[Closed Log] Fireflies are stars that couldn't journey to the skies

[rustyhonesty]

WHO: The Shingeki Cast
WHAT: Firefly catching
WHEN: During November Event
WHERE: Solarpeak Beach
WARNINGS: inevitable talk of death, likely gore and other attack on titan basic content warnings, will add as needed.

Just Shingeki cast seeing appreciating fireflies and catching them in jars while bonding on various levels.

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[bigporkenergy]

What is getting friends? There, Galliard fixed that for you, Jean.

Galliard nods. "I hear that. It's really hard to meet civilians when you're out in the field most of the year."

He looks out at the fireflies for a moment. "So you can basically fly, then."

He's talking about the ODM gear.

[rustyhonesty]

It doesn't connect right away, his mind thinking about the seasonal power mindsets at first, but when it does, he looks at the fireflies as well. Flying around, all carefree.

"It's close to it, at least. It feels like nothing compared to flying on an actual winged mount, though. I imagine that's closer to how the fireflies feel."

[bigporkenergy]

Wait, hold on, back the hell up there, sir.

"Are there actual winged things you can ride here?" Here he was, being all impressed by the ODM gear, and there are other options? Ones without a several year long learning curve?

Do go on, good sir.

[rustyhonesty]

Oh, right. Anyone who was new wouldn't necessarily know about them.

"In the Spring Segment of the world, you can bond with a winged creature. You receive an amulet that lets you call them to your aid", Jean explains. "They're a wide range of different animals. Mine's a lion, for example."

[bigporkenergy]

"And you don't have to be a spring-aligned person to do that?" Galliard is still figuring out the rules here! If you do have to be a spring, he'll convince Marco to go do it and then give him a ride on his creature.

He shakes his head, but it's much more in wonder than in disbelief. "There's so much to see and do here. It's taking some time to get used to it all."

[rustyhonesty]

"You don't", Jean says, before he brings up his hand and shows him a small fireball, levitating it above his hands idly. "I'm not one, for starters."

He lets the fire disappear before nodding. "It'll take time. Honestly, there's still a lot that manages to surprise me, no matter how long I've been doing this."

[bigporkenergy]

"Oh! You're a summer too." Galliard holds up one of his own hands and produces a similar fireball. His is smaller and less stable than Jean's, but it's there, flickering gamely across his palm.

"I've been working at controlling this." He shuts his hand too, snuffing out his fireball. "They're hard to hold onto."

[rustyhonesty]

Jean recalls something he was told when he started practicing fire and decides to share the intel.

"Start by focusing on your fingers. Concentrate on them and nowhere else, and try to make them feel hotter. Once that works, try imagining a flame. Don't try to rush it too fast or too much at the same time, or it will become unstable."

[bigporkenergy]

Galliard nods at Jean's advice. It sounds pretty good, and he holds out his hand again.

As it turns out, focusing on his fingers and trying to make them hotter is not, in fact, good advice for someone with the Jaw titan inside them. As soon as he thinks about it, Galliard's hand ignites, all of his fingers shooting streams of flame outward.

"Shit!"

[rustyhonesty]

In Jean's defense, he doesn't know Galliard's a shifter.

He's startled by the sudden streams of flame. So much for the slow and steady wins the race, huh?

"Uh... what the fuck?"

[bigporkenergy]

Galliard shakes his hand, and the flames go out.

"I... didn't think it would do that." He glances at Jean, then back at his own hand. "They looked... oh, they looked like claws."

That explains it!

[rustyhonesty]

"They kinda did", Jean agrees, not really getting the symbolism. "Are you alright? You didn't burn yourself, right?"

[bigporkenergy]

"No, no burns." Galliard holds up his hand and shows it to Jean. "It didn't hurt, it just took me by surprise."

Okay, trying again! This time, he focuses on the palm and not the fingers, and the flame that coaxes itself to life is much smaller and under control. Instead of trying to force it to get bigger, Galliard just lets it sit on his palm.

"Huh. You're right, it's easier to maintain if it stays small."

[rustyhonesty]

Ah, good. That worked a lot better than setting his fingers on fire. It really was an individual thing how these powers worked.

"Yeah. You can slowly start making the fire bigger, get used to handling it step by step. Sure, it sounds boring, but better than burning yourself out."

[bigporkenergy]

"Literally or physically." Galliard watches the little fire in his hand. "Thanks for the advice. The last thing I'd want is to set everything around me on fire."

[rustyhonesty]

"That's something I want everyone to avoid too, so no problem." He's enough of a hazard sometimes when he gets angry and breathes fire.