[OPENING] magical training log

[spellslash]

Who: Brie, whichever newbies want to show up.
Where: The beach.
When: Day 4
Open/Closed: OTA

[It's about noon on the island, based on the position of the sun. The newbies have had a few days to settle in, but that doesn't mean they've fully mastered their newfound abilities.

As much stock as Genette puts into telepathy, Brie is more concerned about their other newfound gifts. She's aggressively tried to wrangle as many newbies as possible onto the sandy shores of the beachfront area for some magic practice.

She's got a list of everyone's magic -- only a few vague notes, limitations are for you to discover -- and she's handing out missions for magic training. If you want to participate? Feel free. If you don't? Suit yourself.

But understanding your magic isn't just an activity that benefits the group. Learning your magic's abilities may be what stands between you and survival, which is something she makes perfectly clear.]

Comments

[sundays]

That could still change?! My friend, you are too casual about removing clothes in broad daylight....

[Loud is his default setting. Sorry.]

[p_mortem]

Everybody's training. So something like this isn't the weirdest thing here...

[ Judgement free zone. Just pretend you can't wear pants while using your powers, problem solved. ]

[sundays]

[Chiaki's not smart enough for that solution.]

Are you certain...? Is it absolutely necessary for me to derobe here and now...?!

[it's just your pants, chiaki]

[p_mortem]

[ Yes.

He wants to badly to say yes and get this done and out of the way, but ]

...No. You don't have to if you don't want to. I can wait for help from someone else.

[sundays]

[nO]

I... I can't allow that! You need help and so it would be cruel for me to turn away in your time of need!

I understand - then I'll....!!

[he's... gonna go ahead and just start to remove his pants now

because chiaki is a giving, foolish fool]

[p_mortem]

[ Minato stands abruptly, looking like he maybe changed him mind, please stop, Chiaki—-

but no

hand out, give him your pants. ]

Thanks. You really saved me.

[ Because literally nobody else would do this. ]

[sundays]

[just know that he's hanging out in his superhero boxers right now

just for you, minato

just for you]

Aha... ha....[even he's managed to get slightly deflated?? but he's mostly just embarrassed, let's be honest here] It is merely what's expected of Chiaki Morisawa, the one with the burning heart! Please, call on me whenever you need....!!

[he's going to regret that]

[p_mortem]

[ bless him.

That gets a laugh out of Minato at least, a short, quiet huff of breath as he takes the pants in hand. ]

Sure. I'll help out if you need me too.

[ It's the least he can promise because he's just going to turn his attention back to the pants, giving it a little wave as to straighten the legs and then— a blink and it's gone, replaced with a bright red bead that falls from Minato's hand into the sand. He stoops to pick it up, and holds it out for Chiaki to see. ]

That's my magic. ...We should show Brie.

[sundays]

[HOLD ON - ]

I don't get my pants back?!

[HE CAN'T SHOW BRIE]

[p_mortem]

...One of my tasks is to turn pants into a bead. She won't believe me if I bring her pants.

[sundays]

[chiaki is an idol who has managed to survive the war of yumenosaki (don't ask), having his dreams crushed in front of him (don't ask), and having his heart broken because one of his teammates love mascot characters more than him (dON'T ASK)

this might be

the most difficult challenge he's faced yet]

I.... I see....

[inhale]

Very well.... You truly were given an interesting challenge.... You must be very powerful to have your skills tested so!

[p_mortem]

I'm not that powerful...

[ For one, he can't exactly turn the beads back that easily, but he keeps that to himself for now because what is full disclosure ]

What was your challenge?

[sundays]

I... I'm to help others discover the hidden depths of their strength!

[AND HE CLENCHES HIS FIST and regains momentum... it's hard to keep a good boy down...]

You see, I can increase the strength of others with my fingertips! And I believe that includes their magic as well - so if you'd like to try it, I will do my best to provide that assistance!

