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Post by Zack Asiv on Sept 16, 2021 21:34:41 GMT -8
As she manifested it into her hands she would find nothing appeared, but she could feel every small twitch in the wind, every change in temperature, every vibration in the air.
"It's connected to your senses. Close your eyes, sniff the air, listen."
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Post by Rhona Hall on Sept 16, 2021 21:47:48 GMT -8
She took a moment and got into a stance hands at her side and feet wide apart.
She breathed.
She manifested the Qi and did what Saer asked. She closed her eyes and started to listen with her other senses sound, touch, and smell in particular. She listened with great intention and inhaled slow to sense what was around. She would feel the energy of her Qi as she tried to accomplish this.
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Post by Zack Asiv on Sept 16, 2021 21:57:21 GMT -8
Once she was focused it would be like the world around her lit up. Insects crawling on tree trunks, it was like a massive echo location. Sounds, sensations, smells. She could tell exactly where everything was, what was moving what wasn't, the temperature of things, and worse of all... Someone hiding behind a tree watching her, the smell or more accurately the sensation of his being was familiar. She could tell it was a male, instinctually picking up on his pheromones.
Bloodline Ability unlocked!
Hunter: Rhona can sense things with super human senses around her in a 25 ft radius. Any detail that can be picked up through senses, sight, touch, smell, hearing, or taste, is deciphered instinctually.
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Post by Rhona Hall on Sept 17, 2021 3:38:13 GMT -8
It was all amazing and it was all beautiful. She wanted to enjoy it more but the moment was ruined with the person watching her. She had stopped her eyes from welling up though the looked a bit dewy as they snapped open and looked directly at her tailer. She didn’t move but if possible eye contact was made and her focus was locked.
She wasn’t far from the school so it might be a student. They’d see her coming, she wasn’t a fast player. “The school bells should have already rang! If you are skipping class I can report you.” She kind of just realized her own class will start in about an hour.
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Post by Zack Asiv on Sept 18, 2021 11:14:42 GMT -8
Rhona would see a Man walk out from behind the tree. He'd grin a bit before walking away, leaving the campus like he wasn't just creepy stalking Rhona. "You uh... Know that guy?" |
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Post by Rhona Hall on Sept 18, 2021 14:39:43 GMT -8
“No… and I certainly don’t appreciate when a proper greeting isn’t met!” She huffed at the person but shrugged it off assuming he was just going to keep walking. She could give chase but it didn’t feel like the right thing to do. Could be just some vulture watching her take her morning walks. She does do this very day. He looks too old to be a student and not like any of the other staff she knew.
“Anyway… Thanks a bunch Saer, I’ll work hard for us both. I’ve got higher hopes than I’ve had in a very long time.” She would start her walk back to the academy once more.
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Post by Zack Asiv on Sept 18, 2021 17:22:10 GMT -8
The man did indeed keep walking basically ignoring Rhona's taunt of his manners. Saer was unsure of what to make of any of that, but he did appreciate the thanks from the new partner.
"Well, glad I could lift your spirits. I think I'm going to nap for a little bit."
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Post by Rhona Hall on Sept 18, 2021 18:33:13 GMT -8
“Rest well, today was way more of an adventure than I expected too.”
She would get back and shower attend her classes and eat a big dinner before bed. She was not one for dwelling on thoughts but there was absolutely a lot of thought to think about. She had weird dreams because of it. They woke her up in the middle of the night and frustrated her to the point she would instead go back out dressed warmly. Hair half up and half down as it was still cut rather short. She wasn’t going to lie she kind of missed her long hair but it was not a practical choice by far. She looked around and kept an eye on her surroundings. She didn’t use her new found Qi for this she thought to keep her energies rested until she got to her destination.
She thought about what all had happened but that wasn’t all quite was on her mind. She considered what Saer said about her hyper fixation creating a false Qi. What a nutty thing. She built her life around what she was taught. As it turns out she didn’t have to live her life according to taking up a gods mantle. She was so far away from any of it there was apparently room for true growth. Saer had fixed her up but that was basically cleaning out an overcrowded storage of junk apparently. Because most of what she held onto was now being viewed as just that… junk which didn’t matter anymore. Her parents did well to teach her what to do but the tools she was working with were not hers.
She wanted to come and accept that the past was not something she had to force herself to be shaped by. Along her usual walk through the local trail there was a lone picnic table a kind of resting point that had a great view down hill and when the sun came up it was comforting. She got on top of the table and saw the sky start to change. While she didn’t have need of the sun’s power she still found it’s warmth comfortable and a symbol of a new start. New days brought new challenges and new challenges brought new struggles to survive through. Seeing a sunrise meant she was strong enough to outlast them and stronger still to face the next.
She would get comfortable and start breathing. She would imagine separating flesh from mind and spirit and each one would look at each other in knowing familiarity to discover what they would see. In time she could possibly come to discover new things and they didn’t have to be instantly found today or in a year from now. But if anything comes up Rhona aught to know.
