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The grey, pink and tan hills reflect the waning sunlight. Compared to earth, it's a bleak and stark landscape that spews out in front of Daniel. This is just one more example in the endless steam of nothingness that is Wormwood.

Daniel has spent the last several weeks (has it been months perhaps?) tracking a Demon that happened across his path. Normally a solitary being would be of little interest to Daniel, but this case is special. This demon leaves a fascinating trail of broken bodies in its wake. Each one tortured to the point of death and then left for nature to finish the task. Most were dead by the time Daniel discovered their tortured and mutilated bodies...but some, some were still breathing.

Daniel attempted to heal the first one that he came across and was technically successful. What he could not heal, though, was the man's mind. He stared blankly and unblinkingly off into the distance. No prodding from Daniel could bring him out of his stupor. After that, Daniel was careful to glean what information he could and then ease the poor souls into death.

The latest victim Daniel came across was also dead, but something else caught his attention as he surveyed the crevice where he tracked the man. Someone else had been there first. The tracks were small in the occasional dust, likely the prints of a woman. Judging be the tracks around the man, she had spent some time with the him. Perhaps she was able to glean more information out of him than what Daniel has been able to get from any of the demons previous victims. Going back to the main trail, Daniel follows the woman's tracks until a wheeled vehicle apparently picked her up. Having not better recourse, he follows the tire tracks instead.

As dusk approaches, Daniel comes over a small rise. The pungent smell of old smoke hangs in the air as he looks down at a small mining town nestled in a valley. Judging by the damage to the town it seems likely that it was the victim of a recent demon horde raid. A structure that is likely the towns temple sits in partial ruin. The upper floor, apparently made of wood, has been almost entirely destroyed by fire. If his instincts are correct, she's down their somewhere. Perhaps his quarry is as well. Now, where to begin?

After examining the tracks, Daniel stands up and starts walking , following the wheel tracks.

Smelling the smoke in the air , Daniel sees over a hill the town . He walks into town and looks around at the damage that has been done . He looks around for a tavern or some kind of gathering place for the locals to meet .


(ooc : ok joe this is a revamped post . like i said its a kinda a mess . )

Daniel saunters into town and looks around him. It resembles most any other mining town on Wormwood. It seems to be in better shape than most...at least before the recent raid. Likely this is a relatively new settlement. Will the people of this planet ever learn that it's not safe this close to demon territory? It's not safe anywhere, but least of all here. Likely some fool convinced the rest that there was a gem mine close by worth the risk. Not that it probably would have made much difference, but maybe a wall around the town would have been a good idea. Typical for a religious sect anywhere, though, it appears they spent more time and money on a temple than they did in looking towards there own defenses.

Walking through the streets it occurs to Daniel how plane the town seems. No store front signs, no hawkers in the streets. Walking past a plain building that is larger than the rest, Daniel notices that a number of tables are set up in a large open room. From the street it looks like one larger group of about five people...Daniel does a double take as he notices that one of the people looks more like a demon than a human. Even sitting, he's a good head taller than the rest. What Daniel can see of his skin it appears to have a blue-grey tint to it. A woman sits with them. Something is odd about her, she almost has a glowing shroud surrounding her.

At another table sits a group of three men. Two are dressed as temple soldiers and the other is just in plain clothes. They are eating and talking quietly among themselves.

As Daniel walks through the town , he notices the simplicity of the towns form . Nuthing flashy , just basic like an old logging town . He does also notice no defensive structures on the boarders of the town , just a fancy chruch building . He passes by the seemingly biggest building , he notices the people inside. He figures this must be the twon tavern , and decides to walk in and take a seat listing to the chatter of the large room while trying not to draw attendion to himself .

As he sits down in a corner facing the interior of the oom , he sees a table of 5 and a table of 3 .The table of 5 looks somewhat outt place to him .. From the looks of them , 1 is a demon three look human , and 1 , the girl looks like something from his past , like him but no sense of his kind in the area ..

As Daniel studies the group he sees a coin of some sort pass from the large creature to the girl. The girl studies it for a moment before passing it back and saying something quietly to the creature before standing up and departing the table. One of the men seated at her table abruptly stands up and follows her. As the girl moves Daniel can see that the Aura he noticed earlier is wispy and ribbon like. It seems similar, but still a bit different than what he's seen in his past.

The party of three don't seem to be talking about much except the occasional comment bragging about how one or the other of them fought off some demon today during what apparently was a demon raid on the city.

The group of five's conversation seems to be more focused on some task. As yet, they haven't said much since Daniel sat down. He did hear a brief exchange about talking to some of the townspeople.

The bartender, or more appropriately the proprietor, of the place walks up to Daniel and says in quiet voice "Can I get you something to eat and drink stranger? I'm afraid the selection is limited, but I did just fry up a fresh batch of grubs. They're very tasty if I do say so myself." The man looks on expectantly as he awaits Daniels answer.

Daniel looks at the server and smiles , " Just some water please , thank you ." After he orders the water, Daniel turns his attendion back to the group of 5 and notices again the ethereal strans coming off the girl as she looks at the coin , the demon handed her .

He speaks in demonisse , " You hunting for something Demon ? You sure do stick out around here ."