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The Torches

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THE WORLD HAS BEEN PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS.

For the second time.

No light. Anywhere. No color. Ever. 

Except - 

for the Torches.

Everyone used to think they were just figments of your mind, that our brains created to give us relief from the constant darkness. Ha - relief. As if the blue balls of fire gave us any emotion but fear. But now - now that the world has gone silent, and the torches are starting to call to us - now, I think there may be more to the tale.All Rights Reserved

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Naseria

Everything is just the beginning. You wake up in a foreign place, disoriented, with no memory of who you are. The faces around you are unfamiliar, yet there's a strange sense of recognition, as if you've seen them before in some forgotten dream. Every step you take unravels new mysteries, pieces of a life you can't remember but instinctively know is yours. What did you forget? And why does it feel like your entire past is something you'd rather never remember? As you dig deeper, it becomes clear that everything around you - the people, the surroundings, even the events - has been meticulously set up, as if someone wants to force you to recall those memories. But who is behind this? Why are they so desperate for you to remember? What is it in your past that holds so much weight? The more mysteries you solve, the closer you get to the truth. But with each answer comes more questions. What did you do in that forgotten past, and why is someone so determined for you to relive it? And the final question lingers in your mind: If you solve all the mysteries, will the truth set you free? Or will it trap you in a reality you wish you had never uncovered?