Wishful Reading [Plot closed Kyll]

The Spooky Forest, a place where thieves and murderous often fled to hide from their crimes and those that seek to bring these men to justice. The Magic Council’s rein on this area of Fiore was somewhat weak, no matter the amount of rune knights that they sent into the forest only few would ever return. Faust was out here for some stupid reason, or at least he thought it was stupid. It seemed that there was some kind of explosion around these parts and Lord Fredrick wanted him to do some recon, he was supposed to be looking for anything that would partially be interesting for the guild. Faust had no idea on what he was really looking out for but he would keep his eyes and ears peeled. He had been wearing a white peacoat, with black slacks, leather black shoes, and a sky blue scarf fluttering in the wind behind him.

He walked through the forest with his hands in his pockets listening to the sounds around him. The area seemed rather lifeless, only a few sounds were heard off in the distance but most sounded like small animals running through the dead forest. The trees held no leafs on them, their branches twisted and warped with their neighbors forming a thick wooden canopy over the area blocking off any rays of sun that might peaked through the dark gray clouds. The weather today was rather chill and windy, Faust suspected a winter storm was approaching soon. The clouds had progressively gotten darker and darker since this morning and now were nearly black from whatever was brewing in them. There were a few small villages dotting the large forest but none of them were really around these parts. The people that lived out here in the boonies were more or less people that wanted their privacy for three reasons; to practice some of the more darker of the arts, to completely remove yourself from the grid, or to seek the power of the dark guild Savage Skull. Due to these reason not many families chose to settle in these areas.

Faust was coming up on the area that Fredrick had spoke of, the area was a small cluster of a few homes. There was a large crater surrounding an area near the homes, trees were broken and snapped around the area. It seemed that he had found the area that Fredrick had spoke of. He proceeded into the area with caution and a keen eye. The area was pretty broken and destroyed, it seemed that whatever happened here totaled the area. He walked the area looking down at the ground and the tree tops looking for clues of any kind. A small rustle perked his ears. He turned around immediately scanning the area for the source. A small flutter of white paper caught his eye. The paper was wedged in a small hole in the ground, only a tiny bit poked out of the hole. Faust reached for the paper, as he pulled it he felt a tug underneath, A quick pull and the page ripped in half but in the process brought up whatever was buried beneath. A small leather journal, its yellow pages fluttered in the wind back and forth. Faust picked up the book and flipped through the first few pages. The book seemed to be someone’s journal. The journal talked about some magic that allowed for the user to call upon a magic that allowed for wishes to be granted, a magic that was said to be next to the one magic. Faust was interested in the journal immediately and would have read more in it but a sudden snap of twigs and the approach of an unfamiliar scent caused him to instantly store the book in the inside of the peacoat. He waited to see what approached him.

Kyll began her journey back to her home village. The fox faced mage continued her walk slowly to the currently disheveled grounds she trained on. Her main focus was on the fact that she just remembered where her diary would have been. If it fell into the wrong hands, it could mean danger. Also she had put many clues as to who she was in that journal. She didn't want to leave any evidence for Harland to find. Kill sighed as she made her way through the spooky woods. Feigning bravery as she ran past all of the spooky ghosts. She finally stopped at a familiar tree. This was the tree she would touch and the cloaking spell would reveal to her the home she once lived in. Kill stressed a bit and pressed her hand upon the tree, just to see if it was all just some bad dream. However, she was wrong when she tried to look for the utopia of orient homes and a man made pond. The complex was long gone. Everything destroyed still. Finally she saw someone investigating her home. More treasure hunters? Kyll thought. She quickly turned around behind a tree. She was a little scared. She turned to see what was in his hand. Immediately she noticed the familiar leather binding. What was supposed to be pink is now charred. My Diary... Kyll thought. What do I do?

Kyll turned around and sidestepped from the tree holding her white leather cuffed and gloved hands up with her elbows bent in an 'I don't know' fashion. She demonstrated her willingness to be peaceful towards the stranger. Kyll revealed herself. She wore a pair of thick black rimmed glasses on her face and her black hair was tied in a pair of pig tails held loosely with white ribbons. She wore a black skin tight suit that covered all the way down to her white boots that were styled in the same fashion as her gloves. She wore a light blue, sleeveless kimono top with a white butterfly on the bottom right of the short top. "I'm only here for that book you have there." Kyll said smilingly warmly. "I haven't come to hurt anyone or anything." Kyll thought it might be best to call herself an adventurer of sorts. This way it would make her seem like less of a threat. "Do you know what this place is?" Kyll began walking towards him, but old habits made her walk the similar path she would as if the place was still standing. Kyll made her way through a particular path that lead through the front door to the remains of the dojo that once stood there.

Faust instantly turned around, as he did so the book slide into his pocket and away from the woman who was standing there eyes. She was young, looked roughly the same age as Faust. She was several meters away from him, at least twenty or thirty. Faust kept his senses on high alert in case others were nearby but as of the moment he could not sense any. The woman spoke about how she did not come here for a fight but just for the book that Faust had just discovered. He knew that the book held interesting information that his master would want to see and inspect, he could not let him down he needed to get on his good side one way or another. Faust watched the woman walk towards the ruins of some of the area, he could not make out what used to be where she walked but small bit of pain on her face, this made Faust guess that the woman had history here or something about the place made her sad. She wore a black suit, rather fit the suit seemed to fit her perfectly.

