Pleroma | Memory/Voice

[coupris]

[A few days after he returns to Godsblood, and things have started to settle down, Kim has started to experiment with his new ability that surfaced during the rescue of the new arrivals. For those with their minds open to shard communion, a brief memory will cross their minds.

Kim, standing on a relatively more remote dock in the shipyards, is talking to someone that others might recognize as one of the Greentruth rebels. He hands them a sturdy piece of wood, about the length of a baseball bat, and nods his approval. The rebel, looking a bit uncertain, squeezes their eyes shut before swinging the plank as hard as they can, directly at Kim's head. It seems to make contact, but Kim doesn't so much as flinch as the wood splinters in half. Not a hair on him is out of place.

He then reaches forward, also as tentative as his partner in this bizarre experiment, and flicks his finger against their chest. A ripple of energy seems to diffuse from him, and the rebel flies back as if Kim had punched them with full force, and falls off the dock, into the water.

Once the image fades, Kim's voice takes its place.]

I realize that magic is a bit more mundane for some of our number than others. However, no one else has shown signs of this ability since they arrived here, no?

[Something ripples through the shard that gives the impression of a sigh.]

Unfortunately, this is all rather new for me. Discovering I could manifest my own fire instead of wasting matches was tricky enough. If anyone has any information, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[A pause, and then a pale, gloomy bloom of blue before he speaks again.]

And I hope everyone is doing well. [Doing well considering, is the implication.]

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[traversal]

[ oh, so she's not the only one manifesting something. ngl, it's also something that's found strange, to say the least. ]

If I find more information about it, I'll share it. But right now, I'm just as baffled over a similar discovery about myself.

Did your world ever have traces of it? Perhaps it's something that's been dormant inside of you ...

[ with the amount of power that seems to reside in this world, it wouldn't surprise her if innate abilities have started to wake up. ]

[coupris]

[If it isn't only him, that just makes it more curious. Was it something to do with visiting the shrines again?]

People have pretended to have supernatural abilities, but it's always been easily disproven. My "normal" seems relatively boring by comparison, it seems.

[traversal]

There's a number of people who would wish for "normal", really.

[ including her, because while traveling across worlds is great fun, she also just wants to find a place to settle and call home. ]

So the thing you've done to that other person, that's your new ability, then? Did you simply manage to figure out how to use it?

[coupris]

[Himself included. This feels like learning how to drive all over again, with far less instruction involved.]

It didn't start consciously. I first noticed it happen during the attack on the shrines, and I've just been trying to replicate circumstances.

[traversal]

[ if she could help, she would. she has no idea how his abilities work, so offering tutorial services on magic usage is a bit risky for the both of them. ]

How much testing have you done so far?

[coupris]

Not much. It's a bit difficult to induce on my own, and as you can see, my initial volunteer wasn't very keen to continue.

[traversal]

If you need volunteers, I'm happy to help. I'm also curious to see what kind of abilities this place can grant.

[ if teyvat can allow her to borrow elemental magic ... ]

[coupris]

That's kind of you. Though, ah. I can't guarantee your safety, either.

[traversal]

Oh, don't worry, I'm pretty sturdy. Or at least, sturdier than that guy who tossed off.

[ even if she doesn't ... look like it ... ]

[coupris]

[Yeah, forgive him, but he's. Not convinced.]

I think it will be safer for anyone to just throw things at me, honestly.

[traversal]

Are you sure you're okay with that?

[ ... with anyone throwing things at him. hm. ]