There was a knock at the door. Lorelei went to open it and was faced with a young man in a vest and slacks. He smiled, handing her the clothing they were to wear. Lorelei nodded and took them, closing the door on him without so much as a word. She turned to the girls, throwing the clothes down on the bed. After having told them her story things had gotten somewhat quiet and uneasy. Since Lorelei had taken it upon herself to sing, there wasn't much for them to do.
Yuna sighed "Can't we do some kind of dance routine?"
Lorelei shook her head.
"Not really, I have an old southern song in mind which doesn't really need any kind of accompaniment."
Since Lorelei had decided on an old hymn, she decided to let the girls with her take it easy. It was more like her to work on her own rather then get others involved. However they felt uneasy, leaving it to her and not helping. Still they got dressed, except for Lorelei.
"Aren't you going to change?" Makie asked
"No…the manager thinks I'm ugly so I'll just keep my clothes on." Lorelei replied.
"I don't blame you; these clothes are a little embarrassing to wear!" Ayaka complained.
Lorelei sighed, her mind full of recollections and hazy memories. Only 15, she was already so weathered down. She wondered to herself as well how the miners would react to her song. She knew she'd leave some kind of reaction.
"You can do this right, Lore?" Ayaka looked to her concerned.
Lorelei gave a wry smirk. "I'll drop em dead."
"Ah haha, that's the spirit!"
Soon another knock sounded through the door. The girls slid off the bed and off their chairs. They knew what this was for, as it was getting toward evening. Lorelei opened the door. The young man had returned.
"The boss wants you up on the stage in 15 so let's go."
"Alright." Lorelei nodded and the rest followed her out.
They walked behind the man in a scornful silence, staring into the back of his neck. He didn't seem particularly nice either. Of course in this corrupt town it seemed like everyone was either a brute or a villain. He looked back at them as they neared the stage and gave them a wink.
"Niice, you girls have some assets. Be sure to show them off good for the men. They'll like that a lot." He laughed and turned away. The three of them besides Lorelei blushed, flustered by his words.
"What an awful thing to say before we go on stage." Ayaka scoffed.
"Yeah…I don't wanna go now!" Makie whimpered, hiding behind Ayaka.
"We got to, or else" Yuna replied grimly.
Lorelei nodded, positioning them behind her on stage.
"Now don't worry, no matter what I won't let them touch you. I want to do this peacefully if possible but…."
"It's ok Lorelei; you're doing all you can. It's very nice of you."
"Yeah…nice…"
The curtain began to rise, revealing their long naked legs first. Even before it was up all the way the men were hooting and giving cat calls. The smell of alcohol and smoke rushed in, burning their nostrils. They winced, trying not to show their disgust. Lorelei narrowed her eyes as the lights of the stage flooded in, soon adjusting again to see her audience. It was a true old fashioned western style saloon, complete with piano and large bosomed waitresses in corsets. However it wasn't too unruly, as the men were mostly miners, many still dark skinned with soot and grime. Lorelei cleared her throat.
"Hi ya'll, thanks for having us here tonight." She spoke in the accent of her old home. "I have a song for you all you might not have heard before. I know the miners where I'm from used to sing it so I hope you enjoy it too…Its very pretty…"
The audience seemed more interested in her skimpily dressed accompaniment behind her. She sighed, pulling her hair back from her face just a bit, revealing her scar. Then she began to sing, her aura suddenly becoming more intense, and dark. Her feminine voice took on a more southern accent, but at the same time a haunting tone.
"OhhhHHhh, Death (Her companions eyes went wide as they heard the opening lyrics.)
Woooahhhh, Death
Won't you spare me over til another year
Well what is this that I can't see
With ice cold hands takin' hold of me
Well I am death, none can excel (As she sung deaths lines a slight smirk grew across her face)
I'll open the door to heaven or hell
Whoa, death someone would pray
Could you wait to call me another day
The children prayed, the preacher preached
Time and mercy is out of your reach
I'll fix your feet till you can't walk
I'll lock your jaw till you can't talk
I'll close your eyes so you can't see
This very air, come and go with me
Deeeath I come to take the soul (now she was really into it, her dark aura cast over the room.)
Leave the body and leave it cold
To draw up the flesh off of the frame
Dirt and worm both have a claim (the room was completely silent at this point, completely transfixed on her ghostly, ethereal voice.)
