Rise of the Cynth [1x1]

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Luna stopped in mid-stride, frozen, "You think that was my full speed?" She mumbled grumpily to herself, Luna whirled around. She squinted into the darkness, spotting Rioku a long ways ahead. She grinned, he's a pretty wolf, it would be nice to his throat ripped out. Luna's thoughts were insane and twisted, bu for her it was normal, and in fact even sane. She darted off towards Rioku, half ready to attack, but at the last moment she decided not too. Might as well take it easy for now. But she still gripped her sheathed katana tightly, tight enough for knuckles to turn white.

Ren glanced down at Mayia, surprised she could have any expression besides fear. After a second of peering at Mayia he nodded towards Hunter, picking up his pace and gently set her down next to Hunter. He yawned again and wiped away some sweat from his forehead. Ren sluggishly settled by a cave wall, already falling into a deep slumber. Yes, using his powers always drained him afterward. He snored quietly once again.

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Rioku grumbled a little and padded away from Luna to do his job, walking simply as he looked around. He could see Cynth everywhere, but he wasn't going to just sit there. He wasn't going to fight them either. Stopping to fight in this would be stupid, and would mean death. He would have to get Skye to help as well once things got too hard for him. Idiotic girl. What is going through that mind of hers... Rioku thought to himself as he dusked past Grypths and a nadful of Nyldrem. He was able to scoot past the Cynth and to the closest building, which turned out to be a store for groceries. No doubt that over half of the supplies in there would be inedible, but that wasn't what Rioku was looking for.

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Mayia sighed a little, laying down against Hunter and nuzzling into his fur without thinking. Hunter looked like he was going to be the one to keep watch this time. A few minutes passed until Mayia woke up from the chill, blinking awake. "Something wrong, Mayia?" Hunter asked, grumbling lowly and rubbing his muzzle against her shoulder. "It's a little cold... I'm going to get something to make a fire." She said with a small smile. With a small yawn, Mayia got herself up, rubbing her eyes as she went over to the entrance. She peaked out before heading out to the outside world, then trotted out, Hunter having been told to stay there... Mayia came back a few minutes later with a cut on her ankle and a splinter on her hand, with the addition of some dead branches. Hunter was right to have been worried, but of course, he said nothing and watched as Mayia intensified her light against the wood to cause it to burn.

Mayia was picking out the splinters from her hands with her teeth, sighing quietly while her ankles felt a little sore. Hunter moved so that Mayia didn't have to, curling around her and whimpering a little about her ankles. "I'm sorry for worrying you." Mayia said quietly giving Hunter a little kiss on his ear. Mayia laid down against Hunter, then noticed that she was barefoot... She... She left her shoes in the sewers...

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Luna growled, she could barely see that darn wolf. She picked up her speed, narrowly dodging the shadow things. One cut her cheek like a paper cut, but she ignored it and kept going. Luna gritting her teeth when she saw some Cnyth, she made her legs feel like they were burning as she swiftly darted past them. Luckily they thought nothing of it just yet, giving the one extra second she needed. She took a deep breath as she got a tiny glimpse of Rioku. Luna grinned, and chased after him. Indeed, this was fun.

Ren sighed and rolled over in his sleep, trying his best to keep sleeping. But the small crackle of the fire and the heat too brought him back to the real world. He jerked awake, glancing around, a little startled. But he let out a sigh of relief as he realized where he was. Ren looked away from Mayia and Hunter as he crawled up to the fire. He didn't really want to invade their privacy. "Nice day, huh?"

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Rioku couldn't help but look back at Luna, growling a little to himself as he saw one creature creeping up on Luna. it looked to be human with illuminated golden eyes. Rioku was just about to go back to beat the thing down, but something came up from behind them and somehow those eyes vanished from the darkness... Something weird was going on, but Rioku had a job to do, darting away to scout the area.

Skye had been watching Rioku and Luna from where he was at the cemetery. When he noticed extra footsteps that didn't belong to a Cynth. Using his ability to move through the air, he had gone just behind the new step of footprints and spirited him away if you know what I mean. They appeared again not too far away on the roof of the store that Rioku just passed. "Leave the girl, or I will return for you." Skye said sharply in a low voice as the man drew a gun. He was elderly with golden glasses on. He must have been important when this town was alive. But now... he was mad. Skye didn't have time for this and ditched the man, vanishing when the man pulled the trigger. Skye was hit square in the chest. He would be able to recover though.

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Mayia flinched, hearing a sudden movement, looking back at Ren with a frightened expression. "A-Are you alright?..." She asked as he crawled towards the fire, looking a little worried by Ren having suddenly woken up. He seemed to be alright, but she couldn't be sure. Hunter just laid there, shutting his eyes and letting Mayia talk to a human without running for a change. The way that Hunter curled around her prevented her from getting up, his head on her lap and his tail around her waist. Mayia didn't see Hunter's intention though and just pet him quietly with a gentle touch, smoothing back his ears.

