Vain Self Comfort;; The Worlds Fluffiest Catch Job

Every single night seemed to go on forever now, it dragged on and on, as she lay there praying for the darkness to end, so helpless until the sun would rise the next day and save her from the paralyzing blackened void. When she had first been rescued? The lack of light at night had not been so bad, she had not seen light in two years, so at first the mage had not really realized what she’d missed due to the time. However it had not been long before the trauma caught up to the wind user and caused her to start tossing and turning, turned her room that should have been a safe place, into her worst nightmare. Every single night? She kept lying awake or sleeping restlessly, waiting for the sunrise to come, light to pour in and Marschal to wake so she could rush out of her room to his side. Anymore? The often drunken mage was the only place she felt truly safe! However having to rely on his so heavily also infuriated the normally independent woman and she often found herself taking it out on him as well, seeking him out to protect her only to scold him for doing exactly that, because she herself could not stand needing him that way. Even if he had proven himself so much? She was still so afraid he’d turn around and end up like her father, so distant that he became someone she could no longer recognize.

Kazehime would and could solve her sleeping issue on her own, there had to be some way to keep the fright at bay. What could she do to keep nightmares from wrapping her body thought? The female recalled almost entirely faded, a memory of her mother, the softness of laying there with the woman, back than she’d thought nothing could be softer than their blanket, and fallen into sleep easily in that fluffiness. Even if she was much older now? The wind user wondered if something soft would still work, the fur lining Marschals jacket was soft and that made her happy, so maybe a super fluffy blanket could help her sleep better? With that thought in mind the young female headed out of the Silver Moon and down to a blanket shop that was not very far away from the building, but yet still hard to find.

Her slightly bruised hand pushed open the somewhat splintered door, a loud bell sounding and making her sensitive ears flinch, the announcement of her entrance into the stuffy old shop. Even if it was far too rustic and small to seem as if it could be a mainstream sort of place? Jiyu knew from listening to discussions in the restaurant, this place had the best stuff in pretty much the whole country. “I’d like to buy one of your softest blankets.” instantly she disliked the rueful frown on the face of the old lady behind the counter. “We haven’t been able to get any fur to make more, but-” oh great the woman had that ‘you're a mage, you do it’ look in her eyes, Jiyu hated that look! “If you can go kill a big bad sheep and bring it back, I’ll make your blanket for free.” well at least she’d be getting something free out of it! The wind user could live with that sort of deal “Alright, so the spooky forest right?” eh she really didn’t like the place nor the fact the old woman nodded to confirm her suspicion , but a little discomfort could be handled, on the chance this did solve her sleeping problem, so the wind mage headed out towards the eerie forest.

What had convinced her that she could come towards a place like this all alone?! Jiyu looked ahead at the spooky forest, it’s mass splayed out in front of her, in all its frightening glory. Two years ago going into the woods before her would have nothing, an easy task. However now that the wind mage was significantly frightened of the dark, going into the shadows of this place, even to complete the job she had accepted, was so difficult. How was she going to even do this, it hadn’t been a smart idea at all, damn it! After several minutes of standing there, the young sorceress forced herself to take the first few steps into the threshold of the forest, closing her eyes and gulping as she darted past the entrance and went until she couldn’t see the exit, tempting her to run away from this anymore. Jiyu shivered, pulling Marschals jacket tighter around her small body, she had finally gotten into the spooky forest, but the fact she entered did nothing for her recently developed fear of the dark. Honestly? Anything could jump out at her in here, someone could take her away again and lock her up once more!

“Come on, calm down Jiyu, you were caught unaware the last time, your ready for this.” the female muttered the words to herself, clutching her bow tightly and adjusting her quiver, the touch of them bringing a small smile to her face. Kazehime knew she had to do this! The more she relied on Marschal for things, no matter how freely and unprompted he gave the aid? She couldn’t let herself have another reason to unjustly lash out at him over her own problems. With those thoughts in mind, and the gift from him being gripped tightly in her hands, the wind user managed to continue walking forward, slowly and tentatively. Every single second she moved around? The sorceress was also looking everywhere she could, ears twitching and nose inhaling deeper, mouth open slightly to further aid in picking up on the presence of others. This time she had things, it wasn’t someone taking her by surprise and tying her up before she had a chance to fight! Right now, she was on a job and fluffy alert, and as she always told Marschal, she was perfectly capable of taking care of herself. Now? All she needed to do was find that sheep and get out of the forest.

