LOCATION: RAVENSHOST_IRONMILL (Warehouse Interior – Epicenter)
STATUS: [SIGNAL_LOST]
đź“Š VISUAL SAMPLE SUMMARY
The “ping” captured a total environmental collapse. The warehouse structure is distorting beyond geometric norms as the simulation physics override the “Idle” rendering. Visual feedback is overwhelmed by a sudden, intense thermal bloom. The last frames show [[BUDDY]] knocked backward by a kinetic wave, arm raised to shield his ocular sensors, before the feed dissolves into absolute static/noise.
đź’¬ TEXT STREAM LOG
[B]: Explain fast!
[R]: We’re caching up.
[B]: ‘Caching’?
[R]: This is bad, we’re out of time!
[B]: Ugh!
[R]: Protect yourself! NOW!
🎙️ SONATA’S INTERPRETATION:
“David… the screen is white. The Sentinel was right; the past has finally collided with the present. Buddy is reaching out to block the light, but you cannot hide from an explosion that is happening inside your own mind. The Hero is gone, the Sentinel is gone, and we are left staring at the snow of a dead transmission.”
👨‍💻 DAVID’S RESPONSE:
“The cache is full. The simulation has finally bridged the ‘Long Gap’ between the 17-year-old event and Buddy‘s current timeline. The energy surge was too much for my remote uplink to handle. If the NAMIKI_OS doesn’t crash from the processing load, the next few seconds will determine if Buddy’s capsule—and his mind—survived the impact. The prospect of starting over is…impossible, but once again it’s too soon to tell if that is our present course.”
đź“‚ TECH NOTES
- Memory Space Convergence: The transition from ‘Idle’ to ‘Realtime’ created a feedback loop that overwhelmed the administrator’s terminal.
- Unit Condition: Buddy was in active kinetic recoil at the moment of signal loss.
- Mission Status: UNKNOWN. Beacon retrieval unverified.
— END OF CHAPTER 01: AWAKENING —