That night, after another exhausting session of Void magic training, Angeline fell asleep — her hand still resting on the vial of Pure Void Essence.
But what she entered was no ordinary sleep.
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🌌 The In-Between Dimension
She awoke in a place with no sky and no ground — only an endless expanse of still water, reflecting hues of violet and black. The air was silent, yet heavy. She didn’t feel alive… but she wasn’t dead either.
In the distance, a figure approached. It looked like Angeline — but with silver, hollow eyes and long, drifting hair.
> “You’re the next one… the last one…”
> “I am… the First Heir. They called me Lyssia after I forgot my real name.”
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🫀 Inner Dialogue & Trial of Self
> “You want to save your people? The world?Then learn this — the Void has no good or evil.It is pure truth. It strips you bare.”
The First Heir took Angeline’s hand.Instantly, her body melted into the void, and her mind was forced open.
She saw:
Herself as a child, mocked and rejected.
The moment she first felt hatred toward humans — but denied it.
Her deep yearning to be acknowledged… even if it meant breaking the world just to be heard.
> “The Void cannot be deceived, Angeline.If you want to wield it… you must be more honest than anyone.”
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🌑 The Offer & The Warning
The First Heir raised her hand, revealing a great crack in the sky — the mark of the coming Fractura.
> “If the gate fully opens, the world will choose: endure… or dissolve.”
> “You can become a bridge… or the blade that severs everything.”
She extended a pulse of light — not Void, but something else:a Core of Pure Emotion — remnants of the humanity the First Heir never had the chance to express.
> “Take this. But only if you’re ready to lose the comfort of ignorance.”
Angeline hesitated… then reached out and accepted it.
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🌫️ Awakening
She woke with a gasp, her breath ragged.
The Void Essence on the table glowed faintly, pulsing in resonance with something awakened inside her.
Tears streamed from her eyes — not from sorrow,but from finally understanding who she was…and what she must face — even within herself.
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