Blooming Nightmare's Curse

Lumine

The flower... it's glowing.

Traveler

These aren't just any flowers. They're feeding on something.

Mitsuki

(The petals... they have faces...)

Meroko

Someone planted these using soul magic.

Lumine

(I have to destroy it before it blooms fully.)

Traveler

Lumine... your reflection in the glass... you have the same flower growing from your chest.

Lumine

(It's inside me... I can feel it rooting through my veins.)

Traveler

Let go! The flower's claiming your soul!

Mitsuki

The flowers... they're chanting her name...

Meroko

This is soul-binding magic! Someone planted this to steal her identity!

Lumine

Aether... join me... become one with the garden...

Traveler

(The reflection... it's not Lumine anymore. It's someone else wearing her face... and now every flower in this greenhouse is blooming with her stolen smile.)

Meroko

The greenhouse... it's not abandoned. It's a trap that's been waiting for twins with connected souls.

Meroko

The barrier... it's not breaking. It's being opened from the other side.

Traveler

(My hair... from when we were children. How did it get here?)

Lumine

I've been waiting so long, Aether. To return the favor for abandoning me.

Lumine

Each petal represents a memory you took from me.

Traveler

That's not Lumine! The real Lumine is still in the flowers!

Mitsuki

(The flowers... they're all turning toward Aether. They want his soul too.)

Meroko

She's using soul transference! This version of Lumine is made from the flowers' memories!

Lumine

Then let's make a trade, brother. Your soul for the real Lumine's freedom.

Lumine

But which of us is the real Lumine anymore? Even I can't remember.

Traveler

(Every flower in here... they're all blooming with different versions of Lumine's face. Each one from a different timeline where I failed to save her.)

Meroko

The greenhouse... it's not feeding on souls. It's creating an endless garden of all the Lumines that could have been.