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Post by Mojo on Feb 22, 2023 18:14:15 GMT -6
Some time had passed as Mojo and Nen had focused on their respective trainings under one another. Mojo had gotten more comfortable with manipulating and manifesting magical energy. His next goal would be to attempt to cast a spell, as Nen instructed. In return, Nen's goal would be to reinforce objects with telekinesis.
.... Once Mojo told her that was the goal, anyway.
So floating meditatively, Miji in his lap, staff in hand, Mojo would reach out telepathically to his friend and student/teacher.
'How has your psionic practice been coming, Guardian Nen?'
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Post by Nen on Feb 22, 2023 19:33:46 GMT -6
Despite how distracted she has been she kept up with those studies.
“Fair enough.” She nodded. “I’ve been lifting and placing that stone in various locations on the camp site.
There was a stone which Mojo might have noted was in a different place each day it was about as tall as he and twice as wide but it was about a foot thick and it stood tall like a headstone or a decorative monument. Nen would be using this as her medium of strength testing.
“That was a terrible thing to lift on my first day but as I’ve taken to dedicating myself to it I’d say the effort is becoming quite less.”
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Post by Mojo on Feb 23, 2023 12:10:28 GMT -6
Mojo nodded approvingly as he floated over to examine the stone, tapping it a few times with his staff. As he had been her main practice target for telepathy, he was well aware of her improvements in that field.
'Very good. Very very good. I do believe I can start working on teaching you the last commonly known aspect of psionics. To start on that, I want you to recall back to the incident. Remember when I raised that stone to help deflect an attack for you?'
As he spoke to Nen's mind, a small stone slowly levitated and began to circle his body, close to the size of his hand when closed.
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Post by Nen on Feb 23, 2023 12:29:20 GMT -6
“Ah yes that was quite a clever maneuver.” She grinned at him as she too spoke with her mind.
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Post by Mojo on Feb 23, 2023 12:33:33 GMT -6
Mojo nodded.
'Using objects to deflect or try to block blasts is a basic but vital use of telekinesis. Of course, the effects can vary, as not all objects are strong enough to resist blasts of ki or even a strong enough fist. I am fairly sure at this point, you and I can shatter stone with naught but general ki reinforcement and our bare hands.'
As he spoke, the stone he had been levitating spun around him before moving to hover directly in front of the stone Nen had been using to train with.
'However, there is a way to work past that. Ah, before I demonstrate. Do you have a way to repair this stone, or any particular attachment to it?'
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Post by Nen on Feb 23, 2023 13:52:12 GMT -6
She chuckled “that is just a low grade fine grained sediment of ash and clay. A metamorphic result of slowly heated terra… time will change it just as we will. So do with it what you want.” The Slate was a fine test source but she had no attachment to it.
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Post by Mojo on Feb 23, 2023 14:24:40 GMT -6
Mojo nodded and with but a thought the small stone he had been levitating would smash into and through the slab of rock, breaking it apart at the point of impact. Watching the pieces tumble Mojo slowly levitated the stone back to hover between himself and Nen, completely unscratched despite being used to break such a large rock so suddenly.
'This would be the last thing I can teach you in Psionics.'
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Post by Nen on Feb 23, 2023 15:08:51 GMT -6
“Ah you made it an extension of your self by enhancing it with your energies?” She would surmise.
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Post by Mojo on Feb 23, 2023 16:04:20 GMT -6
Mojo would nod.
'Indeed. I'm not sure of the actual term but I refer to it as Infusion. Empowering an object with your will and psionic energies to reinforce the forces it can withstand and the amount of force behind the blow if used offensively. For defensive purposes I much prefer to wield wind and stone to throw barriers in the path to deflect or flat out block blows. Water may work quite well also, though I have yet to try that.
'That is actually what I wish to strive towards today; a simple spell to conjure water. I believe such a spell would be rather basic in nature but could have a wide variety of uses.'
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Post by Nen on Feb 25, 2023 10:13:31 GMT -6
We’ll I am bound by my duty to not cause harm to Mortals.” She felt she needed to point out. “But I can think of a few ways this can serve me.”
“Alright, we can give it a shot.” She grinned.
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Post by Mojo on Feb 26, 2023 11:34:14 GMT -6
'Even without using it to harm others, a creative mind such as yours can likely come up with a myriad of ways to make use of such a skill. But, as you said, let us begin. For myself, I used a combination of sensing my own energy and from there forcibly infusing my will into the object, not just wrapping it around and moving it. Similar to how water seeps into a porous substance.'
So saying, Mojo would let the stone fall into open hand and gently lob it up towards Nen for her to catch. As he did so, he focused his mind and ripped several stones of various sizes from the ground, along with a handful of stones the same size as the one he had just given to Nen, the latter group being set apart and neatly piled for convenience.
'The way I developed it was simply lashing out physically at a stone I held with my mind until it was able to better withstand my blows. You may wish to do that with one of the larger stones here, or simply attempt to replicate my earlier demonstration.
'With you set up, I believe I will start attempting to conjure water. Any advice for me to begin with, Guardian Nen?'
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Post by Nen on Feb 26, 2023 13:31:38 GMT -6
Nen nodded catching the stone with her own telekinesis. “So water is made of two elemental parts. I would imagine you can pull those parts from the air around you and force them together with your magic. Pace it so that you are forming it much like a magic light or a Ki blast. Understanding what it’s made of and how it behaves I feel are key parts to become intuitive to the magic you’ll conjure.”
“Water behaves much like wind and you might have to guide it. Don’t go against how it’s naturally flowing but coerce it into your control.” She simplifies.
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Post by Mojo on Feb 26, 2023 13:38:03 GMT -6
Mojo would nod at that. Nen's advice would be useful for simply forming water from the existing elements; from her words outright conjuration he would need to dedicate and study on his own.
'Thank you Guardian Nen. Shall we begin then?'
Another moment's thought had Mojo pulling up another two piece of earth, this time specifically one in the form of a bowl and the other a pillar for the bowl to rest upon. Floating before his practice bowl, Mojo began to concentrate, feeling out with his senses for both the magic energy he exuded to manipulate and the elements of the world in preparation to call them together.
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Post by Nen on Feb 26, 2023 13:57:39 GMT -6
She nodded and began herself with a beaming smile she stood straight up and proud. “Yes.”
She took a closer look at the stone she was handed moments ago and was able to see that it was very porous. The upper sedimentary layer of the planet which is new in its journey to change. It would be reduced to sand in some many thousands of years and fall deeper into cracks and be formed into further change. Stone like this was young and ancient at the same magical time. What beauty the mortal worlds hold.
She placed it between her hands and closed her eyes. Her psyonics source opened and traveled through its strengthened channels within her body. If mojo noted she was not using the stone he let her borrow. She hadn’t needed it for a little while.
And when she felt this power reach the stone she began to look for ways to let it absorb her will. Now that wouldn’t be hard but she played with the method of it to test the strength the stone would hold. It was going to become a separate piece of her with her will known and their connection made. Her power would build for a moment while mojo would work on his own progression.
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Post by Mojo on Feb 26, 2023 15:56:15 GMT -6
Mojo gathered the mystic energy emanating from his body to his will; he was thankful he naturally generated and possessed such energy, instead of necessarily needing to tap into artifacts or the energy of the world. His goal was the conjuration of water, by Nen's method; refining the elements of the world to call forth what one wanted. He felt for the already present moisture in the air, along with the disparate elements that composed water, willing the magical energy at his disposal to tap into those three parts of the world.
He focused solely on that for a time, bowl in front of him, merely letting the magic flow and coerce itself into shaping his desire, preparing to cast.
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