An Archangel Bodhisattva stands before the threshold.
“Every soul carries a light from beyond the veil. Let us discover the name of yours.”
Across the velvet table, the Fortune Teller lays five cards. She asks for neither your allegiance nor your obedience. Only what you would do.
Four dilemmas reveal a Monad: your spiritual origin and starting gifts. There are no correct answers. You may accept the reading, draw again, or choose directly.
Choose what you would do. The names behind the cards remain concealed.
You may choose your Monad without a reading. Each path is a valid beginning.
Chapter 0.2 · The reading opens into the existing five-stratum expedition. The overworld and town chapter are still to come.
Choose one relic. The shrine restores vitality and light. Accepting a relic takes a turn; nearby horrors can act.