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]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=173 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:23:07 +0000 Coldsaturn]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=173 HERE since it's uncensored)
As usual, spoilers ahead until you've also played it.

We start with the usual text message that announces a new DLC that mirrors the myth. The interesting thing is how it speaks of IF routes, where "players will form new relationships with characters from the main campaign" and how these routes "aren't merely bonus content, but rather alternative 'pathways to fate' centered around core characters." Sounds familiar, doesn't it. 

Oh the companion test is scrumptious. I will try to take so many screenshots. 

OK time to go in.



Chapter 1 

"between the skeletal, jagged mountain ridges, seven colossal gates rise in layers. they reach for the heavens."
note to self to look it up in case it's a direct reference to something

I...don't think I'll get over Zane wearing a blindfold any soon. I've always been so weak toward that imagery with Justice and the likes. 
But also, who's speaking? Some kind of horned, hooded creature?
Oh? Zayne is the one who entered a forbidden space. And he's here to take the Creatio Stone, which lies in the netherworld beyond the Seven Gates. Interesting.
The horned dude warns him that going there is a bad idea and he's already powerful enough, but this part got to me: "once you set foot in this realm, your divine authority and radiant glory will turn into flowing sand" which would be an interestingly apt way to reference the sands of time and the fact that he wouldn't be immortal anymore. Time would flow for him. I'm trying to see if we're getting the origin of his descent from godhood or something else.
He crosses the first gate, and there's an amber-like world in the void. 
Change of setting, we're in Niava.
Time skip? Or is this the amber-like world?

The Vastraen are the Wanderers of this world. Curious that we got monsters in this myth, in Xav's myth, but not in Raf's.

LMAO the voice actor for the Limping Poet.

An arrow strikes from the Divine Tower against the monsters. Zayne? 
"Then it [the arrow] falls into the silent Divine Tower and slowly transforms into an injured figure." Oh? MC?? SHE's the arrow??
She has to call for Zayne because only he can help (?). "A name once familiar" so they already know each other. "instinct for survival prevails over pride and resentment." and they have history. OK.

Zayne is the god meant to destroy the planet, and MC is the goddess of the place understandably not happy about the plan.

"Even if you want to destroy Niava... You still belong to me at this moment. Obey me...!" 
OK MC lol
MC?? 
My oh my here we go with the kindled scene. Before I get distracted: she's fighting against Zayne? But he's the one who can heal her wounds by letting MC absorb his power? Is it because they're the only two deities there? Could she do that with any other deity? Or is his power compatible with hers?
"Feel this and remember what I'm giving you" is still an INSANE line I can't believe was written approved and voiced, and his marks glow as he enters her. 
AN INTERACTIVE ACTION TO BITE HIS LIP. Infold, if every single spicy scene isn't like this in future cards I'm rioting!
sdhflaskjdlaskjdaslkjd she tries to walk away and he literally stops her with the leash. Gorgeous, please continue.

I can't believe we had an entire kindle that was just sex. 
Again, infold.


Chapter 2

OK, cycle of life, as one thing meets its end, another is born somewhere else. And in that somewhere else it's now snowing.

"we once shared what seemed like the most intimate of touches and tender moments..."
Oh, so they know they know each other. Is this another reference to how memories are fleeting when your life is immortal?

Flashback to their first meeting! She keeps on referring him as "god" with quotation marks like it's not exactly what he is. And she says that he doesn't belong here, but he's like a sun that belongs to another world. 
He's a being that transcends dimensions and universes, working above them to restore balance.
And Niava is still the amber-like world in the void past the First Gate, at the start of his journey for the Creatio Stone, I guess.

MC is really really really really set on making this man horny lol
Awwww they were so sweet when they got together. And then they divorced as gods usually do. He didn't protect the kingdom and she wondered why she ever thought that a god of annihiliation could ever be merciful toward her world. Nice conflict setup, I'm invested in their strangers-to-lovers-to-exes-to-lovers story.

As he proceeds to destroy the world, cracks start to appear on her?



Chapter 3

Saemyra...Hello there beautiful why haven't I seen you before m'lady. Oh she's the mortal ruler of Niava and the only person MC associates with. I ship it.

She follows the river upward, senses Zayne's power, and then a monster covered in crystal appears. He's not like the monsters she'd already seen, so something is happening that is making Wanderers appear here.

I don't envy the writers at all, this is very abstract and hard to describe. So both MC and Zayne fall into the void "in the cracks between the universe and time itself"
She has seemingly forgotten who Zayne is, but he tells her that she needs to sleep for a long time and they'll meet again. 



Chapter 4

They ended up inside the monster's protocore??? And Zayne knows all about it, huh.

And MC's body needs constant healing usually, but inside the protocore she's perfectly fine, whereas Zayne is the opposite.
LOL Zayne really hates carrots in every universe.

Now they're talking about the symbols found in the protocore. Most likely the same shapes we're used to seeing in protofields. Zayne says that they "might be from the past. or perhaps they exist in a more distant future."
And the rain is time itself. They're really stretching things with the divine imagery.

They chat a bit more, it starts snowing, they more or less get back together, everything is nice and happy (or will be for the next 1 chapter at most lol).



Chapter 5

AAAAWWWWW Zayne goes around as high priest and does the job of an apothecary.
Damn, Zayne acting like a doctor is making me more emotional than I expected.
Also, I have to say, I'm impressed with the NPC voice actors. Good job guys.



Chapter 6

He gives her the principles of medicine ;____; 
"After that, Zayne gave me more 'gifts.' iron casting, metallurgy, water management..." why is this making me emotional
Saemyra my queen, I love you.

