"Enjoying the view?" The voice came from everywhere and nowhere at once.
Noah turned slowly. Twenty feet away stood Gigarose, but something was fundamentally wrong with her appearance. She stood taller now, her proportions subtly distorted. Her eyes had deepened from their usual pink tinge to a dark maroon that seemed to swallow light. Her smile stretched too wide, revealing teeth that appeared just slightly too sharp.
"What is this place?" Noah demanded, channeling void energy to his hands. "How did you bring me here?"
Gigarose tilted her head at an unnatural angle, her smile never faltering. "So many questions from a boy playing with powers he doesn't understand." She took a step forward, and the ground rippled beneath her feet. "I should be asking you questions. Like how a little nothing like you came to possess the essence of Abysoss."
Noah frowned. "Abysoss? What are you talking about?"
