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thestormishere) wrote2011-07-06 11:14 am
thestormishere) wrote2011-07-06 11:14 am
Entry tags:
- !ic,
- !luceti,
- @aerith,
- @hope estheim,
- @kurt,
- @smoker,
- @suki,
- @zack fair,
- come be my guinea pigs ok,
- doin flips n shit,
- further than ever before,
- harder than it looks,
- in the aftermath,
- insert role reversal jokes here,
- let's fight you punks... or not,
- look it's magic or something,
- promote synergy like a boss,
- secretly distressed girl,
- what's with these feelings?,
- y so talented
☈ strike #14 (action / voice)
[ 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.
However, she can't just keep ignoring it forever, can she? Especially considering that ever since then, even if she's continued to grow slowly stronger and is currently safe from the ramifications of an active l'Cie Brand... the 'penalty' she was saddled with makes using her powers a lot harder than how it used to be.
And so she practices, attempting to get a handle on the magic that's there but no longer instinctive like it once was. Healing magic is fairly easy to figure out, the weaker elemental things like Thunder and Water are simple enough if difficult to aim now, but as for the more complicated spells...?
As for learning new ones...?
She can be found alternately in the battle dome and outside near the edges of town quite a bit during these last few days, with and without her gunblade and various other weapons from before and during her time spent here. She's not really doing much actual fighting, though; it's obvious she's trying to do something, concentrating for sometimes minutes at a time, before casting something that just seems to flicker in the air around her, or light up the edges of her weapons with bright-colored energy.
After some time and a lot of deliberation, she turns to the journals. ]
-- Filtered to House Lucky occupants --
Hey. Have a minute?
-- - --
However, she can't just keep ignoring it forever, can she? Especially considering that ever since then, even if she's continued to grow slowly stronger and is currently safe from the ramifications of an active l'Cie Brand... the 'penalty' she was saddled with makes using her powers a lot harder than how it used to be.
And so she practices, attempting to get a handle on the magic that's there but no longer instinctive like it once was. Healing magic is fairly easy to figure out, the weaker elemental things like Thunder and Water are simple enough if difficult to aim now, but as for the more complicated spells...?
As for learning new ones...?
She can be found alternately in the battle dome and outside near the edges of town quite a bit during these last few days, with and without her gunblade and various other weapons from before and during her time spent here. She's not really doing much actual fighting, though; it's obvious she's trying to do something, concentrating for sometimes minutes at a time, before casting something that just seems to flicker in the air around her, or light up the edges of her weapons with bright-colored energy.
After some time and a lot of deliberation, she turns to the journals. ]
-- Filtered to House Lucky occupants --
Hey. Have a minute?
-- - --
[Action!]
Ahh, don't mention it. I'm Nightcrawler. [... since we're using code names.]
[Action!]
But no, it's not that creative. She was fifteen when she changed it to that, give 'er a break.
And. That's a pretty funky name of his own, there. Considering he doesn't really look particularly human in the first place, though... at this point Lightning will swallow a lot of things. Too much trouble to object otherwise, so these days she's just been sticking to keeping it all mental.
She remains silent after that. Waiting. ]
[Action!]
Anyway, umm, this is awkward.]
So... can't you take it off now? [She's a grown woman. He can only hope she has that much control over her powers.]
[Action!]
[ She told you that already, Crawlerboy, and she sounds just a touch annoyed at repeating herself. She could use Dispel on it, yeah, but ironically, doing so actually costs her more magic than she'd ever use putting any one buff in place over and over and over. ]
[Action!]
Exactly how long do you think it will stay up? [Cuz even a few minutes is gonna be hard, even with how great of a conversationalist Lightning is.]
[Action!]
Lightning you are only 21 shut up.]Just a... [ Ah, but there it goes, and her brows come together for a moment as she watches it flicker and fade out. Either she miscalculated, or it really does last for a shorter span of time on others... ] Hm.
[Action!]
[She must be pretty new at her powers then. It's okay, he won't hold it against her.]
[Action!]
[Action!]
Well ahh... if you ever need to throw some more sparkly lights at people, I'm okay with it.