[Drabble - Power Outage]
He's tired. So very, very tired. He briefly wonders if this is how God felt after creating the world. It's almost enough to make him laugh, as he feels the other being's essence slowly slip away.
Then an explosion of power rockets through the area, causing even the few struggling lights that are powered by generators to wink out, the city going nearly completely black. Michi drops like a stone, and blacks out.
When he wakes up, he's naked except for feathers and blood and ichor randomly stuck to him. His generals run up to him and heal him, and offer him his cloak, sword, and evoker, which are the only pieces of his outfit they can find. The cloak looks different, though - it's no longer black, but grey. Nevertheless, he wraps the cloak around himself, and makes sure that his sword is safely in its sheath, fastened around him with his evoker.
His power feels different, too. He's too exhausted to figure out exactly how, though. He orders his troops to begin cleaning up and repairing things, and making sure his friends are safe.
Then he stumbles off to take a nap in a cave.
A month later, he opens his eyes, trying to figure out where he is. He blindly searches for the wall of the cave and brushes a handle. He pushes it, and sudden bright light floods his vision. Wincing, he stumbles forward, and lands facefirst in the Velvet Mall once more.