[ The insistence draws him back to himself, and he quickly pulls himself to his feet. Mo Xuanyu hesitates, but draws his sword and holds it forward, his grip shaking very slightly.
What emerges is not a corpse but a swirling shape that's more energy than solid. In the bright light it seems to shimmer and almost become invisible, but it's corporeal enough to affect the area around it. It crawls out slowly, giving a low wailing sound, disturbing dirt as it goes. ]
Master Shen, what...? I don't know what this is...!
Instinctually he put his arm out in front of Mo Xuanyu, herding him back behind. It didn't seem to be a ghost, it was definitely not a dead thing, a spirit? A god? A demon? He had no reference for this world! But, what he had seen so far, this felt out of place!]
[ But before Mo Xuanyu can say any more, the dirt starts shaking in various places around them. More of the earth starts to slide around as it's disturbed, and soon several corpses are starting to pull themselves out from below the ground. This seems to excite or agitate the shape, and it begins to swirl and move quicker, though it seems to be avoiding where the corpses are emerging.
With no better idea of what to do, Mo Xuanyu inches a little more behind Shen Qingqiu. ]
[Where were all these bodies when they were wandering around digging with nothing else? Why were they all climbing forth when there was this bright unknown entity before him!
He backed up more, keeping Mo Xuanyu even closer. He really wasn't sure what to do. Perhaps the strange creature will be distracted by the corpses and they could run.]
--What? But--what if it goes after the people who live here? Or the other disciples? Shouldn't we fight it?
[ Hi I am Mo Xuanyu and I have never before been in truly mortal peril in my life.
Now that more of the corpses are surfacing bit by bit, and even some heads are starting to emerge, it's even more obvious that they are focused on the bright shape. It slowly starts to creep its way across the ground, like rolling fog or a low cloud, shrinking back or wailing when it gets too close to any emerging corpses.
A hand appears from directly beneath it, and as if startled it starts to billow and shudder, partially dispersing and regrouping as if trying to get away from the corpse but having no idea how to. ]
[He did not know what to do, kill the corpses, kill the strange thing? Try and fight? Was it really dangerous? He didn't know anything about this world!]
[ Mo Xuanyu starts to flee, but two things stop him. The first is realizing that he has no idea where the instructors are at this point. The second is that the corpses aren't coming just from the landslide: they're even coming out of the woods and even a couple from the direction of the part of the village still standing. He might waste his energy to cut his way out, only for it to be the wrong way.
So... it's probably safer to stay with Shen Qingqiu at this point, isn't it?
He turns and runs back to beside Shen Qingqiu, pulls a flare from his supplies, and launches it into the sky. Hopefully someone else is able to come help. ]
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What emerges is not a corpse but a swirling shape that's more energy than solid. In the bright light it seems to shimmer and almost become invisible, but it's corporeal enough to affect the area around it. It crawls out slowly, giving a low wailing sound, disturbing dirt as it goes. ]
Master Shen, what...? I don't know what this is...!
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Instinctually he put his arm out in front of Mo Xuanyu, herding him back behind. It didn't seem to be a ghost, it was definitely not a dead thing, a spirit? A god? A demon? He had no reference for this world! But, what he had seen so far, this felt out of place!]
This master is unsure....
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[ But before Mo Xuanyu can say any more, the dirt starts shaking in various places around them. More of the earth starts to slide around as it's disturbed, and soon several corpses are starting to pull themselves out from below the ground. This seems to excite or agitate the shape, and it begins to swirl and move quicker, though it seems to be avoiding where the corpses are emerging.
With no better idea of what to do, Mo Xuanyu inches a little more behind Shen Qingqiu. ]
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He backed up more, keeping Mo Xuanyu even closer. He really wasn't sure what to do. Perhaps the strange creature will be distracted by the corpses and they could run.]
Find an opening and run.
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[ Hi I am Mo Xuanyu and I have never before been in truly mortal peril in my life.
Now that more of the corpses are surfacing bit by bit, and even some heads are starting to emerge, it's even more obvious that they are focused on the bright shape. It slowly starts to creep its way across the ground, like rolling fog or a low cloud, shrinking back or wailing when it gets too close to any emerging corpses.
A hand appears from directly beneath it, and as if startled it starts to billow and shudder, partially dispersing and regrouping as if trying to get away from the corpse but having no idea how to. ]
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[He did not know what to do, kill the corpses, kill the strange thing? Try and fight? Was it really dangerous? He didn't know anything about this world!]
Get your elders. I will keep it occupied.
[Somehow.]
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So... it's probably safer to stay with Shen Qingqiu at this point, isn't it?
He turns and runs back to beside Shen Qingqiu, pulls a flare from his supplies, and launches it into the sky. Hopefully someone else is able to come help. ]
I-I don't think I can get past them. Sorry.