Story Reader / Main Story / 33 Wither to Shine / Story

All of the stories in Punishing: Gray Raven, for your reading pleasure. Will contain all the stories that can be found in the archive in-game, together with all affection stories.
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Ishmael

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What a stubborn little one.

Standing before the massive stellar ring, Ishmael flips through the book in her hands.

Crimson-gold text quietly appears and vanishes, a new "path" now manifested on the final page.

Truly... a "miracle".

Or perhaps, it cannot be called a "miracle".

The twilight of civilization is now illuminated by countless sparks—Lucia, Gray Raven Commandant, Nanami—

Countless struggling wills converge at this moment, erupting with a roar that shakes heaven and earth—

They refuse to meet the end once more.

The gears of fate quietly turn.

The woman with silver pupils reveals a peculiar smile.

Ishmael

...

She sees it.

She sees the "sparks" converging in the commandant's M.I.N.D.—

She sees the writings etched into the earth with their bones and blood—

She sees the roar of the entire civilization—

She sees it all.

Driven by all of this and more, she finally sees the "future" of this civilization.

Ishmael

Well, then...

Given this, she doesn't mind giving them a push.

This may cost her dearly, but a civilization like this deserves a future worth hoping for.

She is willing to stand alongside this civilization, to witness the ending that is rightfully theirs.

Ishmael

May the Four-Winged White Raven protect us...

The sound of metal colliding rings out as she shakes the dice in her hand—