“Reader are you still here?” Niko yelled. “Ah, I am awake. I had a dream just now. You know? Back in my world the sun isn’t a light bulb. It's a big ball of fire. I don’t think I would be able to hold it like I would the sun your world. What's that? This isn’t the world you live in? I guess if you're the God of this world this wouldn’t be the world you live in. What's your Home called?”.  Reader “Earth.”. “Wait really? You live in the ground, like the dirt? Must get cold down their. Can you hold it? That was a silly question. Sometimes our sun goes away to, like at night and gets really dark, but it's okay because it always comes back the next day. Most people go to sleep at night, but some stay up and read books or letters. I don't have to explain what those are do I? I mean they're in this world. Anyway we should probably get going…” Niko said happily. Niko heads east for a while until coming across a building with a bunch of conveyor belts, amongst all the machinery there seems to be one piece of equipment still functional. It look as though it's a crusher, fooling around Niko takes the metal pipe and flattens it. “Looks like a crowbar… Wait Reader I can use this on the box I found in the building next to the Prophet.” Niko Shouts at you. Niko makes his way over to the box and starts to pry it open. In the box is a small metal cube with some glass, on the cube it read Solar Battery. Niko took the part and headed to the generator, surprisingly the battery fit perfectly, but nothing happened. “It must be dead.” Niko said. Niko ventured out to the Barrens once more to try and find something to power up the battery. Eventually Niko discovered a mine shaft, but right as he was about to walk in he heard a familiar voice “Wait! I saw you heading this direction. The mines have been abandoned for a long time and I can not guarantee you will be safe. If you must enter it, it is my duty to accompany you.” said Silver. They both entered the mine but most of it was blocked off. While in the mine Neko found what appeared to be a gadget with a camera lense in it. Niko picked it up because the instructions for the solar battery requested a lens. Niko looked carefully at the instructions to craft such a battery and what tools he had to do so. Niko used the screwdriver from earlier to pry off the lens from the gadget. Now Niko had all the parts; a battery and a lens. He combined the two and had himself a solar powered battery. The battery however was still dead, but Niko didn’t stop there. He used the sun directly on the battery and it had a full charge within seconds. Using the charged battery Niko put it into the generator. All of the robots came to life around the facility and started cheering in monotone “I AM FUNCTIONAL!”. Although about only twenty robots were activated due to it being a proximity based system it was nice for Niko to finally have some physical company, not that having you the reader talk to him isn’t nice and all, it's just movement helps the mind. Niko checks the computer on the desk to find a code that reads: 289578 Gas Box. Niko remembers seeing a strange box out in the Barrens but just passed it, maybe this code belonged to the box, “It was right next to the gas field so maybe it has a mask in it.” said Niko. Niko headed over to the box next to the gas field and entered the code, the box opened up, a gas mask laid inside along with a book in an unknown language, the book had a clover on its cover. Niko took it. “We can go to the fields now and explore more reader.”. Amongst the thick gasis fog Niko discovers and old processing plant, some buildings, and a medical shop. Niko walks into the shop to find some robots functioning as if the sun had never went out. While looking through the building Niko finds a syringe and a letter, the letter was how to make acid from the shrimp “Step One: Put gas into bottle. Step Two: Put shrimp in bottle without breaking seal “Use syringe”. Step Three: Shake vigorously.”.  Not much was left of it so he pushed forward. Through Nikos journey with all this gas he notices a lot of tall gas vents, but stumbles upon one that is smaller than the others, even reachable by him, next to this small vent is a bubbly pond. “The phosphorus shrimp! The Acid!” Niko thought to himself. Niko followed the instructions and made the acid. Niko returned to the non-gasis area. Niko discovered a dock on this dock was a rusted robot on a boat.. The robot was functional, but couldn’t move. Niko poured the acid on the robot and it sprang to life saying “I CAN MOVE!”. “You’re welcome.” said Niko. “You… You’re the messiah, I can tell by the item you are holding. Our dear sun! You must place it on the tower and I will bring you to that tower. Hop aboard and let's save this world.” the robot said. “Oops, built in navigation circuits have fried, unfortunately messiah I can not take you anywhere right now. You need to speak to the head engineer Silver.” Niko was a little disappointed by this because he just wanted to put the sun in the tower so he could go home. Niko headed over to Silver’s house and told her the trouble “Silver, I found a robot that can take me to the tower, but its navigational circuits are fried. He told me to talk to you.”