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Started February 26, 2019 by Deleted user

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"Trying very hard not to fall apart." She answered in a rare burst of honesty, as she tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

"Relatable," Erin sighed, pulling the stairs down and locking them into place so they wouldn't spring up. She stepped on the first one lightly, making sure it was stable before continuing. She looked back and signaled for her to follow.

She nodded, following Erin up the steps into the attic. She was extremely glad that she had never been claustrophobic, because the attic was indeed small.

Erin immediately rushed to the winter boxes, pulling out a winter tent. "It's still intact…" She muttered, relieved. She dug through it more, finding thermal clothes and winter fire starter packs, grinning as she shoved it in the large hiking pack. "You can go through anything… Actually…!" She trailed off, and idea igniting within her brain.

"That sounds as though you have had an idea." Manon pointed out, lips quirking into a half smile.

"I don't think we have flares but…" She smiled at the summer supplies corner. "Would fireworks do the trick?" Erin requested.

"That, is a brilliant idea." Manon made her way over to the summer supplies, digging through.

"Take anything you think we need, I don't want to come back." She went through her corner once more until she was satisfied with the supplies she was provided with.

She nodded, grabbing a few small fireworks and a water canteen. "We do not need much."

"Yeah. We need food too though. I think we have enough supplies…" Erin trailed off, stuffing the supplies in the bag tightly.

"Non-perishables, like jerky and dried fruit. We can use the snow for water, which saves space." Manon ticked off on her fingers.

She nodded. "But we also have to take into account there may be chemicals in the snow…" Erin mumbled.

"Well we could boil it, but we would have to decide whether starting a fire is worth what it might bring." Manon pulled a face as she thought.

"You're right…" She looked over the attic once more. "I'd say we have everything from up here… It's best that we get the food and head off."

She nodded. "Lead the way." We can only hope there are people in town, alive and normal.

She jogged down the stairs until they were in the kitchen once more. She grabbed another hiking pack and opened the pantry, pulling granola bars, canned tuna, and chicken, a few stray MREs, and dried fruits and jerky. She turned to Manon, "Do you think this is enough?"

"That should be, yes." She grew quiet for a moment, face growing solemn before she met Erin's eyes. "We have found ourselves in quite the situation, no?"

"We have…" She sighed. "I just hope we can remain safe until we figure this out…" She swallowed nervously.

"I have your back if you have mine." She said, a determined spark in her eye. "We will figure out what is going on, together."

"I'm glad you're determined, now, I think we should head out. We have our supplies and I want to get as far away as I can from that damn forest." Her brown eyes glared at the direction of the forest.
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"We have to go through it to get away from it. Let's go see what has become of this area, yes?" She followed the direction of Erin's gaze, trying not to let any worry show in her tone or face.

She looked at her as if she was insane. "But-?" She muttered, worriedly.

"Well how else are we to get through? Any road will not have the amount of cover we will need, making us sitting targets." It wasn't the right expression, but she had other things on her mind, and it made her point.

"You're right…" She sighed, "we should stay at the edge though." She argued. "I-" She paused to glance out the window. "really don't think getting lost inside there would be a good idea…" She winced once more at the picture installed within her mind of the lake.

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"You make a good point." Manon nodded, following her glance to the window. "We should go now though, or we will be caught out there as the sun goes down. I do not think night will be as kind as the day."

She nodded respectfully as she strode to open the door. "You have everything?" She asked with a twinge of anxiety.
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"Everything I can." She said surely, shifting her feet a bit. It would look like nervousness to someone else, but she was making sure her knife was secured inside her borrowed boot.