VI. With You / Pilot. The Lovers

    You turn away from the cave and notice that it opened up into an area with nothing but blackness. You're unsure of if this was the same way you entered the cave, as you're unable to see much of your surroundings. Little light reaches this depth, causing fear to once again grip your heart. Looking down, you're unable to see anything but your own body and call out in hopes that something, or someone, might hear you. No response. You start to wonder if it might be best to just head back, that you're not strong enough to continue this journey. As though you have been frozen in place, you remain where you are, unable to decide in which direction to go. You can hardly tell which direction is up as you become one with the nothingness surrounding you. You haven't swam too far from the exit of the cave, you think you should be able to see it, but you can't. Nothingness for as far as you can see, the only visible life being your own; you come to believe that this must be the closest thing to experiencing what happens immediately after death. You call out again, with no response. You curl your knees into your chest and try to be anywhere but where you are. You feel as though you have become nothing as your body becomes a grain of sand in the abyss. You bring your head down and quietly call out once more. No response...At first.

    After some time, you feel something soft push against your knee. You slowly raise your head and notice that in front of you is a small bioluminescent jellyfish, about the size of your index finger. The water around the jellyfish is slightly illuminated and looking at the jellyfish, the color of the world around you seems to deepen and you welcome its company with a soft smile. You silently thank the jellyfish for accompanying you and it stops moving once it's far enough away from you, but close enough to stay near your vibrations. Looking closer at the jellyfish, you notice the beautiful colors that it has. In straight lines inside of it, run rainbow colors, lighting up and moving. It is shaped like a popsicle without the stick, lacking any tendrils below its bulb. The creature in front of you seems otherworldly as it moves around in its abyssal home in a way that seems magical. You are incredibly thankful for your new companion for your journey, who provides you with love and compassion without a second thought and you feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude and appreciation towards it. Shifting in form as it moves around your body, illuminating your journey deeper, down into the abyss.