170 Much Ado About Love's Woes

The skies above Itroch shuddered ominously with a soft, crimson glow that was unmistakably unnatural. Far above the heads of Reed's group, spatial distortions could be seen with the naked eye that even mortals would have been able to identify.

It was dark outside. That was not normal, especially since they had begun their mission near midday. There was a mysterious spatiotemporal anomaly present within the city's confines that had imposed permanent darkness upon it. The only natural source of illumination was the beautifully ominous blood-red nebula that hung above Itroch...

Were it not for the dreadful association the color had with the cursed fissure below, Reed would have gladly enjoyed the sight of the peculiar celestial phenomenon.

"The reports mentioned this anomalous distortion, but I didn't that it would actually end up being so pretty," said Ophelia as she directed a little caravan of floating drones to record the night sky.