Eyuzi System Mingle

[lord_wizard]

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: If you like!
Action: The planet Lyuku, the Iskaulit, and anywhere else you want
When: Sept 1 to Sept 28

[After a rather short time adrift, the fleet is finally in range of another planet. Small, peaceful, and colorful, there is plenty to do and explore.

Maybe it's enough to forget that vague feeling of unease.

Or not.]

((SYSTEM INFO))

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[this_loser]

[He doesn't drop in on the gym too often. Generally too lazy once he's wasted all his energy on running. But every once in a while he'll find himself with some extra pep and time to kill, and maybe it wouldn't kill him to try and maintain some kind of shape.

He steps through the door, and then backwards again, when that something strikes the wall.]

Whoa, dude. Should I come back another time?

[bi_otic]

[Kaidan takes a few steps back, a little surprised but more abashed that he might have worried someone. He raises his hands in an unconscious indication that there wasn't any show of aggression on his part.]

Oh. No...no, it's okay. I was just, uh...practicing.

[this_loser]

[Prompto looks between the crumpled equipment on the other side of the room and Kaidan while moving the rest of the way into the room.]

Some practice. How'd you do that, anyway?

[He's pretty sure he saw some glowy stuff.]

[bi_otic]

[He sure did, though it's gone for now.]

It's, uh...biotics. [Smiling in a vaguely sheepish way, he moved across to the punching bag to right it. He'd removed it from it's stand, of course, and it's little worse for wear for the punishment, thankfully.]

It's not dangerous unless I want it to be. Feel free to work out wherever you like. Promise I won't get in your way.

[this_loser]

Uh, cool. I dunno what that means. [But. It sounds cool. And what he saw of it looked impressive, in a don't want to get in the way of that kind of way.

He finds some weights that don't feel too heavy - or too light - and tries not to feel too self-conscious about using them in front of another human being.]

Is that a thing thing all people where you're from can do? Or is it a military thing?

[Magic? It looked like magic.]

[bi_otic]

It's...neither, really. There are a lot of biotics in the military, true, but that's mostly because it attracts them in one way or another. You might even say the government is the reason we exist in the first place but...that's a long story.

[He lets out a breath, leaning against the punching bag as it sagged against the wall]

Biotic potential is something some people are born with as a result of exposure to element zero. At least so far...in humans...it's mostly by accident.

[this_loser]

Hm. Okay.

[He gets it. Kinda. Sounds like something that would require a more complex explanation to fully understand. He's less interested in the how and more in the what it can do. So...]

What can you do with it?

[bi_otic]

Um...[Clearly the technical explanation won't get him very far here, and he's not very good at it in the first place, so...]...well, a lot of things. A lot of biotics learn different skills but mostly...this...

[He steps back from the punching back and makes a hard gesture. There is the slightest warbling sound that echos in the gym as a shimmering webwork of blue light wraps around the bag as it lifts off, gently, off the ground]

[this_loser]

[Prompto's actually very interested in the technical side of things. But the demonstration is more what he was after, yeah. He sets his weights aside and approaches, just close enough to get a better look.]

Wow. Is it organic, or some kind of magic?

[bi_otic]

[He has to keep his arm out like that to keep the field steady, but he gives Prompto a half smile over his shoulder]

I guess you'd call it organic, but I can see you'd ask. The science is very complicated, but it's mostly manipulating force and mass. The even shorter version is that I'm less...lifting...than I am making it weigh a whole lot less. If you follow me..

[Basic Newtonian physics are kind of a requirement for kids when space travel becomes a thing for your society, but he understands that this concept might not be as ingrained for other people]

[this_loser]

[He nods.]

Yeah! I get it. Wow.

[Okay. He didn't totally get it. He was more a wires gears and and metal guy. And would have failed physics if Noctis hadn't helped him study, let's be real. But it was still pretty damn cool.]

Does it tire you out or anything? 'Cause my buddy can, like, warp jump, but if he does it too much it'll knock him out.

[bi_otic]

Yeah...yeah, it does. It mostly runs on our nervous system...bio-electricity...and it wears you out after awhile. I've seen people black out or get nosebleeds. Mostly we have to be sure to keep up our energy.

[Kaidan sidesteps slowly, pivoting, and the floating punching bag moves with him, as if on an invisible string. His focus is narrowing on what he's doing, but he still manages to look back at Prompto again, with a soft huff of a chuckle.]

Which, uh, basically means I'm going to need a big dinner after this.

[this_loser]

So you gotta be careful with it, huh.

[Understandable. The first time he witnessed Noctis go into stasis in the middle of battle, he panicked. It wasn't a good day for anyone. He'd like to think they're all better at handling those kinds of situations now.]

Oh, hey! Let me take a few pictures maybe? And dinner's on me.

ancient tag, feel free to ignore

[bi_otic]

Oh...uh...yeah, I guess? If you want.

[It's not it's the first time he's been on camera but it still makes him feel a little weird.]