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ph_logs2026-04-09 02:15 pm
abhorrently) wrote in ph_logs2026-04-09 02:15 pm
(open.) i'll leave you as you were
Who: Fever (abhorrently) & open.
What: Trying to live life post Eligos's fall.
When: Latter half of April and beyond.
Where: Across Marrow Isle
Warning(s): Will be noted in thread headers.
(cirrus - driving.)
It's an impulse that leads her to fork over the Brass in Calloway's shop for the machine. She has no idea where it cam from and no guarantee that it won't explode, but it's a reckless indulgence that harms no one but herself. Carefully wheeling it to the borders of downtown, Fever's set herself to the task of learning how to drive it, sticking to Northwest Hollow for now if only to have more room to stop and go. It's not elegant, nor intuitive, and the furthest thing from graceful for her to keep getting jolted around, but progress is being made. The erratic sounds of stopping and starting are obvious, and the bright yellow an artificial presence near the fields.
Fever for her part keeps up a quiet commentary to herself, a ghostly blue hand on the scooter to help it stabilize. Or at least, keep it upright when she tumbles off for the first or fourth time. But with time, she manages to get the hang of it, driving to and fro with practiced ease. This is going to be a true and wonderful investment, and she laughs with unrestrained joy to go swiftly.
Except when it runs out of energy, and Fever lets out a frustrated shout. It was just getting good, after all.
(altocumulus - hot springs.)
With all the fuss and stress of the last few weeks, it's a relief to slide back into the hot springs and forget about it all for a while. The vehicle's offered an easier transport, and she's brought sustenance, and out here someone would have to call her sending stone to bother her about anything. The hot water's a relief to her body, and she periodically sinks down to relieve her neck.
Hearing anything or anyone else, she'll be back to being alert, but seeing a person, she'll simply wave in greeting, inviting them to share the waters. They aren't hers - they're for everyone, and frankly, she can be convinced to part with some of her bounty.
How people choose to take the waters is up to them, but if anyone starts getting squeamish or weird, she does have her clothes close enough to be able to throw them back on. It's merely a body, and everyone has them - Fever sees no point in raising a huge fuss over it.
(stratus - training.)
It might seem counterintuitive to train when previously she was so afraid of what her hands could do. But control is the byword, the key element of what she needs. Shore up the defenses, get back on her feet, and keep fighting. With Valdis gone, her swordplay is left to what Darcy can teach her and practicing with a dummy that she's tied to a scarecrow's stake. The practice rapier is a far cry from the golden one hidden in her belongings, but it's necessary. She won't go flaunting that to just anyone.
It's not hard to find her, with the half-shouts of a serious training session in the area the milita was using, working on using the blade and holding a spell in her off hand to be released when it feels like she can naturally let it fly. Or it's a whip, thin and sharp and cracking, being directed until wider swings are pulled down into precise movements. Afternoon moves to early evening, and she takes her breaks lying down on the ground, observing clouds overhead and letting her heart thump in her chest.
It feels right, sweating and refining her motions until nothing is wasted. If she's to be an assassin all her days, she'll remain as good of one as she can possibly be.
(orographic - wildcard.)
[for any and all ideas that don't match up to the prompts! let's go for it.]
abhorrently) & open. What: Trying to live life post Eligos's fall.
When: Latter half of April and beyond.
Where: Across Marrow Isle
Warning(s): Will be noted in thread headers.
(cirrus - driving.)
It's an impulse that leads her to fork over the Brass in Calloway's shop for the machine. She has no idea where it cam from and no guarantee that it won't explode, but it's a reckless indulgence that harms no one but herself. Carefully wheeling it to the borders of downtown, Fever's set herself to the task of learning how to drive it, sticking to Northwest Hollow for now if only to have more room to stop and go. It's not elegant, nor intuitive, and the furthest thing from graceful for her to keep getting jolted around, but progress is being made. The erratic sounds of stopping and starting are obvious, and the bright yellow an artificial presence near the fields.
Fever for her part keeps up a quiet commentary to herself, a ghostly blue hand on the scooter to help it stabilize. Or at least, keep it upright when she tumbles off for the first or fourth time. But with time, she manages to get the hang of it, driving to and fro with practiced ease. This is going to be a true and wonderful investment, and she laughs with unrestrained joy to go swiftly.
Except when it runs out of energy, and Fever lets out a frustrated shout. It was just getting good, after all.
(altocumulus - hot springs.)
With all the fuss and stress of the last few weeks, it's a relief to slide back into the hot springs and forget about it all for a while. The vehicle's offered an easier transport, and she's brought sustenance, and out here someone would have to call her sending stone to bother her about anything. The hot water's a relief to her body, and she periodically sinks down to relieve her neck.
