Adrian pushed open the door to the Simulation Chamber, stepping through into absolute, overwhelming whiteness!
He stood on a surface that felt solid yet yield, radiating the same blinding white as everything else. He looked down at his gloved hand – the Power Suit was still there, a stark black and blue contrast against the void.
Adrian took a step forward. Then another. The white consumed everything. He turned, trying to see the door he had just come through, but it was gone, swallowed by the light.
He looked up, expecting a ceiling but saw none. There were no walls or barriers either, and the place seemed to stretch forth endlessly.
A profound sense of dislocation washed over him.
"I feel… different," he murmured, the sound strangely flat in the vast emptiness.
"Like this isn't my actual body."
He flexed his hands, touched his face. The sensations were there. He could feel the pressure of his glove against his cheek, but beneath it all was an undeniable hollowness.
