Within moments of hearing the scream, there were more, people were yelling at one another, rushing into the closest buildings and locking themselves in. Just what kind of creature, or creatures could cause such panic. Soon enough the chiming of loud bells rung throughout the town. A warning signal? Kailani could only hazard a guess, but she had the terrible feeling things in this town were worse than she had anticipated. The screams of panic turned dead quiet, as the formerly busy streets would be left completely bare. Not a single soul was left in sight. The wind mage jogged through them, scanning around for danger when she'd spot Yuurei.
"Yuu!" She'd call, in order to get his attention,
"What the hell is going on? I could have heard wrong but I think I heard people yelling something about a horde?" She queried, the words didn't bode well, and she prayed she had misheard. A horde tended to mean a mass of creatures, rather than just one or two. She'd lower her jacket's hood allowing Nimbus to hide inside, he would hopefully be safer there.
"Where's Brone? Is he still in the tavern?" the wood elf asked, her voice full of panic as she started to stress out over the whole situation. It was at that moment, she could have sworn she caught wind of the dwarf's scent, meaning he was close by, but it was soon replaced by a strong foul odor that stung her nostrils, the stench of death and decay.
"Oh no..." She squeaked as her eyes caught sight of something creeping around the corner of a nearby building. It hadn't spotted them quite yet, but Kailani felt her body stiffen in fear.
Its body was a tangled mess of wrinkled flesh. The creature somewhat resembled a wingless gargoyle, but even that wasn't quite right, its long elongated nose closer to that of a bird. Along the tips of its webbed fingers were long, pointed talons. As it scanned its surroundings its black, cold eyes locked onto the pair of elves. It opened its mouth, revealing a set of long, razor-sharp teeth, and shrieked a horrible ear-piercing sound before racing on all fours towards the duo.
As she prepared to nervously defend herself, it would seem it wasn't alone, The clicking of its claws on the cobblestone, was not the only set. The call it had made summoned more of the creatures towards their location.
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