Zen Gove

The man that appeared in front of them was a very tall, dark haired and fair skinned guy with a goatee. He wore a smart looking black suit and a magician's hat (Gustav and Lin found his fashion somewhat strange and tacky. It showed in their expressions). 
Amid the rustling of the trees they stood there staring at each other. The man smirked and gave a mischievous smile, looking at each one of them in turn. Gustav and Lin stirred uncomfortably. Lin however was not paying any attention to the man at that moment, his gaze wandered through different parts of the woods. The Magician snapped his fingers.
"Do excuse me for interrupting your search for an escape route Sir Sythe, your best bet is there and there by the way, " he pointed at two small paths nearest to them. "But I'm afraid even if you did find an opening, you'll have to pardon me for not being keen on letting you go. It's like your whimpering friend here said, you cannot get away. You can try..." he said that whilst blowing and filing his nails, where the file simply appeared out of thin air. Then he looked up and said in a matter of fact tone almost as if he forgot what point he was trying to make... "Oh,yes, I was going to say... but you cannot get away."
Finally, he stood up. But wait, he was sitting? What was he sitting on? 
Gustav and Lin realized they were not dealing with an ordinary hunter, but an experienced trickster. They were not sure whether what he did was real or a trick of the eye.
'"So how about you just cooperate," said the magician stretching his arms and yawning. "Save us both the hassle and we'll be saving the few minutes I wasted listening to your arguments. Hmm?"
With one look at the other Lin and Gustav sprinted out of his way towards the two escape routes.
"Didn't think so," said the magician. " I was hoping my persuasion skills would've improved by now. What am I doing wrong?"
Despite what it sounded like, the escapees did not really escape. They were in fact pulled back by some invisible force and placed back into their positions.
"Alright, let me try this again," said the magician. "Kind sirs, if you would please follow me back to the village, I would very very much appreciate your cooperation. It would be my pleasure to become your escort tonight."
Lin, not giving up on finding a way out replied to him thinking. "That's what you would say to a lady you wanted to date. It makes me feel like getting as far away from you as possible."
" Oh my," exclaimed the magician with a truly painful frown. "Wait, ok... how about this?
May you kind gentlemen give me the honor of-"
"No," retorted Lin irritably. 
"What's the matter with this guy?" wondered Gustav. 
"Wrong again?" asked the magician. 
Lin finally turned around to face him in a most annoyed way. "The right manners would be to actually let us go. Your game of cat and mouse, magician, is irritating me. You've already failed to honor that when you blew up the cottage to smithereens."
"Funny coming from someone who failed to answer the door," smiled the magician with an airy stare, almost frightening. 
Gustav could now see where the danger was. This was a man who enjoyed playing with his prey before consuming them. A wolf in sheep clothing. The look in the magician's eyes were currently murderous and Gustav feared for Lin before himself. 

 "I don't know what your game is, but I don't really feel like I want to find out," said Lin. "Your masked face is merciful compared to what's hidden within. That posture is like a welcoming basket of fruits in the middle of a cage full of venomous thorns. And I do not like the look of that instrument you've been holding behind you since the very moment you eavesdropped by that old oak an hour ago. I may have underestimated your vile skills, but you, my insolent man, have been too hooked up with your own conceited brilliance, Mr Zen Gove," Lin was in an upright solid position, in an immediate counter-stance to the magician. His hands raised as a barrier. "That you unmistakably failed to notice mine."
A sudden flash infested the space in which they stood and as it subsided no trace of the two men could be seen by man or any manner of creature imaginable. Gustav and Lin were forthwith unexpectedly gone. 
The empty space was left with the magician quietly floating in the middle, a blank yet thoughtful shine in his eyes was all the response the darkness of the woods received. 
"ohh!?" he exclaimed to himself. "And no good-bye note..."