For Merlin, eternity felt like a moment, and a moment an eternity. The darkness that surrounds her is an endless torment. The silence is deffening and nothingness is everything. All of her senses are gone, and it is insanity. She tries to scream, but ccannot find her voice. Even the voice inside her head cannot help her in the nothingness around her. Who was she? She can no longer remember. Is everything just an illusion. Then she sees a blinding light.
She falls to her hands and knees. Below her is a wooden floor that she can't quite recognise, but knows it's familiar. She is panting and trembling as she looks up. "Hey Merlin are you okay? You look like crap." Meliodas kneels down to look at her. Merlin meets eyes with him as memories come flooding back. Behind him, she notices a woman in a dark red robe. Shifting her focus to the figure, she gasps in horror. More memories come back; memories of eyes so dangerous they make her want to run.A voice so cold it broke though every attempt to conceal her fear. Energy so dark, even Meliodas seems like nothing compared to it. Memories of this dangerous demon pushing her into the void with ease, where she stayed for know knows how long.
Almost like a reflec, she shoots a ball of energy at the woman. She has to get away from her. "It's okay Merllin, she's not trying to hurt us anymore. Meliodas grbs her shoulders,, trying to calm her. "Give her a moment, the void is very intense. To be honest, I'm surprised she returned in this good of shape. Some people lose their minds and never recover after an experience like that," Elizabeth explains nonchalauntly. Merlin sees that Elizabeth has a shield of transparent lilac energy in front of her, completely blocking the attack. The shield disappear almost as soon as Merlin notices it. Dropping her gaze down to Meliodas' boots, she thinks about what Elizabeth just said. She could understand how people could lose their minds there. "You must have an exceptionally powerful mind." Elizabeth spoke with more care now. Merlin looks up at Elizabeth's curious expression. She cannot see any demonic magic energy, but she fails to get that display of power to escape her mind.
"I can step outside until you gather our wits a little more. I can smell your fear from here." Elizabeth gives Merlin a smile, cause her to relax a little. She takes a breath and raises to her feet. She turns and walks over to a table as she returns to her usual mysterious self.
"No, I'm fine now. What I'd really like for you to do is explain what this 'void' as you call it, really is." Merlin tilts her head and looks at Elizabeth, who can't hide her look of surprise. A devious frin crosses her liips as she walks over and takes a seat at the table directly across from Merlin.
"A constant search for knowledge, huh. You're turning out to be more like me with every word you say" Elizabeth looks down and places both index fingers on her lips, trying to decide how to start.
A mug is placed in front of Elizabeth. She looks up to Meliodas and his carefree smile. Grapping the mug, she raises it in thanks and takes a sip. The flavor is exquisite. She presses her lips together in content as Meliodas sits down to her right. He gently places a martini glass full of a clear liquid and an olive in front of Merlin. He places his ankle over his knee, listening in.
"The void is the closest thing I can compare that place to. It's a barrie between this reality and other dimesions. Time does not exist there, which is why you probably felt like the experience lasted forever, yet was over in an instant. Well, it's not just time that doesn't exist. Usually nothing exists in the void but nothingness. However, I have seen some face their greatest fears in there. My theory is that they start hallucinating from the lack of senses, and theri fear causes their wort fears to arise. Of course that's not for certain." Elizabeth takes another sip of her ale while studying Merlin, allowing her to understand the information.
"How'd you create a portal to it?" Merlin asks, following Elizabeth's movements and taking a sip of her beverage as well. Meliodas follows suit but chugs his entire drink. As he walks behind the bar to refill his mug, Elizabeth continues.
"I can create portals wherever I wish, whether it be to different worlds, universes, or even dimensions. Whereever I wish to go, I go." Elizabeth takes a huge gulp of her ale, finishing it off. As soon as her mug hits the table, Meliodas grabs it and walks over to refill it. "I can even travel through time, to an extent. But that's a conversation for another time. Traveling through space is complicated enough," Elizabeth knows she's starting to ramble. She glances at Merlin, who appears to be hanging onto every word. Meliodas places the ful mug down in front of Elizabeth. She grabs the handle and takes a few sips, once again allowing Merlin to process all the knowledge being she's dumpong at her. The edges of Elizabeths lips turn up as she sets the mug down. She knows this talk of other universes is new to Merlin. She can see it in her eyes. Elizabeth's mind wanders a little. Why is she telling this woman all this when she barely knows her. She knew the answer. Merlin was like her, constantly thirsty for every drop of knowledge she can find. There was another reason, but Elizabeth couldn't quite put it into words. Maybe she wanted to share her knowledge, or want an apprentice. Or perhaps she thinks this mage could her her, or knows something she doesn't,
Elizabeth look sover to Meliodas, discovering that his gaze is already on her. His hand rests under his chin, elbow on the table. Merlin starts to speak, and Elizabeth shifts her gaze to the mage.
