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[color=FFBF00]Time:[/color] Midnight
[color=FFBF00]Location:[/color] In the woods of the peninsula west of Sun Elf Village.
[color=FFBF00]Interactions:[/color] [@Potter] - Corvina.

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A long, drawn out sigh escaped Rei's lips. He'd been staring at this cursed screen for a god-forsaken amount of time. The lines of black and white code seared into his brain. It seemed like nothing was working and the logs had been no help. [i][color=FFBF00]I need a break.[/color][/i] he thought, saving his work and leaving his room. It was already dark out- only a few stragglers littered the dimmed streets. Rei cut through the pavement into a path with even fewer people. 

An odd woman stood out and caught his eye, he peeked at his watch- [b][i]11:52pm[/i][/b]. [i][color=FFBF00]Definitely not a time girls should walk around by themselves,[/color][/i] eyeing the girl again, he thought to say something but stopped himself, [i][color=FFBF00]she seems like she can take care of herself.[/color][/i]

The air began to thin and vibrate around him with Rei finding himself short of breath, [color=FFBF00]Huh, am I really that out of shap-[/color] his thoughts were cut short as the rift slowly tore itself open. Rei rubbed his eyes to make sure he'd not gone insane. [i][color=FFBF00]Ah, that's it, that accursed project finally made me lose my marbles.[/color][/i] Rei nervously joked, the reality of the situation slowly dawning on him. 

The woman from earlier also gawked at the portal, giving him confirmation that he wasn't the only one seeing it. Debris seemed to be vacuum in to the rift, it's power beginning to increase as bigger and bigger debris were swallowed. [b][color=FFBF00]"Hey you, girl- get the hell outta her-"[/color][/b] Rei warned her but the force of the pulling made him land jaw-first into the dirt causing him to black out.

Rei was awoken by the queer chirping of the forest, the leaves and forestry tickling his nose. He got up, nursing a headache and rubbing his sore jaw. He gaze swam through the forestry, absorbing his surroundings. It slowly came back to him, memories of the pulsating rift dragging him in. [b][color=FFBF00]"What. The. Fuck."[/color][/b] Rei tried to gather his bearings to assess where the hell he was. The plant-life and forestry looked [i]off[/i], he was no dendrologist but he had never seen these types of trees before. [b][color=FFBF00]"The moonlight... it feels off, why is it penetrating the foliage from two sides?"[/color][/b] Rei pondered aloud, finding an opening in the clearing- two moons stared idly back at him.

Rei's anxiety bubbled inside him. He tried to calm himself, forcing his hyperventilation to long and drawn deep breaths. He made his mind focus on the situation at hand, laying down the facts internally; he was definitely not in his city anymore, this forest felt off, and the most difficult and insane to admit- he may not be on earth anymore. The mere thought of it sent his mind into a spiraling panic.

[b][color=FFBF00]"Was this caused by that 'thing' that engulfed me- well, everything?"[/color][/b] Rei said, [b][color=FFBF00]"... There's no other explanation."[/color][/b] Rei paced aimlessly through the forest, his fretful musings interrupted by a cry that pierced through the forest. He instinctively ran towards the noise, finding a girl sprawled unconscious to the floor. [i][color=FFBF00]That girl from earlier.[/color][/i] Rei thought, running to her side he knelt down, with a quick glance-over she didn't seem to have any noticeable injuries. Rei shook her lightly, [b][color=FFBF00]"Hey! Are you alright?!"[/color][/b]