#abstraction tw

In all seriousness, being abstracted is kinda a horrifying ordeal. Sure, it's peaceful in the dark, but once you hit the light... it's like getting hit with both searing pain and the worst panic attack ever all at once. There's also an incredible amount of overstimulation going on... colors go insane, everything is way too bright and noisy, and there's this strange anger that makes you all weird and violent (kinda like when you get way too overstimulated and start lashing out, which I guess makes sense).

And sure, it's dark once you're in the cellar, but the cellar is also full of dark, churning water that's impossible to swim in while you're shaped roughly like a horse- and that forces everyone to form these weird pillars along the edges. From there, you're so close to everyone's (glowing) eyes that it's not truly dark anymore... it's only mildly painful by then, but it's bright enough that you can't truly dissasociate/"fall asleep" and that's... awful.