Not a very comfortable seat, she thought, looking at its saddle-like shape and strange, bumpy textured surface. Xxnx This same artefact, she hoped, was the one she was now heading towards. Her eyes a glowing pale blue. Her hands dropped the book and flew up to her face. The peaceful stability of the surface kingdoms was shattered overnight. “Nnnmmh”
She sank down onto the floor, defeated and dejected. She squirmed to lift herself up from the intensity of the throne, but found she couldn’t move her hands. Her fingernails were white, her lips white. She was a fool to have even come here. Her clothes felt drab and stifling next to her scintillating flesh, so she untied her robe carefully and watched her reflections in the multifaceted ice walls as her naked body rose out from the crumbled garment.
