Would you like cream and sugar?

[joutenkira]

Mia felt herself snapping out of the effects of the spell as Eden and Blaine walked away from her "Ugh...that bastard put me under a type of mind control spell...a love one?" She was about to chase him down in retaliation but held her head as it throbbed. She realized that the other man would probably get in the way again so she was wasting her time unless she wanted to cause a scene. Mia proceeded to reluctantly leave the shop and head back out into town, wondering if what she was saying just minutes before was how she really felt towards her brother.

[Eden]

Catherine had thought she was going to have to give up for the day when her target had entered the cafe. While the magical signatures there looked delicious to her she knew that taking all three at one time would be almost impossible to accomplish without taking some hits herself and that was not the way she liked to do things. Instead, she had stood outside lounging on a bench waiting to see how long the girl would be. When a wave of magic came from the store it made Catherine's mouth begin to water and her resolve to not just attack then was tested. Thankfully as soon as it came it was gone and moments later her target left the store.

She quickly stood up and checked her appearance in one of the shop windows. While her usual look was much more her style she had adopted a more motherly look to her now in order to help her get close to the target. She wore a light red sweater with faded blue jeans and black boots. Catherine had gathered her hair into a messy bun that she secured with two sewing needles. The only remarkable thing about her appearance was her purple eyes and those she had decided to hide behind a pair of red-framed glasses.

After she was sure her look was just right Catherine hurried towards the young girl taking on a nervous look. She began worrying her lip and looking around frightfully. Catherine waited until she was almost on top of her target before turning to her. "Excuse me miss, would you happen to be able to help me? I seem to have managed to get myself hopelessly lost" she said her voice tinted with a slight French accent.

[joutenkira]

Mia turned with a surprised expression as an older woman came up to her and asked if she could help her. Based off the slight accent it sounded like she might be french but she was unsure due to not really interacting with foreigners often.

"I'm not sure what help I can offer you over anyone else. There's a police station just up the road there that can give you directions anywhere you want to go." She replied with a bored tone not really wanting to talk to yet another adult after what happened in the cafe.

[Eden]

Catherine nodded her head looking slightly sad. “I understand miss, the police station did try to help me but I got confused” she said pulling a map out of her purse and looking at it for a moment. “They even drew this helpful line on ze map for me but sadly I think it might be a lost cause”

Folding the map back up before putting it away she gave the young girl a small smile. “I am zorry to have taken up so much of your time, I will just return to my hotel. It was a silly thing trying to see ze park” Catherine finished mentioning the park for good measure in hopes of eliciting some sympathy and getting the girl to lead her the two blocks from where they were to the area. She hoped to not have to go onto plan B just yet but if the girl was unable to play the game she wanted then drastic steps was the next option.

[joutenkira]

Mia listened with a bored expression as the woman explained her sob story "Well I hope that you manage to find the park that’s literally advertised on maps all around the city, would be a shame if you couldn’t” she said turning away from the woman with a wave of her hand and walking away slowly. She was completely suspicious of the woman now with her broken language and insistence of getting her to show her around 'Don't underestimate me just because I'm a kid...I'm a full fledged mage that was trained to pick up on this sort of behavior' she thought prepared to reach for one of the many knifes she had on her if the woman tried anything funny.

[Eden]

Smiling at the younger girl Catherine waved to her as she went off. She waited until the girl was out of sight before turning back towards the cafe. Before dealing with the girl she needed to make sure that they wouldn’t be interrupted. Catherine pulled out a bottle from her purse looking at the gray powder within, the concoction was one of her own design and a personal spot of pride. It didn’t give off any magical signature but was able to create a barrier that duplicated both the inside and outside signatures as to not let those within know of what was happening outside of the barrier and vice versa. It took only a minute to construct the barrier and once in place it would stay for 24 hours without anyone other then her being able to take it down.

With that done Catherine turned away from the cafe and faced where the young mage had walked off to. The scent of her magical signature was easy to pick up on and once she was able to figure out where the girl was heading she knew which of the devices she would need to activate. Pulling her phone out Catherine selected the four devices that encompassed the location the girl was in and activated each of them causing large explosions of pre placed magical gas to happen. In seconds the entire area was filled with a large cloud of purple smoke that worked to shut down the magic systems of those it touched.

The only downside being that those who didn’t have enough innate magic suffered from a mild case of death. Catherine smiled as she walked towards the area at a leisurely pass ignoring the chaos that ensued around her after the explosions went off. The fog had the added effect of disorienting those within so escape was nearly impossible. The young girl would make a wonderful meal and once she was done dealing with the little pest she would move on to the other magical signatures she had sensed in the cafe.

[joutenkira]

"What is this?"

Mia didn't immediately notice something was wrong until people all around her began collapsing on both the sidewalks and the street and a thick fog began hanging over the area. 'There's some kind of drain on my own magical energy as well...what is going on!? Is this that woman's doing!?' Her thoughts were racing as she began to run forward as fast as she could while trying to cover her mouth. After a few minutes of running she realized that she had run around in a circle somehow and arrived back in the spot she originally was at when the fog appeared. Taking drastic measures she smashed a window on a store next to her and jumped inside just to give herself some kind of cover. She had several skills that she could use to defend herself so if this was an attack meant for her she could only hope they would be foolish enough to attack her head on.

[Eden]

Catherine smiled as she entered the dense clouds that had encompassed the area of the explosions. The poisonous gas felt abrasive against her skin but she was so used to it that it felt almost close to good. Once she was within the area she felt her sense open up more and could feel almost everything in the area. Catherine was able to sense the people within who were being affected by the poison along with the areas that the poison smoke had yet to permeate. Some of the buildings were still holding out but now that she was present the smoke grew in strength feeding off of her power as it began to spread more slipping under doorways and through other small holes it was able to find.

Her smile grew as she began to feel the life seep away from the weaker people trapped within the smoke filled area. She began walking towards where she could feel her targets magical signature taking her time knowing that by the time she reached the girl that she would be ripe for the plucking.