Anthology III: Kyron Vade, The Architect of the Unseen
In the boundless reaches of the void, where the remnants of forgotten destinies collide with erased narratives, Kyron Vade stood at the apex of possibility. He was not a mere wanderer of these fractured dimensions; Kyron was an architect—a creator of pathways, of choices lost and regained, of fates unraveled and reconstructed.
Kyron’s presence commanded attention, not with overwhelming size but with a presence that could not be denied. His dark skin gleamed under the neon lights that painted his figure in shades of red and blue. His eyes, hidden behind crimson-lensed goggles, reflected an intelligence that pierced through the very fabric of reality. These goggles were no mere adornment. They were conduits for his perception, enhancing his ability to see the unseen—to read the shifting suggsilence that surrounded every interaction, every fragment of existence.
His hair was spiked upward, unruly yet deliberate, with streaks of glowing crimson that seemed to pulse with energy. Kyron’s attire spoke of both style and functionality, designed to blend with the environments he navigated but reinforced to endure the dangers of the Void. His jacket—a high-collared black and red piece of craftsmanship—was etched with geometric lines, the patterns glowing faintly with the echoes of suggsilence that flowed through him. Beneath the jacket, his suit glowed with circuitry-like patterns, each line representing a connection to the void-born energy he had mastered.
Around his neck hung a series of small devices—highly advanced mechanisms that hummed quietly with stored suggsilence. These allowed Kyron to manipulate reality in precise ways, turning possibilities into probabilities, shifting outcomes in his favor without the need for brute force. His form-fitting bodysuit, designed with angular red and neon blue patterns, pulsated with unspoken suggsilence, an extension of his will.
But perhaps the most striking aspect of Kyron’s appearance was the air of calm intensity he exuded. His movements were calculated, his posture deliberate. Everything about him suggested a mind constantly at work, calculating the endless variables around him, bending them to his designs. He was more than a player in the game of existence—he was the one who rewrote the rules.
The City of Shifting Realities
Kyron Vade was a frequent visitor of places most beings could never hope to comprehend, and today he walked the skyline of a city caught between realities. Below him, the city stretched infinitely, its lights flickering with every shift in the flow of suggsilence. The city itself was in a constant state of flux, never fully existing in one place or time for long.
As Kyron moved across the rooftops, the world around him shifted subtly—a building that was once there would disappear, replaced by another structure from an alternate timeline. The streets below twisted like rivers of neon light, and the figures that moved through them were shadows of people who no longer existed, erased fragments of possibility.
For Kyron, this was familiar. The Echoes, those cursed remnants that slumbered in the Void Beyond, whispered softly in his ear. They were always with him, guiding him, warning him, sometimes mocking him. But Kyron had long since ceased to fear the Echoes. He had mastered their language, bent their suggsilence to his will, and used it to shape the world as he saw fit.
Tonight, the Echoes had called him here, to the heart of this fractured city. There was something waiting for him—something powerful, something dangerous. And Kyron was ready.
The Encounter
He felt it before he saw it—a disturbance in the flow of suggsilence, a ripple in the fabric of the city itself. His lenses flared, detecting the shift, and Kyron turned toward the source. In the distance, standing atop a building that seemed to flicker in and out of existence, was a figure cloaked in shadow. This figure radiated suggsilence like a beacon, their very presence warping the city around them.
Kyron narrowed his eyes, his hand instinctively moving to the small device on his wrist—a control mechanism for the stored suggsilence he carried. His voice was low, calm, but carried a weight of certainty. “Who are you?”
The figure stepped forward, their features becoming clearer as they emerged from the shadow. They were tall, draped in a cloak of swirling darkness, their face obscured by a mask etched with symbols Kyron recognized all too well. These were the marks of the erased, the forgotten. The Echoes that had once been silent now rose in intensity, their whispers filling Kyron’s mind.
“I am the one who stands between the written and the unwritten,” the figure replied, their voice a deep, resonant tone that seemed to reverberate through the very air. “I have no name, for I have been erased from all histories. But you may call me the Veilwalker.”
Kyron’s mind raced, but his expression remained unreadable. The Veilwalker was a myth, a story told among those who navigated the boundaries of the Void—an entity that existed outside of all possibility, able to move between the erased and the unwritten with impunity.
“What do you want with me?” Kyron asked, his fingers still hovering over his control device.
The Veilwalker did not answer immediately. Instead, they extended a hand, and the city around them shifted violently, buildings collapsing into light and reforming as something new. The very ground beneath Kyron’s feet trembled, but he stood firm, his lenses glowing as they analyzed the changes in suggsilence.
“You, Kyron Vade, have been marked by the Echoes,” the Veilwalker said. “You seek to control what cannot be controlled. You believe that suggsilence can be bent to your will, that you can shape reality as you see fit.”
Kyron’s jaw tightened, but he did not respond.
