(Lol xD)
Rigel let out a sigh through his nose, trying not to let the disappointment get to him. “Just don’t tell Peter he can take you powers, you won’t have to worry about that part. And I think you will be safer because you can make magic out of thin air, I need already existing metal. That’s—“ That’s how he kept me trapped for so long. Rigel choked on the words, then looked away.
“We never told any human we had powers,” Mamoru uttered, asking Kohaku to light a flame. “They always assumed we did…. but I suppose we’re so remote to them nowadays, they probably don’t know we still exist anymore.”
He had a gander around what he could see from Kohaku’s fire, spotting several levels of decaying wood and rusted steel. “I’m unsure if this will be the most comfortable place to be… but it’ll have to do.”
Rigel peered inside, cautiously walking in. He brushed against the metal with his powers, testing their strength. It seemed like they would hold up, but for precaution he used the metal from his dull blade and repurposed it to strengthen the beams. “Well, just so you know, society has forgot you… I didn’t know you existed until you saved me.”
His final words hit Mamoru as caring, yet strange. Save him? From the city? Or that man…? He shook his head to clear his mind. “I’m unsure how to think of that— good or bad that society has forgotten us?”
Kohaku clambered up a ladder to one of the lofts with a concealed fire still lighting up the room. “Hey, these lofts look pretty comfy….”
A sudden yelp scared the fox out of the loft, and she plummeted to the ground floor. A strange, slim shadowed figure lept down from above and landed with both feet on the ground. “Who goes there!?”
(New character……..?)
Name: Shika
Age: 30 years
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Asexual
Occupation (if they have one): None
Appearance: Deer anthro with very short light brown hair
Personality: Very serious and focused on her goal to survive
Flaws: Can sometimes be too selfish and not tenative to those who need attention
Powers?: Earth stuff similar to Daichi
Other: Tsuchi no Saburo (Third child of Earth)
He stumbled back a few steps, breath catching before he could reply to Mamoru. Rigel was ready to rip away the metal frame of the structure and use it as a weapon in case the figure attacked, putting his hands in front of him, “Who- Who are you?”
“What in Ryuu’s name!!?” She barked, forming a shard of rock in her hand. “Begone with you, human!!!!” She chucked it forth, streamline into Rigel’s visage.
Daichi reached out with his hand and stopped it in midair, a heartbeat away from impaling the poor human.
Rigel stared at the stone for a second, completely stunned. Even my powers didn’t react in time… He stumbled back, as if the reaction had been delayed, and choked on his own breath, “G-Gosh…” Rigel felt light-headed, realizing that he could’ve just… been dead.
(Oooof sowwwy :<)
Daichi crushed the rock with his bare hand, and with a little help from his power. “He won’t harm you, as long as you don’t harm him.”
The mysterious shadow scoffed. “A question I have is why are any of you here? This is my own living space. I was lucky to kick your friend out where I was sleeping soundly…”
He growled lowly, helping Kohaku to her feet, “May we stay here for one night? Our threshold has been crossed… by someone less welcomed….” He didn’t want to mention his name for the sake of Rigel’s wellbeing. “So… if you’d please? If you want, we could even stay out of your way…”
Rigel tried to collect himself, “I- I don’t mean any harm- I’m just- I —er— I’m s-sorry,” His mouth was a stuttering mess, staring at the enigma with worry and fear. Rigel knew he couldn’t rip the metal framework away without the whole thing crashing, so that was out of the picture in options for self defense.
The young lady sighed. “I suppose I can allow you to stay….” She glared hard at Rigel. “…And you to live…..”
Mamoru stepped forward and asked the question that nearly everyone was wondering. “So… who are you?”
“My name’s Shika,” she answered, her eyes narrowing. “I suppose you won’t mind telling me who he is….” She once again stared at the human, sure to make him uncomfortable.
(Shoot, got to get to bed, I’ll respond in the morning…)
Rigel forced himself to take a breath before saying, “I’m- I’m Rigel,” He didn’t dare move from where he was standing, but he glanced at the metal framework and the reinforcements that he added. Rigel wished he would’ve kept the metal with him, at least to use it as a shield.
Shika frowed. “Well, I can’t really say that it’s nice to meet you….” She picked a piece of dirt out of her thumbed hooves. “…But it’s nice to know who you are, Rigel.” She glared at everyone else. “Now what about you?”
Everyone introduced themselves, and it was nice to finally tame something that could’ve plunged them into chaos. “Now that that’s out of the way…” Daichi sighed. “Can we stay here for the night?”
Rigel waited for Shika’s reply, holding his breath a little. Staying with her would be better than staying out where Peter could find them. They all needed rest, anyways, considering one of them had gotten stabbed.
(Hiiiiiiiiii)
(Lool I thought I replied)
“Fine,” Shika grunted, still glaring reluctantly at Rigel. “You can stay here… but I feel like you’re forcing me to have you to stay here…..” Her eyes narrowed.
Daichi didn’t want to explain another time, but he did anyways. “Our threshold was crossed, and we have to relocate,” He rubbed his hands nervously. “In the meantime, though, we have to hunker down for the night before we find an unoccupied space to settle down in.” I can’t believe we have to relocate…. after all these years of staying at Katsumi…. I remember when we were first arriving there, Kohaku and Junichi were just babies….
(Ur good lol)
Rigel looked to the ground, then at Kohaku. Probably out of all of them, he trusted her most, at least after how she attacked Peter for him. He glanced at Shika, “Where can I- Where do you want me to sleep?” Rigel asked quietly, knowing full well if he moved he might be interpreted as an attack.
“There’s more bed-like sacks on the upper floor,” Shika pointed up. “The people here before me didn’t really move anything around, I guess… However, the loft is mine.”
Kohaku fought the urge to growl. “Understandable….” She uttered, making her way up the stairs, with everyone else following behind.
Mamoru stopped her before she went up to her loft. He bowed. “Thank you for letting us stay here.”
She nodded but didn’t say anything as she continued up to return to her sleep.
Rigel followed close behind Kohaku, choosin every footstep and action carefully. He didn’t exactly feel safe here, but as long as he stay near the others he trusted them enough- more than the odds of Peter not finding them in the woods. At least some cover would be good.
Kokaku reached the top of the rickety stairs first, finding multiple piles of giant, empty and partially full sacks of wheat flour strewn about in the room. She claimed one that looked the most comfortable, and everyone else had to go along with it.
Ah… after getting stuck with one of those low-class rooms in Katsumi, I get the high quality thing around here… although this is obviously worse than I had before….
Rigel sat on a sack not too far away from Kohaku, but it was up against the corner and he felt safer with the walls at his back. He sat down, curling his arms around himself and taking a deep breath. Rigel reached in his pocket, pulling out a cigarette and sticking it in his mouth, a comforting motion even if it wouldn’t be lit.
Everyone else got comfortable, and Kohaku curled up in a ball, curling her warm tail under her snout and was about to fall asleep when she noticed Rigel struggling to keep himself warm. “….You need another flame?” She asked, referencing the cigarette in his mouth.
Rigel jumped a little, but shook his head, “It would just lead… him here, and it’d be a fire hazard.” He glanced at the dry wheat, lying on his side on the sack and shivering a little, “Thank you though.” Rigel would rather endure the cold than be out in the woods at Peter’s mercy.
“Understandable….” She muttered. “But you do look cold with just a jacket on….” She curled up again. “If you—”
“Kohaku, go to sleep,” Daichi hushed at her.
“Goodnight,” She said quickly, producing self sufficient body heat to keep her warm. That man, though…. If I took his word for it, Rigel is more than just being hunted for his magic…