chikaidestroyer | ∞ 83: A chronicle of life and death [action]

[What a wonderful afternoon. The sun is shining, the sky has cleared up, and the ground is drying after two days of rain. And Albert is around the village today, weaving through the streets and between houses and even to the edges of the forest.

Little do people know that Albert received a beautiful flower last night, and he happened to smell it. When he awoke up the morning, getting out of his room proved to be an ... arduous battle. And getting out the front door? Well, he had at least discovered what a doorknob was by then.

He has a vague, wondrous look on his face as he looks at swaying tree branches and flowers he would have otherwise ignored. His hair is in slight disarray, as if he had rolled out of bed and fought his way through a bedroom door. His clothes are in a similar state, and notably the same as the ones he had been wearing last night.

This isn't strange at all.

He will be wandering around for the entire afternoon. Attempts to talk to or capture the 6'1" strategist will be bizarre. ...And he won't be returned home until sunset or so.]

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[Normally she would just huff and let him walk away, but then she sees the Mushi floating by him. What if...]

Hey, wait up! [He probably can't hear her, but she doesn't care. He might be affected by Mushi and could cause trouble if he isn't at least attended to. So she'll start going after him, walking at a close by distance.]

[It's a minute or two before Albert pauses in his wandering, his attention caught by birds that flutter past him. He stands there on the side of the road, looking off in the direction they flew.]

[oh ffff. Once Mayoi sees him turning around she retreats behind the closest tree. It normally works...then again those times it worked no one was able physically see her.]

[Albert doesn't even look in the girl's direction after he loses interest in the birds, meandering off the beaten road towards the edge of the forest. He tilts his head at a frog by the river for just a moment, then heads continues on his way.]

[Once he turns back around she'll continue to follow him. But dammit he's going near the forest now. That can't be safe - she doubts Moro will excuse the Mushi thing for someone wandering in unwelcomed. She will run up a little faster and get in front of him again.]

Okay, we need to go back to the village! You're probably affected by one of the Mushi from Ginko's world. [Once she says this though she realizes that he's probably just going to keep ignoring her.]

[Since Mayoi had been running after Albert, he had no way of seeing the girl until she was in front of him again. Once again, they collide, and the tall man has to reach out and steady himself against a nearby tree so he doesn't fall over.]

A-Ah. Sorry about that. [that's right. she needs to remember that she's almost imaginary to him. it's a frustrating feeling, but he can't let him go into the forest where he could be attacked. maybe if she distracts him somehow...]

Are you okay now?

[Albert gives the girl a faint smile, as if listening to something he can't translate, and walks back the way he came, towards the village.

It's a minor victory, at least?]

[When she sees him start walking back towards the village she sighs in relief. It's a victory any day someone doesn't go into the forest to get eaten. She'll follow slowly behind him, just to make sure he doesn't do anything else reckless in this state.]