[p_mortem]

[ As of right now, Minato's magic is a black hole in which nothing can return, but enhancing that might either help him with that return...? Silently, Minato considers the risks, half nods half shrugs, and motions Chiaki to sit with him down on the sand. ]

By holding hands, or?

[ His powers require touch too, but. He'd rather not. ]

[sundays]

[he's gonna get sand in his boxers, why must you do this to him, minato

but chiaki's easily led around at least, sitting down and shaking his head. he figured this out with mikleo earlier, supposedly!!]

If I hold your hand, then I believe that would increase your strength? It would be through your signet! [and chiaki points over to the little new addition they all have....] Since that is what takes your strength of heart and turns your spirit into magical reality!

[that's not

that's now how it

anyway]

Would you like to try?

[p_mortem]

[ not his boxers, not his problem

Minato almost raises his hand to hover over his signet; all he's learned from it is that people touching theirs gives him a massive headache, and Chiaki touching it would almost surely knock him out with the force of a thousand suns

but ]

...Alright.

[ He lets his hands lie flat on the ground, sitting up straight and still at the ready. ]

[sundays]

[AU CONTRAIRE, we should be thanking mikleo a thousand times today because he also warned chiaki about the giant headache thing.... hence why chiaki nods eagerly with a small 'ossu!' before reaching out and

carefully, just barely touching the signet with a featherlight touch because he's a good gentle boy too. there's the little glow that emanates from his fingertips, the littlest sign of magic, and then he pulls back]

There! What shall you do next...?! I'm excited!

[p_mortem]

[ That "—excited!" barely leaves Chiaki's mouth when the sand beneath them explodes into hundreds of thousand little beads in all colors of the rainbow, filling the air with tiny pieces of glass, that even Minato is startled into trying to stand and lift his hands off from the ground and yeah

he drops Chiaki's pant bead into the multicolored sea of regret

i'm sorry

but not really ]

[sundays]

[he'll realize

eventually

but for right now, he's so starry-eyed and amazed that he ends up just yelping in surprise, followed by his excited - ]

Fantastic!! They all shine so brightly...! Amazing, amazing!

[HE'S ACTUALLY PRETTY HAPPY??? HE JUMPS TO HIS FEET AND JUST NATURALLY TRIES TO COLLECT ALL THE RED ONES]

[p_mortem]

[ Amazing is Chiaki Morisawa chasing after the red beads like candy falling from a piñata while Minato shuts his eyes and stays put like he's sitting through a hailstorm. He's a hoarder, but like. He's not even going to bother stuffing all of these beads into his pockets, he'll never find anything otherwise.

He waits for the beads to stop clattering as they hit the ground, until the only sound is Chiaki moving among them, wanting to say something but... he kind of feels like he can't interrupt this... ]

[sundays]

[Eventually Chiaki will realize that he is pantsless and Minato no longer has the bead that contains his goddamn pants. For right now though, he's gently collecting all the red beads because they're his favorite - and also a yellow one, a blue one, a black one, and a green one?

He wanders back to Minato, excited as he brings the five of them (including a red one) into his palm and shows it to him!]

Look, friend, it's the colors of Ryuseitai, ahaha!

[That means nothing to anyone but you, Chiaki. Though for what it's worth, it does translate directly to "Meteor Squad."]

[p_mortem]

Yeah.

[ Yes it is. For all he knows, anyways, glancing down at the beads in Chiaki's hands and wishing he could appear more intrigued— it's hard to look excited about little pieces of glass junk. ]

Why don't you hang onto them? You look... happy.

[ is that even the right word ]

[sundays]

[Chiaki's happy about everything - but to be honest he looks even fonder when he sees these colors put together? He laughs faintly - ]

Is that alright? They're the fruits of your labor...!

But if you truly don't mind, I'd enjoy that. They remind me of my team from home.

[p_mortem]

Yeah.

[ He doesn't want them, take them away]

It's your labor too. It's your power that helped me [ make this mess ]

[sundays]

Then our combined efforts...!

[Chiaki laughs even as he just?? Walks through all the little beads? Okay.]

Look at the change we're capable of together, friend! Amazing!