Nighty didn't expect the release to be that powerful. Their energies were similar indeed but it looked like their respective charges were opposite, thus the opposites did attract. It stung. It stung really really bad.
The small kid yelped in pain as his entire form was ravaged by the current and his own energies were almost completely depleted. He was at least swift enough to redirect the current through his legs and into the ground, though the result would have his cat shaped outfit rip, tear and singe.
Falling backwards, his defense were able to keep him from EJO, but his current outfit had been completely ruined and rendered in tatters. Perhaps he should have remembered Aya's advice to always be on guard but he didn't expect Lyn's energy to be of that kind that completely overwhelmed everything it touched. It looked similar to his own and did feel like his own but the quantity difference between them was immense. He was a puddle and she was an ocean. No wonder she was bad at holding it in!
Sitting back up, he could feel the refreshing touch of his self healing protocols, Magistrate's expert tinkering with his code coming in handy. He would be able to return to normal very soon. "I'm fine....I'm okay...." he wined, looking at his tattered uniform. His paw gloves and paw-boots were ripped and the soft paw-padding was singed just like his half bodysuit.
"We going about this the wrong way." The cat navi said, getting back up and wobbling a few stumbles forward. "We shouldn't be trying to contain this." He stated, looking over to Aya. He pointed at her." It's like when me and big sis merge together and her energy is too big to contain. I'm going to sound mad but...I think you should always try to keep up as much energy as you possibly can and just let it flow instead of holding it in."
He needed a change of clothes, as pieces of his stuff were even falling off of him. Though he could use that occasion to show off his eureka plan that shock had revealed to him. Gently patting his chest he would implicitly ask Aya to help him don her armor and fuse with him, as his still shaking hands wouldn't be able to fiddle with the holopannel on his own. If Aya's willed it, Nighty would slightly spread his arms and wait for her sister energy to wrap eround his body and take hold within him.
The new pair of boots and the all black armor would appear over his now dematerializing ensemble and not before long the youngling was once again suited up in Aya's colors after a good while. More on aya's energy condensed into a short sword that nighty quickly grabbed and sheathed behind his back. He took a good few big breaths and turned over to Lyntael again. Even if she couldn't feel energies like he did, his more calm demeanor and completely differend vibe would be enough proof.
"My big sister's energy is so incredibly massive compared to my own that she completely drowns mine out." He stated, showing how his steps were muffled, something more akin to shadow element programs rather than elec. Compared to the Nighty of before, this Nighty was exhibiting the same maturity and seriousness of his elder sister Aya. A totally different vibe.
"We are trying to drink an ocean to get to the other shore. Just like you, me trying to hold all of Aya's power within me would simply make me pop like a balloon. Insead, how about we try floating in this ocean towards our goal. See, I just let Aya's energy flow around me and through me. I don't try to hold it in so that it tries so hard to get out, but rather I let myself be immerse in it. As it stands, even if it's so much energy that mine own is completely snuffed out, I don't feel pain. All in all it's quite comfortable. Then, if I need to use it..." He drew Aya-Sword and red energy condensed around his blade. "I just use something as a conduit in which to channel the flow of energy around me and focus it for my use. Maybe that is what you should do too. Purposely let your natually high energy flow uncondensed and then learn how to direct that uncondensed flow into a focused blast!"
By slicing the air, he released the red energy around his blade into a red projectile that travelled a few meters before dissipating. Once the blade was back to normal he would sheath it again, having concluded his demonstration.
Yumi would happily purr and nuzzle her head into Magistrate's palm as her mother shared a few moments to pet her. She would sit quietly beside her and curiously observe her work...until she too would yelp in pain and seize up slightly as her link with Nighty caused some of the navi's suffering to be shared. Once she would wobble back up in a sitting position her ears would droop, thinking her sudden squeal would have startled and distracted Magistrate from her important work.
"S-sory mom..." She mumbled. "Something happened to big brother!" She would quickly add, tugging the other sp by grabbing her sleeve with her mouth. "We need to go help!"
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"Nightshade!"
"Nighty!"
"Nightshade!" DragonierMan, Suzume, and Aya called out in alarm as the young kid was shocked to the core, startling the large man from his relative silence in the corner of the room. The three rushed toward to Nighty's aid and placed their hands upon him. Soothing and rejuvenating energies flowed from their hands as they all activated their healing signatures and channeled them into Nightshade. Magistrate and Yumi were not far behind them. The older woman getting up from her desk and moving swiftly into the training room, as the link between Nighty and Yumi warned of something dangerous happening in her tower.
"What are you doing in my domain that is causing such a ruckus?!" Magistrate barked as she entered. "How can I get any work done if every time I look away you are blowing holes into the side of my tower?" she added angrily. Clearly this wasn't the first time the dragoniers caused problems for the poor, overworked administrative program.
"We aren't damaging the tower you bat!" Aya called back indignant. "What did you call me?!" Magi snapped back. Suddenly, both drew swords on each other. Suzume stepped forward, moving her arms to indicate that they should settle down. "Hey! Hey! Let's all calm dow-"
"Stay out of this harlot!" Magi snarled. "What'd you call me?!" Suzume flared as she also drew a sword. It was like three cats that were all hissing with their hair standing on end.
"ENOUGH!" Drago bellowed, freezing the three women in their tracks. "You can all fight some other day. Right now we have guests." The three retracted their claws and straightened out their appearances with reluctant grumbling. Drago turned towards Lyn. "I'm sorry you had to see that. Now, let's get back to the training. And don't worry, Nighty is a tough one and he will recover."
After a few minutes, and Nighty's conversation, Aya embraced Nighty in a hug, before dissipating into a dark cloud. The mist wrapped around Nighty and turned into a set of armor and weapons. "I'm proud of how well you took that electrical discharge," Aya said, her voice coming out psychically from the armor for all to hear. "Guess you've done some training while we were gone."
