So.
This...
This isn't much of an update on my quest to save my world, but...
Well, being stuck in the void—or wherever I am—Is pretty boring.
Once you get past the whole, 'Oh dear god, I'm trapped in some strange place and never going to see the light of day again, why does everything have to shimmer and sparkle so randomly, what they heck is going on' thing, it's really dull.
Like, I'm pretty sure that wherever I am is where all Azerothians summon their magic from. I can see it shimmer different ways as it's pulled away. Sometimes it looks reddish and gets really hot, but it's always gone before the flames burst to life or the heat gets unbearable. It's the same with ice. It gets cold, but before it can get freezing or start snowing or something, it's gone to whoever called it.
Sometimes I see paths open up, and if I watch them really closely, I can see the person—or people—passing through.
It's eerie.
I tried talking to them. Heck, I even tried grabbing one or two of them—my reasoning was that if I could get a mage here, wherever I am, then maybe they could port me somewhere. Or at least I'd have company.
I can walk around. Despite that initial resistance, once the portal was gone, I could move.
I'm not really standing on anything, per se, but if I think about moving forward, and put one leg in front of the other, I can move. It's...weird. Because there aren't any real markers for location. But as much as the magic shifts around, winding through the emptiness, it does seem to move in certain patterns, and stick to certain intersections. Like strings wound together, getting blown by wind constantly so that they shake back and forth.
I've been staying near this one I first showed up beside, but I have wandered around a bit.
At first, I tried to run after the portal's path.
Then I thought I'd better stay still, in case they tried to come back for me.
Then I just gave up and started wandering.
I don't know that they have anything of mine to reach for me with, or anything.
So I'm stuck.
At least I seem to be outside of time, too. I haven't gotten hungry or needed to pee. I tried talking, but...
The magic reacts to words. It shimmers and twists around me and toward me, and...
Something out there is searching for me. I can feel it. At first, I thought it might be Fizz. It's not though. It's something...old. I can't really explain the feeling or how I know anything about what's looking for me.
It's just there, in the back of my mind. Like a little whisper. Sometimes, I think if I tried to hear hard enough, I would. Like, maybe it wouldn't be such a dull murmur. Maybe it would make sense.
Sometimes, I think it does make sense.
I've lost time, if that can even be a thing here. I mean, I've blacked out. I don't know if it's for a second or for days, but...I don't like coming back to, because I have trouble remembering things, like my name.
It kind of sucks. I save a world, forget about it, remember it, and then start to forget everything.
The one thing that's sticking with me, though, is that something is searching for me.
Like there's someone out there in this twisting nothing who knows I'm here, but doesn't know where to find me. And when I talk, they can hear the noise, just like the magic can.
And they want to find me very badly.
But I'm pretty sure I don't want them to.