'Call of the Void'
Mira used her talent the moment she saw Nicholas turn his back to her, even if it was just for a second.
Poof!
She disappeared from the physical world instantly, leaving behind an empty slab of rock with the bindings still attached very deeply to it.
No noise was made by her disappearance at all, and Nicholas didn't even suspect a thing.
Whether he was too busy in a world of his own, thinking about what he would do to Mira next, or something else entirely, it didn't matter.
What really mattered, was that Mira had successfully escaped!
***
'Finally made it!'
Alex panted heavily as he stopped running and completely collapsed to the ground in exhaustion.
He had been running for over 2 days straight now, and he had finally traversed over ten thousand kilometres of distance.
He lay on the ground, his chest heaving as he tried to catch his breath.
Every muscle in his body ached from the relentless two day run across the endless plains.
His legs felt like lead, and his lungs burned with every inhale.
The exhaustion was overwhelming, but it was also worth it.
He had made it to this location in record time, he was expecting it to take at least another half a day longer, but he had arrived quicker than anticipated.
He took around 30 minutes to recuperate and catch his breath.
His body still ached, but it wasn't so bad that he couldn't keep up with his regular activities.
But his face immediately became serious.
'Now, time to figure out how I'll make it up there...'
He entered an investigative state almost immediately after springing back to his feet. .net
He had to find some way to get back up to the floating island after all.
And considering it was thousands of kilometres up in the sky, he couldn't really jump back up there.
Alex walked in circles, trying to ease his anger and frustration.
But nothing he could do or think of alleviated the tension within him.
'Fuck. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING!'
His frustration even got the better of him and he smashed his foot down on the ground in anger, sending a shockwave and ripples across the landscape.
Booom!
Rumble!
It even sent a massively loud sound echoing across the plains.
'Wha-'
But confusion started to well within him as he noticed something strange.
The sound he had made with his stomp hadn't dissipated at all.
In fact, it was gradually growing, and becoming louder and louder!
'What is going on!?'
In a confused state, Alex looked up, and witnessed something a little shocking and odd.
A bright pillar of light was rapidly descending from the sky, and at a pace that in only a few seconds, it would make contact with the ground!
Rumble!
Just as expected, it met the ground and a great commotion was caused by this.
The ground beneath his very feat shook intensely as he was near the pillar of light as it landed.
Alex was even nearly knocked off his feet with how intense the shaking was.
If he were to compare it to anything, it was like a magnitude 10 earthquake was rippling through the ground!
'What the heck is that?'
Alex was as confused as he would ever be about this sudden situation.
He just stomped on the ground in frustration, and the next thing he knew this giant pillar of light came out of nowhere and stole the show from him...
[Step into it.]
The cherry on top came from the system though.