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Seems like it's that time now. It's raining, heavily.
Griffin:
"Fine by me."
You and Dave get into the halftrack with your new recruits.
Soon enough, you're on the trails leading back to base.
There's some chatter among the recruits, as it would seem that most of them know eachother. Only two stay silent, watching the trails the halftrack pass by.
As you're out on the trails in the rain, you spot a bunch of larger smoke-pillars eminating from where Shattered panes should be.
"Whoa... Looks like there's some kind of fire over at Shattered panes..."
JC:
You step out of the shack you've called home for your entire life. Into the rain-covered fortified farmstead of Ancient Dirt. Around you are several other small shacks, housing villagers and farmhands. In the middle of the farmstead, on the top of the hill lies the head farmer's home. A larger two-story house, with proper walls.
You're wearing your dirty jumpsuit, and your worn backpack.
In the backpack you carry: your lighter, your knife, and your light-crossbow, along with some bolts.
The gates lies on the side of the farmstead walls, leading out to the plains. From there you should be able to wander to the Valley of Pillars, where more tribal villages lie. Other than that, there's the deep jungle to the east. Though that's not a very kind place.
The farmstead is mostly empty. It lacks a trader, but there's sometimes a traveling one visiting. There's also a bunch of farmhands taking cover from the rain under a small roof, built to house firewood.
Graham:
You hurry on back to the village, using a path that leads up onto a concealed rooftop among the foilage. From there, you have a great view of the village.
Though it's not that great. It would seem that the village is in the process of being burnt to the ground by those mutants from the forgotten tower. About half the village lies dead, and the rest is screaming in terror as the tower soldiers kill without mercy.
There's atleast 60 of them. That's a lot of heavily armed mutants.
You could slide down to the street below if you'd like to enter the village.