Nightshift 49: Ruins
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The rain was sharp and cold against Hime's face, but there was no crunch of shattered glass beneath her shoes, only that of gravel. The street, the stores, the town - gone. More importantly, at least to Hime, so was the zombie. She had hoped that by breaking through the window she might circumvent the spell on the doors, but once again it seemed that any manner of exit was just as ensnared. So what had they come out of now?
Turning around, Hime saw nothing - no shattered window standing in the middle of the air, no portal, no trace of where they'd come from. In fact, she had no idea where they were. In one direction, she could see a large silhouette, far off and looming. The institute, perhaps? Closer by, there were smaller shapes. A town, it seemed. Doyleton? No, Doyleton wasn't so close to the institute - assuming that was institute.
In either case, the zombie had escaped. Hime made a hiss of frustration as she put away her bat in favor of her knife and her flashlight, for all the good it would do with how hard it was raining.
The rain was sharp and cold against Hime's face, but there was no crunch of shattered glass beneath her shoes, only that of gravel. The street, the stores, the town - gone. More importantly, at least to Hime, so was the zombie. She had hoped that by breaking through the window she might circumvent the spell on the doors, but once again it seemed that any manner of exit was just as ensnared. So what had they come out of now?
Turning around, Hime saw nothing - no shattered window standing in the middle of the air, no portal, no trace of where they'd come from. In fact, she had no idea where they were. In one direction, she could see a large silhouette, far off and looming. The institute, perhaps? Closer by, there were smaller shapes. A town, it seemed. Doyleton? No, Doyleton wasn't so close to the institute - assuming that was institute.
In either case, the zombie had escaped. Hime made a hiss of frustration as she put away her bat in favor of her knife and her flashlight, for all the good it would do with how hard it was raining.