savetheearth | Not talking about the game.... [Action + Video]

Who: Vanessa and Open
What: Vanessa has decided that she's had enough recovery time and that it's time to start getting a grip on her powers.
When: August 21st. Afternoon.
Where: An abandoned warehouse down in the Dead District.

Three weeks of sitting still was more than enough for her. Her arm had healed up enough and she figured it was about time to get out and start figuring out how these abilities worked for herself. Pewter was easy enough, swallow it and get stronger, but steel was a little more complicated and she didn't intend to only use it to bounce uselessly around the street next time something came up. But she also couldn't just go outside and start throwing metal around with her mind either. She needed a place to practice out of view.

Which was what brought her down to the more industrialized area of the Dead District, and after a couple of hours of searching she'd found just the place. It was an old, empty warehouse, abandoned a few years earlier and left to rot like so many other places in the area. It had taken some doing to find a way inside but she'd managed. It was an older building with brick walls and high, wooden ceilings held up by heavy beams. There was a large wide open shipping floor and the rest of the building was taken up by tall shelves made of metal struts that the previous owners had apparently decided weren't worth disassembling and taking with them. It was dusty, dimly lit and several degrees warmer than outside... but it would do.

After making sure the place was clear, she headed out to the middle of the shipping floor with steel burning. Okay, so what did she know? It gave her the power to "push" against metals, make lighter objects move and heavier objects moved her. Looking out, she could see that strange blue line reaching out from her chest to connect to whatever metal object she was focused on at the time. She scanned around the room, watching the line switch to different targets as she looked at them.

Okay, so only one thing at a time for now. She thought to herself and dug in her pocket for some of the change she'd brought along. She grabbed one coin and held it up, watching the line switch to it and Pushed. As she figured the coin spun away in the dim warehouse, clanging to the ground somewhere out of sight.

She practiced with them for awhile, Pushing coins straight out of her hand, tossing them in the air and Pushing them away in midair and trying to hit whatever she picked as a target with varying accuracy. This power was tricky..... She was engrossed in thought so much that she didn't even notice when one coin went wild and smacked against the wall while she was still Pushing it.

Instantly it felt as if somebody had shoved her hard in the chest and she staggered backwards with a gasp, just managing to not topple over before she stopped Pushing and the coin clattered to the floor.

Right... lighter objects move unless they don't have anywhere to move to. Then I'm pushing on the weight of the wall. So if that happens if I'm pushing against a wall....

She pulled another coin from her pocket and dropped it on the floor in front of her between her feet and stared down at it thoughtfully. After a moment she took a deep breath and Pushed down.

Instantly she shot up into the air with a shriek, stopping the Push before she made it more than a few feet and dropped back to the ground. She stood still for a moment before she grinned a little bit despite herself and let out a small, nervous laugh.

"Holy shit." She breathed and then turned her attention up to the top of the shelves and the wooden beams crossing the ceiling above her.

[A few hours after her first tests, Vanessa pops up on video on the network. She's a little sweaty and out of breath but she does actually have an excited grin on her face.

She's also perched up on one of those big wooden beams. The warehouse ceiling is easily visible just above her head and there's a fluorescent light hanging behind her.]

Okay, if anybody out there has any powers that they want to practice with that you can't use in public I think I found a good place. It's pretty dusty and hot in here but it's quiet and nobody comes down here anymore. I've been here for a few hours and haven't seen anybody.

[She gives the address of the place in case anybody wants to stop by and the video cuts out just before she jumps from the beam.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Summoning something too big for the space it's being summoned to is a pretty bad idea no matter what the thing is.

For all I know he can shrink. Or maybe you could summon him sideways. I don't know how spirit beasts work.

[That moment when considering the logistics of summoning a spirit beast is more relevant than "wait, what, SPIRIT BEAST?!" Welcome to your life as it is now.]

There's a pretty big parking lot I guess. It's riskier but it's still a pretty deserted area.

Be kinda cool if he could, but somehow I don't think he can.

And I don't know much about them either, which is kinda why I want to practice. I just don't want him spotted, you know?

Yeah, I get it. We don't need that kind of atteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeertrretrt

Sorry. Shelf I was standing on cracked. Anyway, it might be worth trying, unless you think he'll rip the roof off or something? That way you'll know if you can summon him if you get in trouble inside.

Last I summoned him, he was still intangible. Dunno if that changed or not, though.

If he can turn intangible anyway, then what's the problem?

Him possibly not being.

Also, his head being spotted if it sticks out of the roof.

Good point.

I'll try to find a bigger warehouse next time.

Order the next size up~ Or maybe get an upgrade.

I'll see what I can do. In the meantime maybe you should look into a size downgrade for your spirit beast.

Can't exactly swap him in for a smaller model. He's a super rare, after all, they don't make any more of him~

[Oh, wait, that sounds like geek stuff. She doesn't know how to geek.]

Was he one of those limited edition things?

[Geek stuff comes in those, right?]

The ultimate limited edition. Only one like him was ever made~

But seriously, from what I can tell from the scattered bits of WTF, everyone only gets one and the only way they change is if you change. Like getting super ugly when you feed it hate kinda thing.

So it's one of those inner self things? It reflects who you are or something?

[No, she doesn't know how to geek but she has read a book.]

Something like that. It's the part of the soul that can leave the body and take physical form from what I can figure out. And it has the powers the the person wishes they could have.

What happens if it gets killed?

[[there's a pause. He has to ponder this one]]

I don't think he can be. I know if he gets hurt, it'll hurt me... but I don't think they can die. Just be beaten. Kinda like in Monster Fight. [[~~aka, off brand Pokemon]]~~

[She's not really sure what to think about that. Being able to call up a monster or beast to fight for you sounds pretty good, but how helpful could it be if you get hurt anyway?]

How does it work in Monster Fight?

You have a team of monsters that you call out to fight for you. When they get KOed, they go back to where you summoned them from until you can get them healed up and you can't call on them.

It's a little different with Kaa but the basics seem the same. Those bastard priests could call kaa they'd stolen from a temple to battle in place of their own so that they wouldn't feel it when the kaa they were battling with got hurt.

So if he gets hurt enough he just disappears for awhile. Makes sense.

[Makes enough sense anyway. She'll roll with it.]

So these priests you remember just let other people take the hits for them? Let me guess they were in charge.

[Yeah, she's... she's totally on Thief King Bakura's side here so far.]

Yeah, basically. Cowards and assholes the lot of them.

I take it you weren't on their side in whatever memories you got back?

Not at all. I was the one calling them out on their shit.

Good going. People like that deserve it.

Not talking about the game.... [Action + Video]

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[Text] I kinda wish I still had his pokemon icons from when he was in Route now :D

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[Text] No space, sadly T~T

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