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[fortunefail]

[It's Thursday evening and the sun is slowly beginning to set. As dusk falls, Luceti residents who are near the south east edge of the village may notice a peculiar shimmering in the bushes. Like dancing sparkles, if you will. They may easily be mistaken for fireflies, but that is far from the truth.

Yuan has returned from his (silent) kidnapping and mana is literally evaporating from his body. Bright sparkles are rising up from his skin, before fading into the night air. Not to mention the peculiar smell coming from him. Evaporating mana emits a rather unique aroma that's neither pleasant nor unpleasant. The best way to decribe it would be... 'odd'. It's both a curious situation and an extremely embarrassing one, which is why he makes sure to stick to the forest's edge as he slowly makes his way home. He'd reach house 8 a lot faster if he crossed through the village itself, but he'd rather take a detour than make himself the center of attention.

All the way around the northern edge of the village he goes, but the closer he gets to house 8, the more exhausted he feels. Losing mana is like losing life and the more he pushes himself, the greater the fight to stay conscious. He'll get there eventually! Anyone is free to spot the peculiar sparkling man along the way.]


[[OOC: Tags will come from filamentfail!]]

Comments

[filamentfail]

[That's... Wait, who is that? She seems familiar, but Yuan's a little too tired to fully remember.]

... Not of my own volition, I assure you.

[failguardian]

Hehehe, yeah! It looks pretty stupid. So, how come your skin is doing that?

[Is it a rare disease or something???]

[filamentfail]

[Whoever this girl is, she's pissing him off. If only he had enough energy to just walk away.]

I have the Malnosso to thank for that.

[failguardian]

[Rude!!!]

Oh! Did you get kidnapped? [Wait.] You're looking kinda tired. Are you okay?

[filamentfail]

I'll be fine once I get home.

[Which is why he's going to keep walking- not towards the village but further along the edge of the forest. He's very determined about not moving into plain sight.]

[failguardian]

[Following him! She doesn't really have anything better to do, and she'd rather Yuan not collapse out in the middle of nowhere by himself. Even if he is a grouchy old man.]

I didn't know you live out in the forest!

[filamentfail]

[Oh, just look at how fast his face fell again.]

What kind of ridiculous assumption is that?

[failguardian]

[Yuan you need to stop sending such ridiculously mixed signals.]

You don't? The village is that way! [Points.]

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[thefinaljedi]

Then, lets get you indoors

[He'll press on.]

May I ask, why are you so reluctant to accept my help? I sensed a great deal of hostility at first.

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[filamentfail]

[Yuan's silent for a moment. People often complain about his reluctance to accept help, but nobody's ever asked him why. Most people would call it stubborn pride.]

... You never know who you can trust in a place like this.

[filamentfail]

I know.

[And yet he isn't altering his course in the slightest.]

[failguardian]

So aren't you going to go there?

[You are a very strange man, Mr Blueberry Hair.]

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[thefinaljedi]

I suppose. I've never had much trouble with that, but...being able to sense emotions and lies tends to help in that department.

[shrug]]

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[filamentfail]

... You can sense that? How?

[filamentfail]

I'm not about to cross the plaza like... Like this.

[He'll save his dignity, or collapse trying.]

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[thefinaljedi]

The Force. The power of a Jedi. And...body language isn't hard to read either, most of the time.

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[filamentfail]

[Jedi...? He's not even going to ask.]

That sort of thing must come in useful.

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[knightofratatosk]

[It's kind of hard to miss something sparkling going past outside the house, and because Emil is pretty sure there isn't an experiment going on right now, he's going to go outside to see just what it is.

He's NOT expecting to see...]

... Yuan?

[failguardian]

It's just some sparkles! Don't be silly!

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[thefinaljedi]

It helps. Particularly when dealing with new people.

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[filamentfail]

[Of course. It would be just Yuan's luck that someone like Emil would catch him like this. He'll try and pretend that the sparkles aren't bothering him, but even aside from that he's still exhausted and sore, so whatever front he's putting up will not be quite as impressive as usual.]

Emil.

[filamentfail]

You yourself said that it looks stupid only a minute ago!

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[filamentfail]

How many residents with... malicious intent have you found so far?

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[thefinaljedi]

So far? Drusilla. Thats all.

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[biteoffherhead]

[Moro catches sight of this, and more importantly, scent. That scent is simply too fascinating, and lures her in. She approaches, and follows, though she isn't too incredibly subtle about it.]