She asked him if he knew of this place, which he did not. He had only been assigned to come here and scout for clues for Fredrick. Faust slipped his hands into his pockets and slowly approached the woman though keeping a good distance between the two. “No, I cannot say that I do know of this place.” His voice was still and calm, echoing throughout the forest. His path diverted and he seemed to be heading towards the ruins of some wall that was more or less blasted to bits. He touched the ruins with his hand lightly before turning around to face the woman once again. “I it smart for a young woman to be in these forest alone, especially in these deeper areas?” Faust was more or less curious on this woman and no longer the book. She had appeared out of nowhere in a place that Fredrick had wanted him to inspect, something was fishy about this whole scenario. He looked the woman back over quickly before finally answering her about the book. “This book that I found here in the woods belongs to me now, sorry.” His eyes were icy blue and fierce, he waited to see what the woman’s response would be, if need be he would fight back.

The man gave her the question of if she should be in these woods. However, Kyll knew for a fact that she should not be there. However she only smiled as he asked the question. She put a hand through her bangs then grabbed on to one of her pigtails. She combed her hair with her hand as she answered. "Those that come here are only going to find tragedy in the end..." Her closed eyes nature only seemed to mask over the feelings of sadness she felt in this place. She looked at the rubble she where she would've found the diary. In her mind, the image of a drawer with a couple of birds of paradise in a vase still sat there. In fact she could see her entire bedroom still standing. As if she had never put herself in this situation. "That book is my sister's..." Kyll said. "She was a very sweet and kind young lady and she had an important message for me in that book." Kyll opened her glowing green eyes finally. She pushed her glasses up to her face and stared into the man's eyes. "I would appreciate to have it back."

Kyll put a hand on her mouth. Crap! Kyll improvised her next sentence so that she would have him think it wasn't her's. "...back in the family of course..." Kyll said trying to think of what to say next. His refusal to give Kyll the diary back annoyed her, but she didn't lose her happy demeanor or disposition. Hopefully this man wouldn't be suspicious of her answers.

The woman’s sadness seemed to grow as the talk in the woods drew on. The woman weaved her sad tail of the book being her sister’s lost book. A book that spoke of magic that allowed for wish creation, if the owner of the book had learned of this magic it was not a far stretch that her family may have clues of its whereabouts. Faust was going to have to tread carefully with not only his actions but his words, he might catch a bigger clue than Fredrick could have anticipated, heck Faust might even keep this tad bit of information to himself and use the wish powers for his own agenda.

He slowly approached the woman keeping his hands buried into his pockets. “So did your sister perished here? That is a tragic thing to have occurred here indeed.” He still kept a slight distance from the woman but was close enough that the two were nearly 10 meters apart. He looked up to a small patch in the tree branches to see snow falling upon the area, the winter storm was upon them. He turned to the woman with his hand stretched outward. His eyes blues eyes pierced into the clouds, he could sense that the storm would be kicking into high gear soon, it would strike fast and hard. This was not of his doing nor his father’s but simple mother nature during these cold winter months “Well how about we get to a warm cabin before this storm hits. I have a small cabin about a twenty minute hike, thirty if we take our time. The storm looks like it might be a bad one, don’t want to get trapped in one of those you know, could get turned around in the woods easy.” Faust tried to sound as kind and sincere to lower the woman’s guard. Savage Skull’s guild hall was still about an hour trek away from here but if the woman had enough interest to Faust he might have to change the plans.

Kyll looked up at the sky. Indeed it was getting colder, but Kyll just wanted to get that book and leave. However, there was something holding her back. Kyll shivered. She wasn't wearing any clothes that could block the heat and even if she did reveal her yellow aura, all of her plans to get the journal back would be ruined. She pointed out everything about herself in the book. Her magic, how she got to this part of the woods, and a creature that she had bound with in her. Kyll shrugged then held her hands up. I need to be careful, Kyll thought looking to see where he was pointing. "Sure..." Kyll knew her way through these woods and was told where not to go when she was first around her mentor. She kept her eye on the man's pocket. Something about him just seemed off. His magic didn't feel like it was a part of the heaven's let alone a part of the material world. Yet something just seemed rather out of place about him. "What were you doing in the 'crater' anyway?"

The woman took Faust hand and the two started to walk away from the crater. He would lead her out of the carter’s area and the area of the other small buildings. The two did not get far before she asked the question that he had been expecting since the very beginning. A just kept the same calm, somewhat emotionless face. “I am a treasure hunter so to speak I guess, I don’t handle anything too rare more like junk that can be recycled. I know that the bandits in these woods often pillage, these areas and they often tend to leave the things that I find of value.” His story did not skip a beat, he hoped that the woman would not just smell the total bull shit that was around it.

As the snow started the fall harder Faust could not help smile. He loved the sight of snow. It made everything look more beautiful, even the most ugly of forest, such as this one, looked even better under a blanket of snow. The pea coat and scarf he wore was mainly to block the wind from Faust’ face instead of keeping him warm. The two walked in the direction of Savage Skull but were moving at a wide arch so that she would not realize that was the path that they were heading in, or at least Faust hoped she would not know the woods well enough to pick up on this. He decided that it was time to distract her mind and get a bit more out of her about this sister, he wondered if she really knew what was in the notebook. “So what happened to your sister? Looked like there was an explosion or something back there. Were you in it as well?”

Kyll thought for a second what she would answer to his question. Kyll had to make it seem like she knew what happened, but didn't at the same time. "She ran away from home. Then suddenly disappeared." Kyll took in a breath. "I had been searching for clues for her everywhere, then suddenly out of nowhere the ruins of this village show up after a huge celestial explosion. That diary.... Is her last remnants. She brought a lot of problems into our family because she left her husband." Kyll looked around for the perfect opening. I got it... She thought. "I've been trying to prove to everyone in Era she is not a bad person and her reasons for leaving our twisted family were not wrong." Kyll sighed. She then moved along with the man. [color=yellow]"I'm sorry it just seems we're going a bit fast... I feel like I'm going to--" Kyll lowered her foot so that a root caught her foot. She fell forward to the mage in front of her and fell right on top of him. Kyll slipped her hand into his right pocket to grab the journal hopefully removing it with out the man noticing.

