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Post by Jazz Johnson on Oct 25, 2017 11:33:31 GMT -8
{Details}Mission Name: Aura Awakening Participants: Jazz Spawning?: Jay Modding Oriana with two pages of role-playing
Mission Details: Ever since Jazz woke up after eating the Chroma Cookie, he's been seeing strange lights flicker around people occassionally. Jazz doesn't know exactly what it is, but Orion thought Oriana might know what it is. Oriana has agreed to meet with Jazz to see what exactly this thing is...or if he really is just going crazy.
New Skill: Aura Sight (Minor) - Jazz is able to see a person's aura fairly clearly as long as there is no obstruction. He can discern colors and patterns easily enough at a close distance and if he concentrates enough he's able to stretch his aura vision to see aura further away. This has the tendency to hurt his eyes if Jazz does this for too long. Though he's still new to aura, Jazz is able to easily tell the aura of his friends and family apart from others. Jazz didn't know if he was going crazy or what, but ever since he'd eaten that cookie, he kept seeing whisps of colors. Orion hadn't sounded too happy when he'd explained it as a possible side effect. In fact, he'd even called Oriana over to prove a suspicion he'd had. Now, Jazz was going to meet Oriana to do...something about the lights he kept seeing. Maybe I'm just losing it. Yeah, right. Figures that this was too good to be true. There always had to be a catch. More wisps flickered in front of his eyes, eliciting a groan as Jazz rubbed his eyes. The wisps were gone, as if they hadn't existed in the first place. Weird. Maybe he'd imagined it? Ugh, whatever this thing was, Jazz wished it would just stop. This was making him go crazy and definitely putting a damper on his mood. One thing was for sure, Jazz absolutely loved being a guy. It was like he was able to be himself after all this time. Like he'd been freed of some hidden burden. It was nice, really nice , and though there were some learning curves, Jazz didn't regret it one bit. Now, where had Oriana said she was going to meet him? Eh, she'd be here soon enough right, right. Still, if he had to live with wispy things for the rest of his life, it wouldn't be so bad. A little weird, yes, but as long as Jazz didn't tell anyone, it wasn't like they could say he was crazy or anything. Hearing someone approach, Jazz turned around to see Oriana only to swear under his breath as more of those wisps crossed his vision. Fucking hell, this needs to stop. Rubbing his eyes again, Jazz did his best to play off what had just happened as if it was nothing. He wasn't crazy, nope, not at all. Everything was perfectly fine. Words: 324 | Notes: --- | Tags: Jay
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Post by Jay on Oct 25, 2017 11:48:15 GMT -8
Walking down the train tracks, her heels clitter clattering as she went, Oriana brushed some of her grey-green hair from her eyes. She’d asked Jazz to meet her outside of Sinclair, a little ways away from where the train city was resting if only to give them space for what she hoped was to come. From Orion’s description, it seemed he definitely believed it to be true, but she wanted to be sure, wanted to see it for herself, hear it for herself. She could ‘see’ Jazz even before she physically saw him, but nothing in his aura readily stood out just yet. It could be that he’d yet to fully awaken, and if that was the case then…
“Morning, thanks for meeting me, out this far,” she spoke promptly yet relatedly. Something in her old age had pulled the sharpness from her voice, but it was clear enough still. “So Orion thinks you may have aura… care to explain what you’ve been seeing?” she asked setting a hand on her hip and swaying slightly.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Oct 25, 2017 13:01:04 GMT -8
Jazz ran a hand through his hair, biting his lip a bit as Oriana approached. This shouldn't make him so nervous, this was Auntie after all, she wasn't going to bite or anything. Besides, if she could make the wisps disappear that would be something. The introduction and thanks had him nod and smirk a bit. It was really nice to see her again, really, even if it was a little awkward thanks to the transformation. He hadn't told his family he was going to take the cookie, well, not until after the fact at any rate. Mom's response in particular had been...shocked, but what else had he expected? Orion thinks I have aura? Well, that was news to him. Maybe that's why he had been so mad? Jazz knew that Oriana had aura, but as far as he knew, nobody else did? So why would he be getting it now? "Just some weird things,"Jazz replied, easily slipping into his native tongue, "Wisps of colors, they keep disappearing though. Might be a side effect of the cookie too,"he continued, shrugging his shoulders. Another wisp crossed his vision, centered around Oriana and rather than try to ignore it, Jazz gestured to it. "Right there, 's gone now though," Jazz sighed, rubbing his eyes again, "I think I'm going crazy,"he murmured, shaking his head again as if that would make the strange wisps go away. Words: 239 | Notes: --- | Tags: Jay
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Post by Jay on Oct 25, 2017 14:04:42 GMT -8
Orion’s lips pursed as she listened to Jazz describe what he was seeing. The transition to their native tongue was not missed, but rather than ask about it, Oriana switched as well. “Can you explain—“ She paused as Jazz mentioned seeing one this very moment, and she found herself scanning over his aura carefully. Hmmmm. “Close your eyes and focus on me.” she stated after a moment. “Focus as hard as you can, what do you see with your eyes closed?” It was.. a simple test and hardly confirmatory or not, but she often started with that.
