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After a great cataclysm shook the foundations of modern society and caused it to crumble, the survivors scrambled to rebuild it.
Seven thousand years later, Alice stirs in her hospital bed, with little to no memory of her past. The tale begins here, where the gears of time start to turn. The clock is ticking, and although Alice is none the wiser, she will be the key to cut the strings of fate and end this broken, endless waltz.
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