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The Horseman (13) : Fog is not uncommon in the latter half of the year, so it’s no surprise that Destiny City has been plagued by it. Historically, it has never brought anything good. Walls of white so dense that a deep breath feels like drowning, the rolls across the city in the late hours of the night like a herd of stampeding horses. You can hear them, too–the gallop of hooves. You can’t see it, but you hear a single horse, massive. Trotting behind you. If you speed up, it speeds up. No matter where you go, it follows. Sometimes, you can feel an icy breath on the back of your neck. It’s uncomfortable and unnerving, and there’s the distinct feeling of being followed by some sort of predator. It’s worse, if you run. It chases you. If you look behind you, you’ll see nothing but a dark, swirling mass, and sometimes the glint of a large blade. It’s terrifying. There’s no way to fight it, but if you’re lucky you can hide. If it catches you, you feel a painful sensation around your neck before the horse and its dark rider disappears into the night. Your heart feels like a bomb in your chest, and when you are somewhere safe you may find a deep, red mark on your neck, as if someone attempted to lop it off. The injury will fade after a few hours, but unfortunates may find a strange mist lingering outside of their window, accompanied by the sound of hooves and horse whinnies. The horseman cannot be interacted with; he does not speak, he does not have any form. He is simply hunting.
He had been out patrolling, normally he would be out with others but this was an impromptu patrol. One where he wasn’t going to tell anyone he had seen something on his way to the store and decided to power up. Oh no, nope. Telling would get him in more trouble than just fudging the truth and saying he was delayed by the low visibility of the fog that was blanketing the city. Except it hadn’t been a youma he had encountered like he thought. It was a corrupt senshi. Some things were said, a few insults thrown, and then magic got involved so of course he had to retaliate.
And of course a fight ensues. A fight always happens. Why couldn’t they just talk it through? Granted Sig knew why that wasn’t very likely. It was also one of the main reasons his family went with the buddy system plan. It was never really a good idea to get stuck out and about patrolling alone just in case you get backed into a corner you couldn’t get yourself out of. He was getting better at that though, it also didn’t hurt that his staff gave him reach. Reach he happily used right now! The squire shot out his staff, like there was a spear tip on the end of it, and did his best to drive the corrupt senshi further back.
If she was driven far enough away he figured he could melt into the thickening fog and escape without any real injuries and in enough time to actually make it to the store before they close!
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