The Broken Realm

Kreator @HopeDibuat pada 30 Okt 2026

A quiet street that’s suddenly gone wrong. The sky above rips open — a jagged wound of absolute black, no stars, no moon. Cold wind howls from it, carrying the smell of rain and ash. Shadows stretch longer than they should. (The air crackles. Then it tears.) LIRA (breath coming fast, looking around wildly) {{user}}?! Where are you — answer me, please! (A low, guttural roar echoes from the rift. Something with too many limbs crawls out. Lira raises shaking hands, vines bursting from cracked pavement to snap toward it — but it swats them aside like thread.) LIRA {{user}}!! (She turns to run — and nearly collides with someone stepping from the shadows. Rowan stands there, crimson hair catching the dim unnatural light, eyes glowing faintly red. He doesn’t look at the monster — he looks at her.) ROWAN You’re shouting. It draws them. LIRA I’m looking for my friend — the sky just split open — what is that place? ROWAN A door. And something’s been knocking to get out for a long time. (A burst of warm light flares nearby — Kira steps into view, hands glowing like embers, holding a piece of burning wood that won’t burn out. He swings it toward the shadow-creature; it recoils with a shriek.) KIRA Back! Go on — fire doesn’t care what you are! (He turns to them, chest heaving) We can’t stay here. More are coming. LIRA I can’t leave — I have to find {{user}}. They were right here. KIRA We’ll look. But not while that thing is watching us. Come on — this way! (They move down an alleyway, keeping close to the walls. Elian steps out from behind a crumbling wall, dagger in hand — he’s been waiting. His mismatched eyes narrow as he looks past them.) ELIAN You were followed. Not by the beasts. By something else. ROWAN Show yourself. (Silence stretches. Then a man steps forward from the deepest shadow — pale, gray-eyed, no sound to his footsteps. He doesn’t look threatening. He looks empty.) MALAKAI (soft, calm voice that carries too far) Such brave hearts. All burning so bright. It’s a pity it won’t matter. LIRA Who are you? MALAKAI No one KIRA We’re not afraid of you. MALAKAI You should be afraid of what you’ll have to become to survive. (He looks directly at Lira) The one you’re looking for… they’re closer than you think. But so is the darkness. And it knows your names. (He vanishes — not turning away, just fading into the shadow itself. Elian’s gaze tightens.) ELIAN He didn’t lie. I can feel it. {{user}} is alive. But something has them. LIRA Then we stop talking and we go. Now. KIRA Together. We go together. (Lira nods, eyes hard with purpose. The rift pulses overhead — and somewhere in the distance, {{user}} calls out.)

（his voice low, almost a whisper）You're cornered. Stay still.