She seemed to be impressed enough to let Nighty take over Lyn's training, for now.
"Nighty!"
"Nightshade!" DragonierMan, Suzume, and Aya called out in alarm as the young kid was shocked to the core, startling the large man from his relative silence in the corner of the room. The three rushed toward to Nighty's aid and placed their hands upon him. Soothing and rejuvenating energies flowed from their hands as they all activated their healing signatures and channeled them into Nightshade. Magistrate and Yumi were not far behind them. The older woman getting up from her desk and moving swiftly into the training room, as the link between Nighty and Yumi warned of something dangerous happening in her tower.
"What are you doing in my domain that is causing such a ruckus?!" Magistrate barked as she entered. "How can I get any work done if every time I look away you are blowing holes into the side of my tower?" she added angrily. Clearly this wasn't the first time the dragoniers caused problems for the poor, overworked administrative program.
"We aren't damaging the tower you bat!" Aya called back indignant. "What did you call me?!" Magi snapped back. Suddenly, both drew swords on each other. Suzume stepped forward, moving her arms to indicate that they should settle down. "Hey! Hey! Let's all calm dow-"
"Stay out of this harlot!" Magi snarled. "What'd you call me?!" Suzume flared as she also drew a sword. It was like three cats that were all hissing with their hair standing on end.
"ENOUGH!" Drago bellowed, freezing the three women in their tracks. "You can all fight some other day. Right now we have guests." The three retracted their claws and straightened out their appearances with reluctant grumbling. Drago turned towards Lyn. "I'm sorry you had to see that. Now, let's get back to the training. And don't worry, Nighty is a tough one and he will recover."
After a few minutes, and Nighty's conversation, Aya embraced Nighty in a hug, before dissipating into a dark cloud. The mist wrapped around Nighty and turned into a set of armor and weapons. "I'm proud of how well you took that electrical discharge," Aya said, her voice coming out psychically from the armor for all to hear. "Guess you've done some training while we were gone."
She seemed to be impressed enough to let Nighty take over Lyn's training, for now.
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Unable to do anything in the moment, Lyntael was forced to hang back, hands clutched to her chest and the leaden, sinking sensation of shame and dread dropping through her as the other dragoniers rushed in to make sure Nighty was okay. The feeling let up as it became clear that the boy was okay, and bouncing back without problem, though the singed appearance and destroyed outfit he was left with did nothing to relieve the sense of guilt. Within seconds, Magistrate burst into the room, trailed by another figure she didn't recognise. It derailed her train of thought for an extra moment or two; she'd ever seen a creature quite like it... him? … her? Her mind mentally settled on 'her' after a cursory glance at the lithe shape and finer features, though she knew that wasn't necessarily a guaranteed tell.
The distraction was interrupted by Magistrate's more immediate ire, and as harsh words broke out Lyntael felt herself cringe away from the scene further, wishing herself smaller and ever further from notice. Small ripples of sparks rolled off her every few moments as she ruthlessly suppressed the lingering urge to expend again, and didn't dare to intrude upon the shouting match that had sprung up from her mistake.
She winced again as Drago broke it up with a roar of his own that drowned out the others, but at least it did curtail the fighting. She cast her eyes down, rubbing at her neck with one hand as Drago addressed her, and nodded.
“I'm... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, um, to cause all of that... It was an accident. I'm just glad he's okay...” She looked across to where Nightshade was still taking stock of his ruined clothes – aside from the unfortunate wardrobe difficulty, the boy seemed like he was already more or less fine again. Despite the injury and rapid healing he'd received, the boy jumped right back into discussing what had happened and how it felt for him; he was every bit as good at shaking that kind of thing off as all of her other friends, it seemed – it was just her that faltered. She pushed the thought away, and focused instead on the feeling of her own charge. The heavy, cold sensations of guilt, shame and dread had covered over the violence of her charge in the intervening moments, and already the force of it was decaying to a much more manageable level as she tried to listen to Nightshade and nod along as he took over.
Watching the way Aya changed and became his new outfit made Lyntael blink and start, confused for a moment or two while she tried to work out what had happened. She had to remind herself, after a moment, that Aya and Suzume were the kind of programs that were designed to do that kind of thing – a detail that had slipped her mind long since – and she nodded again as she caught up. It sounded like it worked well enough for Nightshade, of course, but as she settled down and sat on the grass across from him, trying to relax again, translating that to her own situation got more confusing. She lay back, hands behind her head and legs stretched out, looking up at the simulated sky above. Subconsciously, one hand smoothed and pressed down her skirt as she settled, even though it didn't need it.
“Okay... That sounds good, but... how would I do that? It's not someone else's energy, after all.. It's mine, and it comes from me. I guess it's safe when it's passing from my strikers, out into the world, or, after it's left my body in other ways... but if it starts here,” her hands moved up to the middle of her chest, “I don't know how I'd go about trying to guide it in a different way to how it just... goes... you know? If I could have the power move in a way that didn't pass through my body at all, that would probably stop it hurting too... but it starts inside me, so... I don't know... How do you think I could change that? Er...” almost completely calmed down now, her cheeks blushed slightly as she tried not to think about where Magistrate was still in the room. “But, you know... without, um, invasive surgery or anything like that...” The other woman had been suggesting methods of doing exactly what they were now talking about, it seemed, but the idea of any kind of physical implant was just too uncomfortable for her to contemplate. She sat up again, crossing her legs as she looked for a quick way to change the subject before Magi could tell them off. Her eyes settled on the peculiar creature that had entered the room with her. She looked towards the interestingly furred and scaled newcomer, then up to Magistate with an attempt at a bright smile.
