DILEMMA

     I created a portal beneath me, and the same shadowy hands dragged me down. My body turned to smoke, and my descent began. After about five seconds, I reappeared and stumbled forward. Man... I still wasn't able to get used to that weird feeling…

I was in that realm. An oppressive piece of land that stretched endlessly. In the sky, there was that giant, enormous monster floating, its tentacles swirling randomly in all directions. Upon seeing me, it moved closer, looked at me, then one of its tentacles swiped me under my feet and lifted me up. Just as I was about to lose my balance and drop down, another tentacle supported me, preventing me from falling and quite possibly plummeting to my death.

"T-thanks?" I said, my eyes darting around. "Wow… okay. That just happened."

The monster moved me to another piece of land that was floating unnaturally above. It dropped me there, then moved away.

"You're not dead, Axel… not dead. Not dead…"