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'Monster Dice' :

Had she remembered to ask that frail and deathly looking old lady what this big bad sheep even looked like? Darn it, but of course it probably did not matter too much, knowing what the monster looked like before finding it, with a name like that it should be one of those things that you would know when you saw it. Right? Eh, Hopefully for her sake it was. Jiyu’s bare feet touched softly to the forest floor as she brought her bow, Night Hunt, closer to her chest, large eyes looking around wildly, senses desperate to ensure her safety. Luckily on solo missions, the girls sense’s were truly her greatest ally, especially in a forest of violent monsters. However she would have to balance tracking whatever sounded and smelled largest, with keeping attentive for other threat’s, that was going to be insanely fun, well actually not, but it would be another challenge. Unlike other magi? Jiyu did not rely very heavily on her strength itself, most of her spells could not take out a decent enemy in one shot after-all, but she could quickly K-O something by combining them in the right order, but doing so took a decent amount of thinking and focus. Kazehime had the scent of sheep too small to be the big bad one, but large enough to still cause her a problem, they’d have to be taken care of before she ventured forward.

With the thought of facing an enemy soon enough in her mind? The female stopped, crouching down to touch a spot on the ground, standing up and moving to another spot and repeating the process, until she’d managed to cast four spots, a net of five meter area, thought she was unsure of casting it in a way that meant the tree’s would end up damaged by it too. Would that take damage away from her intended targets? Hopefully not, she smiled slightly, keeping the spell as front and center in her mind as she could. Now that she had her small trap set, Jiyu moved forward, she couldn’t do anything else for set up, it was time to face her Ewe enemies. Honestly, it was a little sad and funny, she looked like the one who would lose, but she knew that the victory was already her’s, they were not very smart animal’s after all. “Now, where to make the first move.” Jiyu smirked slightly at the sloping rise she saw to her side, glancing at her bow, if she was lucky it would give her a visual vantage of her targets.

After a few minutes of climbing around and looking for the Ewe’s who detection range she was staying out of as much as possible? The mage finally caught her eyes on them, ears flicking as she adjusted herself to bend on a single knee, taking an arrow from her quiver, holding it long enough for her magic to coat it and then pulling it taunt on her bow. Jiyu was sure the beast could sense her, they just did not figure she was a threat yet, she would have to act quick after her first shot to actually win this. “Three, two, -” she counted the Ewe’s she could spot, three of them, and also counted down until she let her arrow go when she would have said ‘one’ letting it fly through the forest. The shot itself? Looked clean and she quickly stood up, not waiting to see the impact which was a dead on shot, causing the full 58 damage to the one struck and the explosive 20 to the other two. Once the mage was on her feet, she waved and flicked her hand swiftly, causing Wind Dance to erupt around the Ewes who had started moving, doing it’s thirty points in damage, because the sheep never saw it coming. As Jiyu stood there attacking? She bit her lip to ensure she kept focus on Wind Game, she would need it, but right now she also needed to get in one more long ranged attack, panting at the concentration required, blood running down her lip as she bit it, slashing one arm forward. Luckily? She managed to send Wind Slash out, and the blades poured through the forest, cutting a few tree’s, but most important four of them hit the ewe she’d landed a direct hit on causing that one to drop dead. However the other two had spotted her and that was bad, she didn’t quite know if they’d been hit by the max four blades or not! Thus the wind mage took off running, with them in pursuit of her, running back to where she had laid Wind Game down, turning around once she had reached behind the line of it, watching the large female sheep run at her. “Aaand Wind Game!” as she pushed her fingers into a triangle the two remaining fell right into her trap, landing dead like their friend earlier.

After she beat them, the recovering mage fell to her knees, panting, leaning her head against one of the tree’s as she caught her breath. This really sucked, because now she'd be forced to take on the next enemy with Hurricane Paw.

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'Monster Dice' :

The wind mage lay there, splayed out across the ground, her chest heaving as she caught her breath. Even if she did have a normal amount of magical power and was still good after her spells? Jiyu was no longer used to fighting the way she had to, casting spells so close together was harder than she remember, but of course her body's condition could have something to do with that tiny fact. Kazehime drew a deep breath into her nose, expelling it calmingly through her mouth, eyes sparkling slightly with tears she was fighting back. Now that the high of the fight was wearing off for the mage? The fear she held of this place’s darkness was coming back to her, and she rolled over onto her side, hand digging into the dirt as a small sob escaped her wide eyed form. Even if she had won the fight against the Ewes, it didn’t matter now that her fear of the darkness was coming back to her, none of this was alright, pants escaping her as she used one hand to wipe away the tears, shoving her nose into marshal's jacket. Letting fear take ahold of her like this? Would not have a good result, the wind mage knew it.

