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Mitsuru 008 // Swimming, contacts, and Executions [Week 6, SWM, MWF, 1500-1600]

[The world opens back up to something beyond the water and her arms when Mitsuru reaches the side of the pool. Once she has her arms on the pool ledge, Mitsuru also gets the chance to realize that this class isn't quite going in the direction she would prefer. She's breathing a lot harder then she'd like to admit and...Frankly it chafes a little to know that her performance was not optimal.

There's several people out of the pool and already toweling off by the time her heart slows down, and she's able to pull herself out of the water without looking or feeling like something that almost drowned. She's still dripping wet, though, and-

...And she can't help but notice that one of her classmates has also dried off abnormally quickly. How does one even do that, when her hair is that long? Mitsuru keeps watching her carefully, as she tries to figure out the answer to that.]

((OOC: Forward dated, with permission!))

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[Katara is one of the first people out of the pool after completing her laps. Though she makes a small show of grabbing her towel and making an attempt to pat her hair dry, when she is fairly certain no one is looking there's a quick flick of her wrist and the moisture from her wavy locks is pulled out. Another snap of her wrist has the stream of water tossed carelessly aside, and there's a couple of more half-heart pats of her limbs before she bends the remaining droplets off her skin as well.

Pleased that she's dry now, Katara throws the towel over her shoulder and makes her way around the pool, halting near the entrance of the locker rooms as there seemed to be a sudden rush of girls trying to leave the pool area.]

Edited 2010-09-14 05:36 (UTC)

[Mitsuru just catches the very tail end of that motion, but seeing the water hit the floor is enough to nudge her memories into the right place, and recall that she's already encountered this person before, at the training center and fill in some of the gaps.

Even so, she finds herself moving closer in order to confirm her theory.]

"A-an...Interesting choice of drying off."

[She keeps her voice low as she gets closer. Partially to keep anyone from overhearing...And partially an attempt to try and hide her breathlessness. She's only half successful on that last bit.]

[Katara is slightly startled when the voice addresses her. Turning around with wide eyes, there's a moment of surprise until she recognizes the girl who's speaking with her. It was hard to forget the beautiful yet unusual red hair that the girl possesses.]

Oh! Oh, yeah-- it's really convenient. [Her words are equally low. There's a small pause before she speaks again:] Would you like me to bend your hair dry, too?

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"I-"

[Whatever Mitsuru was going to say gets knocked out of her by that question. She can't keep from double taking, and then staring at Katara to make sure she heard correctly.]

"...What did you just say, again?"

[She thinks that she can grasp the theory of this, but...Just offering straight out like that?]

[Katara, on the other hand, doesn't think there is anything particularly unusual with the question she had posed. Slightly confused now, she cocks her head to the side as she looks at Mitsuru before repeating the question.]

Do you want me to bend your hair dry? It's a lot faster than letting it dry with the air. [She finishes with a small shrug. Katara is just trying to be nice!]

"You...Really don't waste any time at getting to the point, do you?"

[And Mitsuru is still trying to make up her mind on whether to accept an offer that's all about compromising physical space.

On the other hand, Katara is right that it would be faster, and Mitsuru would likely feel better after drying off...

...

...Oh well, trying new things is supposed to be liberating. Why not?]

"...Alright. If the offer is still in place, I wouldn't mind it."

[Katara smiles when Mitsuru accepts the offer. After a quick glance around the area to make sure no one is watching them, Katara lifts her hands to make a small tugging motion, and the water is drawn out from the redhead's hair with ease. With a flick of her wrist, the liquid is dispelled onto the ground.]

There! Is it all dry?

[That just feels flat out bizarre, and for a moment all Mitsuru can do is look. And punctuate that with a few well timed blinks. But soon enough, it catches up to her that saying something would be more polite then just staring.]

"It-Yes. Completely dry, thank you.

That is...Quite the ability you possess."

[And Katara looks a bit sheepish, a hand running through her hair as she gives Mitsuru a small smile.]

It's definitely handy, if anything. But you're able to do similar things, aren't you? The ability to control ice?

"Similar, but...Perhaps not quite the same. Or with as much fine and varied control."

[The last part is said a bit more quietly, and without meeting the other girl's eyes. It does sting a little, to admit that her Persona might not have the same degree of flexibility over her element. She fixes her eyes beyond Katara, over at the locker room most of the other students have vanished through.]

