TBKS: The Lore

Preamble

This is lore is created from a true story.
The characters you will see bear names altered from their originals, yet each of them represents a real person. Every single act they committed happened mostly as told here, though the year in which events unfold has been adapted to better fit the narrative connected with the DSS and other projects of the BerserkVerse.

This is also my final way to tell the truth, what they deliberately chose to conceal, twisting the story to stir scandal and hatred against me. Their aim was to extinguish my Fire Determination... wasn't that what they said?

I will make it shine brighter than ever before. Stronger, yet also more mindful of my own mistakes, and more careful in the path I walk.

I hope none of you will ever endure what I went through. This is a tale of betrayal, lies, and above all, invasive monitoring and repeated attacks on my personal integrity; using my private conversations to slander me, to attack me years after the actual events had passed, in deeply distorted and ethically unacceptable ways, only to try and destroy my reputation.

Furthermore, in a legal sense, everything here stays within proper boundaries. I will not share personal information, but only recount what was made public; without exposing the private aspects of those involved. After all, they were the ones who turned everything into public domain in the first place.

And so, writing this story, even if some parts have been adapted, is one way for me to feel a little better. Not for revenge, but because I never truly had the chance to tell it.

Chapter 1: A Shining Star.

It is May 2021. Eddy and his primordial project 2, planet Sedmer, are traveling far, seeking to establish themselves within a new system.

Sedmer is a small reddish planet, slightly smaller than Earth, covered with vast oceans, lands, and crimson vegetation. Back then, it orbited very close to Eddy, who at the time was still a brown dwarf. This bond grew even stronger after the destruction of the "semicollaborative" system; one that Eddy himself felt forced to destroy.

Because of that, Sedmer carries deep scars. Traumatized, the little planet constantly needs attention and care, even though more than three years had already passed since the fall of the Ink System and the end of collaboration with Etlat.

Recognizing Sedmer's pain, the brown dwarf began to sing a cheerful little tune, trying to lift the planet's spirits. It seemed to work, yet Sedmer turned to Eddy with wide, innocent eyes and asked for a promise:

"Promise me you won't destroy your planetary projects again... will you?"

The brown dwarf hesitated for a moment, but in the end, accepted.

Joyful as a shooting star, Sedmer made a few playful movements, then stopped as his gaze fell upon a star; bright, radiant, almost shining with the same light as the hope reflected in his own eyes.

After exchanging glances, they decided to follow this new star. A brilliance so unique, they considered it almost... divine.

Upon seeing that new radiance, a flash burst inside Eddy's mind, a memory from Project One, the Dragon Soul planetary system. Now reduced to a faint ember, the very thought of it made Eddy wonder if following that star could help him restore his greatest creation, making it shine once more.

"It could work, maybe."

Yet "maybe" was enough to stir hesitation within him. He had once already drifted away from his own community, seeking refuge in the Anubis System, a oncebrilliant sanctuary where he hid from the war with Phoenix. It was the only way to avoid a total fracture of the DSS. Both agreed to take a step back, to preserve, or perhaps forget; the painful past carved into that system.

But the promise he had made still held weight: he would not destroy Dragon Soul again, nor let it fade into oblivion.
"The war is over... so why am I still afraid of my own past?"

Eddy thought to himself.

Before he could sink deeper into those thoughts, Sedmer, joyful like a kid scoring an impossible goal on Rocket League, broke through the existential haze pulsing around the brown dwarf. With pure excitement, the little planet asked Eddy how they could reach that shining place as soon as possible.

Eddy remained silent for a moment, then began studying this new celestial presence. Thanks to the cosmic network, he uncovered information about it: the socalled "Thousand Diamond Hotel."

A place where young astronomyloving minds gathered to talk, form friendships, and help their small communities grow under the protection of larger, older stars, close relatives of Sonex; the primordial owner of that radiant structure.

Sedmer's excitement surged even more, and Eddy, somewhat naive but genuinely hopeful about this new adventure, quickly located the celestial coordinates.

Without wasting another moment, they set off toward this place also known as "TDH".

Chapter 2: Welcome to the Hotel.

Once Sedmer and Eddy arrived near the structure, they noticed the presence of an orange dwarf star, Cody, quite similar to Dragon Soul. For several months, Cody had been taking care of the hotel.

After smoothly passing the required, though very simple, verification steps, Sedmer didn't hesitate to speak with the other celestial bodies. He eagerly showed them his very first drawings, since the little red planet had already taken an interest in that community after discovering their project that blended music and astronomy.

Cody welcomed them warmly, guiding them through the main hall of the Thousand Diamond Hotel. The ambience glowed with gentle lights, soft hues of gold and teal reflecting off crystalline panels. For a moment, Eddy and Sedmer simply observed, taking in the atmosphere of what felt like a thriving, living constellation.

They soon met Sauntsul, a gas giant working on a project similar to the ones made by Sonex, as well as Astronil, a gentle micro black hole known for being the very first outsider to join and help the hotel. As they settled into this new environment, the distant hum of the hotel shifted. A calm, heavy pulse reverberated through the room, slow, deep, unmistakable. The other celestial bodies paused, almost instinctively.

And shortly after, he arrived: blueblack storms, a thick atmosphere covering his entire surface, a pitchdark yet unmistakable ring; Sonex. Flooded with excitement, Sedmer raced toward him to show his drawings. And in a matter of moments, the two had already become friends.

"Wait!"
Eddy called out, trying to slow Sedmer's excitement at the sight of Sonex.

Standing next to him, Cody let out a soft laugh.

"So you also take care of smaller planets?"
he asked kindly.

Eddy nodded, explaining that he too had a community and several planetary systems to watch overthought, as he admitted, he was a rather unusual case with a complicated past.

Cody smiled reassuringly.
"Don't worry. You'll fit in well here too,"

he said:
"Come on, let me show you how things work around here."

Eddy, still cautious but comforted by the orange dwarf's tone, began listening closely.

Despite Cody being clearly more mature and experienced, Eddy found himself taking him as an initial reference point. Some of Cody's ideas and methods even resembled parts of the systems Eddy had created.

Maybe, just maybe, Eddy had truly hit the jackpot this time.

Days passed, and gradually Eddy grew more comfortable in the hotel.
Still, he never allowed complete silence to fall over his beloved DSS. Even from afar, he kept sending out intermittent flares of life and interstellar messages, ensuring his system would never feel abandoned again.

Chapter 3: First new Changes.

During the first few months at the TDH, Sedmer learned more about the members' stories, their jokes, their quirks, and the way they treated one another. And, as always, Sedmer gave them the same respect he had learned from Eddy.

Meanwhile, Eddy noticed a small argument breaking out in one of the hotel rooms.
Without thinking twice, and despite not being part of the staff; he stepped in and helped calm the situation, acting almost as if he already belonged to the team.

From a distance, Cody observed the scene and smiled.
"Looks like someone is learning how to take care of a community."

Eddy replied:
"Well, I already do. I just felt like helping to avoid drama happening somewhere else."

Impressed by the response, Cody didn't hesitate. He awarded Eddy a badge.

Sauntsul noticed immediately and shouted:
"Hey, you're staff now!"

The entire room erupted with excitement. Many rushed over to celebrate the promotion, applauding the newest member.
Not everyone was thrilled, though, Poclon didn't react very positively to the announcement. Perhaps he wasn't ready for this change.. but Cody didn't seem concerned.

Right after the applause settled, Cody asked Eddy to follow him just outside the hotel,
toward a small encampment situated nearby. The small camp outside the hotel was the place where staff members gathered to manage the hotel. Despite the position, the administration was quite flexible; aside from handling a few forbidden words here and there.

Astronil turned to Eddy and said:
"For now, it's rare for members to be removed from the hotel. They're very young, after all. We let them have fun. Even though things used to be very different." Eddy grew curious about the hotel's past.
He learned that, during its first month of life, the entire structure was supervised by Nexum, a yellow dwarf star, very similar to the Sun, and apparently ruthless. Eddy asked why.
Cody's answer was... unusual, to say the least.

"Simple, he's Sonex's father. And I'm his cousin. But don't worry; he's just protecting his son."

Eddy felt partially reassured, though the strictness of those early verifications still seemed excessive to him. Even so, he refused to be discouraged. Instead, he became determined to make a good impression; perhaps Nexum could even help him improve his own community one day.

A few days later, Eddy suggested making this encampment into an official room, stating that it would greatly improve efficiency. Cody took sometimes to think it over, but eventually agreed, realizing that Eddy clearly understood planetary management.

Chapter 4: New Connections.

As the first months inside the hotel passed, everything seemed to run smoothly.
Sedmer began to shine, bringing his own cultural background into the TDH community.
Meanwhile, Eddy balanced his duties as a moderator with the ongoing care of the DSS, which remained his personal project.
Both systems grew more recognized and important, becoming key parts of the growing network.