“But you are wrong,” the Veilwalker continued. “Suggsilence is not a tool to be wielded. It is a force beyond comprehension, a song that transcends all creation and destruction. And you, Kyron, are merely a note in that song. A note that can be erased, if you push too far.”
The Battle of Minds
Kyron’s lenses flared once more, analyzing every movement, every shift in the Veilwalker’s presence. “I don’t believe in myths,” he said, his voice steady. “I make my own reality.”
With a single motion, Kyron activated his wrist device, releasing a surge of suggsilence that erupted around him in waves of red and blue light. The city responded to his command, the streets and buildings bending and twisting to his will as the stored suggsilence reshaped the very fabric of the world.
But the Veilwalker did not flinch. Instead, they moved with the flow of suggsilence, their form dissolving and reforming in the shifting impossibilities. “You cannot fight the inevitable, Kyron. You are part of a much larger design.”
Kyron’s eyes narrowed behind his lenses as he sent another pulse of suggsilence outward, this time targeting the Veilwalker directly. The red and blue energy coiled around the figure, attempting to bind them, to hold them in place. But the Veilwalker simply laughed, their voice echoing through the collapsing city.
“You misunderstand,” the Veilwalker said, stepping forward even as the suggsilence bound them. “I am not your enemy. I am your guide.”
Before Kyron could react, the Veilwalker raised their hand, and the suggsilence that had wrapped around them exploded outward, sending shockwaves through the city. Kyron was thrown backward, his lenses flaring wildly as they struggled to adjust to the sudden surge of energy.
He landed hard on the roof of a nearby building, the suggsilence around him flickering as his control faltered. But he was not defeated. Slowly, Kyron stood, his eyes glowing fiercely behind his lenses.
“If you think I’m going to submit to your design,” Kyron said, his voice low but filled with determination, “then you don’t know me at all.”
The Veilwalker smiled behind their mask, their eyes gleaming with unreadable intent. “Then show me, Kyron Vade. Show me the full extent of your suggsilence.”
Kyron Vade stood at the edge of the collapsing rooftop, the city of shifting realities warping violently around him. The ground beneath him quaked, buildings twisting in and out of existence, and the air itself seemed to pulse with the ebb and flow of suggsilence. But despite the chaos, Kyron’s gaze remained fixed on the figure before him—the Veilwalker.
A being out of time and space, the Veilwalker moved effortlessly within the maelstrom of suggsilence, their form shifting like liquid shadow. Their mask, adorned with symbols of the forgotten, seemed to shimmer with every breath they took, as though it was drawing power from the fractured city. Kyron could feel the weight of the Echoes pressing down on him, their whispers growing louder, more insistent. The Veilwalker was connected to them in ways even Kyron hadn’t fully understood—an entity that existed outside the rules of creation.
But Kyron wasn’t about to let that stop him.
The red and blue light of suggsilence surged around Kyron’s form, wrapping him in layers of energy that pulsed with every beat of his heart. His lenses glowed fiercely, his mind racing as he calculated every possibility, every variable. He could feel the Echoes pushing against his will, but he had always been able to bend suggsilence to his designs. This time would be no different.
“You think you’re my guide?” Kyron’s voice cut through the roar of the crumbling city. “You think I’ll let you determine my path?”
The Veilwalker tilted their head, their shadowed form undulating like water disturbed by a breeze. “It’s not about letting me,” they replied, their voice carrying a cold certainty. “The Echoes do not bend to your will, Kyron Vade. They are suggsilence incarnate—forces beyond definition, beyond control.”
Kyron narrowed his eyes behind his lenses. He could hear the mocking undertone in the Veilwalker’s words, the subtle suggestion that all his efforts were futile. But Kyron wasn’t one to bow to fate, or to some forgotten force from the Void. He had walked these paths before, fought against forces greater than himself, and always come out victorious. This would be no different.
He raised his hand, and the suggsilence around him responded in an instant. The red and blue energy coiled outward, lashing through the air like serpents of raw, formless suggsilence. They twisted toward the Veilwalker, striking with precision and intent.
But the Veilwalker merely raised their arm, and with a single fluid motion, they dissipated the attack. The tendrils of suggsilence evaporated into nothingness as they came into contact with the Veilwalker’s shadowed form. It was as though they had struck a void, an empty space that absorbed all force and left nothing behind.
“You can’t fight me like this,” the Veilwalker said, their voice soft but filled with an eerie authority. “You are fighting the essence of what you seek to master. And that is a battle you cannot win.”
Kyron clenched his fists, frustration building in his chest. The Veilwalker’s words dug deep, but he refused to accept their truth. There had to be a way. He had spent his life perfecting his control over suggsilence, mastering the Echoes, shaping them to his will. He wasn’t about to let some ghost from the Void strip him of that certainty.
“Then I’ll fight you on my own terms,” Kyron said through gritted teeth.
