Snippet #2750530

It was the middle of the day, and it was relatively nice and warm out. Even so, the boy doing the fortune telling named Cyrus was wearing a hooded jacket, unzipped but with the hood up covering his head. It gave him the mysterious look of a fortune teller, but also made him look a bit isolated and shy. Well, he was like that so it did fit him. Though some people might question why he was wearing a hoodie and shorts at the same time.

"Heyo boy, shouldn't you be in school? Whatcha doin here?"

As the man who had approached him reached out and rested his hand on the boy's leg, it ended up having Cyrus react by slapping him away.

"Please don't touch. Anyways, if you want a fortune, its two hundred Rozens".

"Two hundred? I'll pay, but you know that is quite expensive".

As he said that, he adjusted his body position and his body language and expressions were done to make Cyrus be at ease and more comfortable. Subtle mind manipulation techniques, but many would fall for it. However, Cyrus was not a normal kid, and felt an uneasy chill despite the warmth and such through his body.

But he continued and brought out the first three cards.

"...the fool, the assassin, and the heart...you are a foolish man...no, a stealthy man who likes to fool around due to love or passion. Given this combination...someone who likes to go after others without their wishes..."

"Hey hey now, you are making me sound like a badguy. Maybe I am just a friendly caring fool who likes to surprise people?"

"...moving on..."

Cyrus then brought out the next three cards, which were the Raven, the Thief, and the bandage. After seeing these three, he roughly understood who the man was.

"...you have dark wings...you like to take what you want...and you tend to tie things up...it seems like you will have quite an eventful future. But those dark wings will take you to darkness, so I would recommend you make sure what you take really does belong to you..."

"Ah, I see I see. Well then, thank..."

As he said that, he only took out a single hundred Rozen coin.

"Uh oh, it looks like I dont have enough money after all. Well then..."

And then, he suddenly grabbed Cyrus's wrist and pulled him up.

"I know! How about I treat you with a ride in my super fantastic car? If you remain a good, silent boy too, I could get even more money and treat you to ice cream. How about that? Or if you need something immediate, how about my bottled water?"

Even though he was still talking, he was trying to covertly pull Cyrus away with him, and some of those words seemed threatening. And with his other hand, he reached down to touch Cyrus somewhere else and probably scoop him up to carry him after but...

Not only did Cyrus push him away, but the hand that was further extended he grabbed for a moment and squeezed before letting go...at least, that was what it seemed.

"Ahh....ahhg?!"

In truth, in that moment Cyrus had crushed his hand while a dangerous aura could be felt about him. That was only a matter of course, since he understood what the man had planned. In the mine, the strong got benefits and the weak got taken advantage of. It was a system he found repulsive and annoying, but in it he worked to be strong. And with his magic, he could get even stronger.

That said, he was pretty upset from this. The emotion that ran through him caused his eyes to turn purple, and the air around him to be even more dangerous. In that moment, the man who had gone after Cyrus became filled with fear and rage. Fear for the pressence he was faced with, and rage that someone he was supposed to dominate was now dominating him. That rage took over first, and he came in to punch Cyrus.

However, Cyrus just seemed to disappear into a shadowy mist in front of him, and only reappeared behind the man as he kicked him in the back. This sent the man sprawling, while Cyrus was surrounded with purple lightning and energy as his eyes that used to be different colors were now both purple. The force was so strong, even pebbles around him began to go flying. A sword began to appear in his hands as he swung it at the man, who barely managed to roll out of the way as it impacted into the ground. But Cyrus followed that momentum and gave him a semi flying kick to the gut, sending him sprawling backwards and into a tree. At that point, he was totally unconscious now.

Cyrus looked like he was about to keep going though and kill the guy, but the security arrived and got inbetween them to make him stop. In addition, Luella spoke into his head again, asking him to please stop and calm down and telling him everything would be okay. He could even feel it, if only barely. The touch of her hands brushing against his skin, around his body. Stroking him and soothing him, and her breath filling his air. Obviously, only he felt this, and it was not really happening there, but it got him to calm back down a little. It did seem like his magic and powers were quite strong, but his physical abilities also seemed abnormally high.

However, now that he calmed down, he felt uncomfortable being the center of attention, and so he used his powers to slip away and go back to his fortune telling spot, a bit shaken but otherwise maintaining a calm but timid and isolated appearance, different from the one he had a few moments ago where he was about to kill that guy. He thought it might just be time to pack up and move to a different area though, because Cyrus really didn't want to risk attention coming back to him.

Cyrus was a really complicated individual, after all.