[center][h2]The Journey Begins[/h2][/center]

[center][h3]~ Liven(?) ~[/h3][/center]

[center][i]Interacted with:[/i] [@Rune_Alchemist][/center]

[quote=Elisette]“Nngh...looks like there’s some sort of big house over there! Large steeple!”[/quote]

Nick saw the structure Elisette referred to and followed her closely as she made her way there. He had been scratched lightly as he shoved aside the zombies. Hopefully these undead were just magical and not something from an infectious virus or something.

The duo soon reached the church-like building with the warrior woman quickly opening the door... to no avail.

[quote=Elisette]“...guh! The doors are locked! - huh?”[/quote]

Nick looked back to the zombies and expected them to be right in his face. But to his surprise and relief, they gave up the chase. The undead watched the two living humans, standing just outside the village's perimeter. It was not a mystery to Nick that there was something in this settlement that repelled the shambling corpses. 

But looking around, it was not clear what or where the source of this ward came from. The village was half-buried in snow and what remaining wooden buildings that could still be seen looked abandoned. If Nick had to guess, the repelling force probably came from this church-like structure since it stood out from all the rest, also being made of stone and all.

[quote=Elisette]“Okay, uhm...we should see if we can find someone. There should still be people left alive here...though it...doesn’t look good.”[/quote]

"[color=skyblue]No, no it doesn't...[/color]" Nick agreed with his companion.

Well, at least they were free to explore the village without being the danger of the zombies. But the emptiness of the place gave it a creepy and ominous atmosphere, as if there was something worse hiding somewhere under all this snow. It unnerved Nick, making him gulp, but Elisette was right, they should search for anyone still alive. If there was a ward in place, then surely someone alive must have put it there and repelled all the nasty zombies. Right?

"[color=skyblue]Should we look for a way into this building? I'll bet it's got windows or a cellar door we can use to get inside.[/color]" Nick suggested to Elisette. "[color=skyblue]The other places here look like no one's in them. But, if you wanna take a look then I guess we could.[/color]" It was on his mind to split up to cover more ground, but that was most likely a bad idea.