The moment the binding reached completion, Alice felt a new power merge into her. It was difficult to describe, but rather than feeling foreign or dangerous, the power felt strangely soothing, almost as though some part of her was already familiar with it, as if it belonged to something she knew at a personal level.
Alice was still trying to understand that feeling when something suddenly jerked her consciousness. It felt as though her mind had been pulled out of her body, and before she could even react, everything around her disappeared.
When Alice could see again, she found herself standing in a completely different place. Everything around her was black, with no ground, sky, or distant objects visible, making her feel as though she had been placed in the middle of an endless night.
