They dismantled their barricade and carefully stepped outside.
Darkness still blanketed everything but it was thinner now like pre-dawn gray.
Victor suddenly froze in place upon spotting two figures ahead on the slope.
Their forms were silhouetted due to the darkness but he could make out the weapons in their grasp.
One held what looked like a long blade resting against their shoulder while the other gripped something resembling a spear...
They both had somewhat humanoid forms but in the Veilwood Playground, that meant nothing.
Victor slowly shifted his stance, subtly positioning himself between Aria and them.
The two figures didn't move at first as though waiting for Victor and Aria to make the first move.
One of them even tilted their head slightly, observing for a bit before finally stepping forward.
As they drew closer through the thinning veil of darkness, Victor's sharpened senses picked up details that the eye alone would have missed.
