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[ A full minutes passes before a message is finally sent. ]

A few days after we talked.

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What?
That's way too long!
Where are you?

[Now she's really worried. What the heck has his god been doing?]

The symptoms were minor at first.

[ Notice how he doesn't give her his location. He's only looking for answers, he can take care of himself. ]

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At first?
So now they're bad, right?
Where are you?

[She can't just leave him to suffer on his own! What kind of friend does that??

Btw they're totally friends she decided that after he left.]

[ They were worst, but he doesn't tell her that instead: ]

I was thirsty at first. Then hungry. It doesn't go away no matter how much I eat or drink.

[ There's a long pause before he even addresses the last question. Zero doesn't consider them friends, probably never will but he... doesn't dislike her. Still, this wasn't her problem. ]

I'm looking for answers. I don't need you here.

[There is a long pause. The last time one of her friends 'didn't need her help' he was being experimented on by a crazy pheasant. After a moment, a whole string of very quick texts are sent.]

You need help.
There's definitely a solution for this
but finding it on your own will be tough.
And it'll take longer.
And you said it was already pretty bad.
I'm going to help you figure this out.
So tell me where you are.
Please.

[ The texts come in one after the other until he's left staring at the slew of them unable to address them individually but rather the whole. ]

I'm not your Shinki, I'm not obligated to tell you anything.

[ A harsh line, but one he didn't regret. He didn't want her involved in his problems. If what he began to suspect was true - he didn't want her or anyone else near him. ]

I don't care whose shinki you are.
You're my friend.
And I want to help you.
That's the important thing.

[Nope. She's decided to be stubborn about this.]

If I have to look for you that's fine.
It's easier if you just tell me
but don't underestimate my hunter gatherer spirit!

[ He may not know her powers, but he knows how far a well-trained tracker can go on their own. He doesn't know where that knowledge comes from but it doesn't matter. He doesn't want to risk a goddess of the hunt tracking him down, so he tries to get her to drop it instead, the only way he knows how. ]

We're not friends. At best, all I'd ever be is your servant.

If I didn't care what happened to you
I'd have given up by now.
And I've never known anybirdie that I'd call a servant.

[Geez, she's not Sakuya. But she is a pretty experienced hunter. And a goddess now besides. And she's already starting her search.]

Whatever this is you don't have to handle it alone.

[OOC: She is going to search for him. Both with mundane tracking skills and her newfound ability to communicate with animals. But I'll leave it to you whether she succeeds in finding him.]

Yes. I do.

[ With that he shuts down his device. ]

[ OOC: She's welcome to find him, if she wants, after all, she is a goddess of the hunt. With the help of the animals Zero would easily be found b/c he likes animals and although he stays away from people, he seeks their presence. He's in a Park in the Near Shore sitting on a bench. He likes it there because there's an equestrian trail that has horses and their riders trotting by his line of sight. ]

[Hiyoko has never been one to give up. Or listen to anything resembling common sense. So while it may take a few hours, she manages to track him down.

Actually an owl, a handle of bats, and several alley cats gave him away. But she's not above cheating a little if she thinks someone is in trouble. When she spots him in the park, she smiles at the cats next to her.]

Thanks guys. Good job.

[Then she steps up to the bench carefully.]

Hi...

[She's trying to subtly look him over for signs of injury, illness, or blight. She's especially concerned about the blight possibility.]

How are you holding up?

[ He hears her moments before she arrives, but it's not her presence as a god that alerts him, but something more sinister. ]

........

[ His mouth immediately slants down in anger and he glares at her in full force. ]

I told you not to come.

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I know.

[Yep. Definitely awkward. At least she has the grace to look slightly apologetic.]

But you can yell at me later, okay?

[She's still walking towards him, but slowly and as non threateningly as possible. Now that she's closer to him her instincts are definitely picking up something... off about him.]

For now.... I want to help you.

[ As soon as she draws close to him, Zero immediately gets back on his feet. ]

Don't come near me.

[ He steps away from her, glaring the entire time. ]

I don't know if it's contagious.

[She stops advancing, and holds her hands up where he can see them. He doesn't seem angry so much as... nervous. But why?]

Hey, it's okay. It's fine. I never got sick even before I became a goddess. I've got a good constitution.

[That much is true. And she spent a lot of time around a certain sickly best friend, so she's confident in her immune system at least.]

So let's start with 'how are you feeling right now' and go from there. Er, how are you feeling right now?

It's because you're a goddess.

I spoke to others. I know what I have.

[ At least, he thinks he does. ]

Okay, that's a good start. What is it?

[She takes another careful step forward. If it is something like blight, being close to him won't matter. As long as she doesn't touch the blight she'll be fine.]

[ Hard eyes snap to her at that single step. ]

Blight.

Seriously?

[She relaxes a little. She's dealt with blight before, so this should be no problem.]

In that case I know how to fix it. I had a run in with a nasty ayakashi once and I got a touch of that myself. As long as you don't leave it for too long it's an easy fix.

[Although... there were no symptoms of hunger or thirst. Just pain. So is that really what he has?]

Can I see the mark?

[ Without a word, he pulls down the collar of his shirt to show her his Hunter tattoo. If she can feel magic, she'll notice there's a dark spell on the mark. ]

[She can't, but it hardly matters. She steps up for a closer look, and after a minute, shakes her head.]

That isn't blight.

[She's not sure whether to be relieved or concerned yet.]

Blight looks more like a bruise that slowly get bigger and bigger.

[ His eyes narrow at her approach. ]

[ He's about to tell her to back off when she explains the situation making his brows crease in confusion. He didn't understand... if it wasn't Blight then---

And then he remembered the words of one of the Shinki he'd spoken too.... and immediately backed off. He turned his back to her, his hands clenching at his sides as he realized he'd been right... what he'd said about him... about what he was...

In a barely, controlled voice, strained at the edges he spoke a singular word: ]

Leave.

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