As the two walked in tandem Faust listened to her tell the story of her sister and the misfortune that had befallen her. “She ran away from home. Then suddenly disappeared…. I had been searching for clues for her everywhere, then suddenly out of nowhere the ruins of this village show up after a huge celestial explosion. That diary.... Is her last remnants. She brought a lot of problems into our family because she left her husband… I've been trying to prove to everyone in Era she is not a bad person and her reasons for leaving our twisted family were not wrong." Faust listened to the story of this woman trying to get any clues about her possible connection to the wish magic that was briefly mentioned on the page that he read before she came. It seemed that the sister was a bit of a menace, running from home, abandoning her husband, and possibly dead. She then spoke once more, a bit timid sounding in the voice. “I'm sorry it just seems we're going a bit fast... I feel like I'm going to- “ The woman’s sudden abrupt end to her sentence caused Fasut to instantly spin around. He caught the woman in mid fall by slipping his right hand’s finger’s through her own and his left hand, aiming for her left wrist but missed landing straight on her breast by complete accident. As his hand rested there for a moment he could not help but be in a slight state of shock only focusing on it for that moment plus the two’s right hands would be interlocking, a rather odd position for the two in the wintery woods. ”…I..I’m sorry. I meant to catch you I didn’t mean to do that at all…” He was actually feeling slightly embarrassed this was stupid of him, he did not even know this woman let alone should he feel embarrassed he was leading her to a den of wolfs after all. He wondered how the woman would react/ follow through with her fall, hopefully she would not get too upset with him and just run off he still might have needed her to figure out about this journal.

Kyll's glowing green eyes opened wide as he grabbed her hand and reached out to her other. Instead she went for a defensive strike, but she grabbed his wrist headed for her hand. She blushed. Her embarrassment was out of being found out. When the two fell to the ground, she sat above him on her knees holding his other wrist. Her pigtails fell over her shoulders. Kyll immediately closed her eyes as she felt a hand on her chest.  "Ah..." She threw his hand off of her chest. Her body began to tense. Kyll felt the hair stand on the back of her neck and she could feel goosebumps crawling all the way up her arms and legs. Kyll could smell the metalic smell of blood surging to her nose. She couldn't help it. Splurt! Blood flew out of her noise in a projectile straight onto the stranger's peacoat. "Oh no... Not now..." She said. Kyll jumped off of him and landed back on her knees with her back facing towards the man. This was not the time to be getting her allergies. This was the time for Kyll to get her record of her life back. "H-How rude of me..." Kyll said immediately reaching in her obi for her handkerchief. She placed it on her nose. Splurt! The napkin began to turn red with blood. Splurt! The napkin began to soak crimson. She leaned forward as her hair began to move out of the way revealing the Eclipse Soul tattoo on the back of her neck. "My name is Kyll..." She said. She stopped. "What is your's?" Out of the blood loss, Kyll had revealed her true identity to be the owner of the book. Her eyes opened and she looked back to the man who was interested in her 'sister.' Maybe he didn't catch on that after all, she was the true owner.

Faust was caught off guard by the woman’s actions. She had grabbed his wrist and the two had both collapsed to the ground. He stared there in a state of shock for a moment, while his hand rested on her breast. After she threw it off and he apologized it was not long before the woman had her second accident in under a minute. Blood squirted from her nose right onto Faust’s coat. He looked at the woman in bewilderment for a brief moment before standing up and offering her his hand. At this point she had already brought out a handkerchief and was holding her nose, the white cloth quickly was soaked in the blood, Faust could smell it perfectly. He took off his pea coat to exam the blood squirt, it was not anything too serious, but would need to be treated immediately to keep a stain from setting in on the white coat. His scarf seemed to wipe around crazier in the wind now that it was not tucked into the jacket, now only a light blue and grey short sleeve shirt was the only thing protecting Faust from the elements, along with his pants of course. He folded the jacket up and held it in his left arm, he could feel the book inside it pressed tightly between his arm and body. He then reached down with his right hand to help the woman up, at this point she had introduced herself to Faust, her name seemed to be Kyll and judging from the tattoo she had on her back neck she seemed to be from Eclipse Soul, a legal guild that was not afraid to get some dirt under their nails. Suddenly Faust realized that he remembered seeing a signature at the bottom of the page that he had been looking at not but ten minutes prior. The name was odd, something that began with a K, was it possible that this woman was the diary’s owner. Faust would have to tread carefully with this one, he could not risk exposing himself or the guild to her unless he was sure that she was actually involved with this wishing magic, plus he did not want any legal guilds snooping around.

He waited for her to take his hand to help get up while at the same time answering the woman with a quick lie of his. “Nice to meet you Kyll, my name is Matthew, but most call me just Matt.” At this point in time the snow was starting to increase, Faust was perfectly fine in below freezing weather, heck he could run around stark naked and still not feel a chill in his bones but this woman would be a different case. He had noticed in his years among other humans that they did not tend to enjoy the cold weather at all, most preferred the warm summer or cool spring and fall seasons, women especially seemed to have a vulnerability to the cold, or maybe it was just that they liked to complain about it more so than men. He let out a small sigh which caused a bit of fog to flow from his mouth like a cigarette smoke. “So Kyll, shall we head back to my home now? I can get a nice fire going and cook some stew or soup to help warm your bones and get you a wash cloth to wipe that blood away.” He gave a smile. He wondered if Kyll would be able to see through his lies or if she would just continue to go with him, she obviously wanted this book back if she came all the way out here just to retrieve it but Faust was not ready to give up the book just yet. He worried about taking her to Savage Skull, he did not want a magic as powerful as wish granting to fall into hands other than his. He needed more time to study this magic and prepare himself and his father for the wish if he was actually going to use it. For now though he would play the part of Matthew, the scavenger, he would befriend this woman and when the time was right and the fruit was ripe he would return to pick it.

