AN- RAIN!
Sarid: Magma does not own Terraria. Any references to movies, games, products, TV shows, etc. are also not owned by Magma. Only I belong to Magma.
The Storm
Two days had passed since Asher had explored the ruins of the castle, and rain came down in sheets of cold, giant water drops.
The residents of the settlement stayed in their homes, Asher reading his books, Hannah working with her medicine to find cures, Durim experimenting with explosives, and Sarid did a multitude of things.
When not in the mine, she was either working on her plans for the castle, or making the materials to build it. Having gone back and made a mine shaft through where she had fallen, and finding the golden chest where Asher had found her, she found throwing knives, some gold bars, coins, and an interesting object.
It was a mirror, with an engraved ring of silver around its edge, round, and about four and a half inches in diameter. A chain was attached to it, Sarid able to tie it around her belt.
However, upon looking into the mirror, looking into the reflection of her soulless eyes, an odd noise surrounded her as light-colored particles appeared, engulfing her.
When they dispersed, Sarid found herself in the settlement square.
Four roads branched off it, the southern one going to the mine, the northern to the castle ruins, the western went to the bay, and the eastern to the wilderness.
The road leading south from the square had the well, and the one leading north had a grey brick object in the ground. It was two feet high, six feet in width and six feet in length, designed to be a platform to deliver news from.
The rain kept pouring, Sarid already soaked after having stood for only a few moments. She ran to her stone shelter, escaping the rain.
After a few minutes, she had changed her clothes into a sleeveless white shirt and blue pants, and sat in front of her fire, drying her hair with a towel. The sound of her dog tags jingling together reached her ears, she letting the towel rest around her neck, resting her elbows on her knees and staring into the fire.
Only a moment later, Sarid looked over at the Magic Mirror she had found, picking it up, careful not to look into it. She took a piece of cloth, and wrapped it around the object, then re-attached the chain to her belt, so that she would not look into it accidentally.
Getting up, she went to work on her castle plans.
That night, while Sarid laid on her bed roll, she listened to thunder crash and saw lightening flash, as the light came in through the windows of the stone shelter.
The sound of the rain beating the room drummed softly in her ears, which lulled her to sleep.
KRA-KROOOOM!
Sarid's eyes popped open at both the sound of thunder and a loud crash, making her get up. She grabbed her bag and a glow stick, running out into the night.
From the top of the fallen doors, she could see that a large tree had fallen on the edge of the settlement, right on top of Durim's house. Sarid jumped down from the top of the doors, and ran to Asher's home, banging on the door.
The door swung open, Asher standing in the door way dressed for sleep with a robe and slippers, as well as a candle in hand.
"Sarid? What's-"
"No time." Sarid told him, then grabbed him by his shirt, which forced him to run with Sarid to Durim's house. They ran onto the front porch, Sarid trying to open the front door, only to find it locked.
She pushed her glow stick into Asher's hands, stepped back, and then charged full-on, breaking the door down.
"DURIM!" She yelled, they able to hear a groan from the upstairs, Sarid and Asher dashing up the stairs, to find the tree completely blocking their way.
Brandishing her silver axe, Sarid cut through the branches, able to jump over the trunk. She went through the living room then around into the bed room, finding Durim pinned under the tree.
"Drag him out!" Sarid yelled to Asher, then grabbing the tree trunk, and pushing it up. Asher grabbing Durim under his arms, and pulled him out, allowing Sarid to drop the tree back down with a dull THMP. She took Durim from Asher, the two running back to the kitchen.
"Get over the tree." Sarid told Asher, he scrambling over the obstacle, Sarid pushing Durim over it, Asher catching him. After jumping over, Sarid took Durim into a fireman carry, she and Asher running down the stairs and out of the house, straight to Hannah's Clinic, lights visible through the windows.
"Hannah!" Asher yelled, throwing open the door, Sarid right behind him. The nurse came down the stairs in a rush, her hair down and wearing a robe and slippers.
"In the examination room!" She ordered, Sarid taking Durim there and lying him on the table. He wore his under shirt and shorts, his left shoulder badly bruised and his side bloody with an array of splinters.
Hannah shooed her out, Sarid standing in the waiting room with Asher, who sat in a chair, drenched and tapping the heel of his foot, hands clasped and elbows on his knees.
Sarid paced back and forth, hands behind her head and looking up at the ceiling.
After a bit, Hannah came out, wiping blood off her hands and her hair loosely tied back.
"He's fine." She told Sarid and Asher, Sarid closing his eyes and Asher sighing with relief. "Though he'll have to say in the Patient Wing."
Not saying anything, Sarid moved him into one of the beds in the wing, Hannah writing on a clip board, then hanging it at the foot of the bed.
"Alright, both of you best get on home." She told Sarid and Asher, the two walking out into the rain, running to Asher's porch, both of them already soaked.
"You ever seen a storm like this?" Asher asked, Sarid shaking her head.
"No…but I'm going to have to repair Durim's roof and make it so that won't happen again." She said, Asher nodding.
"Oh, have you found anymore Heart Crystals?" He asked, Sarid nodding.
"Four." Sarid told him. "I've also used several of the Mana Crystals you told me about."
"That's good." Asher replied, then going to his front door when he stopped, looking back at Sarid. "…Uh, by the way…have…you felt like…something evil has been watching us? Err, the… settlement?"
"…" Sarid blinked, thinking. True, she had felt an awful shadow over her, and as if an evil eye pierced her being, and when deep in the mine, the air had a chill to it, even if she was far enough to where it had gotten warmer before.
"…Hm." She hummed. "Yes…It's…"
She blinked. How to describe it when she felt nothing was a puzzle.
"…Not right." She said, Asher nodding.
"Well, get some sleep." Asher told her, stepping into his house. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight Asher." Sarid said to him, then running back to her stone shelter.
AN- Not much happened, I know, but…It just rains…A LOT.