Thread:Enchanteddragons/@comment-32460917-20190614051425/@comment-32460917-20190706075015

//I really got to finish this hh

Even with her eyes shut tightly, Chan could still see the silhouettes creep closer. Little pinpricks of flame surrounded by human outlines.

Then they stopped. The colors began to shift, and Chan sensed confusion from them. The goddess — or, well, demon to them — wasn’t moving. She wasn’t threatening them. Was it really worth attacking something that wasn’t harmful?

Chan cracked open an eye. The people were backing away now, their gazes flicking between themselves and her.

Right. She needed to actually do something to them. Those humans hadn’t started chasing her just because she had existed next to them. Inhaling, she opened her eyes fully to check what she could manipulate around her.

She’d never planned to hurt humans again, but... Just this once, right? She was wishing for something else. Even if the humans remembered her again after her spell broke, she had somewhere to flee to. Her courage swelled a bit at the thought of Fireon, and the people inside. It was just one step after the other. And as for what she’d do, there was a definite surplus of something around her.

She gathered all of the purple flames around her. An image was forming in her head, and she willed the fire to fit it.

A beast roared into existence next to her. She’d based it off those lion puppets she’d seen at new year celebrations, but hopefully the people around her would find it scary enough. The fire lion rolled forward, bellowing again as it charged at the townsfolk, though Chan was careful to keep it from actually touching anyone. It was literally made of fear. It couldn’t hurt anything, but she didn’t want the people to realize.

It... worked? Several of the humans backed away with a scream, and others were glued to the spot. Only the boldest gripped their weapons tighter and began moving again.

With her hands digging into the ground, Chan closed her eyes yet again. It wasn’t like she could shut out the person running towards her, but at least she could see what they were feeling. What was that saying again? As scared as you are of spiders, the spiders are just as scared of you.

Black exploded across her vision as someone rammed their knife into her chest.