Five days later, the sky changed. It did not darken. It did not lighten. It simply... ceased.Colour drained from everything. Not turning grey. Not becoming black. Simply becoming absent. Becoming not-colour. Becoming the visual representation of nothing.The air changed, too. It did not grow cold. It did not grow warm. It simply stopped being temperature. Stopped being sensation. Became not-air. Became absence of feeling.Everything began losing definition. Losing substance. Losing reality.The Original Nothing had arrived.Ember felt it immediately. Felt the pull of non-existence. Felt the call of absolute absence. Felt the draw toward not-being."It is here," she announced. Her small voice somehow carried across the entire community. "The Original Nothing has arrived. It begins now. The erasure. The ending. The return to absolute nothing. We must act now. Must implement our plan now. Must do what we prepared to do. Now. Immediately. Before more is lost. Before more ceases. Before m
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