As Malik fluttered his eyes open...
Thump.
He found himself surrounded by an expanse of complete darkness.
It stretched out in all directions, an eternal void that seemed to devour all traces of light.
There were no discernible features or landmarks to anchor his perception, leaving him suspended in a disorienting emptiness.
Beneath his feet, the realm seemed to be the same, devoid of anything and everything.
It was as if he stood upon an abyssal plane, where even the concept of solid ground dissolved into nothingness.
Malik extended his arm, hoping to find or at least brush against something tangible, but his hand went through the darkness, feeling no signs of resistance.
This absence of sensation might've made one feel lost... but this was Malik.
He saw no problem with the void; it certainly wasn't the first time he interacted with it, and it certainly wasn't the worst thing he went through.
There were far worse candidates than this.
"But... now what?"
