Fantasy Magician Hunt

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Star stood in front of the Dark Elf, looking through him with her unseeing eyes. The night had been very cold, and the girl looked exhausted. Her clothes were wet from the moisture in the trees and bushes she had used to approach the castle unseen. The Dark Elf spoke, but she heard nothing. Her body simply stood awkwardly still, waiting.

The magician that was with her held little presence. Had the walkway not been brightly lit, the mysterious figure may have gone unnoticed. It's body was hard to describe, it had an unmistakable humanoid shape, but the texture of the body was translucent and continuously in motion. It looked as if the figure was made up of some kind of gas or smoke.

An unnaturally cold breeze swept through the air, distorting the magician's figure. The faint sound of a woman's voice carried pointedly towards the comatose girl. Suddenly, Star's body came to life. She turned to look at the magician, seconds before it's figure dispersed into the air. Star's head frantically darted around. She could sense the aura of many of the people and creatures that had just left. Many of them were heading towards the woods, but her senses felt something else familiar in the air. Her movements became much more subtle and deliberate as she tried to pinpoint the scent. Seconds later, she was gone.

Hours later, the girl was back in the city, hopping from rooftop to rooftop. The scent she had caught was a sweet and pleasant smelling aura. It was something that felt almost familiar, something below the surface that was just beyond the reach of her state of mind. As she reached the source, she could smell a distinct metallic aroma filling the building. There were many soldiers inside, but even from her position on the adjacent roof, she could hear as they shouted profanities, destroying everything inside while searching for her targets. Even without entering the building, she knew that her targets had fled some time ago. Most likely through some underground patch as she was having trouble finding their current positions.

As she was scanning the air for any hint of a scent, the brief smell of bread passed through her senses. Suddenly, her memories flooded back. Her body was once again hers as she fell to the floor, completely exhausted. She struggled to make sense of what had happened, trying very hard not to think about why she had sensed her mother's presence before she was captured. The queen's quest, the gathering evil, the trek to the forest, so much had happened, and she knew she was the only one that could help the fleeing refugees. She knew she needed to find them as quickly as possible, to warn them of the impending danger. With only sheer willpower, Star forced herself up and began to scroll through her memory. She knew she had sensed the people within the bakery before her capture, so she knew she could find them if she could remember their scent. The smell of bread once again crossed her mind, that singular smell allowed her to focus her mind and find what she was looking for. She found the refugees, albeit the scent was faint and a distance away, but she was relieved that she finally found them.

Star stepped to the ledge to find the refugees, locking onto their scent. Before she could leap to the next building, her body suddenly felt heavy. She began to fall backwards when a pair of hands caught her. Her eyes began to feel heavy, as her instincts warned her of danger. She fought, but it was no use, she had nothing left to give.

A woman's voice echoed in the air, "Sleep little one, your life is about to become very hectic. You'll need your energy."

Star drifted to sleep, thinking only of her mother as the fog in her mind enveloped the world around her.

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Setting: Rooftop across from the starting bakery​

 

[MJ ._.]

By using a hook attached rope the dark elf managed to climb the wall to reach the roof and retrieve the blind tracker. He had been following after her since her handler had left her to trace fleeing magicians as couldn't be as confident as the handler about a blind girl under a heavy spell going around performing a mission successfully all alone. He also suspected that she might try to break the spell and run as after all she had magic flowing in her veins mixed with her blood. Orion shook Star awake after bringing her down to the ground. "So you decided to trace those whose capturing order has been commanded by the queen? Aren't you smart? But we've arrived late... why don't you try to find them where her army has failed? Hurry up... go on and find them for me... the queen will award you generously..." Orion he tempted her to restart tracking Aurora's group.
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Star slowly stirred and awkwardly rose from her sleep. She was visibly tired and paid no attention to the menacing dark elf that towered above her. He tempted her with rewards, but it was soon clear that even if the prospect interested her, she was not in the proper state of mind to desire anything.

The spectral magician rose from the girl's shadow, the ambient light in the area shimmering against its smokey body. It stood in front of the elf, letting out a smirk and bowing politely, as if accepting Orion's proposal. Moments later, the smokey body once again dispersed into the air as the girl's body sprung to life.

