Gurgggllee!!....
The rhythmic rush of water surging upward echoed through the void, a haunting counterpoint to the silence of the abyss. Below, a figure drifted deeper into the inky, lightless depths, her body a shadow swallowed by the endless darkness.
It was like a neon blue rose that fell into a dark sea, lighting its way as it went down.
Time had blurred... minutes? Hours?.... years... who knows...
Yet despite all that, her consciousness flickered on and off like a dying bulb, fading and reigniting in a relentless, repetitive cycle. Each plunge into oblivion sharpened her awareness upon return as if the sea itself were a whetstone grinding her mind, sharing her mindscape as one would sharpen a knife to cut.
She felt it... the drastic changes in her body.
"It's cold... very cold...
She said, only to fall back into a state of mental death once more, but never truly perishing.
