>>5886806>>5886807Before she can respond you ride up to Acton and Rider, "We have a problem. I'm sensing we're not alone out here, something is just upahead." You tell the two hurriedly
"Are you sure about this? Could just be jumpiness due to bein' in the battlefield?" Acton asks with a layer of skepticism in his voice, not exactly wrong to think, but you still give him a leaded stare. You pull the horse you're on into a gallop to the area up ahead, scanning through in all directions. Then, you see Them.
Three darkly-clothed figures approaching your way in a casual stride, but it seems too stiff and uniform to call it Human movement. Well you now have a bad idea, but it's gonna get something from them either way. "Hold there! What are you guys doing out here? Don't you know what's going on out here?" You call out to the figures who simply keep moving.
Once they're in proper sight you see the full details. They're dressed black militaristic overcoats and berret, carrying axes and crossbows with some kinda whips at their hips in belts. But the thing that tips you off to their Alienness isn't the Venetian Ball-style masks, it's that they seem to not have a face or even a head at all. Just a dark and shadowy mass.
You just barely avoid one firing off an arrow streaking red past you. "Glory to the Tsar. Death to all who oppose the Tsar." They say in robotic unison, shit, that can't be good. You turn the horse around and ride off quickly as the beast can carry, but these spooky bastards are following behind quickly. In fact there seem to be more manifesting out of the air alongside them like perfect replicas.
Aiming your hand and letting your circuits flip on you send a charge into your hand. Firing off three Kevals into the leading chargers, picking up the speed with the horses you see your group. "SORRY TO SAY THAT I WAS RIGHT, IT ISN'T PEOPLE!" You call out before you're suddenly launched out of your horse by one firing a well placed shot into the poor fella's back to sever his spine. You land well as you could be skid out in the mud alongside the group.