At one point, Eddy decided to ask Slinom to create an alter ego named Slinkee, allowing him to enter the DSS.
This was meant to strengthen collaboration between Eddy's system and the hotel.

But during the summer of 2021, something changed. Cody granted access to Nexum, who from that day forward would take full responsibility for managing the Thousand Diamond Hotel.

At first, Eddy was worried. He had never interacted so directly with an adult star like Nexum.
But the yellow mainsequence star reassured him:

"Don't be afraid of me, I won't hurt you ahah."

It took a few weeks for Eddy to relax, but eventually he opened up.
Over time, he became a dedicated follower of Nexum, feeling a strong sense of safety in his presence.
He even began showing his planetmanagement abilities without hesitation, proud to share what his primordial browndwarf self could do. However, around August 2021, a new figure entered the hotel: Viraki.

She was a small planet with a pale violet hue.

A playful girl, yet timid at the same time. Eddy had a peculiar habit: whenever hotel members were not feeling at their best, he would take them beneath a starry sky not too far from the hotel.

There, he would speak with them more personally and offer support. He never did this to impress anyone or "hit on someone".

It was simply in his nature, even as a brown dwarf, to care deeply for the smaller bodies.

He warned them about the dangers of the Milky Way, but also taught that rough, unpolished planets could still place their trust in a weak light; a light that might eventually guide them toward collaboration, growth, and possibly a new digital home.

So Eddy did the same with Viraki.

It wasn't the first time he had brought a newcomer to this almost mystical spot.
He offered her support, introduced her to his community and projects, and helped establish a sense of safety between them.
It became a sort of triple life fused into one: protector of the hotel, guardian of the DSS, and at the same time a supportive guide for those who needed it.

Thanks to this, in just a few months, the bond of friendship, trust, and support between Viraki and Eddy grew significantly.
And eventually, she joined the hotel staff as well, thanks in part to Eddy's suggestions.

Chapter 5: An Unexpected Love.

Both interplanetary communities continued to grow, improving in safety and in the variety of activities offered to each individual.
But in September 2021, something changed.
Mendacium, a sub-white star slightly smaller than Eddy, ended her relationship with him completely in order to be with another star.

Eddy felt partially freed; he could finally do everything at his own pace and focus more on his projects.

Yet at the same time, an emptiness far larger than his own core began to form inside him.
And he could not understand why.

"I should be used to these painful experiences... so why do I feel like this!?"

He asked himself again and again.

Days passed, and Viraki quickly noticed that something was wrong. Eddy seemed more tense than usual.
Concerned, she asked him directly about the situation.

"Don't worry, I will always be here for you!"
said the pale little planet while hugging him under the starry sky. Eddy's heart collapsed inward.

Partly because of the overwhelming lack of affection he had carried for so long, and partly because of the surreal tenderness of the moment. He answered softly:
"Me too... sweetie."

Hearing that word, little Viraki burst with inner joy and immediately hugged the brown dwarf tightly, saying:

"I love you, and much more than just a friend."

Eddy had no idea what to do. A storm of emotions surged within him; far too strong to contain.
After months with Mendacium, only to be betrayed and replaced overnight, how had he ended up in another romantic situation...
with a distant pale planet he barely knew!?

In that moment, Eddy realized he needed to understand who he was dealing with.
He needed to learn more about this world that appeared so small beside him.
Yet in the middle of that overwhelming rush of feelings, he simply responded:

"I... love you too."

But inside, he asked himself:
"I need to understand who I'm getting involved with. I cannot allow another relationship like this, especially one so particular."

And indeed, as days passed, what seemed like a single moment was slowly taking the form of a real relationship.

Eddy knew he had to give meaning to all this.
He needed to know her better; not because he wished to endanger her, but because he didn't want her to feel unsafe around a brown dwarf. As days went by, Eddy began asking the small celestial body deeper questions, trying to understand her nature.

At one point, he asked what kind of planet she was, and she answered:

"I'm still a dwarf planet."

Eddy collapsed inward even more.
Yes, it was true: he was still a brown dwarf, and intergalactic laws did not forbid such relationships, especially in the absence of ambiguous images or inappropriate material.

But deep down, he also knew he should withdraw from all of this. Yet... he couldn't.
He lacked the courage, both because he finally felt strongly supported, and because he didn't want to shatter the fragile little core of the dwarf planet.

He wanted to appear calm, yet inside he felt divided. If he was going to understand his new "partner," he needed to observe her more closely. And if he wasn't ready to walk away, then he needed to ask questions and push a little further.

So one day of November 2021, he asked her:
"Just to understand what you're like... could I know how you're shaped? Maybe a reconstructed picture of you?"

The moment he asked this, Eddy imploded inside.
He knew he wasn't seeking anything inappropriate; he simply wanted to understand who he was getting involved with.

But Viraki replied:

"I don't trust you enough to talk about that yet, but... it's strangely funny."

Eddy had partially expected this answer.
He wanted to understand the depths of this celestial body, but if she herself wasn't ready to trust him yet, then waiting was the only sensible option.

Maybe one day she would understand the complicated nature of this notsosimple love between a brown dwarf and a dwarf planet.

Yet even with that refusal, Viraki threw herself into another one of her spontaneous hugs.
She had noticed that Eddy was shaken; aware that he had touched an ethical boundary, even if nothing illegal had been asked or implied.

Eddy wanted to open himself to a new relationship not out of superstition, but because he needed to know whether his partner could be trusted with the secret he carried deep inside. It wasn't a new fear; he knew revealing it could be dangerous.

But for him, this secret was the "final coin of trust," the ultimate measure he used to understand whether someone truly accepted him. Unfortunately, in the past, this coin had never been well received. But how would things go this time? He wondered.

So Eddy revealed his secret to Viraki.

And her response was:

"This sounds like a meme."

Whatever that meant, she didn't seem bothered at all. She simply continued hugging the brown dwarf as if nothing had changed.

Eddy felt calmer. Maybe... just maybe... someone had finally accepted his secret without fear.

Fortunately for Eddy, things took a gentler turn toward the end of 2021.
One evening, Viraki approached him with trembling light, her pale surface shimmering as if covered in tiny droplets of stardust. Then the truth broke through: she burst into tears. Between sobs, she begged Eddy not to be angry.

She explained that she had finally understood something that had been weighing on her:
because of the immense celestial difference between them, their "relationship" simply could not continue.

It wasn't fair to him, nor to her. But even with this realization, she swore and promised that she would support Eddy until the end of time, not as a lover, but as something far older, deeper, and purer: a form of primordial brotherhood.

The words should have hurt.

But they didn't. Eddy felt a wave of relief wash over him, stronger than any solar flare he had ever released. He wasn't angry; not even close. If anything, he felt gratitude.

This was exactly the kind of clarity he had secretly wished for: a defined boundary where affection didn't blur into danger,
a connection that could shine without fear or ethical shadows. He finally felt safe again; a soft warmth filled his core.

Their bond, now reshaped, felt stable, something solid, honest, and entirely within the bounds of both morality and interstellar law.

No one could judge, no one could twist it, no one could call it wrong. It was clean, respectful, and profoundly meaningful.

And because of that, Eddy felt genuinely proud.

Not just of himself, but of Viraki too; for her maturity, her honesty, and her courage to speak first. This resolution arrived even before Eddy matured into a full star. And from that moment onward, their friendship, newly defined, free from confusion, and strengthened by truth, was destined to continue for a very, very long time.

Chapter 6: Birthday Celebration.

May 2022 was approaching, and Viraki and Sedmer wanted to organize Eddy's birthday party together with Lagnes,
a small redblue gas planet with violet shades.With Nexum's approval, the entire hotel prepared to celebrate the brown dwarf; who would soon evolve into a young red dwarf.

It wasn't just a party, but also a livestream meant to accompany the moment and showcase Eddy's projects, including the DSS.

And at the strike of local midnight, XXL fireworks burst across the galactic neighborhood, echoing louder than a supernova.

A celestial celebration designed entirely by the one who saw Eddy as a fraternal star,
while Nexum considered both Eddy and Sedmer so dependable that he joked about taking the two of them, plus Sonex, for a spin around the Milky Way someday. But the fireworks weren't the only surprise.
Dozens of drawings appeared, sent by members of the hotel's community.

Many portrayed Eddy's creations, including Berserk wearing headphones alongside the Fire Determination.

Seeing this, Eddy understood exactly what he wanted to do for the next birthday of his Project Three.

That week was chaotic, but understandably so, and in the end, everything went exactly as planned.
The celebration was a complete success, and Lagnes grew more trusting toward Eddy.
He had realized that Eddy was capable of incredible things, and that he was the only one who genuinely took care of individual members from time to time.

Impressed by this ability, Nexum awarded a badge never seen before:
the "Wholesome" role a recognition given to those who protected and respected anyone who crossed their path from the very beginning.

Receiving it marked the birth of a true identity for Eddy within the hotel.

