Valdis flicked an ear when Solomon spoke out loud, confused for an instant, then her eyes flickered red. The Void must be speaking to Solomon and deliberately cutting her out. She growled softly, but refrained from yanking it back.
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The darkness swirled around, slowly growing darker and darker, until it obscured the light of Valdis' soul. Then it vanished completely.
The once cracked and marred surface of Valdis' soul appeared smooth, complete and bright. The light filled everything, no shadows seemed to exist. Faint voices could be heard, one pleading and panicked and the other deep, almost amused. then a third voice, louder than the other two, almost sounding kind.
The girl's voice grew higher and the surface of the soul began to shiver with fear. A pinprick of darkness appeared, long shapeless tendrils of black began to bleed into the light. The pinprick grew larger and a bright, blood-red eyes glowed in the shadows. A gigantic hound walked into the light, toward the shimmering orb, leaving black paw prints in its wake.
It didn't even look in Solomon's direction as it stopped before the soul. Its tail flicked once and then it opened its jaws, biting down on the orb. The muscles powering those jaws strained until cracks began to form in the surface of the orb. Then the jaws clacked shut, shattering the light like glass and the girl's scream cut off.
Now everything was dark and the only light rose from the broken pieces of Meira's soul, floating around in front of the Hound. A piece floated past his nose and he snapped it up, swallowing it in the next moment. The hound began to laugh, low and eerie in the silence. The laughter became louder, as if echoed by other voices. A gust of wind, or perhaps a wave rippled through the shadows and black coils began to move, small red eyes searching through the dark. The shining pieces of soul began to flicker out of existence, until only darkness remained.
In the next moment, the cracked, glowing orb that was Valdis' soul was back, the darkness swirling lazily around it.
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The darkness swirled around, slowly growing darker and darker, until it obscured the light of Valdis' soul. Then it vanished completely.
The once cracked and marred surface of Valdis' soul appeared smooth, complete and bright. The light filled everything, no shadows seemed to exist. Faint voices could be heard, one pleading and panicked and the other deep, almost amused. then a third voice, louder than the other two, almost sounding kind.
The girl's voice grew higher and the surface of the soul began to shiver with fear. A pinprick of darkness appeared, long shapeless tendrils of black began to bleed into the light. The pinprick grew larger and a bright, blood-red eyes glowed in the shadows. A gigantic hound walked into the light, toward the shimmering orb, leaving black paw prints in its wake.
It didn't even look in Solomon's direction as it stopped before the soul. Its tail flicked once and then it opened its jaws, biting down on the orb. The muscles powering those jaws strained until cracks began to form in the surface of the orb. Then the jaws clacked shut, shattering the light like glass and the girl's scream cut off.
Now everything was dark and the only light rose from the broken pieces of Meira's soul, floating around in front of the Hound. A piece floated past his nose and he snapped it up, swallowing it in the next moment. The hound began to laugh, low and eerie in the silence. The laughter became louder, as if echoed by other voices. A gust of wind, or perhaps a wave rippled through the shadows and black coils began to move, small red eyes searching through the dark. The shining pieces of soul began to flicker out of existence, until only darkness remained.
In the next moment, the cracked, glowing orb that was Valdis' soul was back, the darkness swirling lazily around it.