【自留】Fallen From Grace by V(19)

And find the surface of the plateau.
I pull myself onto an embankment in what feels like just a short time after I had left, yet I lie exhausted on the rocky plateau, my chest heaving in and out, feeling the furious rain prickle the absence of skin on my back. I pull myself to my feet, and turn around. Half the mountain lies beneath me. I turn… and half still remains above. But… I look down, and there's a cave. The wind and rain roar at me, I hold up my arms to block it out as I start trudging over the rock into this hole in the mountain. Cold drips fall from the ceiling of the cave, but it seems relatively dry. I keep walking. The floor is rocky and infrequent, my feet scream at me to sit down and stop. Give up, Chara, give up. I keep walking. The light from the outside starts to fade…