For the first time, he felt something solid form around him: this hotel really had become his new digital home.
He believed everything would continue to work for the best; for himself, for his community, and for the DSS.

But fame, even gentle and wellearned fame, has a strange way of stirring things beneath the surface. Some members didn't appreciate Eddy's growing influence.

For now, it was mainly Poclon... but even Slinom had begun to doubt him.

Why would they question him when he had never shown ill intentions toward anyone?
The question lingered like faint static in the cosmic void.

Chapter 7: The World-Splitters Drama.

A few days after Eddy's birthday, Lagnes stepped further into the spotlight.
Originally a secondary supporter, he was now rising through the ranks and becoming increasingly wellknown; in part thanks to Eddy's guidance, just as had happened previously with Viraki.

But the pale violet dwarf planet did not take the newcomer's rise well.
Inside her, a quiet sense of jealousy began to form; small at first, but persistent.
For weeks it simmered below the surface... until eventually, it erupted.

The outburst shook the entire hotel. Factions formed almost instantly:
Viraki vs. Lagnes.

And although Eddy refused to stand aside, he found himself confronting Viraki with unexpected fierceness.
Her jealousy had pushed her to say things that no one could have imagined, harsh words, accusations, emotional bursts born not from malice, but from insecurity and fear of being replaced. But these words, loud and chaotic as they were, did more than disrupt the peace.

They awakened Nexum's attention. The yellow star, usually calm and distant, finally began to move. Nexum's purpose had always been simple: protect the hotel, and above all, keep Sonex safe. Nothing more, nothing less.

Yet in this early period, he made an attempt to resolve the conflict between Viraki, Eddy and Lagnes. But after hearing Viraki's words during the outburst, he did not hesitate.

Viraki was temporarily banned from the hotel. Eddy, on the other hand, was stripped of his staff badge for a similar amount of time.

Nexum's explanation was brief but sharp:
"Your core was on the right side, Eddy... but you used it in the worst possible way."

Eddy simply nodded.

He accepted the punishment quietly and spent the following days without protest.

But Viraki reacted very differently. She asked Eddy to meet her at their usual place; under the familiar starry sky.

As soon as she saw him, she screamed:
"It's not fair!! YOU RUINED EVERYTHING FOR ME!"

The dwarf planet was bluffing, twisting everything she once believed about Eddy.
From seeing him as an older brother... to unleashing a devastating hatred.

And truthfully, during the spring her mindset had slowly shifted. She was no longer the caring, gentle planet she had been.
She had become overly playful, dismissive; and Eddy had begun distancing himself from her.

He had also started speaking with Axody in the past few months, something Viraki used as an excuse to fuel her anger.

"I'm sure you're grateful for what you've done... Now go spend time with your new little friend!"
she snapped.

Eddy felt obligated to defend himself:
"I never wanted any of this. I only tried to help other planets."

But Viraki's rage only grew.

"NO! YOU DID THE OPPOSITE! YOU DRAGGED ME INTO THE DEEPEST AGONY AND NOW I'M GOING TO HURT MYSELF AND IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR FAULT!!"

Eddy did not respond. He simply turned around and walked back toward the hotel. He assumed the situation would resolve itself; he knew Viraki's immaturity well.

But only months later would he understand: that moment was the beginning of his greatest problems.

Chapter 8: The Bitter Spread.

Sedmer began to take on a crucial role between the Thousand Diamond Hotel and the Dragon Soul System. He had become a sort of ambassador; a bridge connecting the two multiverses. This was a decision Eddy made knowingly. He understood what needed to be done and how to do it. He started innovating not only the original projects for his own community, but also contributing ideas and improvements to the hotel itself.

He invested heavily in both safety and community design, bringing forward new systems, creative expansions, and technical refinements. His work did not go unnoticed. Sonex appreciated the creative shift, while Nexum was openly impressed by Eddy's skills and understanding of planetary management.

And all of this came from someone entirely selftaught; a multiyear creator, not guided by any formal master, but by experience and instinct alone. But not everything was basking in light.

In September 2022, not far from the hotel, Viraki still held disgust toward Eddy.
The resentment she carried from the events months earlier had not faded; if anything, it had fermented.

Her jealousy continued to gnaw at her until it drove her toward an action that would change Eddy's entire image within the hotel.

Sometimes, a simple mistake is enough to destroy the most beloved celestial body of a community; a celestial body who, by then, had also become the number one member in activity and reputation.

Viraki had broken the very promise she once created. And during that same period, she had begun to grow closer to another staff member of the hotel: Sauntsul.

Sauntsul had originally been deeply in sync with Eddy. The two were even planning to create soundtracks together; a collaboration that could have become one of the hotel's most memorable projects. But that project never saw completion. Because one day, Viraki revealed Eddy's secret to her new partner.

The gas giant did not take it well. He didn't react immediately; not openly, not yet. Instead, he went silent.
A silence so deep and so heavy that it lasted nine entire months before the truth was eventually released... without the consent of the young red dwarf Eddy was about to become. For now, nothing surfaced.

Everything remained hidden in the shadows, especially as Eddy was working on one of his major projects.

Sauntsul took his time before choosing to spread it. But beneath every appearance, the giant was profoundly disappointed.

He told Viraki:
"He didn't think about the longterm future. And sooner or later, Eddy will pay dearly."

The galactic winter of 2022-2023 arrived. Both the DSS and the TDH celebrated the season together, with a magnificent Christmas tree decorated with ornaments representing every member of both communities.

It was during this time that everyone met Eva; a violet gas planet who originally joined the hotel, but after speaking with Sedmer, discovered the DSS and eventually Eddy. From that moment on, a strong bond of trust began to form between her and the young red dwarf.

Meanwhile, Eddy was extremely busy ensuring that everything followed the plans he had set for both universes. Sonex tried his best to support him, especially since Nexum was occupied with personal matters during that period.

Even so, Nexum still monitored the hotel's management from time to time, and one thing stood out clearly: Eddy was the most active staff member by far.

But despite all this activity, Eddy felt emotionally drained. He couldn't understand why his projects weren't attracting new individuals the way they once had.

"Try making something trendy"
Nexum suggested.

But Eddy wasn't very confident about following trends; he had other visions, other ideas.
Yet, during January 2023, he noticed some celestial "flares" that sounded far too similar to his own creations. Suspicious, he asked Nexum for more information.

And the truth surfaced: Maldain, a pale rocky planet, had taken Eddy's projects without any authorization, without credit, and without moral consideration; presenting them under his own name. Nexum instructed Eddy to issue the temporary ban himself and to force Maldain to remove the stolen projects. It was Eddy, in the end, who had to press the final button; the very action that placed the decisive mark on Maldain's record.

But outside the hotel, this move was perceived very differently. Some viewed it as a reckless decision, almost as if Eddy had acted out of jealousy toward Maldain's rapid success in copying other people's projects.

In reality, Eddy had simply followed a doubt and reported it responsibly. Yet these doubts were not well received by nearby planetary systems.

Why would they think such a thing?

Unfortunately, the misunderstanding was enough to trigger a reaction from Axody; a dark celestial body with a pale, soft atmosphere. Feeling distant from the red dwarf, Axody chose to rely instead on Adonk, a brown dwarf who would later become her new celestial partner.

Because of this shift, in March 2023 Eddy was forced to alter the lore of one of his ongoing projects for deeply personal reasons; specifically, to avoid any conflicts involving celestial "couples."

"Celestial bodies that already have a star cannot rely on me. I take care of those abandoned to themselves."
That was what Eddy believed.

But this decision, despite being moral and protective, became an excuse for others to stand against the red dwarf's choices; and among them was Sauntsul.

Chapter 9: First Past Challenge.

It was May 18th, 2023.
Eddy had recently celebrated his birthday, but something felt wrong; deeply wrong.

Sauntsul's jealousy, kept quiet since September 2023, had finally snapped. He summoned Eddy to the same place where the ex brown dwarf and Viraki had first met a year and a half earlier. And there, he confessed everything.

"I'm deeply disappointed in you."

Eddy tried to explain that the situation had been a misunderstanding, that he never had bad intentions. But Sauntsul didn't care.
In his mind, Eddy deserved to pay. A few hours later, Nexum contacted Eddy requesting an explanation. The red dwarf responded honestly, but suddenly...

BOOM.

He was thrown out of the hotel instantly. No additional words. No discussion.

Only a cold announcement inside the hotel:
The situation would be placed under direct investigation by Nexum and Sonex.

Eddy shouted:
"Why kick me out for something I did in the past??!"

Nexum answered sharply, like a sting:
"Prove to me there's nothing violating intergalactic law... if you want to set your gravity in here again."

Eddy hesitated for hours. But then he realized there was only one way; a way that would be painful, humiliating, and far from simple.

He would have to share his entire private conversation with Nexum.