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Luna had glanced behind her, just as she turned back around she had lost sight of Rioku. Luna sighed and jumped when she heard a gun shot a little ways off. She took another sweep around the store, trying to spot anything suspicious creeping in the dark. Luna found nothing, satisfied she turned back and peeked out into the alley. It was deserted by the looks of it. She grinned, "Too bad I lost Rioku, but doesn't mean I can't have." She said to herself, thinking out loud. Luna slipped out of the shop and silenced her soft steps. The alley way was long and narrow and it had a dead end, not a lot of room for swinging a sword around. She frowned at that, that could be a problem, but it doesn't matter too much.
Luna laughed, and turned back to the building she just came out of, Luna held out her hand. After a second a flame erupted in the palm of her hand, she threw the fire down the shop. "Well, that should keep some people warm." The building was quickly buried in flames. Luna raced through the alley, keeping to the other side of it to avoided getting burned. She burst out of the narrow passage way.

Ren glanced at Mayia, and grinned, "Me? I'm fine, besides I'm not the one that fainted." He said, teasing Mayia a little. Ren returned his attention back to the fire and rubbed his hands together, holding them close to the fire. Ren grin faded to a big smile as he stared at nothing. Ren's mind wondered through the day, wondering if they were going to split apart or stick together. It would be a change to have company if they stick to together, but would that be the right choice? It didn't matter to Ren if it was right or not, either way he should be fine.

Zero growled, that was a close one, and the Nyldrem of this group wasn't too happy. Zero raced away, breaking away from the rest of his kind, he darted up a random manhole. He ended up in Town Square, Zero glanced around searching for anything out of place. He found nothing, until he raised his eyes to tall buildings. Zero saw a soft glow in the distance, he puzzled over it. It took a while for him to dawn on him that it was a fire. Zero hissed and sank into the shadows, he hated fire, like most of the Cynth.

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The man that was on the roof of that building was utterly shocked when the darn thing went up in flames. No time did the poor mad man have to save his skin from the roaring flames that rose up all around him. He died in the fire, his agonized cry directed to the murderer of this town. "I curse the Akitoras for their plague upon this town with my final breath." He had shouted at the top of his lungs, burning with the building. Skye was able to hear his cries from the cemetery as he picked the bullet from his arm, putting it into a pouch of used bullets. Rioku was able to hear the thing as well, and he didn't go as far as the alley... He then spotted Luna coming out again and continued on his way, running at an even pace. He was starting to find this kind of fun, to be doing a job while some girl tried to catch him. Rioku wasn't an idiot. He was a very clever wolf, through he did have a certain hatred for dogs, and that showed very plainly whenever he was called a dog to his face by various strangers that are not a part of the dead population that cluttered the streets. Skye just allowed Rioku to take lives as he pleased... in some cases.

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Mayia flinched slightly when Ren told her that she had passed out, lowering her neck into her shoulders and looking to the base of the fire before putting in another stick. "S-Sorry about that... Using my abilities really drains me..." She said cautiously, unsure if tellling that kind of information was safe. Not to mention I haven't had anything to eat since I won't take the meat Hunter brings... She thought to herself, meaning to sigh inwardly, but she ended up sighing outwardly. She didn't even notice... Stroking Hunter's soft fur, Mayia thought about their situation. Where they were, what was going on and who this... guy was. Ren seemed to be a happy person, someone so full of life, and that scared Mayia... Anyone that too anything, whether happy or sad, had something very wrong with them. Though she didn't realize that she was just too scared almost all the time. "So... Ren.... How did you get to Vuglary? It couldn't have been from the subway. The building collapsed about a month ago." Mayia said, looking at Ren with curious eyes that were still glazed with fear.

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She glanced up at the building behind her, Huh? So there was someone there, well too bad for them. She turned back and narrowed her eyes as she saw Rioku's tail retreat. She grinned and growled to herself, "Hey." She mumbled quietly to Rioku, she kept her voice down, trying to avoid any more attention. But those flames should keep away the Cnyths for at least a while. Luna wondered if she should chase him, besides she never have played with a wolf before. Maybe she could see Skye again, they could play again. She laughed and took off after Rioku, she barely kept him in sight. And that wolf looked like he was going some where, even more interesting for Luna. She laughed and sped up again.


