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☈ strike #14 (action / voice)

Jul 06, 2011 11:14

[ After the whole fiasco with having to take down Jack Horner's dragon form, Lightning's been thinking a lot lately-- namely, about her own trouble with maintaining a human form and fallout from failing against her will several months ago- both things which, frankly, she's been trying to avoid ( Read more... )

secretly distressed girl, @hope estheim, further than ever before, @zack fair, insert role reversal jokes here, doin flips n shit, promote synergy like a boss, @smoker, come be my guinea pigs ok, y so talented, @suki, !luceti, let's fight you punks... or not, harder than it looks, @aerith, what's with these feelings?, @kurt, in the aftermath, !ic, look it's magic or something

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[action] ONCE MORE WITH FEELING sokkafangirl July 9 2011, 06:15:22 UTC

[Have a Suki! Who is just wandering out of one of the training areas of the battle dome, folding up her fans and taking a break after a lengthy training session. She spots Lightning on her way out, and is kind of... staring curiously for a moment. What in the world is that weapon...?]

[action] thestormishere July 11 2011, 02:28:18 UTC

[ Only the most awesome weapon around! Lightning shakes her head at herself over something... before glancing up and noticing she's being looked at herself.

... Generally that would be the end of it, but... even though they've never really met or anything, Lightning's sure she recognizes the girl-- after all, the former soldier stalks the journals quite a bit, so she's at least vaguely aware of the girl and her recent efforts to organize something.

And right now, Lightning needs help, which means... congrats young warrior, there's a Lightning stepping over in your direction. ]

Hey. You're... [ What was it? ] ...Suki, right?

[action] sokkafangirl July 11 2011, 18:42:44 UTC

[Eep, she's been caught. Well, no sense in dodging it now, so she just nods, focusing on the woman rather than the weapon.] That's right. You know about me? [Must've been the announcement, considering she's in uniform.]

[action] thestormishere July 11 2011, 21:41:20 UTC

A little bit. [ And look at that- still completely serious, of course, but... she's actually attempting to seem vaguely amiable?? From one combat girl to another, or something like that. ] I know you've got some fighting experience... right?

[action] sokkafangirl July 12 2011, 10:21:50 UTC

I've been training for almost ten years. [It's a matter of pride, okay. She may be young and small, but she's no pushover. She's not exactly defensive about it, though, since Lightning hasn't given her a reason to be.]

[action] thestormishere July 12 2011, 17:35:06 UTC

[ -- Longer than Lightning, technically, BUT ANYWAY. ]

... Do you know any magic?

[action] sokkafangirl July 13 2011, 02:33:05 UTC

No, sorry, I don't. [She's had plenty of opportunity to learn, but she isn't exactly compatible with the spirits. Nor has she felt the need to learn.] Why do you ask?

[action] thestormishere July 13 2011, 07:54:46 UTC

I'm wondering... if you can help me with something.

[ She doesn't seem surprised at the admission; if anything, that just strengthens her interest here! After all, she already knows it works on some magic-users, but for those who aren't? It's completely an unknown. ]

[action] sokkafangirl July 14 2011, 00:58:55 UTC

Sure, I don't mind. What do you need? [Now Suki's interested. She'd expected a straight-up dismissal or a "oh, nevermind" at her answer, so not getting that is a big surprise.]

[action] thestormishere July 15 2011, 12:02:40 UTC

[ Welp, time to see if she can explain this without weirding the girl out, then. ]

I've started to learn a kind of magic that adds or enhances different combat abilities... but I don't really know how well it works on other people yet.

[action] sokkafangirl July 15 2011, 23:45:20 UTC

Oh, so... you want to try it out?

[SLIGHTLY TENTATIVE. Mostly because she's never had magic used on her so the concept is... very alien. She's not even sure what that really means, since bending doesn't work that way.]

[action] thestormishere July 16 2011, 20:24:02 UTC

Yeah. Frankly, everyone I know is pretty familiar with this kind of thing already, so...

[ Indirect admittance that she has a very small pool of friends to pull from here. 8| She lifts a hand to the back of her neck, briefly playing with the strands of hair not contained in her current ponytail. Come ooooon, girl! ]

[action] sokkafangirl July 16 2011, 20:45:51 UTC

[And... one last hesitation, because she does have to take care of herself, so.]

Is it very dangerous?

[Getting hurt or put out of commission is not on her to-do list today.]

[action] thestormishere July 17 2011, 18:55:27 UTC

-- Huh? Ah, no.

[ That she's aware of, anyway. Not even Lightning is odd enough to suggest doing something potentially dangerous to a teenage girl she doesn't know- at least without mentioning it already! ]

I mean... unless you turn around and hit yourself in the face, I guess.

[ Dry tone ahoy. Just... don't do that and you should be fine, Suki. ]

[action] sokkafangirl July 18 2011, 21:26:05 UTC

[....Yeah, she's pretty sure she can avoid that.]

Alright, I'll do what I can.

[action] thestormishere July 19 2011, 18:29:15 UTC

[ AWESOME. Lightning nods once in acknowledgment. ]

If you've got a weapon, what I can do here is 'charge' it with ice or water in a way that makes your attacks stronger- but to you, it shouldn't really feel any different than normal. A bit colder, maybe. [ She lifts a hand to her chest, pressing a light touch there to her hidden Brand. Yes, she's being very careful to explain exactly what's going down here now; blame it on being a sergeant or something. ] If it makes you uncomfortable anyway, it should dispel when you let go... but what I'd like to find out is how long it stays on its own, too.

[ Granted it does go up on Suki to begin with. Lightning's going to feel put-out if she's had to explain all this for something that doesn't work. ]

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