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Who: Kengo and wandering people
When: Day 88, early evening
Where: Level 2, by the warehouse
What: Training

[Before he went to bed that night (when dreampost occurs), Kengo was busy practicing with his new powers.

After jogging around the perimeter of the Level 3 common area several times to warm up, he found an out-of-the-way area on the south end of the open square on Level 2, in front of the warehouse, and started up a series of drills, mostly trying out styles of attacks using liquified darkness--first just activating it, trying to form claws or blades with it and swiping (rather inexpertly). He's not very good at it, uneasiness and nerves about the new power causing him to be a bit unsteady with it. Every time the darkness in his skin creeps up his arm to the sleeve of his t-shirt he stops entirely and lets it dissipate before trying again.

Finally he gets frustrated and pulls on a pair of fingerless gloves, activating them into a pair of metal gauntlets, and starts doing much more familiar boxing drills of his own design.]

((ooc: slowpost!))

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Uuh... maybe if I do.. something like this?

[Frowns really hard at his hands and forms hooked claws with the shadowliquid on the knuckle plate??? ...changes them to just pointy cones...] It takes too much concentration, I don't think I can fight with it.

Edited 2012-10-29 02:26 (UTC)

So you'll need to come up with a way to use what it does on its own, then, rather than focus on changing it.

So I should try with instinct, right?

[The grayness keeps creeping up, now visible on his neck. He drops the shadow shaping and punches his fists together a couple times, taking a deep breath. Boxing the air again a couple times to loosen up.]

[watching that-- he assumes he's doing motions that are familiar to keep his head stady, which he approves of, so he nods]

That's right. And it's possible some things are hard now just because you've never done them before.

So, how does the rest of you feel?

A little heavy--like something's waiting for me to tell it what to do...

[He punches again a couple times--on the last one his expression sharpens with concentration and there's a whipping crack of sound, his fist swirling with a bit of shadow as he releases the hit like a shot]

--Oh!

Hey! Not bad.

What the heck, that's completely different from using claws.

[whups, wobbles slightly as his skin finishes changing]

--!

[starts a bit, taking a step towards him with his hand out]

Are you alright?

Just.. feels kinda different.

You look a lot different...

Really? [looking at his hands] Um, this is about when I blacked out the last time this happened... I don't feel like I'm drowning at least.

Well, that's something... then this is already completely new territory.

[bit of a nervous laugh] Yeah... it feels powerful... But at the same time my skin's crawling a bit.

... You're fine. This power is yours to use.

. . .

[///]

Right, I should enjoy it!

... [I. i don't think I have ever made someone smile so much. What is with you?]

... Exactly. You seem happy enough...

Eh? That's... Well you said you'd help me and you're even giving me encouragement. I can't help but be happy.

I'm not--! I'm just pointing out the obvious.

I can't possibly know when these shadows of yours may be dangerous to you as well. I know one other demos who uses shadows and she uses them differently. You'll have to be clear with your own instincts.

[nod!]

[trying out another one of those concussive punches (away from Darc, obviously). This one goes better, less accidental]

Okay...

I think.. I'm probably too human to take a more animalistic approach. This feels a lot more natural. But it's hard to say for sure when I'm not in a situation where I need to rely on instincts more.

...

Hmph... Well... pushing one side further when you'd stuck so completely to being human before wouldn't come naturally.

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