- 89 [Action]

[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

P-pfft I thought the italic thing was on purpose

[filamentfail]

[He manages to push himself into a crouching position as he watches Selene's mad rush to target any bare skin she can get at. It's just one big mess of pecking, biting, scratching and angry screeching.

But this is Mithos she's attacking and he'll strike back any second now.]

Selene! Go home!

...yes, let's...go with that

[imatreenow]

[...Okay, shielding himself with his bare arms isn't helping at all. All he's accomplishing is a nasty collection of scratches and bites all over his arms, making a bloody mess of his skin. He shifts the crutch in such a way that he can try to bat the owl away with the broader top part.]

Pathetic creature! [...and who's the one getting beat up by this pathetic creature?]

[filamentfail]

Selene! [This is bad. Yuan knows that a tiny owl won't have Mithos retreat and it's only a matter of time before he manages to hurt her. But what can he do? He's already having trouble moving, let alone stepping in to defend Selene.

As much as he hates to admit it, there's really only one thing for it. That is, to retreat himself and hope Selene will do the same before it's too late. With a last scoff of extreme frustration, he turns to run as fast as he can without exhausting himself to the point of losing consciousness.]

[imatreenow]

[Even through the furious beating of the owl's wings, he can see Yuan retreating. It quickly sinks in that his vengeance is being stolen from him by this pathetic, insufferable little thing and he swats at it more furiously as his arms continue to receive abuse from the tiny beak and talons.]

Disappear! [But not you, Yuan. You get back here.]

[filamentfail]

[No, never! Yuan's fleeing the scene without looking back. He knows that the moment he gets home, he'll be under Kratos' protection and Mithos won't dare try to attack again.

As for Selene, she'll do her best to keep Mithos busy for as long as possible, but she's starting to get exhausted. It won't be long before she has to retreat herself.]

[imatreenow]

[Mithos swipes at Selene with his crutch one last time as she flies away, but she's already out of reach. He peers through the trees to try to catch sight of Yuan. Already gone. The powerful mana effusing from him is difficult to miss, but by the time he catches up... He can guess where Yuan's destination is, and he'd like to avoid making this complicated.

So when he pulls himself back to his feet, he'll send a rueful glare in the direction Yuan disappeared before being on his way again.]