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Day 9: Void
Grey. That was all he could see in what could once be called a city. All that there was, and all that would ever be. Perhaps the "had been" was different. Perhaps there was paint covering the steel frames and skeletons of the buildings instead of ash. Perhaps there was once been water flowing from the fountain. Now there was no fountain – only the water. Was it drinkable? Nobody cared – there was no other water source in the entire city. He did not try to find out. His throat was just dry. He did not need to drink. He took a gulp nonetheless. There was ash mixed in it. Just like everything else in here.
What was this place he had found himself in? Was it Hell? No – the fires had gone out a long time ago; there was nothing left to be burned. Was it Purgatory? No – there was no salvation for the dead here. This place was simply the Graveyard. The graves were scattered all over the place, if one simply tried to look closely. No names.
The roars of the dragons were the only prayers. One of them spoke of redemption. Another one of lamentation. Everything else? Rage.
We have lost everything.
There was nothing to begin with.
The graves had few visitors. There was the occasional speck of light somewhere. Trails and tracks standing out against the forgotten paths. The visitors stopped caring after a while. The dead never cared to begin with. They could not.
Even time itself, here, was at a standstill. There was no change between the day and the night.
There was a tower in the middle of the city. There used to be a heart on top of it. There is no heart now. There is no need for a heart that is not beating.
"Where am I?!",. The strength of the voice for a single instant filled the empty ruins, before it was answered by a hollow echo.
"Heartland.".
Welcome to the void Capital of Despair.