“Who's this? She's beautiful! Ah... she...?” Lyntael spared a brief querying glance towards Magistrate to confirm – it would probably be rude to try to look underneath, better to just ask – before looking back to the wyvern. “I've never seen anything like her before...” There was no disguising the fascinated coo in her voice as she examined her from where she was sitting.
The distraction was interrupted by Magistrate's more immediate ire, and as harsh words broke out Lyntael felt herself cringe away from the scene further, wishing herself smaller and ever further from notice. Small ripples of sparks rolled off her every few moments as she ruthlessly suppressed the lingering urge to expend again, and didn't dare to intrude upon the shouting match that had sprung up from her mistake.
She winced again as Drago broke it up with a roar of his own that drowned out the others, but at least it did curtail the fighting. She cast her eyes down, rubbing at her neck with one hand as Drago addressed her, and nodded.
“I'm... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, um, to cause all of that... It was an accident. I'm just glad he's okay...” She looked across to where Nightshade was still taking stock of his ruined clothes – aside from the unfortunate wardrobe difficulty, the boy seemed like he was already more or less fine again. Despite the injury and rapid healing he'd received, the boy jumped right back into discussing what had happened and how it felt for him; he was every bit as good at shaking that kind of thing off as all of her other friends, it seemed – it was just her that faltered. She pushed the thought away, and focused instead on the feeling of her own charge. The heavy, cold sensations of guilt, shame and dread had covered over the violence of her charge in the intervening moments, and already the force of it was decaying to a much more manageable level as she tried to listen to Nightshade and nod along as he took over.
Watching the way Aya changed and became his new outfit made Lyntael blink and start, confused for a moment or two while she tried to work out what had happened. She had to remind herself, after a moment, that Aya and Suzume were the kind of programs that were designed to do that kind of thing – a detail that had slipped her mind long since – and she nodded again as she caught up. It sounded like it worked well enough for Nightshade, of course, but as she settled down and sat on the grass across from him, trying to relax again, translating that to her own situation got more confusing. She lay back, hands behind her head and legs stretched out, looking up at the simulated sky above. Subconsciously, one hand smoothed and pressed down her skirt as she settled, even though it didn't need it.
“Okay... That sounds good, but... how would I do that? It's not someone else's energy, after all.. It's mine, and it comes from me. I guess it's safe when it's passing from my strikers, out into the world, or, after it's left my body in other ways... but if it starts here,” her hands moved up to the middle of her chest, “I don't know how I'd go about trying to guide it in a different way to how it just... goes... you know? If I could have the power move in a way that didn't pass through my body at all, that would probably stop it hurting too... but it starts inside me, so... I don't know... How do you think I could change that? Er...” almost completely calmed down now, her cheeks blushed slightly as she tried not to think about where Magistrate was still in the room. “But, you know... without, um, invasive surgery or anything like that...” The other woman had been suggesting methods of doing exactly what they were now talking about, it seemed, but the idea of any kind of physical implant was just too uncomfortable for her to contemplate. She sat up again, crossing her legs as she looked for a quick way to change the subject before Magi could tell them off. Her eyes settled on the peculiar creature that had entered the room with her. She looked towards the interestingly furred and scaled newcomer, then up to Magistate with an attempt at a bright smile.
“Who's this? She's beautiful! Ah... she...?” Lyntael spared a brief querying glance towards Magistrate to confirm – it would probably be rude to try to look underneath, better to just ask – before looking back to the wyvern. “I've never seen anything like her before...” There was no disguising the fascinated coo in her voice as she examined her from where she was sitting.
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"I am using Aya's energy as an example, the fact that your energy comes in large supply should make it easier to deal with." Nightshade said, turning towards Magistrate as Yumi's presence approached him from beside the administrative program. He tried to keep a straight face but everyone could tell that Aya's compliment prior to their fusion had given him a big ego boost. The boy lived for the assassin's recognition.
Outside of some shouting, the three sister were on roughly the same page when it came to .any things, so Nighty wasn't surprised. When Drago quenched her spirits he couldn't help but shirk a little in respect of his authority. He was the leader there, for good reason. Yumi would walk forward, paws making no sound as she did so, sitting down beside her navi brother while focused on Lyntael.
"Hello Lyntael. I am Yumi, Nightshade's companion." She politely replied to the other navi with a bow of her head. "I was created by Magistrate through a fragment of Nighty's source code and parts of Aya's/ Suzu's code too. My duty is to help and protect him just like the original dragonieers would" She would add, concluding her explanation. Nightshade himself would confirm with a nod.
"She is part of me as I am part of her so that's why she knows your name. Our minds are linked, but our bond is way deeper than that. As per what kind of animal she is well, she's a flying wyvern as you can see. Not quite a dragon but shares much with them in terms of source code. She is very well behaved so if you want she can probably cuddle with you a bit and get to know you better." Nighty would comment, before remembering they were training before remembering they were training kind of an important thing. He was Aya's avatar right now,
"Anyway, we were saying...I know it sounds crazy but my plan is of trying to have you 'float' in your energy rather than holding it in. This means that you should try to charge up as much as you can but also just let the energy flow. So you charge up but you don't hold it. You continually release it around you or move it around inside you. The objective would be to create some sort of motion in your energy that allows you to just redirect the flow and focus it up in your attacks."
Outside of some shouting, the three sister were on roughly the same page when it came to .any things, so Nighty wasn't surprised. When Drago quenched her spirits he couldn't help but shirk a little in respect of his authority. He was the leader there, for good reason. Yumi would walk forward, paws making no sound as she did so, sitting down beside her navi brother while focused on Lyntael.
