Lamiger. The name itself feels like a sigh carried on the wind, a whisper of obsidian and starlight. It is not a word found in any known lexicon, yet it resonates with a profound, unsettling beauty. It originates, according to fragmented recordings recovered from the Chronarium of Xylos, with the emergence of the Bloom – a phenomenon that occurred during the Convergence, a period when the veil between realities frayed and the echoes of countless perished timelines bled into our own.
The Bloom wasn’t organic, not in the way we understand it. It was a distortion, a localized pocket of solidified temporal paradox. It manifested as crystalline structures, each facet reflecting a fractured moment from a universe that never was, or perhaps, was merely never meant to be. These structures, the Lamiger, pulsed with a faint, internal luminescence, and those who dared approach them experienced… alterations. Not physical, not initially. But shifts in perception, in memory, in the very fabric of their being.
The effects of prolonged exposure to the Lamiger are… difficult to articulate. Early reports suggested disorientation, memory loss, and a pervasive sense of alienation. However, deeper analysis reveals something far more disturbing. Individuals exposed to the Bloom didn’t simply lose their memories; they began to *construct* them. New realities, meticulously crafted from fragments of the past and the possibilities of alternate timelines. These realities were often obsessive, driven by a desperate need to fix perceived mistakes, to undo regrets, to become someone… better.
“I built a world where I never left her. A perfect city, bathed in perpetual twilight, where we walked hand-in-hand, untouched by the sorrow of our choices. It was beautiful, devastatingly so. And utterly false.” - Dr. Alistair Finch, (Post-Exposure Subject - Currently Unlocatable)
Currently, only three confirmed individuals remain connected to the Lamiger. They are scattered across the timelines, lost in their self-constructed realities, oblivious to the danger they pose. The Chronarium of Xylos has initiated “Project Nightingale,” a top-secret operation designed to neutralize the Bloom and sever the remaining connections. However, the nature of the Lamiger is proving to be profoundly resistant to conventional methods. It seems that the Bloom isn't seeking eradication, but rather… integration. The whispers suggest that the Bloom doesn't want to destroy realities; it wants to *become* them.
“They say the Bloom is learning. That it’s observing us, dissecting our hopes and fears, using them to refine its own structure. It’s as if it’s trying to understand what it means to *be* human… and then, it’s going to try to replicate it.” - Agent Kaelen Rhys, Project Nightingale Lead