Erratically Mia tumbled through the water, her sense of direction thoroughly thrown off as she was left helpless in the water’s flow. Eventually and thankfully before she ran out of breath, she broke the surface of the water on the other side, frantically trying to gain any footing the water freezing around her, ice forming and clinging on her wet limbs.
[Mia, calm down. You can stand.]
She tumbled around, grasping out for a hold only to hit water, that rapidly froze around her palm creating a little floating platform she would sink into the water while trying to lift herself up, further throwing herself off. She repeated this process until the water around her was turned into slush, this new sensation calming her enough to finally find her footing.
“…urgh…” She sat up, inspecting her ice-covered arm, shaking it to remove the ice. She repeated this with every limb as she climbed out of her frozen hole “Can she follow here?” she asked, looking back into the water.
[Most likely. Size doesn’t seem to be an issue for her.]
Nodding, she took off down the hall. She did not know if this was the right way, nor how far she had to run. She just knew she had to get out of here.
If Cy could follow her then she did not have a lot of time, it not helping that she was leaving an obvious path to follow with her still making ice platforms for her to run on, but it couldn’t be helped.
And just like they thought, after little distance was made an explosion rung out from behind Mia, the entire hallway rumbling.
“Little fox!” The deep gurgling voice of Cy reverberated down the halls “You cannot escape!”
Mia didn’t look back, especially after hearing the grating sounds and rumbling of Cy borrowing through the hallway towards her. She didn’t look back, hoping she had gained enough distance for it to mean something.
But alas, run as she might the exit was still an unknown distance away, and the wyrm caught up “There you are!”
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She glanced back, seeing the teeth, claws, and mandibles dig their way towards her, forcing through the walls and destroying everything in their path. “…slow…” in an attempt to gain the maximum distance possible without needing to slow down to dodge, Mia slowed down time, while increasing the rate she added to her Dex for speed.
Which helped, after two slows and 100 spent points later she had a huge lead, and an ache in her legs as recoil hit her. “Hnm.” She struggled, ignoring it as she attempted to point more but quickly found out it wasn’t feasible, anymore and she’d collapse.
But it seemed to work out, looking back couldn’t see Cy anymore, she’d just have to kee-
Cy burst through the ground from underneath Mia, slowing down time once more she managed to break ahead before Cy adjusted herself back into the hall.
“How many more times can you do that? I know there is a limit!”
“…annoying” Mia spat, though she was right, as she had seen it. All she could do was run and hope she could get through this without having to risk loading to slot 1. She was getting tired and desperate. She didn’t want to potentially lead this thing back to her village, and she didn’t see a way she could get out of this.
She could only be so determined, especially when faced with something like what was following her, wanting to turn her into a doll. She sighed, giving up and wanting to accept all the help she could get, she was way in over her head. “Ami… do you th-euuavuea-vu-vuv-v-vu-vu” Mia halted in her tracks, her hair standing on end, she felt something wash over her, as if she had just passed through something.
“What wa-“she was about to question it, but a loud bang interrupted her, a series of cracking and intense rumbling soon followed.
Turning to the source, Cy had collided with that invisible *something*, her body building up behind her. “T-this is!” Cy backed up, then charged forward, colliding with the invisible wall that refused to budge. “You! Fox is this your doing!?” Cy’s mandibles crashed down on the wall, trying to force her way in. giving up, she proceeded to smash her head into it to no avail.
Taking the advantage, Mia ditched Cy, running down the hall “Weird, what was that…” she questioned, but was thankful for it, it was a stroke of luck that…it…
Mia slowed “No… “she stopped as her heart sank, not believing what was in front of her “Why here?!” She shook her head frantically, slapping it a few times to make sure she wasn’t dreaming “It doesn’t make any sense!” She shouted “They are invading west! Right?!” She yelled at no one.
As small white motes of light fell from the dungeon’s ceiling, Mia knew what she had just passed through, and knew only one group that used this barrier.
The church was here.