Ohhh, Death
Wooahhhh, Death
Won't you spare me over till another year
My mother came to my bed
Placed a cold towel upon my head
My head is warm my feet are cold
Death is a-movin upon my soul
Oh, death how you're treatin' me
You've closed my eyes so I can't see
Well you're hurtin' my body
You make me cold
You run my life right outta my soul
Ohh death please consider my age
Please don't take me at this stage
My wealth is all at your command
If you will move your icy hand
Oh the young, the rich or poor
Hunger like me you know
No wealth, no ruin, no silver no gold
Nothing satisfies me but your soul (as she said this, she pointed out across the audience, settling her finger on the owner himself who was standing toward the back. He loosened the collar around his neck with unease.)
Ohhh, death
Wooahhhh, death
Wont you spare me over til another year
Wont you spare me over til another year
Wont you spare me over til another yearrr"
As soon as she was done, her companions jumped on her.
"Lorelei what the hell! What kind of song was that!" Ayaka asked furiously
"We're doomed now…" Yuuna sighed
"I don't wanna lose my virginity!" Makie whined.
Lorelei frowned at them, looking at them as if they were nuts.
"That was a VERY beautiful song. Just look at the crowd, they're speechless!" She motioned toward the still silent audience.
"More like still in shock! Argh…only you would think a song like that was pretty, Lorelei!" Ayaka retorted angrily.
Marcel came up on to the stage, clapping lightly, mockingly.
"That was a…stunning song there but I'm afraid I have some bad news for you all."
"Lorelei!"The girls cried in unison.
"Not that…well, you see word travels out here pretty slow. Seems the creepy lady here has a hefty bounty on her head. Not that that surprises me…" He leaned in close to Lore. "I know a troublemaker when I see one."
He jerked back before Lorelei could swat at him, playing with his moustache.
"Yeah? I do huh?" Lorelei smirked
Lorelei wasted no time, focusing her mind, gathering her power to annihilate this scumbag and possibly the entire town. However as Lorelei began to gather her magic; several figures jumped onto the scene around Marcel. They moved like a blur and when they came to a rest, it was clear he had a cadre of magi at his service. Their long grayish cloaks rippled with the wind they had kicked up in their arrival.
Then behind her Lorelei heard a scream as some men grabbed Ayaka and the others.
"As for these young ladies, I don't know what connection they had with you before but I'll keep it a secret, in return for their lifelong service…huhuhuhu…" Marcel chuckled to himself devilishly.
The men dragged Ayaka, Makie and Yuna away. Then they forced them to walk onward down a corridor of the inn. As they walked they heard a deafening explosion thunder through the walls, the entire building shaking violently. A fight had broken out where they once were. The girls looked back but the men pushed them onward. They huddled close and began to whisper.
"What do we do? Lorelei's in trouble!" Makie hissed.
"I-I…"Ayaka stammered
"I got an idea" Yuna whispered grimly
"What?" They asked back.
She pulled the magic guns from under her vest just enough to let them have a peak. They gasped and looked at her with a surprised look. She made a motion with her elbow, signaling to them to tackle their escorts on her mark.
"On the count of 3…1, 2…3!"
Ayaka and Makie each jumped into the men, crashing into them and sending them stumbling back. Yuna jumped back putting distance between herself and them, whipping out both pistols. She aimed them before they could even react.
"SHOOT AND I'll MOVE! ERR I MEAN DON'T MOVE OR I'LL SHOOT!" She yelled as loud as she could.
Ayaka and Makie picked themselves up and hurried to Yuna's side.
"Get on the ground! Don't move!" Yuna yelled again.
The men, not knowing the guns were not calibrated to do full damage, did as they were told.
"OK RUN!" All three made a break for it.
They rushed down the corridor; their short skirts letting them run unimpeded and giving quite a view. They ran down different hallways, trying to find the way out.
"This way!" Makie pointed one way
"No this way!" Yuna cried
"I'm the class rep and I say we go this way!" Ayaka proclaimed and dragged them both along.
It was the best choice, as they came to a rear exit. As they opened the door they could feel the cold air rush in, nipping at their bare legs, sending a chill up their spines. With a bit of hesitation the girls ran out into the snowy courtyard. The evening sun casted a red hue across the snow as the girls looked around. It looked to be some kind of stable attached to the back of the building. Ayaka motioned for the two to follow her. She led them into the stable, the familiar smell of horse and straw filled her nostrils. There toward the end was Marcel's coach, horses nearby.
