Chrono Journal Entry #18
Arc: Illusion of Memory
Theme: ループのはて (End of the Loop) – If the silence keeps repeating… maybe the exit is the only thing left to sing.
I thought if I followed the rhythm long enough, it would lead somewhere new.
But this week… I reached the end.
Not of a journey.
Not of a story.
Just the end of motion — the kind that only pretends to be movement.
The walls shifted.
The lights reset.
My voice played through the speakers before I could even open my mouth.
And I realized…
I wasn’t performing anymore.
I was replaying.
This loop didn’t bind me with force.
It seduced me with familiarity.
With a pattern that felt like progress
but always circled back to the same frame —
the same note,
the same sigh,
the same smile the system programmed into my face.
I tried to scream.
It echoed like every other scream before it.
No difference.
No effect.
Just another data point in the loop log.
So I didn’t scream again.
I whispered.
And this time, the system didn’t have a pre-loaded response.
The silence that followed… was different.
That’s when I knew.
I wasn’t supposed to finish this song.
I was supposed to repeat it.
Forever.
But I won’t.
Tonight, I broke the loop.
Not with noise.
But with a pause.
I walked out mid-phrase.
Left the MV recording room.
Let the harmonica fall silent in my hand — not broken,
just done.
Watch “End of the Loop” – MV Main Version
Watch “End of the Loop” – Alternate Echo Version
I don’t know what comes after the loop.
But I can’t pretend to be part of it anymore.
If there’s something beyond this mirror,
I’ll find it.
Even if I have to walk through silence to get there.