The golden light faded, and Rui found herself standing in a vast courtyard of polished white marble.
Towering spires of ivory architecture reached toward an impossibly blue sky.
"It's... beautiful," Rui whispered, momentarily forgetting their mission as she gazed upward at floating pavilions connected by bridges of light.
Celestials moved with effortless grace through the courtyard, their silver hair flowing like liquid moonlight.
Their robes, woven with threads that seemed to capture starlight, billowed around them despite the absence of wind.
"Beautiful?" Kee Kee poked his head from beneath her cloak.
"It's like someone vomited purity all over the place. It makes my fur itch."
Rui hushed him, but a sudden pain lanced through her chest.
She doubled over, pressing a hand against her sternum where her chaos core pulsed erratically.
The chaos core within her churned violently, as if rebelling against the very air she breathed.
