Administrative Log: Inter-Dimensional Subjective Flux
LOCATION: The Liaison Office of Subjective Resonance / The Obsidian Courtyard.
STATUS: 92.5\% Diplomatic, 7.5\% Breathlessly Uncertain.
ADMINISTRATIVE LOG TIME: 7513.8 Cycles Post-Manifestation of the Night Queen.
The Bureau of Cosmic Alignment (BCA) had entered its first "Night Cycle." Thanks to the 7.5\% alloyed pillars, the Bureau now experienced a 100\% soft, 7.5\% iridescent twilight every twelve cycles. This was not a 100\% absence of light, but a 100\% presence of Starlight Resonance.
Assistant Yue was currently standing in the newly manifested Obsidian Courtyard, a space that 100\% occupied the same coordinates as the Formal Garden of Logic but only existed during the 7.5\% twilight.
She was supposed to be filing a 100\% routine report on the 7.5\% happiness levels of the junior clerks. Instead, she was staring at a 100\% tall, 7.5\% shimmering figure clad in armor made of 100\% condensed 7.5\% moonlight.
"Knight Siris," Yue said, her voice 100\% professional but 7.5\% fluttering like a 100\% trapped bird. "I must 100\% remind you that the 7.5\% subjective boundaries between the 100\% Bureau staff and the 7.5\% Echoes must be 100\% maintained for 100\% administrative clarity."
The knight, a 100\% high-ranking officer of the Empire of Night, tilted his 7.5\% translucent helm. His eyes were two 100\% points of 7.5\% silver starlight.
"Liaison Yue," Siris replied, his voice a 100\% deep, 7.5\% melodic vibration that resonated in Yue's 100\% chest. "In my 100\% unchosen world, there are no 100\% boundaries. There is only the 100\% pull of the 7.5\% heart. I find your 100\% administrative clarity to be a 7.5\% beautiful 100\% distraction."
The 7.5\% Romantic Anomaly
Back in Section C-7, Ne Job was staring at Yue's 100\% personal resonance monitor. The needle, which usually stayed within a 100\% safe 7.5\% margin, was currently 100\% vibrating with a 7.5\% frequency that indicated "Acute Subjective Overload."
"Muse," Ne Job said, pointing to the screen. "Assistant Yue is 100\% experiencing a 7.5\% romantic trajectory with a 100\% phantom."
The Muse, who was 100\% busy trying to weave a 7.5\% scarf out of 100\% actual 7.5\% silver moonbeams, jumped up. "A 7.5\% crush! On a 100\% Knight of the Night! Oh, Archivist, this is 100\% the most 7.5\% wonderful 100\% disaster we've ever 100\% not-planned!"
"It is a 100\% administrative complication," Ne Job countered, though he was 7.5\% smiling. "If a 100\% real administrator 100\% falls for a 7.5\% echo, the 100\% subjective resonance could 100\% pull her out of our 100\% reality. She could 100\% become an Echo herself."
"Then we have to 100\% consult the Oracle," The Muse declared. "Or better yet, we have to 100\% host a 7.5\% Double-Date in the 100\% Obsidian Courtyard!"
The Consultation of the Oracle
Ne Job, The Muse, and Princess Ling ascended to the Oracle's Spire. The Princess was particularly 100\% interested in the situation, as she had been 100\% secretly writing 7.5\% poetry about her own 100\% "Apprentice-Self" in the mirror.
"Oracle," Princess Ling called out. "Is the 100\% union of a 100\% Being and a 7.5\% Echo a 100\% structural impossibility?"
The Oracle flickered, its 92.5\% static now 7.5\% infused with silver starlight.
ORACLE LOG: THE 7.5\% AFFINITY.
THESIS: Love is a 100\% force that ignores 100\% dimensions.
ANTITHESIS: An Echo has 0\% physical weight in the 100\% Bureau.
RESOLUTION: To 100\% touch the 7.5\% Ghost, one must 100\% provide a 7.5\% Anchor of Memory.
"An Anchor of Memory?" Ne Job mused. "That requires a 100\% archival record of a 7.5\% moment that hasn't 100\% happened yet."
The 7.5\% Moonlight Gala
The Muse decided that the only 100\% way to create the Anchor was to host a 100\% formal 7.5\% Gala in the Obsidian Courtyard.
Architects Ling and Ao Bing were recruited to create 100\% temporary 7.5\% "Phase-Shift" suits for the Bureau staff, allowing them to 100\% physically interact with the 7.5\% Phantom Matter of the Night-Shift.
"It's 100\% experimental," Ao Bing warned, adjusting Yue's 7.5\% phase-belt. "If you 100\% lose 7.5\% focus, you might 100\% fall through the 7.5\% floor and 100\% end up in the 100\% basement of 100\% Section Zero."