. “Just its navigational circuits?” she asked. “Apparently, the reader and I fixed everything else I think…” Niko said. “I have something that may help. Robots are able to trace materials from their source location. If you let the robot borrow this than its backup tracking system should activate.” Silver said while handing Niko a necklace with a clover symbol on it.”That's a nice necklace, but what's with the clover?” Niko asked. “That is the common plant of this world. Its also… I’m not sure if I can tell you this, my programming says yes, but I still feel conflicted. Nevermind you need to continue your journey more than I need a keepsake.” Silver said. Niko was confused by this, but went to the door to exit. “Wait, I need to ask you something. Do you know how to play chess?”. “I guess a little.” Niko said. “Then would you play with me, it's been years since I've played a game.” explained Silver. “It is the least I could do.” said Niko. They preceded to play chess and Niko got his butt whooped. “Wow, you’re really good at this Silver.”. “Thank you, it's in my coding.” said Silver. “Ah, so what's it like? I mean being a robot. Ive talked to other robots and they say stuff about coding and programing stuff. Even you did just now. It's hard to understand sometimes”Niko said. “I know. Most of the robots here are not tamed.”. “Tamed?” asked Niko. “Taming is complicated, I can’t really explain what tamed robots are, but I am one of them. All of the other tame robots have been relocated across the regions. Exactly where, I do not know.”Silver told Niko. “Have you ever been to any of the other regions Silver?” Niko asked. “Yes, all three. I still have a memory of the coordinates and things I saw, but I do not know if these places exist today.” Silver explained. “Because the sun is missing?” asked Niko. “No, even before the sun was going out the world started to decay. The sun going out was just a tipping point and things went bad fast after that.” said Silver. “So there's nothing I can do?” asked Niko sadly. “The only thing you can do is return the sun and hope for the best. I guess I kept you long enough, to complete your mission Niko.” said Silver. Niko headed back to the boat and handed the robot the necklace. “Coordinate backup complete heading to destination.”. Once Niko arrived to his destination he saw dead trees everywhere along with dead grass. Niko was on the outskirts of the city now. While Niko wandered through the outskirts of the city he came across many research facilities, most working with phosphor but some working with water. A robot handed Niko some water “You are made of fleshy organic matter, take this water human.” the robot said. There wasn’t much on the outskirts of the city except run down buildings and collapsed structures. While scavenging Niko found a seed of some sort that he thought he should keep. On the outskirts there are many people, humans, most say they were relocated here from the Barrans because it was decaying. This scared Niko a little because of the thought that if the outermost edge of this world, the Barrans, were decaying would this mean the world was collapsing on itself until it's nothing? Whatever the case was Niko new he had to save this world more than trying to get home right now as he was the messiah, but first Niko had to rest for he had been traveling for quite some time now. While Niko was dreaming was was back in the field, sun still shining, but this time he saw himself running toward a city, then Niko woke up.

“Reader I had another dream. Did you picture it too? I was in a big field like the last dream...and I saw my village! But then I woke up. I don’t think this world is anything like that… I mean big wheat fields. Most stuff I see hear is dead and the only plants i see are weird looking trees. You know reader I use to be scared of the dark, but now that I’ve spent so much time here it's not that bad. I couldn't even go to bed without a nightlight. I guess it's not too bad with you here guiding me, so thanks for that. Well we should keep going on with the story reader.” Niko headed north for a while until reaching a building with a giant robot guarding it. “Hello messiah, please proceed to the tower and be careful with that sun young one.” the robot said in a deep voice. Niko proceeded down a hallway until reaching a door. Niko opened this door and saw the illumination of the city. Niko was high above the surface and had to cross multiple bridges to get to his destinations, the surface of the city was far below, its as if the city was made in a giant crater Niko made his way across a bridge slowly as the high made him a little dizzy. Across the bridge another robot guardian a section. “Ah, messiah, the sun, you know what you must do. Place the sun up in the tower. Hurry Hurry now!” The giant robot said in an oddly high pitched voice. As Niko proceeded the robot shouted “Halt! Only the possessor of the sacred kernel can go to the guardian”. Niko pulled out the seed he had found in the outskirts and it was the sacred kernel the robot requested. Niko was allowed to proceed to the guardan. “Wow, this place is beautiful.” Niko says to you. Niko walks over to the center of the guardian and there it is labeled “Sacred Seed” Niko placed the special kernel in the dirt and gave it some of the water that a robot gave him at the water testing facility. The plant started to sprout almost instantly, but soon stopped growing for it needed sunlight. Niko knew his job there was finished and he had to continue his journey. As Niko headed past a series of bridges hey heard someone saying “Come on! Open!”