Alleyways

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On a bed, were two people lying down under blankets. One of them turned to face Mitsuki, and orange fumes were coming out of their nose.
She sat down at the table, and the woman told her about the village in more detail. She said that all of the village had become ill since a mysterious hooded figure had used their magic against them. But what confused Mitsuki was that the lady was talking about "Orange Magic".
"Uhh.. what's orange magic?" She asked.
"It is the most hard to control, unpredictable magic. You can obtain it by combining purple magic with green magic. It is neither good nor bad."
"Hhm.. what's purple magic?"
" It's evil, Ruthless magic." She shivered.
"I- I'll go try and figure something out," said Mitsuki in an unstable voice.
"Thank you so much! Be careful, child!"

Mitsuki walked slowly through the dead atmosphere of the village, looking down. From time to time, she would look up through her eyebrows to the sight of people with pale, skiny faces and sagging shoulders, and all of them seemed to have that orange smoke coming out of their noses and mouths. Then, she took a glimpse of a hooded figure turning a corner. She looked up, but nobody was there. Mitsuki turned the corner, trying to act casual. When she got out of view, she ran to where she thought it had gone. Nothing. Turning around, she saw it in an alleyway, waving its hand about, as people threw up and coughed on the sidewalks. Next, he walked on and disappeared into the mist seemlessly.
"Hey, you! What do you think you're-"
She was stopped by a person who had pulled her into a corner.
" Look, I don't know who you are, but you don't  belong here. What do you think you're doing, shouting at it like that! You saw those people! Now go back to your buisness." He said. Frightened, she walked on, secretly still trying to find the figure. After a long while of wondering about the misty village, she gave up returning to
The house belonging to the old woman. " I'm sorry, I didn't catch it. But I saw it making people sick in the alleyways." She looked down in shame.
" It's alright, child. Bad things always have an ending."

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