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She wasn’t sure who these people were, or what they were doing out in the wilds, and as far as she was concerned that made them dangerous. More pressing a concern, however, was the hoard of possessed now following them. [sub][sub][u][b][color=yellow]Theyra   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] Reman had a cautious curious look at the car on the other side of the divider. The reason why a horde of possessed was now on them. He was more concerned on how they angered the possessed in the city. Reman knew this was not the time for talk but he wondered what they could have found to make the possessed act this way. Who are these people, he thought to himself. [sub][sub][u][b][color=bca346]Exit   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] The passenger shifted slightly and then carefully, without pointing the gun directly at the Kyoshi, swung his hand around and began pointing with the barrel across himself in the direction of the forest. [color=white]”Head to the forest!”[/color] he tried to yell through the wind. When his eyes suddenly shifted away from the Kyoshi to something beyond them, the hand with the gun swung around almost just as quickly. The barrel flashed before he’d even stopped to aim. To the right of the Kyoshi, the head of one of the dead who had caught up to them and was about to leap onto the vehicle, snapped backward violently. It immediately collapsed, rolling a few feet in the dirt before coming to a stop. Half a second later and it was over taken by another and then another and then the horde that had been trailing right behind it. One of them slammed into the back of the Kyoshi to no effect. A second did what the first could not and leapt onto the hood. It slammed a fist into the windshield but only managed to break its own fingers and smear blood across it. [color=white]”STOP! RUNNING!”[/color] Visible beyond it, more possessed were running perpendicular to the fleeing cars from other parts of the city, crossing the empty field between it and the highway ahead of the convoy to where their paths would cross. Faye’s vehicle was in trouble too as one of the possessed had gotten on top and was attempting to enter through the open hatch. A second had managed to grab onto the back and was trying to climb up as well, although its leg had missed the landing and was now being dragged across the road. Sumire’s eyes narrowed. She coaxed more power out of the engine and gained enough speed to slam the front of the Kyoshi against the back of Faye’s vehicle. The possessed clinging to it was smashed between both, and as Sumire’s eased on the pedal, it slipped out from between them and rolled under the chassis. The Kyoshi jumped slightly as it rolled over the corpse. The other one that had nearly climbed inside was handled by a sudden, muted, flash of light and a shove. It was thrown from the opening in the top and it tumbled lifelessly to the ground. Shortly after, Takani appeared from the opening with his rifle and began dumping rounds into the closest of the possessed, giving them a small pocket of space. From the rear passenger window, Tenet joined as well. [color=white]”Come on you idiots… faster or get out of my way!”[/color] Sumire yelled. It was a rare side of Sumire that few saw and usually only by those who were already eating her dust. Behind them, the guards borrowed from Tan-ming were having their own issues. The convoy was moving just fast enough to pass most of the possessed but the rear of it crossed the main body of the horde just as they reached the highway. The first few that smashed into their vehicle were knocked to the side easily enough or crushed beneath their wheels. But as they continued to collide with them, eventually they would begin spilling on top of the car instead of underneath. It was like watching a wave capsize a boat. The rear vehicle first jumped and then smashed into the center divider when it was pushed. The collision forced its rear end into the air and flipped it over, landing halfway across the divider. When it finally fell back to the ground, it was immediately over taken by all the possessed that collapsed on top of it. It disappeared beneath a pile of violent bodies. The other car turned and fled into the forest, not waiting around for the worst of the horde to reach them and do the same. [color=white]”There’s a gap up ahead!”[/color] Takaani yelled. [color=white]”I see it!”[/color] Faye yelled back. Both vehicles cut through the thinner edge of the horde, fighting them off just barely as the dead threw themselves at them. When they arrived at the only break in the divider that was wide enough, they both made a hard left and immediately made a break for the forest. Wheels sped across the last bit of concrete, flinging dust and rocks and blood into the dead as both cars jumped the road and fled into a wall of dead trees. The dead followed them in. Grey skies and bare branches became bent trees and a canopy that drowned out the light and doused everyone in a darkness that did not seem natural. Behind them, the dead were beginning to fall behind, some of them stopping on their own while a few continued to give chase, bounding over twisted branches and jagged rocks that were beginning to crowd the forest floor and slow the two cars. The ride was rough, violently so, and only continued to get worse until eventually, both Faye and Sumire were forced to slow to a crawl. There was no road here. No clear path. Just a dark forest that was growing more dense by the minute. And there was no sign of the other car either. In the dark, the only thing visible were the faded outline of trees, low hanging branches… and what looked like vines hanging from them. Behind them, the sound of the few dead continued to grow louder. Faye pulled to stop while Takani, who had retreated into the vehicle to avoid getting decapitated by a tree, popped up again, swung around with a light, and began dumping more rounds into the dead trailing them. They fell easily enough, save for one that seemed to trip and then suddenly begin to slide unnaturally along the ground into the brush as if it were pulled. [color=white]”What the fuck?”[/color] Takani kept his light up, sweeping it across where he saw it disappear, but the light struggled to penetrate the thick forest floor. He couldn’t see it or what had happened to it. [color=white]”Faye,”[/color] Tikani started nervously. [color=white]”Get us out of here.”[/color] Faye hit the gas but the car wouldn’t budge. The engine groaned against resistance it could not break and continued to do so after repeated attempts. She thumped her hand against the steering wheel in frustration. [color=white]”Faye?”[/color] [color=white]”We’re stuck!”[/color] Faye yelled out. She threw open the driver door and stepped out with a flashlight. [color=white]”No no no don’t get out of your car!”[/color] Takaani tried to warn her, but he was ignored. Feyi knelt by the car and swept her light underneath it. Tangled in the chassis, twisting its way through every available inch of space were vines. They seemed to have sprouted directly from the ground rather than having become entangled by Faye driving over them. A cursory check under the Kyoshi revealed the same. [color=white]”We’re… YOU’RE stuck!”[/color] Faye yelled at them, pointing with her light. [color=white]”By what?”[/color] Takani asked, sweeping now all around them with his light. He still wasn’t finding anything. [color=white]”Vines. A lot of it. We’re going to have to cut ourselves free. I just… I don’t… I don’t understand…”[/color] [color=white]”One thing after another...”[/color] Tenet said as he climbed out the back. [color=white]"What's out there?"[/color] [color=white]”I don't know...”[/color] Takani answered. [/color][/cell][cell][color=2e2c2c]_[/color][color=white][table=bordered][row][/row][row][cell=active][sub][color=303030]Location.[/color] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5181702][color=303030]The Wilds,[/color][/url] Forest south of Gaoling. [color=303030]Time.[/color] Afternoon, SE+12 [color=666666]___________________________[sub]...[sup]...........[/sup][/sub][/color] [color=303030]Summary.[/color] After narrowly escaping the horde of 'possessed', the group finds themselves entangled in a new, unsettling situation, in the deep dark of the forest near Gaoling.[/sub] [/cell][/row][/table][/color] [abbr=Six hours outside Tu Zin][img]https://i.imgur.com/1nbg4wT.png[/img][/abbr] [color=2e2c2c]_[/color][/cell][/row][/table][table=bordered][row][sub][b]Prompt:[/b][/sub][/row][row][cell][color=9f9f9f]Determined by your roll.[/color][/cell][/row][/table]