As we return to the Valley Obitiga begins to wake up. Looking around at the aftermath he sees Twilight lying unconscious next to a pile of clothes. They seemed to be the ones Tiga was wearing, with her nowhere in sight he made his way cautiously over to them. Arriving he begins to shake Twilight.
"Wake Up. Come on, wake up"
[Obitiga]
With no luck he grabs one arm of Twilight Swinging him onto his back, and securing him. Piggy backed him towards the front, hoping he would be okay.
Within the Space:
"So what would I need to do?"
[Twilight, as the castle begins to rumble]
"What was that all about?"
[Twilight, as the rumbling stops]
"I cannot be sure but your body is probably being moved."
[Z]
"Moved?"
[Twilight, confused]
"Yes within here you may be conscious but other there you are nothing but a husk. Easily eradicated."
[Z]
"Hopefully it's Obitiga and the others, maybe they've caught up."
[Twilight, thinking to himself]
"Back to the conversation at hand. What do you think about who you will become under my care? The power you could amass is beyond anything you could imagine."
[Z, circling the mirror]
"Once again what would I need to do?"
[Twilight]
"I would have you undergo a special kind of training within yourself."
[Z, with a smile]
"Training, how long will that take. I can't be unconscious forever??"
[Twilight, a little worried]
"Do not fret, time here is not linear. You may be in here for days and it may just be a second outside. However you could be here for days and it could be centuries that pass. You must be careful not to flip your sense of this world."
[Z]
"So then how do we begin?"
[Twilight]
"You have already started."
[Z, as the environment begins to change from the castle to the outskirts]
"Where are we now?"
[Twilight, shocked]
"This is where we will begin your training."
[Z]
Inside the Facility:
As he made his way down the stairs Obitiga paused to catch his breath, putting Twilight down next to him.
"This adventure has been a lot. The death of Miike and Isha, and epven the battles we've all gone through. I wonder how Ma & Pa are doing back on Sanshu."
[Obitiga, concerned thinking to himself]
"I hope he's okay in there, no wounds or anything, so it doesn't make sense that he's unconscious. So I wonder what happened."
[Obitiga, looking over twilight as he proceeds to pick him back up]
"Maybe it's time I think about going back to visit. Even if it is only for a little while."
[Obitiga, proceeding back down the stairs].
Back Within The Dark Space:
"The first thing I want to teach you is how to once again channel me into you, and properly this time."
[Z]
"What do you mean, channel you? Like my Dark Transformation?
[Twilight, confused]
"Yes, if that is what you want to call it, we can go with that. The first thing you need to do is learn how to naturally absorb the dark aura around you."
[Z]
"Absorb? What do you mean? Like how I do with my Dacqui Skill?"
[Twilight, As he begins to activate his Dacqui skill]
"Yes. Precisely, but we will be channeling more Dark energy than is needed compared to that skill. Think of it like breathing in the air around you. You must become one with this feeling, it will take us a while so we have plenty of time to get to know each other."
[Z, walking with Twilight]
Finally finding an area that Z liked, Twilight and him begin learning his breathing exercise. Starting himself with something simple, and inhale and exhale as advised by Z. It seemed like nothing out of the ordinary.
"How is this supposed to l? Isn't this the same exact thing as breathing?"
[Twilight]
"It may look like that but be aware it is not the same. Once the training is complete you should have mastered the first step. Dark Absorption.
[Z]
Taking a deep breath himself Z pulls in the air around him, at first it looks like nothing, but the longer he pulls the darker the air around his face begins to change. Coming from a dark gray to a full pitch black. Resembling that of a night sky or empty void. With the dark essence now absorbed Z engulfs his fits with a dark aura.
"This is one of many skills yppou may be able to use after you have mastered Dark Absorption."
[Z]
Another object appears a few feet in front of the two, this time it seemed to be a thick wall.
"With this power you will be able to make easy work of objects such as that wall."
[Z, firing off the aura around his left fist]
It seemed to move at the speed of light for something so dense, but with impact the wall was no more. Unable to fully tell what happened Twilight was a bit amazed by the destructive power the object could cause.
"So shall we continue?"
[Twilight, eager to learn]
As Twilight trains Z and him begin to converse. Finding out more about the entity's past. From what Z he was something like the Goddess Elopiah, though lesser known as the others. Those who followed him had unfortunately passed a long time ago. Apparently for a God this was bad, as it meant their source of essence would eventually deplete if too much time had passed. Twilight wondered which of the other Gods he could be there wasn't any mention of any lesser deities as far as he knew. So it left him a little skeptical of Z and his intentions.
L.Y. 651 Muro 26 12:01 S.Q. - The Courtyard of the three Facilities
Finally outside Obitiga continues onward, seeing the aftermath of both buildings. The one Naraku was in was frozen from the inside out, while the one Crystal was in seemed to have somehow burned down. Hoping they were both safe he headed to the facility on his left first, Crystal's facility. Once he arrived he set Twilight down off to the side, with him still unconscious he knew he wouldn't be helpful in retrieving the others. So he began his search alone.