"Hello Lyntael. I am Yumi, Nightshade's companion." She politely replied to the other navi with a bow of her head. "I was created by Magistrate through a fragment of Nighty's source code and parts of Aya's/ Suzu's code too. My duty is to help and protect him just like the original dragonieers would" She would add, concluding her explanation. Nightshade himself would confirm with a nod.
"She is part of me as I am part of her so that's why she knows your name. Our minds are linked, but our bond is way deeper than that. As per what kind of animal she is well, she's a flying wyvern as you can see. Not quite a dragon but shares much with them in terms of source code. She is very well behaved so if you want she can probably cuddle with you a bit and get to know you better." Nighty would comment, before remembering they were training before remembering they were training kind of an important thing. He was Aya's avatar right now,
"Anyway, we were saying...I know it sounds crazy but my plan is of trying to have you 'float' in your energy rather than holding it in. This means that you should try to charge up as much as you can but also just let the energy flow. So you charge up but you don't hold it. You continually release it around you or move it around inside you. The objective would be to create some sort of motion in your energy that allows you to just redirect the flow and focus it up in your attacks."
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"Hmph!" Magistrate scoffed at the situation. She turned up her nose and stormed back out of the room. She would probably return to her desk and continue her work, now that everyone was out of her hair. She probably wouldn't be a further problem, unless someone went to bother her again. Although, given how bad the last two interactions with her were compounded, she would probably be in quite the sour mood.
"Nightshade, I feel like we've already covered this situation," Aya!Armor stated in a somewhat exasperated manner. "Did you see how she destroyed those dummies? And she's already tried both 'build up and expend' and 'expend consistently'. I don't know how much more we can teach her beyond our style of fighting. She'll just have to figure out the rest for herself. Practicing and integrating what we've taught her with her own way of doing things."
Suzume nodded and tried to grasp Lyntael's hand in a friendly way. "As friends and fellow members of the Neo-Shoguns, our tower is open to you whenever you need a place to go. You have our number," she said, trying to place a silver key into Lyn's hands. "Come by whenever you want to use the facilities, or you want to see us again, or you just need to get away from your problems. Think of this place as your home away from home."
"And if you come into any trouble, you let us know. We'll make sure you're safe," DragonierMan concluded with the same fire in his eyes as before. He still really wanted to delete that evil guy that Lyn told him about.
A digital ringing sounded around him for a moment, before fading. He stiffened a bit and turned to leave. "Looks like My Lord is summoning me. A Navi's work is never done, right?" he smiled at Lyn. "Lyntael, Nightshade, Yumi, I'm off to serve. I'll be back later. Since this is my normal non-combat duties - Magistrate, Suzume, and Aya will be staying here. Goodbye," he said as the big man started to leave the building.
"Nightshade, I feel like we've already covered this situation," Aya!Armor stated in a somewhat exasperated manner. "Did you see how she destroyed those dummies? And she's already tried both 'build up and expend' and 'expend consistently'. I don't know how much more we can teach her beyond our style of fighting. She'll just have to figure out the rest for herself. Practicing and integrating what we've taught her with her own way of doing things."
Suzume nodded and tried to grasp Lyntael's hand in a friendly way. "As friends and fellow members of the Neo-Shoguns, our tower is open to you whenever you need a place to go. You have our number," she said, trying to place a silver key into Lyn's hands. "Come by whenever you want to use the facilities, or you want to see us again, or you just need to get away from your problems. Think of this place as your home away from home."
"And if you come into any trouble, you let us know. We'll make sure you're safe," DragonierMan concluded with the same fire in his eyes as before. He still really wanted to delete that evil guy that Lyn told him about.
A digital ringing sounded around him for a moment, before fading. He stiffened a bit and turned to leave. "Looks like My Lord is summoning me. A Navi's work is never done, right?" he smiled at Lyn. "Lyntael, Nightshade, Yumi, I'm off to serve. I'll be back later. Since this is my normal non-combat duties - Magistrate, Suzume, and Aya will be staying here. Goodbye," he said as the big man started to leave the building.
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Despite her attempts at deflecting, Magistrate's aggravated exit wasn't exactly what Lyntael had been hoping for, but she was distracted from the thought barely a moment later when yumi introduced herself instead. A brief shock, followed by a fresh way of embarrassment flooded over her and both of her hands jumped up to cover her mouth and most of the est of her face; she had expected the creature to be a companion, just like Sparky was to Eternalis, but when the young wyvern's own voice touched her mind instead, she realised her mistake.
“Oh! I didn't mean... Uhm... Sorry. I thought maybe Magistrate...” She trailed off then focused back on Yumi and inclined her head in mixture of greeting and apology. “Sorry. It's nice to meet you... you're Nightshade's companion? You're very pretty!” In the back of her mind, she wondered whether that was an appropriate thing to say. It felt alright, but she caught herself thinking that it might be weird to say the same sort of thing to Aya or Suzume right out of a first meeting, so Yumi should be the same, if she could talk. Well, not talk exactly. The next thought that rushed across her mind was the sudden concern that Yumi might be able to hear her own thoughts as well, if she could speak telepathically. Lyntael glanced around, one hand lifting to brush fingers against her temple gently.
“Er... if you're talking in our minds, can you hear what we think as well...?” A fresh blush was accompanied by a nervous grin. Despite the concern, she shrugged slightly and shook it off – she had to stop seeing the most worrisome possibilities in everything. It was fine. Instead, she tilted her head, glancing between Yumi and Nightshade with a slightly more amused grin. “Let me guess... you're the more serious one, and you keep Nightshade from bouncing off the walls too badly, right?”