Before the yellow adult star demanded proof that nothing inappropriate had happened,
and before he clarified that this was merely an ethical concern, not a criminal one, he told Eddy:

"Let me tell you this... it was the hardest choice I've ever made since the creation of the hotel. You are a good person, I don't deny that. But I need to see clearly before letting you back in. Sonex and I will discuss it afterwards."

Those words calmed Eddy slightly. He knew, and had always known, that there was nothing corrupt or obscene in his actions.
It had simply been a complicated feeling, difficult but not immoral, only... a bit risky, yet still within galactic boundaries.

So he gathered his courage and shared the entire private conversation he had with Viraki, sending everything to Nexum.

The star took some time before delivering his final verdict. The dwarf planet had refused to provide any further details,and Nexum understood that this silence was also an act of disrespect toward Eddy, an attempt to paint him as the absolute villain.

But in the end, Eddy was not banned permanently. It was only a temporary expulsion.

Still, when he finally returned, he was not happy.

Because deep down, he realized he was walking straight into one of the hardest phases of his growth.

Eddy had accumulated too many responsibilities and Stress Particle in a short amount of time, and this incident certainly hadn't helped him regain his calm. So before returning officially to the hotel, he confronted the violet dwarf planet directly in front of the staff room.

"Maybe you do see me as a hellish threat... but I won't take a single word from you anymore, because I know more drama will explode between us!"

To Viraki, these words were nothing but noise;
or perhaps a clear sign of a complete fracture between her and the red dwarf.

Without saying anything else, Eddy went back to handling his most important duties; the very tasks that would shape his future.

Only after completing everything successfully did he decide to return, informing everyone of his comeback.

At last, he could care for both the hotel and the DSS again, together with Sedmer, Nexum and Sonex.

And because of his relentless determination, Nexum no longer saw Eddy as just another staff member. He saw him as an opportunity; someone capable of performing tasks almost automatically thanks to his past experience.

For this reason, Nexum appointed Eddy as his "Adjutant."

Chapter 10: Hotel Comes First.

To erase the unpleasant experience behind him, Eddy threw himself into everything he could.
He wanted people to forget his past; or at least stop whispering about it.
So he became even more respectful, even quicker to help, even more devoted to supporting the community.

When the hotel opened its exclusive membership hall, Eddy became its number one promoter, proudly supporting the hard work of both Sonex and Nexum.

"You're the most important contributor this place has,"
"It's incredible! We'll work together to help your community grow as well."

These were words Nexum and Sonex repeated many times, both to the red dwarf and to Sedmer, who kept showcasing creations that were increasingly innovative; all designed by Eddy. But beneath this support, jealousy began to bloom.
Some celestial bodies couldn't stand seeing Eddy earn badges so quickly.

They whispered among themselves:

"We can't tear him down... he's too important for the community."

Cold, jealous echoes drifting through the halls of the hotel.

During this period of expansion, new individuals entered:
Shalocky, an indigo rocky planet, and Itrail, another rocky world passionate about 3D design programs.

New staff members also emerged, such as Balcanil, who would soon become a Director, and others like Ledial, a grayish rocky planet deeply insecure.

For a brief time, Nexum even asked Sedmer to keep an eye on Ledial, in case his mental state dropped further.

Weeks passed, and Eddy began sharing parts of his past with the newcomers, or clarifying his experiences and knowledge.
Some were impressed. Others didn't care. And some, the ones he thought were loyal, started ignoring him, quietly labeling him as "weirdo".

Yet all Eddy wanted was simple: to be respected, and appreciated for who he was. He succeeded for a while... but not for long.

Because the hotel's standards were beginning to take on a strange new shape; and not in a good way.

Still, Eddy didn't care much. He had more important things to focus on:
proving he was worth something, even if some hated him.

As Nexum often reminded the red dwarf:
"You can't be liked by everyone. It's impossible."

Chapter 11: The Fear-Shaped Standards.

Among the prominent members who viewed Eddy as a threat was Dteakka, a spy from the neighboring stellar cluster and once a ruthless operative who had sworn destruction upon anyone who crossed him.
Yet after learning Eddy's true nature, Dteakka calmed down and, strangely enough, became one of the most loyal members of Eddy's squadron. Shalocky trusted Eddy as well, so much that he joined Eddy's greatest project, one meant to revive the old community within the DSS itself.

During this period, while tending to the hotel, Eddy also took care of newly discovered rough, abandoned souls, offering them shelter and guidance. But amid this apparent calm, something unsettling began to happen. The hotel's diamonds, its iconic crystalline emblems, started to glow more brightly than ever before.

Too brightly. It put Eddy on edge. Why were these diamonds reflecting more light than they should?

One reason lay beneath the surface.

The hotel was developing increasingly rigid rules tied to the Orion Christian Doctrine, a belief system Eddy had known earlier in life.
It had brought him no positive outcomes and had forced him into isolation, which eventually led him to create his own inner power: the Fire Determination, already wielded by Berserk for years.

As this doctrine quietly spread through the community, members gathered and, little by little, a movement emerged: Realism.

At first glance it seemed harmless. Defining celestial bodies according to studies, software and accurate data raised the cultural level of the hotel almost gradually.

But as knowledge rose, so did the standards. Soon a toxic pattern formed.
Celestial bodies that were not perfectly realistic were criticized unfairly.

And the DSS was anything but perfect.

"Ultracolored imaginary planets? Who even likes that anymore? They're unrealistic! They shouldn't exist!"

These comments grew louder and more frequent throughout the autumn of 2023.

They bothered Eddy deeply, yet he kept going. Maybe it's just a temporary flare, he thought.

But as the galactic holiday season approached, Solathrow, a pale yellowwhite rocky planet, launched a community challenge.
The prize: all of his exclusive hotel currency.

The task: create an artistic panel dedicated to Pluto, a celestial body famous for his early rap battles.

Eddy did not hesitate. He accepted the challenge with pride. He began crafting something incredibly detailed, wanting to elevate his own standard as well.

When the results were revealed, Eddy was not expecting much. He had seen the works of other participants and found them charming. Sedmer, however, expected something bigger. Winning feels good, after all.

But once the votes came in, both Eddy and Sedmer were shocked.
Solathrow had assigned attributes such as:

"Effort" "Hard Work" or even "Good Friend" .

Completely unacceptable for Eddy, who had poured hours into technical detail and refinement.
So he asked for an explanation.Solathrow replied:
"You know how I am. I lie almost all the time. Never trust me."

Eddy did not find the answer fair at all. But Solathrow took it personally.

"You tied for SECOND PLACE! All you care about is the money! How ungrateful!"

Eddy could not understand such an absurd accusation. He tried to explain, but it was useless.
Solathrow was too focused on dramatizing the moment and humiliating Eddy in front of everyone.

Sedmer saw this and felt compelled to act.

He asked Nexum what could be done, but received no response. The yellow adult star did not tolerate these types of disputes and refused to investigate further. From this point onward, Solathrow quietly joined Sauntsul and Viraki in cultivating a general wave of hatred toward Eddy.

But the red dwarf did not give up. Seeing his own potential and the level of responsibility he could carry, he thought:

"How far can I push myself?"

With the dawn of the next year, he prepared something monumental for his community: coding.

Chapter 12: The Year That Bent the Determination

"2024 will be the beginning of an end."
Shred had spoken those words months earlier, and he had not been wrong. The year struck like a shockwave: sudden, merciless, and heavy. Eddy found himself forced to divide his time between the Dragon Soul System and the Thousand Diamond Hotel, slipping between urgencies and incomplete tasks. Some responsibilities he forgot entirely, while others resurfaced only when it was already too late.

Yet the most painful crack emerged from a memory he wished had remained buried.
A private exchange with Shalocky returned to him unexpectedly, as sharp as broken glass.

"You deserve to stay alone. People are right to hate you."

Eddy stopped breathing for a moment. Why those words? Why did appreciation always seem unreachable?

Why was it so difficult for others to move past old conflicts and simply rebuild the unity they once shared?

This heavy mixture of insecurity and responsibility pushed him into a dangerous spiral. Without realizing it, he absorbed far more Stress Particles than any star should. Not enough to destroy him, yet enough to twist the edges of his mood and dim the warmth he once carried. His optimism thinned, replaced by cynicism and an uneasy sense that something irreversible was about to happen.

Conversations with Nexum grew rare and strangely strained.

Nexum attempted to redirect Eddy's Fire Determination by guiding him toward the "Orion Christianity", a belief rooted in stellar tradition. Eddy did not mind listening, but his fears lay elsewhere. Something fundamental felt unstable.

Despite the emotional weight, he continued working on new interstellar applications designed to increase Sedmer's efficiency.

The upgrade would make Sedmer far more influential, especially as an automated communication bridge. Sedmer appreciated the innovation so much that he presented it to Nexum himself. Nexum, however, hesitated and left without placing trust in the primitivelooking device. Meanwhile, the Dragon Soul System flourished.

