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 Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:57 pm
Camping hadn’t been so bad. It had been quiet, and perhaps that was the worst part of it. There were no…night noises. Now that the daylight had returned, there was a soft chiming sound and when Mechelen stuck her head outside of the tent, she saw what seemed to be a dragonfly, or something of the sort. It was a nice sound and it made her smile slightly, though she felt…
“Hey! Halle! Are you awake yet?”
Her voice sounded loud to her ears and it honestly made Mechelen jump slightly to hear it. “I think you and I should start the day off right and maybe…with a little spar before we go home?”
In all honesty, she wanted to try out her magic again and see if there was easier, or more efficient ways to use it.
Whatever she had to do, she was eager to just…make some noise.
Maybe she should have asked if he had slept well but…
Then again…this was just how things were with the two of them.
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:07 pm
There was a quiet groan and some soft rustling from the closed tent, and then there was...Jason, rising up out of tent in sweatpants and oversized basketball jersey. Sleepy tears in his eyes, he stretched on hand out with a yawn and stuck the other under his clothes to scratch his belly. The bedhead was tremendous.Letting both his arms arms drop, he stood staring at Mechelen in a stupid daze for a moment and then was turning away from her, stretching again in some awkward show of a non-embarrassing morning routine. Of the two brothers, he prided himself on the one who was more able to get up and be functional in the early morning, but clearly he was really, really beat by Mechelen. Mechelen...Ah...he should be powered up, shouldn't he? A moment later and she would be treated to the sight of Halle, uniform tidy, no bedhead remaining. "Sorry, I should've gotten up earlier."
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:14 pm
Mechelen felt her cheeks growing a little warm as she saw Jason, looking rumpled and sleepy and…Well. Kind of adorable.
“Oh uh…N-no, it’s all good…it was just, something was finally making a noise and I just…uh. Did you sleep well?”
This time, she couldn’t quite meet Halle’s eyes and looked everywhere but at him, finally kicking the ground slightly. “I wanted to…spar? I want to try my magic again, just…it’s safe here. Nobody’s going to attack so I figure we can like…practice endurance and like…timing and stuff? Before we uh, go home?”
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:35 pm
Heard a sound? Huh, maybe there was something new to find crawling around the world. Or flying maybe? "Yeah, I slept...maybe a little too good?" He gave a chagrined laugh. He'd originally planned to be up first, maybe make them some breakfast. But she was right, it'd be a waste to not take full advantage of the safety of space. "Yeah! That'd be great. I want to get fast...like, really fast with my shield." The longer it took to summon and desummon, to stop and think about it, the more of his magic he wasted. "And it'd better if you get faster with those threads, too. And sneakier in how they move." Walking toward the opposite side of the clearing, Halle took out a bottle of water for a quick morning drink, and then put it away. With a ready stance, he gestured for her to start.
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:40 pm
Mechelen grinned and drew in a breath, trying to figure out the best way to…not let him know she was using her magic, and of course the only thing she could think of was running up and tricking him into thinking she was going to punch him. It was the first thing in the morning, and the Squire broke into a run, her free hand moving backwards as though to land a punch even as she activated her magic using the tapestry in her other hand.
“Physical blows are absolutely not out of bounds! Be ready for anything, Halle!”
The threads began reaching for the other Squire even as she moved her hand to the side so she wouldn’t hit her friend.
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:50 pm
Jumping back as she surged forward, Halle summoned the huge shield to block her punch and her view of him. If he moved further back and to the side he could- And then he was in front of the now familiar embroidery unicorn. "Hi pony," he greeted it with a crooked grin. "She must've went low, huh?" It was a pretty smart move.
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:56 pm
Mechelen jumped back slightly when the shield came up, though when she heard Halle’s words, she laughed out loud, feeling…honestly proud of herself. “Can you hear me in the illusion, Halle?”
She projected her words a bit louder than she would have normally.
“I’m hoping if you do, you’ll admit right now that the magic is kind of easy to miss and I did good, yeah?”
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:04 pm
Startling at her voice, he called back, "Yeah! A little weird, but yeah I can." He found himself still addressing the unicorn. Somehow it felt less awkward than talking to air. "The magic can be easy to miss. It'll be good to think of more ways to keep your target distracted." After a moment he added, "And what you should do while their mind is stuck in here. You should hit me right now, actually..."
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:20 pm
“Hit you? Are you crazy? That’s…that’s so mean!”
It would be a good way to practice punching though…and she supposed he couldn't fight back. “You know what, all right. You asked for it, so I’ll deliver!”
Making her way back to Halle, Mechelen drew her fist back and went to land a fantastic punch on his shoulder only…
Her fist seemed to bounce off of some kind of…forcefield around him?
“Uh…”
Trying again, she found that the same thing happened. When she tried to smack him with her tapestry, it also wouldn’t make contact.
“...I can’t touch you?”
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:35 pm
Eyebrows shooting up, he considered the situation. If there was something protecting her body, that opened her magic up to both offensive and defensive options. "That's...really cool!" Halle paused and then asked, "Can you touch me at all?" A cough. "I mean like, could you move me or tie me up? Or does it completely prevent all contact?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:38 pm
“Could I…what? Excuse me?”
Mechelen was glad that he couldn't see her, and after a moment, reached out and took hold of his hand, not intending harm, but…she was pleased to find that she was able to.
“Uh…I can touch you, yes. But…honestly I think if I have to use this for real in a danger setting, I’m going to be running like hell from whoever’s trapped in there…it…seems like a really good way to just…get the enemy stuck in their own head for a moment?”
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:45 pm
"Sometimes running away is the best thing we can do. But there's been times I couldn't, not without someone else getting hurt for it," Halle explained to the unicorn, voice turning somber. "So running away is good. But we should figure out what else can be done if that's not the right answer." He cleared his throat and went on, "But I also think there's more to this than just using it on an enemy? Like if you have an ally that's hurt, this might be able to be used as a temporary barrier to protect them. And if you can still handle their body, it means you can run away with them. Without worrying that they'll attacked. It's a really amazing ability."
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:43 pm
“I hadn’t thought of all of that…but it is a neat idea…I hope I’m never in a situation that requires something like that to be done but…”
Mechelen watched him for a moment, and then focused on stopping her magic, closing up that…channel that felt as though were open.
“Still, you are right. It would be very good in a pinch!”
She grinned at Halle, hoping that he could now see her.
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:16 pm
It was a shock, every time, to suddenly have the world change again. Somehow even more so than when first entering the magic, and Halle made sure to tell her as much, "That's really disorienting. If you send an enemy into that, be sure not to give them any indicator about when you'll lift it. But if it's an ally, give them a head's up." Grabbing a stick, he squatted near her and drew a little circle on the ground, "I think, if you work fast while they're in there, you can give them some really nasty surprises." Halle grinned up at her, the sun and soft pastels of the Lysithean forest surrounding her like a halo. Mechelen really did look like some kind of an angel. "Okay first...just because you can't hurt them, doesn't mean you can't make them hurt themselves." And they were going to make sure she fought like anything but.
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