When they arrived at the town Jeremie lived in, Ulrich was shocked! He had never seen something so whimsical! There were windmills and flags, pulley systems and inventions! It was like a story book drawing! However the silence soon came to his attention, causing the whimsy to change into eeriness. There was nothing moving... not even wind was blowing... This was worse than before.
"Jeremie... are you sure its safe to go into town...? This place seems... well..."
"Cursed?"
"Wouldn't have used that exact word... but yeah, something like that."
"Honestly, if there was another place I knew to get supplies, we would be going there. As long as we stay alert and stay where we can get out of town easily, we should be okay. If it is that way, then it'd be starting from all the way on the other side of town... That's where the worse of it was when I left." Jeremie replies, walking into the town and looking around.
Ulrich follows along, keeping close. He was freaking out a bit.
After walking some, they come to a market. People were passed out in the streets, at the tables and booths... even the animals were unresponsive.
"This is where we'll get out supplies, its not even half way in town. Stuff should still be okay. Take a bag or basket and start gathering food. I'll check the buildings for other things." Jeremie motions to the places behind the market stalls, then looks at Ulrich. "Hurry but be careful. From what I see past the end of the street... we don't have much time to get what we need." And with that, he walks off and into the nearest building.
"Got it. Just, be careful as well." Ulrich replies, picking up a basket and starts to gather food. Everything seemed to be fine... for now anyway.
By the time Jeremie had already filled his satchel up, a bag up, and was working on another bag... he got the feeling he was being watched... But no one else was up besides Ulrich, who he could see outside through the window.
He wasn't alone. Ulrich also felt like he was being watched, from down the street. He had already gotten everything he could carry, a big basket and several bags. The feeling didn't ease up the more he backed away from where it came from.
"Jeremie... I think I'm being watched... can we get out of here already!?"
"Almost done! I'll be right down!" The blond hurries up and soon exits one of the buildings, carrying all he hold as well. However, after he walks over to Ulrich, he notices something move.
It was weird... like a shadow moving on its own. There's no wind, can't be the area around and only the two teens were awake.
"J-J-Jeremie... W-What is that?" Ulrich stammers out, pointing to behind the sorcerer.
When he turns to look at it, his face grows pale. That was-!
"RUN!" He exclaims, running off with Ulrich, who didn't think twice about doing so.
The closer they got to the edge of town, the more of those things showed up to chase them! They barely got out of town and away from it with the stuff they had with them.
The things didn't give chase outside the town, they only watched, fading back into the shadows as the minutes passed.
"To... answer your... question... those are... specters... extremely... dangerous..." Jeremie was panting, laying on the ground besides Ulrich.
"Good to know..." He's sitting on the ground, trying to catch his breath.