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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 2129961" data-attributes="member: 8243">Jianna, lost human femaleJianna's nerves are raw and jangling as she approaches the silent mockery of a town. Her eyes are red rimmed and her hair, face and clothes are streaked with trail dust. Her breath is rough in her throat. Exaustion worries the warp and weft of her consciousness. The distinction between the real and the imagined is getting blurry. Denied its time so long, the land of dreams is inserting itself into her conscious mind.Jianna can look after herself well enough away from the comforts of towns and cities. But the shadows of darkness that have persued her since she fled the farm haven't allowed her time to rest, let alone hunt and wash. She hasn't eaten in two days, and ran out of water 12 hours ago. She has to stop here.But she doesn't like the silence on bit. She squeezes the brigde of her nose in a vain effort to relieve the pain that has taken up residence behind her eyes. She moves carefully forwards.Out of the corner of her eye she catches sight of a dark clocked figure approaching the town in the distance. Hazy. Indistinct. It slips and twists out of focus.The first of the night. They are early today. They are getting bolder. Jianna sighs. She had thought that the town would provide at least some measure of protection. She slips down from her horse, carefully to avoid looking at the dark apparation, but also carefully keep watch on it from the corner of her eye. With her horse concealing her actions, she pulls the Henry from it holster. She steps out from behind the animal, bringing the heavy weapon up to her shoulder as she does. Her arms and legs are weak, she sways and the front sight drifts drunkenly across the landscape.Never going to hit anthing like this, she realises. But if your so keen to get into it ....She pulls the trigger. Works the lever action. And pulls again.((ooc: OK. I couldn't resist. One dark cloaked rider. A little heat haze for effect. A character so tired they are hallucinating ... it was too tempting.))</blockquote>

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