[zapdragon555]

As he moved into the kitchen for the candles, Tenma glimpsed the treeline of the forest, a mess of hazy greens and blues and blacks against the unrelenting rain. Poor Grimmer... even with an umbrella, he'd be soaked for sure.

He looked down to the drawer, fishing out a pair of long candles and holders, as well as the box of matches. And as he looked up once more, something strange caught his eyes.

The edge of the trees, darker than even the clouds overhead, seemed to shimmer with an unnatural darkness. Tenma blinked hard, rubbing at his eye with the back of a hand in attempts to dispel whatever sunspots the sensation must certainly be. But no, it stayed. Darker than anything, mistlike in its appearance.

Tenma closed the drawer, trying to fight the feeling of gooseflesh spreading up his arms.

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