"We had to bring our best to fight her at... hmm..." Hamuko started to reply, eyes closed as she 'saw' shuffle time, trailing off the sentence as she gleaned the strange new rules to it. After a bit she coaxed extra insight (EXP) and a few coins (funnily useless, but she'll hoard them just in case).

As the battle faded, an oppressive heaviness weighed down over them. Hamuko was left almost breathless, pressing a hand to her chest - not for inability to breathe, but for the painfully familiar feeling.

The weight of Nyx's sheer presence crushing them to the ground with dread. The terror of realizing their imminent death. Climbing the stairs knowing that they would likely never be descending them ever again. Staring into the alien heart of the creature in the moon, feeling in every cell of her body the promise of death.

...Half of her stamina was gone... wicked away by this forest, this grave - the only reason to be in here was to die.

"Hohh... are you... are you okay?" Hamuko asked, regaining her composure.