"I think I've got it…" Ayaka grinned.
Yuna smirked back "I got shotgun!"
…
Meanwhile, Lorelei was locked in an awful battle up and down Main Street. The snow melted away as magic fire and lightning rippled about, trying to strike Lorelei as she gracefully weaved and dodged between their spells. The dirt road beneath turned to muck, forcing Lorelei to kick up showers of mud as she battled. Scythe already out, Lorelei took wide slashing attacks at any mage who failed to keep distance. One attack cut a bar clean in half, its upper half sliding down before collapsing in on itself. The towns' people fled or flung themselves to the ground to avoid the wild magic attacks tearing the small town apart.
Marcel desperately tried to convince the Magi to stop fighting but it was too late, they were undisciplined and totally into the fight now.
"Pl-Please Stop! What are you Fo-AHH!" he couldn't even make himself heard before having to fall to the ground, clutching his head as a salvo of sagitta magica swept by.
From the earth, zombies began to rise. Ghouls and wraiths started to gather as Lorelei chanted in mid battle. Main Street had turn into an all out war zone. Lorelei didn't look like she was having an easy time though. This was her first time fighting actual Magi by herself. You could see the blood seeping down her arm and across her face.
It was then that she heard their cry.
"LORELEIIIIII! GET ON!" Ayaka cried out.
From around behind the Inn a stage coach thundered into view. Ayaka was in the driver's seat, Yuna was riding shotgun, Makie was in the coach, leaning out the door hands out reached to grab Lorelei and pull her in. They tore down the dirty muddy road right in the middle of the battle, toppling zombies and magic sprits as they came. Lorelei looked back.
"NO! GO WITHOUT ME!" She yelled back.
"WE'RE NOT LEAVING YOU BEHIND, LORELEI!"
Lorelei stopped dead in her tracks, stunned once again by their kindness and concern. It baffled her and moved her at the same time. She turned, giving the owner of the town a frightening, cold stare as if to say "You get to live, for today" before turning and grasping Makie's arms, leaping into the coach as they sped past. The horses galloped furiously, the coach rumbling on down the road out of town. Marcel pulled himself out of the mud, red faced with fury.
"YOU IDIOT'S! LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO MY TOWN! YOU BETTER BRING THAT BITCH BACK HERE, OR THE COST TO FIX ALL THIS IS COMING OUT OF YOUR PAY!" He screamed at the top of his lungs, his normally deep voice cracking into a shrieking high pitch.
They nodded and bowed to him profusely before running to grab their brooms. All but one hurried for dear life. The last one wore a hooded cloak and had not participated in the earlier battle. Marcel also didn't seem to recognize her. She had a vicious fanged grin, her eyes shone like blood red gems from within the shadows of her hood. You could see the bulge of a sword hilt at her side, beneath her cloak. She also leapt on a broom, taking off. Marcel looked on, confused, the realization that that was a bounty hunter intent on taking the prize for herself only dawning on him well after she was gone.
"Oh NO!" He cried out, his voice scaring the crows from the trees.
…
Lorelei saw the Magi coming down on them like a squadron of Luftwaffe ready to strafe them with their magic bullets. She growled, opening the stage coach door and climbing up onto its roof.
"Lorelei! Be careful!" Makie cried out after her.
Then the Saggita Magica came. Lots of it. It was all Lorelei could do to put up a magic barrier large enough to defend the large, fragile wooden coach. She yelped out under the strain, the magic seals etched into her body beginning to burn at her, glowing from beneath her clothing. She drew out her Scythe once more, focusing her magic attention on defending the coach.
'Idiots….these guys want me. Why do you have to do this for me? I could've gotten away. Well…but then what would happen to you guys? I guess I really am just being selfish…'
She closed her eyes, sighing before quickly readying up, her eyes snapping open into a vicious glare at the oncoming Magi.
"I get the feeling you don't approve of my Magic, EH?" She yelled as one flew past, firing a fireball at her side, Lorelei spinning about to avoid it.
"That's right, you Witch!" Another yelled while casting lightning bolts which she deflected.
They turned about, readying to make another pass from the front this time. Lorelei couldn't use offensive spells but she could still use her familiars. She closed her eyes, and began to sing a soft chant.
