Lightning strikes twice

Hi. I'm back.

Allow me to fill you in on what happened since my last post.

Moira died. I still don't know who killed her, but it didn't take long before there was a shootout between AMU and the combined forces of KRAKEN and the White Comet. I ran for cover, as did Robin and Leo. We weren't there for our firepower, after all. Jenn, however, shot some people on the other side, and she killed at least a few of them. It wasn't pretty, but it had to happen. They weren't going to let us into the Forest, and it was going to be bad enough just getting there.

Pretty soon, KRAKEN got taken out, and the White Comet fled.

We had dealt with our human enemies, but we still had a Forest to enter and a Convocation to deal with on its outskirts.

The birds stood vigil on the treetops, outlined in flashes of lightning and screaming in the sounds of thunder. At the same time, a young woman in a red dress walked out of the Forest with unnatural movements and a huge black dog with burning eyes padded into our midst.

The Convocation. The Wooden Girl. The Black Dog.

Our work was cut out for us.

 

We turned to an AMU higher-up named Dr. Eiffel, expecting a command to retreat. She didn't give it. We stood there, knowing that any of the three Fears could kill us in an instant, until, finally, something happened.

There was a voice from behind- the voice of Cimbrius Tviblindi, de facto director of AMU.

"Excuse me," he said as he pushed past Avie.

"Mr. Tviblindi, what are you doing here?" asked Dr. Eiffel. "It's dangerous!"

Tviblindi grinned. "Don't worry about me, Cassandra." Slowly, he took the sunglasses from his eyes.

 

Behind were not the eyes of a blind man, but the eyes of the Blind Man. Avie's account describes him as having had white voids instead of eyes, but what I saw was just a... blank patch of skin where his eyes should have been.

The others knelt before him, save for one Professor Malkator. Leo, Robin, Jenn and I glanced at each other and did the same. 

 

"There is no time for formalities, my children," the Blind Man said. "I am here to ensure your passage into the Forest. There will only be a short window for your survival. Do not hesitate."

The Blind Man and Black Dog approached one another, the Black Dog growing larger with every step until it was three times its original size.

 

The two of them stared at one another, the Blind Man with eyes that were not there and the Black Dog with eyes that burned like coals.

 

Neither made a sound.

 

The silence was finally interrupted by a cold and bitter wind, accompanied by the sound of a child singing "Alouette." The Cold Boy had arrived, and was standing by the Blind Man's side.

 

The Blind Man threw his cane at the Black Dog as it leapt towards him; midair, the cane transformed into a golden spear, piercing the Black Dog's hide.

The Convocation fell like a thunderbolt upon us, but a wall of ice blocked their descent. The Wooden Girl outstretched her hand, sending a number of strings towards us, but from nowhere, her form was blocked by that of a black mass of feathers, an anomalous being called Valravn that dug its claws into her wooden skin.

With the Fears entangled in combat, Dr. Eiffel gave the order, and we ran into the Forest.