Kyll took a step back and looked at Matthew. Something just seemed off about this character. It hit Kyll in the face like a slap. "Treasure hunters are usually not so kind. They would've just escaped altogether after I showed up, but there's something not right here." She pushed her glasses with her finger. Her brow furled. She began to think that she wasn't as safe as she thought. "There is some major information in that book that I need to look into. May I please just read it while we are here?" A snow flake landed on her shoulder, but she didn't feel it. Kyll preferred the cold, after all her Heavenly Body magic used the power of stars to make her magic possible. She was trained in this area especially during the cold days. Kyll took a step forward. "I'll give it back after I'm done," Kyll said with a warm smile.

"Treasure hunters are usually not so kind. They would've just escaped altogether after I showed up, but there's something not right here.” Had the woman sniffed through the lies that Faust had weaved, he kept his composure for the moment but prepared his mind and body for the actions that may soon take place. The woman was a guild mage that was for sure but how strong she was, was still a mystery to Faust. He still had the advantage, the woman had not yet known that he too was a mage, a decently powerful one at that. She asked to have the book now, stating that it held valuable information which was very true. Faust suspected that if he did indeed gave her the book that she would just take off running with it, something that he could afford to happen. He would have to take a gamble here, hopefully one in his favor. Faust expression did not shift at all while she spoke and would not change during his reply, minus his smile would become somewhat more sinister. He took a few steps back from the woman keeping a tight grip on the jacket and the book, making sure that it was still help between his arm and chest. “Hmm I don’t think so Kyll, why don’t we go ahead and head back to my home and maybe I will let you look at it there.” He turned around and started walking in the direction of Savage Skull, as he did so he spoke once more in a sarcastic and casual tone. “If you want it now you will have to pry them from me.” His ears and nose were on overdrive. If she charged him for that book he would quickly handle the woman and if needed drag her unconscious body to the guild or his own home. Neimo was too far away for Faust to call on him to scoop her up and take him to his mountain top base but he could make the journey within an hour or two if he went as fast as he could with her on his back.

Kyll looked at Matthew. She noticed that there was was a fight or flight situation arising. The thing was, she wasn't going to turn around and leave with out that book. With out a fight. That was her property and it was her's alone. She gripped a fist. "I hate using my magic against other mages..." She said with a smile. "But there is information in that journal that is very very dire to the fate of the world. The information in there is broad about the topic, but it has clues." Kyll's mind began to race. The thoughts of how she was going to take out this mage began to to go through her mind like flashes of light. Kyll finally looked over at a tree behind Matthew. Finally she smiled warmly. She gripped her fist harder. A yellow aura appeared around her. She raised her fist up to look like she was about to punch him right in the face, but she directed her hand straight down to the ground. Immediately upon impact a barrier of yellow light formed from her body into a dome. The dome spread out catching Matthew in the fray. "Who are you?"

Kyll spoke of the diary's possible tie to the fate of the world which only made Faust resolve to keep it that much stronger. Faust had only noticed the yellow aura around the woman for a brief second before a blast followed sweeping him and the landscape around him in a violent push. As he was moved by the blast something clicked inside him, call it insticts, call it divine protect, call it whatever you will but the man instantly disappeared with the coat and diary. He would quickly reform 20 feet away in the branches of a tree. He was crouched holding onto the branch for dear life to support himself and keep his balance. He threw the coat back on securing the book on his person. He then would jump down, in mid fall he would once again instantly disappear and reform 1 meter to the left of the woman attemtping a powerful and quick roundhouse kick to the woman's chest. He would follow this attack up with a third and final teleportation to 1 meter directly behind her attempting a strong punch to the back of her neck hoping to deal enough damage that it would cause her to fall to the ground in pain, if only for a moment. While he would be attacking the woman he would cause ice to begin to form around his body causing his blows to be more powerful and damaging, though they would slightly slow him down but at this close of melee range he doubted that the speed decrease would matter too much.

Magic: 90%
Spell Used: D rank Side step, C rank Ice coating

Kyll held her left hand up in a quick and furious motion. Her glowing green eyes opened as she immediately felt a pain on the back of her neck. Kyll took a step forward and her green eyes changed from green to completely red. Kyll's consciousness disappeared. "So you're going to attack the only chance you got at getting the one thing you want?" Kyll's voice was completely different. It sounded the same, but it was a little deeper than normal and it was raspier almost like it was weaker than what it should be. Kyll sounded sickly. Her arms went limp and she leaned over. Kyll's body turned around revealing a smirk on her face. Her aura began to strengthen and turn into liquid dripping off of her body. As soon as the droplets of shining yellow hit the ground it would disappear. Her aura began to shape and form into two skeletal bird's wings. She looked at Matthew with a smirk and rushed a sloppy punch to his stomach. "That was for fighting me with the intent to kill me." She dusted herself off and then turned her back. She gripped her fist then looked at her other. Her face changed to that of disappointment and guilt. "Looks like I'm stronger, but it's still the same and this place. Of all places to appear in, the crater I caused, how ironic... How.... Ironic... How upsetting. So many people I could've taken care of had it not had been for that Einrich. That other man Harrigan. Had the one key wish to make me powerful again. Yet he did not utter the words."

