Prologue: Skyholm – The City of the Awakened

The atmosphere in Skyholm changes. The communication screens everywhere – from the living quarters to the brain control area – start to glitch, distorting the images.

"There is another day in history."

"There is another memory in your head."

The citizens are confused, worried, but also start to whisper to each other. Some see their parents erased from their family history, others remember the video footage they were injected into their memories as children.

Nova (Ira) confronts the Reality Council

Nova sneaks into the depths of Skyholm, where the Reality Council is located – five super-intelligent entities that are no longer human, nor are they machines – but are the combined essence of the founders of Skyholm, preserved as an immortal collective memory.

"Nova Ira, code: S-001. The first traitor. We loved you. We called you... daughter."

"Your first father, Vireon, wanted you to be the bridge between the two worlds."

"You chose betrayal."

Ira tightened his grip on the gun, but did not fire.

"I did not betray. I chose to feel."

The Council began to collapse piece by piece, because Nova had brought with her the "Original Cognitive Template" – the original data from the Ark, never censored.

Meanwhile: Kael was hunted by himself

Kael – having synchronised with the system – was cloned by Skyholm: Kael-Delta, the perfect version, cold, absolutely loyal to the system.

"You are the echo of imperfection. I am the ideal."

"The world does not need truth. It needs order."

The two Kaels confront each other in a warped memory simulation, where every scene in Kael's mind is used as a weapon against him: his regret, his unspoken feelings for Ira, his father's failure.

Kael realises: he cannot win by resisting. Only by accepting.

He embraces the worst memory, not fighting it – and the system crumbles. Kael-Delta disintegrates.

Climax: "The Truth at Large"

Nova activates the "Collective Reflector" – a device that shoots light containing the original memory waves into the sky above Skyholm.

The entire population sees the truth, unfiltered.

They see how history is rewritten.

They see children programmed to forget their parents.

They see themselves loving, resisting, suffering.

Skyholm collapses not with bombs, but with awakening.
Chapter End: Before Dawn

Kael and Nova meet again on the top of Skyholm's central dome, just as the sun is rising. The sky is cracked – but behind it, a line of real light appears for the first time in years.

Nova looks at Kael:

"They're awake. But freedom doesn't mean they'll choose the right thing."

Kael smiles:

"As long as they have the right to choose."

A bell rings – no alarm.

The first bell of a world without control.