[ cryptid spotted!

surprisingly xiao is also amongst the kidnappees and is one of the few who did not appear startled by it all at first, if anything he seems to lean into the games the fae seem to want them to participate in. dressed in his newly acquired outfit he takes to the training course like a duck to water. he clears the obstacle course more than once, before moving his attention to the combat ring.

with a spear in hand xiao trains with one of the dummies, it does not take long for his combat prowess to shine through as he takes it down which ease. although he does not appear satisfied, turning his sharp gaze towards whoever is closest. ]

You. Do you intend on fight?

[ why walk, or run for that matter, when you can just fly? which is exactly what xiao does, shifting into his adeptus form immediately upon beginning and taking a lead. sure, it made the first two sections of the marathon a cake walk, however the moment he reached the mountains well... his talking head was quick to point out the problem.

said head is chattering away when xiao perches a distance away from the mountain, sharp gold eyes watching the hundred feet dragon carefully. in his beak he carries the chain that connected the head to his belt, he rattles it around in an attempt to quieten it only for the head to exclaim loudly how much it does not like that.

so xiao drops it. look at below.

if you're not careful you'll get hit, if you are... well a head likely similar to your own is going to drop from that weird bird sitting in the tree. ]

[ even in this life xiao is always ready for combat, he waits quietly with his spear in hand and eyes closed. one could easily assume xiao is by no means worried about the duel, that he is confident in both his combat ability and his victory.

only when his opponent steps into the ring does the yaksha stir, eyes opening to look across the arena and steps forward, steps measured and sure. ]

Lets make this quick.

[ for the rest of your xiao related desires! ]