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Post by Mathew Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:20:36 GMT -8
Mathew was outside in their yard smoking a cigar waiting for Eve to show up for their next training session.
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Post by Evelyn Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:24:31 GMT -8
Eve arrives on time! Yay! She's been quiet, but he still gets the usual, "Good morning," from her. It's not exactly time for niceties if it goes the way her other sessions had.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:26:55 GMT -8
"Morning."
He'd say before taking a final puff of his cigar, dropping it to the ground and crushing it under his bare foot.
"I want you to start by taking off your socks and shoes, stand barefoot like me."
He'd lock eyes with her as he flexed his toes into the earth, taking in it's gifts.
Qi use 1/42
Level 10 - Gift of the Earth: Allows Mathew to increase a chosen stat of his target by 1/2th his energy. This is still an Earth Based Qi (energy)
Attack: 83
Speed: 53
Defense: 104
Perception: 50
Energy: 177
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Post by Evelyn Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:33:33 GMT -8
This was...new. Eve blinked once but didn't question it too much. She just wasn't sure what benefit there was to her being barefoot when it was her father's specialty. Not yet.
"Alright." Peeling off her shoes and socks, she set them aside and stepped forward. It reminded her of when she was little and ran barefoot through the yard, only the deadlands instead.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:34:21 GMT -8
"Close your eyes and tell me what you feel."
Qi use 2/42
Level 10 - Gift of the Earth: Allows Mathew to increase a chosen stat of his target by 1/2th his energy. This is still an Earth Based Qi (energy)
Attack: 83
Speed: 53
Defense: 104
Perception: 50
Energy: 177
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Post by Evelyn Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:37:00 GMT -8
She did as he said, taking a deep breath and releasing it as she stood before him, uncertain of what the purpose was for this. Her toes curled slightly into the ground, but nothing struck her as unusual. After a momen, she answered, "The earth." Warmish in the light but firm. Solid. The Ground.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:40:05 GMT -8
"Is the dirt loose? Hard? Are you standing on stone or soil? Is it dry and cracking or muddy and soft? A two word answer is pointless and vague."
Qi use 3/42
Level 10 - Gift of the Earth: Allows Mathew to increase a chosen stat of his target by 1/2th his energy. This is still an Earth Based Qi (energy)
Attack: 83
Speed: 53
Defense: 104
Perception: 50
Energy: 177
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Post by Evelyn Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:44:30 GMT -8
Her brows knit as she kept her eyes closed and reconsidered her answer. Details, even she didn't knwo what the point was in the first place.
"It's hard soil, kind of dry." She shifted a foot slightly. "The top breaks apart easily, like it hasn't rained in a while." Which it hadn't, but that was the point?
"What am I supposed to feel?"
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:46:00 GMT -8
"We are getting there. First, you need to feel the physical, to get comfortable with it. So just relax, we are not in a hurry. Right now I just want you to feel the ground."
Qi use 4/42
Level 10 - Gift of the Earth: Allows Mathew to increase a chosen stat of his target by 1/2th his energy. This is still an Earth Based Qi (energy)
Attack: 83
Speed: 53
Defense: 104
Perception: 50
Energy: 177
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Post by Evelyn Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:50:25 GMT -8
She nodded after a moment, taking another deep breath as she felt the earth. Nothing felt different, but after a moment her shoulders eased and he tension of anticipation with them. She'd give it another shot and try to pick out details she didn't mention before.
"Alrigt...it's pretty consistent here."
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:51:10 GMT -8
"How so?"
He would continue to watch her, patiently for now.
Qi use 5/42
Level 10 - Gift of the Earth: Allows Mathew to increase a chosen stat of his target by 1/2th his energy. This is still an Earth Based Qi (energy)
Attack: 83
Speed: 53
Defense: 104
Perception: 50
Energy: 177
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Post by Evelyn Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:53:26 GMT -8
"My shoes didn't stick on my way here," she said after a moment, considering her words. "Some drying grass." She shifted her weight to hold her weight evenly. "No major cracking, but I can feel it breaking a bit under me."
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on May 17, 2019 19:54:33 GMT -8
He nodded slowly.
"Alright, now I want you to try and go a little deeper. Further down, what can you tell me with your senses?"
Qi use 6/42
Level 10 - Gift of the Earth: Allows Mathew to increase a chosen stat of his target by 1/2th his energy. This is still an Earth Based Qi (energy)
Attack: 83
Speed: 53
Defense: 104
Perception: 50
Energy: 177
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Post by Evelyn Amtrum on May 17, 2019 20:01:00 GMT -8
With her senses? She tried not to look at it as a pop quiz, rolling her shoulders.
"It seems solid enough?" She frowned again and kept going. It was like trying to describe the sky. "I wouldn't go building anything on it." It wasn't barren, but she was pretty sure that was because she'd seen plantlife and not some sort of sensing of the earth.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on May 17, 2019 20:02:43 GMT -8
"Okay, but what about beyond that? You can manipulate your Qi energy. Try to bring that energy and sense of it through your feet to the ground. Try to feel it not just with your body, but with your soul."
Qi use 7/42
Level 10 - Gift of the Earth: Allows Mathew to increase a chosen stat of his target by 1/2th his energy. This is still an Earth Based Qi (energy)
Attack: 83
Speed: 53
Defense: 104
Perception: 50
Energy: 177
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