.:..::Limbo

Hell is yourself... - Tennessee Williams







What is Limbo?

    In order to teleport, Illyana's mind has created a waypoint between time and space, located somewhere on the astral plane. This midscape has been properly dubbed 'Limbo', as it is neither here nor there. Her connection to Limbo is so strong that she is able to pull herself physically into this space as she teleports (along with other people or objects she's teleporting with at the time) and is able to move through it on an instinctual level to get to where she needs to go.
    Since this is a mental construct of Illyana's subconscious, anything that is inside Limbo, real or imagined, can be affected by what Illyana creates inside Limbo, willingly or not (i.e. the monsters can hurt people in Limbo; the Soulsword could technically hurt someone while they were in Limbo, etc). Nothing she creates can be removed from Limbo, though. It exists in Limbo because she imagines it, and it continues to exist there until she 'unimagines' it, a difficult concept to comprehend and most likely saved for the more advanced stages of her training.


Where is Limbo?

     The Astral Plane. Since I'm not exactly sure how we're defining this on XMM, we'll say it's a purely psionic realm that most telepaths who are able ot reach out to minds across great distances have access to.


Can Limbo hold my keys? Will they get lost?

    As Limbo is a mindscape of Illyana's design, she remains somewhat mentally aware of the landscape and its contents; thus she can 'drop' something in Limbo and later retrieve it with a bit of mental concentration. People kept in Limbo, however, are difficult to maintain; the weight of someone else's mind inside her own is trying on her concentration and will strain her current limits; should anyone be kept against their will in Limbo for over a few hours, Illyana will instinctively open a stepping disk to get them out of her thoughts. Even the willing are difficult to keep when she remains in the 'real world' for any length of time.


What's Limbo's Time Zone?

    


Why's it so spooky?

    Technically, this is a mindscape and is affected by Illyana's subconscious. As of now, Limbo is something she simply does not understand and like anyone else, she is afraid of what she does not know. Thus, Limbo is currently a nightmare dimension of monsters, goblins and things from the darker side of humanity at large. Thus anything that Illyana creates can affect anything that is inside Limbo (i.e. the monsters can hurt people in Limbo; the Soulsword could technically hurt someone while they were in Limbo, etc). Nothing she creates can be removed from Limbo, though. It exists in Limbo because she imagines it, and it continues to exist there until she 'unimagines' it, a difficult concept to comprehend and most likely saved for the more advanced stages of her training.