Sure enough? The negative effect of letting her own fears carry her away was shown, she’d been too focused on calming herself and had never sensed him coming. Even with sense’s sharp as her’s? They were pretty useless if she gave absolutely no focus to them! Jiyu felt sharp teeth rip into her skin, body being lifted from the ground and shaken slightly. Reacting on instinct the wind mage curled up so she could cover one open hand with the other, lashing out like a cat who had been scuffed right afterwards. With Hurricane Paw active, she scored across her attacker’s eyes and it threw her to the side, roaring in pain. Jiyu flew backwards, fighting to angle her body to catch herself, panting softly as she finally righted herself, stumbling back a single step. Standing right in front of her, between the dead Ewe’s? The female assumed that was the Big Bad Sheep, he was large and had sharp cutting hooves. Jiyu instantly decided she definitely wanted kill this ram, because he had cut into her, heck she suspected the only reason the wound was not affecting her was the adrenaline and the endurance boost being held captive for two years had to give.

As he ran at her again, Jiyu shifted from foot to foot and darted forward using her speed to get to his side and punch him there again, that was two hits with Hurricane Paw. To win this? The mage knew she’d have to land all possible ten hits with the move before it faded. "Your Going Down Blanket!"

The ram apparently did not enjoy being called her blanket already, when he was still alive, because soon as the words had left the wind mages mouth, he started thrashing about and roaring again. However the sorceress figured that this gave her a subtle advantage now, her opponent was very distracted by his own emotions and she was getting a grip on her own feelings once more, calming down and only thinking of the battle, not the darkness. While the ram was distracted by slamming his head into a tree near them? The wind mage took the chance to run forward and slash hurricane paw across the beast’s leg, her attack impacted, causing him to roar and rear up. Once he’s finally exposed his stomach? Jiyu bent down and then sprung up, aiming to slash her hand encased in her wind spell right down his stomach. Once she fell back to the ground from hitting him? She rolled over, narrowly missing being slashed by his sharp hoof . “You're too slow to hit me fluffy!” when he slammed his hooves down again, she jumped back panting slightly, that was two attacks of four hits on this beats landed, around 140 damage, right? Jiyu hopped so as she started looking for an opening to strike him once more.

Maybe she could taunt him into being enraged again, instead of watching her like a hawk? How was she going to get close enough to attack him and not get hurt by the large monster! The wind mage really wished she had sensed him soon enough to save her consecutive casting stunt for this monster, she hated being so close to her opponent, but right now nothing really could be done about that. Jiyu moved in once more, darting and aiming to swipe at him again, catching his leg as he slammed his hoof at her side, the female hissing in pain as he cut it and she retaliated by slashing him for the second time. Once she’d landed her two hits? The mage leaped back as quickly as she could, hissing at the pain in her injured side caused by doing so. How was she going to take him down when she seemed to get hurt every other hit round she got on the gain ram? Did she have any spells that were almost off cool down or something? She needed something that she could use, even if her range spells were not good for close combat, one or two of them should at least be able to do something about this monster!

Jiyu gasped, her feet stumbling backwards as she dodged the rams mouth once more. Being picked up by him? Was not an experience she wanted to repeat, especially since if she was counting right, she was just past the halfway point of Hurricane Paw, she couldn’t afford to be picked up by him, she had to land these last two impact rounds to defeat him or he was going to end up killing her! Wouldn’ that be ironic, killed by something that should have been her blanket? Kazehime swiped out her hand as he came to bite again and hit him dead on, causing him to roar and flinch, giving her an opening to jump in once more and slash across his chest, ducking under him and coming out the other side, backing up quickly as she could, to avoid his sharp hoof. “You're my blanket understand me?!” she was not going to be killed by her own blanket, it just wasn’t happening, the wind mage braced herself as she prepared to go in for what she hopped was her kill round, because her spell wouldn’t last much longer. Jiyu knew she was almost there, she had to hang in, he was damage to, the ram couldn’t have much more health left!

