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[color=C284AB][i][b]Location[/b] [color=bdbdbd]⋗[/color] [/i][/color] The Forest
[color=C284AB][i][b]Interactions[/b] [color=bdbdbd]⋗[/color] [/i][/color] Zhalia [@Benzaiten], Simon [@Prosaic], Phalko [@CasLink], Scott [@Blizz]
[color=C284AB][i][b]School of Magic[/b] [color=bdbdbd]⋗[/color] [/i][/color] Enchantment, Abjuration & Divination
[color=C284AB][i][b]Items[/b] [color=bdbdbd]⋗[/color] [/i][/color] N/A
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[color=darkgray]Manon filtered out the comments from the others as her Danger Sense continued to run. Manon scanned her surroundings. The forest, often in lore and history, was a place of mystery and danger. How many times had a young girl gone missing only to have her body found in the forest? How many cults have had meetings to discuss dark dealings with their chosen leader in the forest? How many sacrifices to deities beyond their comprehension have happened in a dark forest?

However, the forest, despite its dark setting, did not really frighten Manon. When you grew up with a family o those who often ran towards darkness, you learned that a simple environment could not cause fear.

[i]It was the things the forest hid that one should be afraid of.[/i]

As if on cue from some unreliable narrator, the fog around their ankles gave way to a shadow. [color=C284AB][i]"No,"[/i][/color] thought Manon, [color=C284AB][i]"Not a shadow. A monster."[/i][/color] Before them, the shadow gave way to a form. Manon felt her Danger Sense go ravage. The creature before them appeared like a black dog. Manon called upon some of her knowledge of otherworldly forces, but this being was something the average user, especially one versed in Divination, could recognize. A Black Shuck, often associated with death, meant dark things were on the horizon.

Manon knew they would not be able to fight this thing. Though one of them (the handsome wizard named Scott) had pulled up a shield. Quick thinking, to be sure, but it would not last. [color=C284AB]"I suggest we leave the forest and tell someone. If this creature is skulking in the forest, it is best if the community is made aware to set up protection."[/color] Manon backed up a bit. She glanced at Zhalia, who by all accounts, appeared unfazed by the creature before them. [color=C284AB][i]"What is her deal?"[/i][/color] Manon thought to herself. 

If they had any hopes of surviving this encounter, they needed to be gone before the creature got through that shield.[/color]