Within a few months, it grew into the most advanced planetary system in that region of the Milky Way. Automated security reached unprecedented standards, and antiraid protections against interstellar bodies were fully operational. It was a fortress of selfmanagement and precision. Yet none of this eased Eddy's turmoil.

Complaints resurfaced about a moderation action he executed, strictly following the rules, yet misunderstood by many. Once again, resentment circled the small red dwarf. Among those who criticized him were Shalocky, Xatilin, and Rojeny, an orange gas giant with a lively and dynamic personality, often in the company of Solathrow and Shalocky. The group's irritation grew steadily, forming a cluster of distrust that tightened around Eddy like a storm front.

This was only the beginning. Their hostility would soon reach new extremes, and Eddy, already weakened, would find himself increasingly consumed by the Stress Particle. February 2024 arrived with a violent shift of tone. One moment everything seemed ordinary, almost peaceful. Eddy, Rojeny and Shalocky were chatting casually, teasing each other the way they usually did. In an attempt to joke with Rojeny, Eddy replied with a simple, playful line:
"ok sunflower."

Rojeny did not respond. She simply left the conversation without saying a single word. At first, Eddy did not read too much into it. He assumed she was just tired or distracted. Yet Shalocky reacted immediately, and his words hit like a solarflare.

"You are a threat to the entire hotel! Get out."

Eddy froze. He tried to brush it off, at least in that moment. He did not think a harmless joke could carry such consequences.
He was wrong. By the following day, the situation exploded. Rojeny shared the event with others, framing the moment as something alarming rather than playful. And at the worst possible time, Solathrow discovered what had happened. He was already in a fragile state, wrestling with PTSD triggered by memories of a lost friend.The moment he learned about the "sunflower" remark, a dangerous idea formed in his mind.

A coalition.

Eddy would later name them the "AntiPromoters." Their mission was simple and ruthless: gather every mistake, every misstep, every impulsive moment Eddy had ever made. Collect evidence, twist narratives, and build a case strong enough to banish him permanently from the community.

All of this happened outside the hotel, buried in distant celestials rooms and hidden planetary systems. These individuals stored every conversation where no one could intervene. They made sure Nexum would never discover the plotting, keeping everything sealed away, far from the official channels and out of reach of anyone who might stop them.

It was the first real sign that something dangerous had begun to grow. And Eddy, already weakened by Stress Particles, had no idea how quickly the situation would spiral.

Before moving forward, it is necessary to take a step back and look at the full picture. Eddy was now overwhelmed to the very core, juggling every task the DSS and the hotel demanded from him. Sedmer had officially become the bridge between the two worlds, finally equipped with an application stable and efficient enough to win Nexum's approval.

But something was wrong. This was not the same Nexum he once knew. Those diamonds, the hotel's symbolic crystals that had been glowing brighter and brighter throughout the previous months, had now reached an unnatural peak of luminosity. Every time Eddy passed near them, something inside him twisted. His core felt as if it were collapsing inward, as if invisible pressure kept squeezing him from the inside out.

He tried to ignore it, but the sensation grew stronger. Eventually he approached Nexum, hoping for clarity, or at least comfort. Instead, he found the yellow adult star staring at him with disappointment, almost with fear.
"You are becoming more and more cynical. What happened to the cheerful, kind little Eddy I used to know?!"

The tone was serious, almost cold. And it did not reassure Eddy at all. If anything, it frightened him more.

Because deep down, he felt that everything was connected.

The diamonds, the Stress Particle, the change in the hotel's atmosphere, the whispered judgments, the rising tension... and the constant criticism from the planets who now rejected every innovative idea he proposed.

Nothing seemed to satisfy them anymore. Every project was mocked or diminished.

Every contribution used to build the hotel was overshadowed by suspicion.

And while Eddy struggled to stay afloat, a darker truth gathered in the background. The AntiPromoters, unseen and unheard, had finished preparing their attack.

They watched, they stored evidence, they twisted every word, and they waited for the perfect moment to strike.

Eddy had no idea. To him, it all still seemed like stress and overwork. But in reality, the storm was already forming behind him.

Chapter 13: The Defamation Horror

May 8th, 2024.
In the Verenio System, not far from the hotel, a supernova detonated. Not a celebration, not a rebirth. It was the explosion of something far darker. Dteakka, who had been monitoring nearby systems for unusual activity, detected the flare first. It was not a natural event. It was a signal. A coordinated movement. A gathering of hostile intent.

Eddy awoke from a brief, fragile dream the moment the alarm reached him. One glance at the incoming data was enough. He immediately sounded the alert across the DSS and every connected project.

His name, his work, his reputation were under attack. Predators and defamers had surfaced all at once, releasing years' worth of twisted fragments, mistakes, misunderstandings, and regrets pulled from the long history he had lived. They had collected everything they could, not to understand, but to weaponize.

To throw him away.
To bury him under the very "trash" they claimed he represented, despite knowing that even the errors he had made were accidental, humanoidstar, and long resolved.

But these individuals wanted him to stay there.
Abandoned. Broken. Unrecoverable.

The Anti-Promoters had finally revealed themselves: Shalocky, Solathrow, Viraki, Sauntsul, and several secondary celestial bodies mentioned in earlier chapters. All united under a single, vicious belief:

"Eddy is a predatory star. He wants to capture the smallest worlds to harm them."

Reading those accusations, Eddy nearly collapsed. A sudden blackout spread through his core, disrupting his thermonuclear reactions long enough for the Stress Particle to take hold. The same cursed substance he had once used on Ink.
A substance born from despair, overwork, trauma and psychic damage.

He could not believe what he was seeing.
Every instinct inside him screamed that something was terribly wrong. He had felt it coming for weeks, but he never knew how to warn anyone. It was the curse of his intuition, painfully accurate and completely useless when it came to saving himself.

Desperate, trembling, he rushed toward Nexum to report what had happened.

Nexum listened, processed the event with cold clarity, and acted swiftly.
Saunstul and Solathrow were expelled from the hotel on the spot, temporarily removed to prevent further contamination.

But even that was not enough. It barely scratched the surface. You cannot change a person's mind by force. Not when their hatred has already crystallized. Not when their narrative is already written.

Only words and actions can reshape belief. And at that moment, Eddy had neither the strength nor the clarity to fight back.

The fire inside him was dimming. The shadows were growing. And the AntiPromoters were far from finished.

As a temporary remedy, Nexum instructed the unstable red dwarf to take a break for several days, step back from everything, drink something warm, reconsider the Orion Christian doctrine, and reflect on his own life.

Eddy did not want to leave, nor to retreat, but Nexum insisted with firm authority.

"This is a treatment I am forcing you to follow. It is for your own good. You have taken too many hits."

Eddy did not argue. He simply nodded, silent and defeated, and drifted away.

He traveled for a long time, far beyond the edges of the known cluster.
Distance did not calm him. It only made the fear louder.

The explosion in the Verenio System felt like a prophecy of personal ruin, a cosmic omen signaling his downfall.

"Why did they do this to me...? I never wished harm upon any of them!"
His voice echoed through the void, unheard and unanswered. From fear, rage, shock, stress, and the last scraps of determination, a new version of Eddy began to form.

Darker. Dimmer.

Weaker in radiance, but burning with anger deep in the core.

He placed his trust in the only ones who still stood by him:
Mary, Eva, Dteakka, and Shred.

Their task was simple but heavy: ensure the neighboring constellation did not unleash more chaos while Eddy was recovering.
It was a choice he never wanted to make, but felt forced into by the cruelty of the situation.

And during that retreat, a realization struck him like a meteor shower:

"Wait... what they did to me is against galactic law!"

He said it aloud, startled by his own revelation. But the nearby stars did not care. The cluster seemed more interested in tearing him apart than acknowledging what was truly illegal. From that moment, the Fact-Checkers were born.
Manifestations of anxiety, stress, and instinct, shaped into practical forms.

They carried the sole purpose of defending truth where lies had taken root, even though each one flickered with the same trembling glow Eddy had in his core. The storm was far from over. But at least now, Eddy was no longer defenseless. During the first week of midMay, while Eddy tried to celebrate his birthday in the safest way he could manage, surrounded only by the few fragments of his community that had not already been shattered, the damage spread far beyond his reach.

The unstable red dwarf could not defend his small and innocent cluster anymore. He was too weak, too shaken, too fractured.

And the surrounding worlds had already been altered. They had undergone what could only be described as a corewash, a complete cleansing of thought and memory, reshaped by lies and halftruths.

Bulpred; Dormex; Maldain; Daxelon, once a collaborator in one of Eddy's earliest projects.
Slinom; Taspino; Uraline; And dozens more. Older stars, young planets, distant bodies, and even giant blueorange gas worlds like Marlenet. They all "knew" the bitter, twisted version of a story that had no end, a story rewritten by those who wanted to erase Eddy from existence.

Everywhere the red dwarf looked, the truth had been smothered.
The narrative had been replaced. The light had been bent. Eddy could no longer fix any of it.

