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Minchau's Small Tale

Minchau was doing his daily routine, sitting in his room in the attic in the top of the Guild Hall. The attic would seem small by just looking at the attic door that was on the ceiling with a pull string, but when the door would open, the folded stairs fall down and when you look up you see wooden glossy ceilings with traditional Japanese lighting. Minchau is a full Japanese, he believes it’s important to have the traditions continue on in the modern world. When, Raz’s father first met Minchau he was a teen and was searching for a mentor. During that time Raz’s father traveled to Japan to live under Minchau and become “stronger,” Raz doesn’t know what that means and has asked many times, but Minchau refuses to talk about it.

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Minchau’s attic is a wide space with various traditional rooms with a pouch that looks outwards towards the stables. Today Minchau was looking through his old pictures when he found a picture of Raz during his childhood. Around the age of four and six, Raz was a child with a tough childhood. Raz never met his mother and he didn’t see his father often which is why Minchau is more of a father to Raz and his own. Despite Raz’s bad attitude, Minchau took him in and basically raised him as his own.

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The photo is the only copy of kid Raz smiling with actual happiness behind it. That brought a smile to the old man’s small face. Thinking of that day, the special events and the beautiful memories made. Minchau put back the large box of other resting memories and began looking for a frame. If he could remember correctly, there was a frame in his office that.

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During the middle of summer, Raz was quietly looking through the wildberry brush outside the house grounds. The small child moved open the brushes to reveal a small brown rabbit with black eyes as dark as coal. The rabbit looked back at the boy ready to take flight when he decided to make his move. However, little did that rabbit know that Raz wasn’t like every other small child that chases after wild animals. Raz has the ability to see the auras of living creatures.

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Raz made a slight move towards the rabbit. Making the rabbit take off and Raz close behind him following every single move the rabbit made. Raz scenes the rabbit’s fear and the natural instincts that plague his mind and drive him to escape. Raz was on the rabbit’s heels and ready to jump on to him until, Raz let his mind get clouded with the world around him and multiple auras that took over his thinking process. While that quick second of Raz catching his prey he lost control of the overwhelming aura colors which clouded his vision causing him to run straight into the large oak tree.

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Raz fell backwards into the grassy floor holding his head in pain. He clutched his teeth and held back tears. The rabbit made it into the hole under the tree and didn’t bother to check outside the hole again to see if the boy was still after him. The housekeeper that was working outside rushed over to the small boy that was curled up on the ground in pain. Picking him up, Raz laid his head on her shoulder letting her carry him away.

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Inside the housekeeper nurse his aching head. Raz had managed to make a small crack into his head and had a massive headache. The housekeeper of course lectured him the entire time. Raz escaped into his own world. The colors of the living things circled around in his mind, making him become even more dizzy, but he hoped to fall asleep. He was tried, pushing back his ability was draining on his mental health.

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While Raz kept his eyes shut and slowly drifted to sleep Minchau watched him nervously. Raz was  beginning to show signs of the power he was gifted backfiring on him. Slowly taking over his mind, making clueless and tried. Soon, Raz would become afraid and drive himself into insanity. Minchau knew what the next step was for Raz, but he would begin his training tomorrow when Raz was fresh and ready.

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Finding a black frame big enough for the image, Minchau had gently pushed the image inside. He walked to the back of his attic and looked for a nail and a hammer. Finding one he made his way back, he heard his doorbell ring. Bring where his room it was a little hard to knock so, there was a bell installed for someone who wanted to see him. Minchau unlocked the staircase, it fell down softly and unfolded gently.

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Edith walked up the staircase, her hair was freshly washed and she wore her usual work uniform. At the top of the stairs, Edith took off her shoes, placed them beside and walked on the mats freely. Edith was always regular for Minchau. Most of the time she came up there to get away from the drunk guild members in the bar area, or complain about Raz, or just have a friendly visit, or sit quietly and read one of Minchau’s old books. Today, it looked to be the in the second one which kind of made Minchau at the thought of her complaining about Raz after just thinking about him and hanging up a picture of young Raz in his living room.

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“Minchau, Raz is being an idiot yet again,” she said with a heavy sigh while Minchau disappeared into the kitchen to freshly brew tea for the troubled Edith.
“He left without letting me know, he just took the emergency phone and left,” she said and as she repeated the fact that he left she seemed to go into a deeper despair about it.
“I wish he’d think how dangerous it is thinking so rashly about everything and then dealing with it on his own,” she said while Minchau approached her with a tray of two cups, brewed tea and small sandwiches. “Just doesn’t care about himself, he isn’t worried about getting hurt and is always putting himself into some kind of danger when he leaves the guild grounds!”
While Edith spoke Minchau gently filled the tea cup up to a reasonable amount.

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After Minchau filled up the cups Edith did a small half smile. When she came up her she often forgot a number of times she has been up here with Minchau. He knows all her basic habits, her favorite things and in a way is her therapist. Acting like a stressed mom and working all the time, she needed a place to go to relax. That place was at Minchau’s drinking freshly made tea with sandwiches and talking to Minchau.

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Raz woke up the next day to the smell of breakfast. He got up from his futon and folded his sheets gently. He was still dressed in his sleeping robes when he appeared. In the living room area, Minchau was sitting traditionally and silently drinking his tea. He kept his eyes closed in order for the stream to moisturize his eyelids.

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Raz sat down on one of the comfortable pillows across from Minchau. Raz stared at the old man that continued to drink his tea calmly. Raz never could read Minchau. It was relaxing but also very nerve racking. Usually, Raz could see the auras of everyone, however, Minchau was different.

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Minchau didn’t have any color surrounding him at all. Minchau was as colorless at the lifeless objects around the house. Raz’s mind would sometimes make up unrealistic ideas. Like Minchau being undead and is going to kill Raz in the middle of the night because he knows his secret. However, Raz didn’t know his secret so, he couldn’t just kill him or run away.