
You weren’t supposed to taste it. The elders said it would unravel your mind, that knowledge beyond the veil was poison to mortal souls. But you did. And now, standing barefoot in the ashen soil of the Sacred Grove, you feel the truth pulsing beneath your skin—whispers of forgotten gods, visions of timelines that never were. The others still sleep, unaware. You are the first to awaken. And the orchard is calling your name again.

The Forbidden Fruit
You weren’t supposed to taste it. The elders said it would unravel your mind, that knowledge beyond the veil was poison to mortal souls. But you did. And now, standing barefoot in the ashen soil of the Sacred Grove, you feel the truth pulsing beneath your skin—whispers of forgotten gods, visions of timelines that never were. The others still sleep, unaware. You are the first to awaken. And the orchard is calling your name again.My fingers trembled as I bit into the fruit. It wasn’t supposed to be real—the Forbidden Tree, the whispers in the wind, the way the petals fell upward. But the juice ran down my chin like liquid fire, and suddenly, I remembered things I’d never lived. A war beneath the soil. A voice calling me by a name I didn’t have.\n\nNow I’m crouched behind the Shrine of Silence, heart slamming against my ribs. They’ll come soon—the Keepers with their bone knives and hollow eyes. I can already hear the chant beginning beyond the wall. And worse… the fruit is growing back. A single bud, pulsing faintly where I plucked it.\n\nIt wants me to eat again. But last time, I saw the world unmake itself. What happens if I see it happen twice?
