#[ because confusion™️and here i am. help me. /help/ me. help my sanity. pls keep it in a box. ]

[orchideae]

Mental note to self (and others if... this is of interest?): How did I not realize this. By the end of Perilous Trail, when the party travels upwards after activating the Fantastic Compass, I never quite knew what I was looking at when I saw the surroundings around them change. I assumed the red 'entities' to be souls of sorts, but the surroundings 'falling away' and changing as they do? It's simply the space that they keep calling 'chaotic' (honestly, it felt borderline sentient, which is rather terrifying) change to its to true form, revealing exactly what lies 'beneath' the Chasm: literally a pitch-black abyss. Now what actually worries me more and most, is tied to the following lines:

Xiao: I rejoined to warn you that it's extremely dangerous here. If you stay here too long… this space may well devour you. Paimon: But how do you know? Traveler: What happens if we get "devoured"? Xiao: …You might become a shadow of your former self, wandering the underground like a lost soul. Yelan: Sounds like you saw them too… Yelan: I've seen some strange things here, too. Objects that shouldn't be here, strange figures appearing then vanishing… I don't think any of it's real. Yanfei: So they're just illusions? Xiao: At first, I had the same thought. Xiao: But it's not that simple. There may come a day when these illusions become real and attack you.

The red entities that the others try to fight off while Xiao channels with all of his energy (while also actually saving the party from in the end) may literally be... what, either devoured souls themselves that have grown vindictive or are controlled, or... manifestations of this chaotic space that stem from power gained of devouring souls? What in the ever living hell exactly is that location, is that the 'Abyss'? Is that something else? Is that specifically tied to the Chasm? I have no many questions. Every time I get answers on something about the Chasm, I get 50 more.

#[ mini study. ] that which hides inside her… that constant calling; it is the blood of heroes which has been howling for 500 years. #[ mind: blown every day. honestly. save me. ] #[ i'm gonna listen to old theories on yt. don't mind me. i literally was responding to a thread and i had to touch on perilous. ] #[ because confusion™️and here i am. help me. /help/ me. help my sanity. pls keep it in a box. ] #[ ooc. ] don't try to make it logical or edit your soul according to the fashion. rather; follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.