Chapter 1 part 2

=He nodded and followed the Hyrbid=

What do you reckon those are? What did you see when you saw the lines?

I don't know. Never seen them before. They blended in quite well with the forest though.

I continued crawling, pushing the door open as we reach it.

The hatch is just in the far corner.

=follows them and wonders something=

any idea on how long they where probably waiting there for?

Yeah sure. Let me just check my nature watch diary and i'll tell you.

I reach the hatch and open it, gesturing for the others to go first.

=He looks back at the Romanii=

Probably a while. They seem really well organized, and they certainly got the jump on us.

=He looks back at the Hybrid and goes over to the hatch, climbing down through it=

=goes down the hatch after him with arrun in tow=

=Within a minute of them dropping down through the hatch, the firing stops all at once. Xazhi looks around and sees nothing=

What the hell...?

=i look around as the firing stops=
Well, what the hell? Do they want to kill us or not?

I don't know and i don't care. Get down the ladder and we'll get somewhere safe.

=continues climbing down=

such a pain

=i grab both sides of the ladder, put my feet on the outside, and let go and grab in steady intervals, dropping down and stopping myself from hitting too hard as I go. It hurts like hell on my hands, but since I'm in a hurry, I don't care any more=

=Eventually, he reaches the forest floor. He looks around, but sees no sighns of the attackers anywhere. Though, there is a strange smell on the air. If death or Cold had a smell, it would smell like this. He sniffs the air a bit=

What is that godsawful smell?

I climb down after them, jumping off at the last few rungs onto the floor. I check the staff for any damage.

I dont know. There's a cave this way. We can hide out there.

=i wrinkle my nose=
Yes it does, Aeris. Just barely, though.

=He was about to say something, but suddenly more shots erupted. This time coming from above, and from the South. Xazhi just narrowly avoided three or four shots before diving behind a tree=

Hey, Here's a thought! Why dont we get the fuck out of this forest?!

Lets move then.

I start running northwards, trusting the others to follow me. They could barely see, and that wasn't going to help us at all.

=He followed the Rohgedyn closely, hoping to lose the attackers and make it out of Deepwood=

=i was following the sounds of footsteps as best I could. I had my arms outstretched in front of me, so when I banged into trees I could at least roll off without too much delay and avoid getting shot. The shots were, however, playing hell with my hearing=
Hey! Anyone care to keep talking so I don't get lost?

=He called out to the Romanii=

I'll try! Follow the Hybrid! This way!

=i turned and followed his voice=
As much as this pains me, keep talking! I'm sure I don't need to explain why!

I get it! Just follow my voice and try not to get hit!

=He kept running, following the Rog as closely as he could. His nightvision was good, but not as good as a Rohgedyn's=

=i kept running, occasionally feeling the rush of air the came with a near miss from one of the metal balls=