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A nearer fragment was whispering to her... she had to get this one. It wasn't stuck to anything, she just had to.... follow it.

Moving closer to the fragment, she became mesmerized by the truths it whispered. Yes. Yes! THIS is why everything was happening to her. It was that terrible Daeva that got her into this mess... why she lost her home. He was the first one to run up that stupid mountain... the flash of light came from HIM. What did he call himself?
She couldn't remember anything but tentacles... and fighting.. and getting hurt.... then passing out twice while he just SAT there.... Shun. Shun was what he called himself. A festering distrust that escalated to slight hate boiled within her and she flattened hear ears against her head.

Void Zone

Although Taima had adapted well to her new, strange wings, she had no hope of keeping herself aloft or even slowing her fall as her body plummeted down, down, down until she landed belly first on the ground below. Her breath left her in a startled squawk, and she looked around this new place as she tried to regain it.

The world around her was broken, half made and malformed. She pushed herself to her feet as she looked around it, her eyes catching on the flashing images of a skellyvision screen and...was there something hanging over it? She rose clumsily into the air, approaching it with a caution that wouldn't save her as the fragment above the screen lit up and glowed brightly for a brief moment before zapping her and disappearing. Taima whistled as angrily as a tiny mini could as she fell to the ground again.

These shards... they knew everything. She defiantly needed to catch one. The whispering was more distant now and started fading.
She looked around for more fragments but there weren't any more near her.

There was one above her though. Above a small, shiny-looking box. She walked towards it in a trance, fixed on that shard and dimly aware of leaving the ground.

Suddenly the box jolted her and she yelped, falling to the ground and landing hard.

"I think it's time to stop with these shards for a while." She groaned, shaking her head to try and clear it from whatever spell those shards had on her. She seemed to be more alert and awake at any rate...

Void Zone

Wow this place was trippy. The trip down had been awful, but not as awful as the landing; thankfully she seemed to be in one piece, and apparently fruttens were quite durable, if the way only an ache to show for her abrupt landing was anything to go by.

And this place seemed to actually hold other minipets! She supposed the question was whether or not these minipets were actually anything other than a minipet. She should definitely ask, only... shards seemed to be scattered over the odd landscape, oddly reminiscent of the one Sparrow had had, and maybe, just maybe, they could help her out of here. Surely they were a clue, at least? The other minipets seemed to be trying to get their paws, claws and whatnot on the crystals, so maybe it was a good idea that she try too. And then she could ask around for info on this odd venture afterwards.

She spotted a fragment that seemed to be.. disappearing into one of the half-formed minipets? Uh, okay. Well, whatever - it was the closest one and surely anything that malformed couldn't be alive. It was missing half its body after all.

She really should have known better. Living in Halloween World her entire life ought to have taught her that things weren't always what they seemed but no, not Leo. She paid for it as she reached for the crystal and the half-formed minipet snapped its eyes open, looking straight at her oh crap, and before she could let go of the crystal and make a run for it, the thing had grabbed onto her. And it wasn't letting go.

"Let. It. Go!" The thing was chattering away in a creepy shriek-y kind of way, and only when she sunk her teeth into the appendage holding onto her and the fragment did the thing let go. She immediately fell backwards and scrambled to put some distance between her and the thing, and it took her nearly a minute to notice that she was still holding on to the fragment. Huh. It didn't quite make up for the nasty taste of unknown minipet currently in her mouth, but it was close.

Roch nodded, reaching down to pat her mane a few times as she fell asleep before looking around. He didn't want to go too far. If he went too far she might be in danger, and he wouldn't know--but a fragment caught his eye and he raced for it, grabbing it off the "ground." He almost dropped it as the shrill screeching noise hit his ears, but he gritted his teeth and started back for Amphi. Maybe it would shut up soon.

Void Zone

The sickly-sweet smell of the flowers lured her to another shard. It disappeared as she fluttered up to it, and she trilled in outrage, her tiny wings beating the air in anger. They did it, the shards whispered to her as she took flight, circling the other minis to get a better vantage point. One of them had taken what was rightfully hers, and all of them would pay until they gave it back. She needed it like air, like life, and she wouldn't rest until her quest was complete.

The treat was grumbling, but he continued to walk around in search of more fragments. Wilson clung to the only one he had collected. He seemed to perk up when he spotted another piece near a patch of flowers. There was a curiously light in his eyes as he drew closer. Idly, he wondered what color the flowers were. He was tempted to slip off his mask, but decided against it. The gas mask was comforting in a way. He continued to walk closer, but froze when he sensed something was strange. Panicking, Wilson clutched his mask. No! There was gas here! Was this gas toxic?! He let out another squeak. This mask wasn’t working! This gas mask was defective wasn’t it oh for the love of—

Wilson stopped, slowly bringing his tiny arms back down to his side. He still had a task to complete, a task that had gone on for far too long. A wave of bitter hatred and betrayal runs through him, though he couldn’t remember why. Someone had betrayed him, had ignored his words and advice. Wilson held onto his fragment even tighter.