Aaaaaaand we're back with the angst.



Chapter 7

"[he] traveled to Urtama's source to destroy the magical array he had once created there. Unexpectedly, the array originally meant to separate two realms had transformed into a massive monster after accumulating energy for countless years."
Huh...

hasldjasdjlasjd these two just go at it every other day, what even is this myth. Also, the fact that she uses sex to deceive him is very delicious and I'm already bracing for the drama in the fandom. 

OH so Zayne DID take the Creatio Stone! And he's apparently used it in the past to resurrect MC!

The chapter ended and I didn't even take notes, I'm just staring at my screen. 



Chapter 8

Yes but WHAT is the true purpose behind Protocores, don't be mysterious Zayne, we're nearing the end of the myth.
And we're nearing the end of YOU as well, apparently.
He erases his own name from the stone because the world does not longer need him, and he'll fight and probably die somewhere else while protecting Niava from its destined destruction. He's bending fate to keep her alive.
And she kidnapped a bird so she could track Zayne once he left. This MC I swear lol


Chapter 9

Oh my god the flashes of all the other Zaynes
OOOOOps Death&Rebirth reference. Nothing too big that should ruind your playthrough once you get to it.

sdgfhdlaskjdjksfhlasjd???????? That's NOT the background I was imagining after Zayne opened the door from his Divine Tower.
That might just be the tale of how Earth will die after EVER succeeds.


Oh shit. Oh sthi OH SHIT

So much. My brain is hurting.
Great acting Zayne, great job voice actor, model, everything. It broke my heart as it was intended.

The final scene in the fractal library left me reeling. Zayne saying that MC more than a variable is his selfish desire. The direct reference to the fact that their reunion is "incomplete" which ties back to a few meta interpretations in the fandom around Zayne and MC's divine ritual that is never properly fulfilled, leaving them both to be constantly separated.

I need to digest this properly before I can write some other comment. I feel like this is the perfect example of a myth where you play the story and then there's SO MUCH lore packed into it that you need to read carefully to properly insert it in the main story timeline.

As of now I can only say: very beautiful myth, yes, yes, very nice. Good job, infold.]]> HERE since it's uncensored)
As usual, spoilers ahead until you've also played it.

We start with the usual text message that announces a new DLC that mirrors the myth. The interesting thing is how it speaks of IF routes, where "players will form new relationships with characters from the main campaign" and how these routes "aren't merely bonus content, but rather alternative 'pathways to fate' centered around core characters." Sounds familiar, doesn't it. 

Oh the companion test is scrumptious. I will try to take so many screenshots. 

OK time to go in.



Chapter 1 

"between the skeletal, jagged mountain ridges, seven colossal gates rise in layers. they reach for the heavens."
note to self to look it up in case it's a direct reference to something

I...don't think I'll get over Zane wearing a blindfold any soon. I've always been so weak toward that imagery with Justice and the likes. 
But also, who's speaking? Some kind of horned, hooded creature?
Oh? Zayne is the one who entered a forbidden space. And he's here to take the Creatio Stone, which lies in the netherworld beyond the Seven Gates. Interesting.
The horned dude warns him that going there is a bad idea and he's already powerful enough, but this part got to me: "once you set foot in this realm, your divine authority and radiant glory will turn into flowing sand" which would be an interestingly apt way to reference the sands of time and the fact that he wouldn't be immortal anymore. Time would flow for him. I'm trying to see if we're getting the origin of his descent from godhood or something else.
He crosses the first gate, and there's an amber-like world in the void. 
Change of setting, we're in Niava.
Time skip? Or is this the amber-like world?

The Vastraen are the Wanderers of this world. Curious that we got monsters in this myth, in Xav's myth, but not in Raf's.

LMAO the voice actor for the Limping Poet.

An arrow strikes from the Divine Tower against the monsters. Zayne? 
"Then it [the arrow] falls into the silent Divine Tower and slowly transforms into an injured figure." Oh? MC?? SHE's the arrow??
She has to call for Zayne because only he can help (?). "A name once familiar" so they already know each other. "instinct for survival prevails over pride and resentment." and they have history. OK.

Zayne is the god meant to destroy the planet, and MC is the goddess of the place understandably not happy about the plan.

"Even if you want to destroy Niava... You still belong to me at this moment. Obey me...!" 
OK MC lol
MC?? 
My oh my here we go with the kindled scene. Before I get distracted: she's fighting against Zayne? But he's the one who can heal her wounds by letting MC absorb his power? Is it because they're the only two deities there? Could she do that with any other deity? Or is his power compatible with hers?
"Feel this and remember what I'm giving you" is still an INSANE line I can't believe was written approved and voiced, and his marks glow as he enters her. 
AN INTERACTIVE ACTION TO BITE HIS LIP. Infold, if every single spicy scene isn't like this in future cards I'm rioting!
sdhflaskjdlaskjdaslkjd she tries to walk away and he literally stops her with the leash. Gorgeous, please continue.

I can't believe we had an entire kindle that was just sex. 
Again, infold.


Chapter 2

OK, cycle of life, as one thing meets its end, another is born somewhere else. And in that somewhere else it's now snowing.

"we once shared what seemed like the most intimate of touches and tender moments..."
Oh, so they know they know each other. Is this another reference to how memories are fleeting when your life is immortal?

Flashback to their first meeting! She keeps on referring him as "god" with quotation marks like it's not exactly what he is. And she says that he doesn't belong here, but he's like a sun that belongs to another world. 
He's a being that transcends dimensions and universes, working above them to restore balance.
And Niava is still the amber-like world in the void past the First Gate, at the start of his journey for the Creatio Stone, I guess.