This was the last round between them, it had to be, Jiyu kept moving around, desperately trying to avoid being struck by the monster, praying there was a way she could get away from this close combat. However? Internally she knew that landing these last two hits before Hurricane Paw faded away would be her only hope of both surviving this and getting her brand new fluffy blanket! She would not call someone or help and she would not lose, the wind mage refused either, darting forward and slashing him across the chest again, shrieking when he grabbed her and desperately thrashing her hand around, finally landing that final hit with Hurricane Paw. A second later? The beast dropped, his mouth lolling open, causing her to fall out “I Told You, My Blanket!” the female shouted it, putting her hand on the dead animal’s leg, and standing up shakily. Now? All she had to do was drag this giant corpse out of the Spooky Forest, so she could give it to the old lady who would make her blanket. However Jiyu had a sinking feeling that her trek outwards could potentially be harder, what with the scent of the monster’s she’d already taken down and the fact she’d be dragging the ram back with her.

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'Monster Dice' :

Now that she’d had some time to catch her breath and drag her prize away from the dead Ewe’s from before? Jiyu felt pretty good, one hand tucking hair behind her ear as the other one remained on the sheep's leg to drag it, thankful that being a mage allowed her to do such, cause she certainly wasn’t going to help for anyone’s help bringing this back! Honestly? She could see Marschal killing her when she got home, blood dripping down her side and stomach, staining his jacket even redder, from where she had been bitten twice and kicked once. Between her own blood and the target monster’s blood? Jiyu knew she would face more enemies eventually, something would be attracted by the scent of a weakened and a dead creature, there was no doubt about that. However the wind user was not expecting the enemy that showed up next, another set of three Ewe’s were sniffing around, and she knew they’d find her soon enough, she had to strike first! So Jiyu let go of the rams leg, grabbing an arrow from her quiver, taking a deep breath she fired Explosive Breeze at them, and the attack went over just as well as it did the prior time, a perfect hit and two damages on the side.

Firing at the three female sheep, well that was obviously something that would piss them off to no end, and Jiyu accepted that. Fighting them? Would piss the Ewe’s off anyways, but she was not about to lose her currently unmade blanket, just because they were sniffing around looking for his body! If they wanted him so badly, they should have killed him before she did, not her fault they were way too late. “Yeah, you're not taking my blanket, Wind Slash.” as they ran forward, she set off the attack, watching them let out a loud sound as the blades impacted them. Very soon? She would be forced into close combat with these beast’s, so she would have to try to do what she could damage wise before they got too close, because after that point she was going to be forced to wait for Hurricane Paw to cool down enough to be used again, it was a pain in the ass. No matter how difficult this mission was? Jiyu now had faith she could complete it and come out on the top, if only because she was really started to want that blanket, badly. So even if it almost killed her, she was getting out of here with her prize.

The Ewe’s had gotten so close to reaching her, and she had to think swiftly to protect the fleece of the ram and herself. Fighting them right next to him? Was not going to be too smart, so much chance that with her violent magic, she’d tear the fur to shreds, so she was going to have to put distance between herself and the enemy, at the same time as she drove them away from the ram. Aiming to buy herself more time to think? Jiyu picked up another arrow and fire Explosive Breeze at them again, the explosion startled them for a second alongside the damage it did, just as the mage hoped. Now that she had their attention and had them weakened? The wind mage ran upwards in the forest, hearing them behind her as she tried to find someway to use one of her long range attacks against them, it would only take one more hit to bring them down afterall! However if they were on her tail it was going to be very hard to get the time and space to cast one of the spells she could currently use, her breath came in deep pants as she stumbled slightly, thinking desperately of how to use one of her long range combat attacks like this.

As the Ewe’s got closer, to the point that she could almost feel their breath on her back through the blood soaked jacket? Jiyu actually tripped, her hands touching the ground, eyes widening she swiftly channeled her magic, pushing herself to roll away from their nipping mouth’s, luckily not being struck as she pressed her hands to the ground both to help cast and to get to her feet. Once she was standing again? She used the speed she had to dance around them, barely missing being hit by their attacks as she laid the last two points. Now that she had her spell net cast? Jiyu knew what she was about to do was very stupid, she was immune to her own magic, but if she had calculated their remaining strength wrong, the Ewe’s would be able to mob her! The chance was one she had to take, standing in the middle of her Wind Game net, Jiyu pushed her fingers into a triangle as they lunged at her for the last time. The wind erupted around them and it’s mistress enjoyed the feeling, opening her eyes to find to her relief, she was right, the attack had been enough to do the ewe’s in.

