Shadows. [Open]

Nasia was sitting hunched over in the middle of her cluttered, but small cave. She seemed to be concentrating very hard on something when she suddenly jerked her head up and quickly stood. The large grizzly rapidly began looking through the clutter. She shifted things around on her makeshift shelves and tables. Nasia even broke things in the process, but she didn’t seem to care at the moment for she was dead-set on finding whatever she needed.
“Where is it, where is it…” she muttered over and over again as she moved around the cave in her search.
She approached a chest she slipped her hands on in The Market over in the Divine Syndicate Territory. She flipped the tip open with her moist nose and squinted into it. (She couldn’t really see since the only light source--which was only one torch on the adjacent wall--was being blocked by her enormous body.) “Aha!” She yelled and reached in and grabbed something with her mouth. She pulled out a glass container that had two crossbones and an ape skull painted on it.
Nasia moved back to her cleared spot in the middle of the floor where weird looking flowers, a dead toad, a small bowl (that already had things in it), and several other strange things were placed. She resumed her position, pulled the cork from the glass bottled. As soon as she open it a faint scream of a bird came from it, but it quickly ceased when the fluid mixed with the other substances inside the bowl. Nasia then nibbled a little bit of fur from her front right leg and let it fall into the bowl as well.
The bowl suddenly exploded, causing the bear to fall back onto a pile of books that she stole from a Divine. The funny thing was was that she couldn't  even read them.
The fur on her face was blackened from being burned by the sudden burst, but she didn’t even realize. She quickly sat back up and picked up the bowl with her paws and looked into it. Sitting in it was a strange looking pink fruit. She stared intently at it for a long moment before her long slobbery tongue slid into the bowl and wrapped it. She gobbled it up and then sat still for a moment, seeming to be waiting for something.
Nothing happened.
She swore loudly, and she was very angry until  she heard a very loud thud noise. The noise came again, but rapidly this time. The sound came from outside her cave, but very close by. Curious, she took her long wooden staff that was laying on the floor next to her with her mouth--which was decorated with beads, strings, spikes, and then topped off with her idea of what the human skull looked like…and with a full head of hair-- and headed outside.
Nasia, with all her jewelry and face paint on looked around until she found the source of the noise. It was an Orilath. Her heart nearly stopped as she gazed at the evil creature that was throwing ice spikes into a tree.
The grizzly stood up on her hind legs and used her staff as support and balanced. “How cruel.” She commented, referring to the tree. She was hoping that joking would make her heart calm, but one can never stay calm in the presence of a demon. And it was particularly hard for her to do so.

Nasia stood only peering at the Orilath’s many eyes until she decided what she was going to do. She quietly and carefully lowered herself to the ground and slowly made her way back into her cave to gather some things. When she came back out, she had her bag hanging at her side--which was full of stuff. Her staff was also in the bag, but was way smaller than it’s actual size of 6ft long (Nasia was about 9 and a few inches, so she was able to comfortably place her paws on top of it for balance).
The bear again stood up. She reached her paw into her black cloth bag and pulled out a small black round thing that was about the size of a pebble. Without thinking any further about it, she flicked the small ball towards the menacing creature. It landed a few feet away from it, and as soon as it hit the ground, white smoke exploded from it. Nasia took this chance and ran towards a tree that was full of leaves and climbed it. Perfect for hiding.
She planned to watch the Orilath and attack it if it had any intentions of hurting someone. She was taking no chances with this horrible creature.

Nasia sat as still as she possibly could manage, but she was trembling very badly. Old memories were coming back and she couldn’t force them away. The leaves around her began to slightly quiver. Hopefully it wouldn’t see it since she was hidden deep within the tree. She took several silent deep breaths, in attempt to calm herself once more. It helped, but only a bit; her trembling turned into a slight shiver.
She hoped she wouldn’t actually have to make contact the Orilath. She made promises to visit a family back in the Divine Syndicate Territory to check up on their ill grandmother. She old hound had been an old friend of her’s and she knew that her time was almost up.But for the moment, she had to stop thinking about other things. She focused her attention back towards the demon. She looked down from the tree, shifting her body ever so slightly.
It caused one leaf to fall.

Nasia said not a word, nor did she move or make a sound. She mentally kicked herself for her silly mistake. The bear had to draw the Orilath’s attention elsewhere. She decided to use a bit of magic. The witchdoctor wasn’t very good at using the elements, but she was very talented in Illusions (Which is was she was second best at, next to healing). Under her breath, she mumbled small chant. In an instant, she created the illusion of a small brown hare. Nasia manipulated it to quickly run past the feet of the demon, and in the opposite direction of the tree she was in.

Nasia was not dumb.
Although she caught a glance of the monster flying away, she knew that an Orilath would not leave until they found out what was going on. Nasia has had her experiences with these dirty spawns of Evil before. She thought that the Orilath would try to out wit her to coming out of hiding, so she decided to play along as well. This large goofy bear had a serious side too, ya’ know.
Nasia created the illusion of a Chimpanzee leaping from her tree and landing on the ground with a thud. The chimp quickly looked around, making sure it was safe. “It must be gone.” The chimp seemed to say. It’s mouth moved as if it spoke, and it sounded as if the voice was coming from it, but Nasia was moving her mouth as well. She was manipulating the sound waves as well.
She made the Chimp look around the area as if it were verifying what it had said, and then made it walk away. All the while, her eyes following and concentrating on the fake figure.
She was beginning to feel quite faint now. She has never used so much magic in one day. Hopefully a good outcome would come out of it.

Nasia’s faced bunched up in frustration. She had to learn how to make her illusions seem more real; she’ll practice that later. The bear really didn’t want to attack this creature head on. It would be less painful for her to just simply jump from her tree and onto the Orilath. So she waited for it to come to her.

The Grizzly Bear made a surprised grunt as she fell from the tree and about 15 feet to the ground. The sudden shock of the ice on her body caused her to lose her balance. She nearly landed on the Orilath but missed it by a hair. Nasia landed on the ground with a very loud thud, causing dirt to rise into the air. ((omg i just rhymed.))
“Aahh…” she groaned as she lay on the ground. She really wasn’t expecting the tree to suddenly freeze up like that. Her paws burned from the ice. “ I really wish I were a nimble cat at times like this.” She said with a hoarse voice.
Hre body ached all over and she felt like she broke some bones. Maybe a few ribs since she landed straight onto her chest without even bracing for impact. She decided to lay there for a bit longer… She was already not going to be able to flee. She might as well have a nice little chat with the Orilath.
“...So.” She said almost nervously as she slowly dragged her head across the ground to look at the Orilath, “What’s up?” Nasia smiled innocently at the demon. Her small pierced ears were laid against her head.


((this is all I could picture))