MC is really really really really set on making this man horny lol
Awwww they were so sweet when they got together. And then they divorced as gods usually do. He didn't protect the kingdom and she wondered why she ever thought that a god of annihiliation could ever be merciful toward her world. Nice conflict setup, I'm invested in their strangers-to-lovers-to-exes-to-lovers story.

As he proceeds to destroy the world, cracks start to appear on her?



Chapter 3

Saemyra...Hello there beautiful why haven't I seen you before m'lady. Oh she's the mortal ruler of Niava and the only person MC associates with. I ship it.

She follows the river upward, senses Zayne's power, and then a monster covered in crystal appears. He's not like the monsters she'd already seen, so something is happening that is making Wanderers appear here.

I don't envy the writers at all, this is very abstract and hard to describe. So both MC and Zayne fall into the void "in the cracks between the universe and time itself"
She has seemingly forgotten who Zayne is, but he tells her that she needs to sleep for a long time and they'll meet again. 



Chapter 4

They ended up inside the monster's protocore??? And Zayne knows all about it, huh.

And MC's body needs constant healing usually, but inside the protocore she's perfectly fine, whereas Zayne is the opposite.
LOL Zayne really hates carrots in every universe.

Now they're talking about the symbols found in the protocore. Most likely the same shapes we're used to seeing in protofields. Zayne says that they "might be from the past. or perhaps they exist in a more distant future."
And the rain is time itself. They're really stretching things with the divine imagery.

They chat a bit more, it starts snowing, they more or less get back together, everything is nice and happy (or will be for the next 1 chapter at most lol).



Chapter 5

AAAAWWWWW Zayne goes around as high priest and does the job of an apothecary.
Damn, Zayne acting like a doctor is making me more emotional than I expected.
Also, I have to say, I'm impressed with the NPC voice actors. Good job guys.



Chapter 6

He gives her the principles of medicine ;____; 
"After that, Zayne gave me more 'gifts.' iron casting, metallurgy, water management..." why is this making me emotional
Saemyra my queen, I love you.

Aaaaaaand we're back with the angst.



Chapter 7

"[he] traveled to Urtama's source to destroy the magical array he had once created there. Unexpectedly, the array originally meant to separate two realms had transformed into a massive monster after accumulating energy for countless years."
Huh...

hasldjasdjlasjd these two just go at it every other day, what even is this myth. Also, the fact that she uses sex to deceive him is very delicious and I'm already bracing for the drama in the fandom. 

OH so Zayne DID take the Creatio Stone! And he's apparently used it in the past to resurrect MC!

The chapter ended and I didn't even take notes, I'm just staring at my screen. 



Chapter 8

Yes but WHAT is the true purpose behind Protocores, don't be mysterious Zayne, we're nearing the end of the myth.
And we're nearing the end of YOU as well, apparently.
He erases his own name from the stone because the world does not longer need him, and he'll fight and probably die somewhere else while protecting Niava from its destined destruction. He's bending fate to keep her alive.
And she kidnapped a bird so she could track Zayne once he left. This MC I swear lol


Chapter 9

Oh my god the flashes of all the other Zaynes
OOOOOps Death&Rebirth reference. Nothing too big that should ruind your playthrough once you get to it.

sdgfhdlaskjdjksfhlasjd???????? That's NOT the background I was imagining after Zayne opened the door from his Divine Tower.
That might just be the tale of how Earth will die after EVER succeeds.


Oh shit. Oh sthi OH SHIT

So much. My brain is hurting.
Great acting Zayne, great job voice actor, model, everything. It broke my heart as it was intended.

The final scene in the fractal library left me reeling. Zayne saying that MC more than a variable is his selfish desire. The direct reference to the fact that their reunion is "incomplete" which ties back to a few meta interpretations in the fandom around Zayne and MC's divine ritual that is never properly fulfilled, leaving them both to be constantly separated.

I need to digest this properly before I can write some other comment. I feel like this is the perfect example of a myth where you play the story and then there's SO MUCH lore packed into it that you need to read carefully to properly insert it in the main story timeline.

As of now I can only say: very beautiful myth, yes, yes, very nice. Good job, infold.]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=172 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:00:28 +0000 ChicletPrime]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=172 Master of Fate - Snow's Embrace

• okay, i'm 3 seconds and four sentences into this myth and i'm already thrilled. having somewhat recently (the last year or two) gotten into xanxia / wuxia stories, the vibe is already immaculate. the master of fate, the power of yin and yang governing life and death - a river and a mountain and land that no one returns from. woo!
  
• little red riding hood with her basket of fruit in a forest... except i leap out of the way of sudden ice spikes, warned by rustling leaves. HOT TAKE: i'm dreaming?
  
• oh wow, no? maybe? "Zayne? You!"  we are shidi/shimei disciples, testing each other? (i really do read too many stories)
  
• oh, he's my... teacher? i barely meet his expectation for recognizing and escaping the trap. of course.
  
• oh, he has strands of golden beads in his hair. lovely. "Shifu". awwwww!
  
• oh, he has little bai ze! my god, this is all the good stuff. hello, little spirit!
  
• ah. we came upon it injured years ago and when trying to heal it, ended up chasing it to the mountain/forest/river where Zayne murders trespassers.
  
• i have "powers". i like this.
  
• we just get here and already Zayne has judged us wanting. story of my every life, i guess.
  
• that... is a really long ponytail.
  
• Zayne is surprised I can see "the tree" which is clearly growing on that little piece of land by the stream. Tree of Life, i betcha. In Fallen Crown, the Tree of Life did kinda look like this one, only you know, glowing.
  
