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[quote=Arin]Surely whoever lived here could see it from the outside. Arin took it upon himself to place the lantern underneath the table hoping to at least dim the blue light. After that was dealt with, he approached the rodents cage once more. Not wanting to waste time, he took one last look at the sorry creature before grabbing the cage with his left hand and shoving the scissors through it's bars with his right, hoping to impale the creature from the outside.[/quote]

The blue light pooled on the floor like luminous water. Whiskers twitched. Had the rodent possessed two eyes it might have seen the flash of sharp metal in time -- but instead it spasmed horrifically, lurched and twitched, and then was stiff. Blood soaked into the wood shavings. The candle in the window had gone out.

Just outside, a wolf's howl trembled in the trees.

[i]"Scat! Shoo!"[/i] a gravelly voice echoed from the edge of the dark clearing, coming closer. A look out the window might confirm that there were no lights -- no candles and no lamps anywhere beyond the darkness -- and no clear way to tell what direction the voice was coming from. [i]"If I find you here again you'll be owl soup. Git!"[/i]

Soon enough, footsteps shuffled up the path to the cottage, accompanied by a low irritable muttering.