Mélanie dashes forwards, and tries to outrun her assailants!

To your great surprise Mélanie steps back ever so slightly, still holding the unseeing gaze of the undead horde closing in on her, and then launches herself to the left! Ducking under the first swinging arm that claws at her, she runs at speed along the outer edge of the graveyard, bounding over fallen tombstones and other debris. Mid-air she releases an unexpected arrow that flies across the room with a piercing whistle. The head buries itself in the closest zombie, puncturing the eye socket with an unpleasant squelch but, though the victim recoils stunned, the arrow does not kill it. Soon it is clambering clumsily once again after the fleeing bounty hunter.

And away Mélanie goes! Still clinging to the far side of the huge chamber, beads of sweat cascading off her brow, she weaves her way around the many obstacles in her path, easily outpacing the slow pack on her tail. Five of them, near the entrance, fade into the distance as you keep your vision focused on the archer. A sixth, running awkwardly towards her from the centre of the room, is effortlessly avoided as Mélanie rolls under the oncoming blow, taking out the creature’s legs and leaving it sprawled in a heap behind her. The seventh and last stands still, blocking the entrance and roaring in defiance. Mélanie comes to a sudden stop and dodges out of the way of its outstretched arms, once, twice, then darts underneath its grasp to freedom. Turning around violently, the final zombie wails in anger, the bodily juices of its filthy corpse splattering out of its gaping maw. But it’s too late. The archer is long gone.

You sigh inwardly, simultaneously annoyed at Mélanie’s refusal to submit to your monstrous denizens and slightly glad that she hasn’t been claimed but such unworthy subjects. Brainless and unsightly, perhaps you wouldn’t have enjoyed the sight of her every aching orifice being unthinkingly ravaged by the animalistic undead. Then again...

Oh well. There’s always next time. With a light touch, you summon a fresh selection of potential hosts.