The legs and navel of Gur found themselves on solid ground
before the rest of the group. The light had cauterised the dissection that was the total separation of his upper
torso. When the group appeared out of the light on the other side, it was in
fact green paint they had found slippery underfoot. They had landed, well
nearly all, on a large metallic white disk. It was already travelling away from
where they had entered. That had been a intricate silver ring around a fading
spot of light hanging in the void around them. There was no light, no sound, no
wind. Eryn took a brief moment to look for Gur and had assumed he had not
arrived with them, but as he looked down he soon realised the situation and
tried to turn the attention away from what else joined Gur's legs on the
platform. There were chunks of flesh, torn clothing mixed in with bone and
green paint.
Eryn directed them to the void around them, and to the metal
beam the disk was slowly travelling on. He asked Xera if he had a spare nut or
bolt from his experimentations, to which he Xera handed one over. Eryn threw it
as hard as he could into the void. It flew as if it had sprouted wings until it
crawled to a halt and hung in mid air. It did not fall but very slowly rotated
on the spot. Although Jarvi could not see what was going on, he could feel the
platform slowing at an unperceptive rate to most . He was about to comment when
Danton spotted something out in the dark. It was two cowering shapes in the
distance, over three hundred feet away. They were illuminated b a flickering
light, one sitting over the edge of the platform, another on their back behind.
Eryn's eyes quickly adjusted to the platform and was able to
judge a distance. He summoned up his flaming hand and requested more
ammunition. He used his ability to try and catch the attention of the person on
the other disk, in a hail of tiny metal objects that may also possibility be
dangerously hot. A fact he only thought about after they were in mid flight.
They too followed the same pattern as the first, however the extra power behind
the throw forced them to shoot over the target and disappear into the dark. Frustrated,
he decided the next thing to was go over himself. The lack of gravity, wherever
they were, would possibility allow him to navigate over. Gravity seemed to only
apply to the disk which was fine at first, allowing Eryn to gain a good
distance on the other but the lack of it between caused his flame hand to
stutter and drift. He focused what strength he could and tried and tried again
until at last he landed with a thud on the other side.
The figure with their legs over the edge of the platform did
not seem to notice Eryn, it was as if he was in a trance. Eryn looked down at
the other figure and tried to hold back his stomach. An elderly woman lay with
her innards spilling onto the disk, there were numerous cuts, some fresh, some
healing and some scarred and a ring of purple circled her neck. Eryn instantly
reconsidered where he was but this person, despite being a likely murderer, was
the only living thing they had seen so far.
The man was still unresponsive until Eryn brought up the
woman. Almost like an instinctual reaction he told Eryn that his wife was tired
and sleeping and should be left alone. Eryn noticed the man was of a similar
age and crouched down to get a better idea of who he was talking to. The man,
like the dead woman was scarred, although he had covered up most of his body
with a tattered and bloodied purple robe. No matter what Eryn tried to say to
the man there was no coherent response. He was adamant he and his wife would escape
Hell, it's madness and it's bloodlust. He looked down to the man's scarred hand
a ring on finger. It was definitely, at least from this distance, the ring of
the fiancée from the girl in the tavern. As he tried to take it from him the
man ignited in strength, using everything he had to hold on. For all he had, he
still lost to Eryn. He sank into sadness and tears before quickly turning back
to incoherent babble. Eryn now started to believe this place not only changed
how space worked, but also time.
On the other platform Xera wanted to take a sample, or at
least investigate what Eryn was seeing as they were too far to communicate
properly. As he too jumped into the void, Jarvi had been left with no
information. He had fumbled around asking the darkness around for a stick but
to no avail. He did however, find the metal beam and assumed they were all
ready to follow and left.
To Danton things could not have been worse. His eyes were
stinging and his gums felt as if they were on fire. It was a familiar feeling
but each time it was still a struggle to find the cure. His hand tremored while
reaching into a pocket and pulled out a small stained glass vial. The shaking
of his hands rattled the pills inside. He slowly poured out two pearlescent
green tablets and swallowed, pressing his hand to his mouth until the shaking
had stopped. The dark was soon a playground of fuzzy colours ,dancing with neon
trails. Left alone on the platform ; he watched his own personal light show. From
a distance the sun burst into view and started to bear down on Danton, he
backed up, crawling over the remains of those before. There were fierce
terrifying echoes in his ears like green wood and vipers on fire. The sun
smashed down on top of him and pooled into a puddle of flame next to him. He
crawled over on his hands and knees, hearing the whispers of his name from a
child's voice. He stared into the pool, only to see Eryn's face with serpentine
eyes, flashing. His vision blurred, the child started to scream and laugh. He
backed away desperately form them flames of Eryn's face as it hissed at him
with a flaming forked tongue. There was nowhere to run but to hurl himself into
the void.
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