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Expedition to The Black City Stingpie 2026/03/10(Tue)22:53 No. 1123270 ID: 35d66b

Rays are splattered against the backdrop of the setting sky. The horizon is superseded by the risen facades of the black city. A solitary ship sails to touch infinity.

The figures upon its deck know that they are never to return to their residences, that their lives shall end in the approaching border. At one point, they had a choice: whether to meet a swift end, or a prolonged one. These are the guilty and punished.

Squeezed into a dark corner, an individual of interest is curled into the fetal position. That individual is you. As the finality of the situation descends upon you, thoughts coalesce.

Who are you?
(A) I am a product of my upbringing, I learned what my parents taught.
(B) I was manufactured, and my warranty is not yet void.
(C) What people saw, I became. The mirror is haunted by a stranger.
(D) Pick me apart, and you’ll find everyone I’ve ever known.

What justification do you give?
(1) I colored outside the lines. It’s a forgivable mistake, but no one forgives repeat offenders.
(2) Misfortune often forces people to confront what they had always believed.
(3) It’s a mistake, I don’t belong here!
(4) Everyone has a side they’d like to forget. I wish I could leave it here.

Perhaps it was your convictions which brought you here.
(E) When blame is to be assigned, there justice is to be doled.
(F) Either speak truth to power, or shut up.
(G) There’s wrong and there’s right. If you don’t think so, you’re not on the right side.
(H) Death is a mercy for some. It is right to be merciful.

Perhaps it was your flaws.
(5) Money is the token of power. All is justified in the pursuit of power.
(6) Fear is a powerful motivator. Death induces powerful fear.
(7) All is fair in love and war.
(8) Anger is the language of action.