Star darted her head around once again, smelling and feeling the air for the scent she had locked her mind onto only moments earlier. Without paying the Night Elf any mind, she leapt from her rooftop perch to the adjacent roof, and into the nearby forest. The scent, while faint, locked in her mind and led her through the forest like a map.

Several hours passed as the girl silently moved through the forest. Despite her exhaustion, the girl's body skillfully leaped from tree to tree. Each landing was so soft, that not even a single leaf would come undone. She passed several Aura's as she moved, many of them she remembered from the castle, while a few felt new. She made a mental note of their positions, feeling certain that as long as she kept track of them, they wouldn't be a problem. As she reached her destination, she could feel her targets stronger now, slowly moving towards what felt like a tunnel exit disguised beneath a hollow rock.

Every muscle in her body screamed in agony, her simple life had not prepared her for the marathon endurance she needed to continue on. Star hopped into a nearby tree and secured her body in a meditative pose.

The entity that hid in her shadow knew that young girl needed rest if she were to continue tracking the targets. It released her consciousness, as it materialized above its ward. The spectral magician was aware of everyone the girl had sensed on the way in and, understanding the girl's lack of battle prowess, knew that it would need the help of the others sent by the Queen. As it stood above the girl, it released a trail of smoke from it's body into the air, alerting anyone in the area of the emergence hole it now looked over. It hoped anyone in the area would look up and see the smoke, as it readied itself to strike anything that emerged from the tunnel.

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Setting: Tree overlooking the tunnel exit​

 

[MJ ._.]

First Night
In the Forest​

Orion watched the smoky shadow rising and smirking at him. “Heh, don’t act so arrogant; you’d almost lost her control.” He said and shook his head. “Yet… I won’t interrupt again. Call me when you’ve found them.” He added before the blind girl got up and restarted tracking her preys down.


Aurora could smell fresh air of forest night.

The group of six refugees paced the secret passage with damped air that beard thick odor or earth toward cool and fresh weather of the dark forest. The tunnel had acclivity till reaching a hole on the surface which was hidden in halo trunk of an old giant oak. Veles was the first who left the tree and checked to see if the coast was clear. Aurora and kids came out after Aideen and Rai. The first thing they did was inspecting their surroundings for any probable threat and Aurora saw one soon. “What’s that? I saw something moving in the branches for a moment…” She mentioned the strange smoke but unfortunately no one else had seen it. The team decided to move faster and get away from the city as quickly and possible. But Aurora wasn’t the only one who had seen the smoke…

By receiving the signal from Star, Orion picked a whistling arrow from his quiver and shot it toward the city. Arrow’s skirl called for queen’s army to rush to its flying direction which was the forest.

“That whistling sound… we’ve been found out… RUN!” Aideen was the one who recognized the sound of message. Scared for life, their fast steps turned to running but Aurora couldn’t run as fast as the rest and so was the nine years old Taika. “We should separate. The young ones… go with Mrs. Shamrock… I’ll distract the hunters…” Rai suggested. Aurora didn’t want to accept but she had Vanhanen children to take care of beside her own unborn child. So she nodded and guided Raymond and Taika the other way. Before they could say goodbye, Veles joined them and picked Taika up. “You can run faster this way…” He explained and finally the group of four _two adults, a teen and a kid_ left to the darkness. “Let’s make false trails.” Aideen suggested. The young magicians left obvious footprints and cracked twigs on their way as went straight toward the main road…

Those who could magic to accelerate their movements where the first group who reached the oak tree but Aideen had ambushed them and raised a hell of fire to burn them enough to make them fall or withdraw. So, magicians and magical creatures stopped approaching them closely and fought from afar which wasn’t effective due to mass of trees. The young pair ran their way to the road confidently while having less than 20 foes on their trail. Suddenly, Rai saw a small group off dark elves and dwarves ahead of them. “Damn… they’ve circled us…” He uttered and immediately sent ether formed energy of his toward them, causing a blast that left most of them flee and those who had failed to dodged were left unconscious on the ground. Still, there were too much enemies for Aideen and Rai to handle before the main army’s arrival.

On the other side of the forest, Aurora was running as fast as she could but still was the slowest of all. “Veles… please take them away… don’t let me hinder you…” She called to the young boy while panting. “I can’t! The undead army is right behind us. They must run by their own if the foe reaches us…” The boy replied firmly.

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