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[Richard is up early this morning, out and about before most of the rest of the household is even awake. He's not about to let his odd sensitivity to any sort of wind stop him from getting things done-- instead, he simply bundles himself up until he looks more like a walking pile of coats and scarves than anything else before making his way in to the center of town for a shopping trip. Of course, the downside of said bundle of outer layers is that it's a bit hard for him to see, meaning that he might occasionally stumble into people or objects before he even realizes it...

His first stop is the grocery store, where he can be found consulting a list and selecting ingredients. Okay, maybe making a black forest cake is a bit ambitious on his end, but he wants to give it a shot anyway. It SOUNDS delicious, if nothing else.

Then he heads to the item store to grab a few more things, even though he'd already picked out his main present some time ago. Perhaps a new toy for Tiger Festival as well...

Of course, then he realizes that his recipe calls for cherry liqueur, which requires a stop by Good Spirits to pick some of that up.

Finally, he heads back home to House 28, where housemates will find him in the kitchen baking something that smells very delicious and very chocolatey. The end result may be a little lopsided and the frosting job definitely leaves something to be desired (maybe he should've whipped that whipped cream a bit more, it seems a little runny), but at least it smells good?]

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... Yeah, fine.

[He can't really argue. His ability to use symbology is still really weak.]

[With a nod, Richard heads over to the console. Technology is most definitely not his thing, so it takes a bit of poking around (and a few false starts) before he manages to pull up a simple simulation of an empty field with a single Peepit hopping around in it. There. A two-foot-tall bird isn't a very intimidating foe, right? Right.]

Now, try attacking that monster with your magic. I want to see what you're capable of so far.

... That's supposed to be a monster?

[Isamu frowns at it.]

Can it at least look slightly menacing?

You would rather risk angering something that can bite back?

[Because let's face it, he is NOT expecting Isamu to be able to take an opponent out in one hit just yet.]

[He rolls his eyes.]

I didn't say it had to be able to. Just look like it could.

[All right, give Richard a few seconds to alter the simulation here.

Is this better, Isamu?]

Edited (HTML, my mortal enemy) 2014-03-12 04:26 (UTC)

[Isamu stares at the creature, then back at Richard.]

You're kidding, right?

You might want to try attacking it before you get too disappointed.

[It only LOOKS cute.]

I told you it doesn't have to be dangerous, it just has to look...

[Siiiigh.]

Alright, fine. Whatever. Let's do this.

[Still smiling away, Richard just moves back and gestures to Isamu to try using his symbology on it. He'll step in with his own magic if the Peepit starts getting too aggressive (and if Isamu's magic isn't enough to stop it), but for right now, he just wants to assess his friend's ability first.]

[Alright, no problem. It's just a target for him to start flinging spells at.

Or at least, things that want to be spells.

He hops slightly a couple times, taking a deep breath, building up where he's found the center of his energy to be. Then, extending one hand, he shoots out a bit of flame perhaps almost the size of a tennis ball.]

[... yeah, that's about what Richard was expecting. It's not a bad start at all, but it's also not something that will be much good in battle just yet.

Still, it's enough to agitate the Peepit when it connects, and the birdlike creature lets out a few angry cheeps before turning its attention to Isamu and ru-- err, waddling towards him.

Richard stays back for the moment and just watches to see how Isamu is going to handle this...]

Oi. Stand still. You're supposed to be a target.

[He can't shoot these things off too quickly just yet. He has to build up the energy for another.

So he does the best he can to stall the creature while he prepares, sticking out a foot to set it on it's forehead and hold it back.]

Edited 2014-03-17 06:38 (UTC)

[That does work for a few moments as the Peepit flails uselessly against his foot, trying to push itself forward without much success. But what it also does is make it angrier, and at last it gives a particularly enraged cheep and leaps up, lashing out at Isamu with its claws.

It's too fast for Richard to react with a spell of his own, especially not when the two of them are so close together, so all he can do is let out a cry of alarm.]

Isamu!

[Isamu is nimble. It's really the best he has going for him, and the best he got out of training with Raph all that time ago. He's no ninja, but he can dodge out of the way of those claws enough to slug the Peepit in the face with his fist.

Sometimes that's just the best thing anyone can fall back on.]

[... Isamu just punched the Peepit in the face. Richard's worries appear to be unfounded (at least for the moment), and between the fact that Isamu just punched it in the face and the way it flaps backwards, windmilling its tiny wings and cheeping with the fury of a thousand suns, Richard very nearly bursts out laughing right then and there at the sheer ridiculousness of the situation.

The danger isn't gone, though, not with the Peepit still ready and able to attack. Once it rights itself, it charges straight at Isamu in an attempt to peck him. Clearly Richard meant what he said about this thing being vicious...]

You're doing this just to make me look ridiculous, aren't you?

[The question is muttered as Isamu builds up another attack as speedily as possible. The flames are larger now - though not by much. He slings them in the direction of the creature, aiming straight for its open mouth.]

I wanted to pick something that even you could defeat.

[And maybe to make him look ridiculous, but that's just a bonus.

Fortunately, he made sure it was a particularly weak opponent, enough so that the slightly larger fireball right in a vulnerable spot like its mouth is enough to make the monster dissolve into sparkling light before it reaches Isamu... and Richard breathes a quiet sigh of relief, because he HAD been concerned about Isamu winding up injured from this.]

That even I could defeat, huh? I feel like I should be insulted, but I do kinda suck.

[He krinkles his nose up as looks at the spot where the bird creature had been before.]

You grasp the basic concepts well enough, but it seems like you're having trouble channeling that energy. That's why you can't make the fireball any bigger than it is.

[It's a familiar problem, one that many people have when they're first starting out with magic.]

[Isamu sighs and looks down at this hands, flexing his fingers.]

Tell me about it.

At least I've figured out how to start tapping into it, but this is all trial and error.

[Richard reaches out his hands to rest them over Isamu's and give a light squeeze.]

That's because you're still thinking of it as something unfamiliar rather than as a part of you. You won't be able to access your full potential until you accept that power as being your own.

[Isamu frowns, brows knitting together.]

You think it's something that simple?

How does that even work? What part of me is it?

A part of you that you need to have more faith in.

[And after a moment, Isamu might notice his hands tingling where they're touching Richard's.]

Oi.

[Isamu pulls his hands away automatically.]

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