Verity Torres had seen many strange things come into the void. Jewelery. Elementals. Even a lizard. But never before had she seen something like this. It was a strange and blinding light, pure and golden and very out of place against the backdrop of swirling chaos. She watched, in a mixture of awe and wonder and (although she hated to admit it) fear, as the light began to coalesce into the form of a person. As Verity moved closer she began to notice certain details about this person. It was a boy, lean and muscular and tall for is age. His hair was like sunshine, if sunshine was curly and long-ish and covered someone's head. The boy was dressed in a Magisterium uniform and had a wristband neatly cuffed over his right arm. The metal of the wristband identified him as a Bronze Year, a bit younger than Verity but that wasn't what caught her eye. No, her gaze was focused on the glimmering stones set around the metal, specifically the one that identified him as a Makar.
It had been a while since any human came into the void, much less a Makar. In fact, the last time the last time she saw a Makar dead or living...
La Riaconada. The Cold Massacre. Memories can flooding back into Verity's head. The icy sting of the bitter winter winds. The glint of the Enemy's mask in the light as he rode towards the battlefield. The snow stained with the blood of those who'd fallen. The searing pain that coursed through her body as the Alkahest plunged its way into her chest. The pull as all the magic in her escaped from her body in one forceful blow. The guilt and regret as she realised she failed her people.
Verity blinked it all away. The boy was still there. He was solid, but not quite, so you could still see through him. Verity had spent enough time in the void to know what that meant. This boy had not been brought here by accident. This boy had been killed.
Verity walked, or rather, floated towards the boy, all of her doubts replaced by a stinging curiousity. How long had she been here? How did the boy die? And, most importantly, Who was he?