[the Erda’s human form bleeds away, replaced by a stream of violently pure light, from which a single, pale fish swims forward into Maximilien’s chest before exploding into blinding light.
it passes. they blink away the spots. and they are now… somewhere.
well. it’s a road. a forked road, to be precise. there’s some sparse grass, and mostly dirt. it extends out for a while, and then sort of fades back into the mind-hurty nothingness they had been exposed to before, though looking at it does hurt somewhat less, as if there’s some sort of protection between them and oblivion once again.
maybe creating a nice-looking reality is a bit harder than it looks. but, it’s better than nowhere.
a few things happen at once:
there’s a feeling like something being switched from “off” to “on,” and, suddenly, every power and ability that had been lost due to the actions of the Captain and Malin both come back at full force.
bahamanuel violently retches, and coughs up a very, very, very frizzy orange cat.
and the Erda is gone. though, the gem in Maximilien’s chest cavity gives off the same pale glow as that fish.]
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[the Erda’s human form bleeds away, replaced by a stream of violently pure light, from which a single, pale fish swims forward into Maximilien’s chest before exploding into blinding light.
it passes. they blink away the spots. and they are now… somewhere.
well. it’s a road. a forked road, to be precise. there’s some sparse grass, and mostly dirt. it extends out for a while, and then sort of fades back into the mind-hurty nothingness they had been exposed to before, though looking at it does hurt somewhat less, as if there’s some sort of protection between them and oblivion once again.
maybe creating a nice-looking reality is a bit harder than it looks. but, it’s better than nowhere.
a few things happen at once:
there’s a feeling like something being switched from “off” to “on,” and, suddenly, every power and ability that had been lost due to the actions of the Captain and Malin both come back at full force.
bahamanuel violently retches, and coughs up a very, very, very frizzy orange cat.
and the Erda is gone. though, the gem in Maximilien’s chest cavity gives off the same pale glow as that fish.]