A sound akin to a hand smashing on the left end of a piano resonated. It was like all the blaring dark notes hidden in one's heart had come out all at once.
Red lines filled the skies like stretched droplets of blood, reality shaking and warping beneath its might.
Sylas coughed up a mouthful of blood and felt like his heart almost exploded. He could faintly feel the Gluttony Seed pulse for a moment to save him from that fate, but the action alone drained a considerable amount of his Will, something that he didn't even think could reach the end of its rope.
Lauren was sent flying off of her platform just as Jake slipped from Sylas' grasp.
Sylas was sitting on his platform and didn't suffer the same fate. But even he had to quickly tighten his core to regain his balance, almost falling as well.
