Glass. An entire world made of fragile glass. This was what she awoke to -- in a dome of the black, precious material, that was. ...A dream? ...Yet, is was so vivid...? Forcing herself upwards, Eika mumbled as she rubbed her eyes and looked around. The ground looked to be made of transparent concrete from the looks of it -- no end to the black abyss below, yet cracks all throughout of it as if someone had taken a sharp object and slammed it into the ground again and again. The first step taken echoed before her -- the gaping hole to the side of the dome expanding out without logic or reason into a stained glass hallway. This place was like a dream...One so easily broken that it frightened her to be here just on the basis of what would happen if she hit something a little too hard. Would it all shatter? Would it become nothingness, dragging her down to an eternity of thoughtlessness and shattered concepts? 

[b]Ę̵͖̻̻͓̜͂̊ͤ̔̓ͨͪͯͅṿ̵̥͚̠͚̠̘̐̄͑ͮ̅͆ͭͧ̃eͨͬ͡҉̵̗̥͙̰ŗ̼̤͗̂ͣͬ̊̈͂́̕y̙̱̟̞̩̾̀ͤ̑ͩ͑ͩͤ͌̕͡ṫ̡͉̫̣ͤ̅̃̔ͩ̊͟h̷̥̑̋ǐ̛͔̠͎͉̪̙̩̽̅̈̀n̸̨͔͈͉̦͇͕̣̜͙ͨ̔͟g̐̉̏̈ͮ҉̥ ̨͙̬͉̤̲͈̞̳̌̓̐̔̈́̇̔̿ị̢̙̹̗͉̜͖̲̉̋͋ͫͩͨͤ͟s̡̻͚̦̖̙͚͖ͮ̈ͩ͆ͪͪ̂͢͞ ̴̧͍̥̳͚̈͒b̡͙̻̮̱̍ͬͪͤͪ̊ͥȑ̢̖͖̘͙̭̼̖̬̼́̚e̡̧̘̼̭̗̞̮̼͒͆͊͒̑à̏ͮ͠҉̘͍̻͍̜̩ḳ̷̱͊̃͞i̷͍̖̔̔͌ͦͭ̅̾ͪͫǹ̗̤̭͋̈̄̊ͧ͘̕g̺̠̝͉̗̻̝̿̔̑͌̈̅ ̲̲̱͈̟͖̺̞̎̅a͖̙̫͙̪͙̮͂̆͐̆̊̿g̴͎̙̙̳̻̦ͦͪ͌ͅa̭̭̫̖̘̎̏ͯͤ̑̉͟͞i̶̡͎̮̯͇͖̰̘͕͎͊́̔ͫ͊͒n͉̱͎̫͖̲͇̍̉͊͌ͅ.̻̳̗̰͈̹̠̬̔̓̾͠ͅ.͖̞̱̣̙ͪ̑͜.̴͕̟̥͈̤͂̌ͪ̏̈́͛̂͑́[/b]

Her eyes widened at the sound of a voice -- no...[i]voices.[/i] She stopped in her walking as she looked around to find the source. It sounded as if a choir had began to scream, speak, and whisper all at once to create a sickening cacophony of the words. ...And yet, as she was about to continue onward-

[b]CRASH.[/b]

The walls around cracked, random holes coming to existence from the shatters as a scream ripped out further down the seemingly endless halls. What in the world could cause such a terrible noise and aftereffect?... She wanted to go back to the dome that she'd woken up in now, but when Eika turned back...

It was gone as well.

Was it a trick of the eyes?...Or was something-

ђเ๔є.

Hide?...Where was she supposed to hide?! Why was she supposed to hide?...She looked around, running over to one of the holes that had been made, and turned towards the other "end" of the hallway, where she could now see...Ah?! A single hand raising out from the ground...Then eyeballs. Oh god...So many eyeballs. She choked on a scream, panic rising in her demeanor.

ςгคฬl เภ. ๔๏ภ't l๏๏к ๒คςк, ๔๏ภ't lเรtєภ t๏ คภץtђเภﻮ ץ๏ย ђєคг. tђเร קlคςє เร Ŧยll ๏Ŧ lเєร. ןยรt кєєק ςгคฬlเภﻮ.

....Keep crawling? Even though there was no ground? ...She contemplated to thought for a singular moment before she saw at the rising mass...a maw. Thousands upon thousands of jagged glass -- "teeth" they could be functionally called, from the looks of things. ...And then that ungodly chorus rang out. 

