Glad to have avoided drawing the gob's attention, Nira relized that she would likely be better off if she had a ranged skill for attacking. Though she hated to admit it, pixies weren't exactly built for physical combat, and what they gained in exchange for the ability to fly was a loss in durability and size. She was practically the foundation for the squishy wizard and fragile speedster archetypes that she had found useful in the rpg's she had played, and those weren't exactly the easiest companions to keep alive.
So what was she going to do? Thinking on it as she made her way back, she knew she would have to specialize to some degree for now if she wanted to live. At her size weapons weren't an option, so she would have to go for spells and magic. Luckily enough she had learned about meditation from Femus earlier, so that would probably be a good place to start.
Having arrived back at the tree, Nira zipped into the branches before joining Femus at his perch. Waving as she approached, she settled herself down opposite of him hoping that she hadn't come up from a blind angle, not knowing if wisps even had blind spots.
"It's getting a bit late to move so we should probably stay here for the night, preferably on a branch or two with denser leaf coverage. For now though I'm going to try something with meditation while we still have time."
Turning and shifting into a comfortable pose, Nira sought out the warm feeling of mana in her body and picked up where she left off. Being gentle as she tried to force more mana into the natural flow of her body, Nira again attempted to create and hold an evenly distributed increase in her mana flow. Once she felt this attempt stablize she tried to pull a handful of her mana out into an orb while restoring the deficit with meditation.
Regardless of how successful the attempt to restock before use was, she focused on the orb of mana she had created and thought back to the memory of Femus's ranged attack on the dire rat just a couple of hours ago. It had flown through the air and sizzled on contact, dealing decent damage. She focused her intent of damage and ranged use into the orb of mana in the hopes that these visualizations would help her shape it, though she didn't expect much to happen.
Should it succeed or not, she opened her eyes and let go of the orb with the intent of letting it dissapate before getting up and looking for a place to sleep. It would be a good idea to stay in the tree so they could help each other, but sleeping so close to a creature that glowed was like asking for trouble. After finding a particularly bushy branch, Nira settled herself down and let the tiredness of a busy day take her off to sleep. She would probably need to find water and food tomorrow.
"Digbie is playing a ballsy game." (Granted it's not a half bad move, but for a kid to attempt intimidation and acting is interesting. I hope he can pull it off.) "Asura is asking the important questions for this dungeon."
Hearing the screech of frustration behind her, Nira was glad that the chase was over. But in short time she soon found herself in a clearing, seperating her from the cover of the trees and putting her far to close to a goblin for comfort. Making a hard bank left after slowing her speed, Nira quietly darted to the tree line and watched the goblin for but a short moment to make sure it hadn't noticed her.
In doing so she noticed both the rudimentary wooden sword it held and the way it was trying to get better at using it. Shuddering at the thought of it noticing her and taking a swing, she resolved to maybe keep an eye out for this goblin later. It would certainly be a bad idea to think about drawing the attention of anything that had even a minorly extended reach because of a weapon or otherwise.
Being careful to make her way back into the branches without much sound, Nira did her best to keep an ear out for the sounds of other creatures and monsters as she made her way back to the tree and Femus. Another thing she wanted to avoid was having someone follow her back, so she did her best to quietly stay out of sight until she reached her destination.
"If it can't be controlled, and it can't be trusted, then we don't need it with us. If it follows us or we encounter it later, we'll deal with it then. If we have the right skills by then, we might even be able to pull off taming it."
Letting go of a breath that she hadn't known she was holding, Nira felt a bit relieved to know that they were roughly on the same page. Femus had even had a good point that they might be able to tame it later. So with the dilemma of what to do resolved for for now, Nira turned to the task at hand of getting away and losing the pixie.
Taking a moment to look at the pixie's physical features so she could recognize it if they ran into it again, Nira responded. "Alright. I'll try to lose it in the forest somewhere before meeting you back here, unless you have another suggestion."
Waiting a bit until she heard his response or lack thereof, Nira looked at the wild pixie and motioned for it to follow her as she started moving away from the tree with a playful smile. "Keep up if you can."
With that, Nira darted off at full speed into the forest and activated Muffle 1, hoping to maybe lose the pixie in the first few moments. Keeping an ear out for the sound of pixie wings following her and looking back over her shoulder on occasion, Nira weaved and dived around branches and trees.
<Snipped quote by Stabby> Kirina: *rushes to the nearest toilet, looking as pale as a ghost. I retch into the toilet as a nervous reaction to what I saw in the vision*
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*After a moment or two of silence you hear someone else enter the bathrooms and a knock on the stall door.* ...Did another memory return?
Hmm. That's something you would be most suited to answer. We could have you interact directly with your zanpakuto spirit, but for the most part sword zen is the most effective way to progress.