◎/❂ [either/or, whichever draws you more, but let's def do mid-org realm of darkness]
Was she hallucinating again?
Aqua’d been in this awful place for...for so long, now, and never laid eyes on another living person. She knew her mind was starting to slip. It wasn’t often, but sometimes she thought she saw phantom versions of her friends. They always vanished before Aqua could reach them.
But this person was a stranger. And they looked hurt. Aqua couldn’t ignore that. If they were an illusion, or it was a trap, she’d known soon enough.
Aqua broke into a run towards the stranger. They didn’t vanish as she approached.
“Hey! Are you...alright?” she called out, voice creaking from years of having no one but herself to talk to.