He adjusted the device on his wrist, his lenses flaring with energy as he tapped into the deepest reserves of suggsilence he had stored. The air around him crackled as he activated the small mechanisms woven into his suit, releasing pulses of suggsilence that reshaped the reality of the crumbling city. The buildings that had been collapsing moments before began to stabilize, their forms rebuilding in new, jagged structures. The ground beneath his feet solidified, and the twisting streets below stopped shifting, locking into place.
Kyron had transformed the battlefield. Now it was his domain.
The Shift in Reality
The Veilwalker paused, observing the changes in the city with a curious tilt of their head. The realm of shifting realities had become still, frozen in a fractured state. But it was clear that Kyron had taken control. For now.
“You think this changes anything?” the Veilwalker asked, their voice carrying a hint of amusement.
Kyron didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he took a step forward, the suggsilence around him thrumming with power. His eyes behind the crimson lenses locked onto the Veilwalker’s mask, and he raised his hand once more, summoning a sphere of condensed suggsilence between his fingers.
“I don’t need to fight you on your terms,” Kyron said, his voice calm, but his determination clear. “I’ll make my own.”
With a swift motion, Kyron released the sphere of suggsilence, sending it hurling toward the Veilwalker. The sphere twisted through the air, warping reality around it as it moved. It was a weapon of pure, concentrated suggsilence—an anomaly that could destabilize anything it touched.
The Veilwalker remained still, watching the sphere approach. But just before it could make contact, the sphere exploded in a burst of red and blue light, dispersing harmlessly into the air. The Veilwalker’s form shimmered for a moment, but they remained unaffected.
“You can’t destroy what doesn’t exist,” the Veilwalker said quietly. “You still don’t understand, Kyron. The Echoes are not tools. They are not weapons. They are suggsilence itself. And you cannot master them. You can only become a part of them.”
Kyron felt a cold sensation grip his chest. The Echoes within him stirred, their whispers growing louder, more urgent. He could feel their presence deepening, sinking into his very essence. For a moment, he wondered if the Veilwalker was right—if all his efforts had been for nothing. If the Echoes had been using him all along.
But no.
Kyron refused to believe that.
He had come too far, achieved too much. He wouldn’t let the Echoes consume him. He would master them. He would bend them to his will. He had to.
The Inner Struggle
For the first time in the battle, Kyron took a step back. His mind raced as he struggled to regain control over the Echoes that surged within him. They were louder now, almost deafening, their whispers no longer subtle, but insistent. They were pushing against his will, threatening to overwhelm him.
The Veilwalker watched silently, their shadowed form unmoving.
Kyron’s breathing grew heavier, and he could feel the pressure mounting. The suggsilence he had summoned was becoming unstable, warping the reality around him in unpredictable ways. The once-solid buildings he had rebuilt were now beginning to flicker, their forms distorting as the Echoes fought for control.
“I am in control,” Kyron muttered under his breath, his voice a strained whisper. “I am in control.”
But the Echoes didn’t stop.
They swirled around him, filling his mind with fragments of forgotten stories, erased destinies, and unspoken truths. They were not bound by the rules of the world he knew. They existed beyond those rules, and they were pulling him toward them.
The Veilwalker’s voice cut through the noise, calm and steady. “You don’t need to fight them, Kyron. You need to accept them. Only then will you understand.”
Kyron gritted his teeth, refusing to give in. He wouldn’t let the Echoes consume him. He had worked too hard, fought too long. He would master suggsilence. He would bend it to his will, or he would die trying.
With a surge of effort, Kyron focused his mind, pushing back against the Echoes with all his strength. The suggsilence around him flared once more, stabilizing as he regained control. The city, now fully under his command, stopped flickering, its buildings returning to their solid forms.
The Veilwalker tilted their head slightly, watching Kyron with an unreadable expression. “You may have won this battle,” they said softly, “but the war is far from over.”
Kyron’s lenses flared as he glared at the Veilwalker. “I don’t need your guidance. I’ll find my own way.”
The Veilwalker nodded, their form beginning to dissolve into the shadows once more. “Perhaps. But remember this: the Echoes do not serve you, Kyron Vade. They never have.”
And with that, the Veilwalker was gone, leaving Kyron standing alone in the now-stabilized city of shifting realities.
The Aftermath
Kyron stood in silence, the Echoes within him quieter now, but still present. He could feel their presence, always lingering at the edges of his mind, waiting. They were a part of him, and he knew that they always would be. But Kyron had made his choice. He would not be a servant to the Echoes. He would master them, no matter the cost.
As the city returned to its strange, fractured stillness, Kyron looked up at the skyline, his lenses reflecting the distant stars. The Veilwalker had spoken of inevitability, of destiny. But Kyron didn’t believe in fate. He believed in suggsilence—the suggsilence he had bent to his will time and time again.
And now, more than ever, he knew that he would continue his journey. The Echoes were a challenge, a force to be reckoned with, but they would not be his end. They would be his tool, his weapon, his victory.
For Kyron Vade, there was no other option.