Void Rift (rp) - Intermission

There turns out to be a pair of people scavenging through the ruins of the village, not an actual village.

 

I silently observe what they're doing, hiding behind any available cover.

 

They seem to be snagging old tools used to make flour.

 

I sneak around, moving silently and looking around the village, checking to see where it seems the scavengers have and have not been.

 

They only seem to be going through a workshop and the granary.

 

I sneak closer to the scavengers, hardly making any noise as I try to listen in on any conversation.

 

They're silent, except for one sentence.
"Think he's gonna keep following us?"
The other shrugs.

 

I keep quiet, continuing to watch.

 

One glances at you before they leave the village.

 

I duck behind cover as they turn their head, trying to stay hidden, before watching where they go.

 

They stop partways through the desert.
"What do you want?" They call, looking straight at you.

 

I leap out from behind my cover, throwing two of my shurikens that barely miss the pair before landing close to them.

"Your souls." I say grimly, drawing Shadow Katana.

 

They glance at each other, laugh, and with a gust of wind, vanish entirely, any trace of them and all.

 

I sigh.

"This isn't my element. Why can't it be night..." I say, annoyed and disappointed. I decide to sit down in the sand and start digging a hole with my hands.

 

You end up digging a landshark out of its cover.
It looks at you oddly with three shifting eyes.

 

"JESUS FUCK!" I shout, leaping backwards and holding Shadow Katana ready.

 

It shifts sand back over itself before you can hear it tunnel off.

 

I decide to sprint back across the desert, jumping the chasm.

"Not exploring the desert, nope. Not exploring that." I say, walking into the forest.

 

Back in the forest, there are rabbits, snakes in trees, and a few... something between a wolf and an armadillo.

 

I walk through the forest unafraid, curious about what lies within.