• "How are you certain I'm a god and not an evil mountain spirit who eats people?" GOOD QUESTION. i am eternally optimistic? you're too pretty? you have a bai ze hiding in your sleeve?!
  
• please mr god, make me ordinary. no can do kiddo, fate loves you very much and i'm not getting in the way of that because another one of me tried and it didn't go well. it won't go well this time either.
  
• i am not a good person in this life either. everything is boring and my power to sense things is annoying. am i ever civic minded in any timeline other than the present?
  
• huh. so i get my finger bit by a rogue spiritual viper and then i sulk in bed about it. Zayne is SO forebearing. i am set to work helping to copy talismans that the fight with the Viper wrecked.
  
• "Zayne, you said each flower represents a life. So is there one that belongs to you on this tree?"  interesting! Zayne: "It belongs to me, but it's not me." also, interesting but kinda cryptic. what does THAT mean? Zayne is.. outside the normal order of life and death? he exists so his flower is on the tree but is... not bound by its fall? or something?
  

]]> Master of Fate - Snow's Embrace

• okay, i'm 3 seconds and four sentences into this myth and i'm already thrilled. having somewhat recently (the last year or two) gotten into xanxia / wuxia stories, the vibe is already immaculate. the master of fate, the power of yin and yang governing life and death - a river and a mountain and land that no one returns from. woo!
  
• little red riding hood with her basket of fruit in a forest... except i leap out of the way of sudden ice spikes, warned by rustling leaves. HOT TAKE: i'm dreaming?
  
• oh wow, no? maybe? "Zayne? You!"  we are shidi/shimei disciples, testing each other? (i really do read too many stories)
  
• oh, he's my... teacher? i barely meet his expectation for recognizing and escaping the trap. of course.
  
• oh, he has strands of golden beads in his hair. lovely. "Shifu". awwwww!
  
• oh, he has little bai ze! my god, this is all the good stuff. hello, little spirit!
  
• ah. we came upon it injured years ago and when trying to heal it, ended up chasing it to the mountain/forest/river where Zayne murders trespassers.
  
• i have "powers". i like this.
  
• we just get here and already Zayne has judged us wanting. story of my every life, i guess.
  
• that... is a really long ponytail.
  
• Zayne is surprised I can see "the tree" which is clearly growing on that little piece of land by the stream. Tree of Life, i betcha. In Fallen Crown, the Tree of Life did kinda look like this one, only you know, glowing.
  
• "How are you certain I'm a god and not an evil mountain spirit who eats people?" GOOD QUESTION. i am eternally optimistic? you're too pretty? you have a bai ze hiding in your sleeve?!
  
• please mr god, make me ordinary. no can do kiddo, fate loves you very much and i'm not getting in the way of that because another one of me tried and it didn't go well. it won't go well this time either.
  
• i am not a good person in this life either. everything is boring and my power to sense things is annoying. am i ever civic minded in any timeline other than the present?
  
• huh. so i get my finger bit by a rogue spiritual viper and then i sulk in bed about it. Zayne is SO forebearing. i am set to work helping to copy talismans that the fight with the Viper wrecked.
  
• "Zayne, you said each flower represents a life. So is there one that belongs to you on this tree?"  interesting! Zayne: "It belongs to me, but it's not me." also, interesting but kinda cryptic. what does THAT mean? Zayne is.. outside the normal order of life and death? he exists so his flower is on the tree but is... not bound by its fall? or something?
  

]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=171 Mon, 22 Sep 2025 19:53:47 +0000 ChicletPrime]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=171 Tower of Secrets / Foreseer

• oh. FINALLY. i keep running into this name "Astra" and this is where it comes from. Okay, so in this myth Zayne is the high prophet or something of the god Astra, to carry out His will. So says "Philos: The Tome of the Foreseer".
  
• Tower of Thorns in the coldest part of Philos (so okay, this is future), every hundred years the royal family listens to his prophesies. oh. nice. the last number of envoys to the Tower have gone missing and there have been no prophecies for hundreds of years. i like it already.
  
• Rumors are he's trapped in an icy tomb. Which.. wouldn't explain the missing envoys unless they tried to kiss him awake or something and he smote them out of existence, sort of like whacking your alarm clock.
  
• So our Foreseer is (like the rest of Philos) immortal and has been around for thousands of years. although that does beg the question of if its a Philos thing or an Astra thing or a both thing.
  
• "I am not a real envoy. I'm here to treat my illness. To do that I must take the Creatio Protocore from the Foreseer's sceptre. I have no other choice."
  
• okay! so the Foreseer has control of "Creatio" which i guess just by the name is capable of creating.. worlds? destinies? if its needed to treat an illness (hello, Dr. Zayne) then its a way to (re)create life? isn't that what the girlfriend has? an aether core in her heart that grants her true life?
  
• Oh. wow. there's a visual. Zayne encased in brambles and thorns, shackled to a throne of ice. Apparently "encased in ice" as well, his eyes shut as if sleeping. The cut scene doesn't show that though, he's just sitting there with ice crystals merged onto his body. More ice chains I guess than ice coffin.
  
• we take a stab at the protocore and naturally he wakes up - but still doesn't move. poke poke poke.
  
• "Winter punishes every wrongdoing in due time."  well, that's not ominous or anything.
  
• "This ice is more like crystal."  oh. oh, man. that ain't good. i still do not get how protocores and crystals and Wanderers mesh together, but if crystal takeover turns people into things, subverts them somehow into a different state of being, the Foreseer covered in not ice but crystal takes on a new element of This Is Probably Not Great. what happens when you corrupt an avatar of a god?
  
