witchesreign | Mitsuru 003 || Practice Makes Passable [Action

"I mustn't falter."

[Mitsuru keeps her voice low, eyes fixed on the target, hoping the words will help nudge her thoughts into proper order. It feels moderately successful, too; all those stray thoughts stop feeling like a mess, and start to consolidate into something much more defined.

...Granted, that thing is focused on how much she hates the fire magic boiling around in the front of her mind, but it was an improvement compared to a thousand separate notions scrambling around in her mind. However, it's still difficult to say whether it's her or Penthesilea voicing that the loudest.

Ice and thunder are also lurking in the far corners of her head, waiting to be called up...But right now, it's fire that's burning the edges of her finger tips, making her head hurt and thoughts start to slip back towards a jumble. Penthesilea keens her displeasure, and for a moment Mitsuru swears that the Persona is trying to push the ice magic to the front of her mind.

Mitsuru responds by letting the fire shoot off her hands and out of her mind. Her skin feels like it should be blistering from the heat, but in a heartbeat the flames have leapt into the air. They hit the target square on this time, to Mitsuru's relief and satisfaction; hopefully there won't be a fire to put out in the training center today. What ISN'T satisfying is that the attack is a far cry from what was demonstrated in class. Thin, needle like streams of fire that singe instead of explode. It seems that worry over a fire was truly unfounded, the critical part of her mind notes with disgust.

By the time the flames smolder out, she's quite ready to move on to a different type of spell.]

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It was right on target, though! I always find accurately casting magic really hard because I don't have that physical extension like with guns or...

[Noticing Mitsuru's blinking, Mikuru becomes self conscious.]

Um... Is there...something on my face?

[That's right about when it clicks that she's being rude. Mitsuru quickly settles on straight up eye contact instead of staring over the outfit, and shakes her head.]

"No, nothing of the sort. I was just a bit..."

[Tact, tact, how to go about this tactfully? Apparently, by trying to skim over the issue as quickly as possible.]

"Surprised by your choice of clothing. And accuracy hasn't been a concern for a long time, for me. Making certain it has the proper force, however, is a bit more difficult."

Oh, this...isn't something I really enjoy wearing, I just... [Yup, gonna tell a total stranger about her magical outfit.] have special abilities when I do, and I wanted to practice...

Anyway, I'm sure the power will come with practice! How long have you been using para-magic?

[That total stranger seems to be having difficulty wrapping her mind around that concept. Despite the fact that there are slightly similar concepts (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/star_of_heaven/BikiniArmor.jpg) where she comes from.

Maybe it's just unwillingness to think back on that.]

"...I see.

In any case, I would say,"

[Grateful to have something else to think on, she shuts her eyes and does a quick calculation.]

"Exactly seven weeks. In the past, that's been ample time to refine and memorize class material."

Oh, I only started this quarter too! We must be in different classes.

"That seems likely; my class covers the Tuesday and Thursday block, from ten until eleven."

[Meanwhile, she goes back to looking at the target area. Maybe a thorough enough study of THAT will show what she's doing wrong.]

I'm in one of the Monday, Wednesday, Friday classes.

[Noticing Mitsuru's gaze, she also studies the target area.]

Is it only Fire you have trouble with?

"Thunder is challenging, although not to the same degree."

[Really, it feels like it should be someone else's purview, instead of hers. On the other hand...]

"I cannot, thankfully, say the same for ice."

Do you think maybe you're having trouble with fire and lightning because they have similar effects...?

"Actually...If I had to draw conclusions, I feel most comfortable with ice. It's an easy element to handle; very precise, and with a calming, cool nature to it. I can't say the same for the other two."

That's interesting! [That's not sarcastic or anything; Mikuru has some mad respect for this thoughtful analysis.] I never thought about it that way. I guess because I find Blizzard pretty tough. [She smiles, self-deprecatory.]

[Flattery helps, it seems. While her ego hasn't completely recovered from the trouncing that weak spell casting caused, it doesn't feel quite so battered. At the very least, she isn't trying to burn holes into the target by staring at it.]

"I find it an interesting field to study...Which may be part of why my ineptitude with fire class spells is so vexing."

[That comment on ice earns a surprised look, though.]

"If I may ask, what about it is so difficult for you?"

I'm used to aiming only one or two things at a time, so I find it kind of hard to wrap my head around having to focus a bunch of ice crystals onto one object...

[Mikuru steps forward to the target (Mitsuru will probably be able to see the twin pistols tucked into the tie of her apron) and puts out a hand, palm parallel to the target; it's her way of giving herself a physical extension to aim with. Her attempt at Blizzard forms a few patches of frost about half the size of a thumbnail on the target before fizzling out.]

[The pistols certainly are noticed, but not remarked upon. (All the same, it's not the sort of weapon she'd expect someone like this to be carrying.) She's a bit more intent on the drop in temperature, as it's a welcome change from tossing those fire spells around-

And it doesn't last long. Mitsuru blinks as the spell sputters out, looking a bit surprised for a moment.]

"I...See your point. Granted, it seems to be an opposite of what I'm dealing with. Focusing and ordering ice to form is..."

[Sadly, it's a little hard to fully describe. Partially since she started with a Persona acting as training wheels, and has been using it for so long that freezing things comes as easily as breathing.]

"Perhaps a demonstration would suffice, and do a better job of explaining it?"

Mitsuru 003 || Practice Makes Passable [Action | Training Center]

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sorry for the lateness! I was away this weekend

NP!