[Day 2, Night - A House South of Town]

[direstnews]

[Written into the ground alongside one of the houses to the south of town tonight are a series of strange letters, forming a rough circle near the wall. A figure of approximately Loki's build, not there during the day's exploration, leans against the wall at the corner. The door to the house is open.]

[Some hours after the sudden switch from day to night, Loki stands in front of the door, a candle before him, a kitchen knife in one hand and a spoon in the other. He checks the mirror set carefully in the darkness, nothing yet visible in its surface. Then he strikes the knife with the spoon's handle, and he holds his breath - and he waits.]

Comments

[12npcs]

[The sai sinks into the quivering piece, the lightning causing it to blort, bubbling in some unpleasant paralysis as is snapped back towards you.]

[allsneakandnoplay]

[when it's about 4 feet in front of him, stops it midair for BLADE MODE, switching weapons in a flurry and slashing at it with obscene ninja speed with his high frequency blade]

[12npcs]

[It almost seems to hang there in the air, bulging around each slice... before it falls apart at each of those seams, dropping to the ground below in quickly liquifying cubes.]

[allsneakandnoplay]

[do those cubes have any heat left in them?]

[12npcs]

[There's a faint warmth to them... your eyes don't see it cool so much as sink into the ground and vanish.]

[allsneakandnoplay]

... [not good.]

[GONNA KEEP NINJA PICKING THESE OFF UNTIL A BETTER SOLUTION PRESENTS ITSELF]

[12npcs]

[The little parts you hook and slice are easy prey... It's not until Loki draws ALL of their attention and a large part drops Asellus - becoming somehow larger, and firmer - that something becomes a new, obvious threat, climbing up the wall with heavy hands.]

[allsneakandnoplay]

[... There. That's the opening he was waiting for.]