Bloodscript: Survival Game of the Reborn
He meant *forward,* but his attention was on the core.
The pillar loomed in the middle of the fused chaos, untouched by the fracturing floor.
Everything else was in flux.
It was the only fixed point.
Another tile ahead tried to drop out from under us, carnival planks yawning over a bottomless dark.
“No,” I snapped, not at the plank, but at the *fall.*
“Shorten,” I thought, hard. “Half‑meter drop. Not pit.”
The edge of the board lurched downward—but instead of falling into infinity, it stopped after a foot, snapping into position just low enough that we had to jump, not plummet.