It had been a tricky journey so far, the path would have been bad enough in the dark but made ten times worse thanks to the effects of the storm.
Keiffer had slipped and fallen once. Branches tearing clothes and scratching exposed flesh. The second time he had slipped the flashlight had flickered as if about to fail, but then brightened again.
Dorothy too had slipped, possibly due to Keiffer’s fall, and her borrowed raincoat is now soaked and splattered with mud.
Alister had managed the trail so far without disaster, able to help others, such as
Judith who had fallen twice the second time twisting her ankle painfully, to their feet.
Sean, with the other flashlight had slipped to his knees once and now sported a long wicked looking scratch across his cheek. Courtesy of a wind whipped branch.
Emilia had slipped several times each time being assisted by Mary, who seemed to be untroubled by the nature of the path. However each time that Emilia had slipped to the ground it had seemed that the waitress took longer and longer to help her regain her feet. As a result it has taken you at least fifteen minutes to get to this point.
Now, however, with a wider, well worn track ahead things look easier. The wind still howls through the trees that flank either side of the road; the rain still drives hard, sometimes on a particularly violent gust arriving almost horizontally, stinging against exposed flesh; thunder still rumbles around you and lightning still flickers and flashes amongst the tree tops, with the occasional fork making you jump.
Courtesy of the seemingly constant lightning, the darkness of night is often turned almost daylight bright, making the deep woods on either side look even more nightmarish. Shadows leap and contort with every flash, was that a figure over there? Is that some nightmare shape moving through those tree?
With eyes on stalks, you continue on the road up to Greenapple Acre Cottage. Although you see nothing apart from shadows each of you has a strong feeling that something out there, amongst those dripping trees is watching you. Something that sets your nerves tingling, something evil…
OOC: Please do not forget that you can ‘Push’ a roll. For example if one of you wishes to pause and stare into the dark, that character may try again to make the roll if you are prepared to accept the consequences of another failure. Also do not forget you can ‘Spend’ Luck on a point for point basis to alter a failed roll to a success. |
After what seems an age a shape looms in the distance…
We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.
- Anais Nin