PomZElena

"Oh, those guys? They've been following me ever since I left my homeland. I guess I kinda did defect from the army there while joining up with the other side!"

Every sentence, every word was filled with a sense of glee. Like what he was talking about is as fun and jolly as can be.

"It's been years since then, but even now some guys from that place still don't like ol' Henry."

A shrug of his shoulders.

"You seemed to notice the guy, though. Do you just have a good eye or is there more to it? You're an elf, yeah?"

"I'm an elf mage yes. I'm quite sensitive to mana. Seeing as every living creature has a natural mana capacity, most that aren't aware of it are pretty easy to find."

"You're quick though, and your magic isn't one I've seen before."

The dark wave of lightning. Maybe a special type of magic they teach in his army? Lightning by itself isn't that incredibly special, elemental magic in general is being used more often, especially by human mages. However, it still seemed more powerful than normal elemental magic. Almost like it had an inherent magical quality to it, one that she wasn't familiar with.

If it really was an army creation, asking about it probably wouldn't lead to much... but it can't hurt to try either.

"Is it your own creation?"

She asked as she carried her bowl back toward her lips. As she did so however, her mind finally caught up with her sip from earlier. Slowly, she lowered the bowl again and set it down on the ground infront of her.

Frieren (Sousou no Frieren) and Henry (Fire Emblem) It's subtle, but still relatively easy to tell. This man is being followed. He doesn't seem particularly threatening right now... but who knows what he's capable of. Slowly, Frieren approached the man. "Not to alarm you, but someone's watching you." She wasn't sure why she spoke up. She doesn't know him, she doesn't even know if he's someone she 'should' be helping, but... Something about him made her reconsider. A little voice in her head, telling her to warn him. Soon after she spoke up, a tiny smile crept onto her face. I suppose that little voice won't be leaving anytime soon... Because even in death, a hero will try to protect those around him.

Henry hadn't been 'home' in a long time. And yet, they still manage to send more and more bounty hunters after him. Initially, he was sitting in front of a fire with a book on his lap and his eyes closed. Though he didn't exactly give the energy that he was relaxing. Especially when Frieren spoke up and caught his attention. His eyes still didn't open.

"That's a pretty menacing thing to say first thing, you know..."

He stretched his upper body for a second. Twisting with all the time in the world. As he began to mumble under his breath.

"Left? No. Over here? Nah."

Then, his face changed. Frieren might know it well, that moment when a hunter locks on to something that did not want to be found.

"Actually..."

The book on his lap opened and started flying through pages. There was no doubt, this man was holding no mere book, but a grimoire.

"There!"

The white-haired man outstretched his free arm and sent a wave of black electricity through the darkness, leading to a scream.

. . .

There was only silence after that. Henry remained calmly seated the whole time. It seemed the attacker wasn't part of a squad, so they should be fine.

"Hey, why don't you take a seat? I can at least thank you with some food!"

"I suppose a meal would be nice."

Slowly, she went to move toward the fire. For a moment, she stood on the opposite side of the fire Henry was sitting and carefully placed her suitcase on the floor next to her before sitting down beside it.

"You handled that quite easily. You didn't seem all that surprised about the warning either."

Still unsure who he was, she stayed focussed. Her magic detection might prove too slow otherwise... Especially with how quickly that black electricity flew through the air just moments before.

❛  i know we only just met but i already feel like i’ve known you my whole life.  ❜ ❛  umm, is this seat taken ?  ❜ ❛  don’t be alarmed now but there’s someone following you. pretend you know me and come with me. i’ll get you somewhere safe.  ❜ ❛  my friends ditched me here and now i could really use a ride home.  ❜ ❛  i don’t think we’ve met yet but you looked like you needed someone to talk to.  ❜ ❛  can you please pretend to be my boyfriend / girlfriend for a moment so my ex will leave me alone ?   ❜ ❛  are you always this straightforward with strangers ?  ❜ ❛  here, i noticed you lost this earlier.  ❜ ❛  i’m sorry, i must’ve mistaken you for somebody else.  ❜ ❛  so, what brings you here today ?  ❜ ❛  hi, my name is [name]. it’s nice meeting you.  ❜ ❛  you’re cute. how about i buy you a drink ?  ❜ ❛  can’t you watch where you are going ?!  ❜ ❛  i just moved into the apartment next to you, so i guess we’re gonna be neighbors now.  ❜ ❛  oh god, you’re [name], aren’t you ?  ❜ ❛  here, let me help you.  ❜ ❛  is there a reasons you’re here on your own ?  ❜ ❛  apparently we’re going to be working on this together now.  ❜ ❛  you look like you could use a hand with that.  ❜ ❛  what do people around here do to have some fun ?  ❜ ❛  looks like this will take a while, huh ?  ❜ ❛  oh god. please tell me you haven’t just heard me talk to myself.  ❜ ❛  excuse me, i think i’m lost.  ❜ ❛  i just wanted to say that i really like your outfit.  ❜ ❛  do you come here often ?  ❜ ❛  do you mind if i join you for a bit ?  ❜ ❛  you looked lonely so i got you a drink.  ❜ ❛  i don’t think we’ve met, i’m [name].  ❜ ❛  what the hell just happened there ?  ❜ ❛  have you seen this anywhere ? i must’ve lost it.  ❜ ❛  can i please use your phone ? i have to call someone to get me out of here.  ❜ ❛  seems like we’re gonna be spending a lot of time together.  ❜ ❛  come with me, and don’t ask any questions. it’s urgent.  ❜ ❛  i heard strange noises coming from your apartment and just wanted to make sure everything is alright.  ❜ ❛  i have a spare ticket, you wanna come in with me ?  ❜ ❛  you don’t know me but will you be my date for tonight ?  ❜ ❛  we’ve got some time to kill so why don’t you tell me a little about yourself ?  ❜ ❛  i don’t usually just walk up to strangers but my friends set me up to it.  ❜ ❛  i think our orders may have gotten mixed up.  ❜ ❛  do i have something on my face or why do you keep looking at me like that ?  ❜