507 A Real Body

The first thing he did was to connect his mind to the Purgatory to activate the Purgatory Dream Feature. In the blink of an eye, his entire Floating Island disappeared, replaced by a telluric world covered in dark ash and scarred by multiple rivers of lava pouring out of the earth's bowels like overflowing manhole covers. As for the sky, it was devoid of stars, in a sad and desolate blackness.

Jake quietly observed his surroundings and noticed that he was alone. The felines had not followed him inside. Thinking about it, he realized he hadn't willed it.

On Yotai Shien 3, the Purgatory was still a Fluid Artifact, and some settings had been set by Nylreg so that everyone nearby would be sent back inside if activated. Even after Jake stole the artifact, some of these settings persisted.