Darkness, absolute.
If it wasn't for Riley already showing them what a dead universe would look like, then Tempo and the others would have probably drowned and suffocated from the darkness that surrounded them.
No, they weren't exactly surrounded by darkness, as there were cracks of… white crackling from the distance — almost as if the universe itself was crumbling. Or perhaps it already has, and they were just watching the last remnants of the echoes of its last breath.
A dead universe.
And while the people from Riley's universe were observing this… death, Bernard's variants were currently gripping their seats, with most of them now completely covered in armor as they all stared at Riley Ross.
The variants just said 'welp'. truly wise