Alright, listen up
I'll first like to ask you to forgive me if the first three chapters seem like time travel..but what else could I do..I didn't want to dump all the whole details at the initial.
. You just met Leo, our resident 'error'. And let me tell you, that word – error – it's been rolling around in my head for months, probably doing more damage than the Crimson Rain itself.
See, when I first thought up this whole Aurafall mess, I wanted power to be… messy. Not just 'poof, fireballs!' but something fundamental, something that redefined what it meant to be human. So you get your Ascendants and Dormants. Neat. Simple. Except, what about the truly broken ones? The ones who don't even fit the broken mold?
That's Leo.
An error isn't just a mistake, you know? It's something the system doesn't know how to categorize. It's a glitch in the Matrix, a line of code that refuses to compile. And in a world suddenly run by a very specific, very literal system (Aura, classifications, marks, all that jazz), being an error isn't just an inconvenience. It's… a statement.
Is it a curse? Maybe. Everyone else gets something. A glowing mark, a hidden potential. Leo gets… nothing. Or does he?
And then there's the whole Rebirther/Regressor thing. Aira's been doing this dance for a while, right? Nine times, I think I mentioned? (My notes get messy after the third apocalypse.) But each rebirth is a new chance. A new chance to fix things. Or screw them up worse.
The beauty (and terror, for me as the writer) of this cyclical nightmare is that every small choice, every tiny 'error' along the way, can ripple through decades. It's not just about one life; it's about the very fabric of possibility. And when you have an 'error' at the heart of it all? Well, things get interesting. And by "interesting," I mean "I have to rewrite five chapters because Leo breathed wrong."
So, yeah. That's a little peek into my brain when I'm not busy torturing characters or plotting world-ending events. It's about taking something that seems like a weakness, like an 'error', and turning it into… well, you'll see. It's usually much more fun when things break.
Just try not to think too hard about it. Or do. Your choice. My headache.
Catch you in the next chapters. Don't die before then. (Unless you're Leo. Then it's fine.)