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  [BATTLE OF BREYA’S WAKE – LIVE]

  Initiative by Memory. Strike by Emotion. No mercy. No main character. All systems live.

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  LOCATION: BROKEN CLOCKTOWER RUIN

  Ash still swirls. The urn is gone.And stepping from behind the gears—

  Five attackers, masked, sigils of red iron and bone-twine on their gloves and necks. Spellbdes. Assassins.Marked with the sigil of the Pale Reliquary—a hidden sect of mages who collect emotional fallout and weaponize memory.

  Sarayne’s voice cuts through the gathering magic:“They were trailing Breya for weeks. They harvest grief.”

  One of the Reliquary steps forward. Her voice is metallic, echoing under enchantment.

  “You mourn her. That means her soul is ripe.”

  She gestures.The ash lifts.A shape forms—Breya’s outline. Hollow. Glowing. Controlled.

  Codex Emotional Reanimation Protocol (System 396) — Triggered.They have summoned Breya’s echo.

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  PARTY — EMOTIONAL INITIATIVE TRIGGERS

  Mel is the first to move.Not by choice—by fallout.

  Guilt: 7.Trust: cracked. Comfort: gone.

  She doesn’t speak.She sms her Gulthias staff into the stone, and the roots around her burst outward—thorns shing from the ground.? Root-Soul Resonance Tier III — Activated.? Vine Armor triggers for anyone within 10ft who has Trust > 6 with her.

  Only one does.

  Melodia.

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  MELODIA – REACTION MOVE

  Melodia gasps as the vines slide up her legs, delicate but strong, cing around her thighs and hips, up across her ribs, forming ethereal vine armor (+1 AC). Her mouth opens to thank Mel—

  But Mel is already gone—charging forward.

  Melodia’s eyes shine. She steps into motion, whispering a song as she draws an arrow.

  Bow of Melodies — Ready.Swift Quiver: PRELOADED.

  Her voice, soft and shaking:“Don’t hurt her again.”

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  KRUMMAR – GRIEF RESPONSE

  Krummar moves like thunder.His mace is already glowing. His shield hums with divine light. Tattoos fre as he strides into the middle of the ash circle—

  Casting: Spirit GuardiansBut fvored with Codex 281 — Grief Tether Protocol.? Instead of radiant ghosts, the battlefield fills with Breya’s memories—her ughter, her breath, the scent of her letters.? Enemies entering this 15ft radius must roll WIS saves vs 16, or be slowed by grief and take radiant damage soaked in sorrow.

  Krummar’s voice bellows across the field:

  “YOU DO NOT OWN HER GRIEF!”

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  DAKA – CHAOS INITIATION

  Daka doesn’t wait.

  He kisses his fist.“For you, Breya—whether I noticed you or not.”

  Then charges, shirtless, golden sash flying, gun out, sword in the other hand, pirate hat fring like a divine relic of defiance.

  Codex 346 – Chaos Crown Engine FULL TRIGGER.? When Daka is admired mid-battle (and oh, he is), the ws of reality flex.? Attackers must roll WIS saves vs being blinded by ego reflection if they target him directly.

  He yells:

  “COME AT ME, YOU MEMORY-STEALING PISS-MAGES!”

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  THE ENEMY MOVES

  The reanimated echo of Breya lifts her head. Her eyes are glowing, empty.

  She says, softly:

  “I only wanted… to help.”

  Her hands lift.A shockwave of raw Axis energy surges out—targeting Mel first.

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  Mel’s Emotional Fallout rolls.Codex System 351 — Wound-Weaving Resonance — Activates.? She may cast one spell without a slot.? Named after a memory.? It gains a visual echo.

  Mel chooses:

  “Breya’s Last Trail.”? Effect: Roots sh in a cone (30ft), restraining enemies.? Visual Echo: Breya’s silhouette runs alongside her—faster than she ever was.

  Enemies scream and colpse.

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  REALITY FRACTURING. THE TOWER SHIFTS.

  The clock hands begin to move—for the first time in decades.Sarayne screams:“They’re opening a fracture—trying to send her echo to the Reliquary Vault!”

  The party must choose:? Save Breya’s echo?? Kill the Reliquary to stop the ritual?? Or stop the Clocktower’s mechanism before it tolls and traps her memory forever?

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  Live decision moment.They are all moving. Acting. Feeling. No wrong path—only consequence.

