“Red? Red!” Nobody could look away from Red’s body. The entity who’d stolen their friend away had forced its way out in violent lurches before quite literally tearing itself free only to vanish with a hiss and a puff of smoke. In its wake, the body fell limp and pixels spilled out into their own mist; like Red was slowly falling apart like what had stolen their body.
Orange tossed themself down from the files above with little care for their own safety, vision tunnelling as they landed next to their injured friend. Were they-? No... No! They couldn’t just accept that! Red was- Red was-!!
For a moment, everything went dark. Like a blink with your eyes closed a moment too long. Orange felt like they were floating, weightless and woefully untethered.
The world settled back over them much too heavy, and their head fell forward a moment towards the now empty spot before them before they could jerk it back up with horrid realization. Tears burned the edges of their eyes as exhaustion fell over them like a blanket. They wanted this all to be a terrible nightmare, because then they could at least awake to their animal loving friend pressing a cat into their arms for a nap guardian. It’d be easier to deal with than the reality of the empty white staring back at them. Better than hearing their friends’ cries from around them.
They hadn’t even gotten to hold them as they vanished.