Scene: The Galactic Transit Nexus (GTN)A swirling, chaotic cathedral of cosmic life — portals opening and closing in rhythmic pulses, otherworldly voices echoing in languages not meant for mortal throats. Star Bearers and cosmic travelers pass in robes of nebula silk and armor forged from collapsed stars. The air crackles with starlight and tension.
Rain, Dawn, Luna, and Kai weave through the crowd.
LUNA(tail twitching, ears flicking):"This place never quiet. Like stars always gossiping."
RAIN(scanning faces):"Yeah, but look closer… half of them look like they've seen entire lifetimes burn."
As they turn a corner, they nearly collide with a tall, emaciated man. His skin is dull, eyes hollow, clothes barely hanging on. He has no weapon, no aura, no presence — just a quiet gravitational pull that sucks all joy from the air. A walking eclipse.
RAIN(slowing, cautious):"Hey… you alright?"
The man doesn't answer. He stares past Rain, eyes like dead stars.
DAWN(softly):"He looks like he's lost everything. Like... even hope gave up on him."
KAI(grim):"He's from one of the fallen systems. A bearer who survived the Star Thief. His universe got swallowed whole. He had to give up his stars to live — a fate worse than death for someone like us."
RAIN(brows knitting):"…He gave them up?"
KAI:"Not willingly. But once your universe dies, the stars have nowhere to return. He couldn't anchor them anymore."
The man slowly looks up. His dead eyes meet Rain's — and for a second, Rain feels it. Recognition. Shared loss. But Rain flinches and looks away.
MAN(raspy, barely audible):"Don't become what I did. Don't carry ghosts that never scream."
Silence follows. The crowd keeps flowing, ignoring the broken soul among them.
RAIN(turning away):"Can't fix everybody."
KAI(quiet):"No. But you'll damn sure break trying."
They leave the man behind, swallowed by the crowd. He doesn't move. Just stands there, a monument to survival without meaning.
Scene Shift: Registry Center EntranceA monolithic crystalline tower hums with life. Light veins pulse through its surface like stardust arteries. Its presence commands silence, reverence, fear.
KAI(nodding at the doors):"This is where it all becomes official. The Registry. You walk in as someone haunted… you walk out as a beacon. No turning back."
DAWN(to Rain):"You ready?"
RAIN(deep breath):"No. But I never am."
Scene: Walking the spiral ramp up into the registryThe ground below them glows with ancient runes. Each step seems to echo across dimensions. The weight of every past bearer seems to press down.
KAI(casually, almost too casually):"You ever wonder why the stars are missing from the sky?"
RAIN(sarcastic):"No shit. I used to watch 'em every night."
KAI(serious):"It's not just aesthetics. Stars are consciousness. Memory. Cosmic intent. When they disappeared, they didn't die. They hid. Inside you."
RAIN(stopping cold):"Wait… they're in me?"
KAI(turning to face him):"You're their beacon. Their last anchor. The universe jammed all that power inside you to keep it from being stolen. You're a walking vault."
DAWN(folding arms):"More like a ticking bomb."
KAI(smirking):"Exactly. You can't just tap into the stars whenever you feel like flexing. They're panicked. Unstable. You call on them too often, too recklessly... you'll implode. Or worse."
RAIN(flat):"So I'm a glass filled with liquid universe and no lid."
KAI:"That's poetic. And fatal."
Scene: Nearing the Registry PlatformThe floating platform above them glows with massive rotating glyphs. As Rain steps forward, they react, spinning faster, humming like a choir of dying suns.
KAI(lowering voice):"When you touch that platform, your name gets etched into the Stellar Record. It links you to the cosmic web. Every Star Bearer across time, space, and dimension will feel you."
RAIN(anxious):"So no more hiding?"
KAI(serious):"None. The Thief will know where you are. Every predator in the dark will see your spark. But so will your allies."
DAWN(to Rain, firm):"Then we make sure you're strong enough that no one can put that spark out."
Rain steps forward. The glyphs swirl around him, scanning every atom of his being. His name — RAIN — begins carving itself into the spinning ring of light above the registry, letter by glowing letter.