Hearing anything or anyone else, she'll be back to being alert, but seeing a person, she'll simply wave in greeting, inviting them to share the waters. They aren't hers - they're for everyone, and frankly, she can be convinced to part with some of her bounty.
How people choose to take the waters is up to them, but if anyone starts getting squeamish or weird, she does have her clothes close enough to be able to throw them back on. It's merely a body, and everyone has them - Fever sees no point in raising a huge fuss over it.
(stratus - training.)
It might seem counterintuitive to train when previously she was so afraid of what her hands could do. But control is the byword, the key element of what she needs. Shore up the defenses, get back on her feet, and keep fighting. With Valdis gone, her swordplay is left to what Darcy can teach her and practicing with a dummy that she's tied to a scarecrow's stake. The practice rapier is a far cry from the golden one hidden in her belongings, but it's necessary. She won't go flaunting that to just anyone.
It's not hard to find her, with the half-shouts of a serious training session in the area the milita was using, working on using the blade and holding a spell in her off hand to be released when it feels like she can naturally let it fly. Or it's a whip, thin and sharp and cracking, being directed until wider swings are pulled down into precise movements. Afternoon moves to early evening, and she takes her breaks lying down on the ground, observing clouds overhead and letting her heart thump in her chest.
It feels right, sweating and refining her motions until nothing is wasted. If she's to be an assassin all her days, she'll remain as good of one as she can possibly be.
(orographic - wildcard.)
[for any and all ideas that don't match up to the prompts! let's go for it.]
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The wooden dummy won't survive, but it isn't about them.
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"What do you like, have? I don't know shit about magic, Fever, you gotta remember this." It's not annoyed, it's good natured with a snort. "Gimme, like. Your favourite trick, I guess?"
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"Okay. You'll want to stay closer to me - I'll hit the dummy, but it'll be a little loud."
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"Well, that's a promising look," she snorts.
South takes the instruction without issue, years of weapons training still very much ingrained, and stays close but a little behind Fever to watch what she's about to do.
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"Perure."
Lightning comes from an unknown point in the sky, a thunderous bolt in the same hue as the energy from her hands, crashing down with pinpoint accuracy on the dummy. Magic - for it can only be that - is thick in the air close to Fever, clinging on with a charge that sparks and flares around her limbs, as if to touch her would be to feel that considerable power shocking any fool too close. And then, just for show, she brings down another, and another - the dummy's already in flames, but the visual of it is beautiful.
Shaking her hand out and letting the magic disperse, Fever looks normal again, save for the incredibly broad smile on her lips.
"That's my favorite."
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Holy fucking shit. What the fuck.
South's jaw actually drops for a solid couple of seconds before she snaps it back shut and tries to look a little less like an awestruck child. It reminds her, for a moment, of the first time you watch a Covenant plasma cannon rain down on a battlefield. You can't help but wonder where the fucking power comes from.
"...wow. What the fuck?" Stupidly she can't help but look for storm clouds, but no, that's just... a thing. She can make happen. "...magic's officially OP."
This is how you can tell she's impressed.
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She probably looks like an excited poodle right now, with her fluffy hair and big eyes, clearly thrilled to have gotten that kind of reaction from someone else. What does OP mean, she wonders - there's too many possibilities. Maybe it's some space Russian thing.
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A huffed laugh. "Yeah, that's good. Or, well, it's good when you're the one using that shit. Bad for the people getting hit with it. Means over-powered."
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That's going in her vocabulary today, right next to other turns of phrase she's picked up in this place.
"Yes, the right spells definitely are. And it can't solve everything, but I can do some excellent damage when things go sideways." She has as much pride in this as a soldier might their regular performance, but lacking any reservations on giving information. When magic is one of her favorite things, it's hard to not speak of it glowingly.
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"Knock yourself out with it," South says, gesturing loosely, hand falling to rest on her hip, "it's fuckin' accurate. We'd need the heaviest fucking weapons we had to do anything like that. Being able to go basically handsfree is fucking nuts."
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"Yeah, I fuckin' hear you. I prefer problems I can punch in the fucking face. Or shoot in the face. Whatever. Things I can hit."
Not as hard as Fever can with this shit in her arsenal, but it's always a better day if she can just punch the fuck out of her problem. Unfortunately, there's not been a lot of those day, lately. Mostly things that punching will only make worse.
Thinking about that makes her shift awkwardly on her feet.
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"You go up to Carolina's for training too, right? You should come by at some point when I'm helping her figure out how to counter and avoid magic. It's pretty fun, and she says it's been useful."
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"Oh, uh, yeah, sometimes I do." Slightly less, lately, not because she doesn't want to, but because she just... doesn't want to overstay her welcome, even though Lina hasn't said anything of the sort. "So, that could be fun, I guess?"