Lavender eyes continued to scan over Jazz’s aura, searching for the familiar glint of a user that she’d picked up on understanding over the years of study. Would it appear? Or was this truly a strange side effect of the cookie? Hm, well they would hopefully see, wouldn’t they?
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Oct 26, 2017 1:44:18 GMT -8
When Jazz mentioned that he had seen a wisp, he didn't miss the way Oriana stopped to look over him. Huh? Did she see something? The next statement had Jazz fighting the urge to scoff. How would closing his eyes prove anything? This wasn't making any sense. It was simply impossible to see anything when your eyes were closed. Still, Oriana was trying to help...he should at least humor her if nothing else. Smirking a bit, Jazz closed his eyes and tried to focus. What turned out to be simply humoring Oriana ended up...actually working? The wisps were there even with his eyes closed. That... Maybe it really is aura, after all. A deep breath would be taken as Jazz started to take this more seriously and focus on the wisps. If he concentrated, they seemed to expand, to grow and ?? Jazz had no idea what he was seeing but it looked green? As Jazz focused harder, he could see more detail and-..right, Oriana had asked him to describe what he was seeing. "I can see the wisps with my eyes closed...and they grow? There's a lot of green around you, Auntie,"Jazz explained, opening his eyes after a few moments. This time though, the wisps were there still and...they weren't going away? Oh, never mind, there they went...but the wisps stuck around longer this time. What was going on...? "Uh...the wisps stayed longer after I opened my eyes, is that good?"Jazz asked, still not quite convinced he wasn't losing his mind. Words: 256 | Notes: --- | Tags: Jay
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Post by Jay on Oct 26, 2017 13:32:19 GMT -8
As Jazz spoke, described what he saw and went on to name one of the key colors of her own aura, Oriana couldn’t help but grin. At… at least until Jazz went on. A soft sigh escaped from Oriana as Jazz seemed so… so perplexed. Really, child? It’s my work my studies. Surely Jazz had to have heard her talk on such things before and probably at length more than a couple of times. Were you really not paying any attention what so ever? It seemed as much. For as much as she wanted to remain mad, however, there were other things to focus on
“You’re developing Aura sight from the sounds of it,” she answered. “It is one of the key components of being an Aura User. Even novices can see Aura though further training allows one to detail it.” She tried not to sound too irritable, but perhaps there was now a promptness in her voice that wasn’t quite there before. “If you’ve forgotten, I used to train Aura users.” Among other things, of course.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Oct 28, 2017 1:09:21 GMT -8
Oriana's grin made Jazz think that maybe he really did have aura. That or he'd said something right. Man, it had been a while since he'd seen Oriana smile like that. Though as quickly as the smile came, it went just as quickly and well...Jazz didn't quite understand why. Had he done something wrong? It just seemed like whatever this was, if it really was aura, came out of the blue. Why had it just shown up now, after the transformation? It just didn't make sense. Hearing that Oriana thought he was developing aura sight had Jazz grinning this time. The short explanation had him nodding briefly, he'd heard this before certainly but had never really paid close attention. He hadn't been able to use aura so there were moments Jazz had tuned it out. Maybe he should have paid more attention after all. "I remember. Just... Mom and Grandma don't have aura, why am I seeing it now?"Jazz replied, hoping that would clear up why he seemed so confused. Still, it was nice to know that he wasn't going crazy. Another wisp appeared around Oriana again, and this time Jazz's eyes followed it. Maybe if he concentrated again, it would grow? Ehh, he'd wait to see what Oriana said, but this was awesome. Jazz hadn't dreamed that he would be able to see aura. It was just one more reason why Jazz was glad that he'd gone through with the change...even if it had been a shock for Mom and everyone else. Words: 256 | Notes: --- | Tags: Jay
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Post by Jay on Oct 28, 2017 6:07:44 GMT -8
Oriana’s brow furrowed tightly as Jazz spoke. “Aura power doesn’t seem to be a dominant trait even when it runs in families,” she answered. “Neither of my parents had it nor Marco nor Carm and from what I can tell, there have only been two in the family who have also ever been able to use it at least following the Verdi side. It sems to require special conditions.” Among other things she’d spent a good deal of her life working on, but that was beside the point now.
