The first thing Yeon Yujun registers is the silence.
Not the comfortable kind. The kind that has weight to it, that presses against the ears like something is actively holding sound back. He stands in ankle-deep water that reflects a violet sky and looks around him, and the two people still with him are Han Ruby and Seo Hwigeon.
Everyone else is really gone.
"Guild chat," Han Ruby says immediately, already pulling up her hologram screen.
[ GUILD CHAT: Cheonbyeol Guild ]
[ Ruby:Semyon, are you in? ]
[ Semyon: no! still outside with civilians, boss went in though ]
[ Ruby: Dohyun-ssi? ]
No reply from Song Dohyun.
The path has reversed itself while they were standing at the lake.
