INTRO

-The story is about escapism and acceptance (?)

World was inspired by Arcaea (the stories and the songs ( Swan Song and Null Apophenia )

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-Noor uh idk hated her life right now.

-Rn her vision of her world is black and white ( hence the title , heh). Like literally , the colour black and white.

-She was like a very smart student and a high achiever. Sponsored by the state and went to a prestigious school. On top of that , her [ the only family member ][ we'll call them Fisch for now ], needed money for his medications.

-"Failure is not an option."

-But the truth is that she wants to run away. "I dont wana do the anything " she cried , but way more dramatic in my head.

-One day !!! The weight finally crushed her and Noor banged her head into a mirror bcs of all the headaches (physically and mentally yhyh) and her vision went darkkkk!!!

-She woke up in a colourful world. Very pretty and fun. A complete opposite of her world.

> no name for the world yet but uh rn we'll call it world B

> world B description:

-Colourful and very pretty

-Imagine something like the Howl's moving castle, which is not even close to Elabrinn (her og world)

-She found out that she can get out of here anytime by entering (?) that large, black and white lake

-idk

-Girl was scared obv

-After a while, she realised that the world is really beautiful. Its something she wanted all this time?? No stress and stupi tests. Only chilling yeahhhh

-Idk maybe Fisch was here also? Maybe he was like healthy or smthg yh

-She doesn't want to get out of here

-But time is ticking . This world isnt for her. ( You can go insane and shi here bcs yk the sanity thing idk ) From time to time, there would be some freaky black silhouette that kept telling her to get out.

-She doesn't want to anyway.

-Then, like ¾ through the story, the beautiful world turned into black and white. ( rather than spontaneously, maybe something happened, that made the world turned its colour? Maybe the world turned black and white slowly, for every second she stayed in there?)

-If Noor wont get out of this world, she herself will be gone.!!!!!

-Then idk, she did something scary. Very scary. Will think later.

-Then, she grew awing, flee to the black and white sky, and dive into the large lake, and she returned to her regular world.(???)

-Uhh still working for ghe the aftermath

-After a few months, Noor is doing a lot better now. She let herself fail from time to time, but she kept going. Shes not afraid of failure anymore ffrr.

-Her world slowly turned into rainbow

-Absolute cinema

INTRO

- Elina worked as a maid in an old mansion.

- She was the only maid/ person in the whole mansion btw

- The mansion itself is very very old, probably before the snow desert era idk + its in layer-0 (earth level) so very old indeed.

- layer-0 is an ungoverned layer, as it was considered dangerous and unsafe for all humans (and almost all living beings). Thus, governments of all nations forbid everyone and everything to enter AND exit layer-0 ( except like scientists obv).

- Elina was stuck in layer-0 bcs yk she cant get out so yh (maybe her like ancestors or something didn't want to move out from layer-0 so it affects the whole generation idkidk).

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- anyways, one day, a group of people knocked on the door, asking if they can do an 'interview' of her. Elina refused but they kept insisting.

- Then they threaten to demolished the mansion so she just yk what fine

- they explained that they're researchers from an organization called AV. They came down here specifically to meet her.

- At first, they did a little interview like asking her name, family yk basic stuff.

- then, they came again a couple of days later, asking stuff like if she knew about Angels (no). They kept asking if she believes in immortality (she does not). 'you can save the world, Elina!' one of the guys shouted. 'If you volunteered, Elina, we'll help you out of this layer. We'll give you a place to live up there and of course, you will received moneyy '

- alrighty Elina signed the contracts

- little did she know, the contracts allows AV to do whatever they want with her idk smthg like that

- ANGEL.PROCEDURE for SUB-07 will begin (yipee)

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- i cant write like a writer bcs i dont know that much vocab so uh yh ill just describe *some* stuff that Elina experienced

- Its been a year since it began. ..What began? She cant remember anything , not even her name. All she knew is that shes a maid.

- before she got up from her bed, 2 uniformed individuals entered her room. One of them brought a tray of foods and some pills (???). They looked like doctors with the white coats.

- Another guy kept writing down in his notepad while shes eating. Like recording her or smthg.

- Before they gave her the pills, they asked if she had any headaches, if she had any dreams, and had woke up anytime during the night. Nope. Then they asked if she remember anything from yesterday. 'Yesterday,.. um i think i cooked a soup. And then,.. i read some books before falling asleep.. i think i slept early yesterday.'

