Mysterious Man (Social, Open)

Zero stood in the middle of the creepy completely silent cemetery, it was so silent in fact that he could hear his own heartbeat on occasion, along with the flapping of his long black cape against the wind. He decided to come there for a moment to think, as even though it was creepy, it was the quietest place he knew of, and would allow him time to think. He was shocked at himself for his purchase of the cape he now wears, and the mask in which he dons, he felt the fearful presence of the cloak, and remembered that the reason was so that he could do what he needed, without revealing himself. He also thought of his next steps, and what evils were around for him to stop. He then stood their looking around at the stones in the ground, wondering what all these mages lives consisted of. He then stopped if front of one, and stared at it, it was the grave of a normal mage, named John Poe. He wondered the life this man, and of the stories he could have told while alive, and just stood there in solemn silence looking at the grave, with the fog of the cemetery lapping against his cloak, partly obscuring him.

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(OOC, cloak and hood is up btw)

Kurai smiled as she walked in the cemetery. The fog gave her darkness and the darkness allowed her to hide her physical presence. Of course she couldn't hide the sounds she made, or her magic for very long, but she wasn't here to do any of that. She was here because it was promising for a spot where she could go and escape from the world around her.

While she was terrified of the concept of dying she found that cemetery's often held darkness in them, and that darkness was what she came to them for. She sighed softly as she found a gravestone with a half written name on it. The stone was weather beaten to be sure, and she wondered if anyone cared for this place, or if time had simply begun to consume it. Either way she enjoyed it here. The silence however was something she didn't care for and she began to hum a very soft tune to herself. Although the sound would be heard anywhere in this eerily silent place.

Zero stood there looking at the grave, and after a while began to hear a tune whistled off in the distance. Now that the silence was gone it somewhat bugged Zero, as that was his entire purpose at going to the cemetery in the first place. He then walked off to find the caused of the noise, in order to ascertain its source.

When he began to come close he saw a figure in the fog, he then said somewhat softly "Why are you here?"

Kurai didn't notice the sound of approaching footsteps as she kept humming to herself. She really didn't think that she was being that loud, as it was barely audible to her, but in the eerie silence it was more likely any sound would travel a great distance. So when she heard the voice she jumped slightly and whipped around spotting the cloaked man. She had to admit she was a bit afraid of him and took a step back. Thankfully the darkness created by the fog obscured her exact appearance to him, but that was all she had on her side.

After a moment she gulped down a nervous breath and spoke softly "I am here because I happen to enjoy places like this...that's all...I'd rather not fight if it can be avoided..."

Zero saw the figure step back away from him, and realized he must have startled her. He then said, "I did not mean to startle you." At the same time he chose to exempt the woman from his aura of fear. He then walked slowly closer and if allotted would stand beside her and look at the gravestone she was examining. "And why do you like places like this?" Zero thought it would be weird if anyone else came here for any other reason than silence, as it was named the silent cemetery after all. He then took off his hood so that the woman could she his face with the mask over it, so she would not be so frightened, but the magic was still in effect so she could not clearly ascertain his features, and would not be able to remember his appearance later.

When his aura no longer affected her Kurai seemed to relax a bit and she straightened herself out. Only now did she allow herself to be fully visible in the dark fog. She watched him very carefully as he approached her and removed his hood. Clearly this man didn't like to be seen as he wore a mask even after his hood was removed, but Kurai wasn't about to say anything on that matter.

He was acting friendly enough and she would do the same. She looked at the tombstone she had previously been observing and spoke softly "These places are almost always held in darkness, and have some kind of darkness among them. It is that darkness I come to find and enjoy the company of. Simple really. The Darkness is where I was born, and it is where i shall..." she let her voice trail off as she never wanted to hear herself breath life to the lie that she might die.

Zero was somewhat startled by this woman's words. She said she was born in darkness, and seemed to say she would die in it. Zero chose to push only one part of this though, and said, "Why is it you like the darkness? Darkness is a fickle being, as it is both ally and enemy, it will help you when you need it, but strike you when you least expect it." Zero awaited her response, as he wanted to hear her say in the matter, as he also has made an ally of darkness and secrecy.

Kurai looked to him and smiled softly "Allow me to show you." She looked to the gravestone and spoke softly "Please darkness pierce my foe with your true power." she looked up and held her fingers up like guns. On both of her pointer fingers will little orbs of a sickly purple light. She aimed these forward and used her fingers like guns shooting the two beams of dark magic forward.

When they vanished she looked to Zero with a beautiful but dark smile "Darkness will never turn on its children. I love the darkness because not only was I born in it, but it has granted me the ability to be a wizard. That is why."

Zero looked at the woman, as her power was strange to him, he knew the aspects of darkness, but they way this woman seemed to have a magical connection to it was strange. Zero then asked, "How is it you channel this power?" Zero pondered how anyone could harness darkness itself in order to become powerful, as it did not seemingly have any power over anything but itself.