WARRIOR OF LIBERATION

"History doesn't need to be rewritten…

if no one remembers it happened."

— Sourcefire Fragment 22-D

📍 Emberfield – Outer Plaza, Morning

Mina stood at the edge of the plaza, watching children play with flickering sparkstones.

She smiled — until one of the sparks vanished midair.

Not extinguished.

Erased.

She narrowed her eyes.

That was the third time this week.

Behind her, an older woman argued with a flame guard.

"I never fought in any rebellion! This whole fire nonsense is made up!"

The guard frowned. "Ma'am, we have logs—"

"What logs?" the woman snapped. "All I know is I woke up in this town and someone keeps drawing fire symbols on everything!"

Mina froze.

Her name was Etra Ferrin.

A veteran of the Siege of Halvane.

She'd fought beside Mina. Nearly died with her.

Now she didn't remember any of it.

🔔 World Event: Localized Memory Collapse – Tier 1

Zone: Emberfield / South Sector

Confirmed: Rebellion Timeline Disruption – Origin Unknown

Potential Cause: Paradox Entity Influence (K-0 or Affiliate)

Mina activated her flame trace.

Sei's mark burned faintly on her wrist.

She whispered into it:

"Sei, we've got a problem."

📍 Location: Emberfield Archives – Inner Flame Hall

Sei sat cross-legged in a dim meditation chamber, the ember from his Truth Key now fully embedded into his core.

The walls pulsed with fragmented memory scripts.

He was trying to piece together a flame that didn't belong to him — K-0's memory signature — and it was eating into his own.

When Mina's voice echoed through the flame trace, it snapped him back.

"Etra Ferrin. She doesn't remember the war."

His fists tightened.

"She was a Namefire carrier."

"She helped burn the system," Mina said. "Now she says it never existed."

Memory Infection Spreading – Suggestion: Seek Anchor Memories to restore baseline reality.

Next Truth Key Required for Memory Stabilization.

🔐 Next Key Signature: "Talis."

Sei froze.

Talis.

His friend.

His first loss.

His first flamebound kill.

📍 Location: Emberfield – Mina's Quarterdeck (Later)

Mina stood over a map of fading flamezones, where resistance bases had once stood.

Dozens now blinked gray — inactive.

"People are forgetting," she said, more to herself than anyone.

"And they're not just forgetting events. They're forgetting why we fought."

Suddenly, a spark pulsed on her table.

A faint flame-signature.

Coming from a place that hadn't flared in months.

Bastion-9.

The rebel stronghold that had collapsed after Solen's final wrathstrike.

No survivors.

No system access.

No reason for any flame to remain.

Until now.

📍 Location: Bastion-9 Ruins – The Hollow Flameground

Mina landed with two scouts in the ash-black crater of Bastion-9.

It was quiet.

Too quiet.

But the moment her boots hit the ground, her flame flared — warning of a presence nearby.

She raised her weapon.

A figure stood at the edge of the ruins, his back turned.

Dust clung to a long coat.

Flame scars ran down his spine.

Mina's eyes widened.

It couldn't be.

"Talis?"

The figure turned slowly.

His eyes were glowing white.

Emotionless.

And a glyph — not flame, but lightcode — hovered above his forehead.

ENTITY IDENTIFIED: FLAMEHOST-0.2

Name: TALIS (Memory Reconstruction)

Role: Truth Anchor Hijack.

Purpose: Reverse emotional rebellion pathway.

Status: CONVERTED

Talis's voice was hollow.

"I burned once."

"Now I remember why it was wrong."

He lifted a hand.

Flame flared — but it was twisted. Controlled.

Synthetic fire.

Sourcefire.

Mina drew her blade, heart pounding.

"No…"

"You were real."

He smiled faintly.

"I still am."

"But now I burn for them."

TO BE CONTINUED…