Lignum Maledictum Become a Patron In the rainy, decaying city of Fallacia-Urbs, digital horrors are no longer fiction. Hidden deep within forgotten forums and pirated sites, a cursed link circulates: a glitched video of faceless beings, cryptic whispers, and symbols that rearrange themselves when you blink. Riku, a 22-year-old with a uniquely logical mind and emotional detachment, finds himself immune to the hallucinations caused by the curse. But when his younger sister, Aiko, disappears after watching one of these videos.

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