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“Where are those two….”

Image: Gary, Joce, and Addison venture through the woods. All wield branches as weaponry, with varying degrees of confidence.
Image: Joce and Gary call out, voices fading in the fog.
Then they hear a scream.

Those things.

Image: Gary charges forward, Joce pursues.
Image: They stop dead in their tracks.
Image: Something disappears into the trees.
Image: Bloody scene. Ground littered in wooden shrapnel; log split, dripping. A pool of blood trails away into the distant woods. Kay Lin is on the ground, one hand gripping her abdomen.

Image: As Joce kneels by Kay Lin, Gary flails behind her (to Joce’s mild annoyance).

Gary tries to ask questions—are you okay, what happened, where’s Sequitur—but gets no answer.

Kay Lin tries to talk. “I-it’s…” (her voice is strained) “it’s not… s-safe here….”

Image: Feeling of being watched.

Joce mutters something resembling “to hell with this.”

Image: Joce, having scopped up an unconscious Kay Lin, walks past Gary and Addison.

So, Gary figures, this means shelter?

Addison protests. But two of three are forging ahead anyway.

Image: Onward into the night they go, destination outlined in the moonlight.

Castle it is.

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