• oh, we're back to trying to steal Creatio and that did not go well at all. Our hand is half frozen, we were kicked back from the dias of the throne and several huge crystals formed behind him making the throne bigger. did we Resonate without meaning to?
  
• nice. we're now mostly an ice statue, with feet welded to the floor by frost and an ice grip around our throat. there was an audio thing with something like this! we were welded to the wall in that one as Zayne came and went, taunting us. I need to listen to that again.  oops, now our mouth is covered.
  

• minor ambiance detail: there are roses around the windows (ice roses?)
  
• wow. okay. breakfast won't be for nine days. get comfortable.
  
• so much for idle chit chat. he's covered my mouth in crystals again. i like this guy, he's not putting up with my sass at all.
  
• note: the Forseer is identified as a demi-god. mmmkay. there are golden runes that flash in his book. (how very Tome of the Sea God, as it were)
  
• ohh, okay. he releases me from my ice prison because i said i could take care of flowers? /beauty and the beast theme track plays in the distance
  
• At the top of the Tower, the distant mountains are like white sea shells.  they have to be deliberately invoking imagery to tie into Rafayel's thing, aren't they?
  
• hmmm. a singular jasmine flower.
  
• this is another reoccurring thing. a single flower in the midst of some form of desolation. there's one near us at the Chronorift distaster. Sylus walks by a single flower when he comes to earth. the King of Darknight tends a blue forgetmenot. and now here, a single jasmine in the ice and snow.
  
• aaaaand he makes a similar deal to King of Darknight. if i can make the flower bloom, i can leave this place alive.
  
• Yes, girlfriend, he definitely likes the flower better than he likes you. duh.
  
• oops, i have fractured blue streaks on my skin now. or... okay, I've always had these, this is symptom of my illness? "Cryoriasis". i'm ice-infected? "...will eventually lose consciousness and be unable to move as if frozen solid."
  
• i find it somewhat annoying that the cut scene of the top of Tower does NOT actually have a flower showing in it. you'd think they'd have made an effort there with that budget, but no.
  
• nice! he writes some silver things onto the air and calls down a blizzard. i'll be honest, i love magical shenanigans.
  
• "Fate cannot be changed. Instead of acknowledging this truth, humans still fight against it."
  
• so. the Foreseer isn't human. and i bet at the end of this, we change his mind and he also fights his own fate (and probably fails, but still). i guess that's Zayne's.. thing? to be cursed with inevitability but he still tries to find a way out. Dr. Zayne became a doctor to give back life when before he only gave death. and Dawnbreaker is where its overwhelmed him again, to fight against something he can't stop with no end in sight nor even a moment's softness or reprieve.
  
• i guess whatever is in his Book about me, i am not going to like it at all.
  
• i am such a liar in this incarnation.
  

• oh, that is such a pretty visual! silver crystal birds, flying suddenly in their thousands to the Tower of Thorns where the Foreseer stands at the top as if waiting. "Arcticyons" apparently. a type of Wanderer? they migrate, but its been eons according to the Foreseer. well, buddy, you were stuck on your throne for how long? maybe you just missed it.
  
• "Humans are the least of their concerns."  oh. huh. hmmm, even.
  
• "You're not quite as merciless as Winter."  wow, damned with faint praise, i guess. we are not making friends here.
  
• "O Omniscient Astra the Almighty, please don't let me become like ice. There are so many places I wish to visit, things I wish to do. I want to live a little longer..." and i fling my sky candle upwards to carry my wishes and it promptly falls apart. oh dear.
  
• although it really begs the question. if Astra knows all and its all fated to be, to the point that the Foreseer could (at least in ages past) prophesy for royalty, how did the general culture eventually have a day to throw out their wishes to Astra? Astra doesn't grant desires, Astra tells you your future. Sounds kinda some combination of aggressively wishful thinking and opposition to your god.
  
• oh, he does have a heart. he makes me an ice lantern to light with fire, and then sends it into the air with a few magical symbols. i guess a vessel created by the god's own Voice will probably get somewhere although i have a feeling it will carry no specific weight.
  
• OH SHIT, the game is playing White Salvation. SO PRETTY. i love this piano piece almost as much as i love Song of the Lost.
  

]]> Tower of Secrets / Foreseer

• oh. FINALLY. i keep running into this name "Astra" and this is where it comes from. Okay, so in this myth Zayne is the high prophet or something of the god Astra, to carry out His will. So says "Philos: The Tome of the Foreseer".
  
• Tower of Thorns in the coldest part of Philos (so okay, this is future), every hundred years the royal family listens to his prophesies. oh. nice. the last number of envoys to the Tower have gone missing and there have been no prophecies for hundreds of years. i like it already.
  
• Rumors are he's trapped in an icy tomb. Which.. wouldn't explain the missing envoys unless they tried to kiss him awake or something and he smote them out of existence, sort of like whacking your alarm clock.
  
• So our Foreseer is (like the rest of Philos) immortal and has been around for thousands of years. although that does beg the question of if its a Philos thing or an Astra thing or a both thing.
  
• "I am not a real envoy. I'm here to treat my illness. To do that I must take the Creatio Protocore from the Foreseer's sceptre. I have no other choice."
  
• okay! so the Foreseer has control of "Creatio" which i guess just by the name is capable of creating.. worlds? destinies? if its needed to treat an illness (hello, Dr. Zayne) then its a way to (re)create life? isn't that what the girlfriend has? an aether core in her heart that grants her true life?
  
