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Chapter 2 - The Arrival of Jesh

Location: Earth – Forest, shrubs, ruins of a broken city

Time: The Day of Human Reawakening (Forty Zero Years Later)

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Scene Begins

The sky trembles.

Clouds twist violently as the blue heavens turn golden—then a deep, bloody red.

And in a single instant—

a black flash, as if gravity itself has torn apart.

Hovering a hundred meters above the ground, a boy materializes—

black-gold hair, alien-like armor, eyes glowing like molten stars.

Name: Jesh

> The Warrior from the Gravity Planet.

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[Jesh – descending slowly, scanning his surroundings]

> "What… what is this place?

Is this really Earth?

My parents told me about towers scraping the skies, flying machines, radiant cities…

and now—"

(He clenches his jaw, eyes darkening with anger and sorrow.)

"Nothing left. No buildings, no technology.

And these people… they don't even wear clothes?"

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The People:

Emerging from the forests—humans newly awakened from the Titanium Sleep.

Their state:

Barely covered with leaves and bark, eyes wide with fear and confusion.

Some collapse to the ground in terror.

Some bow, whispering "a god has descended."

Others scream—

> "He's floating! A man in the sky!"

"He's not human!"

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[Jesh – landing, voice filled with restrained fury]

> "Forty Zero years… has it really been that long?"

(He clenches his fist; a wave of gravity ripples outward.)

"Earth… you're not what you used to be.

And neither am I."

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Jesh's Gravity Aura erupts:

The ground quakes.

Dark clouds gather above.

Stones and shattered wood float mid-air.

People scream, kneel, some faint in sheer terror.

Then—

a voice echoes from behind.

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[Auri – calling out]

> "Stop, Jesh!

If you push any harder, they'll be torn apart!

These are the very people you came to protect!"

Jesh turns—

for the first time, someone stands before him unafraid.

A girl, eyes unwavering, meets his gaze.

He thinks—

> This girl… does she know me?

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Part Two: The First Spark of Recognition

Location: Ruins of the Old City, Earth

Time: Five minutes after Jesh's descent

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The sky has quieted now.

Most people have fled or fainted.

Jesh stands alone amidst broken stones, feeling the tremors beneath his fingertips.

He mutters softly—

> "Something's moving… inside the gravity itself.

Earth is dead… but something beneath it still lives."

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Then, a voice from behind—

> "Your name is Jesh, isn't it?"

He turns.

A girl stands there—shoulder-length hair, eyes sharp and luminous.

No weapon. No fear.

> "I knew you'd return," she says calmly.

"I saw you in my dream… the day my titanium sphere cracked open."

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[Jesh – suspicious]

> "Who are you?

And how do you know my name?"

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[Auri – faint smile]

> "I'm no great warrior.

But I saw the light that day—

the faint blue line rising from the titanium sphere,

shooting straight into the sky.

> Along with it, a name burned into my mind—'Jesh'—

the one whose DNA reshapes its own existence."

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[Jesh – stunned, then angry]

> "How much do you know about me?

Do you know what my Gravity Routine made me into?

I slept within flames.

I tore my body apart to rebuild it.

I erased every emotion.

I'm no hero, girl.

I'm just… a restraint."

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[Auri – calmly]

> "And maybe that's exactly what we need.

Because what's awakening now…

can only be restrained by someone like you."

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[Sudden Tremor]

The earth vibrates violently.

Jesh's eyes flare; he hears the pulse of the planet.

> "You feel that?" he asks.

Auri nods, trembling.

She points toward the ruins.

> "Something's rising… from beneath the city."

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[The ground splits open]

Stone shatters. Dust explodes outward.

From beneath the ruins, a creature emerges—

Height: nine feet

Body: human-like, but cracked with glowing titanium veins

Face: half-human, half-shadow

Eyes: hollow voids of darkness

This isn't an alien.

It's a mutated human—one who awakened incorrectly during the Forty Zero years.

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[Jesh – lifting into the air again]

> "So this is the beginning.

I can't hold back anymore.

I have to save this Earth."

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END OF CHAPTER ONE

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