Your weary boots trudge
slowly along the dark forsest's uneven path. You would normally have shunned
such a place, but when one is being pursued, anywhere looks inviting at
the time. You curse your unknown pursuers for driving you into danger like
this.Owls hoot and wheel above your head, going about their nocturnal business
as though you were not there. As you move closer to the very heart of the
murky forest, sinister rustlings and chittering noises start to surround
you, causing you to place your hand upon your trusty sword. Well you would
have done so if you still had it at any rate. Suddenly a shadowy shape
bursts out of the undergrowth putting you to immediate terror stricken
flight. The squirrel glares after you chittering and gesticulating wildly,
before a second dark shape bounds from the growth and devours it in a single
bite.
You begin to wonder if there is any
friendly life within this forsaken place at all. As your eyes adjsut more
to the near pitch blackness of the forest, you think that you see a brief
dart of crimson. You slowly propel yourself through the inky blackness
of the forest, seeking to get closer. You notice however that it seems
to be getting ever more distant from you as you travel in that direction,
and you begin to think that it is just a sprite playing a trick on you.
Turning back however you see the flash once agin, but this time it does
not move further away from you.
Rounding a bluff, you see that it
is indeed a campfire as you had long suspected, and you begin to run towards
the source. You are not suited to travelling in a forest however, and you
create enough noise that everyone on the planet must be able to track your
movement. The fire goes out instantly, depriving you of your beacon and
you begin to flounder in your course. Fearing a cunning trap set to waylay
innocent travellers (if such a dismal place ever recieved any of those),
you are about to return the way you came, when a black shape drops in your
path out of the trees. You hear the familiar sound of metal grating against
a sheath, and see a brief flash as your unknown assailant wields a gigantic
great sword. Hearing it begin a dazzling manoeuvre, you take to your heels
trying to flee, when you run into an invisible barrier, and your world
turns black...
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