Kyll's body turned back to Matthew. She walked up to Matthew. She placed her face right near his neck. Kyll took in a deep breath from her nose and gave him a disappointed look. "Your wishes... They are not powerful enough." She smelled Matthew again and then laughed. The laugh would render fear into those of the innocent. "But I smell someone. A friend perhaps. That person wants the impossible. Life to what is dead. Ooooh such a beautiful smell. Desperation to destroy the world just to have a loved one. It's potent, it's perfection." She then grabbed the male with one hand intertwined in his and then the other around his waist. She moved closer to his ear. "This is what you're going to do mate," the voice sounded a little stronger, but there was a bit of air in every word that hissed out of her mouth. "You're not going to give me that journal. In fact you're going to give me a page. You're going to give me a page from that book so that Kyll can find what it is to unlock me from this curse. She holds the only magic that releases me to the world and then you can have what you want." She took her hand from his waist then the two fell to the ground. "What ever you wish for, and it's your's." Her smirk twisted again. "But at a price of course." She whispered into his ear. "Your... own... soul..." She then sat over the mage. "But you are not allowed to destroy this body. Other wise I cannot grant that wish."

His attacks landed, or so it appeared. The woman took a few staggering steps forward after the blow to the neck done by Faust. He would take a single step before he could sense it, something was not right, the hairs on the back of his neck would be standing straight up if they were not covered in a solid layer of ice. This woman had something else lurking about her, something that was not shown in the clumsy and innocent form earlier. Before Faust could make another step or action it spoke. The words sounding almost as if the woman was insane or not well. “So you're going to attack the only chance you got at getting the one thing you want.” As the sentence finished the woman turned around, her aura seemed to change, it had more of a liquid style to it instead of just a luminous light like it originally had. Two shapes formed on her back, wings from the looks of them but not wings at the same time. Faust took a few steps back. A sinister smile crossed her face, was she planning on fighting back and if so would she be able to overwhelm Faust. Before she would speak again he would cast a spell that would cause the ground beneath him and Kyll to be covered in ice, which would allow him to move much quicker now in his ice suit, while at the same time slowing her movements down a bit. He was smart to do so, no sooner had he casted the spell did she charge. The distance between the two would be Faust down fall, they were too close, even a speed debuff against her and his own speed raised would be enough to protect himself fully from the blow. Her fist connected with the ice coating causing small cracks to form all throughout it.

The coating would shatter from the blow but his body would be protected from the actual damage that the woman would cause. That was for fighting me with the intent to kill me. Looks like I'm stronger, but it's still the same and this place. Of all places to appear in, the crater I caused, how ironic... How.... Ironic... How upsetting. So many people I could've taken care of had it not had been for that Einrich. That other man Harrigan. Had the one key wish to make me powerful again. Yet he did not utter the words." Faust was perplexed, what was this woman and the nonsense she was spouting. Einrich and Harrigan, he would have to investigate those two’s name more, they seemed to realize the power that she possessed and how it functioned. Even in this form though she still had a heart it seemed. She approached Faust again, though her body language showed no signs of hostility like previously, he stood there in shock and confusion. He would wait to see what the woman would do next praying it would not be too late to stop her.

As he placed her head next to Faust and took a deep breath a cold chill ran down his spine, this woman was different than any other human Faust had crossed paths with. Something about her intrigued and excited Faust, feats that were not easy to accomplish. As her face was close to his he looked her over again, she was remarkably beautiful for such a frail looking figure. The look on her face was sad though, almost as if she was disappointed in the way he smelled, which was very odd. "Your wishes... They are not powerful enough. But I smell someone. A friend perhaps. That person wants the impossible. Life to what is dead. Ooooh such a beautiful smell. Desperation to destroy the world just to have a loved one. It's potent, it's perfection." She slipped her fingers through his hand as they previously had done earlier, though this time something snapped if Faust. The thrill of this moment seemed to catch him and his emotions off guard, his body begun to act on its own without him telling it to do so. His grip tightened with that hand while the other hand quickly went for the woman’s hair tugging it slightly, hard but not enough to cause any real pain. He would then passionately make out with the woman for a brief moment before he would release her hair from his hands. He would pull back looking into her eyes, trying to see what was going on beneath. A simple sentence would leak from his mouth as he gapped in awe. “What are you?” He would wait to see what she said and did. Perhaps this woman would give him the answers he sought for without any need for further violence, or perhaps he would have to continue their battle of dominace over each other.

The woman looked at the stranger. "Kyll's father called me Project 369. Her mother called me the bane of her family's existence, but many see me as a hermit with nothing to do but help those in need. Guild Master Zeno and her mentor Einrich destroyed my existence." Kyll let out a small giggle. "Well... all except for me. Locked me away you see. Locked me away for good." She let go of Faust's hand and spread her fingers out. She turned it so that her palm faced toward her and then she gripped it. [color=red]"We help humanity for a small price. There are those who tell stories of us, we are known as faeries. Wish Faeries to be exact. We grant wishes and as payment we thrive off of humanity. Many have come to us for fame and fortune and many fell victim to us as they were making a dying wish to stay alive."[/color=red] She smirked as she leaned in closer to whisper into his ear. "But we love humans and we would never harm them, we wish to help them. Save them."

