Reflections of Mist

Feeling

He stood on the edge of the shadows, the beam of light brushing the ground just before his feet.

Nyx froze, mouth hanging open, not quite sure how to feel or react.

Maddie, however, had no such issues, choosing to break down, give up and hide from the world by pressing her face into Nyx's neck.

Alysha was the least shocked, and definitely the most irritated. "Well, I guess we're all going to play happy families now." She crawled, rolling her eyes. "Nyx, darling, close your mouth. You'll catch flies."

Nyx obeyed robotically, her teeth clacking together loudly in the silence.

Maddie whimpered.

Sebastian flexed his hands frustratedly, not moving, his eyes fixed on Nyx.

Luci arrived late, feet pattering against the rock as she finally caught up with both Sebastian and Alysha. "What the... What the hell is that?" She said, ignoring the discovery that both Nyx and Maddie were alive and instead focusing on the beam of light spilling from the wall.

"Doesn't matter." Alysha passed it off, becoming suddenly agitated. "Come on, meet and greet's over, let's find a way out."

Nobody was listening, which obviously pissed her off, punctuated by her annoyed huffing at their lack of attention.
"Oh for fucks sake, you can all go die in a hole."

She strode off angrily a small distance away to fume on her own in a corner.

Sebastian was the first to break the strange, frozen-in-time atmosphere, taking a careful, slow step towards Nyx. Immediately, Luci grabbed his arm, yanking him towards her slightly in a quite painful looking grip, her fingers digging into his arm like thorns. "I'll never do this again, but for once, trust me. Do not step in that light. Something feels very wrong  here."

He yanked his arm roughly from her grasp, glaring at her, then walking forwards, making an exaggerated point of stepping around the beam of light.

From her corner, Alysha chuckled sardonically. "It's just sunlight."