L’ynden [ruin city], Genu [planet], Saber [star system]
30 July; 23:00:27 Hours
A high-pitched ringing consumed Crystal’s ears as her eyes narrowed tighter and tighter the louder it grew, her knees rocked slightly, she grabbed the sides of her head and before she knew it, Crystal found herself in an unknown place. The glossy white marble floor beneath her feet was soaked in royal purple blood while several columns were cracked. Even a couple were spilled across the ground, as they dripped with the remnants of what she knew only to be a massacre. Terror reverberated through the hall around Crystal like the internal head sound of a beating heart; shrieking screams briefly ripped out from the end of the hall in front of her, booming echoes of rifle fire echoed opposite, and then it all went deafeningly silent.
“Oh-oh-o-hola?” Crystal’s shaky voice finally broke free as it faded into the unknown ahead. “Alastair? Wuh-where are you? Alastair? Al-Alastair?”
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