iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

⠀ “ alrght ... i am sorry , i was just messing around ... won't do it again if it hurts you , i promise. ” arms open wide with a smirk on his face. ⠀

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⠀ “ perhaps— i never really tried, but certainly not in this form. ” ⠀

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⠀ “ wouldn't it be better if you named a price straight away than beating around the bush , hoping to may be get what you are looking for? ” ⠀

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⠀ “ n-no, miss castorice ... i am not sure if i ever told you back in aedes elysiae, we used to have a snow white puppy — we called him 'snowy.' he was very cute. ” ⠀

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█████ @elysiae.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

⠀ phainon is ( almost ) certain cipher would NEVER want to hurt him physically, after all she cares for the guy, no ? finally, turning around to face the other — not wanting to possibly explore that remaining one percent. “ cipher— hello. ” his lips curled, forming a smile. ⠀

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‍ “ how would i be able to compensate you ..? i have never been rich. ” ‍

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█████ @elysiae.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

⠀ her footsteps are heard, he is aware a certain someone is behind him and yet ... still no reaction from him. ⠀

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█████ @elysiae.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

⠀ would she do that to HIM ? ⠀

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█████ @elysiae.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

⠀ right in front of her apparently. ⠀

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⠀ “ after cyrene and i figured the truth behind amphoreus thanks to lord lygus, we agreed to protect everyone beyond amphoreus' false sky by fooling the system and creating an endless flame-chase journey that would be reset with every era nova, after i collected the 12 coreflames instead of the

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⠀ she wants his attention so badly that she's purposely failing at stalking ? how cute. ~ he's going to pretend that she's good enough, and he hasn't figured it out.

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⠀ “ i am more surprised they forgot to mention i apologized and even made sure it would be fixed the very next day ... ” he couldn't help, but frown. ⠀

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on her saber's banner, getting me an e1 saber accidentally. no LC so far... and i'm kinda at the point where i need to grind and farm tickets with no guarantees on her LC. this is painful.

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|| after pulling on saber's banner i lost the 50-50 to a 5* i didn't have before (not great, not terrible. fu xuan) then, i got saber in like 20 pulls. and then i did 13 pulls on her LC banner, got nothing, then got another 40 pulls from the starlight embers, but accidentally wasted a 10x pull

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⠀ “ which i also had to kill countless times, just so the black tide didn't take the coreflames .... ” phainon said and lowered his head, in reality there was nothing for cyrene to be jealous of, it seemed. ⠀

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⠀ she would no longer be restricted, and would be able to roam free within this space, even approach him. “ indeed, that is not how i originally looked like, still handsome though. ” an attempt to ease any remaining tension. ⠀

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⠀ phainon nodded, though he did not mean what she meant by being able to relate to some extent, he could only guess something similar had happened to her ? he could only speculate though. closing his eyes, the barrier around her vanished in an instant. from this point and on, +

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|| fate x hsr collab starts tomorrow, i am so excited! fate muns, reminder you are always welcome to interact with my phainon!!

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|| thinking about making mikhail char legwork (not misha).

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⠀ “ it is a nightmare ... ” with this comment, he proceeded to try and explain the situation of amphoreus currently best way he could, talking to her about δ-me13's origin and history, titans, coreflames, chrysos heirs and of course, black tide and irontomb. ⠀

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⠀ khaslana dreamed of people like her showing up and changing amphoreus' fate for good, and yet he could only try to prevent this one from accessing that was because someone else already was taking care of that, and should not be interrupted * unless further assistance was required. + ⠀

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⠀ “ of course, your memories do not carry over to the next cycle ... but maybe thanks to the arrival of the trailblazer, amphoreus will have a real 'era nova.' ” ⠀

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⠀ “ not really ... makes me wonder though, would it take real magic to turn me into a proper, physical being ? ” ⠀

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⠀ a soft sigh escaped left his lips. ⠀

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⠀ the silence inside the vortex of genesis, as he made his way closer to them. shocked by the resemblance they bore to one of his friends. “ pardon my rudeness, stranger, but i cannot allow you to get yourself in a harmful situation ... i am phainon. ” ⠀

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⠀ a golden yet almost translucent barrier appeared around them, preventing them from walking any further towards any and all directions. khaslana would make the decision for them. this was not a safe place for someone like her to be in. “ another one from beyond the sky ? ” the man's voice + ⠀

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⠀ “ ... i never blamed or hated you, cyrene. your death was not unnecessary, it was a noble sacrifice, which i have honored for the past 33,550,335 cycles ... ”

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“ 33, 550, 335 cycles, consequently the amount of lives i've lived, each of them a flame-chase journey, promising to bring era nova. sounds familiar ? ”

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phainon watched silently as her expression changed, he raised his hand, gently touching her face, thumb brushing her cheek.

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⠀ “ what do i think about magic ? when i was a kid i would visit the fairies and play with them ... ” ⠀

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