A system for marking time.
Stori Archive is built around chapters — because life is not lived all at once.
It unfolds in moments: beginnings, pauses, returns, losses, and continuations.
Each chapter is marked by an object.
Each object leaves something behind.
Together, they form an archive — not of things, but of time lived with intention.
The Chapter Disc
At the heart of every chapter is a Chapter Disc.
The disc is embedded within the candle and revealed only through use.
There is no instruction to reach it.
No timeline.
No expectation.
It appears when it is meant to.
Each disc carries:
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a quiet inscription
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a unique QR code
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and a physical weight meant to be kept
The disc does not commemorate an event.
It marks a chapter that has been lived:
Pregnancy. Postpartum. Early Newborn Nights. Return to Self. Loss. New Beginnings. Love. Home.
The Inscription
Every Chapter Disc is inscribed with a phrase specific to that chapter.
The language is not explanatory.
It does not tell you what the chapter means.
It is a line meant to be returned to —
something read once, and then again later, when it lands differently.
The inscription belongs to the chapter, but its meaning belongs to you.
The QR Code
Each disc also carries a discreet QR code.
When scanned, it opens a private digital entry connected to that specific chapter — accessible only to those who hold the disc.
Inside, you may find:
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a short written reflection
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an audio passage
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a guided ritual
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or a prompt for marking the moment
The digital content is not instructional.
It is optional.
It exists to deepen the experience — not direct it.
What matters most is the object in your hand.
The Chapters Book
The Chapters Book is where the archive takes form.
It is designed to hold each Chapter Disc as it is collected — one chapter at a time.
Some will place their discs immediately.
Others will wait.
There is no order required.
No completion expected.
The book is not a journal.
It does not ask you to write.
It exists as a record — a physical archive of chapters lived.
Over time, it becomes something deeply personal:
a quiet chronology of moments that mattered.
Collecting Chapters
Chapters are not meant to be collected all at once.
You may skip some.
You may return later.
You may repeat a chapter when life asks for it again.
Each disc is unique to its chapter.
Together, they form a narrative — not a set.
There is no final chapter.
Only continuation.
The Refillable Ritual
Every Stori Archive candle vessel is designed to be refilled.
The vessel remains.
The ritual continues.
Refill candles may be chosen:
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to repeat the same chapter
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or to introduce a new one
A new refill brings:
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a new wax composition
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a new chapter disc
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and a new inscription
The vessel becomes a constant.
The chapters change.
Nothing is discarded.
Nothing is rushed.
Why This Exists
Most objects disappear when they are used.
Stori Archive was designed so something remains.
When the flame is gone, the disc stays.
When the wax is finished, the vessel continues.
When the chapter passes, it is not forgotten.
It is kept.
Entering the Archive
Chapters are released slowly and intentionally.
Availability is shared through the Archive.
Quiet releases.
New chapters.
Reflections meant to be returned to.