"Oh, right," Vera chuckled nervously, realizing the boy's discomfort after he had pointed it out. "Sorry about that too."

She lowered the beam of her flashlight back onto the ground, hoping that any temporary blindness she might have caused the other student didn't stay for long, but then again, in this fog, it probably wouldn't make much of a difference for him anyway. With that thought in mind, she returned to the frustration of finding her way around.

"Ugh, this is ridiculous," she whined, realizing how glad she was to have someone to speak to in her current situation. "As if the dark isn't bad enough, but the mist has to be this thick? Like, how did you even get this far without a light?"

Vera took a couple of steps forward, assuming the boy would remain close by since they were travelling along the same path. A feeling of complacency that the rest of the walk would be uneventful was just starting to set in, when suddenly, an unexpected jet of liquid came shooting through the mist, hitting her square in the face. She let out a shriek at the surprise before stumbling back, rubbing it out of her eyes.

She found herself taking more deep breaths to calm herself after the second scare of the night. She aimed the beam of her phone, which was thankfully waterproof, at her hand as she rubbed the liquid she had been attacked with between her fingers. [i]What's with this school and getting students wet? This had better not be anything gross, or so help me...[/i] Of course, that was her priority, even if it was for just a second, in a dark, foggy forest where other things were waiting to jump out at her.

Once she was satisfied concluding that the liquid was just water, she decided to move forward slightly, seeing that the attack had ceased. To her surprise, the path seemed to end at some huge roots. Reaching forward through the fog, she felt her hand touching some bark. [i]Is this... the end?[/i]

Groaning in disappointment, she turned around and called out to the boy she was with, hoping he was still there since she couldn't exactly tell though the mist. [i]Darn, I should have gotten his name...[/i] "Bad news darling, we've hit a dead end. We're going to have to turn back."

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