[color=0072bc]"You have a point Julius"[/color] Tim said taking off his blazer and slinging it under one arm. [color=0072bc]"Shall we?"[/color] he asked with a broad sweeping wave of his hand before he started back up the beachhead and through the sand. Tim had to stop himself from prematurely judging the man. It wasn't his fault they were here and it was certainly understandable the man was under stress. Hell, who wouldn't be in this circumstance. 

With nothing to really talk about accept speculation on where they were or how they got here the three wanderers fell to silence as they walked. Tim licked dry lips and studied his companions. Julius was obviously a studious guy.  He seemed to know something about everything. That could prove useful, somehow. First we have to figure out where the hell we are, he thought to himself. He then looked over at Sophia. She hadn't said much but by her body language she was have just as many problems with their situation as the men were. 

Tim signed and looked around. They had been walking for hours and this place was so unnervingly devoid of visible life the the silence they encountered as the left the beach behind made his ears ring. The only thing he could hear was the sound of the footsteps and the breathing of himself and his companions. Just when he thought he couldn't take it anymore he began to hear an odd hum in the air from far off. He was sure he was just hearing things because of the silence until his companions also began to look around, Sophia even asked [color=ec008c]"What is that?"[/color]. Before Tim could even formulate a guess a flight of huge birds flew overhead squawking quietly. Their wingspan had to be more than three meters wide and he couldn't count how many their were because they moved so fast, they were here and gone. Fifteen to twenty five at least. He did however notice the dangerous predatory look of the head and the strong knuckled claws. These Birds were unlike anything he'd ever seen or heard about. Just as soon as they showed up they vanished into the horizon. He exchanged a few worried looks with his companions but no body said anything.

After the birds flew over Tim had his head down contemplating everything as they walked. He was starting to get the idea that they may not be on earth any longer. Everything was so, off about their situation. Either they got sucked through a portal to another planet or dimension or they were in some giant simulator being studied like rats. Neither seemed plausible but he couldn't think of anything else that would explain it. So lost in his thoughts was he that he didn't notice when Julius stopped and Tim walked right into him. After regaining his balance he apologized. But Julius hardly noticed with his eyes fixed forward on something. Tim followed the mans gaze and found what he was looking at. Before him was the mountain, now much closer than it was several hours earlier. The red mist turned out to actually be trees, an entire forest of red trees in fact. Also above the mountain much of the cloud cover had cleared and Tim could see the sun was setting behind the mountain throwing brilliant blues and golds into the GREEN sky. Without the clouds to block them Tim could make out stars and two distinct moons, a small beige moon and a large grey moon behind it. [color=0072bc]"Toto, were not in Kansas any more."[/color]