@goodevcning
It was a rare occurrence where the archaic one ventured beyond his normal surroundings. Where he would leave the barrier encasing the grandeur of his home and explore outside of that, after all... what could he need or find that wasnt in his possession or about to be? Still as the warm orange hues of dusk penetrated the canopy tops and shined down through the branches, he felt at ease. A peacefulness that remained short lived as he caught the sounds of something or someone. Heavy footsteps in the brush. Not someone who would've usually resided here because the footfalls were sloppy, loud.
His eyebrows creased for only a moment as he turned to face the direction of the intruding force, catching the crude things scent as the wind shifted and he now stood down wind... a demon and... something else? Curious. In mere moments the face of an unusual visitor came bareelling out of the trees, shocked at first to see Shin then kissing the air with an immense bloodthirsty aura. Changing its course to mow into him.
Shin sighed, hed only wanted a bit of time to himself and even that got ruined. Perhaps it was the universe telling him to stop procrastinating his work. So as that demon rushed closer aiming for Shin's heart, he shifted. No longer a shorter more petite frame but that of a tall body, wide and slender with enough wingspan to lop the creatures head off easily before he got too close. Those lick lips pressing slightly as its body fell with a thud and in what could seem like slow motion, he stole a suspicious sack from the creatures back. Satisfied in the tingles in his fingers from contact against the things head.
A soft word was spoken as the creatures body set up in flames and Shin focused now on tearing the sack apart. Delicate only in trying not to clumsily drop its contents and finding himself shocked as he held onto a young girl... not an infant, but she was so small that his hands covered the full mass of her chest.
His eyes shifting to the offending corpse as he threw the remnants of the bag into the fire and shifted the girl to be cradled in his arms. What had he stumbled on? Demons didnt exactly go around stealing random children... he'd need to look into this... but then what to do about the girl? And why did she smell oddly different... The city was hours away, realistically its be impossible for her to of originated there and ended up here... even if she were traveling the closest country side.... Shin was perplexed.
On close examination he could see fear on the poor things features but she was out cold. Either the demon knocked her out or her anxiety did.... Mel. He should seek assistance from Mel as he figured out what the fuck is happening. A switch pivot and his being walking back home, also annoyed in how close that thing got to the barrier surrounding his lands. A ripple effect stirring the air as he passed through, and tmwhere the sound of shifting dirt and crunching leaves first existed now was replaced but his heavy steps against paved stone. The dreary and cold visage of his courtyard in view as he moved towards the entrance of his castle. First thing to deal with would be this child.