"From the sky, deliver me my eyes
From the earth, deliver me my ears
From the grave, deliver me my soldiers
Omens of war bygone, forgotten children
You haunt the battlefields
That no one remembers…
LET THEM KNOW YOUR NAME!"
As Lorelei twirled her scythe, parrying attacks and chanting her hymn, the sky started to grow dark. From above, all manner of black birds came descending upon them. From the forest, distant howls rose from all directions, closing fast, becoming snarling growls as a silvery horde of wolves' leapt out from all sides. Then, from beneath the road, from out of the shadows and from all around could be heard the wails of the undead. Weak as they were, they joined with the beasts that once devoured their bodies, and together they assailed the Magi.
One Magi, flying too low, had her broom caught by a wolf in its mouth as it leapt into the air to drag her down. An explosion could be heard as she used her magic to fend them off. They fell away into the distance as Ayaka drove the horses as hard as they could bear. The black birds flew into the faces of some of the other Magi, pecking at their eyes and everywhere else, forcing them to divert their magic. Then the undead closed in, wraiths and evil spirits flying directly into the Magi as if they themselves were bolts of magic. As the Magi stopped to fight the stage coach began to gain ground. Their enemies' figures and magic attacks became distant as they pulled away. Lorelei took the chance to rest, kneeling down and taking a deep breath. That wasn't a normal spell she had used as it had been channeled with her grim, abyssal inner power rather than the ether that normal Magi use. The effect on her was plain; you could see her scarlet eyes glow faintly from beneath the dark cowl of hair that draped around her downturned face.
Just as the girls started to relax, again Magi approached. Just two now had come, having escaped from Lorelei's spell. She raised herself again, slowly and silently, her monochrome figure standing atop the coach. Her baggy clothing and long silky hair whipped in the air rushing by like a foreboding dream. She readied her scythe as the Magi closed in. They didn't bother firing magic at her, and instead flew as fast as they could, kicking up the sand in a great cloud behind them as they came in low and fast. Then they split, flying to either side of the coach. They had figured Lorelei out; she couldn't form a strong magic barrier in two different directions at once. Her eyes went wide as that moment seemed to last forever.
'Are they both aiming at me? No that's just too amateur, I could just dodge and they'd hit each other. The one on the left! He's aiming for the coach, the one on the right..she's aiming for me! GRrrr, I'll eat this…'
She turned toward the one on the left, putting up her barrier, gritting her teeth to bare the attack of the other Magi when she heard Yuna yell.
"LOOK OUT!"
Lorelei heard a fiery sound; she glanced toward Yuna, seeing her wielding her pistols akimbo. The bright glow of the magical muzzle flash from their tips filled her eyes, magic bolts zinging by her head. The bolts struck the Magi behind Lorelei hard, catching the Magi completely off guard. Though not enough to hurt her, it knocked her off her broom. Wolves quickly leapt after her, one of them stealing her broom away. Lorelei immediately turned her attention to the last Magi. Dropping her defense, she pointed her scythe at him and chanted quietly. He pulled back, gaining distance, summoning a massive salvo of saggita magica. Lorelei in turn brought forth a great wave of dark raven shaped bolts, the hundreds of bolts crashing into each other, neutralizing one another in a brilliant display of light and heat. In this dazzling display, a lone, dull chain snaked out from a small magic circle, under the cover of the glare. Even before the first attack was over, you could hear a loud yelp as the Magi was cloths lined by the chain stretched out across his path. A wolf then made off with his broom.
Finally, Lorelei could breathe easy. She knelt down again, resting her heavy Scythe on the roof of the coach. She let out a long, content sigh, excited from battle after so long and satisfied at protecting something important. She looked over to Ayaka and smiled to her.
"Thanks Ayaka-san, for rescuing me. I really wasn't expecting it…"
"Oh ho ho, it was nothing my dear. As Student President it is my Job to-" Her voice froze and her eyes widened a bit as she looked behind Lorelei over her shoulder.
