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Martyr (Monster) unfolds across two parallel spaces: the desert Planet and the Mirror room, where M and Lexie are both after the Fraction Code.

Fraction code The Fraction Code chooses which version of a person becomes real. Martyr or monster, it depends entirely on which emotion dominates and whose perspective defines the moment.

The Mirror Room, where M's identity fractures as alternate timelines try to push their way, to take over.

Each character carries a compass, a symbolic device pointing to their own moral and emotional trajectory.

As M and Lexie fight, the compasses drift in conflicting directions, reflecting their opposing interpretations of the Fraction Code.

Every time M's actions align with the darker “monster” timeline, it cuts to the mirror room, where black liquid starts overtaking each part of her body, and on the desert planet,  she coughs up black fabric, the physical manifestation of a possible future trying to assert itself into the present.

In the Mirror Room, M  confronts multiple reflections of herself, each representing a different timeline. The band members appear only in reflections (We'll film jamie playing drums there too), as if they exist in parallel layers of the hologram.

Alex is the only one that is seen in the same room, not in a reflection, but his figure is transparent, so when M tried to reach out, her hand goes right through him, like he's a ghost. He symbolizes a remnant of an unrealized timeline.

We show his silhouette transparent first part of the song, only when the solo comes in, that he is fully revealed on the dessert Planet. Also, he can control the time with his playing, when the solo starts, M and Lexie are battling, but the time disturbances caused by Alex are destabilizing all possible outcomes, the fight goes from slow motion, to fast, to erratic, when Dave's solo comes in, M and Lexie realize that they have to merge (so the monster and martyr are one).

 During the climax, the staff is knocked from M’s and Lexie’s hands. Then, they grab it simultaneously, overpowering each other until the struggle forces them into a moment of connection. Feeling each other's energy, they realize they are both monster and martyr, two sides of the same fractured truth, shaped only by perspective. The compass suddenly stops and picks a direction (picking which timeline will come into reality) as they stop fighting.

In the final moments, the alternate reflections fade, and the keyboard-player echo dissolves in the mirror room and only shows him in the desert planet. The timeline stabilizes, revealing a single reality where the monster and the martyr are within the same person, shaped not by fear, but by perspective, and that is enough to realize we can shape our timelines by choices. 

ENDING OF THE INSTRUMENTAL VERSION (WITH A TWIST)  The video ended as though everything was resolved, but after the instrumental song/video plays out, where I'll be using mostly performance footage, at the end  

ONE OF THE TIMELINES SURVIVES ANYWAY The Mirror Room turns red, it's the SHADOW-VERSION OF M,

 THE MONSTER TIMELINE THAT WASN’T CHOSEN. And it’s been watching. The eyes are red, veins are black, blackness  overtaking the body Right before the cut to black, Alex appears, not transparent anymore, but in full, holding the compass.Meaning: the monster version of M wasn’t destroyed it was suppressed it is still conscious and it will look for another moment to break through into reality. This suggests that  Monster and martyr are not opposites but  go through cycles. And timelines never truly die.

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