<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/VZUTFNZ.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Cantankerous Cleric Selphie (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=325526.msg15653608#msg15653608)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Them Trees<br/><strong>Mission:</strong>The Satyr in the Woods<strong>CLOSED; between Envious and TheVillain</strong><br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>TheVillain<br/><strong> </strong><br/><hr/><hr/><br/>That tension in the air refused to leave as the woman went, but Selphie wouldn't have time to ponder the mystery. She looked down in alarm as she felt the tickle of new growth brush across her ankles. She took a step forward, turning to look behind her at the phenomena on the ground when a disembodied voice filled the silence. It didn't show, but there was a moment of panic and the cleric's stomach twisted into a distressed knot.<br/><br/><em>There's something in the woods. There's something in the woods.</em><br/><br/>Not for the first, and certainly not for the last time, the cantankerous cleric had been very,<em>very</em>wrong about the situation.<br/><br/>She straightened her back, summoning years of practicing being an ice-cold bitch. It was practically muscle memory and any remaining hint of being taken by surprise was now gone, replaced with an aura of self-assured strength. Selphie was a champion of fake it 'till you make it and her acting skills were on point. She mulled over the situation. It didn't necessarily<em>have</em>to be a<em>something</em>in the woods. Perhaps it could just be the magical forest playing a cosmic joke on her. Perhaps the woman had rendezvoused with a lover who also happened to be a druid or something. Why hadn't the woman said she wasn't alone? Why was she clearly un-phased by the presence of whatever else was in the woods? Did that mean it wasn't dangerous?<br/><br/>Selphie had too little experience to understand fully what her instincts and magical aptitude were trying to tell her, but she knew enough to know she was in a dangerous situation.<br/><br/><strong>"Not in the slightest,"</strong>she answered back with a hint of scorn.<strong>"That's a pretty audacious ask."</strong>With the butt of her staff fixed on the ground, she drew a clockwise circle with the adorned top; the obvious signs of heralding a spell that was ready to activate.<strong>"Something tells me a light scolding to get back to work isn't going to be enough with you."</strong>Her feet remained planted where she stood, but her eyes slowly scanned the dense forest, looking to pinpoint the source of the voice.<br/><br/><hr/><hr/>