In the distance, one more figure could be seen rapidly approaching. Lorelei didn't look or say anything, but instinctively her hand tightened its grasp on her wicked ebon scythe. She narrowed her eyes, feeling the presence that was growing behind her. Ayaka looked into Lorelei's eyes and knew that she knew. Yuna gritted her teeth, taking aim with both guns. Lorelei shot her a fiery glare as if to say not to interfere. The person she felt behind her was not like the others. Ayaka turned about and focused on driving the coach and Yuna crouched behind the back rest, readying her guns. In a instant, the dark cloaked figure was just above them. She hopped off her broom, and seemed to float as she came down to the stage coach. The moment the tip of her toe touched the coach roof, the slightest creak echoing out, there was a sudden and dazzling flash of metal, sound and sparks. From beneath the assassins' cloak, a sword leapt out so quick that it appeared as nothing but a flash of light. Lorelei's scythe parried the attacks, twirling in a jet black blur. Blue and orange sparks sprayed as the two weapons collided. Lorelei was confident in her scythe, made with real, hellfire forged metals and blessed by Hel herself for use by Lorelei. She knew she could cleave or shatter almost any ordinary weapon with it, given the chance.
After the sudden, dizzying initial encounter, the two combatants lept to either end of the coach. The space between them was uncomfortably small as they stood each other off. The assassin pulled back her cloak, revealing her menacing visage. She had messy straight medium length black hair that seemed to clump together into blades themselves. Her eyes were Red and somewhat demon like; they glared with sadistic desires. She was about as tall as Ayaka and had a similar erect, noble posture.
"You…are not with those Magi, are you?" Lorelei asked hesitantly.
"That's right, witch. My name's Anseko, I'm a wandering bounty hunter…I couldn't help but overhear them say what a nice bounty you had."
"Tch…is that bounty worth your life, demon girl?" Lorelei asked in a foreboding tone.
"Ohh, cocky aren't we? What makes you think you can take me on?" She asked, perking a brow.
"Hmph, that's none of your business!" Lorelei retorted.
At that moment, Lorelei lashed out with a surprising outburst of hatred. Her face twisted in anger as her scythe cut through the air between them. The skilled swordstress didn't bother trying to block the behemoth weapon and hopped over it, ducking under another attack, and then rushing in the short distance between them.
'I've got an advantage here. That big weapon might be great on a battlefield but it's useless on top of a stage coach!'
Lorelei slid her hand up the snathe of the scythe, bringing it in close and using the straight, hardened metallic haft as a staff like weapon. She twirled it as if it weighed nothing, deflecting the sword strike just inches from her body. She twirled to Anseko's side, staying on the outer edge of the coach's roof. She glanced down and behind her at the ground speeding past as the coach drove down the road. Anseko wouldn't relent, trying to keep Lorelei off balance. As they fought, Lorelei couldn't help but think to herself.
'This fighting style…it seems familiar…'
She called out for her familiars, and ravens flew at the bounty hunter. Lorelei tried to take advantage of the moment to take the center but was stopped. Anseko scoffed at the summons, pulling out paper dolls that quickly turned into familiars that devoured the ravens as they approached. Then in dramatic form, Lorelei shouted out her attack.
"Demon's Barbed Cell! Torment and bring it forth before the Executioner!"
Lorelei used the moment to incant her chains spell, firing multiple spear tipped chains at the demon like girl. At the same time she readied a pre-incanted spell, charging in through a path between the chains she laid for herself. As the spear tips and Lorelei reached Anseko, all at the same time, she smirked.
"Kakusan Dai-zankōsen!" Anseko yelled out loudly.
At that instant a massive red flash filled the air. The light was so blinding it was as if an atomic bomb had just gone off. When the glare cleared, Lorelei had been thrown off the coach, clinging to the roof with her scythe as her feet dragged on the ground.
"Khh!" She gritted her teeth.
"Lorelei!" Ayaka yelled out. Makie gasped from within the coach as she saw Lorelei's chest pressed up against the door window, hanging by her Scythe.
Anseko strolled up to the edge of the coach, licking her sword lustfully as she stared down at Lorelei.
"I bet that old geezer back in the town would offer a nice bounty for these lovely companions of yours too, huh? I guess after I beat you, I'll take them back with me!"
Lorelei lightly tapped on the door with her knee. Makie quickly opened it. Lorelei swung herself into the coach and yanked her Scythe out in one spinning motion. She landed on Makie, flattening her against the backseat.
"Ah, sorry about that.." She said sheepishly before rolling off her. Just as she did, a sword pierced through the ceiling, coming within inches of Makie's face. Lorelei, down on the floorboard, kicked open the door on the other side. She began incanting another spell,
"At Hell's gate! Oh the Vengeful and wicked spirits gather to greet you!"
Then flaming skull-like wraiths began flying at the coach from every direction. They wailed loudly as they swarmed Anseko like hornets.
