Screaming like a stuck mynock.

"That way," Jaq says, pointing.

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"Could you be a little more specific?"

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"How far?" Teja asks.

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Kate shrugged and pointed out as she was gearing up to go, "We really need to get going if we want to put some distance from these guys."

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"That way, for quite a while. Look for towers."

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"Okay, thanks Jaq. Same departing message as before."

Guppy sets off in the right direction, at speed.

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Teja follows easily, stalking through the snow with long legs like a grim stork.

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Kate hurried along the path, keeping alert. She had her bow out by her side. She had also brought her vibroblade along.

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It isn't long until there is movement after them. People they may recognise as guards from the village - they wear furs that are more extravagant than most, and carry vibroswords and blaster rifles - start moving through the forest towards them.

There are about six in total. They all have blood on their faces.

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Guppy glances behind, unsure whether these are people who need help or are about to attack them.

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"Eyes," Teja whispers, grimly. "Look at their eyes!"

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Kate's eyes narrowed, and she tensed.

"Guys, I don't think they're here for a warm send-off."

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Guppy whips out his stun gun, pulls Teja and Kate close, and sets off the sonic screech - they are protected by being next to him. He then shoots a round of stuns at them all.

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When they are hit by those, Teja pulls out his sahs. "Do we ask them questions?" he wonders. "Can we ask them questions? Or shall we give them the mercy stroke, and be on our way?"

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They seem entirely unconcerned by both sonic screech and stun bolts. They don't even appear to notice, merely continuing towards the three.

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"I'm not sure if they can even talk. Let's just stop them and get out of here." She readied her bow, and fired some arrows at their limbs to slow them down.

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Guppy puts his stun gun away, gets out his blaster and his sword. He fires the former and keeps the latter ready.

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It takes Teja a moment to string the short Hunnish bow made by Attila; then, he shoots for the attackers, also, not aiming for their limbs, but for their hearts, meaning to kill.

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Kate still wouldn't kill, but she was certainly trying to injure them to stop them. That meant arrows to kneecaps, and feet.

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There are numerous direct hits, with bursts of blood and (in the case of Guppy's blaster) sparks. They don't stop moving, but the jerky awkwardness in their gait becomes more apparent: They begin to move less like people and more like extremely ungainly and inflexible costumes.

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"What the hell are these things?" Guppy asks, firing another round of stuns.

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Teja gets out his fold-up naginata and opens it, ready to slice into the creatures when they come closer.

Planting it into the snow, he keeps shooting.

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"In a word? Zombies." And that changed the game a little here to include headshots with here arrows until they get closer for hacking with her vibroblade.

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