"We may want to follow their lead. It won't be as crowded now, but it also won't be long until our next class."

[Katara nods, and she follows the steady stream of females into the locker rooms.]

Maybe you can learn to control it some more with practice? I had to practice a lot to be able to manipulate it as easily as I can now.

"...Perhaps."

[Although she uses a tone that says 'but I wouldn't place my hopes very high.' Mitsuru easily keeps step with Katara as they step inside, still muling over the idea.]

"Although, I have found that I can cast a few of the elemental spells Garden trains in. None of them are feel as efficient as ice, however. And..."

[She frowns for a moment.]

"...After several attempts with it, I'm beginning to feel that fire is only a last resort attack."

[Katara can't help but smile at Mitsuru's last statement.]

Not too fond of Fire, either? I guess that's expected with our element and all. [But, of course Katara has other reasons for her prejudice against the particular element.]

But I understand what you mean-- it's a little weird, using para-magics. Using this kind of magic that's stored inside of you rather than the elements in your environment-- it doesn't feel as natural as bending.

"Mm. It's not the easiest thing to work with."

[And once inside the locker room, she busies herself with properly folding up her towel; after getting such custom treatment, she doesn't have much need for it, and her swimsuit is pleasantly dry against her skin. Usually, the cold helps energize her and hurry her along, but this is a nice change of pace.]

"Actually...I wouldn't necessarily say the difference is that great. For me, it has always been an exercise in manipulating power from myself. The methods are still a bit...Different, however."

[Summoning without an Evoker, and having a wider range of spells, is all still taking a while to get used to.]

[Katara nods along-- it's always interesting to hear about the powers' of others, so different from her own. She arrives at her locker, where she takes time in twisting the combination to retrieve her uniform.]

How is it different?

"Mainly, it's-"

[What could potentially be a long, long discussion on Persona, Jung, Archetypes, and Shooting Yourself In The Head gets cut short when Mitsuru processes a few things.

One, is that they're both in a fairly quiet corner of the lockers, without anyone else from the girl's half of the swim team close by. The other, is that she's certain she just heard something out of place.]

"...Hold on a moment."

[She turns her head towards where she thought she heard it.]

[Katara had been eager to listen to Mitsuru explain the difference from the magic of this world to her own, but it seems as though it's abruptly cut off when Mitsuru detects something. Curious, Katara also tilts her head in the direction that Mitsuru suddenly faces, ear straining to catch the sound.]

What is it?

[What is it? Why it's Junpei, of course! Who ELSE were you expecting in the girls' locker room? Actually, it's a funny story how he wound up here. He honestly didn't MEAN to go into the girls' locker room! But he'd been late to class and had ducked into the locker room quickly in an effort to avoid detection. Unfortunately, upon realizing he'd ducked into the WRONG locker room, all plans of evasive maneuvers were mostly nullified. This was too good of an opportunity to simply pass up--why, it was almost serendipitous! And thus Junpei had bided his time, closing himself into an empty locker (of course placing a folded bit of paper into the latch first so he didn't wind up trapped in there) and peering through the vents in the top. Surely it was only a matter of time before--

Ah! And there they were! So many lovely girls~ All in so many lovely swimsuits~ Junpei's heart may have belonged to Chidori yet, but she certainly couldn't blame him for capitalizing on this, could she?

Oh. Maybe she COULD. There was Mitsuru. Oh, crap. Suddenly Junpei had a feeling this wasn't going to end well at all. Shifting a little, he attempted to sink down inside the locker so nobody would happen to see his eyes peering through the slats.

You can't see them, they can't see you. You can't see them, they can't see you.]

"...I thought that I heard something, for a moment. Like something moving against metal, or the like."

[And all at once it takes her the greatest amount of willpower not to shudder. She doesn't think there would be anything like roaches or pests in such a well maintained Garden, but now she isn't so sure.]

"Did you hear anything, by chance?"

[At Mitsuru's question, Katara glanced around while concentrating on her surroundings, her ears trying to detect any sort of unusual sound. What she wouldn't give at the moment to be able to see with Earth and Metal like Toph.]

Hrm... I didn't hear anything. Where did you hear it from?

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sorry for the wait!

((OOC: Double sorry for the wait! Looks like it'll be the three of us!))

ahhhh sorry for the wait as well!