Story Reader / Event Story / Stellar Witching Hour / Story

All of the stories in Punishing: Gray Raven, for your reading pleasure. Will contain all the stories that can be found in the archive in-game, together with all affection stories.
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Before Departure Echoes of the Woodland

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Deep in the cosmos, stars scatter across the infinite void.

Ugh, ahem—I can still feel sand stuck in my joints!

Nanami doesn't want to go to that kind of world again... Are you ready to continue, Commandant?

Well, of course! Here, the timeline isn't just a single path.

It's like a river—whenever a new branch forms, it flows parallel to time, creating new endings.

She touches the screen with her index finger, causing ripples to appear across its surface.

From a single starting point, countless branches stretch out in all directions.

After each branching point, the worlds might seem the same at first, but even the tiniest change can trigger another divergence in the world's path.

Hmm... Nanami doesn't know the answer to that either.

Nanami can only run simulations based on existing variables. I've tried returning to reality based on these simulations before and attempted to modify the projections through my own actions...

But Nanami always messes things up, and it's probably because I'm not a real hero.

If we continue down this predetermined path, as long as both humans and mechanoids can survive...

Her voice grows softer gradually.

Never mind. Hey, we've rested long enough—ready to head out?

Alright, let's get going!