The floor lurched forward, walls shifted, fog twisted, Players tossed around.
In front of them as they regained their composure was a forest of dead trees and flowers.
Grey as far as the eye could see.
Whispers could be heard off in the distance.
Lucia and the group gathered around each other, for a moment in silence trading glances to one another.
Lucia broke the pattern, " What the hell is happening? Are you all OK?"
Brant responded with a snarky "What do you think?" while looking at the other players.
The other players sat in disbelief, shock, horror, confusion.
Time passed, eventually small conversations formed between the others, while names were exchanged throughout.
Lucia, Brant, Camden, Marcus, Veyra, Kelly, Tyne, Kayla, John, Quentin, Luke, Adam, Zack
Lucia asked the others around her if they knew where the other guy was that took down Calvarix, no surprise to her none of them knew and some asked "Who"?
She realized thinking back that aside from her, Saylor, and Brant no one else had fought that monstrosity.
"Wait, how do I know his name?" She never asked him or even approached him. "What is happening"?
She re-approached the group "Did you all get abilities"?
All of them shook their heads, Brant followed up with "We should tell each other our abilities to formulate a strategy. We do not know how long this game will last or what we encounter"
Some agreed to share, others hesitated.
First to explain her abilities was Lucia, BloodWright, enables her to manipulate blood into weapons, barriers, chains.
Veyra explained next, System-Breaker, allows her to see brief visions of battles and possible outcomes, can influence her surroundings to those visions.
Marcus volunteered next, BurnWrought, allows him to set fire to objects based on his pulse and control the timing of ignition.
No one else volunteered information, silence settled, some started to cry, others fell asleep.
Lucia pacing back and forth thinking of all that has transpired deep in thought failed to notice a presence approaching.
Meanwhile, Saylor found himself standing in a white room, static filled the air, an odor unidentifiable pierced his nose.
The hairs on the back of his neck raised, his head began to feel as if it was on fire, eyes watered, he fell to his knees, nausea overwhelmed him.
He looked up and saw...