Rebby became confused as soon as she somehow ended up in a group of people, all going to the exact same place. No one spoke a word as the gem she held started to glow, to which it was quickly discovered that everyone else had a glowing gem of differing color. A few seconds into the silence the sound of water slowly stopped sloshing along the shore line and the air grew incredibly colder. When she looked away from the other people the atmosphere was very noticeably different. The water was frozen, the air around them was cold and a little bluer than normal, the world around them had suddenly turned to ice.
She was too confused and shocked to let out a gasp, so she let her body swing around in all directions to get a better grasp of what was going on. It didn't ease her worries at all, so she stopped and looked at a suspiciously intentional frozen path of water that leads to a certain formation of rocks. She hasn't been out here at the shore much, but apparently the formation of rocks formed a hand. It is said that those who go near the hand are never seen again. At least that's what the rumor mill around school always said. Apparently criminals that are never seen again are said to have been dragged down to the depths by that hand. It was easy to dismiss them as rumors, but with how things are being right now... no, it's probably something else. This right now is a very unnatural phenomenon.
"I don't know about you people, but I am having none of this shit."
She turns her back to the ice path and puts her hands in her pockets
"Any of you see a creepy begger and almost get hit by a car? Those felt...wrong. This feels wrong."
What the big woman said made her eyes widen a little. Those are very specific words to say, so specific that it is exactly what happened to her. A red car if she was correct, with a strange license plate. She couldn't say anything on it as the woman was already on to her next subject.
"This is some demonic shit, getting led here by rock and seeing an ice path to a cursed hand rock? Don't know about y'all but what ever they are selling I am not buying." The punk says, pointing at the hand formation.
That would honestly be the most logical thing to do, but she knew that no one else would believe them if they told anybody. Who would believe anyone if they said the shore froze over and a solid frozen path lead to the hand-rock formation. However, she felt that intense feeling, the yearning, return alongside the glow of her gem. She clutched her gem and looked upon the frozen ocean. If she returned now she would have to return home, but she wanted to come back as late as possible.
She watched as the woman with the black gem respond to the big woman.
"This thing isn't going to leave me alone until I figure out what's going on. So I'm going to figure out what's going on."
She folded her fingers around the gem. Dark light spilled between her fingers.
"You can chicken out if you like but you'll just end up coming back anyway. Me, I'm going where this is taking me so I can end it one way or another."
Rebby clutched her gem even tighter as the woman spoke a simple truth. Even if she left she would probably come back everyday until she decided to go. When she doesn't know, but if she did it now there would be no room for doubts in her mind. The yearning would just come back again and again until she couldn't take it anymore. She felt a small kind of admiration for the brave woman, with her current get things done attitude. This somewhat set her mind in the mood to be able to walk towards the formation, across the frozen ice.
Sandra smiles "Walking into the den of the beast, eh? Facing what ever tries to reel us in?"
Sandra turns around fully and strides forward "This is a dumb idea, you know that? But hey, might aswel punch the jaw of whatever is luring is here, before it eats presumbly." Cassandra says, laughing.
Her small resolve somewhat weakened. She doubted she would be able to fight whatever came their way, but the desire to see something new and exotic still enticed her. She just hoped nothing too dangerous was abound.
She took a deep breath, "If everyone else is willing to go so be it. I'll follow." Even though this was a complete group of strangers, it was either safety in numbers or never having your body found again.