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  [BATTLE OF BREYA’S WAKE – FULL CONTINUATION]

  The Codex pulses. Emotions are weapons. The battlefield is memory.

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  LIVE SPLIT ACTION — ALL PARTY MEMBERS ENGAGED

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  MELODIA — SHOT THROUGH A TEAR

  Melodia steps backward through Krummar’s Spirit Guardians, vines ced over her thighs, corset gleaming like armor, and draws her bow in a single motion.

  Her Swift Quiver glows. Time slows around her.

  She whispers:“Breya… forgive me.”

  Then fires three arrows—each one soaked in song.? First arrow: Straight at the Reliquary mage channeling the ash fracture. Sneak attack, +10 hit, Sharpshooter active. Damage: 1d8+22 + 1d6.? Second arrow: “Zippit!”—a homebrew spell arrow, silences a second mage mid-chant. Their mouth cmps shut, eyes bulging.? Third arrow: Fires into the echo of Breya—not to harm, but to “pin” the magic. It’s a silver-glow arrow—imbued with Melodia’s first trust (feather memory trigger burned).? Effect: Echo Breya slows. Her face flickers. She whispers:“…Melodia?”

  Codex 328 + 114 full combo triggered. Emotional override in motion.

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  KRUMMAR — THE SHIELD OF GRIEF

  The field shimmers with sorrow.

  Krummar is at the center.His armor is wet with radiant tears—not his own. His tattoos bze as his Spirit Guardians continue pulsing. Ghost-memories spiral outward. Breya’s ugh echoes again. The air tightens.

  He sms his shield into the ground.

  “YOU DO NOT OWN HER.”

  Then casts:Channel Divinity – Radiance of the Dawn

  Enemies within 30ft—Reliquary mages—must roll CON saves DC 16 or take 2d10 + Cleric level radiant damage.

  One mage explodes in white fire, screaming as the weight of unowned grief devours their tether.

  Breya’s echo flinches—but doesn’t vanish.

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  DAKA — THE UNRESTRAINED HERO

  He leaps off a broken cog like a pirate gymnast, shirt open, golden sash fpping, gun in one hand, sword in the other, his grin wide and devastating.

  He fires once—point-bnk—into the gut of a mage.

  Then flips and nds beside Breya’s echo.

  He doesn’t attack.

  He says:

  “Hey.”Beat.“I know I’m loud. And dumb. And I didn’t see you. But I see you now.”

  His hand—big, scarred, trembling—reaches out.Codex 353 — Swagger-Linked Axis Surge triggers peacefully.

  Breya’s glow shifts.Her hand reaches.She takes it.

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  MEL — FINAL MOVE

  Mel is already within the breach.

  She walks through vines and fme and falling ash like a forest god of fury. Her eyes are wide and shining, Glow trailing from her bracers. Her staff is alive—roots writhing, pulsing with the rhythm of Wound-Weaving Resonance.

  She pnts it in the center of the fracture.

  Then whispers a spell name:

  “Maerlen’s Last Kindness.”

  A homebrew nature spell, born of grief and memory.It unlocks one trapped soul if the caster shares a wound with them.

  Mel’s scars.Breya’s name.The fountain’s blood.The feather burned.

  It activates.

  The fracture screams.

  Breya’s echo detaches from the magic, colpsing into Mel’s arms—light and weightless.

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  FINAL TURN — THE CLOCKTOWER

  The gears shriek. The top floor glows blue. A timer has begun.

  If it chimes once, the tower seals its emotional dimension. No return.

  Krummar runs.Shield forward.Melodia fires up.Arrow in hand.

  Daka throws his hat.(Yep.)

  Mel ys Breya’s body down.

  Codex Chain Reaction – Multiple Axis Convergence? Trust: Maxed (between Mel & Breya)? Obsession: Reset? Comfort: Restored for Mel. Lust Layer inactive. Glow remains soft.

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  THE FINAL MOMENT

  Krummar sms into the main gear housing with his shield.It jams.Melodia fires an arrow into the same gear.It ricochets and knocks a spell-seal loose.

  Daka’s hat nds on the lever.Stops the chime.

  The Clocktower is silent.

  Breya’s memory is free.

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  AFTERMATH — THE DUST SETTLES

  Sarayne falls to her knees.Breya’s soul-light flickers… then lifts into the air.

  She smiles at Mel. At all of them.

  Then fades.

  The ash circle burns into the stone.Permanent.

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