The words were enough to make Ryuk halt completely, his hands — which had been resting on the door — pausing mid-motion before slowly retreating, as he fully turned to face her.
She beheld her amused grin, looking at him as if he were merely an interesting toy, but he asked,
"And what exactly is that supposed to mean?"
Radiant Blythe leaned forward, jaws on her hands, before replying.
"Oh, don't worry. I'm sure you'll understand everything soon enough..." she said to him, faint laughter escaping her lips.
But it soon died, as the temperature in the room dropped by almost a thousand degrees.
She found herself blinking once, but a blink, and everything changed.
Her familiar golden throne room was no more, replaced by a pitch-black Void, a seeming world where light had been banished.
The walls were swallowed by darkness, the air thick with crushing pressure.