"How do you know all thi?" Merlin asks. Elizabeth sighs, trying to articulate exactly how she found all this knowledge. "That's a loaded and complicated question." Elizabeth's gaze wanders to Meliodas' mug cupped with his hand. "I'm quite old you see, and I can travel to a place where space and time around me ceast to exist..." She follows the faint veins spidering from Meliodas' wrists up to his forearm. Her heart sints a little, he really does look exactly like him. She rememebrs her fingers once tracing the veins of her Meliodas, and how soft his skin was. She wonders if his skin is just as soft. "That place allows me to study, experiment, theorize as much as I wish with no consequences. With time not moving in that space, I can study for as long as I want without it ever taking longer than a minute." Her gaze slowly moes up his arm as he talks. He ligts his mug to his lips and her eyes follow, Elizabeth continues to explain, but she is no longer paying attention to her words. Her attention is on him. A sliver of ale escapes the mug and runs down from the corner of his lips to his chin. SHe fights the urge to reach up and wipe it off, caressing his cheek in the process. He lowers his mug and wipes the stray ale on his shirt. His eyes meet hers, and her heart sinks a little further into the ocean of lose. She notices that she's stoppend talking, and her eyes dart to Merlin, hoping it wasn't to obvious that she was staring. Thankfully, Merlin is looking down at her martini glas in front of her.
"I can show you if you'd like," Elizabeth says, causing both Merlin and Meliodas to look at her in surprise. Merlin's face lights up, then quickly changes when she realizes her face betrayed her in staying calm and collected.
"I would, it will be a great opportunity to aquire some previously unknown knowledge," she tries to say nonchalauntly, but Elizabeth still catches the excitement in her voice. Raising an eyebrow, Elizabeth grabs er mug, chugs the remaining ale and stands up. She walks over behind the bar and refills her mug.
"Well then, lets aquire some knowledge." Elizabeth creates the same portal she used multiple times today and gestures for Merlin to walk in first. Hesitantly, Merlin steps through. Elizabeth looks across the tavern to Meliodas, now standing behind his chair. "After you," Elizabeth gestures as Meliodas raises his hands behind his head and chuckles. She follows him as they both disappear into the spetrum of blue.
She falls to her hands and knees. Below her is a wooden floor that she can't quite recognise, but knows it's familiar. She is panting and trembling as she looks up. "Hey Merlin are you okay? You look like crap." Meliodas kneels down to look at her. Merlin meets eyes with him as memories come flooding back. Behind him, she notices a woman in a dark red robe. Shifting her focus to the figure, she gasps in horror. More memories come back; memories of eyes so dangerous they make her want to run.A voice so cold it broke though every attempt to conceal her fear. Energy so dark, even Meliodas seems like nothing compared to it. Memories of this dangerous demon pushing her into the void with ease, where she stayed for know knows how long.
Almost like a reflec, she shoots a ball of energy at the woman. She has to get away from her. "It's okay Merllin, she's not trying to hurt us anymore. Meliodas grbs her shoulders,, trying to calm her. "Give her a moment, the void is very intense. To be honest, I'm surprised she returned in this good of shape. Some people lose their minds and never recover after an experience like that," Elizabeth explains nonchalauntly. Merlin sees that Elizabeth has a shield of transparent lilac energy in front of her, completely blocking the attack. The shield disappear almost as soon as Merlin notices it. Dropping her gaze down to Meliodas' boots, she thinks about what Elizabeth just said. She could understand how people could lose their minds there. "You must have an exceptionally powerful mind." Elizabeth spoke with more care now. Merlin looks up at Elizabeth's curious expression. She cannot see any demonic magic energy, but she fails to get that display of power to escape her mind.
"I can step outside until you gather our wits a little more. I can smell your fear from here." Elizabeth gives Merlin a smile, cause her to relax a little. She takes a breath and raises to her feet. She turns and walks over to a table as she returns to her usual mysterious self.
"No, I'm fine now. What I'd really like for you to do is explain what this 'void' as you call it, really is." Merlin tilts her head and looks at Elizabeth, who can't hide her look of surprise. A devious frin crosses her liips as she walks over and takes a seat at the table directly across from Merlin.
"A constant search for knowledge, huh. You're turning out to be more like me with every word you say" Elizabeth looks down and places both index fingers on her lips, trying to decide how to start.
