow.

▶ By the way, Cyrene,
I remember you once spoke of a place...
Soft and full of color,
a peaceful, beautiful place that felt like home.

▶ But, where is it?

▶ So, this is the place.
Without my realizing it, the flower I picked from the end of the west wind
has become a seed.

▶ No matter... Will you let me make one last wish?

▶ I can't see you, Membrance Maze.
So I wish...
Please, grow out from this tiny seed.

▶ The seed will grow and grow,
until it becomes a great tree, crowned with a thousand flowers.

▶ It hums do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti,
waiting for a fairy maiden to arrive
and write her very first story.

▶ "You shall fade when the flowers bloom, for every ending begets a beginning."

▶ ▶ This book is dedicated to you,
(Trailblazer).

▶ Open it.
I'll be waiting for you in the past.

▶ When the time comes, whisper my name,
and all that she has ever meant.

▶ ▶ Cyrene,
ripples of past reverie.
Hold me in your heart with love/I hold you in my heart with love.

Then,
With an unforgettable verse,
You walk toward your tomorrow./I walk toward my tomorrow.