<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>The Fuchsia Fox and an Artifact Absent</strong></span></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rrbvOfC.png)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Nerissa<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>December 26th, 2018 |<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>The Pawnhouse Zaisan<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Toshiro<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong><br/><strong>WEARING:</strong><br/><br/><hr/><br/>When Toshiro said that more people would make Albion more uncomfortable the fox demon looked at the man like an ally. So Toshiro knew too from Albion’s little problems and how easy it was to tease him. Surely she would get along just fine with Toshiro, considering that they even shared the hobby of making Albion squirm.<br/><br/>“No, no. I’m starting to see why people misunderstand me so often… I don’t do it in front of an audience. I don’t mean to sound like I judge those who do, but… it might be a bit too much for me.”<br/><br/>Nerissa wondered if Kyoko would have really knocked him out or was it one of those threats siblings liked to throw at each other. “It might be a unusual motive to start, but nevertheless, you acquired a great skill.”<br/><br/>And then her question tore the human man apart. Nerissa saw him crumbling down like a house of cards. This wasn’t her intention at all! For a moment she didn’t know what to do. Then the fox demon moved everything she had on her lap away and crawled to Toshiro. The car wasn’t exactly spacious one, so there wasn’t much room. The lack of space forced her to squeeze her body tightly against Toshiro’s when she forced herself between the man and the dashboard. Her hand fumbled the side of the seat until she found a level and in an instant the back of Toshiro’s seat fell down, as far as it could go. The fox demon took him into her embrace, wrapping her arms around his trembling form. “I’m sorry Toshiro. I didn’t mean it. It’s okay… it’s okay. You don’t need to talk about it.” She whispered with a soft voice, trying to calm him down. When it felt like that might not be enough the fox demon decided to comfort him by licking his neck. Toshiro could feel the tip of her tongue, slowly licking his neck. Fortunately Toshiro’s neck was one of the least damaged parts of his body.<br/><br/>Once Toshiro seemed to regain his composure to some extent Nera left him in peace. Instead of trying to turn or crawl backwards to her seat, the fox demon changed into her much smaller fox form and jumped back to her seat before returning to her human form, while nonchalantly waving away the pink smoke. Nerissa felt bad for the poor human. Even his speech was shaky. To spare him from pointing that out, Nera did her best to act like he was talking normally.<br/><br/>If Toshiro wasn’t in such a miserable state she would suggest a small walk, to help clear his head. “I’m here, alone. In my book that means that the relationship failed. I didn’t give him permission to die on me, and he promised not to leave me alone.” Despite her words the demoness didn’t sound like she really held a grudge against her late husband. In the end, humans died so easily.<br/><br/>At least your scientific curiosity is still working, Nerissa thought. “It usually lasts two or three days. Well… Actually I did ask Az. I was followed by some demons the day before, so I asked him to accompany me. I’m happy I did, because the next night my home was invaded. Still today I don’t know why they were after me… They weren’t the same ones who had followed me around before and only one of them was a beast demon… and one of them was a human. Humans can’t sense the heat. I will probably never find out why they were after me, but after that I didn’t feel safe at my home anymore so I decided to sell it and move to SOPHE.”<br/><br/>The golden eyes widened from what Toshiro said about convincing and fighting. “What?! I thought that if it gets ugly you are going to do all the fighting. I’m not a fighter… “ Though, Toshiro didn’t look like a fighter either.<br/><br/>And then it looked like the human was about to choke in his water. With worry Nerissa observed him, wondering already if she should give a couple helpful whacks on his back. “Are you okay?” Nera asked as she offered the man a paper tissue to wipe himself. “How are you feeling? Should we go out for a walk? Or do you think you could use some more sleep?”<br/>