Thread: For Your Smile ((Velvet Stars + Ecchi Kunoichi))

The lights had served as a distraction...but only long enough to give the girl a few second's worth of a head start. What many would mistake for the growl of thunder was the angered voice of the creature upon realizing what had taken place. What was that? the girl gasped out as she leaped from a rooftop. Bits of cloth fluttered to the ground in her wake, the torn edges of her skirt's ruffles breaking free. She staggered slightly on hitting the ground below, shoes clicking loudly on that landing, but she regained her balance and started forward again. Beside her floated an odd ball of light that shone white with hints of flickering blue across it. Strangely enough, the voice that answered her seemed to come from it, ringing out in a feminine yet somewhat high-pitched tone. An illusion, but only temporary. It was the only way to make certain that you would escape the storm drake. Unlike the girl, it didn't seem that the light-thing needed to breathe, so it continued speaking. A creature such as that is far beyond your abilities at this time. We may need to keep a...what do you call it? A low profile, until it ceases its seeking. Wh-what? But I can't just... She paused, twin ponytails flying behind her in her forward dash she sprinted down the street from one shadow to the next, then clambered up a fire escape. ...let it do what it wants. Finished with both her climb and her statement, she ran at top speed across a rooftop, then jumped to another. There she stopped, hidden under an overhang. The air rumbled with barely contained thunder as the drake passed by overhead if it noticed her position, it didn't seem so. You said so yourself, Mystica. The girl's voice was nothing more than a whisper as she stared at the orb - or whatever the source of that voice was. If I don't want my world to be swallowed by chaos, I have to stop these things! We can't just give up. The blue-white object shone even less than a nightlight in their hidden spot. I am in agreement. However, we can do no good for your people or mine if you are defeated. Dragonkin are ancient and wise, with powers far greater than that of any lone human. I will not have you make an enemy of one...not unless there is no other way. We will have to allow its behavior for the time being, lest our efforts come to naught. They fell silent for a long moment, only for the second speaker to break it. There should be time now. Got it. The girl slipped out into the open, much of her body exposed under the illumination of electric lights her movements only weakened the clothing she wore, and much of her costume hung off her shoulders or drooped off one side. The only area completely covered was her torso, where there were multiple layers, or where the jacket remained in mostly one piece. Still, it only reached below her chest and to the top of her hips, serving as little protection. Ignoring this, she sprang down into an alley. Anyone passing by would likely see a strange glimmer of light from the other end. If such a passer-by stopped to look, they would see something very odd the remaining clothing on the girl would flare into shapes of deep blue light. It didn't seem to radiate upon her form, however, leaving it exposed entirely as she stretched both arms high above. Balanced on one foot, she spun once, and the jacket was gone. Twice, and the shirt and waistband broke apart in a similar rain of music notes and gold sparkles. A third, and the rest was gone as well, the shapes and lights twirling about her in loose rings before tumbling to the ground beneath her feet. It was then that the girl's body itself shone, a glow that crept inwards until it encircled her from head to toe. This shifted in a matter of seconds, becoming a different arrangement - a different figure, somehow. In the wake of the odd light show, all that remained was a gentle wavering glow, like a distant torch. Several minutes passed, but even though the ball of light quickly flew off, there was no sign of anyone else emerging. The world had become peaceful and quiet once again, only the rolling wave of dark clouds headed west signaling the strange happenings that had just ended.