Gate of Memoirs/Riotous Bad Spirits

If Ni'en had a choice he'd be punching spirits out of existence, but alas.
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Music: "Overcome" 	Music: "Overcome"
 	
*The impure spirits disintegrate, and Ni'en huffs out a breath in victory.
*Clasping his clawed hand, he absorbs the residual trails, leaving no trace behind.
 	
*Ni'en: Hmph... Something doesn't smell right about this...
*Ni'en: Not the fire trails but... What's that sickly scent on the air?
*Ni'en: Tainted spirits...here?
 	
*A stone's throw away, Luro lands on a tree, his sleek owl form cautiously hidden among the snow-laden branches.
*Luro: Well, well. I thought I'd heard a clamor.
*Luro: So this is the fabled creature...
*Luro: And are those...impure spirits lingering in the air?
 	
*Ni'en: ... ...
*Ni'en: ?
Music: "Frozen Tears"	Music: "Frozen Tears"
 	
*Ni'en: !!!
*Ni'en: Hey! Hey there, birdy!
 	
*Luro barely has time to react before the creature bounds over and snatches him right out of his perch.
 	
*Luro: Guh!
 	
*Luro's glamour dissipates, and the Shifter can do little more than struggle in the boisterous outsider's arms.
 	
*Ni'en: Hey, I knew it! Someone like me!
 	
*Luro: Unhand me, you brute!
 	
*Ni'en: Oops!
 	
*Luro: Well, you sure are friendly...
 	
*Ni'en: The name's Ni'en! I come from a place far, far away!
 	
*Ni'en: Nice to meetcha, birdy!
 	
*Luro: Luro. Delighted...
 	
*Luro eyes the last of the impure spirits, then glances back at the outsider.
 	
*Luro: So. What brings you all the way here?
 	
*Luro: It's the dead of winter, and you...don't seem particularly suited for a house and a roaring fire.
 	
*Ni'en: Eh, you're not wrong.
 	
*Ni'en: Just thought I caught sight of something familiar…
 	
*Ni'en: But then these spirits came out and attacked me.
*Ni'en: It's, uh, pretty weird for spirits to be so...agitated.
*Ni'en: Dunno why, though. Never seen them like this.
 	
*Luro: Interesting... By your tone I take it you are familiar with spirits.
 	
*Ni'en: My kind just has an uncanny ability to sniff them out, that's all!
 	
*Luro: Sniff...them out?
*Luro: (That's certainly peculiar…)
 	
*Luro: (I wonder what that little seeress would say, were she here.)
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*Maeri: Yeah! I'll just be going...
 	
*Maeri: Where to? Umm, maybe where I can figure this out, I guess.
*Maeri: Maybe Mister Glaes would know about the spirits...
 	
*Luro: (Hah. Better her than me, looking for that old stag.)
 	
*Ni'en suddenly perks up, his fierce gaze pointed as he sniffs the air like a beast.
 	
*Ni'en: Something's sharp on the wind...
*Ni'en: And it ain't good...
 	
*Luro: What is it?
 	
*Ni'en: ... ...
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*Ni'en: Blood...