Aribella Sandina leaned against the back wall listening to the mayor of this little nowhere town in Colorado that she had ended up in. The room was oppressive and stuffy, made even worse by the press of bodies as townsfolk and refugees packed the room to listen to the mayor speak what was new about the approaching apocalypse.<br/><br/>Flipping her long braided, golden blond hair over her shoulder she let out a small huff of air as she turned and walked out of the room, knowing that yet another American city was gone.  Stepping outside she stopped and reached down into the pocket of her green fatigue pants and pulled out the pack of cigarettes she had been hording. Since the world started being destroyed everything that was luxury became more expensive, cigarettes included.<br/><br/>Bringing the now burning tobacco up to her lips Ari looked around laughing as people scurried to and fro obviously in a hurry to be somewhere. With a sigh she shook her head and looked out towards her Jeep which help all of her worldly possessions, most having disappeared back at the University apartment or when her family home in Tennessee was overrun.<i>Luckily, my family’s all dead before this happened, </i>Ari thought looking east towards the slowly rising sun and the direction that the horde of Aragami…<i> whatever Aragami means…sounds like that art where you fold paper…</i>.<br/><br/>Slowly Ari smoked waiting and listening through the windows wondering what was going to happen next to this little town, the militia probably wouldn’t defend it and so no one would stay, if they were sane.<i> I hate this place, and this time, and what all is going on. </i>With a last drag she dropped the butt onto the ground and ground it into the building’s concrete porch with her combat boot.