"Hyakuretsu Zanmaken!" She yelled out, her sword leaping out and slashing each skull with an exorcising strike.
As she did this, Lorelei climbed back up onto the coach.
'No more holding back, how the hell does this girl know Setsuna's techniques? This is bad; I don't do well against exorcists. I'll need to use some of the spells out of that book.'
She reengaged Anseko, this time attacking her with a furious flurry of twirling and graceful attacks. The movements between them almost seemed choreographed because of how they flowed together. Makie cried and dug herself down as far into the floor board as she could as more sword attacks cut through the roof. As Lorelei fought, she started to sing in not one, but three different voices. It was one of her unique abilities. She sang the divine spells in Hebrew, knowing that it would throw the swords girl off.
"אלוהים, אל עליון, מן החיים ומשם וזרימה המוות. תן לי בוער לאנס כי אני עלול לפסול את הרשעים!" (Oh Elohim, El Elyon, from whence life and death flows. Giveth to me a burning lance that I might strike down the wicked!)
She sang this with her regular voice.
"השיר שמחבר, שיר מושך את ליבנו זורם דרך כל הדברים. זהו השיר שרו על ידי אלת שלי." (A song that binds, a song that pulls at our hearts; it flows through all things. This is the song sung by my goddess.)
This overlapped with her first voice and had an angelic tone to it.
"רוחות O הקרקע והאוויר, לרקוד ולשחק עם תרועה עליזה מכן המנוח יבואו להצטרף אליכם
לקחת את הזמן שלהם בדרכם גהנם"
(O spirits of the land and air, dance and play with merry fanfare
then the departed will come and join you
to take their time on the way to Gehenna)
This she sang in a darker, chilling tone.
As Lorelei sang she performed a wide, sweeping slash, letting her ebon scythe extend to its full reach, forcing the swords girl back. Lorelei also jumped up and back into the air. As she did this, her spells took shape. In her free hand, a burning wrought steel lance formed in her hand. Around Anseko, the mesmerizing tune of an angelic song froze her in her tracks. Then around her, elemental spirits danced and played about with dead souls, blinding her and binding her limbs as they danced with her.
"EXORCISE THIS!" Lorelei yelled, throwing the lance as hard as she could at the paralyzed and bound girl.
Ayaka and Yuna, watching from behind their seat, gasped as the killing blow was dealt. Anseko's blood sprayed out across the coach roof as the spear impaled her through her chest. She stood there a moment in shock, blood pouring from her chest before falling back, and landing on the ground with a dull thump. As they rumbled down the road, the body in the distance could be seen becoming engulfed in ravens.
"and it is done. Live by the sword, die by the sword." Lorelei nodded and sighed, looking back at the two frightened girls who now hid from her in fear. She gave them a sad glance before hopping down into the cabin. There she found a blood drenched Makie, shivering in confusion yet licking at the dark red blood on her arms. She seemed to be spacing out as she did that. It struck Lorelei as odd too. After a moment, Makie looked up and saw Lorelei, immediately snapping out of it. A tremendous expression of relief flowed over her countenance.
"I-I…" Inside the coach, she couldn't tell what was going on, just that all the holes in the roof had let the blood pour on her.
"Lorelei!" Makie cried and buried her face in Lorelei's chest. "I thought you died up there!"
"No, that demon did. I killed her."
"Y-you did? Why? She wasn't going to kill you was she?"
"She could have…but more importantly…she was going to turn you guys back in to that filth. She understood what your fate would be. I was just going to knock her off but when she said what she said, I decided to destroy her. Demons are demons, they don't change."
Makie sighed and nodded. She was the most emotionally vulnerable person at this point, lacking Ayaka's resolve or Yunas grit. Lorelei was surprised as Makie nuzzled into her shoulder. In the process, of course, she was getting Lorelei all bloody too.
"Gezz Makie we need to get you cleaned up."
"Huh?" She looked at the blood, going a bit blank eyed "Oh yeah…"
Lorelei perked a brow, puzzled. She then wrapped themselves in some spare cloaks as it was cold inside the coach after the doors had been flung open so much, the holes in the ceiling didn't help either. Night came minutes later as the last sliver of the sun disappeared behind the glistening snow capped trees. The wounded battle worn stage coach rumbled down the road through the night with no goal in sight. They could just hope to happen across civilization again soon.