To Trudge: to walk or march steadily and usually laboriously.
After the forced march to Akari Unryuu's farm, everyone carrying as much weight as they could carry, and a few hours of rest - off they were again.
To some place that Shampoo had found.
She wasn't entirely sure that Shampoo was completely on the "up and up" - much less Cologne. Nor did she really understand how an electrical storm in the United States could end up turning off all electricity EVERYWHERE.
It wasn't just electricity though. As they'd gone out through the city, cars wouldn't run. Trains were mostly electric but they'd passed an old steam locomotive that someone was trying to get to run - and wouldn't. Gas ovens and such could explode but apparently there was some problem with keeping them going in the slow manner they were designed for. Akane didn't know the why or how, just what she'd overheard as they'd passed through crowds.
It was weird though, some of the cars were just sitting there with the drivers and passengers still sitting in there.
Cologne had noticed that SOME of those people had dried blood trails from nose and ears, and made a reference to the light and pain that had suddenly occurred with whatever the event had been. Nabiki had speculated earlier, while they'd been gathering packs, that everyone had apparently experienced the light and pain. That Nabiki had commented that even those facing away from the windows had shielded their eyes.
Akane wasn't especially trained in medicine. She'd picked up some first aid knowledge but that was about the extent of it. Doctor Tofu would be the one to ask, but right now everyone was silent and wrapped in their own thoughts. Akane thought though, felt it almost like a splinter that had worked into her, that there was something about the concept that really bothered her. There was something about that idea, something important, but it hovered just out of reach.
Finally the trudging march came to a break as first one after another of their group exited the tunnels. Due to the crowding, Akane was really only aware of it as one of the others came to a complete stop and blocked the tunnel. Causing everyone else to stop. Which also incidently caused her to continue walking forward until she found herself with a few centimeters clearing between her nose and a sumo-pig's backside.
When the roadblock had cleared and she could exit the tunnel herself, Akane found she was:
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