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Beyond The Clockwork
Genre : Fantasy.
Title: Beyond The Clockwork.
In a world where time was currency, the rich lived forever and the poor were left with mere minutes to live. It was terrifying for the poor but blissful for the rich. The rich lived in opulent time palaces, where hours and days flowed like champagne, while the poor huddled in cramped minute-hovels, where every second counted. Due to their affluence, the rich oppressed the poor, ensuring that they had little currency with them.
The poor were forced to beg for mere seconds from the wealthy, who would often taunt them with time-wasting tasks, like watching hourglasses filled with sand or waiting for snails to cross vast distances. The poor grew increasingly frustrated day by day, weary of the maltreatment they suffered at the hands of the rich. They felt trapped, unsure of what to do. As time passed, many poor people succumbed to death, primarily due to the exploitation inflicted by the wealthy.
One day, a young woman named Aria, who had lost her family to the rich's cruelty, decided she had had enough. She began secretly gathering a group of poor individuals, determined to challenge the oppressive system. Aria gathered hundreds of poor individuals from around the world, all united in their desire for change, and together they formed a secret coalition, brainstorming innovative strategies to combat the rich's tyranny, all under the radar of their oppressors.
As their plans took shape, Aria and her coalition discovered an ancient artifact hidden deep within the time palaces where the rich resided, a relic that held the key to manipulating time itself and potentially overthrowing the rich's grip on the clock.
Aria and her coalition worked tirelessly to decipher the artifact's secrets, knowing that if they succeeded, they could reset the clock and redistribute time equally among all people. Despite their relentless efforts to uncover the artifact's secrets, Aria's coalition was met with a series of cryptic puzzles, treacherous traps, and mysterious illusions, testing their resolve and ingenuity.
Just when they thought they had overcome the final hurdle, a powerful entity, known as the Timekeeper, emerged from the shadows, determined to protect the status quo and crush the rebellion.
Aria and her coalition members were disheartened by the Timekeeper's sudden appearance, but their determination and resilience only grew stronger, fueling their resolve to continue the rebellion and shatter the shackles of time oppression.
With a fierce cry, Aria rallied her coalition, and together they launched a daring assault on the Timekeeper's stronghold, a towering fortress built on a foundation of clockwork mechanisms and time-warped energies.
Just as the Timekeeper regained his strength and Aria's coalition seemed on the brink of defeat, a radiant being descended from the heavens, its divine presence suffusing the battlefield with an otherworldly glow. With a mighty roar, the celestial warrior charged forward, standing firm between the coalition and the Timekeeper, and unleashed a fierce counterattack that shook the very foundations of time itself.
The Timekeeper, taken aback by the sudden intervention, stumbled backward as the divine warrior wielded the power of chronos, summoning temporal storms and unraveling the fabric of time to bind the Timekeeper and shatter his hold on the clockwork universe.
Aria's coalition stood in awe, their minds reeling from the sudden turn of events, as they gazed in wonder at the radiant being, whose divine power had vanquished the Timekeeper with effortless grace. They watched in stunned silence as the Timekeeper's form began to dissipate, his essence unraveling like threads of time itself, until he was nothing more than a faint memory, lost in the annals of eternity.
As the dust of time settled, the divine warrior turned to Aria's coalition, its celestial gaze shining with a warm, benevolent light, and spoke in a voice that echoed through the chambers of their hearts, "The clockwork universe is yours to forge anew, use this gift of time wisely, and remember, the power of chronos is not a tool for oppression, but a key to unlock the infinite possibilities of the human spirit.
Aria, with tears of joy in her eyes, stepped forward, her voice filled with gratitude, “We are eternally thankful for your intervention, dear divine creature. We humbly ask for your permission to follow your teachings and keep your wisdom in our hearts forever.”
The celestial being smiled benevolently, “I am but a servant of the Greatest Creator, who made the universe and all that inhabits it. He is the one who sent me to help you, because it was unjust for time to be manipulated. Keep your hearts pure and serve the one true Creator, who rules over us all.”
With these parting words, the divine creature ascended into the heavens, leaving Aria's coalition in awe, gazing up at the sky as the celestial presence faded into the blue expanse.
Haiza.
It's been awhile on this space, because I've been logged out for sometime. Back now. ☺️
© Haiza.
