[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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[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.