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Pasithee was making so much noise, banging on the door. If she had stayed quiet, maybe she could have hidden for a bit longer.

Maybe.

Instead, her desperation was like a beacon for the creature. The fog rolled in thickly, spilling like water poured from a jug. It churned through the village, quickly filling the remnants of what paths might once have existed.

It came right at her.

The monster was nowhere to be seen, but there was a pair of dark, piercing eyes that stared at her through the wall of white dampness. The fog was strange, clutching at her, dragging her away from the door. It felt like hands curled around her legs and wrists, tugging her back towards the forest, even before the beast made an appearance.

But, it was there.

The air was too cold, too frightful, for it not to be.

The scream seemed to be enough to will the beast into existence--a few yards away from her. Whatever strange sensation she had felt must have been a hallucination of the fog; as soon as she cast her magic, the hallucination behind her disappeared.

The creature itself remained, though, only a few feet away. It took another step towards her, hands opening and closing as though it were itching to attack. It's black eyes were locked on her and there was something almost hungry about them.

As the fog continued to swirl around her, to grip and pull at her, it seemed like more hallucinations were popping up in the misty whiteness, and it was difficult to see what was real and what was fake.

If she wanted to escape, she was going to need to find some place that was open and unlocked and hope that she could lock the door and secure it enough before the creature caught up with her.