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Chaotic pain floods the M.I.N.D.
M.I.N.D... not the brain...
A crimson spiral tower materializes and crumbles at the periphery of your sight, space fractures and then mends, while red light penetrates the dim sky.
┛┛Wake... up┛┛┛┛
┛┛┛┛Com┛mandant...┛
┛┛Wake...┛┛
Sharp thorns embrace the white bird.
Countless familiar silhouettes struggle at the edge of time and space.
She battles fiercely within the crevice, all for a sliver of hope.
They...
Jagged crystals scatter as blood-red mist permeates the air, their "projections" appearing on every refractive surface.
Then I...
Who am I?
You find yourself relentlessly chased by eerie shadows, your body slowly dissolving. You ascend this strange staircase, pushing onward until you reach the very top...
Who am I?
Raise your head before the <phonetic=reality>mirror</phonetic>. Tell me—
Gray Raven Commandant... Who are you, exactly?
I am...
I'm the Gray Raven Commandant.
I am a ghost who drowned at the bottom of the sea.
I am the newborn "chaos"—Chaos.
I'm [player name].
I... am "me".
Something shatters deep within you, and your consciousness suddenly snaps into perfect clarity as if the murky M.I.N.D. is washed through by ice water.
Pair after pair of hands grasp yours, dragging you free from those complex information whirlpools.
With the aid of the Hetero Tower, you briefly attach your gaze to the Hetero-Creature known as Chaos.
As far as the eye can see, "you" stand on an empty platform, white fog permeating the surroundings as a spiral staircase extends endlessly toward the heavens.
Vonnegut lies collapsed to one side.
This place doesn't seem like a safe spot to linger.
After a moment's hesitation, you return to the platform and drag along the unconscious agent. Regardless, he could serve as an aid in this tower.
Even though he's grown suspicious of you, he's left with no other option.
At the platform's edge lies an abyss of nothingness.
Around the staircase, countless gates stand on platforms of varying sizes.
Where is this place exactly? You don't recall seeing an area like this when you were in the Hetero Tower...
Just as you hesitate over which direction to take, or whether to call out to Ishmael, the path behind you suddenly begins to collapse.
With no time to think, you drag the unconscious agent forward, throw open the nearest gate, and rush inside.
In the whirl of movements, a familiar symbol catches your eye, etched on the gate. Vonnegut appears to be awakening, softly murmuring something...
The Four-Winged White Raven spreads its wings.