He could not convince anyone. He could not save anyone. He could not even speak without being drowned by the echoes of accusations formed in secret rooms and distant systems. There was only one thing left for him to do.

He would tell his memories. All of them.
Every moment between him and the Thousand Diamond Hotel, preserved exactly as he lived it.

Not to restore glory. Not to regain followers. Not to prove superiority.

But because he hoped that, somewhere in the immense cosmic silence, someone would remain.
Someone who would listen. Someone who would understand. Someone who would stay.

And with that faint hope, the red dwarf continued his lonely orbit through the ruins of a constellation that once felt like home.

Chapter 14: Deep Realisations

Those who once helped build the hotel, who once shaped a peaceful place, a shared world, the very same staffers Eddy had been the first to support... were now the ones who destroyed it. They removed him from what they claimed as their celestial territory.

A creative, reliable, safe and wise red dwarf had been reduced to a convenient target: damaged by a past mistake, crushed by jealousy, poisoned by hatred, and suffocated by distrust. They used all of this to turn him into an effortless punching bag.

Yet when Eddy finally returned, he did not break. He did not collapse. He simply adapted.

He tried to remain cheerful, playful even, although he now had to conserve his energy carefully. If he burned too bright, he would shatter again. He knew it. Everyone who cared about him knew it. But the Thousand Diamond Hotel was no longer a home.
Not for someone who had been through what he had.

"I think I'll just focus on helping Nexum and Sonex. The others aren't my problem anymore."

A strategy born from exhaustion rather than confidence. And for the first two months, it almost worked. Almost.

Because at the top of every mountain there is always wind, and this one was cold.

In the middle of this slow reconstruction, Sedmer approached Nexum with a question that cut deeper than any accusation launched in the past months.

"Could you investigate what happened? Could you analyze the private conversations of those involved? There is a clear sign of illegality here."

Nexum did not answer. Not immediately. He simply stared, silent and distant, as if measuring the weight of his own choices.

Sedmer, who once admired the yellow adult star, felt something crack inside.

A seed of doubt, small yet unmistakable. He realised that there was much Nexum was not saying. Much he was refusing to confront. And in that moment, Sedmer began, slowly and quietly, to distrust him.

Chapter 15: Infernal Summer

As the days of summer passed, the heat became unbearable. It drained Eddy's clarity, pushing his thoughts into haze and confusion. He wanted to disconnect, to rest, to escape from everything that had happened in the hotel. He needed a break, a real one, no matter what the TDH thought.

But supernovas behave like earthquakes and tsunamis. Even when the flash seems gone, the shockwave always arrives later. The shockwave had not yet reached him. And it was coming. The Fact-Checkers watched the cluster tirelessly, scanning for file leaks or new defamations. They worked around the clock, yet even they could not keep Eddy safe. Too much hostility. Too much distortion. Too much pressure.

Eddy continued to report everything to Nexum, hoping the adult star would understand the situation.

Instead, Nexum's tone grew sharp.

"You must seek forgiveness. Fighting fire with more fire will solve nothing!"

Eddy inhaled, the heat pulsing through his weakened core.
"I know I'm not the first and I know I won't be the last to make such mistakes. I'm trying to defend myself. And why should I be the one apologizing??"

Nexum simply shrugged. To him, the mistakes were obvious:
Eddy had shared his secret with a young dwarf planet, even if he had still been a brown dwarf at the time; he had joked with "sunflower", which Eddy never considered harmful.

But the cluster did not care. The nuance was irrelevant. The red dwarf kept moving forward anyway. He refused to collapse entirely.
Yet he never stopped voicing his frustrations, and by this point, both Nexum and several others had grown tired of hearing them.

There was another incident, one that had struck Eddy and his community earlier in mid-July.

Ledial, an unstable celestial body, told Shalocky that Eddy and the FactCheckers had marked his system in red, labeling it a potential threat.

He claimed Eddy was preparing to attack. Shalocky acted instantly, behaving like the victim and provoking every supporter Eddy had left. He did this only to prevent more file leaks, dragging the situation into deeper tension.

The pressure became unbearable. Eddy finally decided to recall the Fact-Checkers and remain under their protection.
He apologized publicly, humble, exhausted, and desperate for peace.

To Nexum, this made Eddy appear slightly more "pure" and "mature." But even this was not enough. None of it was enough.
The worst was still to come. The irritation came from Eddy's actions as much as from his emotions.
It was true that fire cannot fight fire, but by Late July, something far worse happened. Shred was overwhelmed by a surge of Stress Particle.

He lost control of himself, falling directly into the trap of the Anti-Promoters. In that corrupted state, he granted them access to information of immense value:
a pact between Rexan, Shred's Stress Particle alter ego, and Eddy. A pact promising unimaginable reward. A pact sealed with the words:

"I've found a way to save the community!"

Eddy, naive but hopeful, believed him.

Yes, Shred had always been chaotic, and Phoenix knew it well, but he had always been watched, always kept balanced.

This time, no one caught him. And the secret fell straight into the hands of the Anti-Promoters. Rexan forged a bomb.
A videobomb, designed as a perfect trap, another poisoned surprise aimed directly at Eddy.

That day, the community reached its lowest point.

A former member of the BFA, consumed by Anti-Promoter hatred, pressed the upload button. A second supernova erupted. This time, far closer to the DSS. Close enough to destabilize the system itself.

Planets trembled. Moons shifted. Orbits wavered. And Eddy, internally destroyed, still managed to stabilize everything just in time.
With barely any light left in his core, he rushed toward the hotel to show the truth. To expose what had happened. To bring clarity to Nexum and Sonex. But this time, it was not the others who would suffer the consequences. It would be him.

Chapter 16: Bitter Breakout

Eddy found himself thrown out again. No warning. No discussion. The reason was as absurd as it was cruel:
The videobomb created by Rexan contained forbidden words for a Christian-Orion Owned hotel, which by then had become more dogmatic than ever.
And according to Nexum, Eddy had "failed to specify in time" that those words required authorization in his private staff room.

That room, the one Eddy had built with care and pride, was destroyed mere minutes later. Erased.
Just like that. Sedmer's voice exploded in confusion and anger.

"Why ban him!? That video was drawn by YOUR staffer! The same staffers Eddy supported from the beginning! Why ARE YO-"

He didn't finished the sentence that a blazing CME, shaped like a shimmering checkmark, erupted from Nexum's hands.

A violent flare, crackling with rancor and exhaustion. He had heard enough. He was the administrator. He tolerated no doubt. No questioning of his authority. And for the first time, Sedmer's eyes widened not with admiration, but with fear.

The star he once trusted, the one who helped shape an empire, the one they had followed with pride...

had become a ruthless monster.

In a single gesture, Nexum shattered the wings of trust Sedmer had carried for months.
All because of a doubt, a doubt as large as the entire hotel. The scorching plasma shot toward Sedmer's face, searing the air around him. He stood frozen. Paralyzed. Helpless against the wrath of a star far older and far stronger.

Just before the flare could reach him, a shield broke through the room.

It crashed into place with desperate force. Eddy.

He had rushed back instantly, terrified for Sedmer's safety. The red dwarf's heart was pounding like a collapsing star. He glared at Nexum with a mixture of pain and betrayal. For a moment, the two exchanged a look so heavy it could bend gravity.

Then Eddy struck the wall behind him with a burst of power, opening a breach in the diamond-covered chamber.

The diamonds glowed so intensely under the stress that several of them detonated.
Too much energy... Too much pressure... Too much truth in too little time.

Nexum was ready to unleash a third supernova. The energy surged, boiling beneath his corona like a volcano. But he forced himself to contain it. Barely. Just like that, for an entire month, the red dwarf was banned from the Thousand Diamond Hotel, once again.
The place that once felt like a sanctuary had confirmed itself to be something far darker.
A place where Eddy is no longer safe.

During his monthlong ban in August, Eddy was approached by several celestial bodies. Most were confused, frightened, and desperate for clarification. They wanted to understand the truth behind the chaos.

The red dwarf, still recovering, finally began to realize that his rising Stress Particle levels were partially caused by the hotel's diamond walls and by the constant interactions with the very individuals who had destroyed him. Eddy did his best to explain the situation to them. Meanwhile, Sedmer searched tirelessly for updates coming from the hotel, until he stumbled upon Nexum's official statement.

"No further investigation will be conducted. Eddy is entirely at fault for failing to declare, in time, that his private room contained a video featuring offensive words."

As Sedmer continued reading Nexum's public message, his oceans froze for a moment.

"Eddy brought this upon himself. I warned him to be careful, but he refused to listen. It is his fault for trusting those people. It is always his fault if he expects privacy to exist in the vastness of the cosmos. Let us move on and avoid unnecessary debate."

The words hit Sedmer like a meteor.

"If the internet is vast, why do private spaces even exist...?"
he whispered, confused and distressed.

Eddy turned away, the guilt consuming him.

