Shattered Petal District, Valemaris. 12:17 AM. Rain turns Abyssal Vein River to mercury.Chrome hand withdraws into Fracture Vein Gateway. Sewer grate seals with hydraulic hiss. Thomas Emmanuval Devassy, Cold-Blooded Heir of Kalabhara, holsters Emperor's Lament (1,247 kills etched into brass). Widowmaker cane-sword drips fishwife blood—blade whispers "Your children will join you soon" in 87 dying voices layered harmonic.Holo-bracelet pulses: "Neonatharis summons Heir Primus. Primordial Throne awaits."Chronovore Tower tolls 12:17—hands frozen mid-swing, spelling "ABRAHAM" in aerial corpse-constellation above city. 87 levitated bodies form perfect ziggurat-pyramid over market, nano-strings taut as harp wires. Headless fishwife pirouettes eternally on topmost string, rictus grin broadcasting Stage 3 Sigil Madness to 3,472 witnesses.Spectral Constabulary arrives in steam-carriages, neural lanterns casting fractal shadows. Chief Inspector Mordecai Varn, mustache trembling, surveys carnage: "87 bodies... geometric precision... sigils MOVING..."Stage 1 Madness hits Varn—eyes dilate, whispers "Kalabhara sees..."Thomas Emmanuval Devassy steps from fog, top-hat tipped. "Evening, Inspector. Care for the encore?"Varn draws Webley: "You're under arrest—"BANG. Emperor's Lament interrupts—Sorrow Echo etches "COLD-BLOODED" into brass. Inspector freezes. Nano-strings invade—1,000 filaments thread nerves.Varn's body JERKS. Limbs contort Kalabhara symphony angles. Mouth stretches rictus ovation. 47 officers gasp as strings leap—mass neural override."Ladies. Gentlemen of the Law," Thomas Emmanuval Devassy proclaims, vocal synthesizer booming through Gu-worm telegraph spires, "witness Spectral Constabulary Allegro."ORCHESTRA OF DEATH:Revolver symphony: 47 Sorrow Echo rounds (0.8 sec/reload). Widowmaker pirouettes—bisects 12 mid-reload, blade chorus: "Your wives weep tonight..."1,247 nano-strings multiply—officers levitate, puppeteered backwards: un-fire bullets → un-die in reverse choreography. Constable Harrow screams "Kalabhara strings us ALL!"Chrome mandala reignites—Voidwalker Arches LIFTS ENTIRE, revealing Neonatharis skyline.Chief Varn dances lead violin: Strings pluck synapses—Beethoven's 5th (fate motif). 47 officers form orchestra—revolvers = brass, swords = strings.Market survivors hit mass insanity—1,247 claw eyes, 874 laugh blood, 198 self-strangle.Thomas Emmanuval Devassy conducts with cane-sword baton, anti-grav pirouette through bullet-rain. Holo-bracelet: "Seq 9 Mastery: 67%. Heir Primus Confirmed."Symphony crescendos—47 bodies collapse pyramid formation. Voidwalker Arches crash—cables snap into 1,247 strings reaching for Thomas Emmanuval Devassy.Obsidian Vermilion Citadel spotlights—Lilithra, Obsidian Queen emerges: "The Emperor's gift awaits, Heir. But first..."Queen draws identical Emperor's Lament revolver.
Barrel kisses Thomas Emmanuval Devassy's forehead.