[Tales of the Ruined City] Fairy Tale Of The Forgotten Ruina

Battleaxes clash and sparks fly, blades flash, then slow. Deep within the temple, the priestess looks just as you did at the start. Sandalwood incense drifts through the window, and I understand your thoughts. The pomegranate ring on your finger has been left unfinished. Jade stains the Fairy King's robes, its elegance concealed. Your radiant smile is like a flower about to bloom. A wisp of your beauty drifts away to somewhere I cannot reach. Lapis lazuli waits for the rain, and I wait for you. The imperial city rises in wisps, a thousand miles away across the river. Underground, I play the boatman with the grace of a bygone age, as if it were all a prelude to meeting you. Khoromo waits for a lifetime, and I wait for you. Moonstone dredges up the ending, and it spreads before me. Like the legendary Ithildin, beautiful all on its own, you smile with laughter in your eyes. A giant dragon, white as porcelain and blue as a flower, soars across the sky. I sketch the strange monk sitting in meditation, yet still think of you. You hide within your name, a secret a thousand years old, as delicate as amber falling to the ground. The spire outside summons a sudden downpour, the palace gathers patina, and I pass through the town of Holm and meet you. In the diary of the sixteenth century, you have been erased from the depths of blood. Lapis lazuli waits for the rain, and I wait for you. The imperial city rises in wisps, a thousand miles away across the river. Underground, I play the boatman with the grace of a bygone age, as if it were all a prelude to meeting you. Khoromo waits for a lifetime, and I wait for you. Moonstone dredges up the ending, and it spreads before me. Like the legendary Ithildin, beautiful all on its own, you smile with laughter in your eyes. My name is Fei. I am an orphan raised by the temple, and also the disciple of a sage in town. I used to think the future was simply the natural continuation of the present. Unless something unexpected happened, I would inherit the duties of the temple priestess and live an ordinary life to the end in this little town called Holm. Even though I carried memories from my previous life, I thought they would make no difference. But one day, after a thunderstorm, I found a cave in the woods outside town... And everything changed... Note: This is a game-based story about The Ruined City. The plot follows a route that combines the game's four storylines, written purely for my own amusement. The Ruined City is a classic TRPG that is only a little over 40 MB, but its setting and story are both excellent. I became completely obsessed with its worldbuilding, and despite my friends in the group grumbling that I was starting another project, I couldn't help opening this one. I hope you enjoy it. If you want to download the game, click the button. P.S. The Ruined City was created by Kusakusa Shokichi and translated into Chinese by alkd (The Heir to the Natural Curls). Permission has been requested. One last P.S.: Thanks to Erpuls from the Ruined City forum for writing the game's theme song, "Gold and Lapis Lazuli," based on the game.