Chrono Journal Entry #04
Arc: Escape
Theme: 破滅の影 (Shadow of Ruin) – Every step forward shakes the system. And maybe… shakes me too.
The closer I walk toward my voice, the more I feel the world around me begin to crack.
It’s not just the city — it’s me.
My breath gets heavier. My steps sharper. The silence is no longer still — it’s trembling.
And with every note I sing, something deep inside starts to fracture.
I thought I was becoming stronger.
But strength comes with cost.
And tonight, for the first time… I saw fear in someone else’s eyes when they looked at me.
Not the fear of punishment.
Not the fear of the system.
But the fear of what I’ve become.
I didn’t plan for the song to be that loud.
I was hiding beneath the data archways, testing a melody in low tones. But when I reached that chorus — I let go. I didn’t filter. I didn’t hold back. It wasn’t beautiful. It wasn’t clean. It was true. And it echoed far beyond that space.
Then came the sound of boots.
Not guards. Not drones.
Civilians. Running. Away.
Am I a threat now?
The voice I reclaimed — is it something that liberates or something that ruins?
I wanted to wake the city.
But what if I’m breaking it?
I returned to the place I found the harmonica, searching for answers in the silence.
I played a single note. It didn’t feel warm like before. It trembled. Not from the wind… but from within.
Something in me is unraveling.
I keep thinking: what if that’s part of the process?
What if ruin isn’t collapse… but transformation?
Watch “Shadow of Ruin” – MV Main Version
Watch “Shadow of Ruin” – Alternate Echo Version
I used to think silence was safe.
Now I know — silence shatters too.
And sometimes… it shatters you first.