Just as quickly as you are able to get your bearings, something catches your eye. Whilst there are many planets before you, a blazing sight hooks your eye on one more than the others.
It takes you a moment to realize what the sparks of color and shapes visible from the atmosphere even are. …Fireworks. Was there a celebration taking place?
You reached out a hand to begin to swim to the sight of the festivities, but as soon as you do, a dark shadow overtakes your iridescent digits, holding your hand. There is someone- something(?) that is holding onto you.
You look to your side as the sound of party horns and poppers fills your ears in great Elation, confetti and balloons joining the dust and debris surrounding you and your uninvited guest. There is a faceless umbra in the shape of a human in front of you. As if the figure were made of naught but smoke, THEIR body twirls in the vacuum of space, wrapping around you as if in an overly familiar embrace.
“You’ve finally graced us with your presence!” It takes you a moment to realize that the voice you hear is coming from the entity now before you, a mix of shrill and high-pitched glee coming out of THEM in a tone that sounds neither masculine nor feminine in lieu of coming off more like an instrument that had learned how to talk. “Aha has really been looking forward to meeting you!”
chapter two of ‘vae, puto deus fio,’ ‘the beast at ocean’s deep’ is out.
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