Darkness... Darkness as far as the eye could see. Even as she tried to open her eyes, there was nothing to behold. Only the emptiness of the void. Even now she felt odd... As if she had no longer a physical body to call her own. Was this about to be the end of her tale? An ending she had not even decided herself?
A foreign presence called out to her but it did not speak, rather it was a collection of emotions and vivid images that forced itself into her mind. Curiosity, images which showed her own being, observed from afar. It reminded her of how she thought the gods might have observed Earthland, uncaring in their mindset. Yet this being seemed intrigued by what it saw.
More emotions and images filled her mind. Anticipation, it asked if she was angry as if it sensed her own emotion. Yes, she was angry, angry at the man who had bested her and the fools who sacrificed her to something they didn't even understand.
It felt like an eternity passed as she engaged in this mental back and forth of communication with the otherwordly entity when at last it filled her being with a single emotion: desire... It showed her images of Earthland, images taken from her memories and when one, in particular, showed a young half elf smiling innocently at her she understood what it tried to ask her: Did she want to return?
But how could she? The void had consumed her physical body and if anything, the only reason her mind had not faded away was due to the mysterious entity that kept communicating with her. Sensing her hesitation it filled her mind with another emotion: Pride
Her mind suddenly felt different, as if it gained a proper vessel once more to inhabit. Yet this vessel was far from 'human'. If anything, while part of it might had resembled a humanoid, the rest was clearly ethereal. She might had called it a voidling.
She opened her mouth, attempting to communicate but instead she heard no words come, rather in the same manner the being communicated she felt images and emotions fill her mind: Excitement, gratitude, curiosity: Did he cause this change to her?
The emotions which filled her mind were clear: Anticipation, pride, confidence, mental images of her former disguised appearance filled her mind, making it clear the being had tried to recreate her in a similar manner to how she had looked, even if the corruption of the void had changed her.
And then the darkness faded, the void taking form around her as she saw 'it', the entity she had communicated with and for a moment she felt her entire being freeze at the sight of it. Was it awe? Awe at its power? Its mindset was so different from the otherwordly beings she had met before, but Esperia could say with utmost confidence that if something like a 'God' existed, then this being might had earned that title...
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