[center][h3][i][color=#079FE0][b]ℳ[/b][/color] [color=#7D0000]a i r y e ll[/color]  [color=#079FE0][b]Ҝ[/b][/color] [color=#7D0000]a s i o[/color][/i][color=333333]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[/color][sup][center][color=333333]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[/color][color=000000][i][b]s ᴀ ɴ ɢ ᴜ ι ɴ ᴇ[/b][/i][/color][/center][/sup][/h3][sup][sup][sup][sup][img]https://drfhlmcehrc34.cloudfront.net/cache/7a/2e/7a2eca87d796d9fd03a702d75817da61.png[/img][/sup][/sup][/sup][/sup][/center][center][sup][color=#2E6A95][b]"I'll let you off easy this time, but don't be surprised if [i]next time[/i] things don't end so cleanly."[/b][/color]
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kASL3Vd5fkA]Theme I[/url] [color=#7D0000]♦[/color] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkwkPPTXb7k]Theme II[/url] [color=#7D0000]♦[/color] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hkmuTvkp_s]Theme III[/url][/sup]

[i][u]Ominar
Late night Day 2 --> Early monring Day 3[/u][/i][/center][hr]

They'd gotten out alive and largely unscathed. He'd taken a few stray shots, but it was nothing he couldn't shrug off and regenerate. He'd spent the rest of the day winding down, flying across the city once he'd made sure everyone else was properly situated of course. He'd seen, via his cell, that the news had reported on their little operation, and also that—suspiciously—on the fact that prisoners they had specifically avoided freeing had escaped.

It...felt familiar, it felt...wrong. He wasn't sure if it had been Zeki or someone else, but he didn't like what it could mean for the budding Resistance. Bad rep beyond just illegally breaking people out of jail, which he imagined could be somewhat forgiven by the public, seeing as so many of those people had been completely innocent. Plus, many of them had decided to join the cause.

Still, on his mind more than any of that, was Aeris. Landing on a building and sitting down with his legs dangling from the edge, the vampire took out his phone, only to see a message. Man, he really hadn't checked it in [i]hours[/i].

It was from Darius. He opened it.

[quote=Darius' Text][i][b]”Aeris is staying here for the night, she’s too exhausted to travel and you can meet her here in the morning. Just send a text before you do.”[/b][/i][/quote]

The slightest of frowns tugged at one corner of his mouth before he chuckled a bit and then sent a message back.

[quote=Mairyell's Response][i][b]”I appreciate you telling me. We'll probably meet elsewhere though. Wouldn't want to impose.”[/b][/i][/quote]

He grinned to himself. Darius would know that Mairyell hardly cared about [i]imposing[/i], but he knew the old fox would accept the reason anyways. Pocketing his phone away once he'd sent the message, Mairyell leaned back on his hands and stared up at the clear night sky and exhaled slowly, beginning to a breath exercise. After about five minutes his breathing was steadier than normal and it was at this point that he [i]tuned in[/i] to the scents of the city and closed his eyes.

Gas, raw oil, fish, meat, blood—dead and alive—licentia, humans, prae, hundreds of each. The smell of burning tires, of salty air rolling off the ocean, the smell of dirt and human musk from not having washed wafting to him from the slums. Even the faint smell of ozone from electricity, and those were just mundane scents. He tuned in further, ramping up the strength of his smell until he could detect vis, focusing on that 'spectrum' of things he could smell thousands of individual people, living, moving, and breathing around him. The city was so alive, but he could also tell that it was not necessarily healthy. There was hostility, fear, and worst of all, uncertainty.

Then he finally located what he'd been looking for, well...several things really, and he let his weight shift forwards till he outright fell from the building and into open air. Where once he had been without wings, quite suddenly they blossomed from his back—blood red, and then a crimson so dark as to be black as they solidified—and he snapped up as they caught air. He flapped and shifted the build of his wings, streamlining them for speed.

Within the next few minutes he went on the hunt, striking at licentia who had overstepped their bounds, attempting to feed on humans or prae. They were never dead when he was done, merely unconscious or too weak to do much of anything. When he was finally done, he headed back to his apartment, but didn't bother dropping altitude. Instead, he landed on the balcony, his wings folding in on themselves as they liquefied and were then absorbed into his body seamlessly. He pressed his hand on a small pane of what appeared to be glass, it was the same size as his hand. It glowed, scanned his prints and vis, then a scanner opened, scanned his eyes. He felt a prick, and his DNA was tested. He then entered three passcodes, before what appeared to be a “wall” with a small window—instead of a glass door like a normal balcony—slid open. He entered his apartment, the strange door sliding shut behind him with great swiftness, but in silence.

The lights rose, not flickering on, but instead slowly adjusting the illumination. Still, for a human it would have been hard to see, but for Mairyell it was as clear as day—one of the perks of being what he was. Though properly fed, Mairyell still made his way to the kitchen and warmed up three slices of pizza, which he then brought to his bedroom.

Lounging into bed he snapped his fingers and a TV turned on and for twenty or so minutes he allowed himself to be lost in some mindless comedy while he ate. When the show had finished, and his plate sat empty on his bedside table, he got up, turned the TV off, washed his plate in the kitchen, setting it to dry, before he disrobed and crashed into bed. He'd get up tomorrow and contact Aeris. Darius would make sure she knew he was alright and even if he didn't, she'd [i]know[/i]. She trusted him.

He smiled a bit to himself, pulled his phone out, and decided to send her a text anyways.

[quote=From Mai to Aeris]”The 'Break went well Sis. I'm gonna crash. Head over tomorrow and wake me up maybe? Hope to see you ;) .”[/quote]

He hit send, then laid his phone down on its charging station, and let out a long wistful sigh.

He chuckled a bit to himself.

[color=#2E6A95][b]“Breakfast would be great,”[/b][/color] he thought out loud, before grinning, [color=#2E6A95][b]“...but I hope I have [i]dessert[/i] instead.”[/b][/color] With that thought, a smile still on his face, he let himself fall asleep, with Aeris still on his mind.