They were walking on the street and then they were not. Suddenly, the buildings around them had changed. It was still the same grey or red bricks with flat roofs, but now they were taller, and the colors were richer.
Vacuse turned to Kagerou and said in a grim voice, "Prepare for battle."
Kagerou nodded, and his body flickered, his image wavering as if some parts were about to disappear, but nothing happened as he returned to his immediate image again. "I can't use my invisibility here. It's as if there's not enough light."
Vacuse's mouth pressed tightly together. "Of course, it seems we're being pulled into a subspace. Or our environment has been layered with something else."
"What are we going to do?"
"Since we've not been attacked immediately, it seems they're not here to kill us. At least, they're not here to kill us immediately," Vacuse pointed out.
