The void wasn't empty—it was alive. A pulsing mass of eyes, tentacles, and half-formed plot threads writhed around the group. Genre tags flickered like dying stars: [COSMIC HORROR], [FINAL DRAFT], [AUTHOR'S DESPAIR].
System Alert (Glitched):
[Beta's Final Form Detected: The Unwritten God.]
Description: A primordial story even the Storyweaver fears. Hungers for unresolved arcs. Weakness: ???
Alex's Beta Reader's Glasses shattered, replaced by a kaleidoscope of fractals. "Oh hell. It's the *Hollows of Eden* dragon's edgy older sibling."
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Act 1: The Unwritten God's Gaze
The entity's voice echoed through their bones: "YOU ARE ALL… ROUGH DRAFTS."
Character Roles:
- Kairo: Admin Blade crackling, shielded the group from the god's sanity-draining aura. His scar bled code, destabilizing. "Stay close. Its fear is… creation."
- Nyx (Sync Rate 1%): Glitched into a Human Shield, her pixels absorbing the god's whispers. "...not… your… story…"
- Finn: Hacked the void's code, spawning a Glitch Bridge over the abyss. "Walk fast! It's held together by memes!"
- Veyra: Dangled the stolen Beta Crown shard. "I can hurt it. But I want 50% protagonism."
- Alex: Grabbed Veyra's collar. "You get 30% and a cameo in the epilogue."
Reader Poll:
[How to Fight the Unwritten God?]
A) Kairo's Protocol 7.3 Suicide Run
B) Nyx's Sync Rate Sacrifice
C) Veyra's Beta Shard Gambit
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Act 2: Character-Driven Counterattack
C) Veyra's Beta Shard Gambit
- Veyra merged the shard with Alex's cybernetic arm, creating a Narrative Black Hole. "Eat chaos, Cthulhu!"
- Cost: The shard infected Alex's code with Beta corruption.
Final Choice (Based on Poll):
The group chose C—trusting Veyra (mostly).
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Act 3: Deus Ex Found Family
Alex's Move:
- Fourth Wall Break (Tier 4) + Beta Shard: Rewrote the void into a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Book, forcing the god to confront infinite endings.
Kairo's Move:
- Stabbed the Narrative Black Hole into the god's core, his scar burning away Protocol 7.3. "We're free."
Finn's Move:
- Hijacked the CYOA, spawning 1000 Ficlet Minions to swarm the god.
Nyx's Move:
- Even at 0%, her last glitch redirected the god's final strike into Veyra's shard.
Veyra's Move:
- Absorbed the god's power, her eyes bleeding cosmic static. "Oops. Did I just win?"
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The void collapsed into a sunlit park. Birds chirped. Finn grilled Plot Armor Hotdogs. Nyx (somehow alive, now Sync Rate 5%) doodled on a napkin.
Kairo: "Is this… peace?"
Alex: "Doubt it. But let's pretend—"
The sky split. Veyra descended, now a Cosmic Horror VTuber, her avatar a glitching elder god.
Veyra: "Hey, heroes! Let's play… The Reboot: Apotheosis Edition."
Alex: "The hell?"
Nyx's napkin doodle glowed—a pixelated middle finger aimed at the sky. Alex laughed, bitter and bright. "Yeah. That's our review."