• Oh. wow. there's a visual. Zayne encased in brambles and thorns, shackled to a throne of ice. Apparently "encased in ice" as well, his eyes shut as if sleeping. The cut scene doesn't show that though, he's just sitting there with ice crystals merged onto his body. More ice chains I guess than ice coffin.
  
• we take a stab at the protocore and naturally he wakes up - but still doesn't move. poke poke poke.
  
• "Winter punishes every wrongdoing in due time."  well, that's not ominous or anything.
  
• "This ice is more like crystal."  oh. oh, man. that ain't good. i still do not get how protocores and crystals and Wanderers mesh together, but if crystal takeover turns people into things, subverts them somehow into a different state of being, the Foreseer covered in not ice but crystal takes on a new element of This Is Probably Not Great. what happens when you corrupt an avatar of a god?
  
• oh, we're back to trying to steal Creatio and that did not go well at all. Our hand is half frozen, we were kicked back from the dias of the throne and several huge crystals formed behind him making the throne bigger. did we Resonate without meaning to?
  
• nice. we're now mostly an ice statue, with feet welded to the floor by frost and an ice grip around our throat. there was an audio thing with something like this! we were welded to the wall in that one as Zayne came and went, taunting us. I need to listen to that again.  oops, now our mouth is covered.
  

• minor ambiance detail: there are roses around the windows (ice roses?)
  
• wow. okay. breakfast won't be for nine days. get comfortable.
  
• so much for idle chit chat. he's covered my mouth in crystals again. i like this guy, he's not putting up with my sass at all.
  
• note: the Forseer is identified as a demi-god. mmmkay. there are golden runes that flash in his book. (how very Tome of the Sea God, as it were)
  
• ohh, okay. he releases me from my ice prison because i said i could take care of flowers? /beauty and the beast theme track plays in the distance
  
• At the top of the Tower, the distant mountains are like white sea shells.  they have to be deliberately invoking imagery to tie into Rafayel's thing, aren't they?
  
• hmmm. a singular jasmine flower.
  
• this is another reoccurring thing. a single flower in the midst of some form of desolation. there's one near us at the Chronorift distaster. Sylus walks by a single flower when he comes to earth. the King of Darknight tends a blue forgetmenot. and now here, a single jasmine in the ice and snow.
  
• aaaaand he makes a similar deal to King of Darknight. if i can make the flower bloom, i can leave this place alive.
  
• Yes, girlfriend, he definitely likes the flower better than he likes you. duh.
  
• oops, i have fractured blue streaks on my skin now. or... okay, I've always had these, this is symptom of my illness? "Cryoriasis". i'm ice-infected? "...will eventually lose consciousness and be unable to move as if frozen solid."
  
• i find it somewhat annoying that the cut scene of the top of Tower does NOT actually have a flower showing in it. you'd think they'd have made an effort there with that budget, but no.
  
• nice! he writes some silver things onto the air and calls down a blizzard. i'll be honest, i love magical shenanigans.
  
• "Fate cannot be changed. Instead of acknowledging this truth, humans still fight against it."
  
• so. the Foreseer isn't human. and i bet at the end of this, we change his mind and he also fights his own fate (and probably fails, but still). i guess that's Zayne's.. thing? to be cursed with inevitability but he still tries to find a way out. Dr. Zayne became a doctor to give back life when before he only gave death. and Dawnbreaker is where its overwhelmed him again, to fight against something he can't stop with no end in sight nor even a moment's softness or reprieve.
  
• i guess whatever is in his Book about me, i am not going to like it at all.
  
• i am such a liar in this incarnation.
  

• oh, that is such a pretty visual! silver crystal birds, flying suddenly in their thousands to the Tower of Thorns where the Foreseer stands at the top as if waiting. "Arcticyons" apparently. a type of Wanderer? they migrate, but its been eons according to the Foreseer. well, buddy, you were stuck on your throne for how long? maybe you just missed it.
  
• "Humans are the least of their concerns."  oh. huh. hmmm, even.
  
• "You're not quite as merciless as Winter."  wow, damned with faint praise, i guess. we are not making friends here.
  
• "O Omniscient Astra the Almighty, please don't let me become like ice. There are so many places I wish to visit, things I wish to do. I want to live a little longer..." and i fling my sky candle upwards to carry my wishes and it promptly falls apart. oh dear.
  
• although it really begs the question. if Astra knows all and its all fated to be, to the point that the Foreseer could (at least in ages past) prophesy for royalty, how did the general culture eventually have a day to throw out their wishes to Astra? Astra doesn't grant desires, Astra tells you your future. Sounds kinda some combination of aggressively wishful thinking and opposition to your god.
  
• oh, he does have a heart. he makes me an ice lantern to light with fire, and then sends it into the air with a few magical symbols. i guess a vessel created by the god's own Voice will probably get somewhere although i have a feeling it will carry no specific weight.
  
• OH SHIT, the game is playing White Salvation. SO PRETTY. i love this piano piece almost as much as i love Song of the Lost.
  

