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The frustrated screeches of the fire demon princess resounded across the endless void. She heaved up the minotaur's labrys and swung at the ground, but the blade merely phased through. Then what was she standing on? Princess Alfreda was too angry to care about the physics of this dimension and continued to hack and slash at the darkness she had been consumed into.
Meanwhile, Calixte looked around and touched the ground, curious how his hands went straight through, yet his feet remained standing on something solid. He then saw amongst the debris of the princess' house that had also been sucked into the black hole was also the book she had been reading. The amphibian picked it up, brushing off the dust clean. If they were to be trapped in this void dimension for an unknown time, he had some entertainment at the very least.
With one last anger-filled swing, the fire demon collapsed onto the ground, cradling the minotaur labrys in her arms. Steam hissed at her eyes as tears evaporated immediately after forming. Blinded by the steam, the princess threw the labrys across the abyss, her monstrous strength sending it flying numerous meters. If the labrys was here, then what was Calanthe fighting with? She was unarmed. And Lili was yet to return to camp, and what about Oscar, was he...
"Oh," said a quiet voice.
Alfreda turned to see the amphibian sitting down and reading the book, gasping as he read something of intrigue.
"Really?" the fire demon growled. "You're reading in this situation?"
"What would you suggest we do instead?" asked Calixte calmly as he turned a page, gasping louder this time.
"We're stuck in this place!" Alfreda jolted to her feet. "We need to find a way out!"
"And what if there isn't one? Perhaps the best thing to do is to wait until we are released-"
"And what if we are never released!"
Calixte paused. "In my... three centuries of imprisonment in the Eternal Abyss, I have encountered a wide variety of monsters. Their powers will always have a limit." He motioned to the minotaur labrys. "Is that not proof? Surely if they wished to capture or detain all of us, we would all be here. But we are not. This... black hole managed to swallow Miss Calanthe's weapon but not Miss Calanthe herself. There appears to be a limit to how many it can absorb."
A small puff of hot air fumed out of the fire demon's nostrils.
"And, although this is but an educated guess, there might also be a time limit," continued Calixte. "They would not grant a prisoner the ability to contain another prisoner indefinitely. What if they were popular and were reliant on sales? If that person were gone forever-"
"Fine!" snapped Alfreda, folding her arms in surrender. "But we might be able to get out sooner!" And with that, she stormed off to wander to endless darkness in hopes of an exit.
In a matter of minutes, the princess returned to the beginning, finding the amphibian sitting on the ground reading. With a frustrated groan, Alfreda tried another direction, but she still ended up finding Calixte.
What is this?
Though she did not have a vantage point, she knew she was walking straight. So it must just be a small world that looped around itself. That revelation made Alfreda feel even more stuck, the darkness edging in and narrowing until it was just her left.
This feeling was somewhat resolved when she saw Calixte; perhaps it was because, knowing he was here, Alfreda knew that there was plenty of space and not just an engulfing darkness, and she was no longer claustrophobic.
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Amity and Enmity
Fantasy(Book Three of the Harm and Harmony Series) Status: Ongoing (updated every Monday) Though it has been several months since the calamity that they had faced, Corinna Warren and her friends are still recovering from what and who they have lost. Howeve...