Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5543592-20170125214247/@comment-5543592-20170127173703

The evergreen forest with it's some grass and pine needle floors gave way to hard, stale dirt and gravel.

A settlement of some sort was suddenly visible in the distance. A bunch of homes, all packed together, some on the street, some not. Even more peculiar, they were pre-war homes, and in pretty good condition as well.

At first, the place seemed empty, but once they reached the street, which was filled with gravel, it was clear this place was quite populated.

Children played in front yards, tended to by their mothers, grown men were at work in their garages that had been converted into shops, and young men roamed the sidewalks. Their clothing was poor, even by post-war standards, and it was clear some of it had been crafted after the fact. They were all the same ethnicity as William's archer friend.

The homes themselves were flimsy looking. Pre-war, yes, but they had been of poor quality even back then. This had been a poor neighbor and still was.

The archer led William up the sidewalk, and as he did so, people watched. A woman herded her children inside as William approached. A man sitting on his porch glared at William as he went by. A fat kid standing on the sidewalk, eating a snack, looked up as William drew near and his eyes tripled in size. He pointed at William as the former Thongzi walked back, as if to alert everyone to the stranger.

The archer appeared to be oblivious to it all and he led William up to a small house that sat at place of important on the end of the street. The pair climbed the porch and then the archer pointed with an exagerated gesture at William's feet, to say "Wait here."

He then opened the door to the house and went inside.

The fat kid had followed them to the house and was still pointing at William, whilst munching on his snack.