At Nightshade's urging, Lyntael glanced down at her own hands, gauging herself, then focused to make sure her skin was safe to touch. After a second or two, she tentatively reached out a hand, first as though to let the wyvern have her scent, and then into a small gesture that rubbed behind her hears and down her neck. She was tentative about it, and waited to see if Yumi herself was receptive, despite Nightshade's words – she was really unsure of the etiquette, between Yumi's appearance, and her obvious sentience.
While she attempted to stroke and familiarise herself to Yumi, Lyntael listened to what Nightshade and Aya discussed about her. She caught herself wondering what it would be like for the power to just be there, and to simply flow when she wanted, without tension or burning and the draining and drawing feelings that accompanied it. If it were just... comfortable. It would probably be more like her relationship with the wind, she supposed. If her electricity just felt like moving the winds around her instead, that would be nice... but that was also a bit like wishing that fire would feel like water, so it didn't burn when you put your hand in it... a nice idea, but not really a sensible one, she didn't think. Even so, she glanced up and back towards Aya... Nightshade... it was still a bit confusing.
“I think I do get what he's thinking, in a way at least. The way it works for me is very different, I think, but I feel like we're all looking at the same rough answer, in slightly different ways, you know? Different ways of saying the same sort of thing, more or less. If I could get to a point where my body can stabilise better, well, I should be able to operate at any level of charge, without losing control. I've not really practised that before... If anything, I've caught myself suppressing that stabilising reaction more than anything else. I should work on it. If I can get a better handle on it, and make that part of myself stronger, the rest of it might not be as dangerous to me...” She shrugged softly and smiled, eyes blinking closed as she let a curl of wind draw up around them and ruffle the grass while it tousled her hair and clothes. “Maybe it'll even feel natural one day, if I work at it, right?” She opened her eyes properly and started slightly as Suzume took her hand, but this time there were no errant sparks – just the warmth of her skin. She shook back and nodded.
“Thanks! That would mean a lot to me... Um...” the phrasing of Suzume's words made her arch an eyebrow. “Do you need me to take off? How long have I been...” mentally, she checked how long she'd been out and her eyebrows jumped up. “Ah... actually you're right, I shouldn't stay out too much longer... Rogan might notice I'm gone soon. I lost track of the time... I definitely think that's enough training for today...” This last was followed by a short giggle. They were distracted as DragonierMan was summoned away as well, and Lyntael turned to face him and wave top him quickly before he could disappear.
“Okay! Thank you again! It was nice to met you! Thanks for looking after me during the mission, and speaking up for me to Yasu, and for everything else! Maybe I'll see you at the public camp some time? Bye for now!” She kept waving as she called out, then let out a short breath, stretching and looking back to the other once he'd gone.
“So... I probably shouldn't stay around too much longer anyhow... but did you guys want to do something that wasn't all about training for a bit? Just a little while... What do you two like to do for fun?” This last question she directed more specifically towards Nightshade and Yumi, since she already knew of Aya and Suzume's somewhat tenuous relationship with free recreation.
“Oh! I didn't mean... Uhm... Sorry. I thought maybe Magistrate...” She trailed off then focused back on Yumi and inclined her head in mixture of greeting and apology. “Sorry. It's nice to meet you... you're Nightshade's companion? You're very pretty!” In the back of her mind, she wondered whether that was an appropriate thing to say. It felt alright, but she caught herself thinking that it might be weird to say the same sort of thing to Aya or Suzume right out of a first meeting, so Yumi should be the same, if she could talk. Well, not talk exactly. The next thought that rushed across her mind was the sudden concern that Yumi might be able to hear her own thoughts as well, if she could speak telepathically. Lyntael glanced around, one hand lifting to brush fingers against her temple gently.
“Er... if you're talking in our minds, can you hear what we think as well...?” A fresh blush was accompanied by a nervous grin. Despite the concern, she shrugged slightly and shook it off – she had to stop seeing the most worrisome possibilities in everything. It was fine. Instead, she tilted her head, glancing between Yumi and Nightshade with a slightly more amused grin. “Let me guess... you're the more serious one, and you keep Nightshade from bouncing off the walls too badly, right?”
At Nightshade's urging, Lyntael glanced down at her own hands, gauging herself, then focused to make sure her skin was safe to touch. After a second or two, she tentatively reached out a hand, first as though to let the wyvern have her scent, and then into a small gesture that rubbed behind her hears and down her neck. She was tentative about it, and waited to see if Yumi herself was receptive, despite Nightshade's words – she was really unsure of the etiquette, between Yumi's appearance, and her obvious sentience.
While she attempted to stroke and familiarise herself to Yumi, Lyntael listened to what Nightshade and Aya discussed about her. She caught herself wondering what it would be like for the power to just be there, and to simply flow when she wanted, without tension or burning and the draining and drawing feelings that accompanied it. If it were just... comfortable. It would probably be more like her relationship with the wind, she supposed. If her electricity just felt like moving the winds around her instead, that would be nice... but that was also a bit like wishing that fire would feel like water, so it didn't burn when you put your hand in it... a nice idea, but not really a sensible one, she didn't think. Even so, she glanced up and back towards Aya... Nightshade... it was still a bit confusing.
“I think I do get what he's thinking, in a way at least. The way it works for me is very different, I think, but I feel like we're all looking at the same rough answer, in slightly different ways, you know? Different ways of saying the same sort of thing, more or less. If I could get to a point where my body can stabilise better, well, I should be able to operate at any level of charge, without losing control. I've not really practised that before... If anything, I've caught myself suppressing that stabilising reaction more than anything else. I should work on it. If I can get a better handle on it, and make that part of myself stronger, the rest of it might not be as dangerous to me...” She shrugged softly and smiled, eyes blinking closed as she let a curl of wind draw up around them and ruffle the grass while it tousled her hair and clothes. “Maybe it'll even feel natural one day, if I work at it, right?” She opened her eyes properly and started slightly as Suzume took her hand, but this time there were no errant sparks – just the warmth of her skin. She shook back and nodded.