Now, at least, she had someone in the family, living in the family, who was capable of it— or at least had the potential for it. “Jazz, I’ll be blunt. Aura training is difficult and requires as much time and work as it does natural talent. The training can be rigorous, and I won’t be able to stay in Era to complete your training. If you want to start this training, you’re going to have to prove to me you can handle it.” Oriana took in a slow breath. “Jazz, how about a battle? Only one on one, but I will have Arella. I want to see what you have become” Arella being her Lucario and the force of power beyond others in her party.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Oct 28, 2017 12:17:42 GMT -8
As Oriana explained, Jazz smirked a bit. Well, that explained why he was just now getting this ability. If it wasn't a family trait, Orion shouldn't have to feel so butt hurt about it either. Still, this was something he had that Orion didn't and that felt pretty great really. The mention of 'special conditions' was interesting, maybe gaining aura was conditional on being a guy? No... that didn't make sense... it could be different for every person perhaps. Jazz still had some questions, but before he could ask, Oriana changed the subject. So, aura training was difficult too huh. Tch, like that would put him off. Did Oriana know the extent of 'training' he'd gone through while in the gang? Or even what he'd gone through since? Just because something was hard didn't mean he was suddenly going to turn tail and run. Setting his hands behind his head, Jazz waited for Oriana to explain exactly what this training would entail. Instead of an answer to his unspoken question however, Oriana challenged him to a battle. Well then, this was interesting. There was only one Pokemon that came to mind when it came to battling, and that was Kovu. Smirking at the challenge, Jazz pulled out the pokeball, playing with it a bit before looking at Oriana. "For the record, I don't back down from a challenge. Whether it be training or battling, I won't give up so easily,"Jazz explained briefly before releasing the Luxray. Kovu yawned when he was released and looked around to see !! Oriana was here! Bounding over to where Oriana stood, the Luxray had every intent of glomping her. He hadn't seen her in a while after all, and well... for the moment Kovu had forgotten he wasn't a Shinx anymore. Jazz face-palmed at Kovu's actions and shook his head. That wasn't the reaction he had hoped for but when Kovu got like this, there wasn't much he could do to stop the big lion. So much for a good first impression. Words: 340 | Notes: --- | Tags: Jay
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Post by Jay on Oct 28, 2017 12:36:50 GMT -8
A small smirk pulled at the corners of Oriana’s mouth as Jazz spoke. Good… good. Fishing out an Ultra Ball, Oriana twisted it around in her fingers. She’d been about to ask what Pokemon Jazz would use or maybe perhaps to even encourage her to choose wisely. Before tehse things could be said, however, a Luxray burst from his ball. Kovu. Without even seeing him directly she could feel the Luxray’s aura. He had grown incredibly and— WHAT.
Tossing out the Pokeball in her hand as the Luxray came bounding over, Oriana spoke quickly. “Arella!” the Lucario burst forth coming between Oriana and Kovu, holing up two paws as the Luxray leapt and fluidly throwing him in an arch over Oriana’s head. Growling as she made her way around to the Luxray, Arella tapped her foot. Oriana smirked a bit and ran a couple fingers through her hair. “Calm down, Kovu-kitten.”
If he’d let her, she’d draw closer thereafter and actually pet him very briefly. If not, well the battle was on then. “Let’s do this shall we? You can have the first move.”
Arella, Inner Focus Extreme Speed, Close Combat, Aura Sphere, Bone Rush, Detect, Mind Reader, Laser Focus, Flash Cannon, Dragon Pulse, Dark Pulse
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Nov 2, 2017 16:16:31 GMT -8
Kovu's surprise at being thrown was comical and Jazz couldn't help but snicker. Thankfully the Luxray could easily land on his feet, but being thrown seemed to have calmed him a little. Good, maybe he'd think next time instead of acting like a little kitten. The Luxray looked sheepish when Arella growled at him but once Oriana spoke to him, he perked up. Purring when he was pet, Kovu rubbed up against Oriana, even licking her hand. Yes, pets were nice, very nice. " 'ey, Kovu, wanna battle?"Jazz called out, chuckling a little when the Luxray bounded back over to him. That was as good of an answer as any. As the Luxray crouched in a more defensive stance, Jazz smirked at Oriana's prompting and nodded, "Right. Ya ready, Kovu?" he asked, smirking a bit when the Luxray growled. Oh yeah, there was no way he was going to lose. At least, not with what he had in mind. "Electric Terrain, then get it started with Shock Wave," Jazz called out, smirking a bit. Was he a bit cocky starting out? Maybe. He preferred confident, especially with Kovu as his Pokemon in this fight. Kovu wasted no time with using the move, sending bolts of lightning everywhere and charging the very ground with electricity. It gave him an advantage and made sure that the next move he used would hit Arella a lot harder than before. A bolt of lightning surged towards the Lucario as Kovu used Shock Wave. It was a good strategy for now, especially since Jazz knew that quite a few of Lucario's moves tended to be physical. If they could attack at a distance, they might gain the upper hand. Words: 288 | Notes: --- | Tags: Jay
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Post by Jay on Nov 2, 2017 16:37:09 GMT -8
A small smirk pulled across Oriana’s features as Jazz and Kovu got ready. Right, good. She liked the look in their eyes. “Arella, get ready,” was all she’d have to say. The Lucario gave a nod and stomped the ground once. The call for the electric terrain had Oriana smirking a bit. “Extreme Speed,” she answered swiftly, and with a burst of gusto, the Lucario zigzagged around avoiding the lightning in a flash and closing the distance with the Luxray. The thought to keep Arella at bay would be hard to keep.
