"Now all you have to do is dive on in and swim down," the maze replies, relieved. "You'll know when you've crossed it properly and can start swimming back up again."
At first, the water is what one would expect of any pond in the summer, the water tepid but getting darker and cooler the further down one dives.
And then, the world turns upside down with the feeling of a roller coaster doing a loop. The water changes, going from tepid to ice water in an instant. As they struggle toward the surface, they're greeted with the now frozen over surface of the Mirror.
Kreyu shifts her hands to claws and starts tearing at the ice, trying to make a hole so they can escape the frigid water.
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Date: 2012-04-17 06:12 pm (UTC)"Now all you have to do is dive on in and swim down," the maze replies, relieved. "You'll know when you've crossed it properly and can start swimming back up again."
At first, the water is what one would expect of any pond in the summer, the water tepid but getting darker and cooler the further down one dives.
And then, the world turns upside down with the feeling of a roller coaster doing a loop. The water changes, going from tepid to ice water in an instant. As they struggle toward the surface, they're greeted with the now frozen over surface of the Mirror.
Kreyu shifts her hands to claws and starts tearing at the ice, trying to make a hole so they can escape the frigid water.