“Thanks! That would mean a lot to me... Um...” the phrasing of Suzume's words made her arch an eyebrow. “Do you need me to take off? How long have I been...” mentally, she checked how long she'd been out and her eyebrows jumped up. “Ah... actually you're right, I shouldn't stay out too much longer... Rogan might notice I'm gone soon. I lost track of the time... I definitely think that's enough training for today...” This last was followed by a short giggle. They were distracted as DragonierMan was summoned away as well, and Lyntael turned to face him and wave top him quickly before he could disappear.
“Okay! Thank you again! It was nice to met you! Thanks for looking after me during the mission, and speaking up for me to Yasu, and for everything else! Maybe I'll see you at the public camp some time? Bye for now!” She kept waving as she called out, then let out a short breath, stretching and looking back to the other once he'd gone.
“So... I probably shouldn't stay around too much longer anyhow... but did you guys want to do something that wasn't all about training for a bit? Just a little while... What do you two like to do for fun?” This last question she directed more specifically towards Nightshade and Yumi, since she already knew of Aya and Suzume's somewhat tenuous relationship with free recreation.
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Yumi tilted her head to the side. Was this other elec navi new to the whole navi thing? Considething how she almost killed Nightshade, she had to at least have a good while of combat experience...or just be so strong than even by being so laughably bad at it she would still be able to kill viruses.
"If I only could talk and not listen, then it wouldn't be quite that good of a way to communicate no?" The blue wyvern replied with a curious yet puzzled tone. She didn't know what to make of this Lyntael navi. She was blushing or something. "Oh yeah. Absolutely!" She would add as Nighty was too busy moping at Aya for telling him that his plan wasn't going to work. "I share part of my code with him, but much of my offensive and defensive prowess is a direct result of big sister Aya. She is much better than me in straight up combat, but I like to think I'm the better prowler." Yumi would nod proudly.
Having recovered from the pouting, Nightshade patter his companion on the head, Yumi reacting to that with a wag of her tail and a purr. "She is as intelligent as Magistrate too. Big sis didn't come to a compromise when it came to creating my partner. She made sure I'm in good hands...well...paws." He would conclude.
When the question came about their free time, the two younglings looked at eachother then grinned "maliciously".
"We huggle." They both said in unison.
Yumi's tail began to wag at Lyn.
If Nighty still had a tail, it would be wagging too.
"If I only could talk and not listen, then it wouldn't be quite that good of a way to communicate no?" The blue wyvern replied with a curious yet puzzled tone. She didn't know what to make of this Lyntael navi. She was blushing or something. "Oh yeah. Absolutely!" She would add as Nighty was too busy moping at Aya for telling him that his plan wasn't going to work. "I share part of my code with him, but much of my offensive and defensive prowess is a direct result of big sister Aya. She is much better than me in straight up combat, but I like to think I'm the better prowler." Yumi would nod proudly.
Having recovered from the pouting, Nightshade patter his companion on the head, Yumi reacting to that with a wag of her tail and a purr. "She is as intelligent as Magistrate too. Big sis didn't come to a compromise when it came to creating my partner. She made sure I'm in good hands...well...paws." He would conclude.
When the question came about their free time, the two younglings looked at eachother then grinned "maliciously".
"We huggle." They both said in unison.
Yumi's tail began to wag at Lyn.
If Nighty still had a tail, it would be wagging too.
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Suzume backpedaled at Lyntael's questions. Her hands waving it off. "What? Oh, no, no, no. You don't need to leave or anything. It's just like we should have dealt with this earlier is all," she said. "I'm sure you'll figure it out one day. We just wanted to give you a place to figure it out in."
Aya separated from Nightshade in a cloud of dark smoke. She drifted away and reformed into her humanoid form nearby. She rolled her eyes a little. "It seems like all those two ever want to do is 'cuddle'." She shivered a little. "What do you want to do Lyntael?" she asked.
Aya separated from Nightshade in a cloud of dark smoke. She drifted away and reformed into her humanoid form nearby. She rolled her eyes a little. "It seems like all those two ever want to do is 'cuddle'." She shivered a little. "What do you want to do Lyntael?" she asked.
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Lyntael bit her lip and glanced aside at Yumi's answer. There had to be some level to which they were misunderstanding – it didn't seem likely that the wyvern, however young, wouldn't be see trouble, if she was as astute as she seemed. She let it rest for now and turned her attention to the other conversations.
“Right, I guess that was something we should have fixed up first, wasn't it? I don't really have a lot of friends, just a few, but if we're all going to be working together I think it might be nice to visit again. I'd like that. I could show my my place at some point, too, if you like. It's not really a great big place like this, with training areas or anything like that, but...” she shrugged and a small, self-conscious smile curled across her lips as she looked up and away, thinking of it. “It's a home, at least now, and it's cosy and comfortable, and there's a garden, with a river...”
She relaxed and settled down again, crossing her legs as she relaxed on the grass again and began to pluck longer blades of grass from around her. With careful, dexterous motions, the girl started to weave them together, one at a time. She glanced up at the mischievous expressions of Nightshade and Yumi and grinned, one eyebrow lifting up.
“You know... hugs are nice, as a greeting, or a farewell, or when something special happens... but it's not really an activity... I can't really say I like shaking hands as a hobby, you know? Some people might find that a bit weird... or even creepy.” Despite herself, she giggled, eyes dancing, and shook her head – judging from the reactions of the others, this was the standard fare for both of them, no matter how she might try to pry more out. She glanced down at what she'd made, and twisted the two ends of the grass plait around one wrist, carefully tying them together with delicate finger work. She had no idea if it would last once she took it out of the training room, but there was only one way to find out after all. She stood and brushed down her skirt properly, stretching.
