Unto Old Mountains

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  Mused Jade Advanced

  6 hours ago
  Keziah had been in the town for about three days at this point. She was staying at her parents house, but something didn't feel right. The first day she arrived, the air felt still and cramped. There weren't people milling about like there once was, and the only general store in the area was closed. She had also made note that the gate next to the local church was broken as well. The second day she was there, she noticed that when she got up in the morning, there were no longer birds chirping. When she had stepped out onto her mothers front porch, she noticed that her wooden wind-chimes had been taken down. Even the old stained-glass piece her mother had hung up next to the wind-chimes was gone too. Keziah hadn't noticed till that second day either that the cows that were in her mother's pasture had been laying down. When she was a child her mother had told her they only layed down for two reasons. One was when it was about to rain, and the second was if something bad was going to happen. For some reason, the animals could always sense the presence of something before the townsfolk caught on. This in hind-sight should have been a sign itself.
  
  When Keziah woke up on the third day there were clouds in the sky, but something felt off. She couldn't place what it was, but it's like there was a shift in the air. She got up from her bed, and walked into the kitchen where her mother sat with a freshly brewed cup of coffee. "Good morning sweetie." Her mother said with a curt smile. "Good morning." Keziah said, as she poured a cup of coffee for herself, and brought it over to the table. Once she sat down, she took a sip of her coffee. "It's awfully quite this morning." Keziah noted, while looking out of the kitchen window that was across from her. Although her mothers home wasn't in town, it was on the outskirts and she could see some of the buildings from here. There were one or two people she could see milling about. "It's been like that for a while." Her mother said a bit cryptically. "Things in this town haven't been the same since Glenn went missing." Keziah looked at her mother with wide eyes. "So that's why the general store was closed when I drove by."
  
  Glenn had been a close friend to everyone in this town ever since she could remember. He never had any kids, so he was the only person who ran the general store. He was the type of man to give you the shirt off his back if he could. Keziah took another sip of her coffee, and stood up. "I hope you don't mind if I use the house phone, I'm going to call some friends." She said, and her mother nodded. "Just don't go venturin' to far." Her mother looked at her with the coffee cup held between both of her hands. "It's nice to have you home."
  
  Keziah made her way to the living room and picked uo the house phone. It was a simple hand-held, but still worked on a land-line since signal here was spotty at best. She dialed Liam first, and as it rang she also dialed the number for Connor. This was something that she was going to need a group call for. As the phone rang, she took another sip of her coffee, and sat down on the couch in the living room. Soon, Liam picked up and Connor did as well. "Hey!" She said, as soon as the line picked up. "I have both of you on the same line, because this something I need to tell both of you." She took a deep breath. "This is going to sound absolutely crazy, but I need both of you to come up here. There is something about this place that's off...." She turned around to look back into the kitchen, where her mother was still sipping on her coffee. She felt a lump grow in her throat. "And some of the people here are acting strange."
  
  (Sorry, I got carried away 😭)

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