practically glowing with mana particles. The mana issued forth from it like smoke and danced around it in wide circles.
It was like a bonfire for my senses and I could see it almost more clearly than the aura of someone standing three feet in front of me.
Renee. Who else could it be? Mages were apparently easier to see with awareness.
My hunger forgotten, I quickly turned and barrelled back towards the station platforms. I could see from my enhanced vision that Renee had now reached the far side of the tunnel and was probably about to reach the bridge that led across the river and to the casino.
The tunnel walkway was quite busy and I had to push my way through. By the time I had made it to the bridge I couldn’t see her and had to resort to another awareness spell. The second wave showed me a mana signature racing across the walkway towards the casino – how the hell had she gotten there so quickly? It seemed impossible.
I raced across the bridge only to see the figure disappear into the casino. It took me several minutes to follow. It was quite a distance.
I was out of breath as I burst into a massive entry hall of the casino. Two bouncers looked warily at me as I pushed my way into the hall. I could see the figure at the far end of the hall about twenty metres or so away, obviously waiting for me. I couldn’t see her clearly, but I was sure that it was Renee.
There was definitely something strange about her but the shape was obviously female. It looked like I was right in my assumption that it was Renee. I could see the shape of her body through the path that the mana particles left across her skin, but I couldn’t see flesh tone, clothes or anything. She had to move on several occasions as people drifted into the space she had been standing.
She’d made herself invisible! There could be no other explanation for it! No-one was looking directly at her. People seemed to walk right through the space she’d just vacated. Yep, she’d somehow made herself invisible. I was just about to reach her when she flicked her arm out and I saw a familiar tendril of mana particles lance from her outstretched hand. I cringed expecting an attack but she hadn’t aimed the thread at me. She had aimed at the roof.
I watched in bewilderment as her mana thread latched onto the topmost level of the entry hall and she launched herself into the air, spinning gracefully and landing poised on the handrail of the top level.
She had just gracefully leapt up three flights of stairs. Well that explains how she had managed to get to the other side of the river so fast.
I was even more out of breath by the time I reached the top level of the casino entry hall. I really needed to get more exercise. There was only one door on this level, which looked like it led into a popular casino night club.
She was obviously inside.
Once I got into the nightclub I couldn’t see anything. The place was packed with people from wall to wall. The lights were strobing and flickering from colour to colour, making it difficult to see clearly.
I couldn’t see Renee in the crowd, but there were too many people on the dance floor to be sure. I’d have to get closer. I looked from side to side as I moved through the crowd trying to catch a glimpse of my elusive prey, but it was hopeless. I’d have to use awareness again.
Attempting awareness didn’t have quite the effect that I’d hoped for. The combined light of the particle auras of so many people in such a confined place mixed with the strobing effect from the lights blinded my vision to the point that I was physically reeling. I quickly fell backwards with my hands held across my eyes as the shock of the effect hit me.
“Hey! Watch it!” A rough shoulder pushed me away from the man I’d just fallen into. Unfortunately this knocked me into another couple who deftly moved out of the way letting me stumble forward to my knees.
The music pounded into my head and my vision was still blurred – I
It was like a bonfire for my senses and I could see it almost more clearly than the aura of someone standing three feet in front of me.
Renee. Who else could it be? Mages were apparently easier to see with awareness.
My hunger forgotten, I quickly turned and barrelled back towards the station platforms. I could see from my enhanced vision that Renee had now reached the far side of the tunnel and was probably about to reach the bridge that led across the river and to the casino.
The tunnel walkway was quite busy and I had to push my way through. By the time I had made it to the bridge I couldn’t see her and had to resort to another awareness spell. The second wave showed me a mana signature racing across the walkway towards the casino – how the hell had she gotten there so quickly? It seemed impossible.
I raced across the bridge only to see the figure disappear into the casino. It took me several minutes to follow. It was quite a distance.
I was out of breath as I burst into a massive entry hall of the casino. Two bouncers looked warily at me as I pushed my way into the hall. I could see the figure at the far end of the hall about twenty metres or so away, obviously waiting for me. I couldn’t see her clearly, but I was sure that it was Renee.
There was definitely something strange about her but the shape was obviously female. It looked like I was right in my assumption that it was Renee. I could see the shape of her body through the path that the mana particles left across her skin, but I couldn’t see flesh tone, clothes or anything. She had to move on several occasions as people drifted into the space she had been standing.
She’d made herself invisible! There could be no other explanation for it! No-one was looking directly at her. People seemed to walk right through the space she’d just vacated. Yep, she’d somehow made herself invisible. I was just about to reach her when she flicked her arm out and I saw a familiar tendril of mana particles lance from her outstretched hand. I cringed expecting an attack but she hadn’t aimed the thread at me. She had aimed at the roof.
I watched in bewilderment as her mana thread latched onto the topmost level of the entry hall and she launched herself into the air, spinning gracefully and landing poised on the handrail of the top level.
She had just gracefully leapt up three flights of stairs. Well that explains how she had managed to get to the other side of the river so fast.
I was even more out of breath by the time I reached the top level of the casino entry hall. I really needed to get more exercise. There was only one door on this level, which looked like it led into a popular casino night club.
She was obviously inside.
Once I got into the nightclub I couldn’t see anything. The place was packed with people from wall to wall. The lights were strobing and flickering from colour to colour, making it difficult to see clearly.
I couldn’t see Renee in the crowd, but there were too many people on the dance floor to be sure. I’d have to get closer. I looked from side to side as I moved through the crowd trying to catch a glimpse of my elusive prey, but it was hopeless. I’d have to use awareness again.
Attempting awareness didn’t have quite the effect that I’d hoped for. The combined light of the particle auras of so many people in such a confined place mixed with the strobing effect from the lights blinded my vision to the point that I was physically reeling. I quickly fell backwards with my hands held across my eyes as the shock of the effect hit me.
“Hey! Watch it!” A rough shoulder pushed me away from the man I’d just fallen into. Unfortunately this knocked me into another couple who deftly moved out of the way letting me stumble forward to my knees.
The music pounded into my head and my vision was still blurred – I
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