Ren felt a little bad that he hurt her feelings, but he shrugged it off. It didn't seem to matter to much. "I was born here." He replied to Mayia's question. He chuckled and glanced at her, "Now then, how did you get here?" He asked curiously. After a moment Ren felt warm enough, even hot. Ren scoot away from the fire, and pulled his knees to his chest, wrapping his arms around them. Ren gazed at Mayia for a moment, wondering how she got a dog like that. He snapped out of his thoughts when his stomach growled loudly, Ren laughed and patted lightly.

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Rioku looked up as he ran, watching the Zyrif over head. They had seen him. Picking up a little speed, Rioku darted a little faster, ducking into an alley with nothing by a dead end just by a hospital. He was able to lose the Zyrif with his swift thinking, and started to sniff around. Skye and Rioku had been keeping tabs on Mayia and Hunter, but they had vanished so suddenly. Rioku was sent out to find her and report back to Skye. You were right, Skye. They are gone. RIoku grumble, looking around as he sniffed for any clues in the area. He saw nothing and Mayia and Hunter's scents were masked and faded by other passing odors. He couldn't trace anything from there, but he would have to try.

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Mayia stopped her hand, just holding it on Hunter's head in silence. "... I wandered in when I was small... I was adopted and raised here, and when my parents died, I was told to go to the neighbouring town. I came back a few months ago to pay my respects to their grave, but all this happened on my way back. There were always dead people, but... These things. They were popping up everywhere and I couldn't go home." She said lowly, looking into the fire as if her story was being told inside of it, the scenes that passed her lips appearing in the fire.

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Luna could barely pull out her katana fast enough to block a strike from a Zyrif. She cursed, and tried to cut it down as it swooped back down at her. She skimmed a wing, but not enough, Luna ducked into another alley way Just as the Zyrif attack again. She whirled around and gritted her teeth, they might be more gathering soon. It would be best to kill this one nice and fast. As if the Zyrif read her thoughts it hung back into the air, waiting patiently. Luna narrowed her eyes, and suddenly she swiftly darted up a building by grabbing a hold of loose bricks and pipes. Just as she reached the top the Zyrif flew down again at terrifying speed, aiming to take her head.
Luna was lucky to be alive as she duck down at the very last second. She laughed and climbed the rest of the way, and raised her sword, ready. She took a second to glance around, Luna was two buildings down from the abandoned hospital. She grinned, that would be a good place to take cover. Luna slashed at the Zyrif as she leaped to the other building. She landed on the edge, almost falling off. The Zyrif was heavily injured now, it flew in the air, it seemed to debate whether or not if it should retreat. Luna whipped around and raced to the hospital. She jumped again and stumbled as she landed on the edge once again. Was that Rioku she just saw? It didn't matter, she didn't check. As she slide down a pipe, her hand burning.

Ren glanced between the fire and Mayia, trying to find what she was seeing. After a moment he gave up and rested his gaze on Hunter. "Ah, I see." He murmured, Ren didn't really know what to say. His life story was much different, perhaps even more normal then Mayia's. Ren sighed and rested his chin on his knees. But after a moment he jerked back up and shook his head, laughing at himself. There isn't any need to be sad, it's in the past now, just enjoy what you have. "So, any hobby's?" He asked Mayia, changing the subject to something lighter.
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Rioku growled a little looking around, then he noticed that Luna was sliding down a pipe, mentally cursing. At the rate that she was going, she would break her legs the second she landed. Rioku darted off towards the area that Luna was coming down only to see that Skye was on the roof, a black bladed bow and arrow in his hand as he shot a few Zyrif from the sky. Some of them attacked Skye, cutting up his arms and oneof his cheeks a bit, but nothing too bad. He was able to take care of enough to frightened the others off for now, but something was brewing. More were going to come and that was evident.

Looking down at over the city, Skye looked for anything powerful that was nearby. Luckily, there was nothing down there that was worth worrying over. He could even see Rioku darting to the pipe to catch Luna when she came down. Skye didn't know why, but he felt a certain sense of worry whenever he found survivors. If anything died on his watch, he felt some kind of sense of guilt. Not once did he ever wish to see something die, unless of course he loses his mind and aims for the death of all that he sees... But that wasn't the point. He was rather high off the ground si jumping wasn't an option, so he took his own way, using the walls to get himself down by jumping between them to cushion the impact

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Mayia looked at Hunter, seeing the strap around his neck. Gladly, Hunter had remembered to take Mayia's back with them. "I draw sometimes, and sing... But the biggest hobby was looking after tha animals at the shelter I owned back in Otake, but I'm stuck here..." She said, leaning down a bit to lay against Hunter. He had lifted his head to let Maya move and grumbled lowly with not meaning behind his little noises. "What about you? You've been here for a while, so you must have done something." She said lowly as she ran her fingers through Hunter's hair sweetly. Laying with Hunter always made Mayia feel safe. It was Ren who was making her feel cold and nervous.