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'Monster Dice' :

Jiyu walked back slowly, sighing deeply, she was starting to become lower on magic and that could prove deadly in a place like this. Maybe she should call Marschal for help, somehow? Kazehime knew the drunken mage would come when he found she was injured! However hadn’t that been why she did this to begin with, she didn’t want to rely on him and then turn around and get pissed off at him because she disliked relying on people. Honestly? She didn’t want to hear him call her weak again for not being able to do this again! How could she think of asking him for help when she was doing this to prove she didn’t need his help, that especially now with his gift to her, Night Hunt, she was perfectly capable of doing these things alone! A long sigh found its way out of her mouth, hand gripping her injured side, this whole thing was blowing up in her face. “You Little!” she saw pigs nomming on her ram when she returned to him, eyes burning as she glared them down. The second she spoke? They ran at her, and she swiped her arm for wind slash, trusting them to prevent the ram from being struck as well. Once they lay dead, due to the damage taken by four wind blades cutting each of them, she walked over the corpses and grabbed the ram’s horn again.

rolling for final monster (forgot to do it in the prior post.)

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'Monster Dice' :

As her hand touched onto the large ram, she heard an oink sort of noise behind her, head tilting slightly to let the pigs coming over to her into view. Apparently? The nasty things really thought they could just have her new blanket, Jiyu panted as she darted a few steps forward, throwing her hands out in front to generate her tornado dome as a barrier. Right now? She didn’t have any spells that could take them out swiftly enough to prevent her from getting hurt, so her best choice was to use one to buy herself time! Letting herself crouch down slightly, the wind mage rubbed her face with the hand she had not gotten blood on, sighing loudly “If anyone ever finds out about this, they’ll never let me hear the end of it!” she exclaimed, holding her hands together after that, just waiting for the pigs to attack and break her spell. Hopefully? This would hold long enough for wind slash or hurricane paw to regenerate! Otherwise she’d be entirely screwed, heck she’d likely have to beat them back with Night Hunt, unless, were her arrows ready to be charged again? Jiyu couldn’t remember past everything else in the fighting that had happened, plus they wouldn’t be enough to take on these things. As predicted, the pigs jumped and very soon her dome was broken.

Jiyu shot up the very second they broke through her barrier, jumping back a few steps, trying to coax them away from the Ram so that she’d not damage his fur in the crossfire. Once she was done with this? Kazehime prayed she’d run into no more monster’s, stumbling slightly due to the injuries and the slight wear being low on magic caused, dodging them sloppily, gritting her teeth. One more good attack was going to be all she needed, feet scraping against the ground as one of the pigs nearly bit her. Jiyu suddenly fell back against the ram she’d come here for in the first place, back pressing into it’s super soft fur, eyes focusing in on the pigs now closing in on her. How had she ended up back at the ram, when she meant to dance them away from it? Well at least they weren’t facing the corpse, so she wouldn’t hit it when she attacked. Speaking of attacking? It looked like the pigs might get to jump at her before she could use Wind Slash again, the animals slowly closing in and snapping their jaws. Second’s later, they decided it was time to get rid of what was between them and a meal, leaping at the wind mage.

“Take This You Little Pests!” just as they jumped towards her? Was when Wind Slash finally ended it’s cool down, a literal just in time sort of deal, arm slashing forward, causing them to drop dead mid leap. With the pigs now dealt with? She rolled over, and pushed against the Ram to lift herself again, grabbing some part of the big bad sheep and proceeding to begin dragging it towards the forest exit once more. Finally for once in the whole ordeal, someone was watching out for the injured mage, because no more monsters showed up and she got the Big Bad Sheep out with intact wool! “Now, I want my blanket!” she didn’t even bother cleaning up herself or the corpse, forcing the dead animal in through the shop's door, not looking much further from passing out than the dead animal was from being dead. “Alright one minute.” the old lady seemed frightened, and quickly went to work, a couple hours later she came back out and gave Jiyu the blanket. “I’m sorry I didn’t know it would be that dangerous” the mage only laughed, holding the folded blanket away from her body so she wouldn’t get blood all over it.