Forest Arc: Swirling Void

"Have you ever heard the quote, gaze into the abyss for too long and the abyss will also gaze into you?" A bemused voice came from within the infinite black, Sven couldn't see who was talking, hell he wasn't even sure he was looking at anything. Not in any direction, nor in any axis. The voice boomed from someplace close, yet it could be as far away as the stars, a perfectly disembodied voice that crackled with thunder yet strung by saintly harps.

"Have I..? What?" Sven could only muster, his voice sounded like his own, only with a slight distortion - as if this were all just a dream - or perhaps another plane entirely.

"Never mind, wrong universe. So hard to distinguish..." The being offered a mock apologetic tone to his words. Pausing for a moment the beings tone began to change gears. "Ah, so you're the one." The voice sounded interested now all of a sudden.

"Where am I? Who are you? Why am I here? Wha-" Sven began to ask as his confusion came to a boiling point, only for the disembodied voice to shush him.

"Enough of that, you've already lingered for too long. Games are being played Sven, you were tired of being a pawn so as a joke I decided to make you into a real piece, a castle or a bishop or something, I don't know just have fun with the brevity of life you mortals have." The voice began to laugh. "Oh but don't slight us again, your powers are easy come and easy go, you know?" The voice seemed to trickle with poison, but there was no hiding the smile laden in the beings words.

"We'll meet again, Sven."