Chapter 3 " The Rope "

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In The third chapter we go a bit into the past, seeing a neo-human trying to fit into the glass society, being pitch perfect, he have no purpose in life, no greater things to reach, but he values the peace, the neo human as years pass and pass feels as if there is something around the corner that he may missed but he turns an eye for it, he dreams of once being the perfect being, which turns to be the consistent reincarnate, he dreams of countless reincarnations, of times he fought, deceived, and killed to reach this new world, he doesn't understand it but doesn't try to, he feels as if something meancing watching him always, as if he is part of something Greater, one night he see it, the black death, but unlike every other neo human he doesn't feel scared of it, for some reason he feels a bit of connection toward it, from that moment he always felt as if black death is always by his side, watching him constantly, one day he meet this one neo human, who talks a bit cryptically to him, he or she says to him "one day you will know the truth and you will have to decide" it disappears afterwards, but he feels a weird connection toward it, as if he always known it, he start to get the picture, that maybe his dreams are true, that maybe that he was once this consistent reincarnate, the being who changed the world , but there were always one thing that irritated him, something felt wrong, different, is this truly the world consistent reincarnate wanted? Is he really another reincarnation of him? But it feels as if there is important fact that he knew but doesn't want to address, one day like our other heroes a black meteor struck the earth, near him, he see it , but he doesn't want to touch it, because he feels as if he is afraid of the truth, he feels if he touch it something will flip, he decide to travel all around the world, to go on journey, the world of neo humans isn't very similar to ours, they have houses to protect their delicate bodies, but they don't need to eat, they don't need to pleasure their selves, their Cities based on this are very simplestic in their nature but the natural biomes, things like forests, deserts, beaches and Even animals still exist, so in way he sees different places but not very different cultures, every place he visits make him remember something about the past of the consistent reincarnate, reinforcing the idea that he is the last reincarnate, one day he meets with a group of five neo humans who plans to cross the desert, he doesn't know initially why they are on a such journey, but he sees the neo human he saw earlier, the one who told that one day he will know the truth, he once again feels a strong connection toward it, so he go with them, turns out they are a group of imperfects, who are going on group suicide, they go through a strong sandstorm, a sandstorm that cracks and destroy parts of their delicate bodies, through it we get a flashback into one of another earliest consistent reincarnate reincarnations, where he wants to reach a City, to know the truth, if they are alive or dead, but he has to pass through burning desert, return to the present, we see our main character thinking this is madness, but at same time he feels as if he understands them, after all his whole life was about him being not sure if he is what he think is, in way he also became an imperfect throughout the years, we see the neo humans, crossing through, some gets cracks in their bodies, other are starting to get destroyed, our character still thinks this is madness and feels about disturbed, he pulls the neo human that he always felt connection toward and want it to not kill itself, he always felt connection toward it, he also start to see black death looking at them, the beast yet appears once again, the neo human tells him that how he do live with this lie? How he could accept himself? Our character doesn't understand totally, the neo human reply " the truth was always in your hindsight, you've always knew it, and yet you always escape from it" our character once again doesn't understand and says that they should go or they will be destroyed in the sandstorm, the neo human says to him " consistent reincarnate was punished, he was removed From the world, you know it, you are not him" our character starts to understand and he lie on his knees, feeling a burn , a bad feeling " yes I always knew" " I always thought it's illogical" " but I always was afraid what if this lie is protecting me from something, something real bad, something that I shouldn't remember " the neo human replies" you were always hurt, I can't blame, the truth is tough, but you have to accept, that you are the black rope, and I'm the reincarnation of your daughter " our character doesn't want to believe, he doesn't want to know, he is afraid he is going to lose something he will not gain again, he always loved the peace, the feel of nothingness that the neo humanity offered to him, him believing that he is the consistent reincarnate, the one that created this ultra peaceful world, made feel in peace with his inner self, he denies her, he dont believe her, she replies "for how long you gonna deny it? You won't able to do it forever" he reply " I don't care if it's lie, I'm happy with it, what is wrong with being happy?" She says " you are denying consistent reincarnate himself, he himself wouldn't be happy with this world, being happy while living in hell isn't happeness, it's coping" he reply " I prefer coping in hell than crying" she reply " then why do you care about me? You should not give a fuck if I died this day" he holds her hand and tells her to stop, they can live together peacefully, but she leaves him and go into the sandstorm saying "I hope you will be happy, but for me I can't lie to myself forever" we see her body get cracked, destroy by the sandstorm, our character starts shouting "noo" and after it he became shocked, he doesn't do anything for a while, but one day he remembers what she said, and decide to do the thing he was afraid of , he returns to the black stone, we see again the flashback of the consistent reincarnate, where passes the desert, reaching the city , his body is bruised and bleeding, and when reach, he once again find everyone is slaughtered, and dead, we return to present where our character reach the stone he touch it, his memories return to him, he remembers his true past, him being the black rope, not consistent reincarnate, how his loved ones always die, but he doesn't leave consistent reincarnate ideals, he can't, and we see both consistent reincarnate in the flashback and black rope in the present says the same thing "the cycle must continue"

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