THE FALL AND THE RISE

Chapter 1: The Fall and the Rise

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Page 1 – The Edge

Setting: A tall city building at sunset. The mood is heavy, the sky burned orange.

Narration:

Rujan was just another name in the system—a quiet boy, broken by bullies, ignored by the world.

He walked toward the rooftop, heart heavy. Today… he planned to disappear.

Panel:

He enters the elevator.

On the 2nd floor, another boy enters—loud, cocky, a bully. He mocks Rujan cruelly.

Panel:

Before the elevator reaches the top, the 5th floor opens. A tall man with a long coat and strange aura enters.

Orrion:

“Get out.”

Bully (laughs):

“Who the hell are you?”

Orrion (coldly):

“Your warning.”

In a flash, the bully is thrown out.

Top Floor: Rooftop.

Orrion stands beside Rujan at the edge.

Orrion:

“Why are you here?”

Rujan (quiet):

“To end it.”

Orrion:

“Then come with me… and start something bigger.”

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Page 2 – The Offer

Scene: Still on the rooftop, wind howling. Orrion stands tall, mysterious.

Rujan:

“You just beat someone up like it was nothing… Who are you?”

Orrion:

“I’m someone who’s died more times than you’ve lived.

And I’m building a team.”

Rujan:

“Team for what?”

Orrion:

“To erase the filth of this world—monsters, ghosts… witches.”

Flashback Image: Orrion trapped in a hellish dimension, dying and reviving endlessly, tortured by a witch for one million years.

Orrion (voice-over):

“I escaped something worse than death. Now I make sure others never fall there.”

Rujan (clenches fist):

“I want in.”

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Page 3 – The Sanctuary

Scene: Orrion's hidden base—part sci-fi lab, part ancient ruin.

Panel:

Rujan arrives in a flash of light. He sees strange symbols, crystals floating, shadowy figures in tanks.

Rujan (shocked):

“This place… this isn’t normal.”

Orrion:

“Neither are you.”

Panel:

They walk past a sealed cage with a twitching, ghost-like creature.

Rujan (gulping):

“…You guys keep ghosts?”

Orrion:

“We study them. Hunt them. Break them.”

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Page 4 – The Team

Scene: Orrion’s base. A huge door slams open. Three teens drag a ghost body in.

Blaze (grinning):

“Yo, Master! Mission complete.”

Rujan (gags):

“Ewww! Is that thing vomiting itself?! That’s not a ghost, that’s a cursed alien octopus!”

Orrion:

“Rujan, meet your seniors.”

Pointing to each one:

Black: The cold, confident captain.

Blaze Nightshade: The firehead. Wild but reliable.

Raven Darkhart: Quiet, creepy, deadly.

Axel Viper (Alex): Tech genius and weapons freak.

Orrion:

“They’re your teammates. Or your kidnappers. Survive, and you get a name.”

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Page 5 – First Mission

Scene: Team gathered around a glowing war table. A map shows District 9 pulsing red.

Orrion:

“Ghost nest. Level 4. You’re going in. Rujan too.”

Rujan:

“I can fight.”

Blaze (laughs):

“Try not to die, rookie.”

Raven:

“If he does, I’m looting his boots.”

Orrion (serious):

“He’s more important than you know.

Fail… and I’ll make your ghosts regret it.”

The team sets off, fading into the night sky.

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Page 6 – Cultivation World Chaos

Scene: Another world—spiritual, mystical, like Earth mixed with ancient magic.

Narration:

There are many realms. Ghosts don’t stay in one.

Panel:

The team meets a sect leader with soul-reading eyes.

Sect Leader:

“There’s a level 6 ghost stealing souls. Take this disciple. He’s in Body Refining Stage.”

Rujan (to Alex):

“What does that mean?”

Alex:

“He punches tigers for cardio.”

Panel:

They track the ghost in a dark forest. A beautiful girl is nearly consumed by it.

Rujan:

“Not today, freak!”

Ghost:

“You’ll feed me instead.”

Orrion (appears silently):

“You first.”

Battle begins. Alex fires lasers, Raven poisons the ground, Blaze charges in fire. Rujan protects the girl.

Ghost (grinning):

“You’re all going to die!”

Orrion (eyes glowing):

“No, just you.”

Panel:

Orrion's shadow pierces the ghost. It screams and disintegrates.

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Final Scene – The Return

Scene: Back at the base. The girl is healing. Rujan is bandaged, surrounded by the team.

Rujan:

“…That was hell.”

Raven:

“Welcome to the job.”

Alex:

“Congrats, you survived your tutorial.”

Orrion (watching the stars):

“Chapter one is done. But your real trial is just beginning…”

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END OF CHAPTER 1

Next: Chapter 2 – The Price of Power

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