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The Antivoid was a place of warped and corrupted creatures. The bizarre realm was opposite of the yawning Void, which shifted and hungered with every second. The Antivoid was still and uncaring. It opened at random times, dragging in poor Souls to be devoured and twisted into its own horrible image.
Only the most freakish and vicious could survive in the endless white nothing between universes. And when one of those beings stirred, it was best to be wary.
In the deepest corners of the Antivoid, something shifted, angry and seeking. The strange white faded to shadows, a blackness so ominous most would flee from the very sight. Blue strings of varying thickness draped down haphazardly from the nonexistent ceiling. Dangling from most were miniature figures of beings from across the multiverse. The rest twisted and knotted around faintly pulsing Souls, both of monsters and humans.
The only other light amongst the darkness were tears hovering in the air. What seemed to be rent pieces of reality. Man-made windows to different universes, each showing a different Au.
Standing in the middle this unsettling sight was a strange monster.
He was thinner and more wiry than most like him, adding a sharpness to his features that they often lacked. His bones were colored in odd, unnatural shades. His thick, heavy clothes were patched and repaired so much that one couldn’t tell what part was meant to be the original piece. If one looked close enough, he almost seemed to flicker and warp at odd intervals.
The only thing not uncanny about the… being were the softly glowing blue and yellow freckles that seemed dotted everywhere on his body. They twinkled like little stars against his dark bones. Every now and then the eldritch-like monster would reach up and brush the ones scattered across his cheekbones absentmindedly. His jagged claws raked the sides of his eye-sockets with each pass, causing a spine-chilling scraping sound every time.
Anyone who saw the distorted skeleton would label him the picture of death.
They’d be… close.
The figure watched intensely as each window shifted between scenes, pacing from one to another like a caged lion. His voice echoed through the still space as he grumbled to himself. “Come on… where…”
Whatever he seemed to be looking for, he didn’t find, because the next moment he screeched in rage and lashed out at one of the windows. Long blue cords wrapped around it and squeezed it brutally. The tear glitched and quaked before vanishing from existence with a sizzle of white.
The monster turned, breathing angrily and seemingly about to continue his tantrum when a bright laugh rang out from behind him.
It was as if time itself had frozen. One of the many windows zoomed in on a single human, giggling over something unseen. Your voice jumped and glitched like a radio as you doubled over, tears of joy streaming down your face.
Every other window flickered slowly out of existence, till only that one was left. He stared, letting his fingers brush against the thin barrier hiding him from view. His eyes glowed in awe as his grin widened to impossible lengths. “Found you…”