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Magic Lessons et al!

Who: Axel and Anybody, really
Broadcast: None planned
Action: On the Tourist
When: The week of April 5-11

[Axel is actually pretty stoked about giving magic lessons. Even if he's not certain Hiro and Steven will be able to produce magic, it'll be kind of nice to do this again. Showing Roxas the ropes and helping him grow and learn had been a really important part of his life, and he hadn't even fully realized it until Roxas was gone. Roxas had given him a purpose beyond just being the Organization's go-to guy when they needed a job done quick and clean, and that's something he misses. He misses purpose. Well, if a Nobody can miss such things. If a Nobody can miss anything.

[~~No, he's certain he misses it. He's certain he misses Roxas, too.~~

[He gave Steven and Hiro open invitations to drop in whenever they had time, so whenever they show up, the lesson can begin! He also gave Kaneis an invitation to pop in to try an orange, since he needs to be educated on such things. Basically, the Tourist is too quiet a lot of the time, so Axel doesn't mind visitors. Wanna hang out? Come on by!]

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[eyebrows up, wave.]

Yeah, I'm... Hiro. Right.

[ok but you have a big gemstone in your stomach why.]

Yeah . . . I dunno, it was just how I was born.

[He pats his stomach fondly once or twice-- pat, pat-- before glancing between them.]

Hey, Hiro, can you do magic?

Uhh, I'm... learning some from Riku, slowly. I'm getting discipline training first, though.

[he looks over at the wall.]

I've been learning how to do ninja stuff, though.

Oh, Riku's been teaching you? [He's actually probably a really good teacher, if Axel has to make a guess. Ugh, but discipline is so boring.] Well, we'll see if we can't supplement that a little.

[He looks intrigued then.]

Define 'ninja stuff'.

Can you hide? Or's it more like fighting?

[He looks quite impressed; already Hiro is in high esteem.]

Uh, it's more like...

[he takes a second to breathe, and... runs at the wall. and then he's running up the wall. and then he slowly... very slowly steps onto the ceiling. aaand now he's upside-down.]

This kind of thing, so far.

[Axel watches him run at the wall, then run up the wall, and he's expecting him to just flip over backwards or something. When he slows down and just steps onto the ceiling though, Axel reflexively holds his arms out as if to catch him because oh my Light you're going to fall on your head. But he... doesn't. He's just. Standing on the ceiling. Axel tilts his head and squints up at him, letting his arms fall back to his sides, and then he scratches his head.]

That's... How are you even doing that?

[Magnets? Duct tape? Obscene amounts of chewing gum?]

That's so cool!

[Steven shouts that out, far too excited not to, and stares up at Hiro. Magic, clearly, is how he's doing this; it's the only explanation.]

Ino's been teaching me. You use your own energy as an extension of yourself to do it.

[and since he hasn't even really attempted the whole "moving blood away from his head" thing yet, he's gonna just. flip down and stick the landing as best as he can. he's still a little shaky.]

Pretty sick, right?

[Axel steps back when he flips down for a landing, then looks impressed.]

That's quite a trick. I might wind up taking lessons from you sometime.

[He rolls his shoulders back and cracks his knuckles then.]

So I guess it's my turn to show off now, huh? [He's already shown Steven the basics of Fire, but here in the empty cargo bay he can get a little more creative. He moves about ten feet away from the boys to stand in the middle of the room, then holds his hands out and spreads his fingers. Two balls of flame come to his hands, growing from about the size of a walnut to the size of a soccer ball, and then he drops to one knee in a circular motion, dragging his hands across the floor. Axel is now standing in a ring of fire, and looking pleased with himself.]

[Steven beams, utterly delighted by Axel's power. It looks a little dangerous, yeah, but anything is dangerous if you're not careful.]

That's awesome, Axel! And really useful! How much can you do before you get tired?

["utterly delighted" sounds about right for hiro as well. the danger of it doesn't even register past the holy shit this is awesome.

[he stays silent so that axel can respond to steven, but that also may be contributed to the fact that hiro can't find words for how amazing this is.]

[He waves his hands and the flames dissipate, barely leaving scorchmarks on the floor, and he grins at their impressed faces.]

It is pretty useful, that's for sure. Never have to worry about rubbing sticks together when I wanna make a campfire! [He taps his chin then.] Mm, it depends on what I'm doing, and how much I'm doing at once. I've been practicing with magic for more than ten years, though, so I can do a lot before I get worn out. Stamina's something you pick up with time and practice; it can be pretty draining at first.

Whaddaya say, you guys wanna give it a go?

Er-- yeah, but I mean, how? Do we just . . . think about it? Or is there a move? The Gems told me it's mostly mental . . .

I was thinking it's kind of like the ninja thing, using your energy to manifest the magic.

I think it's a little different for everybody, to be honest, but the way I started out is I was told to imagine what it felt like. Whatever magic I was trying to do, imagine what it felt like. So... for example...

[He sweeps one hand through the air and conjures up a little flame, about the size of a golf ball.]

For something like this, try and think about what a... candle feels like. Just that one little flame, in a dark room, think about what that means. However that feels to you, concentrate on that. And don't worry--a flame you make yourself won't hurt you just holding it like this. [Sure, if you set your shirt on fire it'll hurt, but until you've cast it away the fire won't burn you.]

[He holds his hands out, cupping them and staring down at them. Think of a flame . . . it's not hot. More warm. Warm and loving, connecting, caring, safety, friends, family-- that's what a single flame in the dark is, something good, something hopeful. Something--

(He can't do it-- partially because, once he opens his eyes, he can't help but glance over at Hiro to see if he's done it yet).]

[how fire feels...

[well, this lesson's not going to go well.

[for hiro, it doesn't feel like anything good. even a candle's flame turns into something all-encompassing and indiscriminately dangerous when he really gets down to "feeling" it.

[he tries, for a moment, to summon something in front of him, to pool that energy, but he gets nothing with the static his memories with the element cause. eventually, he drops his hands.]

[Axel's not expecting miracles--nobody gets it on the first try--but Hiro... something's not right. Hiro doesn't look excited about this anymore. In fact he looks like somebody popped his balloon and stole his ice cream all in one go.]

Don't worry about it too much, guys; it took me a few days to figure it out, and I'm an old pro now. It just takes practice. [He places a hand over his chest. Not his heart (would that he had one), but dead center.] You'll start to feel it, when you're going in the right direction. It feels kinda like... pressure, but from the inside. It doesn't hurt, but you can definitely feel something there, like energy that's all welled up. You've just gotta figure out how to let it out.

[He furrows his brow a little at Hiro then.]

You all right there, kiddo? This ain't supposed to be homework or anything, you're allowed to have fun...

Hiro?

[He reaches over, touching his arm gently.]

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