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Post by Zack Asiv on Sept 18, 2021 19:17:26 GMT -8
She would find a nice peaceful serenity in her thoughts and visualizations, nothing too sparking at the moment besides a feeling of being on the right path.
"So, when you're done there, mind if we try and summon some Alpha Fire?"
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Post by Rhona Hall on Sept 18, 2021 19:34:12 GMT -8
She involuntarily flinched as her breath was sucked through her teeth. She was startled by the voice and looked around her a quick head turn before realizing it was Saer. She exhaled a calming breath and a grin grew in slight embarrassment.
“I assume you slept better than I did?” She scooted forward a bit and let her legs fall to the seat of the table. Whether Saer answered her or not she would answer it in a calm tone. “Yeah sure let’s see what we are working with. You can extinguish your own fire right? Or maybe we’ll need an emergency water source…?”
Saer was created as apart of the first fire which in Rhona’s mind makes them a near cosmic fire being and alpha fire sounds like it could superior and consume anything or all things. While both of their powers could be mild right now it still was something Rhona wasn’t sure how to gauge. Fire safety is important kids.
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Post by Zack Asiv on Sept 20, 2021 14:00:08 GMT -8
"Yeah slept pretty good all things considered. I am pretty sure I can extinguish my own flames, but just to be safe, maybe chose an object in the middle of some dirt or rocks."
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Post by Rhona Hall on Sept 21, 2021 3:11:49 GMT -8
Rhona bit her bottom lip and scanned the area to fit Saer’s request. There was a slab of concrete with tall rusty basketball hoops and she thought that would work. She’d not see really anyone around. It was insanely early still.
She stood on top of the wooden table and started off a jog to the basketball court after purposely tumbling and rolling down the hillside. She flipped and tucked in until she was rolling on her sides and popped up with a controlled recovery action into that jog the rest of the way.
When reaching the court she proceeded to do a couple of warm up stretches to loosen herself back up. Blood pumping hot and ready to proceed she looked at her targets. The metal hoops, long barren of the net that was once made of chains from the loop which was rusting just the same as the backboard and pole which it was attached to. Sun and general weather abuse can only be the cause. On the back board there was a couple of tags spray painted in illegible and unique fashions but even that was coming to fade in the elements. The mirroring hoop was not in much better condition but these would be her standing targets. She would probably do best aiming at the concrete below if she felt the heat would melt city property.
“Alright, so I’m not good with the technical stuff of how Qi works. I’ve just always felt it… it’s like instinct I guess.” She would explain to Saer as she felt in her fingers and down her arm she focused on the gem and reached for it to request it’s connection with her own energy. “Fire has a few stories of its creation where I come from. Oftentimes it is a power given to humanity and taken by Gods, the deep earth, or the sun itself. It’s creation is a powerful and revered point in humanity’s survival, even a contested point in the growth of evolution, to my understanding. I don’t know what that means to you, I just would like to say, I don’t take this lightly. As a matter of fact, I might admit I feel like I’m overthinking the weight of your spirit and existence and what that will mean for us… er me specifically but us futuristically.”
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Post by Zack Asiv on Sept 22, 2021 21:46:53 GMT -8
Taking time to respond, Rhona would be able to feel the energy Saer was granting.
"Looking through the current written histories there was a Dragon Apprentice who harness my opposite."
With the hoop as her target she would feel an eruption of energy, something that could only be described as all consuming.
"They controlled a Black Fire. A targeted fire capable of burning anything it touched, even water. Though it was specifically meant to kill gods, I am it's opposite, the Inferno Flame, the fire that first sparked light in the sky, the creation of stars and heaven."
Rhona discovers a new ability!
Inferno's Rage (Symbiote Zero): Summoning a White Flame that can destroy any obstacle or inanimate object by either melting or turning said object to ash, the blaze will burn until the user runs out of Qi uses or the user wills it to stop. It does the users Energy stat in damage +16 on initial attack, and continues to burn doing the users energy stat un damage for every turn they keep it active on a target. Can be put out with stronger Qi, or Black Fire.
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Post by Rhona Hall on Sept 23, 2021 4:30:44 GMT -8
She felt their connection and the feeling washed over her body like a warmth that was almost too intense. Like an insanely hot bath which you get used to should you wade within a moment or two. As she wades in Saer’s power she ignited the brilliant white flame in her hand which was connected to the Symbiote’s physical body. It felt easier and faster to channel that power not far from its focus point at the moment. Also a good time to wade over that and allow it to flow through her body in equal measure.
“Ah… and all that but I still underestimated you. I thought you meant just fire… not pure burning cosmic creation energies.” She felt this flame letting it dance through her fingers watching it sway and flow with the brilliance of a newborn star. “I believe I know of who you were talking about but I can’t remember their name. They had so many apprentices… it lost it’s allure especially since they kept dying.”
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Post by Zack Asiv on Sept 24, 2021 21:54:04 GMT -8
"Indeed, a difficult task, not unlike proclaiming yourself a God, no?"
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