“Well, I am going to have to head home soon, before Rogan notices I'm away, but the emulation point isn't actually too far from your tower's entrance... so we could always take a wander into the city for bit, before I have to go, if you want? I've never really had a chance to explore the city properly, or see the sights...” she briefly thought back to her very first attempted outing and fought down the faint shudder that came with it. “It might be fun!” With a grin and a slight bounce on her toes, Lyntael reached out a hand to see if either of the youngest present wanted to take it. She cast a quick look towards Aya and Suzume to make sure this was okay as she turned towards the door.
“Right, I guess that was something we should have fixed up first, wasn't it? I don't really have a lot of friends, just a few, but if we're all going to be working together I think it might be nice to visit again. I'd like that. I could show my my place at some point, too, if you like. It's not really a great big place like this, with training areas or anything like that, but...” she shrugged and a small, self-conscious smile curled across her lips as she looked up and away, thinking of it. “It's a home, at least now, and it's cosy and comfortable, and there's a garden, with a river...”
She relaxed and settled down again, crossing her legs as she relaxed on the grass again and began to pluck longer blades of grass from around her. With careful, dexterous motions, the girl started to weave them together, one at a time. She glanced up at the mischievous expressions of Nightshade and Yumi and grinned, one eyebrow lifting up.
“You know... hugs are nice, as a greeting, or a farewell, or when something special happens... but it's not really an activity... I can't really say I like shaking hands as a hobby, you know? Some people might find that a bit weird... or even creepy.” Despite herself, she giggled, eyes dancing, and shook her head – judging from the reactions of the others, this was the standard fare for both of them, no matter how she might try to pry more out. She glanced down at what she'd made, and twisted the two ends of the grass plait around one wrist, carefully tying them together with delicate finger work. She had no idea if it would last once she took it out of the training room, but there was only one way to find out after all. She stood and brushed down her skirt properly, stretching.
“Well, I am going to have to head home soon, before Rogan notices I'm away, but the emulation point isn't actually too far from your tower's entrance... so we could always take a wander into the city for bit, before I have to go, if you want? I've never really had a chance to explore the city properly, or see the sights...” she briefly thought back to her very first attempted outing and fought down the faint shudder that came with it. “It might be fun!” With a grin and a slight bounce on her toes, Lyntael reached out a hand to see if either of the youngest present wanted to take it. She cast a quick look towards Aya and Suzume to make sure this was okay as she turned towards the door.
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Nightshade just quieted down and remained by Yumi's side, somewhat sad he was being told that hugs were not nice. Oh well. He could always ask Drago for more hugs later on. He was always down to give him all the love and affection he wanted.
Yumi looked between Suzume, Aya and Lyntael. So she had just arrived here and she wanted to go outside again? Also what was the thing she just said?
"Lyn...did you say you need to be back before someone notices? Are you doing stuff behind someone's back?" She asked, ignoring her partner cuddling up to her blue fur. "That doesn't sound nice. Why do you need to hide?"
Yumi looked between Suzume, Aya and Lyntael. So she had just arrived here and she wanted to go outside again? Also what was the thing she just said?
"Lyn...did you say you need to be back before someone notices? Are you doing stuff behind someone's back?" She asked, ignoring her partner cuddling up to her blue fur. "That doesn't sound nice. Why do you need to hide?"
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Suzume smiled at Lyntael's offer to show them her home. "I would love to come over to your place someday. Just give us a ring whenever you want and we'll work something out." Suddenly, she brightened up a bit as she thought of something just then, clasping her hands together in glee. "And we can bring you some house-warming gifts! Oh wouldn't that be just lovely?"
Aya nodded along with Lyn as she talked about hugs being overrated and overused. "Yes good, Lyn knows what's up. You need to be choosy with your hugs, like a sort of rare currency. You can't just give it away every few minutes, it cheapens the experience," Aya said. "But yes, we can accompany you on your walk through the city. When we first met these two, they were wandering about the city and we took some time to see the sights."
"Actually, hold on a moment. I think I got a map of the city around here someplace," she said, returning to her sack in the corner of the room and began rummaging within. This was the same sack that she retrieved the now-melted lightning rod from earlier. "No, no that's not it..." she said as she began tossing random objects out of the sack as she dug through it. "Aha! There it is," she exclaimed as she pulled out a large, rolled-up map.
Aya laid it out on the grass and unrolled it. "We are currently here," she said, pointing to a little park on the outskirts of the city. She then began tracing her finger towards the center of the city, "And the GNA job boards are aaaaaall the way over here in the center district. I swear, the city seems to expand every year," she sighed. "We can walk and take the various commuter transit options... OR we can fly there. You might not know it, but we can transform into full-blown dragons, with wings and tails and everything. Nighty can tell you about the adventure he had flying around the city on our backs. Hue hue hue," Aya said with a prideful laugh.
She then caught herself laughing with a small blush, then tried to push it down with a cough into her hand. "Ahem! Anyways, we can get you there in no time at all. But you would of course miss out on most of the sights on the way... Though I guess you would be trading the sights of the ground for sights in the sky," Aya reasoned. "How do you want to proceed?" she asked as she let Lyn decide how they would travel. Then joined everyone walking out of the tower onto the paved streets of Internet City.
Aya nodded along with Lyn as she talked about hugs being overrated and overused. "Yes good, Lyn knows what's up. You need to be choosy with your hugs, like a sort of rare currency. You can't just give it away every few minutes, it cheapens the experience," Aya said. "But yes, we can accompany you on your walk through the city. When we first met these two, they were wandering about the city and we took some time to see the sights."
