🎬 SCENE 1 — 3:40 PM| SLEX Overpass, Sector 13
POV: Jax Lee
> Jax (walking, muttering):
"That thing wiped an entire squad… alone. No system ID. No mercy."
> SYSTEM (sudden, firm):
"You have an important task today. Do not refuse. You already know what happen if your not follow my rules.
> Jax (groans):
"Tch… I'm tired, dammit. Can I rest first?"
Something glowed in his hand.
A black and silver knife materialized — blade shaped like a dragon fang, faintly pulsing like it breathed.
> Jax (startled):
"What the—?!"
A white portal tore open ahead of him.
No warning. No time.
> Jax (shields his eyes):
"HEY! WAIT—!"
Too late.
He was pulled in.
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🎬 SCENE 2 — 3:50PM | White Portal, Sector 16
POV: Jax Lee
> Status: Solo Trial
Assigned by: Unknown Origin (Cruel Protocol Sync Active)
Observation: ACTIVE (Skyward Command: Passive Visual Feed Only)
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A crack split the air like a jagged scar. Cold mist bled through it. The sound was wrong—like static and whispers tangled together.
> SYSTEM:
Cruel Origin Protocol — Silent Mode Engaged
Assist Level: 0%
Support: Denied
Observation: Only
Jax stood alone.
One hand clutched the Dragon Knife—its edge dark, veins pulsing underneath like something hungry.
> Jax (muttering):
"So this is it. Trial by fire. Or fur. Or... whatever's inside."
He stepped forward.
The portal opened like a maw.
And swallowed him whole.
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🎬 SCENE 3 — Inside the White Portal | Jungle Ruin
He slammed into dirt and overgrown roots. Vines clung to rusted mech parts. Statues, shattered and moss-covered, loomed like ancient watchers. Steam hissed in the air.
Then—
> Snap.
A low growl followed.
> Jax (tight grip):
"No system. No help. Just me… and a knife that probably wants blood more than I do."
He turned.
Too late.
SLASH.
A black panther-beast struck him. Claws tore through his side. Blood flew. He hit the ground, screaming.
> Jax (screaming):
"AGHH—FUCK—!"
More came. Smaller ones. Quieter.
Eyes glowing red. Backs hunched. Breathing low.
They stalked him.
> You are prey.
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🎥 CUT TO: Skyward Observation Feed
> Rika (concerned):
"He's bleeding out. No system linked. Why is no one assisting?"
> Director Seon (cold):
"Because this isn't our system."
"And I want to see how deep it runs."
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🎬 Back in the Portal
Jax dragged himself backward.
> Jax (panicking):
"Fuckfuckfuck... No voice... No map... Just pain…"
The Dragon Knife twitched.
> Still unused.
One beast lunged again.
He dodged. Barely.
Then—
A jolt in his brain. Not words. Not vision.
Instinct.
> 🧠 [Passive Unlocked: Sharp Awareness]
You will know fear by knowing when death is near.
He exhaled.
> Jax (gasping):
"I felt that… I didn't see it. But I felt it."
The knife pulsed.
> "Feed me."
One pounced.
He raised the blade.
SLASH.
Blood. Screaming. The creature fell.
The blade glowed brighter.
Not in mercy. But in hunger.
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🎥 Skyward Observation Feed
> Rika:
"...The knife's reacting. Is it alive?"
> Seon (stone-faced):
"It's syncing."
"But not to us."
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🎬 Scene — Final Minutes
Jax stood in blood and dust.
Three beasts dead behind him.
One remained.
The biggest.
Silent.
Watching.
Then—
It charged.
Jax didn't feel brave.
He felt cold. Alone.
Terrified.
> Jax (whispering):
"I don't want to die…"
The beast leapt.
> Jax (screaming):
"FUCK YOU—!"
He swung.
The screen cut to black.
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🎬 Scene 4 — 4:20 PM | Sector 16, Outside the Portal
He collapsed from the rift.
Covered in blood. Limping. Crying.
Alive.
> SYSTEM (finally):
"Trial complete."
> Jax (choking back tears):
"Don't ever... leave me like that again…"
> SYSTEM:
"I said I would train you. Not carry you."
The blade faded back to dull silver.
> Jax (to himself):
"I didn't win…"
"I just didn't die."
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🎬 SCENE 5 — 5:44 PM | SKYWARD COMMAND — Observation Bay
Dim lights. Floating screens. One flickered—replaying the static of the portal's end.
Vitals. Data.
Blood.
> VP (arms crossed):
"Initiated without trigger. He was pulled in."
> Director Seon:
"Good."
> VP:
"He doesn't know we're watching?"
> Seon (calmly):
"He doesn't need to."
> VP (smirking faintly):
"Cruel Origin, huh? Let's see how cruel it really is."
The feed cut.
End.
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