[center][color=darkgray][b][sub]C H A P T E R  O N E : A NEW DAY   [/sub][/b][/color]
[b][color=Indianred][sup][h1]THE RUINED CITY[/h1][/sup][/color][/b][/center]
[center][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PGv4sf9r7s]AMBIENCE[/url]
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[COLOR=Indianred][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]INNER CITY[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT][sup][color=darkgray]February 23[sup]rd[/sup], 2057  |  14:18pm[/color][/sup][/INDENT][/INDENT]
The environment changed from wide broken streets and towering buildings, to narrow lanes and remnants of different establishments all huddled close together. It became more difficult to navigate and straight pathways became scarce. There seemed to be endless winding paths often leading into dead ends. It was only a matter of time before the layout of the inner city made it challenging for the Commune to move around effectively. The group continued on, moving slowly as the  scouts were sent ahead to confirm throughways and dead ends. Their selected route showed promise until they came upon a blockade created by a toppled building. In the place of their planned route was now a fork with two narrow paths.

Sticking together would only waste time and leave the Commune vulnerable to ambush. To make sure that wouldn’t happen the decision was made to split up. Two paths, two groups. 

It had taken time, but the Commune put their heads together and eventually  decided on the division of their group. Lysandra’s drones, Akaia’s crow and Poppy herself were responsible for communication between the groups. Their wings allowed them to quickly cover the distance between groups and exchange findings. 

Their goal was to locate the mistle, procure samples while minimizing contact with the Lost. If after two hours there were no productive developments, the two groups would rendezvous back at the fork and return to base.