Character Meet and Greet~~ At Night

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I. Main Street Usa!

It's twilight, edging to evening, and yet the streets are still alive with citizens and Apprentices (that means you!) alike. Take the time to admire the lights, pop in and out of the cafes or just relax in the garden.

Weapon shops and magic shops are open late into the evening this time of year, so feel free to enjoy yourself before you equip yourself for the life head.


II. Apprentice Training 101- Evening Class

Same commons behind the fire house, same weapons and wands available for practicing your skills-- though this time under the cozy street lights and the bright blues and tired purples of a fading summer twilight. Strike at the training dummy or try to catch fireflies with whispers, its all up to you.


III. Things that Go Bump

Are bumping. And they mean business. A few level 1 corroded monsters are scurrying around Main Street causing havoc and it's up to you to stop them. The question is, is it early in the evening or do you dare to face the creatures at the night's darkest hour?


IV. It's time to Sparkle!

Everyone has a spark of imagination. That is, in fact, why you're here! It's time to shine with your own scenario! Just try to keep from causing too much trouble.

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Sora Naegino - Kaleido Star - Canon Point TBD (CW for injuries)

[soraing]

II. Sora had a sword in both hands and was testing the weight of it as she shifted from foot to foot like she couldn't keep still. It was heavier in the point than the swords she was used to, but she could use it with one hand if need be. Still, it was a whole new balance to learn. And she was looking forward to it.

"Beautiful form," she murmured. "Slash across the neck, once and done." Easy. She was even on solid ground this time. No problem. Piece of cake. Centering herself she took a breath then MOVED. The point was heavier than she was used to and she hadn't accounted for that as well as she had thought. And her foot placement was off, expecting a rope. So instead of a lovely form and a simple but effective slash, she stumbled into the dummy, hitting it only with her body. She fell off and hit the ground, managing not to hurt herself or anyone else with the sword. "Ow..." she said, rubbing her head with her free hand where her forehead had smacked into the dummy. Or rather where the dummy had smacked into the training target...


II.II

Come dawn, she was still there, still working determinedly at it. Her hands were a bit blistered from the sword, since that made different lacclases than aerials or the diablo did. But think of how much better she'd be when she mastered it. She had moved her training target off to the side so as to not be in the morning class' way as she worked, shoes kicked away so that she could feel the ground under her feet. And she was getting better. She was hitting the dummy as often as she missed it, now, but the times she hit were never the perfect blow she wanted. The blade would get stuck or snag, or she'd hit the shoulder instead of the neck, or clip the chin. But she was keeping grimly at it, getting up every time she fell, seeming unaware that time was passing.


II.III
Evening class rolled around again. And the girl that many people were laughing at the night before was there already. In the same white shirt and coverall shorts over a leotard as the night before. Her shoes were off to one side, and there were bandages on her feet and hands. Her eyes no longer held a playful confidence but a grim determination. She rolled her shoulders back, readied herself and then launched herself at her target. Almost. ALMOST. So close.

She got back to her mark, and again, rolled her shoulders back, set her stance, then charged. This time her form was artistic, her strike true. She slid easily past the dummy, having opened its throat with a one handed hold on her blade. She blinked a few moments, realizing she was past, still on her feet, and still holding her sword. She skipped back to see the target and those eyes filled with joy. She put the sword away carefully, then jumped up and down on bruised feet. "I did it!" she cheered. She turned to whoever might be watching her, face lit with a joy that she should really be too tired to feel. "I DID IT!!!!"



IV.
Feeling accomplished after a few hours sleep, a good meal, and a dozen perfect runs on the target, Sora decided she had too much energy to just stand around and wait for her next lesson. She wandered the main street and then saw...

Strings of lights from building to building. Her eyes lit up even more than the lights as she looked around and quickly charted her course.

"Scuse me, Pardon me," she said as she scaled a small food cart with an arched roof, used that to jump and catch the branch of a tree. She swunf herself from the branch to an upper story ledge, then reached up, standing on bandaged toes till her fingers just reached the lip of the roof. Testing carefully to make sure the edge could support her weight she pulled herself up with ease. If not for that time at the amusement park, she wouldn't have thought about doing this sort of thing outside in a world not designed for acrobats. But now she kew that stuffy old writer was right. All the world WAS a stage!

