It was dark. Darkness so absolute the air felt heavy. The air felt oppressive and the feeling of being isolated was almost enough to frighten her. She had, however been prepared for this. In that regard, the experiment had been a complete success. Everything in her abilities radius was pitch black, which was one of the two possible outcomes she had anticipated. Light's motion through space was normally almost 600 million miles per hour, so if she reduced that speed to zero this was a logical outcome. In retrospect, Sylvette supposed she should have also anticipated a potentially negative outcome of the experiment. It was cold. So cold she was having a hard time concentrating enough to switch the space back. 'Shit. I can't feel my arms or legs anymore,' she thought distractedly, trying to focus enough to bring down the field. she couldn't tell if she could still move her hands, as all the feeling had left them. 'Too...cold. Can't...focus.' If she passed out there was the chance that the field would stay active for a time after she lost consciousness, which would be bad. Mustering up as much of her concentration as she could, she focused on the threads that connected her to the world around her, reaching out and reversing the changes she had made. The field collapsed suddenly, and the world returned to normal.<br/><br/>Sylvette almost collapsed as soon as the field was down, and fell to her knees, gasping. Her whole body was still numb, but she managed back into a standing position, her hands on her knees as she attempted to regain her composure. She looked down at her hands. 'Shit,' she thought. Her fingers had turned a dark purple and her hands were splotchy. She supposed her feet, maybe even her face, were in a similar state. She groaned as feeling started to come back into her extremities. "Damn that stings," she said wincing as she straightened back up. "Guess I'm going to spend the first night of school in the infirmary. Again." That had seemed like such a good idea too. How better to disorient people than to cast them into absolute darkness? 'Well I suppose if I wear a jacket next time I could freeze someone to death before it kills me too,' she thought, though that didn't seem all that practical either. She let out an aggravated sigh. It was somewhat disappointing to know that her control of her ability was coming along well, but she was still stupid enough to almost kill herself with it. She sat down, waiting for the feeling to return to her legs before she tried to go back to the school.