Hunters in the Dark

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The openings ends to Team FLME walking down a path to the next town. Fred is holding a map while Leia stretching her arms.

Leia: So, what's on the agenda today?

Fred: Walking.

Leia: With a side offfff...

Ember: More walking.

Leia: Yeah, ok. Don't need to crush my optimism.

Ember: Don't worry about it. Besides, we're coming across one of the many offshoots of Sol in a few hours.

May: Offshoots?

Ember: Yeah Sol is a massive collection of cities and towns all throughout the Southern Sol Mountains.

Fred: There is the main city itself which we left two days ago, then there are the offshoots, small little towns and outpost all across the territory.

Leia: With a city that large you expect them to form their own kingdom.

Ember: Eh, people vote. They chose to stay allied with Mistral. (Leia runs ahead.)

May: What type of offshoot is it?

Ember: Residential. We hit that place for a day or so, rest up, kick back and then keep on moving.

Fred: Once we reach Amber Square, things should be smooth sailing.

May: Hey, what's that?

Leia jumps onto a slightly fallen post of a fence to get a closer look at a wall and building ahead.

Fred: That's... weird.

May: I though you said the offshoot isn't for another couple hours?

Ember: It should be?

Fred: Not on the map either.

Leia: Are those buildings... destroy?

Fred: We should search for survivors. (He rolls up the map and places it in his coat.)

The four run into the village as Leia and Ember leap onto the wall then destroyed tower. May runs in with Fred but also goes to another tower. Fred lifts a fallen plank of wood to find only plant outgrowth underneath.

Fred: Anything?

Ember: Nothing up here.

Leia: Likewise. (Both Leia and Ember jump down.)

Fred: May?

May: Notta (jumps off the tower and walks through the village.)

Leia: It's almost like the town was abandoned.

May: Hey! Check this out.

The three teammates run forward to May. They all stop at a small pillar. May moves the ivy growing over it to the side to read what it says.

May: Sol, District 4.

Fred: District 4?

Ember: That doesn't make sense. District 4 is in the east not the west. Unless-

Fred: This is the original District 4.

Leia: Orignal?

Fred: District 4 was meant to be a major agricultural and residential center for Sol's and Mistral's elite. (Fred walks away from the group to a stone boarder.)

May: What happened?

Fred brushes off some dust to show three claw marks.

Fred: What always happens.

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