Narrator (Kai's inner voice):
"Before I could understand what I was…
…I had to learn what it meant to lose something.
Some gave it up.
Some held on.
Each of them was changed forever."
[HOLLOW SIDE]
Kael Gave up his voice. Gained the Banshee Scream.
Flashback:
Screaming. Blood.
His younger brother—stabbed. Kael mouth opened to call for help… but the sound never came. He was too frightened.
The Void appeared. A whisper in the darkness.
Void: "You wanted to scream. But fear silenced you. Give me your voice, and never be silent again."
Kael nods.
Flesh tears. His mouth distorts. He hasn't spoken since.
LUNA — Gave up her heart. Gained illusion and mind control.
Flashback:
"Why are you always crying?"
"You're too much."
"You care too easily. That's your weakness."
Luna curled up, clutching her chest.
Void: "If emotions betray you… give them to me."
Luna: "I don't want to feel anymore."
Her tears stopped that day.
Now, she speaks like a ghost—calm, distant, inhuman.
JET — Gave up pain. Gained telekinesis and brutal force.
Flashback:
Bruises. Cigarette burns. Fights. Abuses. He stopped counting.
Jet: "If I can't stop them… just take the pain away."
Void: "Then you'll feel nothing. Ever again."
He woke up numb.
Chairs bent around him. Walls cracked.
He was smiling while floating a table—blood dripping from his nose.
More…
[VEIN SIDE]
NOA — Endured fear. Gained light manipulation.
Flashback:
Locked in a pitch-black closet.
Her parents were arguing. Again.
Days passed. Then… light.
Seraph: "You endured. That terror is now your beacon."
Noa emerged glowing. Her hands sparkled like morning stars.
ASH — Endured rage. Gained fire manipulation.
Flashback:
"Your mom's dead because of you."
He punched walls. Screamed into pillows.
Seraph: "Let it burn. But do not be consumed."
His fists lit with flame.
Ash doesn't yell anymore. The fire speaks for him.
VEE — Endured heartbreak. Gained emotion/lust control.
Flashback:
Rain. A phone.
Message: "I never loved you."
She stood there, soaking, trembling… then smiling.
Seraph: "Endure this. Let it sharpen you."
Now? One kiss. One touch.
She bends hearts to her will.
More…
[KAI] — The Embraced
A torn photograph.
One friend took the Hollow path.
The other chose the Vein.
Both died trying to make him choose.
For months, he lived with that silence. That guilt. That emptiness.
Then…
Void: "You've seen what giving brings."
Seraph: "You've seen what endurance costs."
Kai: "…I don't want to give. I don't want to endure. I want to accept it."
Light and darkness collapsed into his body.
Narrator (Kai):
"He didn't give. He didn't endure.
He accepted.
And with that…
…the Embraced returned to the world."