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Chapter 45 - Velcyra

Scene 1: SMK Keningau II – Frozen Echoes

A sudden cold snap hits Keningau—students see frost forming on windows despite the tropical heat. Nel's palm-gear from Eryndor ticks once… and freezes.

Chelestar (touching it):

> "It's calling to something."

The sky darkens. A mirror appears midair, reflecting not reality, but alternate versions of Nel, Chelestar, and Azryael—dark, broken, or corrupted.

Azryael:

> "She's arrived. Velcyra… the Icebound Seer."

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Scene 2: The Mirror Gate – Portal to Glaciara

They step through the sky-mirror and emerge in Glaciara, a frozen wasteland of cracked ice temples and suspended time. The air is silent, but heavy with judgment.

On a frozen dais sits Velcyra, silver-haired, blindfolded, hands folded like a statue.

Velcyra (monotone):

> "Truth hurts. Let me show you yours."

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Scene 3: Trial of Reflection

Each is trapped in a Mirror Trial—not of illusion, but brutal emotional honesty.

Nel sees himself if he had grown up unloved, turning cold and cruel—a god of wrath instead of hope.

Chelestar sees a version of herself who burned her entire fox clan to gain more tails.

Azryael sees a world where she obeyed the Architect—and destroyed Earth to "cleanse it."

Velcyra (echoing):

> "Judgment is not punishment. It is truth unhidden."

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Scene 4: Reclaiming Their Truths

Nel breaks the ice first—not through power, but by hugging his dark self.

Nel:

> "You are me—but I choose better."

Chelestar and Azryael do the same, overcoming their fears not by denial, but by accepting their potential to fail—and striving anyway.

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Scene 5: The Icebound Seer's Response

Velcyra removes her blindfold—revealing mirror eyes that reflect every timeline.

Velcyra (softly):

> "You have passed… but I saw something deeper in you, Nel. Something buried even Eryndor missed."

She touches his forehead. A frozen mark appears: "Origin: Unknown."

Before she vanishes, she leaves behind a shard of mirror.

Velcyra:

> "If it shatters, so will your world."

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Final Scene: Back at School – A Quiet Moment

Nel stares at his palm—gear frozen. Mirror shard glowing.

Chelestar:

> "We're running out of siblings…"

Azryael:

> "No. We're getting closer to the truth."

In the distance, a dark rain begins to fall, each drop glowing like oil and blood.

Next sibling... comes from the Abyss.

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