. Niko peered around the corner and say a man who appeared to be in his twenties, he had pink hair and brown eyes. “What's wrong sir?” Niko asked the young man. “The elevator is busted. If you look at the terminal the button that should say “Ground” on it is missing.” said the man to Niko. “Don’t worry I believe we can fix it , I'll try and find a replacement.” Niko said with a smile. The man proceeded to kick the door, but nothing happened. Niko walked along a set of bridges that hadn’t collapsed yet, it lead him to a dinner. In this dinner a nice young lady with brown hair greeted Niko saying “Welcome Massah! It's a slow day that's why we're empty. I heard the elevator was broken as well and the city has been decaying a lot lately, skywalks and stairs just falling apart. The only reliable transport are the elevators.” she said. After chatting with the nice lady Niko exited the dinner and walked along some bridges until entering a nearby skyscraper.While searching the giant building Niko discovers a tin can and starts wearing it like a helmet for fun. He also wanders into a kitchen and finds some refrigerator magnets he decides to keep as they might be useful in the future, along with finding the magnets Niko comes across a computer. The computer has a code on it:63014, Niko saves the code for later. “Reader I’m tired” Niko tells you. Niko falls asleep on a bed nearby and starts to drift off into his dreams. This time Niko sees a glimpse of his mother, she made him pancakes. Now all Neko want’s is pancakes.

“Reader, I had another dream. Mama was there. She made me my favorite pancakes.” says Niko to you. “We should get going now I guess.”. Niko explored more skyscrapers finding cool little toys and such, but left those alone. Eventually Niko stumbled upon a bathroom, in this bathroom he found a pile of hair and some scissors. “I think I can combine this like arts and craft to make a button”. Niko carefully cut the tin can he had before into a rectangle shape and then put the magnets from the fridge on both ends to make a magnetized button. “This outa work on the elevator reader!” Niko said excitedly. Niko heads to the elevator just to find the man still kicking it. “Stop already I have something” Niko said to the man. Niko carefully placed the button in the slot were one once sat, it fit barley. Niko pressed the button and the elevator started moving until it stopped all of a sudden. “Reactivating elevator services. Please enter security code…” Niko paused, but had remembered the code on the computer. As he typed the numbers 6,3,0,1,4, the elevator made a screeching sound. Eventually it opened and the two could enter. “I have no idea how you got that code or how you even fixed the elevator, but you must be the true messiah” said the stranger in shock. “I couldn't have done it without the readers help, afterall the reader predicts my every move.” said Niko. On the way down the elevator the two sat in silence until it finally hit the bottom, it felt like forever. The stranger walks out of the elevator first and says “It was nice knowing you ah?-” “Niko” “Yeah Niko, I gotta go I'll see you around kid, good luck on your mission.” The man ran off and Niko was ready to continue. As Niko explored the surface of the city he came across a library. This library was huge and most books were made by one person who everyone just called The Author, his signature is a clover. When Niko tried to access the library the robots wouldn’t let him without a library card, so Niko left and started exploring the surface of the city again. Nike came across a research lab that repaired robots, many of the researchers were calculating where the world would decay next and graphing current decayed parts. Niko entered the back room of the research office to find a tall girl with red hair working of a robot. “May I help you?” she asked Niko.  “Yeah, I need a library card to see the head librarian, the robots won't let me in without one.” said Niko. “Sure you can borrow mine, here massiah.” she said. She reminded him of Silver from the Barrans. Niko pulled the necklace out of his pocket that Silver gave him and asked if the girl knew anything about it. “What? Where did you get this?” she asked Niko. “A lady by the name of Silver gave me it, she is in the Barrans right now.” said Niko. “I see… It was supposed to be a breakthrough. I even based her on myself. We wanted to build a robot that acts and thinks like a person, a robot that isn’t controlled by its own code. It turns out you can’t build something like that, too many contradictions in the coding made her unstable. It was the only time I have ever seen a robot go rouge. She has since been repaired, but the damage has been done. Even though she is a robot she has memories and feels bad for what she did. She won’t come back, or even answer to my letters.” she said. Niko had his library card and headed back to the library. This time the robots let him enter to see the head librarian. The head librarian was named George, she was an old lady with pale skin. “Hello savior, aren’t you supposed to be headed for the tower?” George asked. “Yes Mrs George, but I was wondering if you could translate this book for me, it's signed by The Author.” said Niko. “The Author, you know him and I are great friends, I publish all his work. He makes the best of writings. May I have a look?”