“Manic wonders…!”

The piece of paper was pierced by a single talon. He held it up, letting it flutter in the slight breeze that blew over. The clouds over the moon had moved aside, letting the sky’s pupil shine its light upon the Earth below. The light reflected off of the silvery talons, making it seem that the hand itself was giving off its own light, making it easier to see the words on the paper.

if you would seek eternal glory and boundless power, find the artifact known as Azazel’s Stone which the Ancients hid before the breaking and rebirthing of humanity

find the Eye of the Serpent

kill anyone who gets in your way

you must not let the Sun Rod f

Near waved his arm, making the paper flutter about more.

“Manic wonders…who is this Stone Lezaza person?”

He waved it from side to side.

“Snake’s eyes?”

Then up and down.

“Sun stick? Lollipop?”

The paper began to tear from the pulling and pushing of the wind and his waving.

Riiipp…

Near sighed, closing his left hand, grasping the paper within his fist, making sure that it wouldn’t sprout wings and fly away.

“How booooring~!”

A ruckus rose out from below, immediately grasping his attention. Without a second thought, he silently slid off the roof of the tavern. There was much laughter and talking from inside, along with the usual drunken annoyances that one would expect coming from a tavern.

“Sounds like fuuuun~!” Near pushed the doors open as hard as he could. Grinning, he stood at the doorway and spread out his arms and shouted a loud ‘Hiiiiiiii!’ as hard as he could over all the noise. Most of the ruckus stopped at this, and most heads turned toward the sudden outburst at the door.

But that wasn’t what captured his attention. In the corner of the tavern, seemingly separate from the rest of drunken fools, there were a group of people. They had very unique appearances, setting them apart from the rest of the customers. Even after looking at them, something--or rather, someone--took his attention away from the rest of the group. She had hair with beautiful blue streaks interrupting the graceful flow of dominant silver--and what was this? There was a flash of green. Emerald coloured irises.

If he had a heart, it would have skipped a beat at that very moment. He inhaled, completely taken in.

“Ooohh….pretty~” His cowl covered his left arm as it went to his side. Hypnotized, he slowly sauntered toward the group.

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["Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet"]