[Mafia] Witch Trip 2: The Witch is Back

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1. Phikul's learned ( the hard way ) that his bardic magic is useless here. And he can't make the forest around him bend to his will the way his sibling does. And even they, a full spirit, aren't that good at it either, so what chance does a half-blood like him have?
Among the warriors of the Malukkapyuha, he is the only one who fights with words and melodies rather than strength and weapons, but the latter seems to be the only solution to the situation at hand.
He doubts himself, remembering how his arms trembled like leaves when he handled Lord Setamalukka's legendary sabre. How his bones felt like they would give away and send him lying crumpled beneath the blade.
But he pushes those memories aside as he scrabbles towards a tree, shifting into a humanoid as he grabs onto a branch. He eventually manages to snap it off. 
The person draws closer.
Without a second thought, he plunges the splintered end of the branch into them, then shifts into a dove and flies away, disappearing into the sky.

2. Phikul's Forest-Spirit nature overtakes him. Not the instinct of a graceful, ethereal protector of nature, but something more primal. He is not a mere guardian any longer, but a force of nature, perhaps even nature itself.
Trees become clawed hands that strangle the hikers. Golden, deer-like shapes appear from the shadows, closing in on the survivors. But these antlered phantoms are no mere illusions. The bloody mess of antler-impaled, hoof-crushed bodies is all too real.
He cannot see the carnage he has caused, but the sounds, the smell that hangs in the air, that's enough to satisfy the bloodthirsty Spirit.

3.Amidst the blurred visions of his spirit-vision, Phikul can make out a bright spot of light.
He wonders if this is another trick of the evil Spirits. They're are all too familiar to him.
But once again, there seems to be no other way.
So as with before, he turns into a dove, trying his best to ignore the phantom pains, and flies into the light.