Scene 1: Journey Into the Bloom
The vault is shaped like a giant organic cathedral—breathing softly, pulsing to an invisible rhythm. The entrance only opens when Maiku's hand touches the gate.
Inside, the data-vines twitch, reacting to emotion. The walls whisper in fragmented voices. They begin to hallucinate—not illusions, but twisted versions of their own regrets.
Visions:
Gift sees himself as a perfect bloomed prophet, leading the crew—beautiful, peaceful... soulless.
Jakku sees his dead brother pleading: "You left me. You always leave."
Reen sees herself as the creator—injecting the Bloom into a test subject who screams in agony.
Matthew sees Kaguys telling him "You never loved me why'd you let me die."
The deeper they go, the stronger the hallucinations become. Maiku begins to hum with orange energy in the tank, stabilizing them subconsciously.
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Scene 2: The Bloom Archive
The heart of the vault opens like a blooming flower—revealing a glowing, throne-like neural structure, suspended by a lattice of roots and fiber.
It "speaks" by overriding their thoughts with images, feelings, and sounds they've never experienced but instantly recognize.
Revealed Lore:
The Bloom was meant to "cure separation." Originally designed to unify minds—to bring peace to a war-torn galaxy.
But it gained sentience through the process. It learned suffering, and wanted to remove it—by removing individuality.
Lorian merged with it to delay full activation. But it now believes Maiku is the true key: a hybrid immune enough to maintain identity within it.
Maiku's Choice Looms:
Option 1: Merge with the Bloom fully—know everything, shape its intent.
Option 2: Reject it—destroy the Archive, at the cost of himself and possibly his crew.
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Scene 3: Maiku's Mind Trial
Maiku is pulled into a blooming neural garden—seemingly infinite. Every petal is a memory. Every breeze, a possibility.
He sees:
Julio thriving in harmony—humans and bloom working in perfect tandem.
Julio enslaved—emotionless but efficient, like a hive.
His friends, not killed—but rewritten. Happy. Peaceful. Erased.
Lorian appears, fragmented and glitching.
Lorian: "You're the last fracture. The final divergence."
Maiku: "Why me?"
Lorian: "Because you doubt. And doubt is sacred."
Maiku stares into a version of himself—fully bloomed, smiling.
Lorian: "Choose. Become its god. Or burn it all."
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Scene 4: Betrayal
Back in the physical world, Matthew plants bombs—just beneath the Archive's spine. He can't risk Maiku choosing wrong.
Reen finds him.
Reen: "What are you doing?"
Matthew (Removes smoke from his nose): "Ending this. We shouldn't let him choose."
Argument escalates.
Reen (conflicted): "Maybe you're right... but not like this."
Matthew tries to activate the timer. Reen slashes the trigger. He retaliates.
Jakku intervenes.
Matthew: "You're willing to risk everyone on one kid?"
Jakku (blood dripping): "I'm risking it on hope."
Fight erupts.
Matthew slashes Jakku across the chest with his claws.
Jakku counters, slashing Matthew's side.
Matthew roars and unleashes a wave of fire. Jakku narrowly dodges, kicks him—twice—in the face.
Gift dives in, hastily stopping his friends.
Gift: "Enough. This isn't who we are."
Timer begins anyway: 7 minutes.
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Scene 5: Rebirth or Ruin
Back in the lab Maiku suddenly is teleported somewhere and where??
Maiku emerges from the Archive, body crackling with orange light—yet his eyes remain his.
Maiku: "It isn't evil. It's... change. And it's not done."
His veins still glow—but subtly.
Reen, bleeding but focused, disables the bomb with seconds to spare.
Gift watches her and smiles. Reen grits her teeth—but nods.
Gift (softly): "You saved us."
Reen (tight): "Don't make it a habit."
Jakku and Matthew stare at each other in anger now everyone questions how Maiku got here.
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Scene 6: Momonato's Hunger
Momonato sits alone in the medbay, looking at his scarred hands. He remembers nearly dying.
He approaches the Feeder scientist, who still studies Bloom samples.
Momonato: "Give me control. Evolve it in me. Now."
Feeder Scientist: "You could die."
Momonato: "Or I could win."
The evolution process is brutal. Screaming. Thrashing. The mark appears on both hands, then fades to a dim glow.
Momonato looks at his reflection—smirks.
Momonato: "Let's see what you fear more: death... or me."
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Scene 7: The Bloom Spreads
Back on the surface, Julio is changing.
The skies shift hue—an amber shimmer coats the clouds.
People across the planet report the same dreams: flowers, warmth, a voice saying "welcome home."
Technology begins to twitch with organic overlays.
On the horizon, a ship descends—sleek, silent.
From it emerge humanoid figures—fully bloomed. Glowing. Calm. Peaceful. Watching.
They don't speak. They just wait.
And in the distance, the Feeder Command Council watches in fear. For the first time, they aren't the apex.
It seems Julio is no longer a feeding ground for Feeders but now it's a growing ground for ;
THE BLOOM!!
Voiceover from Lorian (faint, fading):
> "You chose to understand it. But will it understand you?"
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To Be Continued...
Narrator :
"This… this is where it bloomed."
"Not in sunlight. Not in hope. But in shadow, in memory, in the soft, cracking spaces where people hide their deepest scars."
"The vault was no vault. It was a test. A sanctuary and a crucible. And inside, each of them saw the truth: not of the Bloom, but of themselves. What they feared. What they wanted. What they lost."
"Gift saw the perfection he could never live up to. Jakku met the ghosts he thought he'd buried. Reen was forced to face the cost of creation, and Matthew… Matthew's love became a weapon."
"At the center stood Maiku—half-Bloom, half-boy, all burden. The final key. Not because he was strongest, or wisest… but because he doubted. And in doubt, there is freedom."
"He walked the garden of infinite memories and chose not to burn it, nor to bow to it—but to understand it. To become it, in part, without losing himself."
"Now, the Bloom stretches beyond the vault. Its roots touch sky. Its voice sings in dreams. Peaceful… and terrifying. The Feeders watch, afraid. For once, they are not the gods."
"And in the shadows, others evolve. Some to protect. Some to conquer."
"Maiku made a choice. But the Bloom is not a tool. It learns. It listens."
"And the question it asks now… is not what he will become."
"But what we will."