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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Aiki shook their head a bit, keeping their eyes on the ground. "No… I've only ever used my own energy. I think it would take a lot of practice and… I dunno… fine tuning, I guess. It'll be kinda hard to figure out how to do it."

"Well… I'm currently stuck here for an undetermined amount of time, and quite frankly, I don't have anything better to do. I'm more than willing to help you practice."

"Alright… if you want to help me, you'll want to get pretty far away, though. I'm not familiar with using anyone's energy but my own, so it's hard to control what the energy is coming from if I turn it away from myself…"

Farah pressed her lips together and nodded slowly. "Yes, I…" She shook her head. "Alright. Whatever is best. I promise I will figure out how to help you best."

Aiki nodded a bit. "I just… don't want to hurt you again. Obviously I know how it feels and it really sucks. I'm glad to practice with you, but we have to make sure we do it safely."

Farah smiled gently. "Of course. Don't be worried about hurting me, I'm going to be completely fine. It's you that I'm worried about."

Aiki sighed softly and nodded. "I just… don't want to put you through that again. How should we start?" He asked, getting to their feet.

"Well, you are currently in class," Farah remarked with a knowing chuckle as Aiki stood. "I'm the one that doesn't have to be here, remember?"

"Well, yeah, but I'm not going to be going again. I got knocked out of the bracket, so I might as well spend my spare time training, right? That's basically what we're supposed to do anyway." Aiki shrugged.

Farah rose to stand beside them. "Alright then. Is there a particularly open, grassy area around? That would be ideal." She glanced around, surveying the surroundings.

"Yeah, most of the area around here should be fine for that." Aiki led Farah a little ways away from everyone else so they would have some more space. "Do you have any pointers? I-I don't really know how to do this…"

Once they were away from the others, Farah took Aiki's hands in her own. "I know how fairy magic works. I'm not sure how yours does, but let me try this way." She took a deep breath and calmed herself down. "Alright. I want you to think of anything that will give you positive emotions, feelings, thoughts…"

"Um… okay…" Aiki closed his eyes and relaxed, trying to think of good things. They thought of fun times with Eiji, and talking with Oukami. Good performance in training, getting back home from the Otherworld… anything he could think of.

Farah could feel the shifting of emotions inside Aiki. She nodded and turned Aiki's palms to face upwards. "Good. Now, use a small amount of your power… Spawn a flame in your palms." After she finished speaking, Farah slowly backed away, giving Aiki the space he needed.

"Alright…" Aiki obeyed, holding their palms upward and forming small flames in both. He kept his eyes closed, staying as relaxed as possible and trying to use very little energy. "Now what?"

"You're drawing the power from yourself, aren't you?" Farah asked rhetorically. "Hmm, let's try something simple…" She looked down and plucked a dandelion from the grass. "Give and take," she stated, extending the flower towards Aiki. "Channel the energy from the flower to power your fire."

Aiki seemed pretty nervous, but he was determined to try anyway. After a bit of building up the courage, they switched the source of their energy away from himself, but it simply switched to Farah rather than the flower like he was trying to.

Farah winced as her energy was drained, but she remained where she was with the dandelion extended. "The flower," she encouraged. "Positive feelings. You can do this."

"Sorry, sorry!" Aiki trembled a bit, turning the energy source back to himself while they tried to calm down. Once he had settled again, he opened his eyes and tried again. They focused more this time, keeping their eyes firmly on the flower as he carefully switched his energy source. After a few seconds, the flower started to darken and wilt.

Farah sighed quietly with relief as the weight left her, but she remained focused as she watched Aiki prepare. A proud smile bloomed on her face as she watched the flower wilt in her fingers. "Yes! Beautifully done," she praised.

Aiki grinned brightly and his flames suddenly grew for a moment before they vanished, since the flower had died. "I did it! I guess I have to focus pretty hard to draw from such a small source…"

Farah smiled. "That was wonderful. Would you like to try again?"

Aiki nodded and got back into a better position, holding his palms up again. "What should I draw on this time?"

Farah knelt down and brushed her fingers across the grass. "Do you think you could use the grass? Spread out in a circle as you use more energy and then finish when the dead grass reaches me?"

"Um, I think I could try and do that… maybe move a little further away, just in case." Once Aiki felt comfortable trying again, he focused on the grass around them and switched his energy source. After a few seconds, the grass slowly started to die and the flames grew considerably.