Dead and Not Loving It

Looking back, telling Wuyi my fears that we were all dead and the dramatic rescue was going to amount to nothing, because --- being dead again, right -- was probably not the the best conversation to have while we were leaping down the miles like rabbits on one of the drugs Rupper pulled out of his stash box one night.
I should back up a bit.

After the ruins, we returned to the village. Poor half-eaten guy on the side of the woods got to me. I mean, yes, we’re all dead but if this is supposed to be part of the Elysian Fields then why the hell is he suffering?! But before I could try to help, Tal screamed. The Riders were attacking the village. I knew what I had to do: fight with my friends. So I went with them, noting that Tal was made up of bottled lightning and made a note to study her further, note how she was moving and why … speed seems like an interesting prospect. Digressing!

We battled the Riders - hungry corpses who had the nerve to throw teeth at me! TEETH! Well, we showed them quickly via Rupper’s rocking solo and Rex’s massive jaws crushing half of the zombies, and Tal, Kel, Wu, and I finishing off the rest. If Wuyi and I weren’t currently circling eachother with interest … Rupper would so be having me show up to his door later.

The village saved, we went after the riders that took off on horseback towards the river. Again, Tal took off like a streak of lightning, and Wuyi’s impressive leaping took me along. Then I told her about my idea and she called my ass fat. I really didn’t have time to respond, as by now she was leaping over the river and landed on the boat.

Before we could celebrate Wuyi’s amazingness, the Ferryman grabbed us and flung us into the river. Last thing I saw before I went under was Joshua’s face, then I hit the water. I remembered last second what the river bordering the Fields was and shut my mouth before the water splashed over me. I broke the surface, looking for Wuyi and panicked … only to have her groping some tentacle monster.

Kelly, the poor girl, dove in after us but forgot to not drink the water. She must have hit her head on some rocks at the shore as not only did her memory go, but her sense went as well.

As Wuyi and I exited the river, Ben picked up groupies in the form of the villagers we saved. The six of us discussed where we were, and the possible why, why we noticed that Kelly was ringing the bell. Out of the river, the boat and the ferryman reappeared. Without Joshua.

Shit.