>>5867805>>5868066>>5868348You jump above the girl, spread out your arms and wrap them around LayLay, holding him tightly.
>"What... the heck was that??? We were having an emotional moment over here!!">"Well y'know, I got a feeling something bad was gonna happen, so I jumped in.">"Something bad?? Why??? And why are you hugging him then?!">"Well you see, this works both ways! If something bad was about to happen, then me grabbing him would stop that, BUT, if nothing bad was about to happen at all, then I could just pass it off as a nice comforting hug! It's brilliant! My ex did this to me once, worked perfectly, only figured it out a year later when he let it slip during dinner- UGHHAHH!!">"RREAAGHHH!!!"LayLay glows red again and stretches out his arms, punching you square in the face and sending you flying right into a pure stone wall. As your head slams with a loud *thunk* against the (literally) rock-solid natural formation, you see flashes of various lights and shapes in your vision. Red, green, and blue. Flashing rectangles, shaking and swaying and mixing their colors into a big messy puddle... Huh...
>"Sorry lady, but I can't really blame him on that one. Especially now that I know you can survive one of those just fine! ...you are alive right...?">"Uuuh...?"Youch, that hurt! Your vision is swaying left and right, your head feels heavier than normal, and you hear slight buzzing in the background. Who brought a bee in here? There's no flowers here...
>"Heyy lad- -ou oka- -??"You can hear clicking now. Clicking and tapping. A physical keyboard perhaps? You've never seen one in real life, but for some reason you have a feeling that's what they would sound like...
>"Uuuhh... Yeah... No... My... Uuhh...">"Your- -??">"My... Ass... Hggh.............."As you say your final words (and mix up your top cheeks with your bottom cheeks), the color suddenly drains from the world. The redness of the cave quickly shifts into a big grey blob, shapes and tones mixing with each other and forming a strange vortex around you. Is this from the concussion, or something else entirely? You don't know, and you don't have the mental capacity to theorize right now. All you can do now is take a final breath, and close your eyes. That book from yesterday, it talked about the world being made out of light, right? That's ridiculous of course but... You wonder. If the world IS made out of light, then, what happens to it when you... close your eyes...
