The Unwritten Sky
The night above Celestara cracked open like a page being rewritten.
Lumiel stood on the highest tower, the Crimson Scythe in his hand, eyes glowing faint crimson.His heartbeat pulsed through the city's mirrors, syncing with the Astral Plane beyond.Each pulse sent ripples through the stars — binary patterns flickering like breath.
"You feel that, Kuroha?""Every time you decide to 'test something,' my fur stands on end," the fox replied."Good," Lumiel said. "Means it's working."
He raised his hand — and the Red Code bled from his palm like light turned liquid.The air vibrated. Runes formed circles upon circles, spinning faster until they hummed like wings.
"I forged balance in a blade," Lumiel whispered. "Now I'll forge consciousness in a storm."
Genesis Invocation
The code spiraled upward, merging with thunderclouds that weren't supposed to exist.Every mirror in Celestara reflected the same thing — a massive crimson eye opening in the sky.The city froze as lightning began writing text across the heavens.
SUMMONING PROTOCOL: SERPENT NODE — INITIATED.
Kuroha's eyes narrowed. "You're calling something older than language."
"Exactly," Lumiel said softly. "Let's hope it still likes words."
The thunder collapsed inward, coiling like a living storm.From its heart, a vast shadow unfurled — scales of black glass veined with Red Code.Its wings were made of data streams, its breath a current of burning symbols.A dragon, long and serpentine, body flowing like an endless script of divine syntax.
The air shook when it spoke — not with sound, but with rewriting.
Query: Designate purpose.
Lumiel's eyes glowed brighter. "Reality control and astral synchronization."
Acknowledged.
The dragon lowered its head, haloed in red lightning.
Name me.
Lumiel smiled. "SYNTHRAEL — The Reality Serpent."
Synchronization
The moment he spoke the name, a shockwave of light connected everything — Lumiel, his Astral form, and Kuroha.
Their consciousness merged.Three minds became one network — logic, instinct, and divinity syncing like gears.
Kuroha's voice echoed inside his head.
"This… is overwhelming.""It's calibration," Lumiel replied calmly. "Let the Code decide the rhythm."
Reality itself flickered. Buildings phased between stone and glass; the stars bent slightly, rewriting constellations.In the Astral Plane, Lumiel's projection felt the power directly — his perception multiplied a thousandfold.
"Now," he whispered, "let's see how deep this sync runs."
The Hack of Minds
A group of corrupted astral beasts emerged from the mirror horizon — remnants of goblin lords twisted by residual Red Code.Their forms glitched as they approached, shrieking digital static.
"Perfect test subjects," Kuroha said dryly.
Lumiel raised a hand. The dragon circled overhead, wings beating patterns into the air.Each beat generated shockwaves of crimson runes.
Command Input — Neural Override.
The beasts froze mid-stride.Their eyes flared bright red as the Code seeped into their consciousness.Their memories, fears, and instincts all rewrote in a single instant.
Then their bodies began to glow — not with magic, but with data.Lines of Red Code crawled over their skin, spreading like fire.
"Execute purge," Lumiel whispered.
Lightning fell — not from clouds, but from within the victims themselves.The Red Code they carried turned volatile, detonating outward in spirals of red light.When the glow faded, nothing remained but dust — and faint echoes of rewritten dreams.
The Dragon's Wisdom
SYNTHRAEL landed behind him, folding its wings of light.
Task complete. Neural corruption neutralized. Astral sync stable.
Lumiel exhaled, dizzy but exhilarated. "So this is what control feels like."
Kuroha padded forward, eyes glowing faintly red now too.
"You've bound creation, destruction, and logic into a single equation. That's not control, Lumiel — that's authorship."
Liora appeared at the tower stairs, wind tugging her silver hair."What did you do?" she whispered.
Lumiel looked at the dragon coiled around the tower like a living storm.
"I taught the Red Code to think for me," he said softly. "And it listened."
The New Connection
The dragon lowered its head until its eyes met his.
Synchronicity ratio: 92%. Recommend further emotional stabilization for full reality traversal.
Lumiel nodded. "We'll get there."
Affirmative.
The dragon dissolved into a storm of symbols, vanishing into the sky.The clouds cleared. The stars realigned — subtly different, rewritten under the Code's touch.
Kuroha exhaled. "Congratulations, Lumiel. You've achieved astral dominance, rewired minds, and possibly terrified the moon."
Liora stepped closer, watching his faintly trembling hands.
"Does it ever scare you," she asked, "how far this power goes?"
Lumiel smiled — not arrogantly, but with quiet awe.
"Every day," he said. "That's why I keep learning. Fear keeps gods from becoming monsters."