Tagline: He burned the world. She stopped him. But Hollow doesn't end—he takes.
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5:30 P.M.
Ritual Site — Queen Maud Land
The sky is calm.
The rift is gone.
Naomi lies in the snow, barely conscious.
The Resistance's extraction chopper roars overhead.
> "Subject alive," a voice shouts.
"We're bringing her home."
She's fading.
Her blood coats the broken altar.
Her breath fogs weaker and weaker.
> "It's over," she thinks.
"It's finally over."
She closes her eyes.
And then—
She feels a hand on her chest.
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5:31 P.M.
The Impossible Return
Her eyes shoot open—
Silas is above her.
Bleeding.
Burned.
Missing half his face.
But smiling.
> "You thought I'd leave you behind?"
Naomi tries to grab her pistol.
He crushes her hand beneath his boot.
> "You broke the circle."
"You severed the gate."
"But the world is already infected."
> "And if I can't be born there alone…"
He leans close, whispering into her blood-slicked ear—
> "You're coming with me."
He plunges a ritual dagger into her heart.
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5:32 P.M.
Two Deaths
Naomi gasps.
Blood fills her mouth.
She grabs his collar—eyes blazing—
and stabs him again.
Both collapse.
The snow drinks them.
The world above screams for them.
But in the final moment—
Silas smiles.
The dagger in his chest pulses.
And so does hers.
Two lights burn.
One golden.
One crimson.
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???
Transition Between Worlds
There is no sky.
There is only wind, fire, and a massive clockwork gate.
Silas stands on a black bridge.
Holding Naomi's soul in his arms—like a child, like a corpse.
> "I told you I'd bring change."
"But the new world doesn't need just gods."
> "It needs balance."
He steps into the breach.
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Rebirth World — Aetherion
A sky of endless stars.
Forests made of silver leaves.
Dragons sleeping beneath oceans of glass.
In the middle of a crater—
two stars fall.
Silas Creed awakens, reborn in a younger body.
White hair.
Golden eyes.
A cruel smile.
And beside him—
a girl with raven-black hair and violet eyes, gasping her first breath—
Naomi Kisaragi.
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Final Line:
> "Now, Naomi," Silas whispers,
"let's burn a better world together."
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Arc 1 - The World Before the Flame"
Has Ended