The moment Damien, Anna, and Dan stepped through the swirling portal, the world around them twisted.
A suffocating darkness engulfed them, thick and cloying, as if unseen hands were dragging them into the abyss. Their senses warped, their bodies weightless, as if submerged in a formless void. A ringing sound filled their ears, sharp and piercing, like distant screams carried through an endless chasm.
Then—
The world snapped back into focus.
A stale, damp air choked their lungs. The ground beneath their feet was cold and uneven, slick with an unsettling moisture. A dull, bluish glow emanated from strange, luminescent fungi clinging to jagged stone walls, casting eerie shadows that slithered and stretched unnaturally.
