Some memories melt quietly. Others scream as they fade."
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Everything was silent.
But not the silence that calms you —
This was Spiral silence… the kind that screams from the inside.
It puts a fake mask of peace over burning memories.
I — Aren Kael — had stepped into a new Spiral zone.
The Memory Furnace.
A place where memories didn't burn…
They melted.
And Spiral shaped that melted truth however it wanted.
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Tomo (flickering nervously):
> "Bro… you rejected the contract.
Now Spiral's retaliating… it wants to replace you —
With a new 'peaceful' Aren."
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Me (in my heart):
> "Peaceful… or fake?"
"Do you want to make me into something I never was?"
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Suddenly, a flare erupted.
A black Spiral sigil glowed across the floor.
And then… he appeared.
A version of me in white Spiral robes.
Emotionless eyes.
Expression dead.
Hollow Aren.
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Hollow Aren (calmly):
> "You are filled with pain. That's why your decisions are flawed."
"I am the Aren without pain. I follow Spiral's rules — perfectly."
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Tomo (warning, panicked):
> "Bro… every hit from him will force you to forget one memory!"
"Even if you win… something will be lost forever!"
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[SPIRAL MEMORY BATTLE START]
I raised my Spiral Rod.
Its flame flickered — dancing between red and golden.
Hollow Aren summoned a Spiral blade —
And when it touched me—
> FLASH:
My mother's face blurred.
For a moment, I couldn't remember her eyes.
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I staggered backward.
Breathing heavy.
Me (thinking):
> "No… without my memories… I'm nothing…"
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Hollow Aren (yelling):
> "Accept it. Pain is inefficient. Burn it."
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Suddenly —
A faint glitch in the Spiral zone.
A soft voice emerged.
Familiar.
Broken.
Real.
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> "I had forgotten everything…
But forgetting you hurt the most…"
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EIRA.
Half-real. Half Spiral flame.
She stepped forward — her presence flickering.
But her eyes… finally held emotion.
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Eira (reaching out her hand):
> "I'm remembering again, Aren.
Spiral tried to delete me.
But every time I vanished…
You kept showing up in my mind — like a spark that refused to die."
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She grabbed a Spiral Rod clone.
And cast "Memory Flame Bind" on Hollow Aren.
He froze.
Cracks splintered through his body like glass.
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Me (shocked):
> "Eira… how… how did you return?"
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Eira (smiling faintly):
> "I had forgotten everything."
"But you didn't forget me."
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Hollow Aren shattered in a silent burst.
The Spiral zone began to collapse.
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Tomo (relieved, shouting):
> "BROOOOO — YOU DID IT!!
The fake version is down — Spiral can't overwrite you anymore!"
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Final Scene:
Eira knelt beside me.
Her hands were burnt from Spiral flame.
But she smiled — like the memory of pain finally made sense.
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Me (softly):
> "You came back… whole."
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Eira (gently):
> "No, Aren.
I'm still rebuilding myself —
from the flame of forgotten memories."
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TO BE CONTINUED…