Bab 101: System update is being applied

At the veil of the world, Strax had been lost for some time. One moment he was beside his spirits, and the next he was falling into total darkness. He barely knew what was happening, but he was there, falling endlessly in his personal limbo.

"How long have I been here?" Strax questioned himself, bathed in the surrounding darkness. It seemed endless, yet he continued.

[< System update is being applied >]

[< Please be patient. Once the system is restructured, you will return to your world >]

"I forgot you're responding correctly now... I wonder what made you start functioning less ridiculously. I've read enough novels to know systems don't work like this," Strax said in the darkness, slowly calming down.