She released the grip in her fist to reveal a small set of skeletal bat wings. "That right there is my daughter, look how weak she is. She will not live very long. My host's magic is too weak to really do anything to spread our love across the world. Like her mother, Kalister..." Her face twisted into an upset look as the wings that she had formed began to turn into dust. "Yet I am in line to be the next Queen... The next... Wish Master." She placed her free hand on her forehead and then looked at the sky. "I am the last of my kind after all..." She got herself on to her feet then placed Matthew on his feet. "What is your NAME, mage? It is not Matthew, I smell lies all over that name. Treasure hunter wreaks of that same smell and who is it that is close to you that wishes to bring life to the one that is dead?"

The words that Kyll spoke, Faust listened, and what he heard was a story of a being far superior to any measly human, a being that was locked away from fear of the humans. The creature that had the power that could unravel the fabric of time and reality, a power that was unheard of in the world but only whispered about in dreams. It seemed though that whatever this creature was needed humans for support, they could not live on their own, the fatal flaw with such immense power. Faust knew all too well that pain, his own life was a delicate balance between his human side and his demon side. He knew nothing of his mother, aside from what his father wished to tell him, he knew little of the demons also. The world that he was thrown in was one that was not his choosing or wish to be part of. He saw the flaw in the humans and knew that if they would to continue that they would do nothing but destroy themselves and this world in their pursuit of being the top predator on the food chain. Wars brought on death and famine, while Faust had no qualms about taking a life or spreading chaos he did it for the agenda of creating a world that would survive, a world that would be guided by beings and forces far greater than the humans. Dragons, demons, and gods once ruled this world, they knew the truth of the world, they knew what was well for the world, but at the same time he feared them just as his father did, though for different reasons than his father. His father feared the ruling of these beings because he knew that he would have to share his own power, he would not be the king of the world as he so much desired. Faust cared little about his father’s dominance over the humans what he saw was a chance to use this woman to bring forth his own rule, a rule over the world as a whole to bring forth an age where reason and logic ruled. An age where wars were not started for resources, an age where people did not kneel before a king that was putting them in danger. No, Faust knew that if given the chance he could steer this world onto the path that would allow for Earthland to survive for eons to come, but he would need to kill the cancer of Earthland first.

The woman opened her clinched had reveling a small object. Faust was confused at the site of the thing at first but Kyll, or whatever was trapped inside of her would soon answer him. "That right there is my daughter, look how weak she is. She will not live very long. My host's magic is too weak to really do anything to spread our love across the world. Like her mother, Kalister..." Her daughter? So this creature could reproduce itself if the host was strong enough to do so, this led Faust to believe that these creatures must siphon off human energy more than he realized. The wings that had formed on her back seemed to dissolve into the air around her, the creature was already losing the control over Kyll it seemed, soon the woman would be back in charge and Faust’s words would fall on deaf ears if he did not act quick. The creature, the Wish Master, seemed to be a dying race of creatures like many magical creatures before it. Demons, dragons, and gods were not bountiful in the past but there was at one point much more roaming the world than there was today. He had read several of the books of the old stories, Wish Master was a new term to him but he had heard of the concept of the creature before. "What is your NAME, mage? It is not Matthew, I smell lies all over that name. Treasure hunter wreaks of that same smell and who is it that is close to you that wishes to bring life to the one that is dead?"

Faust’s expression must have shown a slight bit of shock, this fairy was able to see through not only his lies but seemed to be able to even read off other’s wants that he had come in contact with. Its powers were vast and powerful, too bad it was trapped in a weak body like this. He smirked and brought his hands to the woman’s hand that held her “daughter”. He cupped the hand causing it to close. Looking into her eyes he begun to weave his manipulative web. “Humans, humans are the cause of your suffering and the suffering of every other creature in this world. Your race, it is old and powerful I can tell by the way you speak and the power you wield…. He paused for a brief second looking again up at the snow falling from the cracks of the trees before locking eyes once more. “We are not so different, I too am a double sided coin like you. I know the pain of being torn in two directions, a void that never seems full, a pain that never heals, a sadness that you cannot seem to shake. I know all too well these things. Let me free you from these shackles and free myself at the same time. Let us change the course of the world together, to preserve the magic and the creatures. Humans have hunted and used us for thousands of years. They fear us and hunt us down, keeping us in a subservient state. We can make this place better you just have to trust me.” He looked deep into the wishing fairy’s eyes hoping that his words would be able to somehow touch the creature and cause it to side with him and allow him to make his wish, if not he might have to continue to fight it.

Kyll's face twisted into a small frown. She was rather displeased with what the mage had to say let alone he didn't answer her question. She took her glasses off and set them in her obi. "You can't attract me with words alone." She finally said. "If you wish for me to give you what you want, then you're going to have to use actions." The figure stopped for a minute. She looked as if she was thinking about something. "Mage if you want to use my abilities for your own gain then you are going to have to follow my host around. She has been looking for clues to her past and to me. Her searches have lead to her beliefs that another book like the one in your possession will give her answers." She gently put a hand through her hair and giggled. "The book belonged to her father, the man who made our second queen." She smirked. "The book has the incantation that will take these bindings off of my kind. Particularly me."

Kyll being stuck inside of her own mind was finally aware. "Where am I?" Rolled through a dark area like an echo. All she heard was her own voice. "Hello?" Nothing but her voice. She floated alone in what she thought was her mind for a bit. Then a voice rang out to her.

"Kyll..." The voice was soft, soothing, and pleasant. A masculine voice. A familiar voice.

"Master Einrich," she said closing her eyes. She felt the warmth of the voice around her. The warmth began to grow into a gentle hug. She felt a chin on her head. Kyll opened her eyes to see that she was in her mentor's arms. "Master, what are you doing here?...Where is here?"

