Nineteenth PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

[filtered to Vince]
Mist -- . . . Vince?  If you're free sometime soon . . . Sometime really soon, preferably.  And, um.  If you don't mind having to pull off a small miracle.  And . . . If you promise not to yell at me or anything when you see me.

I really need a haircut.

[filtered to Luke, Wy, Shiraasan, Lyn, Ness, and Duster]
Are you all OK?  Did you make it through the night?

[open call]
Did anyone find out anything interesting at the party?  I think I might've gotten something . . . I don't know if it's important.  It seems as if Billy is nice as long as you play along -- He likes fire a lot, and he likes it when you don't mind about him setting them.  If you say anything about it, though, he gets upset really quickly.

It might be nothing.  I don't know.  If anyone runs into him, though . . . try and humor him.  . . . Maybe things would have gone differently if I agreed.

[For anyone who runs into him, Lucas now dons a stylish hat pulled down low over his face, and a strip of cloth cut as a mask wrapped around the top of his head with a single eyehole for his right eye.  If anyone asks, he is playing cops and robbers.  He bumps into things a lot.]

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[avengesthesky.livejournal.com]

( there's a quiet moment on hope's end before he speaks: ) Yeah, I'm okay with scars. I'm more worried about ending up with an infection, or worse.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . I'll clean it before I close up the wound, then.

[In his haste to try and be of help, Lucas has forgotten that he himself is a bit of a sight. He suddenly realizes this.]

Oh. A-And, um. I'm going to come wearing a mask. I know it's weird, but I . . . lost a bet to someone so now I have to do it for a week. Just letting you know.

[avengesthesky.livejournal.com]

Thanks, a lot.

A—ah, okay, that's... fine? Thanks for the, uh, warning. ( pause. ) O—oh, and I'm at 453 Stone Street.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I'll be right over.

[Soon enough, there is a knock on the door. When Hope lets Lucas in, he will be treated to a boy wearing a cowboy hat and a mask that only covers the left side of his face but somehow stays on.]

[avengesthesky.livejournal.com]

( hope ignores the get-up in favor of his wounds being healed, clutching his bandaged wrist with a sigh. if only his magic had came back with his brand, then maybe this wouldn't have...

once the other is done, he rolls his shoulders before fixing his shirt and standing. )

Thanks again, are you— ( a beat, and he shakes his head. ) Never mind, just thank you.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[The burns hadn't been too severe, thankfully, and Lucas has done the best he could. He is running a bit low on PSI by now, though.]

You're welcome. Still try not to aggravate it too much. Sleep on your stomach if you can.

Um. . . . Am I what?

[avengesthesky.livejournal.com]

Right, I'll remember that.

. . . I was going to ask if you were going to be okay, ( he looks to his wrist. ) I know that healing can take a lot of a person.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks. Please don't worry about it. I just get really tired when I run out of PSI, but it replenishes itself when I go to bed. Your wound wasn't too bad . . .

How does healing work for you, Hope?

[avengesthesky.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah. I didn't think so... ( he pauses, looking thoughtful. )

I'm not quite sure how it works exactly, each spell sort of came to me naturally as time when on when I got my magic. But, I usually have four different healing spells though, two for use on a single person and the other two are for multiple people at once.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

That's the same way with me, too. Actually . . . I think the Magypsies tried to explain it once, but it went over my head a lot. The more experienced I got at fighting, the broader my powers became, and the more powerful PSI I could use.

Something like that. And every time I learn a new PSI, I get sick.

Do your spells have names?

[avengesthesky.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there's some meaning behind how our magic works, but it's basically the same; the more we fought, the stronger we became.

Well, in some areas anyway. We each had our primary roles we were better at.

Ah, yeah. Cure, Cura, Curasa and Curaja.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[He nods with a smile at that.]

I thought so. There are a lot of people -- Well, not a lot, but a few -- who use that sort of magic. Have you met Miss Garnet?

[avengesthesky.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I have actually. I didn't know we shared similar magic though. ( a beat. ) Well, I guess it makes sense. Considering both our worlds have the Eidolon, and ones that are rather similar to one another too.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Eidolon . . . ? I'm not too sure what you mean by that.

[avengesthesky.livejournal.com]

Right, um, let's see... back where I'm from they're entities we can summon into battle. They're sort of tied to us in a way, in that they first appear when we're at our lowest point. They show up and help push us on the right path and give us the strength to carry on.

( plus the whole, fighting them and winning or die aspect. but hope figures it's would be best not to go into all that. )

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

So it's like having a guardian angel? That must be pretty useful. Is yours here with you?

[Lucas had one of those. All she really did was show up in people's dreams to give warnings about making haystacks, though.]

[avengesthesky.livejournal.com]

I guess that's one way of putting it. And no, Alexander hasn't shown up yet. But Garnet got one of her Eidolon back, so maybe he'll show up soon too.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Mm . . . Was this when she was talking about something called . . . Bapawhat over the phone? I didn't ask her about it, but that would make sense.

I'm sure you'll get him back soon. If he's a guardian, he'll be glad to be with you, too, right?

[avengesthesky.livejournal.com]

Heh, Bahamut.

And I hope so anyway, and yeah it would be nice to have him. Just for the comfort of having him there.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

It's a lot better knowing you've got a good friend nearby when you're facing something bad. . . . I probably should've remember that.