"Ugh... it's all my fault... I should have neve-"

Eva stopped him immediately.
"Brother, it's not your fault. Those people simply cannot accept someone who is even slightly different from them. You have all the evidence. Yes, you made mistakes, but those mistakes happened YEARS ago. They use them now only because they have nothing else to do."

Dteakka added sharply:

"My community sister is right. If I were you, I would want them all destroyed. I cannot believe you are not fighting back."
Strengthraw, repressed strengthburned in Eddy's core. But he could not fall into temptation.

He had to resist. Even if resisting felt like tearing himself apart.

Chapter 17: One Last Goodbye

Eddy still wanted to return to the inferno he had been living in. Not out of desire. Not out of nostalgia. But because one final project was still unfinished.

A project in which he was expected to be included, a project that was entering its WIP phase.

His plan was simple: finish the project, then leave forever.

But plans rarely survive Nexum. When Eddy returned to the room where Sedmer once maintained the bridge to the DSS, Nexum confronted him with venom.
"You gave us false expectations. We thought you would leave Sedmer alone and stop reacting with hatred. What a stupid move. We even invested in this project together! Now I am sure I cannot trust you or these bridges EVER AGAIN!"

Eddy tried to speak.
"Let me remind yo-"

Nexum cut him off instantly, his gaze infernal.
"DO NOT TRY TO ANSWER ME!"

Eddy stared back at him with a glare burning from the core, but Nexum followed with something even colder.
"And turn off your Fire Determination when you speak to me."

Eddy froze.

The entire surface of his starbody turned to ice. Sedmer, witnessing this, felt terror like never before.
He finally understood Nexum's true intentions. And he fled as fast and as far as he could.. Escaping from what had turned into a celestial battlefield. For half a minute, Eddy stood silent.

Then he erupted:
"I did everything because I felt NECESSARY to defend who I am. When you kicked me out the second time, I expected you to stop for a moment and think about who created those videos! But... you thought of something else!! Why aren't you helping me??!!"

Nexum answered, voice taut with superiority:
"I have helped you enough, little dwarf. Do not act above me. Learn to like this place, and DO NOT EVER assume anything about what I do."

Eddy replied, cold as a dead sun:
"I would like this place if it weren't full of celestial bodies that want me dead. And here is the proof."

Nexum said nothing, but Eddy continued, voice broken but sincere:
"I've been focusing on working only with you and Sonex because despite everything I still car-"

Nexum sliced through his words:
"To participate in the most important project, you must appreciate and support the community, not just do us a favor. There is a difference. Since you no longer see the community as you once did... you are officially out. Thank you for your interest."

And he left.

Eddy remained alone for a full minute, surrounded by silence as cold as interstellar void.

He whispered to himself:
"I will keep losing everything if I stay here. I'm done with this place."

And so he left. For good.

The Thousand Diamond Hotel had become a prison.
A prison for the privileged. A place where anyone even slightly different from the majority could be judged, punished, or exiled.
A place ruled by a diabolical star who rejected any opinion that did not align with his own, even when it was right.

Nexum's faith, twisted beyond recognition, no longer resembled anything respectful or compassionate.
It had become a weapon. And in that moment, the diamonds lining the hotel walls ignited on their own.
They glowed with a sickly green light, toxic and radioactive. Just the way Nexum liked them.

The hotel's true nature had finally revealed itself.. How was it possible?

How could Nexum say all of that, after everything? After publicly declaring; many times; that Eddy had been the ONLY supporter who mattered the most, the one who carried the hotel forward with giant steps? How could he diminish him so easily now?

The contradiction tore through Eddy's thoughts like a CME.
Were they hungry for power? For control? For money?

The diamonds were priceless, and no matter how much he supported the hotel, no matter how much he built, repaired, projected, and dreamed for them... it was never enough. It would never be enough.

The titles he had earned echoed in his mind, now empty and meaningless."Wholesome." "Adjuvant." "Best Fan." Labels they had once placed on him with pride. Badges of honor that had meant the world to him. What else was he supposed to do?

What more could a lone red dwarf give to a community that devoured him alive?

He had stayed. He had forgiven. He had worked endlessly. He had defended them, even when they never defended him.
He had held the hotel together when everyone else abandoned it. Yet in the end, none of it mattered. None of it was enough.

Because the Thousand Diamond Hotel did not want loyalty. It wanted submission. It wanted silence. It wanted control.

And anyone who loved too deeply, anyone who questioned too loudly, anyone who shone too brightly...
was destined to be thrown away. Eddy finally understood this truth. And it hurt more than any supernova.

Chapter 18: Silent Continuation

Eddy, annihilated down to his very core, chose to leave. Not as an act of surrender, but as an act of preservation. He decided to walk away from the collapsing system, yet to safeguard everything that would unfold from that moment onward, including the traces of the past wherever preservation was still possible.

Fortunately, he carried with him an immense archive of memories, declarations, timelines, and documented truths.
Enough to tell the story one day. But he did not rush. He did not shout. He did not retaliate. He chose silence and calm, fully aware that the story was far from over.

The red dwarf, together with the few celestial bodies who still believed in him, settled elsewhere.
Not too far from the Dragon Soul System, and not too far from the hotel either. There, they began constructing an artificial system, a place detached from judgment and fear.

A system where celestial bodies could express themselves freely, release their worries, and exist without constantly defending their nature. For a time, Eddy used that place as well. He needed it. The experience he had endured had traumatized him down to his atoms. At first, he tried not to think about the past. Not to speak about it.

Not to reopen wounds that were still raw. There were many questions; Questions he wanted to answer.
Questions he knew he could answer.

Yet he also knew a cruel truth: his words could still be turned into weapons.
No matter how much time had passed. No matter how much he had changed. For many, Eddy would remain a "planet predator" forever. Still, the red dwarf refused to collapse.

Slowly, something inside him ignited again. Not anger. Not revenge.
A necessary impulse. He began to shine brighter than ever before, as if that light were the only way to survive.
As if keeping everything buried would have destroyed him completely. And then, unexpectedly, some voices answered.

Young celestial bodies such as Aliberal and Vicenilami were among the first to sense Eddy's glow.
To them, his light felt sincere, warm, and comforting, a place where they could rest for a while without fear.

Others, like Santriava, Impavidian, Shred and Cosmora, were old acquaintances of the red dwarf.
They approached him again, perhaps to offer support,perhaps to propose new collaborations, or perhaps simply to keep an eye on him.

But there were also those who did not want to know the full story. Some held tightly to the Anti-Promoters documents, guarding them, or even spreading them further. Others, like Sedmer, had already left after the threats issued by Nexum,traumatized and heartbroken, unable to remain in a place that had turned fear into law.

And yet, there were also cases like Ledial. Despite his past, Ledial wished to improve and change, to become a better celestial body. And bodies like him, Eddy accepted without hesitation. In doing so, Eddy proved something fundamental:
he was not a malevolent figure. He acknowledged the past, but he also knew that everyone has the ability to change the present
and build a better future.

Not all, however, resonated on the same frequency. What is certain is that these events radically altered the course of this region of the Milky Way. Some wished to continue forward.

Some felt crushed by the weight of everything that had happened.
Some longed for a truce. And some... unfortunately, desired destruction, or simply revenge. Yet there were still those who remained uncertain, those filled with doubts and unanswered questions.

This was a story that had been unfolding for more than three years. But the Anti-Promoters documents had been circulating for only six months. Six months in which, silently and far from the larger public spheres,
a threatening narrative continued to expand across the nearby constellations surrounding Eddy's community.

Chapter 19: An Autumn Stress Wave

Despite the apparent calm that rested within the red dwarf’s community, Eddy could feel that something was changing.

During November 2024, Not only were more individuals beginning to spread misinformation against him, but a restricted circle had also formed, driven by hatred toward the inhabitants of the hotel. Not because they were evil, but because they had become unstable, like a supernova on the verge of collapse. And eventually, that explosion came.

Though not by their own fault. During a moment of deeply repressed tension, as more and more individuals began isolating the red dwarf, Eddy found himself questioning everything:

"Why was I not defended by those who were supposed to?"

What followed was an almost impulsive chain of reasoning. Eddy knew of Balcanil, the hotel’s director, personally chosen by Nexum. He also knew that she had previously interacted in conversations directed against him. At the same time, he had noticed her proximity to his own community.

And so, like a stress flare erupting from a red dwarf pushed beyond its limits, Eddy did not let the moment pass.

He acted without reflection. With a message that was direct and partially aggressive, he expelled her from his safe orbital zone.
The message was not meant only for her, but for all those who had, in one way or another, contributed to his downfall.

As a result of this instability, Eddy’s trajectory became erratic. He began removing from his surroundings the celestial bodies he perceived as hostile toward him, attempting to restore a sense of safety within his own system. However, this event did not unfold as expected.

The one directly involved eventually responded, addressing the matter on a personal level, yet avoiding the central issue:
her failure to defend him, despite her strategic role within the hotel. That single stress flare was enough.

