Lying on her back while floating in the sea of her own consciousness, Alice groaned as she slowly opened her eyes.
Clutching her head, she sat up and saw that the realm hadn't undergone any changes.
The last thing she could remember was a desperate attempt to bring her and Selen out of the Inverted World after some… slight miscalculations.
'Why the hell did the entrance f*cking implode like that? I know I set it off but it shouldn't have exploded that way.' Alice muttered inwardly, trying to stand up but flinching from the pain.
Looking around, she saw Cayla resting on the bed, unmoving as she seemed exhausted and drained of energy.
Just as she was about to look for Alyss, a voice called out.
"I'm here, no need to look around too much."
Glancing back, Alice could see Alyss resting on a seat with one leg up and the other down.
"Want a game of chess while we talk?" Alyss offered as another seat appeared with a table between them.