Part 1: Shipwrecked in Story Graveyard
The Bloodwind Maiden crashes into a sea of liquid parchment, dissolving into inky waves.
Nirah (coughing ink): "Welcome to the dumping ground of bad endings."
Around them:
A frozen knight mid-betrayal.
A princess turned to glass.
Kael's discarded clones, all whispering: "Why didn't we win?"
System Alert:
> [ADAPTIVE DEFENSE ACTIVATED]
[Your "Harem Protagonist" aura repels narrative corrosion.]
Aiden: "So my rizz is a life-saving skill now?"
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Part 2: The First Aiden's Skin
Nirah's eyepatch burns—revealing its origin.
Flashback:
The First Aiden flayed his own flesh to create anchors against the Scriptwriter.
Lysara was his first ally, tasked with hiding them.
Nirah (pained): "I didn't steal this. It chose me."
Ignisia snarls at Lysara: "You knew and didn't tell us?!"
Lysara (shrugging): "You didn't ask."
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Part 3: The Inkling Rebellion
The discarded plots attack, forming a monstrous amalgam of every "erased" character.
Battle Tactics:
Elara fights a corrupted version of herself (who married Kael).
Ignisia's fire burns words instead of flesh.
Aiden's New Skill: [Plot Armor Pierce] — Taunting the monster with "Your story sucked anyway."
Critical Hit. The creature screams in the Scriptwriter's voice.
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Part 4: The Librarian of Lost Causes
They escape to a floating archive, guarded by a woman with quill-shaped scars.
The Librarian: "Ah. Iteration #48. You're late."
Her revelation:
The Scriptwriter was once human—a novelist who hated his own ending.
The real enemy? The Audience, a cosmic force that demands tragedies.
Aiden (realizing): "We're not breaking his rules. We're breaking yours."
The Librarian smiles. "Exactly."
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Cliffhanger: The Price of a New Arc
To leave, Aiden must surrender a memory.
Options:
1. His first death (the vending machine).
2. His first kiss with Ignisia (Life #1).
3. The moment he truly trusted Lysara.
Nirah's eyepatch bleeds. "Choose wrong, and we all unravel."
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Next Chapter Teaser:
Memory Loss Arc: What if Aiden forgets why he fights?
Lysara's Betrayal: "I serve the real hero."
Kael's Redemption: "I remember… nothing."
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