"Actually, hold on a moment. I think I got a map of the city around here someplace," she said, returning to her sack in the corner of the room and began rummaging within. This was the same sack that she retrieved the now-melted lightning rod from earlier. "No, no that's not it..." she said as she began tossing random objects out of the sack as she dug through it. "Aha! There it is," she exclaimed as she pulled out a large, rolled-up map.
Aya laid it out on the grass and unrolled it. "We are currently here," she said, pointing to a little park on the outskirts of the city. She then began tracing her finger towards the center of the city, "And the GNA job boards are aaaaaall the way over here in the center district. I swear, the city seems to expand every year," she sighed. "We can walk and take the various commuter transit options... OR we can fly there. You might not know it, but we can transform into full-blown dragons, with wings and tails and everything. Nighty can tell you about the adventure he had flying around the city on our backs. Hue hue hue," Aya said with a prideful laugh.
She then caught herself laughing with a small blush, then tried to push it down with a cough into her hand. "Ahem! Anyways, we can get you there in no time at all. But you would of course miss out on most of the sights on the way... Though I guess you would be trading the sights of the ground for sights in the sky," Aya reasoned. "How do you want to proceed?" she asked as she let Lyn decide how they would travel. Then joined everyone walking out of the tower onto the paved streets of Internet City.
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A flash of excited joy made Lyntael's return smile bright and more carefree at Suzume's interest in visiting. She nodded back eagerly.
“That would be great! I mean, you don't have to bring anything, but if you want to, that'd be really nice! I'm always on the look out for physical, traditional styles of board games and books – real ones, that aren't digital copies, can be really hard to find, but I really like the idea of having a nice board, and feeling the pieces in my hands, you know?” Still grinning, she let Aya draw her attention as she brought out a map of the city, though her interest in following the details was only passing until the other woman mentioned the dragonier's special trick and she looked up from the map, eye opening wider with surprise.
“Really? Like... you mean, full-size, dragons, with all the flapping and fire-breathing and sleeping on huge piles of treasure?” She paused, her eyes glancing off to the side and then back again. “I mean, I think I'd like to walk for a bit, but... but I kinda want to see now...though maybe not inside?” She stifled a short giggle, but sobered a moment alter as Yumi interjected with a more astute question. Lyntael winced, then rubbed unconsciously at one arm with her other hand.
“It's not... Well, it's more complicated than that. I'm exactly doing anything behind his back, but...” She trailed off. Wasn't she, though? Wasn't that exactly what this was? She rolled her shoulders and glanced at Aya and Suzume, then back to Yumi with a softer smile. “It's a whole conversation... come on, let's get some fresh air, I'll tell you on the way...?” She gestured with a short nod towards the training room exit, then made for the tower's front door along with the others.
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“That would be great! I mean, you don't have to bring anything, but if you want to, that'd be really nice! I'm always on the look out for physical, traditional styles of board games and books – real ones, that aren't digital copies, can be really hard to find, but I really like the idea of having a nice board, and feeling the pieces in my hands, you know?” Still grinning, she let Aya draw her attention as she brought out a map of the city, though her interest in following the details was only passing until the other woman mentioned the dragonier's special trick and she looked up from the map, eye opening wider with surprise.
“Really? Like... you mean, full-size, dragons, with all the flapping and fire-breathing and sleeping on huge piles of treasure?” She paused, her eyes glancing off to the side and then back again. “I mean, I think I'd like to walk for a bit, but... but I kinda want to see now...though maybe not inside?” She stifled a short giggle, but sobered a moment alter as Yumi interjected with a more astute question. Lyntael winced, then rubbed unconsciously at one arm with her other hand.
“It's not... Well, it's more complicated than that. I'm exactly doing anything behind his back, but...” She trailed off. Wasn't she, though? Wasn't that exactly what this was? She rolled her shoulders and glanced at Aya and Suzume, then back to Yumi with a softer smile. “It's a whole conversation... come on, let's get some fresh air, I'll tell you on the way...?” She gestured with a short nod towards the training room exit, then made for the tower's front door along with the others.
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Suzume furrowed her brow in thought. "Board games huh? What board games do you already have? I don't want to get you something you already have. Also I'm not sure about books either. What subjects or genres of books are you interested in?"
"Well I got a book for you," Aya said after searching her bag again. She produced a thin black book with a reflective green title and handed it to Lyntael. The book was titled: The Art of Net War. "It changed my life for the better," she said with a grin. "You can keep that one, I got another in my room. That's my travel copy."
Suzume smiled at Lyn's wide-eyes at the mention of dragons. "Yes really. Although we specifically don't sleep on piles of treasure. We usually immediately spend whatever treasure we gain. I assume other dragons don't wisely invest their hard won treasures. We've even hunted down other dragons for their treasures, since they don't seem to be using them," she said, producing a set of four different colored Dragon2 Battlechips in her hand and fanning them out to show Lyn.
"We'll show you the transformation outside," Aya said, following the group outside.
"Well I got a book for you," Aya said after searching her bag again. She produced a thin black book with a reflective green title and handed it to Lyntael. The book was titled: The Art of Net War. "It changed my life for the better," she said with a grin. "You can keep that one, I got another in my room. That's my travel copy."
Suzume smiled at Lyn's wide-eyes at the mention of dragons. "Yes really. Although we specifically don't sleep on piles of treasure. We usually immediately spend whatever treasure we gain. I assume other dragons don't wisely invest their hard won treasures. We've even hunted down other dragons for their treasures, since they don't seem to be using them," she said, producing a set of four different colored Dragon2 Battlechips in her hand and fanning them out to show Lyn.
"We'll show you the transformation outside," Aya said, following the group outside.
