Rina, a foxlady, wakes up hanging from a tree in the middle of the forest. She is being hunted by a being of darkness that takes pleasure in possessing the bodies of her friends. Her bestest bud Glade is caught in the middle of it all and is constantly being hurt and put in danger.

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Rina Quest by Fidchell
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Rina Foxhart

The heroine. Rina is a sensitive, yet very enduring and nimble vixen who enjoys outdoor activities. She is the prime focus following the tragic incident in the forest near Locust Grove in which she may or may not have been the cause of.

Glade Williams

Rina's best friend. Glade is a she-wolf who has only been introduced to constant pain and misery ever since the Locust Grove incident. She is rendered helpless by dark forces and Rina does everything in her power to keep Glade out of harm's way.

Rasha Valdo

Rina's boyfriend. Rasha is a rabbit who likes to keep his coolness in check. He also enjoys collecting insects as a hobby.

Richard Heathrow

A male raccoon that gave Rina and Glade shelter shortly after the incident. He is now deceased.

Harry Saunders

A mental patient making a temporary stay at the Bell Shoals Hospital. He seems to have a lot of knowledge about the dark powers that hunt Rina.

Janice Carson

A nurse at the Bell Shoals Hospital who cares for Rina after the incident. She seems to constantly carry a bottle of painkillers wherever she goes.

The Darkness

Can be considered a collective since it refers to itself in a plural form. Not much is known about what exactly the Darkness is, but they carry hostile intent, and for some reason they keep blaming Rina for the incident in the Locust Grove forestlands.

The Moth

This strange creature has been shown stalking Rina several times. What is it and what is its intentions?

Plot

Chapter 1

Rina wakes up hanging upside down. She is tied to a tree branch by a long fabric. Rina has no recollection of the events before this. She looks down to see a person slumped against the tree she is hanging from and calls out to him/her, but he/she does not answer. Rina acquires a backpack hanging from a nearby tree branch and gets a switchblade and a bottle of energy drink. Rina cuts herself loose, but loses her grip on the tree branch and falls to the ground. Her leg collides with sharp protrusions of a stray branch on the ground. Rina spouts vulgarities and acquires a first aid kit nearby the slumped person. She gets a bottle of disinfecting alcohol and gauze, and grabs a flashlight that is nearby her. To her disappointment the items are not enough to provide a good bandage for her gruesome wound. She checks on the slumped person, who is dead. She takes his shirt and uses it as a bandage after removing the branch from her leg. Afterwards, she picks up a survival knife and a GPS/walkie-talkie device. She also keeps the backpack for a larger inventory! She checks the corpse's pockets and finds a strange box which she does not open. Rina whirls around to find dead bodies littered everywhere, bodies that she somehow didn't see before. A scream sounds from the distance and Rina follows it and a noticeable trail on the ground. Rina finds her friend, Glade, who looks seriously injured. Rina pulls her away from a nearby cliff to safety and discovers her arm is broken. Glade speaks nonsense, saying that voices are speaking to her, telling her that Rina is the cause of the horror. Rina is stumped by this and encounters a shadowy being who looms over Glade. He wields a hatchet and has a horribly disfigured face. Rina interrogates the creature, who reveals Rina is the "shackles" that bind "them" to her "fleshy prison." Not understanding a word of what the thing is talking about, Rina pulls out the box, which the creature seems to recognize, but states she cannot do anything with it. It ends the conversation by beckoning a hurricane. Rina holds on to the ground for dear life, but Glade is dragged over to the cliff. She calls out Rina's name but Rina is too late to save her. Glade plummets off the cliff and the wind stops. It is evident, however, that she is still alive. Her screams echo throughout the valley below. To Rina's right, she sees police vehicles making their way across a winding road toward the area Rina woke up in. Rina then encounters a spiritual being surrounded by light, who offers Rina their aid. Rina interrogates the spirit and they claim they can suppress the dark forces. Rina accepts the spirit and it merges with her body. Rina goes down the cliff face and follows the trail Glade left behind. She comes up to a winding road and finds a lone cabin to her right, which she goes to. She knocks and a male raccoon answers. He says Glade is resting inside and lets Rina in. As Rina watches over Glade, she informs the raccoon about what happened. He claims he already called 911 and that people are coming to help. He goes to the kitchen to make Rina something to eat and drink, but receives a hatchet to the head. He comes back into the living room transformed into a similar look that the dark being from before had. He has become hostile and attacks Rina, wielding the axe. Rina tackles him and tries to kick away the hatchet, but the raccoon grabs her leg and tosses her into the wall. The spirit awakens within Rina and her vision becomes shrouded in a bright haze. The spirit aids Rina by attacking the raccoon's mind, causing a struggle with the darkness inside him. Rina takes the opportunity to grab the axe and buries it into the back of the raccoon's neck, killing him instantly. The spirit fades away and Rina is left lamenting over her action. She moves Glade to the bedroom and goes to the telephone to call the cops and warn them, but someone is already on the other line. It warns Rina that they cannot be stopped and that she should not underestimate them. It hangs up and Rina discovers the cord is cut. The house is suddenly hit by an earthquake and the hurricane picks up again. Rina dashes over to the bedroom, throwing herself on Glade and shielding her from the debris. Rina blacks out from the pain.