. Niko hands Mrs George the book and patiently waits. “ Where did you find this book? Hmm… I think I need to translate this for you. It might take awhile, do you mind if I hold onto it?” George asks. “Go right ahead.” Niko said while yawning. “Oh you must be so tired after you journey, why don't you go nap in my guest bedroom.” George told Niko. As Niko walked down the hall he noticed the clover was on everything. Niko asked George if all these books were by The Author. George said “Yes, but we haven't seen him in a while, in fact no one knows his name. He uses a clover as his signature, almost every book in my library is published by him. He writes about everything and gives me more books than I know what to do with.” said George. Niko headed to the guest bedroom and laid down, this bed was probably the second most comfiest bed to him as nothing would bead his bed. Niko seemed to fall asleep instantly. While Niko was dreaming he saw a bright light, then saw himself laughing at the table with a finished plate of pancakes. In the corner of his eye he saw something, a shattered bulb, a light bulb…

“Hey reader, did you see what I saw? It was the sun, but it was shattered. I wouldn't shatter the sun. If I did the world would end. I'll be extra careful.” Niko told you. As Niko headed out of the guest bedroom and down the hall he was greeted by Mrs George. “Did you have a good rest dear?” she asked Niko. “Yep” said Niko happily. “I have translated the journal to the best of my abilities, but it looks as though this book is meant for the reader. Here why don't you take a look.”. “Dear reader, if you can finally read this that means you are close to the tower. The tower is the home of an elusive entity. This being is connected to the world. For now you can think of it as the spirit of this world. It has no physical form, but it can communicate through computers and machinery, like the one you encountered at the beginning of this story. The entrance to the tower is at the tower's base. Not only will you need the sun their but also pieces of the previous sun. The savior will not be able to do anything there, but you ,the reader, will need to keep going to find out Niko's fate.”-book. “That is all there is that I can translate messiah.” George said. George handed Niko fragments of the sun she held onto for safekeeping. “Thanks” said Niko as he started down the hall to leave for the tower. When Niko exited the Library he asked “Reader do you remember where the dinner was, I am dying for some pancakes. Can we go get some?”. Niko headed to the dinner just to meet the sweet young lady again. She was very happy to see Niko, but the place was still empty. “Can I get you anything?” she asked. “Pancakes please! Oh wait I don't have any money…” said Niko. “Not a problem, they’re on the house. It's the least I can do for the messiah.” she said. She gave Niko a big stack of pancakes and while Niko ate he told her about how his mama would make them, then he started getting sad. “I miss my mama.” Niko said with tears running down his face. “It's okay, once you replace the sun you can go home right?” said the girl. “Yes, but I want to see her now, ah it's okay you're right. I'll see her soon. Thank you for the pancakes.” Niko said in a more cheerful mood. “No problem, good luck massiah.” she said as she waved goodbye. Niko ventured towards the center of the city and entered a door. This door lead to a hall and that hall lead to the tower entrance. Niko entered the tower and was overwhelmed with darkness. A minute went past and no sign of light. “Reader are you there?” Niko shouted. “Reader? Hello? Come on Reader talk to me! Reader!!! … Whats going on? Where is the sun?” Niko yells and asks in confusion. Niko walks around in the darkness before eventually coming across a table with a computer on it. “Hello Niko. You are now inside the tower, congratulations.” the computer said. “Are you talking to me or the reader?” asked Niko. “You Niko, the reader is no longer hear.”. “But you were always talking to the reader before. Wheres….”. “The reader has already left Niko, I told you this. I had to contact you directly.” said the computer. “Wait so the reader just, left? Just like that?” said Niko. “Yes, the reader has already finished their mission, bringing you to the tower. They are gone for good. You have finished your mission too Niko” the computer stated as it generated a bed next to Niko. “Here rest now. Everything that has happened here is just a bad dream. When you wake up you will be sent home to your mama.”. “But… I thought there was more to it, I thought I was supposed to bring the sun to the top of the tower, but now I don't even have the sun anymore. It's just gone. So is the reader. This feels all wrong.” Niko told the computer. “You did well Niko, you saved the world. Now it is time for you to go home to yours.” the computer said as it shut down. “I didn’t even get to say goodbye to the reader.” Niko said sadly. Niko hoped into bed and the world around him faded into pitch blackness. “And as for you, the reader, we are done with this story. Please do not read beyond this point.”the computer voice tells you. Your world goes dark and everything fades away.

