Werewolves

[TyVulpine]

Tails glances at everyone else. "Aint me, so don't bother looking at me. But I'm willing to try to reach the settlement. Now, come on. The longer we stand around and bicker, the more likely those things are going to find us."

[Gizensha]

Gizensha shakes his head slightly "Parranoia starts to set into the group. Just plain wonderful. What were those things, anyway? Some kind of wolf? And Tails is right. Going bicker bicker instead of action action is not good for our position on the food chain in this sort of situation..." He trails off before enquiring "...situation?" He shakes the thought from his head, and continues. "Besides, we don't even know if this is one of our doing..."

[Richard K Niner]

Suddenly, a dark shape is spotted lying down on the road ahead. Richard looks at it, then at the surrounding area. In the limited light available, he glances back at the group. "Does anybody have a flashlight, torch, or lantern?" he whispers.

[Gizensha]

Gizensha quickly checks the pockets of the unfamiliar clothes. "Afraid I don't..."

[Richard K Niner]

"Looks like we'll have to improvise then," says Richard. He walks over to a nearby tree and picks up a couple of twigs. Snapping a couple them, he grins and proceeds to build a fire.<br><br>As he places small rocks around the kindling, he starts to notice a putrid smell, and winces.

[Bocaj Claw]

Bocaj whispers "What is that? It smells rank..."

[Richard K Niner]

Richard finishes setting up the fire. As he rubs the sticks together, the road is illuminated, revealing the identity of the dark shape.<br><br>It is Ruedii. His body is beginning to show signs of rotting, but the rigor mortis reveals that he died while still asleep. A portion of his neck is missing; teeth marks are clearly visible there.<br><br>As Richard begins to look towards the body, he notices a large amount of paw prints, some recognisable. When he see's Ruedii's carcass, it proves too much; Richard bends over and vomits onto the road.

[Rooster]

Rooster wanders over to where everyone else is gathered.<br><br>"What's that smell - Holy crap!! Ok, I am officially freaked out now..."<br><br>A wolf howl in the distance makes the group look up from the fire.

[Bocaj Claw]

Bocaj's mouth twitches into a strange panicked smile. "No rest for the weary. Not until the big sleep anyway..."

[Richard K Niner]

As Richard starts to come to terms with the situation, he slowly looks up. Suddenly, two sets of footprints jump out at him; they are larger and more humanoid than the rest. One set of footprints walks up to where Ruedii's body remains, then walks back to the other set as they both continue north.<br><br>"I'm suddenly having doubts that going north is a good idea," says Richard, indicating the footprints as he turns around to see where they originate. As he slowly walks back south, he stops, noticing a small oddity in the footprints.<br><br>"There was some sort of struggle here, between a normal person, and whatever left one set of those large footprints. It seems that these normal ones abruptly stop, and are replaces by the ones that lead to the corpse. But they could still belong to anyone, so I'm stumped."

[Bocaj Claw]

Bocaj follows Richard south. "Come on! We need to stay together! Those ... THINGS want us to seperate!"

[Richard K Niner]

Richard looks back at Bocaj. "I was just checking the area for clues as to how Ruedii was killed. I wasn't planning on stepping outside the light from the fire." Richard turns around and walks back to the group.<br><br>"Whatever killed Ruedii, there were two of them, and they both left here to the north. I'm not so sure if we should continue, but if we do, we'll have to keep are guard up. You know, prepare for anything, even the Spanish Inquisition." Richard pauses. "On second thought, that's not such a good example. But this should be everyone's decision. Should we press on?"

[Bocaj Claw]

"I vote we move on. In this forest we're sitting ducks for those... whatevers. If we could get into a building or something we'd be that much safer..."

[Richard K Niner]

"Well, if you say so," says Richard, picking up a branch from the fire. "We might some light if we're to walk about tonight. I'm taking a torch."<br>

[Gizensha]

Gizensha picks up a torch. "So, we are dealing with some kind of lycanthropy, then, based on the tracks?" He queries, wanting to get everything straight in his head. "Keep your guards up, everyone... Now, someone with some sort of training, which is safer for travel, long line of people one behind the other or two shorter lines of people, again one behind the other.... Or more like a block of people? I suggest we get into whatever it is that's safer."