- the guy nodded and wrote it in his notebook.

- They left after she ate the pills.

- heh

- Anyways

- (its like 2pm now) she started swiping down the hallway before she had like extreme headache

- she just fell on the floor and began crying uncontrollably

- it was so painful that she blacked out

- woke up the next morning

- dont remember anything

- rinse and repeat for 5 years

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Q: why Elina kept having headache?

A: bcs the ANGEL.PROCEDURE thing

Q: do people always get headache during ANGEL.PROCEDURE thing?

A: not really. People who got it *regularly* are usually failed /rogue angels. There are also times when borned/ successful angels that have headaches but theyre of different reasons.

Q: what is that pill thingy the guy gave to Elina?

A: that is POLSK! They are made to *temporarily* relief headaches and any sort of pain from this Angel thingy. They are made by AV ofc. However, if overeaten, may lead to worsen pain and addiction

Q: does everyone like the rest of the world know about ANGEL.PROCEDURE ?

A: Yes. you see, everyone in Elabrinn is lowkey obsessed over immortality. So naturally, there are many cults, religions, businesses that revolves around it- like AV! AV has never hide this ANGEL.PROCEDURE thingy bcs they believe that it is revolutionary (it is). Like you can just google ANGEL.PROCEDURE and youll find it at the top results. But a lot of people are skeptical about its legitimacy.

! ill probably rewrite this whole AV thing (into like an organized effort with governments around the world into turning immortal or whatever so yh )

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Anthony said he 'wasted' his whole life, trying to get into his dream schools and to work in a big company. He worked so hard and achieved it in the end. But why does it feel.. empty? Well, having no friends and zero social life definitely does a great impact on his health. He slowly feels horrible and depressed. He kept saying that, its okay, cus people will eventually befriend/talk to him bcs yk hes cool. He got money, worked in a big company (like imagine Disney), hes very smart too. But he knows hes coping. (he had always wanted to befriend with people and stuff but he just wont? maybe he felt like its way too late (bcs hes 25) to change his life?) His routine doesn't help too. All he does was - got up at 6am, work until 10pm, eat, sleep. Rinse and repeat. All day. Years gone by, the emptiness became greater. Its hugging him so tightly that he couldnt breath. He tried multiple attempts to end it. But every single time, there would always be something in the way. Maybe it was his feelings. Maybe hope is still there, "something will change" but its just a hope. Its not guaranteed. (he hope for changes happen magically. no bbgirl, you have to work for it!!!!)

Anthony trudged down the empty metro. He hates it when this place is empty. Its an everyday thing to him but he never got used to it. "Oh its you!" the old lady smiled, "I havent seen you lately," "where have you been?" Anthony watched her as she scooped the last pieces of crubles onto a box, "I.. was sick.." "do you.. know me?" "Of course, youd always came here by my stall, right?" "Here, I saved the last pieces for you." It made him a little emotional, so he walked a little faster this time, trying to hide his teary eyes. 'What is there to cry about?' he thought, holding back his tears. He will probably record it in his little journal before bed tonight. The train is empty, as usual. Most doesnt take this one as its speed is slow, but he loved it. He watched the window opposite to him, the train is starting to move.

Its pretty outside.

His thoughts wandered off.

How much time has it been since mom and dad passed away? Hm.

He used to talked to them about clouds, a lot. They didnt seem interested but the little nods made Anthony kept going. His siblings would always made fun of him - they said he loved clouds like theyre some kind of idols. Oh clouds. He loved the clouds very much, if you can't tell. His dream was to see them, not through the camera recording ones, not using the holographic screens. He wanted to go to the uncovered layers of Elabrinn, and see them with his eyes.

Anthony fell asleep in the train. ★

[ ok so the plan here is to make Anthony woke up in Snow Desert and made him better like no lonely anymore.] [unlike the og version, in this one, he will meet cool people. Maybe they made him realised that the 'somethings wrong with him' is loneliness. He thought all this time that he was just not grateful. Then, maybe the survivors helped him ] [Then when everything is done, he woke up in the train again. But maybe this time, hes happier and like hopeful. He worked towards change in his life.] [ this is cool bcs Snow Desert will happen as you remember in Averie's and Alec's stories. PLUS Averie MET ANTHONY in Snow Desert! I wont explaining shit here btw. Some stuff better be left unknown~ ] ⭑.⊹₊★₊⊹.⭑