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She stared at her foot. Pale and dirty -- covered with mud and moss from the area around the river with tiny cuts about her heel from running through the forest. Danty and fragile, almost sick-looking even. A delicate finger, just as pale as her foot, reached out and began to trace the deep blue veins that were so visible.

A short while ago she had closed her eyes for a moment, however she opened them to the absence of the ranger who had sat before her. There was a lost feeling, a strange sort of confusion, but nothing more. Her head lowered, her arm hooking Shouyin's, and her finger began to follow the many paths of veins in her mud-caked foot.

Seles was silent. He did not speak a word, if it could actually be called speaking. He simply moved along, leaving his passengers in a deep, gloomy quiet as he thought.

*after walking for a few more hours, he was nearing the edge of the forest. He decided to pause for a little and sat down at the foot of a tree to rest*

*Gord kept a sharp eye now that night had fallen. He was thankful that there were plenty of stars out so he could see fairly well, all things considered. He turned his head at the snap of a twig nearby. He crouched and listened, one hand on his sword. He thought he heard footsteps....*

Skree looked around causally as he walked through the forest. Silently taking in the scenery as he went, he could not remember the last time he had a chance to simply relax like this, and he probably would not get the chance to do it again anytime soon.

His bordem was begining to become unbearable. Looking around one final time he uncaped his wings and took to the sky heading north.

*Karatsu contiued on his way, hoping that someone would show up soon. He was getting kinda bored.* "Hello?" he called "Anybody out there!?"

*As Karatsu was approaching the site where the energy was something strange happened... the energy disappered and was replaced by a slight ripple in the fabric of reality, only for a second, and then it was gone. With all intrest peaked now, karatsu broke out into a run towards the area where he though the ripple came from.*

Max pulled herself from the black portal and dropped to the ground soundlessly. As she stood up the protal behind her disappered and she looked around the empty forest. It held such a mystery in its darkness, but more so than that a strange melody she could always hear, but could never find the source of.

Still looking around she found that she was near a river of somesort, a perfect spot to find animals whenever they came to get a drink. She took in a deep breath of the forest air, she could smell all the animals that were around. Blood of the animals, and soul of some trees, should keep her going for a while.

She started out by gaining some of her energy back from the trees, walking through the woods, til she found the right kind of soul, the kind she happened to be looking for in a cluster. She took off her glove carefully and placed the black and white patterned hand against the tree. The palm of her hand held a large 'X' scar upon it, which opened up and took the soul of the tree in a matter of seconds. The diamond shaped jem that was embedded in the back of her hand, glowed green for a moment then disappered. She closed her eyes and kept doing this until her soul hunger was satisfied, but her blood hunger had yet to be quenched. 'What kind of monster am I,' she thought as she slipped her glove back on and turned around heading towards the river again, her slightly split tounge running over her now overly long canines.