Oh my, oh my, this is new

[Albert Wesker]

While the trip was faster than it would have been on foot, it was still not exactly a short distance. After nearly half an hour had passed, he could only tell he had made any progress at all by the strange object, that he could now see was some kind of archway, growing slowly, but steadily larger. The curiosity of an archway being out here in this strange place was not lost on him, but he had no clues as to why it might be here. Or why they were here, perhaps would be more accurate. He could now taje a guess that all of the things he could see on the horizons were also archways of a similar kind to the one he rode toward. They all looked slightly different, even from this distance, but he could at least tell their basic shape now that he had a clearer look of one to judge from.

He thought about a great deal of nothing, and the chief thought in his mind was just what this entire situation was all about, and maybe finding someone he could ask a few questions. Assuming there was anyone to ask at all, of course.

Soon enough, the archway began to grow larger still and clearer, until he could make out details of it. It looked to be carved from stone, of a nice clean cut. He guessed it to be slightly weathered, but as far as he was such fine details still escaped him. He was more focused on what he could see through the archway. Instead of just more blank whiteness, as he had fully expected, he could see...something entirely different. Large stones, it looked like. And despite at least one that he could see from his angle and distance rising above the top of the arch, he could not see it rise above the arch itself.

He put more energy into pedalling his bike, now more curious and eager to get a closer look at what exactly he was heading toward.

Shortly enough he arrived, and slowed to a halt. He could only stare at the archway, and what he could see through it. "Oh, my...look at that." He was not quite completely dumbfounded, but he couldn't think of any logical or rational explanation for what he was seeing. In the end, after nearly a full minute of pondering, he dismissed it as just another peculiarity of this place.

He waited another handful of minutes, sinking into deep thought, before he shrugged and pushed off again, slowly making his way through the archway. Or, as he almost immediately came to find out, through the portal.