She ran to the central edge of the roof and tested string after string till she found one strong enough and anchored enough that it should take her weight. Grinning merrily the young woman backed up, then ran at the edge of the roof, hitting the edge with her hands and shoving upward. She did three graceful flips then landed on the string of lights. It took her a moment to adjust her balance to the way it dipped, but then, confidant, she began practicing some of her high wire routines. Even though she was not watching the people below, she kept a smile on her face, kept her forms beautiful. Even if no one was watching, it was still a performance and she wouldn't let her beloved Kaleido Stage down. She just wished her friends were here to enjoy this beautiful night among the stars with her.

II- III

[smilingarmor]

Sylvando for one hadn't been laughing, knowing from personal experience how difficult learning to use a sword could be. And while the young lady's progress was remarkable, it was also concerning, since it seemed that she hadn't actually stopped practicing since the night before, as her blistered hands and bruised feet could attest to.

Still, he gave the strike the light applause he felt it deserved. "Not bad, darling," he said. "Though you may want to get those injuries seen to now, hmm?"

Re: II- III

[soraing]

She nodded, beaming brightly. "Yep! Then a quick snack, and back to practice for a bit until bed!" she said cheerfully, adrenaline from her success washing away the exhaustion and pain for a bit. That moment of first success, the first time she pulled off a difficult maneuver ALWAYS made all the hard work and pain worth it. "Once I can do this a hundred times consecutively without missing, I can start on the next form!" Thinking about that as she did some cool down stretches - if she just jogged off for bandages, she'd cramp up - she considered. "I wonder if there are any cliffs around here... Well, maybe the side of a building would work."

IV

[jammin_with_ed]

On one of her leaps and twirls, Sora may or may not notice a young girl(?) hanging upside down from one of the other wires, watching her intently.

OMG! This is going to be RADICAL!

[soraing]

"Oh! She said as she landed neatly on the lighting wire. She bent her body sideways and twisted so that she could get a better look at the kid without falling. "Hello!"

You said it!

[jammin_with_ed]

Edward beamed, waving at the stranger. She seemed to have no fear whatsoever about falling off the wire. She was so comfortable, in fact, that her bare feet waggled a little in the air. "Hiii!"

Re: You said it!

[soraing]

Sora had no fear of falling either and figured this kid was like she was. A performer. She considered the space between them then grinned. She twisted back to face forward, then launched herself into a flip, catching her hands on the wire, using that as an easy pivot so she could face the other kid, then she judged the distance. "Coming over," she warned before bouncing a few times to giver herself the lift she needed to launch herself to land on her feet neatly beside Ed.

[jammin_with_ed]

Edward giggled, clapping her hands as the other girl put on her display. She wasn't a performer but she could appreciate one who was. When Sora landed next to her and the wire bounced she laughed gleefully. Her arms and legs flailed as she enjoyed the ride.

"Wheeeeeee! Bouncy bouncy!

[soraing]

She laughed a bit and took a bow without tipping over. "Enjoyed that, then?"

[jammin_with_ed]

Edward laughs again, clapping her hands. "Yes, yes! Again!" Clearly she's enjoying the performance... and her participation in it.

[soraing]

"Alright then," she said with a huge grin. she started running backwards away from Ed on the rope to give herself some space. Alright. She could do this. One deep breath and then she started the wire bouncing lightly using her knees to get the motion. Once it was dipping as low as she dared, given the other person on the rope and the fact that this was a lighting wire, rather than an aerialist rope, she leapt, using the momentum, launching herself into the air. She let herself intentionally miss landing on the rope on the way down, catching it with a hand instead and spinning herself around between the lights before launching herself up again, spinning in the air and landing on the rope, hands down, flipping up from that towards Ed, one more flip right before the girl to jump OVER her and land on the roof behind, breathing hard but exhilarated.

[jammin_with_ed]

Edward watched, enthralled. How was this girl doing this? It was incredible! Her eyes were as big as dinner plates as she followed her movement.

Unfortunately, that also meant when the girl jumped over her, Ed shifted just a little too far. She put herself off balance and slipped off the wire. She yelped in surprise, flailing for a moment before her fingers snagged the wire. Her legs slipped off, leaving her hanging by one hand. She didn't seem bothered by this, though. She grinned and laughed.

[soraing]

WHOA! Not her intent. Sora moved carefully to avoid hitting the wire as she came back to the edge and reached a hand down for the child. That was one of her earlier lessons at Kaleido Stage, and one she thought she fully understood. That the audience was more important than the show. To think if them first and foremost. And she had messed up again. And this time someone might be hurt because of it!