]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=169 Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:55:36 +0000 Coldsaturn]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=169


a few comments: 

- oh I so love the setting. they're really tickling all my childhood interests with these myths.
- they keep on getting the palette JUST RIGHT. Curious that it's so similar to Xav though.
- Zayne and his infinitely high libido, as usual lmao
- Seems like we'll be getting some origin lore that might explain why we're living in Linkon messily tangled in fated red strings
- If they do the same thing they did with Raf and Xav, you might need to make sure both Zayne's Foreseer myth and Master of Fate are fresh in your memory. I'm not sure they'll reference things that happened in Death&Rebirth but even that is kind of an echo of his myths, so by having those two down you should be able to catch all main references.
- I'll say this here because otherwise the fandom will eat me for breakfast, but I like Zayne's face animations a lot more in this myth. I don't know, they gave him a face that actually moves, I'm so happy for him.
- The Oath animation!!! The blindfold!!!
- The outfits hellooooo
- Xav's long hair was a bit of a failed experiment IMO, looking a bit too much like extensions glued on his canon hairstyle. I'm very happy to see Zayne doing it properly.
- I shall wait for comments from battle girlies, but they were asking for some much needed crowd control with Zayne, and I'm not sure I saw it in the preview. A claymore companion should ensure he hits harder than his other myths at least, which tend to sit on the lower half of the companion by strength list.

I'll come back later after digesting it properly]]>


a few comments: 

- oh I so love the setting. they're really tickling all my childhood interests with these myths.
- they keep on getting the palette JUST RIGHT. Curious that it's so similar to Xav though.
- Zayne and his infinitely high libido, as usual lmao
- Seems like we'll be getting some origin lore that might explain why we're living in Linkon messily tangled in fated red strings
- If they do the same thing they did with Raf and Xav, you might need to make sure both Zayne's Foreseer myth and Master of Fate are fresh in your memory. I'm not sure they'll reference things that happened in Death&Rebirth but even that is kind of an echo of his myths, so by having those two down you should be able to catch all main references.
- I'll say this here because otherwise the fandom will eat me for breakfast, but I like Zayne's face animations a lot more in this myth. I don't know, they gave him a face that actually moves, I'm so happy for him.
- The Oath animation!!! The blindfold!!!
- The outfits hellooooo
- Xav's long hair was a bit of a failed experiment IMO, looking a bit too much like extensions glued on his canon hairstyle. I'm very happy to see Zayne doing it properly.
- I shall wait for comments from battle girlies, but they were asking for some much needed crowd control with Zayne, and I'm not sure I saw it in the preview. A claymore companion should ensure he hits harder than his other myths at least, which tend to sit on the lower half of the companion by strength list.

I'll come back later after digesting it properly]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=108 Wed, 02 Jul 2025 03:17:34 +0000 ChicletPrime]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=108 https://lads-translation.gitbook.io/lads-translation-project/translations/zayne/snows-embrace-yun-men-yong-xue]]> https://lads-translation.gitbook.io/lads-translation-project/translations/zayne/snows-embrace-yun-men-yong-xue]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=88 Sat, 07 Jun 2025 15:05:23 +0000 Coldsaturn]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=88 I have to apologize because I love all the boys but Raf has taken my liver hostage so 80% of my cpu is busy with fishie thoughts and that comes at the cost of being proficient at the other LIs' lore to a satisfactory degree. So take this with a grain of salt, but it should still give you some kind of idea of the character. This is not a comprehensive list of ALL cards for the LI, just the ones that can help track the development of their relationship with MC.


PLAYLIST


If I haven't fucked up the order of the videos, this is what we should have


MYTH
Tower of Secrets
Snow's Embrace

Never Ending Winter [Anecdote]
A Pure White Heart [Anecdote]

A frozen Promise [Bond]
MAIN STORY (chap 1-2-3)
Glittering Lights
Tranquil Heart
Tranquil Moments
Sweet Conspiracy
Gentle Twilight
Starry Nocturne
MAIN STORY (chap 4)
Heart Within Reach
Nostalgic Sweetness
Drunken Intimacy
Cozy Afternoon
Business Trip
Fragmented Dream
Medical Rescue
Hidden Motive
Exclusive Tutorial
Lingering Warmth
Snowy Serenity
Eternal Attachment
Cherished Longing
Moonlit Dream
Heartstring Notes
MAIN STORY - THORNS UNDER THE MOON
Warm Heartbeat
Silent Poem
Fragrant Possession

Still In Dark [Anecdote] (right before Death&Rebirth)

ALTERNATE LINKON
Immediate Disorder

ANALYSIS (might keep expanding)
A Deep Dive into Zayne's Intimacy
Hidden Motive: The Language of Loneliness and Scars


P.S. Zayne is possibly the most complicated to fit into the main story line because among all the LIs he's the one that immediately feels romantically domestic, and it clashes hard with the more neutral main chapters. I did my best.
P.P.S. Following what you said a while ago, I'm not going to straight out tell you which video in the playlist will be nsfw. I can, if you want, otherwise have fun lol

---

Considering how putting these cards in order is a matter of pure interpretation, I'll link different timelines when I find them.

This user wrote several timelines in different reddit posts. My timeline is based off of theirs, with some tweaks here and there.
Here's another attempted timeline focusing specifically on romantic development.]]> I have to apologize because I love all the boys but Raf has taken my liver hostage so 80% of my cpu is busy with fishie thoughts and that comes at the cost of being proficient at the other LIs' lore to a satisfactory degree. So take this with a grain of salt, but it should still give you some kind of idea of the character. This is not a comprehensive list of ALL cards for the LI, just the ones that can help track the development of their relationship with MC.