A mug is placed in front of Elizabeth. She looks up to Meliodas and his carefree smile. Grapping the mug, she raises it in thanks and takes a sip. The flavor is exquisite. She presses her lips together in content as Meliodas sits down to her right. He gently places a martini glass full of a clear liquid and an olive in front of Merlin. He places his ankle over his knee, listening in.
"The void is the closest thing I can compare that place to. It's a barrie between this reality and other dimesions. Time does not exist there, which is why you probably felt like the experience lasted forever, yet was over in an instant. Well, it's not just time that doesn't exist. Usually nothing exists in the void but nothingness. However, I have seen some face their greatest fears in there. My theory is that they start hallucinating from the lack of senses, and theri fear causes their wort fears to arise. Of course that's not for certain." Elizabeth takes another sip of her ale while studying Merlin, allowing her to understand the information.
"How'd you create a portal to it?" Merlin asks, following Elizabeth's movements and taking a sip of her beverage as well. Meliodas follows suit but chugs his entire drink. As he walks behind the bar to refill his mug, Elizabeth continues.
"I can create portals wherever I wish, whether it be to different worlds, universes, or even dimensions. Whereever I wish to go, I go." Elizabeth takes a huge gulp of her ale, finishing it off. As soon as her mug hits the table, Meliodas grabs it and walks over to refill it. "I can even travel through time, to an extent. But that's a conversation for another time. Traveling through space is complicated enough," Elizabeth knows she's starting to ramble. She glances at Merlin, who appears to be hanging onto every word. Meliodas places the ful mug down in front of Elizabeth. She grabs the handle and takes a few sips, once again allowing Merlin to process all the knowledge being she's dumpong at her. The edges of Elizabeths lips turn up as she sets the mug down. She knows this talk of other universes is new to Merlin. She can see it in her eyes. Elizabeth's mind wanders a little. Why is she telling this woman all this when she barely knows her. She knew the answer. Merlin was like her, constantly thirsty for every drop of knowledge she can find. There was another reason, but Elizabeth couldn't quite put it into words. Maybe she wanted to share her knowledge, or want an apprentice. Or perhaps she thinks this mage could her her, or knows something she doesn't,
Elizabeth look sover to Meliodas, discovering that his gaze is already on her. His hand rests under his chin, elbow on the table. Merlin starts to speak, and Elizabeth shifts her gaze to the mage.
"How do you know all thi?" Merlin asks. Elizabeth sighs, trying to articulate exactly how she found all this knowledge. "That's a loaded and complicated question." Elizabeth's gaze wanders to Meliodas' mug cupped with his hand. "I'm quite old you see, and I can travel to a place where space and time around me ceast to exist..." She follows the faint veins spidering from Meliodas' wrists up to his forearm. Her heart sints a little, he really does look exactly like him. She rememebrs her fingers once tracing the veins of her Meliodas, and how soft his skin was. She wonders if his skin is just as soft. "That place allows me to study, experiment, theorize as much as I wish with no consequences. With time not moving in that space, I can study for as long as I want without it ever taking longer than a minute." Her gaze slowly moes up his arm as he talks. He ligts his mug to his lips and her eyes follow, Elizabeth continues to explain, but she is no longer paying attention to her words. Her attention is on him. A sliver of ale escapes the mug and runs down from the corner of his lips to his chin. SHe fights the urge to reach up and wipe it off, caressing his cheek in the process. He lowers his mug and wipes the stray ale on his shirt. His eyes meet hers, and her heart sinks a little further into the ocean of lose. She notices that she's stoppend talking, and her eyes dart to Merlin, hoping it wasn't to obvious that she was staring. Thankfully, Merlin is looking down at her martini glas in front of her.
"I can show you if you'd like," Elizabeth says, causing both Merlin and Meliodas to look at her in surprise. Merlin's face lights up, then quickly changes when she realizes her face betrayed her in staying calm and collected.
"I would, it will be a great opportunity to aquire some previously unknown knowledge," she tries to say nonchalauntly, but Elizabeth still catches the excitement in her voice. Raising an eyebrow, Elizabeth grabs er mug, chugs the remaining ale and stands up. She walks over behind the bar and refills her mug.
"Well then, lets aquire some knowledge." Elizabeth creates the same portal she used multiple times today and gestures for Merlin to walk in first. Hesitantly, Merlin steps through. Elizabeth looks across the tavern to Meliodas, now standing behind his chair. "After you," Elizabeth gestures as Meliodas raises his hands behind his head and chuckles. She follows him as they both disappear into the spetrum of blue.