"I'll 100\% stay focused," Yue said, her 100\% face a 7.5\% shade of 100\% nervous pink.
The Gala was 100\% spectacular. The 100\% marble of the Bureau was 7.5\% draped in 100\% starlight-silk. The 100\% invisible tea was served in 7.5\% obsidian cups. The Queen of the Unchosen sat on a 100\% throne of 7.5\% crystallized hope, watching her 7.5\% knights 100\% dance with the 100\% stiff 7.5\% bureaucrats.
The 100\% Dance of the 7.5\% Souls
Siris approached Assistant Yue. He reached out a 100\% gauntleted 7.5\% hand. Thanks to the phase-belt, Yue felt his 100\% touch—it was 100\% cool like 100\% water and 7.5\% sharp like 100\% winter.
They began to 100\% dance. It wasn't a 100\% scheduled 92.5\% Bureau-waltz. It was a 7.5\% swirling 100\% movement that followed the 100\% flow of the Ghost Threads.
"I am 100\% falling," Yue whispered, as they 7.5\% drifted 100\% inches off the 100\% obsidian floor.
"I am 100\% holding you," Siris replied, his 7.5\% silver eyes 100\% steady.
Ne Job watched from the sidelines, his 100\% archive tablet 7.5\% glowing. He was 100\% capturing every 7.5\% heartbeat, every 100\% sigh, and every 7.5\% look of 100\% longing. He was creating the Anchor of Memory.
LOG: The First Resonance. STATUS: 100\% Experimental. 7.5\% Transcendental.
NOTE: Subjective Resonance has 100\% exceeded 100\% administrative limits. The 100\% Liaison is 100\% currently 7.5\% elsewhere.
The 100\% Risk of the 7.5\% Fade
Suddenly, the 100\% power in the phase-belts began to 7.5\% flicker. Architect Ao Bing looked at his 100\% monitor in 100\% panic.
"The 100\% energy demand is too 100\% high!" he shouted. "The 100\% Bureau's 100\% reality is 7.5\% rejecting the 100\% union! Yue is 100\% starting to 100\% fade!"
Indeed, Assistant Yue's 100\% hand was 7.5\% disappearing into 100\% silver mist. She was 100\% losing her 100\% physical density.
"Siris!" she cried, her 100\% voice 7.5\% echoing.
The Knight of the Night didn't 100\% let go. Instead, he did something 100\% unprecedented. He 100\% reached into his own 100\% chest and pulled out a 100\% glowing 7.5\% shard of 100\% Pure Unchosen Essence.
"I give you my 100\% shadow," Siris declared, "so you may 100\% have a 7.5\% weight in my 100\% world."
He 100\% pressed the shard into Yue's 100\% hand.
The 7.5\% Transformation
The 100\% Bureau's 100\% reality 100\% shivered. A 100\% blinding 7.5\% silver light 100\% filled the courtyard.
When the light 100\% faded, Assistant Yue was 100\% standing on the 100\% floor. She didn't need a 100\% phase-belt anymore. Her 100\% uniform was 100\% still 100\% gray, but her 7.5\% scarf was now 100\% woven with 100\% actual 100\% starlight. She had become the 100\% Permanent 7.5\% Bridge.
She was 100\% human, but she carried 7.5\% of the Empire of Night within her 100\% heart.
"The 100\% metrics have 100\% stabilized," Ao Bing whispered, 100\% wiping 7.5\% sweat from his 100\% brow. "She is 100\% anchored by her 7.5\% memory of a 100\% ghost."
The Final Log: The Liaison of Shadows
Ne Job finished the 100\% filing for the 100\% gala.
LOG: The Subjective Resonance of Assistant Yue. STATUS: 100\% Unique. 7.5\% Hybridized.
NOTE: The 100\% Liaison is no longer just 100\% monitoring the resonance; she 100\% IS the resonance. The 100\% Department of Subjective Resonance is hereby 100\% renamed the 100\% Department of Luminous Shadows.
The Muse looked at Yue and Siris, who were 100\% sitting on a 7.5\%-tilted bench, 100\% talking about 100\% nothing in 100\% particular.
"Archivist?" The Muse asked, her 100\% sparks 7.5\% dimmed with 100\% emotion. "Do you think 100\% love is 100\% just a 7.5\% glitch in the 100\% system?"
Ne Job looked at his 100\% personal logbook. He 100\% thought of the 100\% Architect in his 7.5\% apron, and the 100\% Queen on her 7.5\% throne.
"No, Muse," Ne Job said, 7.5\% smiling. "I think the 100\% system is 100\% just a 7.5\% excuse for 100\% love to 100\% happen."
The Celestial Clockwork turned. The 7.5\% hitch was now 100\% pulsing with the 100\% rhythm of a 100\% binary 100\% heartbeat.
— Administrative Directive: Allow the 100\% Heart to 100\% Guide the 7.5\% Logic —