fortunefail | - 89 [Action]

[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.]

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[Yuan starts the moment he realizes he's being followed by a giant wolf. There's only one giant wolf in Luceti that he knows of and there's hardly any doubt this is her. He stops to face her, looking both tired and wary.]

...

[She's a fairly respectful distance away from him, of course. Close enough that she can get good whiffs of that scent, but still far enough to give Yuan a running start if he needs it.]

What a scent.

[Yuan rather hopes he won't need a running start. He hasn't done anything to the forest, after all. He's just passing through.]

... It isn't harmful to the area.

It does not appear to be, no.

[She's here because of how interesting it is.]

What is that scent?

It's... It's mana.

[He's trying his hardest to avoid admitting that he's losing life force, because telling a giant wolf such a thing seems like a very bad idea. Still, lying to Moro would be even worse.]

Mana?

[The word means nothing to her, but she's certainly quite interested.]

It's a force found in very few worlds. ... Again, it's harmless.

Yet you are overflowing with it.

[She slowly sits down, then lowers herself to the ground. She doesn't intend to follow him, but there's an implication that she expects to have her questions answered.]

[Hnn... Oh, fine. He'll explain.]

All living beings have it, in my world. It just isn't supposed to... behave in this manner.