[Short Story] Effigy of Grief

The man awoke in an oasis surrounded by a boundless desert, he had no memory of who he was or how he had gotten there. Blinking the sand from his eyes he regained his vision and, as if a trick of the light, an impossibly large humanoid construct was suddenly before him. Zircon, Steel, Onyx, and Diamond. The construct was an amalgamation of countless ore, some of unknown composition.

The unmoving construct pierced the sky and the man could see no farther than the clouds blocking his view, unusual in a desert. It’s very presence seemed to distort the space around it causing the man to feel overwhelming nausea. Suddenly a deafening array of metallic scratching played in his mind, and the man was shocked to realize that he could understand it. β€œπ•π• π•¦π•£ π•€π•–π•”π• π•Ÿπ•• π•¨π•šπ•€π•™ 𝕙𝕒𝕀 π•“π•–π•–π•Ÿ π•˜π•£π•’π•Ÿπ•₯𝕖𝕕, π•Ÿπ• π•¨ 𝕗𝕠𝕣 π•ͺ𝕠𝕦𝕣 π•₯π•™π•šπ•£π••, π•’π•Ÿπ•• π•—π•šπ•Ÿπ•’π• π•¨π•šπ•€π•™.”

The man had considered this for a moment, and seeing no other option, made his final wish. β€œI wish to remember all that I have forgotten.” Rhythmic metallic scraping resembling laughter played in the man’s head. β€œπ”½π•¦π•Ÿπ•Ÿπ•ͺ.” The construct echoed, granting the man’s final wish. β€œπ•‹π•™π•’π•₯ 𝕨𝕒𝕀 π•₯𝕙𝕖 π”½π•€β„π•Šπ•‹ π•₯π•™π•šπ•Ÿπ•˜ π•ͺ𝕠𝕦 π•¨π•šπ•€π•™π•–π•• 𝕗𝕠𝕣.” The metallic laughter faded as the construct disappeared, left only with the man’s tortured screams.

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cool short, but keep in mind that general writing is only for ao canon stuff
btw if you plan on posting short stories anywhere, I recommend sites like royal road and critque circle

All it has to do is relate to AO in some way which it already does, it doesn’t have to be fully within AO canon.