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The first few spots of rain dropped from the heavens and plummeted into the darkness of Raccoon city, smashing down upon the ruined schoolhouse. There they formed little rivulets that ran down the uneven floor, collecting in the deeper recesses. As the larger drops began to fall, the tranquil surface of these small puddles were suddenly brought to life, dancing in an ecstasy of water and life. More rain fell now, soaking everything not under cover and creating a claustrophobic atmosphere inside the schoolhouse; seemingly isolated from everything else by a moving, liquid curtain.

A hand, small and pale in the moonlight, plunged into the largest of the puddles, greedily scooped up the clear liquid before shooting back into the blackness, to an equally pale mouth. Lyra continued in this fashion for several minutes, gulping down the water and loving the feeling of it running down her parched throat. Her hair hung in greasy strands, dirt was smeared across her face and her clothes were soaked, but she did not care; who was there to see her anyway? She splashed a little water into her face, before straightening up and retrieving her pack from the corner of the sodden room. She opened it and snatched a few empty plastic drinking bottles out, taking them over to the ever-filling puddle and scooping as much water as possible into each of them. She took a good, long swig from the last bottle, before filling it once again from the puddle.

A flash of light made her jump; Lyra stared up through the broken roof to look for the source, only to have her ears assaulted by the huge rumble of a nearby thundercloud. With a whimper, she once more retreated to the corner of the barricaded room, weeping softly and trying to ignore the gnawing hunger in her stomach…

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"The Black Wing, and with it launched a suicide run deep into the sewers, detonating the shipboard EMP amid a Sentinel building factory. Unfortunately, though both the ship and the factory were destroyed, Scarecrow himself survived and now finds himself stuck, hoping that his Locator Beacon will attract a passing ship before something else finds him."