forum All my roleplays are dead please give me attention // closed oxo (I'll do more though)

Started November 22, 2021 by @Fraust

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Farah gave herself a few moments to catch her breath. "Are you alright?" she asked, her gaze flitting between Aiki and Eiji. "The both of you."

Both twins nodded in reply, and Aiki lay back on the ground with a soft sigh. "I hate that guy… he's a super physical type and he's resistant to fire, so he's a terrible matchup for me. And obviously, he likes to do that when he wins." He ran his fingers through his hair. "Makes me expend a lot of energy healing the people he hurts, too. It's just training; we're not supposed to be especially violent with each other." Eiji added.

Farah's eyes cut to where the boy was sitting. "I could take him," she murmured, mostly to herself. Then she looked at Aiki and Eiji with an extremely determined resolve behind her expression and voice. "I can take him. Let me."

Aiki and Eiji shook their heads. "I have no doubt you'd beat him to a pulp, but you probably shouldn't. It's better for you to stay under the radar as much as possible, and… you know… not beat up belligerent high school students." Eiji laughed weakly.

Farah exhaled shortly and pressed her lips together. "Yes, but I can't let him keep up with this violent streak, which is what it sounds like is happening. It isn't right."

"The teachers and principal will handle him. If he keeps it up, he'll get expelled." Aiki shrugged, closing their eyes. "It's better not to do anything for now."

Farah gritted her teeth, but if the twins wanted her to lay low as much as possible, she would listen. This wasn’t the Otherworld. She had no idea what to expect.

"He'll get some kind of punishment for this, don't worry. It makes me mad too, but we'll get in trouble if we try and handle it ourselves." Eiji smiled weakly and Aiki nodded in agreement. "I'm sure our teacher will deal with him… he isn't supposed to do this."

“But he has before?” Farah narrowed her eyes slightly. “I don’t understand the First World…” She shook her head then focused again on Aiki. “Are you sure you’re alright, though?”

"Yeah, this isn't the first time he's pulled something like this." Eiji helped Aiki sit up. "I'm fine, really… better now that I've actually been healed, I guess." They laughed weakly. "Eiji's good at what he does, after all."

“Has he been punished before?” Farah asked incredulously. “Why hasn’t he been stopped?” The more she questioned it, the more she felt herself becoming angry. Her fingers trembled as she shook her head to disperse the feelings. She couldn’t loose control. Not here. Not in the First World with no one to calm her down. Saul was the only one who could do that, and he was a dimension away.

"Yeah, he's been punished before, but they haven't stopped him yet. If he keeps doing this, he'll probably get expelled. There's only so much they can actually do." Aiki shrugged and Eiji helped them to their feet. "It'll be fine, really. I won't have to go again for this particular exercise, so whatever…"

Farah took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Relax… Relax… Runaway emotions lead to runaway magic. She opened her eyes and quickly moved to help Aiki with Eiji. "Alright, if you say so," she relented, casting a final look over her shoulder at the bully. "But I still don't like it."

"I know… we don't like it either, but it's not our place to handle it. I'll probably just stay over here with you guys for now… I don't want to answer questions from my classmates." Aiki laughed weakly.

Farah nodded. "Understandable." With her adrenaline gone, her abilities began to sense the waves of confusion rolling off the other students. She bit her lip softly. "I'm sorry for intervening if I shouldn't have," she murmured.

"It's fine… if you didn't, the teacher would've stepped jn soon after." Aiki shrugged and Eiji helped them over to the wall so they could sit down with Farah. "I should head back to my group in case someone else gets hurt. Keep an eye on him, will you?" Eiji smiled weakly and hurried off to return to his group of healers.

"Of course," Farah replied with a fleeting smile. Her arm was wrapped protectively around Aiki's shoulders, and as Eiji left, she turned her full attention to him. "I don't understand it," she finally murmured.

Aiki sighed softly and glanced up at Farah when she spoke again. They were a bit confused, honestly, and he seemed uneasy. "Mm… what don't you understand?" They asked. "The system?"

"Well, partially, but that's not what I'm talking about now. It's you, Aiki. You're incredibly powerful, I can feel it. But you never tap into that strength, and I don't understand why," Farah answered, speaking quietly. Her free hand toyed with the hem of her skirt as she spoke before she tugged on it again and placed her hand in her lap.

Aiki looked over, still seeming a bit confused. "W-Well… I dunno. I don't really know what my potential is, I guess, and… fire is dangerous. Not to mention how much of my energy gets drained when I use it a lot… it's dangerous for me and for my opponent. I don't wanna hurt my classmates."

"You could practice against me," Farah suggested. "And fire is only dangerous when it's wild. When controlled, fire can be very powerful. Is there any way your energy doesn't get drained?"

Aiki shook his head a bit. "Not really that I've found, other than if I use someone else's energy, and I don't like to do that." They sighed softly and looked down at the ground.

Farah pressed her lips together thoughtfully. "Is there any way you could use your powers without drawing energy from anyone? Or if you could minimize the amount of energy you use?"

"I have no idea. I don't think I'd be able to make fire without expending some sort of energy." Aiki shrugged. "It's possible I could… I dunno… hone my power enough to draw energy out of the air or grass or something. Since there's energy in atoms and all…"

Farah nodded encouragingly. "Yes, that's perfect. We could practice with that. Have you ever tried it before?" As she spoke, she briefly glimpsed the memory of Aiki draining her energy with the use of their abilities which left her free prey for Rosalind. Farah shivered discreetly.