Dartbored Fairy

Defiance

Lui waves as Dani leaves the duo alone. She enjoyed his company because he always had fun things to tell her, but she understood why it was better for him to do what he was going to do alone. After all, it's hard to work when someone keeps asking questions.

So, she turns her attention to Aelih. Nodding in response to their suggestion. It's not like Lui was curious enough to wander away from people she trusted anyway, because Lui knew that there were more untrustworthy people around than trustworthy ones.

Then came the noises. They startled Lui, and apparently put Aelih on alert as well, judging by the way they gripped their spear.
"Where should we go? Should we go to the Inn already and wait there?"

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As the trio of shady looters stand outside a tavern, now the scene of a crime, off near the library something happens.

Climbing out of a window, a young man sneaks out of the library, carrying on their back a large backpack filled with books. A nighttime robbery, but no money was stolen. Carefully checking their surroundings for witnesses, the person makes their way to the front of the library, and starts running down the road. They didn't want to get caught, as that meant getting locked away in this town. And that would be a disaster.

Fiddling with their backpack, the criminal takes one of the books they are carrying and starts browsing it. It's half past three in the morning, so nobody would be on the streets anyway, right?

Unfortunately for them, they quickly bump into someone else. While busy reading they failed to notice the trio near the Tavern, and they collide with Gabriel, causing them both to fall to the ground. Several books tumble out of the thief's backpack, and several papers fall out of their book.

Muttering a quick sorry, the person hurriedly recovers everything and runs away again, failing to notice one piece of paper that has landed at Jack's feet. On it, map of the immediate area around Nadska. Nadska itself has been crossed off with a red X, while a forest nearby has been circled for no apparent reason.

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Lui cautiously looked around when Dani mentioned he couldn't help Lui here, noticing all the people around. Did they overhear their conversation? Did they know that Lui was carrying something dangerous? Were they planning on attacking her now? Dispose of her because she was dangerous? Sell her to their enemies to get rid of them. Perhaps she should just run away now, off into the night. Her lantern might've been an obvious think to track her with, but she could always turn it off.

Fortunately though, Dani was quick to tell her she wasn't in any danger. After dealing with having his tail touched by Aelih, Dani quick went to assure Lui. Apparently her gem wasn't a threat to those around her, and if anything did happen the people around her would probably protect her. It was... different from what she knew of humans, but she trusted Dani. After all, why would he lie to her after all this, and about such a thing.

Then, he turned to Aelih, and asked the Elf to protect Lui. Personally Lui would've preferred staying with Dani however, it's not like she had anything better to do. But still, at least somebody would be staying with her. Maybe Aelih had something fun to do.

"Fine, even though I'd much rather follow you since I don't really have anything better to do... Besides, what you do is interesting!" Lui said, sighing but smiling. "But if you think we should go do something else then I guess I'll follow Aelih for the time being. JUST DON'T FORGET."

Turning to look at the mysterious Elf, Lui manages a smile, getting up from her sitting position.

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Lui stared at Dani with a blank expression on her face, she knew it was going to be bad, but she didn't expect this. For her eye to be a so-called 'Blood Diamond'. Never before had she heard of them, but it sounded very, very scary and dangerous. Not just to her, but also to those around her. Did this mean that she was a threat to everyone around her as well? Did this mean that people would be better off with her gone?

His explanation for what the Myti used as a solution didn't help much either. Lui had already failed at getting it out of her head in the past, and unless she found someone who could she'd be stuck with it for the rest of her life.

"I-I haven't succeded in my attempts to get it out... D-do you think you could?" Lui asked Dani. "A-and does that mean I'm a threat to everyone around me too?"

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@ArkmageddonCat

Looks good, when you're done please post it in the Character section too

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Lui's face goes pale as Dani declares the item cursed. She already feared as much, but she wasn't entirely sure. Dani just confirmed Lui's worst fears, but she didn't yet know just how bad it truly was.

Dani rambled on about just how bad it could be, but Lui wasn't really listening to that bit, she didn't really want to know just how much trouble she was really in.

Though, as Dani asked her another question, Lui was forced to think and respond. Just what side-effects could the artifact have? She'd already attributed Nightmares and Monster Attacks to it, but if there was anything else that could be caused by it, this would be the best time to mention them.

"Well... I'm not entirely sure if it's caused by the gem, but I get lots and lots of nightmares..." Lui said, glancing away. In truth, she didn't want to tell Dani in the case it meant that her eye was dangerous to even those around her. Then again though, it'd be better to know and possibly plan around it than not know and cause more problems.

"That... and I tend to get attacked by creatures that appear out of nowhere whenever I cast a lot of spells." Lui shuddered at the thought of such creatures. They were unlike anything she'd ever seen before, and she got away from most encounters by simply running. A lot of running. "...there might be more things but... those are the only ones I can think of right now..."

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Lui opens her mouth to give a hesitant response to Dani's question when suddenly Dani grabs her head and pulls her closer. Instantly Lui freezes with fear as she starts to get worried. Did she trust the wrong people? Is Dani going to pull off her head? Is Dani simply distracting her while Aelih gets a rope or something?

If she got out of this alive she'd be sure to be a lot more careful. Maybe she'd take up the life as a hermit. Or maybe she'd end it altogether.

Then, Dani suddenly let go of Lui and started apologising. Apparently he'd lost track of what he was doing and got distracted by the gem in Lui's head. Lui stares at him blankly for a few seconds before managing a faint smile.

"It's... alright just... please give me time to answer next time, okay?" Lui responds quietly while cautiously eying Aelih. She had no idea what Dani had meant with that gesture after all.

"A-anyway, did you find out anything?"

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Lui curiously listened to Dani go on and on about Mana Sinks. She found it quite interesting, since even though her owner taught her magic, they didn't bother teaching her the details. She knows how to use magic, but she doesn't know how it works. So any person willing to put the effort into explaining it to her was, in Lui's opinion, a very nice person.

Though, there were parts of Dani's explanation that confused Lui. If 'Mana Sinks' usually didn't have side-effects, why did monsters so often come out of nowhere to attack her? She previously written both that and the nightmares off as a side-effect of her eye, but now she was starting to doubt it. Could it be that she herself was cursed?

Lui shrugged off her fears and continued listening to Dani's explanation, sitting down next to him in the grass. According to him, Mana Sinks were old. Lui didn't doubt that one bit, her owner even stated that several times while inserting the gem into Lui's head.

Then, Dani asked Lui a question. One to which Lui didn't entirely know for sure.

"I think so? I remember them showing it to me one day before he decided to put it in my head but I don't remember him making something like that, but I also don't remember him going out and bringing it home..."

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@Jensoman

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