BODIES WITHOUT SOULS

[ caroline's managed to find her way out of the woods, but the town doesn't provide her with any more answers than she'd gotten from her time in them. if anything, she has a whole new list of questions. no one seems to be in town to answer them and the night's not getting any warmer, so she's ducked into the nearest building. it's a bookstore, from the looks of it. all things considered she would have preferred a clothing store, if for no other reason than she's dressed entirely inadequately for the snow.

but it's got to stop eventually, right? and until then she can do some light reading.

caroline runs her finger over the bookshelf as she peruses the titles on display, but her nose wrinkles as it comes away covered in dust and grime. ]

Ugh. Maybe I'd be better off staying outside.

THE END APPROACHES

[ at some point, caroline's gotten tired of remaining in the bookstore and taken notice of the town hall, and after a quick look around and listen to make sure no one's close enough to witness (at least she thinks that's true, but she notices that her range isn't as good as it usually is; maybe it's the weather) and runs at top speed to the much more welcoming looking building. it's not the town hall from home, but it's familiar enough for her to feel a little bit more comfortable in spite of it not being much cleaner than that weird bookstore had been, and she immediately starts searching for a bathroom to wash her hands of the grime that's accumulated on them.

on her way to one, she gets distracted, taking note of the bulletin board. unlike the store, it looks like people have been adding to it recently (so there are other people here), and she walks over to take a look. there's a lot of different messages, but what draws her attention is the map with the note scrawled in red. ]

'He is coming'? Who is coming?

WILDCARD

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