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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

[failguardian]

Ooooh? Are you scared of looking stupid?

[filamentfail]

Nobody said anything about being scared!

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[filamentfail]

[Oh Raine, you can always see right through him.] I can handle a small detour.

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[filamentfail]

I do say so. [And he'll try to keep walking again, with a bit of swaying.]

[failguardian]

Then what's up?

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[filamentfail]

[Yuan is far too exhausted to even consider how awkward this is. He only wants to get home so he can get some sleep and not be bothered by questions about the sparkling.]

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[filamentfail]

... I'm aware.

[filamentfail]

Nothing is up! I'm just not... I'd rather avoid the village.

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[wise_maiden]

Difficult as ever, I see. Perhaps I should send a note to your housemate to start looking for you.

[action] I CAN READ! REALLY. I CAN.

[filamentfail]

... You can, if you want.

[Yuan would've done so already if he could, but... Well, his journal was left at the house.]

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[wise_maiden]

He'll no doubt discover you anyway due to the trail... but it would help if he had advance notice. Particularly if anyone decided to take advantage of you in your weakening state. [Which would only apply to one or two people, all things considered, but those particular people could sense mana. He was making it difficult on himself for no reason aside from foolish pride.]

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[filamentfail]

[Ironically, the notion that someone might take advantage of his weakened state is one of the reasons he's sticking to the shadows. While people like Mithos won't make a move out there in the open so easily, there's nothing stopping them from taking note of Yuan's condition and cornering him later.]

Fine, fine. Then, go ahead.

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[knightofratatosk]

It doesn't hurt or anything, does it?

[And he may be reaching out to poke at one of those sparkles now.]

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[filamentfail]

[The sparkle will undoubtedly feel pleasant and tingly, considering the nature of mana. It's just a very trace amount, so it won't be such a strong sensation.]

No, it doesn't.

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[knightofratatosk]

Whoa... that feels kind of weird. But... it's almost nice.

[...]

Does it feel that way for you too?

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[filamentfail]

[What kind of ridiculous question- ugh.]

I have better things to do than pay attention to how nice it feels.

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[knightofratatosk]

But how could you not notice something that feels like that?

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[filamentfail]

It's coming off my body, I'm noticing it just fine. I just don't care.

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[knightofratatosk]

Oh.

There's gotta be some way to fix it though, right? How did it even happen in the first place?

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[filamentfail]

The same way anything out of the ordinary happens in this place. It'll wear off soon enough.

[Hopefully before he, you know, dies of mana deprivation. Though he's hoping Kratos can replenish his mana a bit.]

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[thefinaljedi]

As do I.

Have you been here long?

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[wise_maiden]

In all honesty, it would be better to have him meet you here. [But of course it isn't guaranteed that he'll even see the note to him. Sigh. But she'll do what she can.]

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[filamentfail]

I'm not just going to sit here and wait. There's no telling how long it would take.

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[filamentfail]

... Over four years.

[He doesn't sound at all proud of such a feat, though. Nobody in their right mind would be.]

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[thefinaljedi]

That...is quite a length of time. I'm sorry to hear it.