Title: Beyond The Clockwork.
In a world where time was currency, the rich lived forever and the poor were left with mere minutes to live. It was terrifying for the poor but blissful for the rich. The rich lived in opulent time palaces, where hours and days flowed like champagne, while the poor huddled in cramped minute-hovels, where every second counted. Due to their affluence, the rich oppressed the poor, ensuring that they had little currency with them.
The poor were forced to beg for mere seconds from the wealthy, who would often taunt them with time-wasting tasks, like watching hourglasses filled with sand or waiting for snails to cross vast distances. The poor grew increasingly frustrated day by day, weary of the maltreatment they suffered at the hands of the rich. They felt trapped, unsure of what to do. As time passed, many poor people succumbed to death, primarily due to the exploitation inflicted by the wealthy.
One day, a young woman named Aria, who had lost her family to the rich's cruelty, decided she had had enough. She began secretly gathering a group of poor individuals, determined to challenge the oppressive system. Aria gathered hundreds of poor individuals from around the world, all united in their desire for change, and together they formed a secret coalition, brainstorming innovative strategies to combat the rich's tyranny, all under the radar of their oppressors.
As their plans took shape, Aria and her coalition discovered an ancient artifact hidden deep within the time palaces where the rich resided, a relic that held the key to manipulating time itself and potentially overthrowing the rich's grip on the clock.
Aria and her coalition worked tirelessly to decipher the artifact's secrets, knowing that if they succeeded, they could reset the clock and redistribute time equally among all people. Despite their relentless efforts to uncover the artifact's secrets, Aria's coalition was met with a series of cryptic puzzles, treacherous traps, and mysterious illusions, testing their resolve and ingenuity.
Just when they thought they had overcome the final hurdle, a powerful entity, known as the Timekeeper, emerged from the shadows, determined to protect the status quo and crush the rebellion.
Aria and her coalition members were disheartened by the Timekeeper's sudden appearance, but their determination and resilience only grew stronger, fueling their resolve to continue the rebellion and shatter the shackles of time oppression.
With a fierce cry, Aria rallied her coalition, and together they launched a daring assault on the Timekeeper's stronghold, a towering fortress built on a foundation of clockwork mechanisms and time-warped energies.
Just as the Timekeeper regained his strength and Aria's coalition seemed on the brink of defeat, a radiant being descended from the heavens, its divine presence suffusing the battlefield with an otherworldly glow. With a mighty roar, the celestial warrior charged forward, standing firm between the coalition and the Timekeeper, and unleashed a fierce counterattack that shook the very foundations of time itself.
The Timekeeper, taken aback by the sudden intervention, stumbled backward as the divine warrior wielded the power of chronos, summoning temporal storms and unraveling the fabric of time to bind the Timekeeper and shatter his hold on the clockwork universe.
Aria's coalition stood in awe, their minds reeling from the sudden turn of events, as they gazed in wonder at the radiant being, whose divine power had vanquished the Timekeeper with effortless grace. They watched in stunned silence as the Timekeeper's form began to dissipate, his essence unraveling like threads of time itself, until he was nothing more than a faint memory, lost in the annals of eternity.
As the dust of time settled, the divine warrior turned to Aria's coalition, its celestial gaze shining with a warm, benevolent light, and spoke in a voice that echoed through the chambers of their hearts, "The clockwork universe is yours to forge anew, use this gift of time wisely, and remember, the power of chronos is not a tool for oppression, but a key to unlock the infinite possibilities of the human spirit.
Aria, with tears of joy in her eyes, stepped forward, her voice filled with gratitude, “We are eternally thankful for your intervention, dear divine creature. We humbly ask for your permission to follow your teachings and keep your wisdom in our hearts forever.”
The celestial being smiled benevolently, “I am but a servant of the Greatest Creator, who made the universe and all that inhabits it. He is the one who sent me to help you, because it was unjust for time to be manipulated. Keep your hearts pure and serve the one true Creator, who rules over us all.”
With these parting words, the divine creature ascended into the heavens, leaving Aria's coalition in awe, gazing up at the sky as the celestial presence faded into the blue expanse.
Haiza.
It's been awhile on this space, because I've been logged out for sometime. Back now. ☺️
© Haiza.
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