Seeing as how Reigen was frozen as a statue on the Scorching Isle, his experience is going to be a bit less conventional than normal! He remembers being still, very still - completely locked inside of himself but still able to feel, still able to think. He gets hungry; he gets tired. He has an itch he can't scratch. So thirsty... It takes hours... days, maybe, for him to realize he's getting colder on top of everything else. Like suffering from hypothermia in a frozen husk, he slowly loses feeling of his body until, eventually... he loses his sense of being entirely and has died.
Since his Shard was inaccessible to others in the Kaleidoscope, the only person capable of helping Reigen is Mr. Tibbs. One might think this is a big fat RIP for Mr. Arataka, considering the wide variety of statues Mr. Tibbs has in his 'collection,' but oddly enough, Reigen will find his Shard plucked out of his frozen corpse, the memory of what happens next like recalling a surreal dream. He remembers the initial contact being some kind of relief after floating in an overwhelming nothingness - the connection to another living thing most likely being reassuring, but that wouldn't last long. (Where had he been before that? He doesn't even know for sure.) After a too-short respite from drowning in that sea of nothingness (what sea of nothingness?), he knows emptiness again.
Reigen reforms in a Seed just beneath the surface soil at the Tree of Life which is soft and malleable, not difficult to crawl from. He awakens feeling groggy and weak, something that will follow him for a day or two and will require him to rest to recuperate. Alongside this, he remembers two things:
Being buried (as a Shard) beneath the Tree on the Scorching Island by Mr. Tibbs, who covers him over and whispers softly to this 'grave,' You're too much like him for your own good.
Brief, snapshot-like recollections of his time afloat somewhere he cannot put to words. Thinking of this time period is extremely disorienting, and the longer he focuses on it, the more strain it puts on him mentally. If he keeps it up too long, he'll develop a migraine and may pass out.
He remembers being watched.
He didn't like being watched.
He will be free to leave the Tree of Life, which is as calming and warm a place as ever! Wow, haha, like that whole thing didn't even happen! Except it did, so good job with your pinch of Sand, bud.
Reigen will wake shortly after the event's conclusion, so please check there for the state of things come the 31st!
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Since his Shard was inaccessible to others in the Kaleidoscope, the only person capable of helping Reigen is Mr. Tibbs. One might think this is a big fat RIP for Mr. Arataka, considering the wide variety of statues Mr. Tibbs has in his 'collection,' but oddly enough, Reigen will find his Shard plucked out of his frozen corpse, the memory of what happens next like recalling a surreal dream. He remembers the initial contact being some kind of relief after floating in an overwhelming nothingness - the connection to another living thing most likely being reassuring, but that wouldn't last long. (Where had he been before that? He doesn't even know for sure.) After a too-short respite from drowning in that sea of nothingness (what sea of nothingness?), he knows emptiness again.
Reigen reforms in a Seed just beneath the surface soil at the Tree of Life which is soft and malleable, not difficult to crawl from. He awakens feeling groggy and weak, something that will follow him for a day or two and will require him to rest to recuperate. Alongside this, he remembers two things:
He will be free to leave the Tree of Life, which is as calming and warm a place as ever! Wow, haha, like that whole thing didn't even happen! Except it did, so good job with your pinch of Sand, bud.
Reigen will wake shortly after the event's conclusion, so please check there for the state of things come the 31st!