LUNA(on his shoulder, snorting):"Don't explode. I hate cleaning up blood."
RAIN(half a smirk):"Me too. Gets in the creases."
KAI(softly, almost reverently):"Remember: You're not just holding power. You're holding fate. The stars trusted you. Whether they were right... that's your call now."
Narration:Stars once sang his name in whispers. Now they scream it across the void. In this moment, he isn't just Rain. He's the last lighthouse in a storm no one sees coming. And somewhere, across the black seas of existence… something watches. And smiles.
Scene: Inside the Registry Center, GTN
The crystalline gates groan open like the jaws of a celestial beast. The chamber stretches beyond physics — layered floors orbiting each other, glyphs swimming through the air like living script. Starlight drips from the ceiling. Every surface hums with cosmic energy, pulsing like it knows your name.
Rain steps inside, jaw clenched, eyes scanning. His breath is tight — equal parts anger and dread.
RAIN (muttering):"Feels like the stars are watching… laughing at me."
KAI (dry):"They are."
They approach a glowing pedestal, alive with pulsing light — the heart of the Registry System.
THE REGISTRY SYSTEM (booming):"CANDIDATE: RAIN. ACCESS GRANTED. STATUS: UNLICENSED STAR BEARER.""INITIATE LICENSING PROTOCOL. TRIAL BEGINS UPON CONSENT."
Rain scoffs.
RAIN:"Consent? That's a fucking joke. You drag me into this cosmic shitshow, jam stars in my chest, and now you want my permission?"
KAI:"Formalities. Doesn't change shit. You're already fucked."
Rain glares but says nothing.
Scene: Projection Room
They step into a chamber of hard light and shadows. Holograms flicker — star bearers from countless galaxies and ages, each bearing scars, screams, and broken dreams. Some dissolve into stardust before their eyes.
THE REGISTRY SYSTEM:"LICENSE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN STAR BEARER STATUS.""TRIAL DURATION: SIX GTN SOLS. TESTS INCLUDE: MENTAL, PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL.""FAILURE RESULTS IN STAR EXTRACTION."
RAIN (snarling):"Star extraction? You mean ripping the fucking stars out of me?"
KAI (unfazed):"If you don't control them, they'll tear themselves free — and drag half the solar system down with 'em."
RAIN (bitter):"I didn't ask for any of this."
KAI:"Nobody ever does. Doesn't mean you get to walk away."
Scene: Corridor Outside
Rain paces, fists tight as the walls seem to breathe with alien power. He wants to break something. Smash everything. But mostly, he wants answers.
DAWN:"You okay?"
RAIN:"No. I'm not fucking okay. Being forced to play hero in some cosmic game I never signed up for. I didn't come here to save shit. I came to survive."
LUNA (soft):"Then survive. Get stronger."
RAIN (snarling):"Why me? Why the fuck did the stars pick me?"
KAI:"Because someone's gotta carry the weight. Someone has to be the anchor. Lucky bastard."
Rain stares, rage bubbling, then spits on the floor and storms off.
Scene: The First Dream
That night, Rain jolts awake drenched in sweat, nose bleeding, hands shaking.
He's somewhere else — standing on the edge of a burning world, ash falling like rain. He holds a blade taller than himself. Around him, alien corpses rot.
A voice, older and bitter — his own.
PAST STAR BEARER (within dream):"We weren't chosen. We were used. And when the stars had no more use, they erased our names from the sky."
RAIN (dreaming):"Who the fuck are you?"
VOICE:"The one who came before. The one who'll come after. You're not a hero, Rain. You're a vessel. Like the rest of us."
Scene: Waking Up
Rain stares at the ceiling. Dawn stands quietly in the doorway.
DAWN:"You had another dream?"
RAIN (quiet):"Not a dream. A memory."
DAWN:"...Someone else's?"
Rain doesn't answer. His reflection in the window looks back — eyes darker, colder. Something inside him shifts.
RAIN (to himself):"I don't even know who the fuck I am anymore."