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-might've gone too far.
[It's Rukia's voice at first, but Merlin's Forge that's laying on the ground, most likely left there after he fell.]
Just a little more. I could've sworn that I saw something.
[Merlin steps up beside her, rubbing the back of his head with a hand. The mist is thick around them, thick and curling.]
[Rukia glances over at Merlin, regarding him with concern.]
Are you all right?
[A faint sound from somewhere in the Mist causes her to tense and whirl around, her hand on her zanpakutou.]
There is something...
[He doesn't seem to notice her concern. Merlin's staring down at his hand, studying the back of it before turning it palm up. Rukia's last words make him look up though, instantly alert.]
Where?
[He steps closer to her. And there is, in fact, the outline of something approaching through the mist. The silhouette of a horn makes Merlin's voice go briefly delighted.]
Is that-
[Merlin doesn't finish. Because as the creature comes more and more into view, it becomes more and more obvious that this isn't his kind of unicorn.]
Oh, uhm...
[Rukia spots the creature through the mist at the same moment Merlin does. It is not familiar to her, though she does notice its resemblance to a horse as well as its dangerous appearance.]
It does not look friendly.
[She stands with her zanpakutou at the ready now. Jumping in and attacking something through the mist is not the best of ideas, but standing by and waiting for it to attack them is not a good idea either.]
Mae, Sode no Shirayuki. [She releases her zanpakutou, ready to unleash her shikai.]
Yeah. I think you're right.
[There's still a note of uncertainty in his voice. Merlin stretches his hand out to it and the unicorn - no, it has five horns- sniffs in his direction.]
[The creature steps closer to him, and roses bloom at his feet. Merlin huffs softly, thinks maybe they were wrong and can't wait to tell Arthur that he was misinformed about unicorns.]
[He's still staring at the roses as they turn black, wither and die. The monster screams before turning towards Rukia and charging. And it's fast. Merlin spins and his eyes are gold, but it's going to reach her first.]
[Rukia is already moving as the creature draws closer, but she pauses when those roses spring up around Merlin, more worried about what they may become than pausing to admire them.]
[When it charges, she moves into the second dance of her shikai.]
Tsugi no mai, Hakuren!
[As she levels her blade at it, a massive wave of ice rushes forth, covering the unicorn for several seconds until the attack ends. Then, the unicorn is left frozen solid in a block of ice a handful of feet from where Rukia is standing.]
[For a moment Merlin stands as if he's frozen too. Welp. He hasn't see that before. He quickly snaps out of it, eyes back to blue as he runs over to his partner.]
You're not hurt, are you?
[He glances about, like he's expecting a herd of the beasts to come charging out of the mist at any second. That's when he notices his Forge. Notices it's running.]
...Hope he doesn't kill me.
[Arthur? Renji? Byakuya? All of the above? Merlin runs over and grabs it from the ground.]
Maybe we should head back the way we came, yeah?
[The feed ends.]
((OOC: Rukia = purple. Merlin = blue.))