Not because of the event itself, but because of what it reactivated.

The promotion of hatred toward Eddy reignited, fueled once again by his past, as if nothing else he had endured or changed truly mattered. After witnessing that sudden and unexpected correction, some felt forced to take a stance.
Among them was Mary.

Inside the hotel itself, she released a message of great weight, openly exposing herself and reclaiming the past for what it truly was.
Neither Eddy nor anyone close to him had expected such an action, and it was certainly not something he had asked for or suggested. Mary had sensed for a long time that something was deeply wrong.

Too many silences. Too many distortions. Too much fear disguised as order.

She had grown tired of watching events being reshaped to fit a convenient narrative.

Instead of accusations, she chose words. Instead of confrontation, she chose expression.

Mary wrote a long poem, not as an attack, but as a declaration. A voice for accountability.

A reminder that history cannot be rewritten simply by erasing those who speak. Her message spoke of empathy lost, of responsibilities avoided, of how silence, when prolonged, becomes a form of violence.
She did not defend Eddy blindly, nor did she condemn the hotel as a whole.

She spoke of balance, of truth, and of the cost paid by those who try to keep peace while being torn apart.
The echo was immense. Her words resonated strongly within the hotel, spreading rapidly among its inner circles.
And once that resonance reached an unbearable intensity, the response was immediate.

Mary was expelled once for all. No official explanation was given. No clarification followed.

Perhaps it was Nexum, disturbed by what he perceived as an indirect attack from Eddy. Perhaps it was someone else, acting to silence a voice that had become too loud to ignore. No one truly knew.

What was certain, however, was that Mary was not alone.

Others within the hotel had already begun forming their own interpretations of the situation, as the tension continued to rise.
The diamonds embedded within the hotel started to shine brighter and brighter, pushed beyond their limits.

Pressure increased. Stability weakened. And one question lingered, unanswered:
What is the limit of those who believe themselves unbreakable... if that limit has not already been crossed?

Chapter 20: Diamonds Mistakes

A few days later, one of Dteakka’s sisters, Vidokinia, began to feel the same doubt that had once struck Mary. After witnessing the consequences of Mary’s removal, she could no longer ignore the growing inconsistencies. Seeking clarity, she decided to ask questions in a section of the hotel specifically meant for inquiries and discussions.

At first, the conversation appeared ordinary. Sonex and Balcanil stated that Eddy had not been expelled with force and, in theory, he was still considered a staff member. Yet Vidokinia was not convinced. The information did not align, and the doubt remained unresolved. Then Nexum arrived.

Instead of addressing the questions directly, the star immediately shifted the discussion toward Vidokinia’s personal issues, framing her as problematic and inappropriate, urging her to focus on herself rather than on someone who had already left the hotel. Vidokinia ignored the diversion and continued asking.

At that point, Nexum reiterated that speaking about the matter was stupid, asserting that Eddy had attacked them, not the other way around. Shortly after, with cold finality, Nexum spoke:

"Your fate has been written."
Vidokinia was thrown out.

Immediately afterward, a phenomenon unlike anything seen before spread across the upper levels of the hotel. A blinding radiance, authoritative and absolute. Nexum proclaimed not mere words, but a decree:
"From now on, anyone who mentions Eddy or his past will be immediately removed from this structure."

He further accused:
"They attacked us. We want nothing to do with this matter."

And then came a sentence that Eddy initially misunderstood:
"Let the planets outside the server have their fun. What they do outside does not concern us."

Only a month later did Eddy understand the true meaning of those words. Those "planets" were not generic haters outside the hotel, but staff members themselves, who would face no consequences of any kind for wrongful actions committed beyond the hotel’s walls. As a result, some took advantage of it. The new rule imposed by Nexum was not left as a simple announcement. It was engraved everywhere, marked across the hotel to constantly remind every member of what was forbidden.
And inevitably, not everyone agreed.

One of those celestial bodies could not remain silent, remembering what had already happened to one of his closest friends, known as Satiroscar. He had been deeply traumatized by previous rules enforced by Nexum, rules shaped by the rigid doctrine of the Orion Christianity, where any celestial body with different tastes, identities, or expressions was treated as an absolute evil.

Because of this, Satiroscar’s friend, also known as Thembario, use the same questions room, seeking explanations.He was banned.

What truly froze him, however, was not the ban itself, but the words spoken by Hygrim:
"You must obey. And if I were you, that is exactly what I would do."

The celestial body paused, then asked the only question that still mattered: how could someone be expelled simply for holding an idea different from theirs? That was the moment the brutal truth became undeniable.

Thousand Diamond Hotel had become a dictatorship.

Few chose to leave. Most chose to stay. Others mocked the shattered Eddy simply because he did not fit the hotel’s definition of normality. Mentioning his name had become a curse.

A curse that spread beyond the hotel walls, expanding silently. Part of it was fueled by staff members who knew they would never lose their positions, and part by those who locked themselves into the belief that Eddy was a "planet predator", something he never was.

Among those voices were Shalocky and Xatilin. Shalocky and those aligned with her focused entirely on promoting the downfall of the red dwarf, alongside her partner, feeding a narrative built only on destruction.

On the other side stood Xatilin. Aware of the immunity granted to him by Nexum, at the beginning of December 2024 he openly chose to define himself as an Anti Promoter. Not as a neutral observer, but as something far more crude and aggressive.
He wanted Eddy at all costs, positioning himself as a self proclaimed paladin of justice.

His first target was one of the youngest celestial bodies who had begun to trust Eddy: Vicenilami.

In the previous months, Vicenilami had grown close to the red dwarf, finding warmth and sincerity in his light. But Xatilin deliberately isolated her, performing a quiet washing of her core. Doubts were planted, doubts that only time would later soften and calm.

Xatilin never put his intentions into writing, yet his actions spoke clearly.

One by one, he aimed to pull aside the celestial bodies who trusted Eddy, narrating a distorted story. Incomplete. Fragmented. Highly reductive.And yet, those fragments perfectly confirmed the larger narrative Eddy had always carried within himself.

Unaware of this manipulation, Eddy was shaken to his core. Furious, but restrained. He did not act.

Instead, he reassured Vicenilami, reminding her that the past must be left behind and that the present is where truth is built. He showed her that if the rumors were even remotely true, he would already be behind the bars of the local prison.

Eddy had spoken with the local celestial policestars. They confirmed it clearly. His conscience was clean. But this wasn't important for many. The manipulation radiating from Shalocky’s core continued to spread. Celestial bodies such as Satiroscar and Elbanal began to view Eddy’s community not as a refuge, but as a group of:

"Promoters protecting a planetary predator."

From that moment on, a new ideology took hold. A doctrine of Ejection-On-Sight, also known as EOS.

Chapter 21: The Local Toxic Bubble

Almost the entire celestial group of the TDH had constructed a sealed bubble of distorted narratives and decontextualized documents, all orbiting around Eddy’s community and his projects.

It did not matter when something happened. Did he do it?

Then that alone became an extra reason to avoid him like gamma rays. More false than a lie, yet more real than a nightmare. Around Eddy, a living bubble had formed. A toxic field that slowed growth, suffocated collaboration, and isolated everything it touched. A misunderstood past had turned his projects into forbidden zones, and his community into a traumatized constellation.

They wanted a pause. But that was exactly the objective. To resist the pressure of this poisonous cloud, where local communities felt forced to choose sides.

There was no neutral ground. Either you support a "planetary predator" and are pushed away from everyone, or you stay away and help promote his downfall. A destructive logic that slowly began to prevail, crushing Eddy’s community and especially Eddy himself.
For years, he had tried to set an example. Now, he was forced to defend himself. Relentless attacks continued, as seen with Aliberal, cast out everywhere simply for recognizing the goodness within Eddy’s core.

And yet, questions still hovered unanswered. Why did Nexum accuse Eddy of attacking him without proof?
Was his intention truly only to protect the hotel?
Was Mary the only one who dared to speak before the new rule was enforced?

Would the documents originating from Solathrow continue to spread into the next year, or would someone finally scream enough?
Or would someone find the courage, deep within their own core, to challenge a dogma that seemed impossible to break?

These questions haunted Eddy. On one side, he acknowledged his own faults. On the other, he asked himself why an emotional outburst could not be understood. Was he doing too much? Or was this the only way to survive?

What remained was a fragile balance. Part of his own circle desired destruction. Others were deeply traumatized.

All the while, he endured constant insults and accusations.

Should he truly leave?
Or should he allow his own BFA to unleash a disaster even he could no longer stop?

The year 2025 began under the lights of galactic auroras.

Eddy attempted one last thing. He tried to reach out to the TDH, seeking explanations, dialogue, clarity.

But the door was already sealed. No contact. No conversation.
Expulsion was imminent even before any attempt to enter.

The rule had already decided his fate.
How could he resolve a situation that, for many, he was accused of starting himself?

[ The End? ]