PLAYLIST


If I haven't fucked up the order of the videos, this is what we should have


MYTH
Tower of Secrets
Snow's Embrace

Never Ending Winter [Anecdote]
A Pure White Heart [Anecdote]

A frozen Promise [Bond]
MAIN STORY (chap 1-2-3)
Glittering Lights
Tranquil Heart
Tranquil Moments
Sweet Conspiracy
Gentle Twilight
Starry Nocturne
MAIN STORY (chap 4)
Heart Within Reach
Nostalgic Sweetness
Drunken Intimacy
Cozy Afternoon
Business Trip
Fragmented Dream
Medical Rescue
Hidden Motive
Exclusive Tutorial
Lingering Warmth
Snowy Serenity
Eternal Attachment
Cherished Longing
Moonlit Dream
Heartstring Notes
MAIN STORY - THORNS UNDER THE MOON
Warm Heartbeat
Silent Poem
Fragrant Possession

Still In Dark [Anecdote] (right before Death&Rebirth)

ALTERNATE LINKON
Immediate Disorder

ANALYSIS (might keep expanding)
A Deep Dive into Zayne's Intimacy
Hidden Motive: The Language of Loneliness and Scars


P.S. Zayne is possibly the most complicated to fit into the main story line because among all the LIs he's the one that immediately feels romantically domestic, and it clashes hard with the more neutral main chapters. I did my best.
P.P.S. Following what you said a while ago, I'm not going to straight out tell you which video in the playlist will be nsfw. I can, if you want, otherwise have fun lol

---

Considering how putting these cards in order is a matter of pure interpretation, I'll link different timelines when I find them.

This user wrote several timelines in different reddit posts. My timeline is based off of theirs, with some tweaks here and there.
Here's another attempted timeline focusing specifically on romantic development.]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=46 Sat, 17 May 2025 15:44:27 +0000 ChicletPrime]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=46
if i wanted to just outright buy Master of Fate (just work with me here) i'd need 22,500 red diamonds to guarantee it (150 pulls).

but the in-game shop only seems to sell blue crystals, that comes with a "rider" of x amount of red diamonds as well. the biggest blue crystal pack is $130 dollars and gives 6480 red diamonds, the $70 pack gives 3280. so i'd need to buy (3 x $130) + (1 x $70) = $460 in real money.

is that real math?]]>
if i wanted to just outright buy Master of Fate (just work with me here) i'd need 22,500 red diamonds to guarantee it (150 pulls).

but the in-game shop only seems to sell blue crystals, that comes with a "rider" of x amount of red diamonds as well. the biggest blue crystal pack is $130 dollars and gives 6480 red diamonds, the $70 pack gives 3280. so i'd need to buy (3 x $130) + (1 x $70) = $460 in real money.

is that real math?]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=39 Sat, 10 May 2025 23:55:11 +0000 Coldsaturn]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=39
This isn't a negative comparison toward the other LIs of course, each one of them has their own version of this, but Zayne really gets me in that mindset where I don't even question that this dude is MC's husband.]]>
This isn't a negative comparison toward the other LIs of course, each one of them has their own version of this, but Zayne really gets me in that mindset where I don't even question that this dude is MC's husband.]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14 Fri, 02 May 2025 03:08:31 +0000 ChicletPrime]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14
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]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=11 Thu, 01 May 2025 22:37:25 +0000 ChicletPrime]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=11
:heart: :heart: :heart:]]>
:heart: :heart: :heart:]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:26:41 +0000 ChicletPrime]]> https://chicchicboom.nfshost.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5
CANON: says a future-self dreams of a different, past-Zayne, Zayne as we know him to be now. in that dream, we are with our Zayne and we see that "he" is now "other" and we're are angered and the dream shatters and the future-dreamer wakes up alone.

STORY: Zayne is in his office, tired from too many late nights and long days (is he trying to avoid sleep maybe?), working on paperwork. and the sun is warm, and its momentarily quiet and without meaning to he drifts off in his chair and dreams. And the dream-future-self, Dawnbreaker, wakes up then in this past, in this body, and not everything has gone completely wrong yet and he flexes his hands carefully and stares out into the dripping sunshine and we, of course, walk in the door. 

and he calls us over and its just goes deliciously downhill from there.

and Zayne wakes up. and we are there, with the strangest expression on our face, a fine tremble in the fingertips and we seem afraid somehow. a trace of tears on our cheeks? he checks the clock, he's overslept our appointment but we stammer, make our excuses, promise to come back another, better time and..  we flee. and something seems so very wrong but he can't remember anything beyond closing his eyes, paperwork scattered and half-undone with the sun is still shining and the office is stiflingly, stupidly warm. so he sits down once more in his chair and pinches the bridge of his nose to shake off the lingering malaise. and tastes blood in his mouth.

what the hell was he dreaming?]]>
CANON: says a future-self dreams of a different, past-Zayne, Zayne as we know him to be now. in that dream, we are with our Zayne and we see that "he" is now "other" and we're are angered and the dream shatters and the future-dreamer wakes up alone.

STORY: Zayne is in his office, tired from too many late nights and long days (is he trying to avoid sleep maybe?), working on paperwork. and the sun is warm, and its momentarily quiet and without meaning to he drifts off in his chair and dreams. And the dream-future-self, Dawnbreaker, wakes up then in this past, in this body, and not everything has gone completely wrong yet and he flexes his hands carefully and stares out into the dripping sunshine and we, of course, walk in the door. 

and he calls us over and its just goes deliciously downhill from there.

and Zayne wakes up. and we are there, with the strangest expression on our face, a fine tremble in the fingertips and we seem afraid somehow. a trace of tears on our cheeks? he checks the clock, he's overslept our appointment but we stammer, make our excuses, promise to come back another, better time and..  we flee. and something seems so very wrong but he can't remember anything beyond closing his eyes, paperwork scattered and half-undone with the sun is still shining and the office is stiflingly, stupidly warm. so he sits down once more in his chair and pinches the bridge of his nose to shake off the lingering malaise. and tastes blood in his mouth.

what the hell was he dreaming?]]>