"Magic, remember? And some dark form of it, too," Kane's fist clenched on the map, "We've tried to find a spell or something that would show them but… nothing. Nothing even in the ancient books of ours…"
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Olivia studied Kane– he seemed deeply troubled. She paused a moment, letting it all sink in. Dark magic wielding invisible creatures, easily killing off shifters; this wasn't a game anymore, not a distraction. This was a real danger to Kane's species and her own.
She looked back at the maps. "What do you know about the scouts?"
"They hate sunlight," He said quickly, "Always stick to the shadows. They look… like us for the most part but they still look like something out of a nightmare…"
"If we had a sketch…" Olivia thumbed through pages of maps, reviewing the East regions. "Would you recognise them?"
Kane nodded, running his fingers over the map, "I would, yes."
Studying the maps, Olivia pointed to a far shelf. "Those are dedicated to creatures, animals," she explained. "We might find something."
Kane picked up the book and pulled up a chair, sitting down and opening up to the first page, "Let's hope so."
Meanwhile Olivia spread the maps out in front of her; she attempted to locate the village in relation to the palace, and every spot she knew in between. It would be nearly impossible to fight in the flatlands, but has as impossible to herd the enemy away from them… She rubbed her eyes with a nervous sigh– she'd never had the mind of a military.
Kane found nothing in the first book, much to his disappointment. He picked up another book and did a scan, finding the creature within seconds, "Here! I found it." He pointed to a creature that looked a lot like a human only with one eyes, no mouth and no nose and no hair of any kind.
(hey, I'm so sorry, lots of stuff going on)
Olivia looked up at Kane's exclamation and bounded over to him, nervous but relieved to find out what they were dealing with. She looked down at the picture and wrinkled her nose. "Oh man, that's ugly."
(It's fine, that's understandable)
Kane hummed his agreement, running his fingertips over the picture and then stopping at the writing underneath. He picked out a few words but found it pointless to try.
(oooooof I'm sorry)
Olivia kindly took the book from him and propped it up in front of them both, following where she read with a finger beneath the line.
This creature is the embodiment of darkness; its main weakness will be fire as its magic can indeed be burned. You'll find it keeps to shadows and darker regions, and only exposes itself in times of starvation or territorial wars. It manipulates light and dark and easily renders itself invisible to the human eye.
Kane frowned slightly as she read out loud, "If they have these types of creatures in their hoard then what else do they have? Probably things a lot worse."
Olivia shuddered. "Hadn't thought about that." She tucked the book under her arm. "Where do we go from here?" she asked confidenly, hoping he didn't realise that it translated to What the hell is happening, someone help me.
Kane shrugged, leaning back in the seat, "We need to get an army ready, we need to recruit allies, we need to prepare for war."
(hey I'm so sorry, my brain is messing with me these days)
Olivia huffed, shaking her hair into her face. "Just an average Tuesday, then."
She nodded resolutely, biting her lip. "Well. Let's go."
She walked out of the library, maps under her arm.
(hey it's fine)
Kane waited a moment before following, glancing back at the fairy tail before he hurried to catch up, muttering something in his native tongue.
They marched down to the soldiers' barracks, walking into a room full of double bunks and small windows. Buff men lay here and there, chatting, playing cards, eating.
Olivia waved Kane in, giving an indicative nod towards the soldiers. You're up.