New identity

(Sound of running footsteps)

As I run, I stumble and fall before a dual portal.

It looms before me, glowing faintly.

Through it, I see another world.

I’m scared… I’m sad… but I can’t stay here.

Pass… (no remorse)

Pass… (don’t look back)

I step through, closing my eyes, my heart pounding.

When I open them, I see… a world different from mine.

The air is heavy, the sky brighter but colder.

I reach a village.

The people there—angry, frightened—

Their eyes full of rage.

They move toward me.

Kill them…! (No!)

Kill them…! (NO!)

I start to run, dodging steel and arrows.

The clash of metal rings in my ears.

I don’t fight back. I just run.

Leaving the city behind me,

I disappear into the forest,

Branches tearing at my skin,

But I don’t look back.

Years pass. I become an adventurer.

I find companions, a party of kind beings.

For the first time, I feel… accepted.

One night, the truth is revealed.

I’m not human like them.

They turn their blades against me.

Kill them… (I won’t!)

Kill them… (I can’t!)

The voice grows louder, sharper, commanding.

But I resist. I close my eyes…

And when I open them again—

Blood.

I’m in a pool of it.

Their bodies surround me.

Their faces frozen in terror.

Once again, I am alone.

WHY?! WHY?! I didn’t want to kill them…

Why do you force me to do this?!

Why, my other self… WHY?! WHY?!

Why must I LIVE with this curse?!

With this curse?!