Chapter 2

Rina wakes up with a splitting headache in what appears to be a hospital. She presses a call nurse button with no immediate response. She tries to turn on the TV in the room, but it has no buttons on it, so she searches for a remote. While doing so, she looks out the window to see a perfectly normal town. She decides to leave the room, but when she opens the door, a nurse is on the other side carrying food who was about to come in. The nurse tells her Rina is in the Bell Shoals Hospital in the city of Locust Grove and that Glade is under intensive care. After a few more questions, Rina greedily consumes her meal. After an attempt to converse with the Spirit, Rina leaves the room once more. She finds nothing unusual in the hallway other than a spilled bottle of pills. She explores the three floors below her with glances, but there aren't any people, even at the receptionist's desk. She then notices she has a black protrusion from her neck. Feeling faint, she goes and sits down in the bathroom, where she is choked by a six-armed monstrosity. She then wakes up in her hospital bed again. The nurse runs in the door and exclaims that she thought she was going crazy. Rina asks the nurse to check her neck, but the nurse finds nothing unusual. The nurse (who informs Rina her name is Janice) explains that she has stopped seeing people in the hospital, just like Rina. After an awkward hug, Rina decides to go explore outside, even though Janice asks her not to leave. After a few steps outside, Rina rushes back to the room out of fear from realization that the Darkness could have attacked her while she was not present. Rina finds Janice immobile. Thankfully, she is alive, but Janice explains that she is tired. The two decide to go to the administrator's office to find out where Glade is being kept. Janice tells Rina that she heard voices that spoke Rina's name with coldness. They go in the hallway together, and find a few people wandering the halls, as if everything suddenly went back to normal. Janice seems to forget that everyone had just disappeared not long ago. They go to the first floor. Rina is then embraced in the hallway by a man she does not recognize. She does not remember who he is until he speaks his name: Rasha, at which point Rina realizes that Rasha is her boyfriend. After making Rasha put his sunglasses on indoors, she turns around to find Janice gone. Rina asks for directions to the administrator's office but finds out he is at lunch. She also finds out that Glade is being kept on the third floor. Rina and Rasha ascend to the third floor to find a haggard looking man staring at them. Before he catches up with them, Rina gives a quick explanation of some of the events to Rasha. When the man makes it to Rina, he starts talking to her in an excited manner. Rasha tells him to step off, but Rina asks that he be given a chance to speak. He explains that Rina is a survivor for a reason, and everyone she meets becomes a part of her world. Before he can explain more he is rushed off by a nurse and Rina finds out his name is Harry. They proceed to Glade's room, where Rina has a short vision of Glade's horrifically mangled and slaughtered body. She snaps out of it and checks the room for surprises. Glade then wakes up, and everyone shares explanations. Rina asks Rasha if he has any friends that he can call for backup, but he claims he doesn't have anyone he would want to involve in this sort of thing. Rina then checks Glade's arm, which is bruised, but still functional with an ice pack and rest. Harry comes through the door and shuts it behind him, but is accosted by Rasha. Once again, Rina requests that Harry be given a chance to speak. He gives further explanation on yesterday's events and the box Rina found. Rina checks outside, which is now covered in thick black fog, and a nurse starts banging on the door asking for Harry. Harry freaks out, and suddenly a monstrous creature appears in the room, seemingly affected by the Darkness. Rina asks the Spirit for help, and this time it answers. While the creature is momentarily weakened, Rasha pins it to the ground with a blanket. While it's down, Rina and Glade kick it until Rina applies a sickle to its head and it stops moving. A police officer, a doctor, and Janice arrive. The doctor requests the police officer arrest Harry for murder, but Rina tries to defend him. The police officer recognizes Rina and wishes for her to come with him in order to explain the events at the forest. Everyone then leaves with the police officer. The last thing before the chapter ends is a cryptic moth announcement, the likes of which could also be seen in the first chapter.