Notes From the Chained

A mysterious track posted on Inter-Knot by an anonymous creator, inspired by the hallucinations of a lost Hollow wanderer. The melody cuts off abruptly halfway through, yet its hauntingly precise evocation of the despair and disorientation of deep Hollow exploration made it a brief sensation.
It is said that an investigator, once lost, abandoned rescue efforts and instead followed the melody as his guide, wandering within the Hollow. The agony brought on by Corruption nearly blinded him, yet the tune continued to echo in his ears. In the end, he miraculously found a way out.
Later, this investigator who returned from the abyss became a well-known composer and finished writing the second half of the melody.

Notes From the Chained is an S-Rank, A-Rank or B-Rank Drive Disc series.

Descriptions

Partition One

Rust gnaws at time upon the wrists
Cold walls stand as the only thing to lean on
Long accustomed to this crushing weight
Stifled breaths repeat in endless cycles
Until worn down into a single grain of decayed dust

Partition Two

Thoughts melt like wax, dripping into a bottomless lake
The world peels like lacquer, shadows dancing on the ceiling
Distant birds sweep past, leaving behind fractured cries
Weightless descent blurs the line between dreams and wandering delusion

Partition Three

In shattered mirrors of bygone days, that irreversible loss is reflected
One misstep buries countless stars by one's own hand
Thus retreat into shadow, a sentence of eternal confinement pronounced
Amid the ruins of repentance, that heavy door is sealed shut by one's own hand

Partition Four

Silence crashes like thunder, cold sweat extinguishing the remnants of dreams
Deep within the chest, a withered heart begins to beat with unrest—
A sudden weariness of this immortal stillness
A longing to see once more that sky, both cursed and long forgotten

Partition Five

Trembling fingertips search every inch of every seam
No echo of iron, no chill of any lock
The gate was never truly closed
And so no key or incantation is needed

Partition Six

A golden tide surges forth, swallowing the imagined prison garb
Beyond the cage, wet snow drifts as warm sunlight hangs low
Shackles at the wrists grow light as nothing
The self-bound prisoner walks the road home

Gallery

Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	Notes From the Chained
Chinese (Simplified)	囚徒手记
Chinese (Traditional)	囚徒手記
Japanese	獄中の手記
Korean	수감자 수기 Sugamja Sugi
Spanish	Diario de una prisionera
French	Notes d'une prisonnière
Russian	Записки из западни Zapiski iz zapadni
Thai	Notes From the Chained
Vietnamese	Ghi Chép Tù Nhân
German	Notizen einer Gefangenen
Indonesian	Notes From the Chained
Portuguese	Diário de um Detento

Change History

Released in Version 2.7 - Champions Never Fall to the Past

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