***WARNING: LANGUAGE, GORE, VIOLENCE, AND MASS DEATH***
Celestia, Aero, Nicolas, and Maevis all ran for the balcony branch to see what was coming. They could already see the faint glow from the beginnings of a fire along the edge of the boundaries to their sanctuary, but that wasn't the part that made them worry..
A massive machine that was taller than most of the trees was cutting a line straight through the forest, and heading for the heart of their settlement. Oversized arms with gigantic rotating saws cut down tens of trees at a time as the monstrosity slowly made it's way towards them. As it came closer, Nicolas sent a mental message to Hugo to fly over.