"Do you remember how it began?"
The voice drifted through the void, soft as the whisper of a dying star. No answer came.
The chamber was vast, its walls shifting with echoes of something long forgotten. Thousands of glowing sigils pulsed like fading memories, etched into the structure of the universe itself. At the center, a figure stood motionless before an ancient console. A hand reached forward—but the system did not respond.
"It has always been broken."
A pulse of light. The symbols flickered, fighting against the shadows. For a moment, the air itself trembled, as if resisting what was about to be revealed.
Then, the system responded -
[Celestial Archive - Access Granted]
[Query: Origins of Ascendancy ]
Retrieving…
► WARNING: Data Corruption Detected.
► WARNING: Unauthorized Access Detected.
System Override Engaged…
System Integrity Failing…
Error… Error… Error…
The light shattered. The chamber convulsed. Something had seen it.
The figure took a step back, but it was too late. The whispers rose, hundreds of voices overlapping, screaming, warning, demanding. The truth was not meant to be known. The system had never been whole.
And somewhere beyond the stars, a new cycle was already beginning.