"Kyll I moved you to an area of my mind so that I could speak with you." He sounded. His arms didn't move only tightened around her body spreading his warmth all around her body. Kyll was not affected by his motions, instead she was happy to be in his arms and welcomed back after the events. She began to cry. "Kyll I don't have long, but I need to tell you this. You followed your own path, despite my advice to you. You wanted to find me but instead you found that faerie. Which is part of the path. You know your mother died because of these things right?"

Kyll's eyes opened slowly. She shook her head. "I do not wish to speak of my mother, my father did this to her, and I don't know who her killer is." She felt the chin shake on her head signing for Kyll to listen.

"Kyll you need to listen. You can't let that creature free. Otherwise you won't be you anymore. You will be the Queen of Wishes and feed off of everyone's souls. That creature has a symbiotic relationship with your magic, the magic meant for you. If you let that creature loose it will take the world into more terror."

Kyll shook her head. "Master Einrich, please leave me in your mind. I don't want to fight my past like everyone else in Eclipse Soul does. I'm afraid of those who will make me remember what I have done. Please just take me back."[/i]

"Kyll I can't. That mage you're with. He can help more so than you think and your guild mistress, she will be more useful than you thought. Kyll this is the best route for you to take." The arms around her tightened and she felt a hand touch her face. "Are you ready?"

Tears formed in her eyes as she put her face in her master's chest. [color=yellow]"No..."[/yellow]

She heard a deep laugh and her face was directed up to his. There she stood looking into her mentor's eyes which they had tears in them too. "My death to life, Kyll Vie, you are the only student I have ever taught that has made me feel this way. You are like a daughter to me Kyll. You will be loved by all soon once we take care of this. Sadly you do not have a choice in the matter and you're going to fight this. I have been searching through out the spiritual planes for the answer to your spiritual injuries. I'm almost done, just don't become the Queen of Wishes."

Kyll nodded.

((Meanwhile))

Kyll's body looked up in a direction East. "That Einrich...." The voice sounded aggravated. "He must be butting in my plans again. He and Zeno of Eclipse Soul did just that. Instead they killed our previous host. You mage... Your name... What is it."

The woman pulled away from him even more, her face showed signs that whatever Faust had just said seemed to have displeased or annoyed her. He was growing somewhat impatient but knew that he would need to keep his cool with this creature, it might be frail now but he had a feeling if the host was threated too much it might sing a different tune. Before he could speak once more or even plan on how to blindside this fairy to somehow subdue it the creature spoke again, this time though Faust felt a more calm energy from it, more mischievous as well. “Mage if you want to use my abilities for your own gain then you are going to have to follow my host around. She has been looking for clues to her past and to me. Her searches have lead to her beliefs that another book like the one in your possession will give her answers. The book belonged to her father, the man who made our second queen. The book has the incantation that will take these bindings off of my kind. Particularly me."

Follow the host around, hmm Faust could do that but he would need to do a few things first, tie up some lose ends with the guild and also maybe do a background research on this lady. It seemed that Kyll was unaware herself on what she needed and where the secrets laid. The only thing that he could guess that might help him out finding more about this release of the wish power would be located in a book, another book just like this diary but hidden. A small sigh from Faust could be heard, he was not the best at finding nails in hay stacks as big as the world but he just might to find a nail so precious as this. It seemed that her father had used the magic before, maybe if he could find that man he could find out where the book is. Faust reached his hand out for the woman to take. “I swear to you that if you wish for freedom I will release you in return for the power within you. In order to protect this host and you I need to somehow gain your host’s trust, something that might be hard to do now that I have struck her, you need to tell me what you know of her or at least any ways that one may sway her views”

The creature instantly stopped and cocked her head to the eastern direction. Faust looked with her thinking that she might have heard or seen something. After a brief moment of him expecting an intruder the woman spoke once more. “That Einrich.... He must be butting in my plans again. He and Zeno of Eclipse Soul did just that. Instead they killed our previous host. You mage... Your name... What is it." The name Zeno certainly caught Faust’s ears. Zeno was a name that all dark mages knew and feared, a wizard saint, and a crusader for the light. Him having his hands in this matter changed up the game a bit. He would need to make sure whatever plans he made would allow him to navigate the best way through this situation so that he can live…in one piece. The first name though, Einrich, that was not one he was too familiar with, maybe he could find out more about the wish magic through him but he would still need to watch out. He would finally answer the question that was burning at the wish fairy, the question of who she spoke to. “I am the spawn of the demon of the north, child to the one that brings winter to this realm, the King of Mutilation and one of the Kugeki, Alexander Faust.” As he spoke his blue eyes radiated a bright blue light and the air about them seemed to become even colder.

The being twisted Kyll's face back to a smirk. "It is an honor to meet Loros's child." She put a hand on Alexander's cheek than smiled. "Just so you know, what Einrich is about to do will give her control of her mind and body back, but she will not remember recent events. My host is a little scuffed up so think of why this happened..."

Kyll's consciousness held her mentor tighter. "Please... Just let me stay here..." She closed her glowing green eyes.

"Kyll... repeat after me.... This is a request from a teacher to his student." Einrich spoke soothingly. Kyll nodded and tears began to form and flow down her cheeks. "Being of the spiritual realm..."

"Being of the spiritual realm..."

"That which belongs to the shooting stars..."

"That which belongs to the shooting stars..."

"I bind you to my soul..."

"I bind you to my soul..."

"Remain powerless, sealed away by my words. You remember the rest right?"

