Prologue
"W-Where am I?"
The words echoed for what seemed like an eternity. Wherever she was, it didn't seem quite right. She didn't feel herself. She felt numbed, like she weren't quite there. She tried to walk, jump, wave her hand; anything to check she was still herself. But nothing.
"Where am I?"
She repeated herself but still – nothing. She seemed to have just descended into emptiness. More than emptiness. Nothingness.
"Hello? Anyone?"
A veil of fog had at some point fell upon her line of vision; colours of dark greens, velvety white, midnight blues, silk lilacs - the true meaning of subtle – danced before her eyes.
She was getting weary. She couldn't resist the urge to just close her eyes. Yet she felt that if she did, if she gave in, something would happen. Like she'd just fade away. The deathly silence that cloaked this place was beginning to wear away what was left of the woman. She felt herself begin to shake, to quiver with fear – even if she wasn't there to begin with.
"Anyone? Where am I, please! Help me!"
Suddenly, a blinding white light flashed before her eyes. She should be squinting; shielding her eyes from the blinding rays but for some reason she didn't need to. She stared at it, burning with curiosity. But the light; it began to fade.
"No! No…please. Don't leave me here."
The light stopped, keeping it's luminosity just so that you couldn't quite tell if it was really there or not.
"Excuse me – please – Where am I?"
A deep voice finally shattered the silence like a knife, booming out from all directions.
"Welcome to the Farplane…Rikku."