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Special thread for the Halloween Apple Bobbing game. Only Crazy's character Ryuu may enter. Crazy chose number 13 which was a trick apple.

Time - Midnight

Darkness had spread over Soul Society a few hours ago. Now night had reached its peak at midnight and for the most part, the predators of the wasteland had settled down, for why be out when their prey was not? This seemed to exclude at least one soul. The figure was draped in an inky purple robe with a hood. Its face was turned down as it walked, leaving it almost impossible to see as it traversed across the barren ground because the clouds had obscured the moon overhead. However, this figure was remarkably easy to spot, all due to the candle it was carrying within its right hand. From a distance though, it simply looked as if the candle was floating along by itself.

TWAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AS RYUU STROLLED AROUND THE WASTELANDS. Some may ask why he would do such a thing. The answer was because Ryuu felt like it and was bored. AND SO WALK AROUND IN A ROUGH TERRAIN WITH LITTLE LIGHTING RYUU WOULD. But it appeared that he was not alone. FOR A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE WITH A CANDLE WAS ALSO WALKING AROUND.

However all Ryuu saw was the candle. BUT UNDOUBTEDLY SOMETHING HAD TO BE HOLDING IT. For fire didn't float around on its own. Unless...UNLESS IT WAS THE FOXFIRE. THAT LEGENDARY FLAME THAT WOULD LEAD PEOPLE TO THEIR DOOM.

AND THUS RYUU WOULD FOLLOW THE MYSTERIOUS FIGURE. For he was curious about what it was. Was it a supernatural sentient reaction of oxygen, heat and fuel or was it someone with very little regard for personal safety. RYUU WOULD SOON FIND OUT.

The candle's pace quickened as Ryuu followed it. Granted, if he was following from behind, he would only see the glow from around the figure rather than the actual candle itself. Regardless, the figure and candle both proceeded across the rough terrain at a quick pace. At a much slower speed, however, the light of the candle seemed to be shrinking back into itself.

AND THE CHASE WAS ON. Quickening his pace, Ryuu continued to pursue the fire, when suddenly he stopped. For you see Ryuu had been struck with something that was not only rare but also sensible. HE HAD BEEN STRUCK WITH COMMON SENSE. Mostly in regards to the fact that running around on rough terrain chasing after a distant light was a bad idea.

And so Ryuu would take a more sensible (relatively speaking) option. He would call out to the figure and see if it reacted. There wouldn't be too many hollow around if any were even up so Ryuu was pretty sure that he wouldn't be ambushed. "You mind identifying yourself?" Ryuu said to the fire.

The fire didn't respond. Instead, its pace quickened once more. As it continued on its way, as silent as the night, the light which it carried continued to dim. If it went all the way out, Ryuu would have no chance of finding the creature again.

The creature was running away. Or sentient ball of supernatural fire. Actually if it was a ball of fire could it really run? It wouldn't have legs as a means of locomotion and running was technically when you moved your legs really fast to travel a distance in a shorter amount of time (at least as far as Ryuu understood). So if it was just a floating ball of fire then it wouldn't have legs with which to run. However that would raise the question of how the fire could move around on its own (or float for that matter) if it was even sentient at all. And even if it could move around or float then how it could make itself float or move faster. THIS LOOKED LIKE A MYSTERY TO RYUU.

Using a sonido so he would approach the creature from a perpendicular angle, Ryuu sprinted toward the mysterious ball of flame. Firing a bala in front of it as an obvious warning shot, Ryuu would say, "Stop in the name of the law...even though we don't really have laws around here. But you should still stop because I asked somewhat politely if you don't count the warning shot." Perhaps that would motivate the creature to stop so Ryuu could solve this MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY OF STRANGE MYSTERY.

Unfortunately for Ryuu, his determination to catch the apparition would be his downfall. Literally. As his sonido came to an end, Ryuu would find nothing under his feet, for in the darkness, he had come across a large fissure in the earth. He would plummet several feet down into the jagged opening. Though his injuries would be minor, it was his stash of items that would have the worst of it, which he would find if and when he went to use them.

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Ryuu's 'trick' is broken items! Two shuriken and one kunai have been broken beyond use

You may post your exit then I will allot RP and subtract the items from your profile.

And Ryuu went down down down while chasing that fire. As he went down down down the flame grew higher. Getting up and dusting himself off, Ryuu saw that a few of his spare weapons were broken. Giving a shrug and tossing the useless weapons onto the ground, Ryuu would use a sonido to get out of the fissure and seeing that the flame had disappeared, Ryuu decided to just go back. HE WOULD SOLVE THEY MYSTERY SOME OTHER DAY PERHAPS. OR MAYBE HE WOULDN'T.

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Thread Rewards:

Ryuu - 4 RP

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