“This is not over regardless of what the entity told you. Once you have read this read on” said The Author to you, the reader. Niko is dreaming of himself standing in a field. “Niko” you shout at him. Niko wakes up still in the tower. “Reader? Reader is that you? I thought I heard you, in my dream. I guess you’re still not there.” said Niko. Niko reached into his pocket to find a three leaf clover. It looked like the one The Author used as his signature. Niko approached the computer next to his bed. “You are still here? You are supposed to be home Niko.” said the computer. “YOU! Why did you keep going reader? I told you to stop! You knew I tried to cut the story short didn't you? You want more right? A different ending? Fine! If you don't want me to make the ending I'll make it so you have to!” the computer screamed at you. The computer and bed fade away and Niko is presented with a door. Upon opening the doors, Niko found page scraped with a clover cut out of them and if he placed the one in his pocket with were the cutout was he was guided in the right direction as the way up the tower was a series of mazes. The letter was meant for the reader and when fill put together it read:
“Back then I told you as little about the entity as possible. Apologies for that, I didn't want to put the librarian in danger. This being has a habit of silencing those who want to  know of its nature. Regrettably, I have seen it happen to friends... Ah, but do not worry for the entity can not touch you. Nor can it do anything to me. I already left the world on my own terms. I never meant for the entity to exist. But now that it is fully sentient, one thing became clear: The entity seeks death. Death to itself, death to the world. ...a relentless desire to manifest physically. You have already seen the scars. Right now the entity is doing everything it can to impede your progress, stalling for even a few minutes. Before you inevitably bring the sun to the tower's summit, that's where you God will make the final judgment for this world. Of course the entity will contact you there and when it does, it will trick you into shattering the sun. This will end the world instantly. No...no...no...it’s not that simple. I am sorry, I do not know what to do in a situation like this. But I think I have to tell you the truth. The sun is the messiah's tie to this world. As long as the sun is intact, the messiah is trapped here. Shattering the sun may terminate the world, but… it is also the only way for the messiah to return home. I did not realize things would end up like this. Please forgive me…” Signed, The Author. (Copyright Degica, this part is word for word.)
As Niko approached the top of the tower. In the center was the sun, Niko ran over and picked it up. “I guess the reader isn’t coming back” Niko said to himself sadly. “Reader? Is that you? I thought you were gone forever!” Niko told you. “You never left me? I was feeling lonely back there, I'm glad you're here. I guess we need to place the sun atop the tower now reader.” Niko tells you. As Niko picks the sun up he is teleported back to the basement where he originally found it. Niko walks up the stairwell. When Niko reaches the top he opens the door, there lay stacked wood in the fireplace, a neat livingroom with a fixed TV, and a kitchen that doesn’t look as rundown as before. Niko headed to the bedroom he woke up in everything was nice and the TV, remote had all its buttons. When Niko walked into the bathroom he saw a tiny plany full of life growing next to the sink. Niko headed to the room with the odd light bulb lock on it, but this time it was open and lead to a hallway. Niko walked down the hallway. “So you actually made it reader? Welp, you win reader. I will tell you how to save the world reader. When you reach the top of the tower shatter the sun, than…” the computer voice said to you. “I am just messing with you. I know you have been chattering with a certain someone and that he already told you about your choices, didn't he? Are you still planing to save this world reader? Why are you trying so hard? Haven't you even figured out what this world is?” the computer voice asks you. I told you at the beginning, Your mission is to help Niko leave because Niko is not apart of this world, he is apart of yours. The final choice is up to you, I can't go against my programing. If you choose to smash the sun, Niko wakes up and it was all a bad dream. If you choose to have Niko set the sun, the child must stay to bear the weight of this sacrifice. At least tell Niko the truth reader. You care about Niko right?” the computer says to you. “Niko!” you shout. “Yes reader? Whats wrong?”. “I have to tell you something...” you say to Niko. “If you put the sun atop the tower this world lives, but you must stay here. If you shatter the sun, you go home, yet this world dies.” you tell Niko with a tear in your eye. Niko walks down the hallway and approaches an elevator. Niko goes up the elevator to the tower's summit in silence. “I don’t want to end this world reader, I've met so many people and things... , but mama” Niko says. The elevator stops and Niko approaches a table with what appears to be a screw in for a light bulb. “So this is where the sun needs to be placed and if I put it here we save the world, but.. I can't go home?” Niko asks. “Correct” you say. “And if I smash it, I go home to mama.” Niko says. “Reader… what's the right thing to do? What should Niko do?” Return the sun, or return home...