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"Right."

It wouldn't take long to reach his home, a largeish western-style home that pretty much took up an entire block by itself along with an outbuilding in the back. He'd open the gate for them, then motion for them to wait as he goes to the front door, producing something from his pocket which he uses to unlock and open the door before putting it away again.

"Come on in, find somewhere to sit down. I'm taking her to a guest room and then going to cook since apparently that's important."

The door opened to a small entry hall with a place to leave their shoes, with various living areas opening out from this central thoroughfare, including a sitting room with chairs and couches to relax on and a well-appointed kitchen, and he'd head to the back of the home where the guest rooms were located.

"You're my guests. I'll cook." He shrugs.

He pauses, then sighs, looking back. "Give her here, she's in my coat anyway. Also, you might want to stow the wings, Bacrow." Baka-crow? Bang-crow? Hard to tell. "They're rather obvious."

"Probably the safest place in the district, all things considered. Re-enforced walls, countermeasures against magical tracking, all that usefulness. Just in case."

Hideyuki frowns, thinking it over for a second. "I don't know who your grandfather is, but most people would be a little upset about you bringing a naked girl home even without the blatant wizardry. My house is close too, could probably regroup there first, get things settled. Of course, that's up to you, but I'm heading that way, regardless."

Scarlet has been having nightmares.

Never clear, nor remembered upon waking, but unshakable, whenever she let her consciousness subside. Nightmares of hunting, of blood and the fierce joy of the kill, blurring together into an unrecognizable maelstrom of hazy blood.

Tonight she dreams of a... man? Woman? it's all the same, really. They're running. She's excited. She moves. The world blurs like a camera gone out of focus, and suddenly she's there, nails digging into their shoulders before she completes the motion, surging toward their unprotected neck...

Then she wakes up, feeling like she would be in a cold sweat if she wasn't dead.

Legacy Recalled ~~ Blur: [Vampiric] Spend 50 blood at the start of the turn to act immediately.

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Bojangles had a bit of a revelation. he could feel it around his body, the flow of power that ebbs and flows, in his muscles, in his bones, over his skin. He can move it, he can change it.

New Personal Traits:
True Mage: Replace TP with Mana. Gain bonus attributes based on current Mana level.

Reactive Aura: When attacked with the same damage type multiple times, reduce damage dealt by [Current Mana/20] for each additional attack.

Well, this is about typical.

Hideyuki assumes that the helicopter that was obviously about to kill the girl wasn't one of theirs.

Time for the better part of valor, then. Right, casual teen mode gone, Operator Hideyuki Ito Activate

"Shit. Hostiles! Someone get cover up, you..." here he looks at the floating girl "Get the Z and anyone that's too injured to run. Crow girl, get as many fireballs as you can between us and those helicopters, make them more focused on not blowing up than attacking, but don't fall behind. stay close and follow me." He didn't have many ways to deal with shit like this, but luckily they had countermeasures, he hopes. Best bet is to get to cover before they can get a good attack off. These looked human, though... can't go around killing them. Need to withdraw. He'd pause for just a moment, then break off at a run toward the edge of the park, specifically heading toward them maze of back-alleys and side-streets that any sufficiently old city has.

On the shelves and stands around them, they'd find various kinds of crystals, little baggies holding powders and other such minor 'magical' items. The woman explains it:

"Well, we sell all sorts of things that might be helpful. Crystals that can heal wounds or re-balance your chakras, or even store and release your body's energy to help ward off exhaustion and fatigue. We also have some higher-ticket items like a tea that will help recover from disease and purge unhealthy energies from your body, or amulets to protect against various dangers. of course, their power isn't unlimited, and a lot of them need time between uses, but they're still really quite useful." She smiles sweetly.