As they moved Shenyo continued to fuss with his ears, shoving them this way and that under the fabric to get them into a somewhat comfortable position yet not be too obvious to the casual observer. As they approached the body he stopped, eyes scanning the area around them. Eventually they too landed on the boy behind them.<br/><br/>Taking a few steps back towards the boy he pointed back in the direction they came. "Back!" Shenyo barked. "Get away now!" It was louder than he intended, but he wanted to make sure he scared the boy off. Yet the boy didn't move, his wide eyes staring at the body past them. Shenyo moved in between them to block his sight and shouted again, this time a monstrous noise without words or meaning. At the same time he stomped the ground once as if trying to scare away an animal.<br/><br/>As Shenyo tried to get the boy to move Lydia would catch something out of the corner of her eye. The hair of the blonde woman was moving slightly on the ground, yet the body was not. It was actually sliding very slowly across the ground in clumps that began to resemble tendrils more than individual strands of hair pressed together.<br/><br/>"Just! Go!" Shenyo was feet away from the boy now, towering over the stiffened boy who could only look back into his eyes with terror...and something else?<br/><br/>The world shimmered for just a moment before two pairs of crooked, blackened scythes had lashed out to pull Shenyo inward. One pair shot out from just above the boy's shoulders, another two feet above that where there was nothing but air. Just as that shimmer appeared Shenyo fell backwards into a roll, barely avoiding the deadly grip. "Lydia!" Shenyo shouted as he found his feet again, looking up as the illusion began to break apart.<br/><br/>Yet Lydia had her own share of trouble as the blonde figure slowly rose from the ground as if being pulled up by a string caught around her waist. Fresh blood trailed down her arms and legs before collecting at the tips and dripping to the ground beneath her. Her head tipped up and her eyes opened wide, the eyes of a snake staring directly into Lydia's. A horrifying hiss left her sharp teethed, unnaturally shaped mouth before a chorus of hisses joined in with her, those clumped strands of hair revealing themselves to be snakes with the same exact eyes. Each and every one stared directly at Lydia as they hissed, venom dripping from their fangs. This was no vampire. What were these creatures?