Å̧͈̜̬̏͗͠ ̣̱̠̯̦͎̹̳͉͂͂̈̓̽̕v̷̙͈̳͎̬̝ͧ̋ͅiͮͥͫ̑́̈͏̹͙͖͖̼ͅs̺̣͇͍̄͜i̴̸̫̳̲̯̠ͮ̈́̏̓͑̃ͧ̏ͭt̹͉̠̣̹͊̄͢o̶̶̩͙̣̲̼͊̈́̓r̶̳̞ͨ͂̅͊̈̒͋̄͡!̥͈̼̝͖̖̣̔̄́̀ ̌̿̌̋͆̀ͥ̚͠҉͇̺̜ͅI̘̾̿͂̽̐ͨ̏́ ̨̡̛͔̬̙͓̥̓̑ͨ̉̏̇ͅc̵͕͛ͥ͒̂͂̄a̴̳͍̰̼͇̺̪̺̩̎̈̀̈́n̞̮̱̲̟̤ͭ̀'̵̽ͩ̃̏ͭ͊̽͏̸̤͈̜͚̮̯͓t̙͚ͭͧ̔̆ ̗͔̲̩͊͒ͮ́̉͟W̺̖̣͒̆͋̋̍͆̆A̡͈̘͙͓̰͕̯ͥ̽̊͆̎ͧİ̝͕̣ͯ͊͛̓ͪͨ̂̀T̯̙̼̻͋͡ ̞͐̒̅͆̊t̥̱̳͈͇͎ͧ̋̽̑͊ͥ̿́ͧ́͘͢o̡̨̦͉̮̱̠̱ͪͫͬͫͨͩ͠ ͗͛̈̔̂͂̽͞҉̫̹̻̬͖s̜̹̭̞̝͍ͤ͗͛ͭ̍̿̊̂͘i̅̅̾̈ͮ͜͠҉̺̹n̠̬̤ͥ̑̊͒͂͜͞k̦͉͕ͧ̓̐̊̾͋̈́ ̘̮͕̹̞̮̯̋̋m̧̡̠̯͙̮̺ͮ͛̑͑ͥ̿ͭ͛̀y̢̡̞̦̳ͣ͌͢ ̣̺̒ͥ͗ͨͅt̛̻̰̖̮͎͍͎͂̃̉ͫ͗̐ͤ͊͠ẻ̴̙̒ͣ͊̏̽́̾́̚͜e̩̝͔͕͎̽̽ͥ̋ͥ̿̈́̀͠ͅt̷̡̛̘͔͕͈͎̮͉ͤ͌̔͌̆ͩ̄ͮͅh̸̢̯̦̦̞̜ͭͮ̌ͧͭ̅̋̏ ̶̨̟͙̈͛̓̀̐͜i̅͂̎̎̕͏̠͚̼͕̻͉n̊̃̒ͬ̈̚͏̭̥͇̝͘ṯ͈̙̱͉͚̐͋͐ͥ̀̃͘ỏ̸͈̺̮̠̘ͥ͒̈͗̚ͅ ̳̝ͣ̆ͪͬ̇ͣ̒t̞͖͈̣̘̼ͪ̅ͥ̃́̒̚͝͠h̿ͦ̍ͦ͋̐ͥ͏̭͉̞̰̘̘̫̭͘ë̡̹̲̠̱́͐̊̊̂ͥ̐̓͘m̱̻͚̋͐ͪ͂͟͝!̠̤͎̮͍͕̽̈́̾́

...Chances being taken. She threw herself into the hole, shocked to find her body meet solid ground though her eyes betrayed nothing, and promptly began to crawl, crawl, crawl away as quick she could in order to get to the end. That end being?

...Strangely enough...A glass box on the outside, a white room on the inside. When she forced herself out of the small crawlspace and into the area, she looked around to try and get a grasp on what was going on. This...was a dream? A pinch of the arm made her flinch, then had her eyes widen in shock. Dreams were not felt. ...And yet, she felt pain. A shiver ran through her spine until she noticed something before her -- a figure. Neither male, nor female, it came into further existence as glass seemed to explode from its outline. It was...a fox? A small one at that, far too tiny to be what could be speaking to her-

"tђเร เร ץ๏ยг Ŧเгรt tเ๓є ђєгє, ς๏ггєςt?"

...Well, of course, until it spoke and completely negated her previous thoughts. A small nod followed through until she parted her lips and spoke out in kind. Let's...let's hope this little fox knew something.

"Y-Yes. I'm...Eika. Who are you?...What are you?"
"...คєtђєг. เ ค๓ ςคllє๔ คєtђєг. ץ๏ย คгє เภ tђє ภเﻮђt๓คгє ฬ๏гl๔. ...tђเร קlคςє เร ภ๏tђเภﻮ ﻮ๏๏๔. ...ץ๏ย รєє๓...รςคгє๔."
"Well...Well, yes. I'm scared. I'm in a place where...Where even my own eyes are lying to me. I'm only here because you told me to keep going when there was nothing there to catch my fall in my eyes. I don't...understand what the Nightmare World is...but...How do I get out?"

A moment of silence. 

"...ץ๏ย ๔๏ภ't."
"...W-What?..."
"ץ๏ย ςคภภ๏t єรςคקє. ץ๏ย ςคภ ๏ภlץ ђ๏קє t๏ ฬคкє ยק ๒єŦ๏гє ץ๏ย ๔เє เภ ђєгє. t๏ ๔เє ђєгє ๓єคภร t๏ ๔เє เภ tђє ฬคкเภﻮ ฬ๏гl๔."

...Dying in the dream made you die in reality...?! This...This should be a joke. Should be some sick, twisted prank. But there was nothing that could make THAT out there come to life. Make this happen. Make her shake from how scared she was becoming. ...And Aether could see it. From the miniature version of his...her?...its body, a larger, matured version of the fox leapt from its floating position in the air and it lowered its head to allow its gaze to meet her own.
"คгє ץ๏ย...คŦгคเ๔ t๏ ๔เє?"
What form of a question was that?!
"Y-Yes, I'm very scared...I-Is there anything I can do?"
The fox stopped for a moment, not one but...several tails brushing past her skin as it circled around her. Thinking? That must have been such. It was thinking. 
"...เ ςคภ...ђєlק. ...๒ยt...เ ภєє๔...ร๏๓єtђเภﻮ Ŧг๏๓ ץ๏ย. ร๏๓єtђเภﻮ...tђคt ץ๏ย ςคภภ๏t гєקlคςє. ร๏๓єtђเภﻮ tђคt ץ๏ย ς๏ภรเ๔єг...קгєςเ๏ยร."

[i]What was something precious?[/i]