Unprompted, the blue dog then summoned up a sphere of equally blue light and sent it flying forwards at the Luxray at much closer range. It would take more than a well-conceived and decently executed plan to defeat one such as herself!
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Nov 2, 2017 20:28:16 GMT -8
Jazz's eyes grew wide as the Lucario seemed to vanish after the order. Well then... this was going to be harder than she thought. Still, if they could avoid getting too close that would be good. Or wait... this might work to their benefit. Instead of playing keep away, it might be better to let Aella get close. Yeah, this might work. "Discharge!" Jazz called out, smirking a bit as the Lucario powered up an Aura Sphere. Lucario's signature move, huh. Well, they had a few things up their sleeves too. At the order, Kovu shot lighning in all directions with the Discharge while the Aura Sphere hit. That had hurt some, but it also allowed the Luxray to get close enough to the Lucario. "Quick! Fire Fang!"Jazz called out while Kovu was still using Discharge. With any luck, the Discharge would act as a cover of sorts that allowed him to get close enough to Arella. Charging towards the Lucario, Kovu's fangs glowed a fiery red. With the close range Aura Sphere and Discharge's effects, perhaps the Lucario wouldn't have enough time to dodge...or at least that was what Jazz was hoping for. Words: 198 | Notes: --- | Tags: Jay
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Post by Jay on Nov 3, 2017 6:12:45 GMT -8
Arella could not dodge the sudden burst of electricity that came with the Discharge, but her Aura Sphere made contact, and that was enough for a brief moment. The order for the Fire Fang, however, had her quickly on the defensive again. Red eyes shimmered blue as she used a Detect, side stepping the charging Lucario with speed and grace afforded to her species. Twirling around, she kicked his back end lightly in a quiet rebuttal of her own accord.
Oriana smirked softly pushing up her glasses some. “Mind Reader,” she spoke aloud. “Then Bone Rush.” The Lucario’s eyes shown bright blue once again as she saw into the Luxray’s mind, guaranteeing she’d be able to react in any manner he did. A foot stomped the ground, and seemingly out of nowhere a large bone burst forth. Snatching it up, Arella jumped forward again swinging whichever way Kovu tried to move and aiming to hit hard and ask questions later.
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Post by Jazz Johnson on Nov 6, 2017 22:49:58 GMT -8
Jazz narrowed his eyes when it seemed that Arella had dodged the Fire Fang last minute. Well, it seemed that there was more to the Lucario than meets the eye. Perhaps something like Detect made Fire Fang miss. No matter, they could still pull this off with their other moves. And then the call for Bone Rush was heard and Jazz was cursing again. Fuck. But then...no, they could still win this. "Magnet Rise! Quick!"Jazz called out, hoping that Kovu would be able to react in time before the Bone Rush hit. Even with Mind Reader in effect, Bone Rush was a ground move, and wouldn't hurt Kovu with Magnet Rise... at least in theory. Arceus, this better work. The Luxray was a little annoyed that Arella had managed to avoid his Fire Fang so easily and was about to try for another one when Jazz spoke up. His opponent was coming in fast but he did manage to use Magnet Rise before the Bone Rush hit him. Jazz smirked, this was good, they could still win this. "Take the hit, use Fire Fang again,"Jazz called out. Even if the attack couldn't be avoided, the ground move wouldn't do any damage. Kovu's fangs once again lit with fire but this time, he waited until right before the Bone Rush came at him and bit down on Arella. With how close they were, Kovu used another Discharge of their own accord. Hopefully it would either get the Lucario to back off or damage them enough it would be easier to fight. Words: 265 | Notes: --- | Tags: Jay
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