All the Old Roads - Scene 3

RIGHT, THEN.

Lacey losing the will to look perplexed.

Her shoulders sag, like the energy's been
drained from her entirely.

So that's how it is.

Lacey walks amidst a throng of people.

Some of them are visibly inhuman.

In the end, what else is there to do but walk?

Through a sea of faces she opts not to observe directly.

Better, probably, to save her energy for bigger shocks.

A courtyard of some kind, fenced in by a
strange mix of structures, from a ruined
brick facade to the kind of fencing one
would expect at an active work site.

Foliage is growing all over the place, but
the cobblestone path still seems tidy.

The area is littered with strange plants and
items. From left to right:

* A stoplight with black grime hanging off of it.

* A skull of some kind, attached to a pelt. It has
multiple horns and a single large eye socket, with two
peripheral eye sockets to either side of its head.
It has a mix of canine and horse teeth.

* A tree with luminescent bulbs growing out of it.

* A normal looking bulletin board with a map affixed
to it

* Scaffolding with a very oddly shaped tree draped
over it

* In the foreground, a fern made out of hair,
surrounding a plant growing bioluminescent bulbs
similar to the tree in the background.

* A statue of some kind, what was previously a dog
and cat being friendly. Their heads have been
replaced with a baseball (cat) and a basketball (dog).
The dog is wearing a cheap demon mask and a party hat.
And a boa. Both are draped with Christmas lights..

Of those, there are plenty.

For the oddities that surround her, she has no words. Most feel inadequate.

And the rest haven't been invented yet.