The creature remained still a long moment. Staring in complete silence at the child that seemed so captivated. Strange...so many had ran immediately. So many had turned and fled in fear but this child was curious. It continued to watch her, its long limbs out stretching toward her a moment, long, tendril-like fingers opening wide at the end of its sleeve as if to invite her. As she approached it seemed to cringe as if she had startled it. Its arms retracted, the beast slowly backed away into the mist as if to avoid her, the shade of long tendrils extending from its back visible just as it vanished from sight.<br/><br/>When she would reach where it was standing only moments before she would find nothing but a strange symbol etched into the pole. A circle with an x through it. A very simple design and yet it had a sort of presence to it. The screeching in her ears subsided as the figure vanished. For only a moment there was a second glimpse of it disappearing into the woods, its expressionless face watching her a moment longer before it turned and disappeared.