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@Pirostyle !
Just outside the city, but far enough away that the lamp lights appeared as a glowing cluster of warm twinkles of light, scampered an ethereal being that glowed as white as the moon. She moved unseen, with the body of a woman and the glowing, white tail of a fox. It was easiest to travel this way, and it was dark- and from what she could tell, there was no other person about. But she could sense one of the beads close to hear, but the city was something she was not familiar with, so she kept herself far enough away to observe it, curious if it were a threat.
She paused at the crest of a hill, her body blanketed by the shadows of the trees and the darkness of the night as her tail swished pensively behind her. It was then a noise was heard, and two fox ears perked up from either side of her head, and she craned her neck to try to get a better listen.
The sound grew louder, and soon a rumbling cart had come into view. The woman ducked back, ears pinning back and her body pressed low as dark eyes peered out from beneath the canopy of the low lying foliage. What a curious thing. She gave a sniff. It smelled of men. But it also smelled of something else.
Her bead. Her ears perked up and swiveled forward and as the cart rolled past on the road below her, she was quick to follow, leaping with inhuman agility as she moved about beneath the trees. She had been missing her beads for longer than she would have liked, and was feeling the effects of being parted from bits of her spirit for too long- and soon her eyes were glowing for the hungering instinct to have it back. For these beads were not ordinary beads, and they belonged solely to her. And from what she could tell- there was at least three of her beads here.
The cart continued down it's path, the men none the wiser they were being tailed by this being, as Tah-leen, the fox spirit, crept ever closer. BUt the second she stepped out of her blanket of shadow, two men in the back of the cart noticed her instantly- for there stood a woman, her white dress glowing byt he light of hte moon, and her ears and tail glowing with a blue light of their own.
"By sweet Kia's name... what
is that?"
But as the woman approached, it was uncertain of the game, for when morning came, there lay the wagon, tipped over and the back end- smashed. The men were no where to be seen, and the cart had evidently been ransacked-
and soon rumors in the City of Arca that a Fox Woman was on the prowl had the city murmuring that night- as some hunters took seats int he local tavern to get their fix on the story, and to begin making a plan in hopes to hunt this mysterious creature-
Who was apparently deadly, but beautiful.
But as the day rolled on, a westward wind kicked in, rustling the leaves of the thick river trees surrounding Tah-leen as she lay beneath a willow and licked at the bloody gash on her arm. Her leg had also been twisted and it hurt to move on it, but seeing how she was safe beside the river bank, she saw no reason to try to walk on it. But at least she had gotten what she had came for-
The three beads the men had on them. They had a considerable amount of other trinkets they aimed to sell, but she had no real interest in those at the time. So she sat there, and nursed at her wound, just thankful he was one step closer to repairing her broken necklace-
Though there were still seven beads she had yet to find. And because she did not have all of them, she knew these injuries she sustained would take longer to heal.
So she kept licking at the wound, the blood painting her lips a soft red, and by now- her ears had vanished but her tail remained, keeping that out to keep channeling her spirit energy to heal her wounds.
