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The town was quiet, with everyone preparing to settle in for the night. The innkeeper was preparing to add the padding to keep the chills out before he heard screeches from outside. Stricken confused, he and several other quickly went outside, confronting the terrified woman.

"What's wrong ma'am? Why we're you screaming?" The innkeeper asked the woman, trying to keep her from panicing anymore. The woman weezed, trying to take deep breaths as she spoke.

"A man... he... he came out...of his coffin. He was dead... dead! And he came out! Right there...in front of my eyes! AN UNDEAD MONSTER!" She pratically screamed, causing her trouble with breathing.

"Undead? Ma'am... are you sure you're alright?" He asked her, glancing at the others who stood around with looks of confusion and disbelief. The woman only shook her head, her eyes seeming to shrink as she screamed and pointed at a distant figure that was approaching the town, causing even more concern and worry amoungst the people as they squinted to see the figure.

He goraned quietly, his bones cracking quietly as he walked towards the town, town?. Slowly he was makeing it there, people were shouting and looking towards him. He turned slightly as he walked, looking behind at what they saw, nothing. "aaauhhh h....eeeell.....lp" he managed to say, though the words ment nothing to him as he continued on, stumbleing as his limped foward.

The word Zombie brought to Saisei's mind images of the way her people sent their kings to the next world, wrapped tightly in the whitest of cloths...She followed the boy down the stairs, tucking the mint leaves into a side of her mouth, the oils, already working wonders on her ailments. She grabbed his arm and helped him up, her smaller frame abnormally strong. She looked to the door, pulling from under her cloak a long, dangerous looking damascus sword, and touching the eye on her tiara for a moment, saying a word of prayer or two.

The cadaver kept growing nearer to the town, limping and stumbleing deafly. A hollow yell came from his throat towards the townspeople as he began to speed up at a slow rate. Something was scareing them, Scareing? Fear? And he didn't know what it was, something behind him... somethign told him to move, to run to safety, and he did. The town was less than a few minutes away now.

Magdalena nipped at Shelden's hand as he swatted, squacking in mild annoynance at being jarred this way and that. She clung to him, however, even when he got up and walked to the door. She gave a peck on his head in annoyance to his moving. The comotion, however, caused her to over look her perch's wayward movements and look now to the panic outside.

Magdalena flew from Shelden's head and inside the Inn, taking herself to perch at the window she'd been let in from. A supposedly dead being walking forward wasn't something one would normally see in these instances, but she wasn't completely surprised at it, either.

~Stay put until something needs to be done. Most likely a fool will take it out.~ She thought to herself.

Shelden watched carefully as people ran out to confront this 'walking-dead' avoiding being ushered back into the inn by the innkeeper. He watched the man try and help the fellow who Saisei had hit, catching the look of uncertainty one the innkeeper's face as he looked back at the two before dragging the man inside. Selden took a few step closers, wanting to help if he could, blinking as the sound of a lock snapping shut caught his ear.

"What the...?!" He said, turning around and running back towards the inn, trying the handle on the door only to find it didn't budge.

"What the heck?! You can't go locking people out here you crazy- CAN YOU EVEN HEAR ME?!" He shouted, slamming a fist at the door and yelping, hopping back a bit and nursing it.

"Oww..." He grumbled, noticing the cold and quickly retrieving his gloves from inside his robes. He pulled then on, giving a little shiver before standing up.

"Ugh... could've at least given me my staff... book makes no good for fighting..." He grumbled.

Magdalena fluttered to the ground, where-in she transformed into her human self. Long ebody locks shaded her fair and gentle visage as she ran to the door that had so rudely shut her perch out in the cold. With grace, and eagerness, she opened it to let the poor boy back inside.

"You should stay where it's safe and warm, young master." She told him. She reached out and grabbed him, dragging him back inside before slamming the door shut behind him.

Saisei nodded her head, fighting a cough.

"Yes. It wants help. The pitiful creature doesn't even know it's dead," she said. She reached into a pocket of her muslin coat and pulled out a handful of something.

"Shield your eyes," she warned, throwing the item to the ground, creating a flash of white, white light and lavender smoke. The wall of ice glistened like lightning. Saisei skulked atop the wall of ice, leaping down towards the rotting mass and delivering a swift blow to it's head with one of her lithe feet. She hit the snow hard, and rolled, the tangible white crunching under her. She laid there for a second or two, and coughed harshly, a small spatter of blood landing on the virgin blanket of crystal. She stood, wiping her mouth and pointed her blade at the creature.

"I will deliver you into death now if you so wish," she said, her voice rattling in her throat.