The tanuki yokai's reason for landing at the Raging Volcano was really vague- to explore, and to experiment. Izayuki had been here more than once, but her prime reason for seeking out the place was for none other than her craving for fun. She had been experimenting and toying with her unique tsukumogami leaves in many different environments and terrains. The myth said that suck magical youkai objects were indestructable, but her being the Bakedanuki she was, that had to be proven. Naturally, she could have just had Irina or Magna or some fire mage help her, but they were limited by their own strength and ranks. She was going to enjoy playing with her leaves in the volcano instead. Well, that was the first reason she was here.
The next two were less shifty, the second being for a bit of training. She had failed in her fight against Black Rose's former guild pet, C.A.S.S.I.E., a giant robot built to destroy. Somehow, the mech had gone berserk and destroyed their entire guildhall, killing many of her guildmates in the process. The Glacier God Slayer's magic had been rendered completely useless against the S-rank summon, which easily went to prove one thing- she had to get stronger. It was now her duty to defend her guild, and the responsibility was much more than before, with claiming the position of guildmaster. The robot had used bullets and explosions, fire, essentially. So what better place to train her ice magic against fire than in the volcano?
The third reason was much simpler- rumor stated that a treasure lurked deep somewhere inside of the earth's furnace, or in simpler language, the volcano. Mages and treasure hunters would be flocking to the place in hopes of finding treasure. That was good- hopefully, Izayuki could find a few worthy challengers to train on. She had been subtly eyeing different people who were making their way through the volcano, and following them in a sneaky fashion, disguising her appearance as small animals, rocks, air, flames, or anything, really. It was good practice for her shapeshifting, but finally playtime appeared to be over. Remaining invisible, Izayuki watched as a ruddy-haired mage took out a group of non-wizards. He did not kill them, but put them to sleep for at least a while. Ambitious, it seemed, to get his hands on that treasure... he would do just fine.
It was only moments later that Izayuki recognized the man's scent as familiar. Tracing through the different smells she memorized, the canine realized it aligned close to Elyx's ever so familiar smell. With her keen tanuki and slayer senses, she was able to identify quite easily, yet this person was not Elyx, but someone else. With that in mind, could he be a relative? It would make sense, after all, as family typically somehow seemed to share a general scent. Activating her ability to see souls, Izayuki closed in on his, plus something else that she could not identify. The latter was not too uncommon among people sometimes, Izayuki included, as she had to deal with all of her pesky Wonderland spirits. The signature of his soul, however, appeared to be very similar to Elyx's as well. Family, no doubt. Of what relation, she really could not know, but maybe she could find out.
Were she in physical form, she would have allowed a sly grin to form on her expression. Her form was literally air right then, a risky shape to shift into, yet very effective for what she was doing. The only reason she felt fine using her air form for so long in the volcano tunnels was because there was no wind to separate her, which would make her transformation to another form not impossible or messy, simply excruciating.
A quick and somewhat cruel plan coming to mind, the devious Bakedanuki allowed herself to shapeshift again. This time, however, she took the form of none other than Elyx Reiaki. Typically, she despised transformation into individuals she knew, or males, but this would be quite worth it. With her perception manipulation, she could mimic his voice and tone perfectly. All physical and magical aspects of Elyx would be mirrored to all. Naturally, she was unable to use his magic or match his strength, but illusions worked just fine if she needed them.
Moving towards the stranger who seemed he would be quite entertaining, the false Elyx, Iza in disguise, approached him with a calm expression. Having been around her boyfriend enough, she could almost perfectly replicate the way he held himself and his calm demeanor- every little detail counted. The hard part would be trying not to laugh if the man fell for her Bakedanuki deception.
"That was not very nice," she said, matching his tone of formality as best she could. Izayuki wanted to continue, but would wait for the reaction to feed her more information and fuel to feed off of. Right now, she was testing the waters, so to say, and hoped this stranger would at least be a bit of a laugh. Did she regret what she was doing? Not as much as she should have, most likely. Her instinct was undeniable, and she could only act true to her nature when it came to wanting her love for entertainment and playfulness satisfied.
Location;; Raging Volcano
Muse;; 9/10
Word Count;; 890, but counts as 0 words towards your exam.
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