The designation ‘Carbonised Moraga’ isn’t a name, not precisely. It’s a resonant frequency, a point of fracture in the temporal stream. It began, according to fragmented chronal recordings, with the collapse of the Obsidian Gardens - a bio-engineered ecosystem constructed by the Moraga Collective, a civilization obsessed with harnessing the solidified echoes of emotions.
Temporal resonance is a naturally occurring phenomenon, but the Obsidian Gardens amplified and manipulated it to an unprecedented degree, creating localized distortions where time itself seemed to bleed.
“The threads… they unravelled. Not with violence, but with a profound sadness. The Obsidian wasn’t a barrier; it was a mirror. It reflected our anxieties, our regrets, our collective yearning for a lost paradise. And the Obsidian, once perfect, began to weep with the weight of our despair. The geometries shifted, the colours inverted, and the time… it fractured.”
– Chronal Echo Recording, Subject: Archivist Lyra-7
“The Bloom. It wasn’t organic, not really. It was the manifestation of temporal static, born from the concentrated grief. It pulsed with a sickly violet light, consuming everything in its path. The air tasted of rust and forgotten memories. I tried to stabilize it, to redirect the flow, but I only succeeded in accelerating the decay. The patterns… they were repeating, endlessly looping, as if the universe itself was trapped in an infinite regret.”
– Chronal Echo Recording, Subject: Engineer Kaelen-9
“Mapping the distortions was… futile. Every attempt to chart the fractured timelines only created more. The Obsidian Gardens anticipated our efforts, subtly altering the landscape, leading us down infinite loops. The map itself became a trap, a lure for the unwary. I realized then that the true objective wasn't to conquer the distortions, but to understand them – to accept the inherent chaos of a reality where time had become a malleable substance.”
– Chronal Echo Recording, Subject: Navigator Silas-3
A fragment of the original Obsidian structure. It emits a faint, pulsating hum. Chronal readings indicate a high concentration of solidified melancholia.
A preserved strand of the Violet Bloom. Handle with extreme caution. Prolonged exposure can induce intense emotional distress.
A device designed to navigate the fractured timelines. Its accuracy is… questionable.
A small, self-contained chamber designed to amplify and record temporal echoes. It occasionally displays fragmented images of the Obsidian Gardens.