Lost Again

The separation was becoming more than clear, and the child continued to explore what she could without the malevolent spirit in her head dictating her path and daily routine. She was becoming as angry as the spirit himself, and even that fact had begun to annoy the girl, who was unable to do a thing about it. Even though Ren insisted otherwise, and had even taken control a few times to throw her off course, Lucie had managed to make it to the Wakusei Portals. At this moment, she tried to push all her energy and magic power into ensuring that Ren's presence was unable to influence her thoughts or actions. Trying to decide on the 'safest' place to go, Lucie chose Tetsukazu.

By 'safe', she wanted to be safe from herself. Her actions had grown more and more violent as of late. Most of the time, it had to do with Ren manipulating and forcing her to take cruel actions against the innocent. Other times? It was her stress and irritation that made her so violent out in public and around others. It did not help that she had already been labeled a Coming Storm, an infamous criminal and villain, who even got her guild in trouble for the actions she had not quite wanted to take. It was all going according to Ren's will, and she was tired of it. If she was in another world, surely she could not hurt anyone, and the Magic Council and Rune Knights would not find her, right? She could only hope.

Entering through the portal, Lucie raced to the other side, not even bothering to watch where she was going or where she ended up- all she could focus on was blocking out Ren's voice, thoughts, influence, and his power. Doing such a thing was generally a poor idea, however, as the tiny girl ended up tripping over a tree root protruding from the ground of the nature-dominated world. It hurt, yet she took the fall without a sound; she could only squeeze her eyes shut and force her mind to be occupied with keeping Ren away- not the pain.

Megalos would not even get the chance to touch the girl. As soon as she sensed his soul within range, and saw him lowering down to her, Lucie quickly picked herself up and leaped away. Why was he here? This place was supposed to be uninhabited! For once, she hoped to be completely alone, where she did not have to worry about hurting anyone or having Ren take over to hurt someone for her.

She dared not let the boy touch her, but listened to what he had to say, a bit of shock and dismay in her eyes, but no fear. She had become good at hiding her fear, over time. If there was any emotion or state of mind that was easy to conceal, it was undoubtedly fear. The boy seemed genuine, but even so, that simply made him even more of an ignorant, foolish target for the malevolent spirit within her. Lucie had no means to reply to him, even if she wanted to. Well, there was one way, but it was not something she wanted to focus on right then as she battled to keep Ren down and his voice out of her head. The child only blinked at Megalo, before turning her head away in a calm manner. Slowly, she would turn around and begin walking away, silently praying that he would not follow her. Could he take the hint?

In essence, Lucie's energy was unreadable. Ren had done great work in sealing it off, and to anyone else, the child simply appeared to be the average spirit underneath her human flesh. Ren was able to be sensed by those stronger than Lucie who could sense spirits, yet barely. And if one mentioned his presence aloud? That was something they typically would end up regretting. As for the Fairy Tail mage, she only continued walking away, unable to talk to him even if she wanted to. Could he not take the hint? It was all she could do to keep that malevolent spirit, Ren, from surfacing or attempting to converse with her. Why was this boy so insistent? It confused Lucie, and only stressed her out more as she continued to walk away at a steady pace, turning her back on the boy. It likely seemed rude, extremely, but for her, it was an act of mercy; only the best that she could possibly do. She had to get out of there. She had to escape the presence of others who were alive, for fear of what might happen did she linger.