Blackfoot Forest Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

her call need not have been made. the oncoming swarm was warning enough, though from a distance it looked to be nothing more than a shadow; the fact it was so dark had alerted hosannah, keen in her fear of it. the creatures came flying at the trees without a care, some bumbling in to one another and forming irregular shapes in the air, while others penetrated the first line of dark woodland, and the buzzing grew intense. hosannah was struck dumb by it. she was rooted to the spot, shocked and enthralled, until a myriad of locusts began pelting at her in their journey. one smacked her with its long body across the snout, another two ricochet off one another and smacked her forehead; she was suddenly scrambling backwards, nearly tripping on her own feet as she turned to run.

the bugs piled across the ground in a hungry frenzy. some landed on her shoulders — hosannah felt them there, and let out an abrupt shriek which tapered in to her sudden shaking to try and free herself of the sensation. then, she ran. she ran as fast as she could through the rising din of noise, tiny bodies, and groping parts. the woman charged with such conviction it was like she knew where to go, what to do - but her eyes were narrowed to slits and she barely witnessed where she ran. eventually she came upon the stranded form of liri, but did not know it. her nimble paws caught upon liri's body and hosannah somersaulted over her, landing in a heap before being consumed by her own heavy layer of locusts.

at this point something snapped in the girl. she began to tear at them even as they landed near her, having clearly lost her mind to the white noise; she snapped at any bug that whizzed close and twisted her body in every direction as she scrambled back to her feet; then, remembering liri next to her, hosannah began to clear the bugs off of the pale woman. liri - hosannah tried to call out through the chaos, - can you hear me? we must run! get up!

it was then that hosannah heard the summons from deeper within the forest; a call from amara, urging a swift escape for all.