[i]"Remain powerless, sealed away by my words. So that your power of the shooting stars belongs lost in the exile of my soul. By the power of the universe in me, you are sealed" Kyll began to float away as she finished her sentence. She saw that she was reaching for her mentor's hands. "Master Flandre!"

"You can't become the Queen of Wishes! Remember that! Don't become the Queen of Wishes!"

Kyll nodded with tears in her eyes. I'm so happy... I saw you again! I wanted to ask you, master have---"

Kyll's evil aura flashed and began to fade. She gracefully put herself in Alexander's arms wrapping her's around his neck. She then leaned in towards his ear. "Son of Loros... Be careful. There are many puppetmasters who wish to use me more than you think..." With that her eyes returned to their green, glowing nature. "You forgiven me?" Kyll blinked to see herself in front of another person. Kyll stopped for a minute then looked at her position. Oh stars.... oh no.... I don't know who this is... and this is just like that one part in the book then it leads to.. to... Her nose exploded in blood right in Alexander's face. She let herself out of his arms then looked at the man. "I'm so sorry... I have no clue what happened. I just remember blacking out then seeing someone important to me." She put a hand behind her head and giggled silently. "This is the second time since my exam I've blacked out. I'm sorry." Kyll bowwed. "What am I doing out in my old stomping grounds anyway? Oh... how rude my name is Kyll Vie."

Many puppetmasters… hmm Faust figured that there would be others out there hunting down this kind of power, he could not speak a word to anybody about this power, at least no one other than Lord Fredrick but even he will only be given a small sample of the real truth. The woman had embraced Faust with her entire body similar to earlier. Faust was somewhat excited by the action, her body pressed against him was a feeling he was not too familiar with. He felt her breath hit his skin, as the yellow aura faded he could feel a slight tingle run throughout her body. Her voice seemed to have changed back to the original one asking Faust if he had forgiven her, what for he was not aware. The woman seemed to instantly pull away from Faust at the same time blood once again splattered all over his face. Faust went ahead and just wiped the blood from his face this time, no longer caring that blood was on his white coat.

She apologized for the blood but it really had not bothered him much. It seemed that she had been suffering some blackouts and nose bleeds a few times as of late, a curious thing. It made Faust believe that this fairy had possibly broken free from this bind recently. Whatever sealing magic was used on it to put it inside Kyll must be wearing off, that could be dangerous for Kyll and that fairy depending on who saw its power. Faust had a chance though to keep this power safe and at bay if he followed the advice from the fairy. It seemed that she did not remember the fight so he could use it to his advantage. She introduced herself to which Faust gave a simple smile and an outstretch hand. Maybe something that he had not done much of might actually help out here. “Hello Kyll, I am Alexander, and if you are still not feeling well maybe we should take you to your home. Is it near by? I would not feel safe leaving somebody that just woke up from blacking out alone in these woods by herself.”


(OCC Sorry it is not very long, i am very tired and could not think of much else >,<)

Kyll smiled and shook her head when Alexander offered to take her home. "No it's quite alright, the trek back home to my guild is rather long. I have to travel all the way to the nearest train station to get home." She looked around the forest her head. "Thanks you though, I don't want to trouble you with taking me back to my guild. This place was a home to one of the most powerful mages. He taught me my magic. He was more well known as an author though. Most of his novels were loosely based on his and my guild master's adventures." She noted that this part of the woods was darker than the rest. "Oh my... it seems that I was walking towards Savage Skull... Do you have any idea as to why?" Kyll was lost as to what she was doing in this forest. "I am not really comfortable in these woods due to an incident that happened when I failed my first C rank exam." Kyll closed her eyes to the warm, kind look she always kept her mood in. It seemed that her entire body caused a huge restart. Kyll was a little scrambled as to what had happened. Suddenly a pain came to the back of her neck. "Ouch..." She then felt a burning sensation on her hand. "Ouch..." She turned around and pulled her glove revealing a marking. It was an image of a skeletal wing. Her eyes opened in fear as she saw this. You can't become the Queen of Wishes... Kyll stopped and closed her eyes again quickly putting the glove back on. "Queen..." She said aloud. She looked at Alexander. "I'd be careful around me..." She smiled warmly. "With what is about to happen, I may wind up dead."

Kyll’s memories must have been erased from the past few moments prior to the fairy awakening. Her knowledge of Matthew was all gone. He listened to the woman speak not really changing his stance or showing any signs of emotion other than worry and concern. So there was a powerful mage that lived here at one time Einrich or Zeno was Faust first guesses, he knew Zeno was powerful but Einrich, he was a mystery. She did give him a clue though, whomever lived here was an author and as far as he knew Zeno was no author leaving Einrich. He would have to do some major investigating once he was through here. “ I have no idea why you are even out here miss, I found you collapsed on the ground in the middle of the crater. I ran over here after hearing a rather loud booming…” Faust was cut off short after he noticed Kyll rubbing the back of her neck, the area that he struck her. He also noticed that she had pulled off her glove and muttered the word Queen Faust was getting nervous, he feared that her memories were returning. She gave him a smile and warned him that he should be careful around her something that would be happening soon might kill her. This statement concerned him greatly, not for the woman’s life but the life of what was developing inside her, he needed time to figure out his plans and what this wish power was all about. “Are you okay? You seemed very disoriented, maybe we should get you to a doctor or something.” He looked around trying to get his barings on their location in the woods, after figuring out the direction that would lead the two away from Savage Skull and closer to a more ‘civilized’ part of the world. “I think that direction will exit out near Clover Lake, there should be tons of good doctors there. It may be possible that you suffered from a concussion after collapsing to the ground.” The concussion part was not a total lie, she may very well have one after the blow he gave her.