daybreakacademy | thnks fr th mmrs [closed.]

Who: Maverick Taylor, Imelda Rivera, Héctor Rivera, Rex Arany, Rover, Adelaide Cooke, Therion, Goro Akechi, Jolyne Cujoh, Jonathan Joestar, Tamaki Suou INHALE I THINK THAT'S EVERYONE
When: Backdated to November 28th!
Where: The Inn of Atropos.
What: Worst Fake Thanksgiving Ever.
Warnings: Excessive cursing, torture mention, will add more if needed.

(except, you know, less Santa hats, more turkey.)

Y'all know why you're here. Time to have the worst fake Thanksgiving possible, my dudes. Maverick wanted to have a good time and here we are to destroy it.
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(Also Ramona is of course there but I'm not super confident in my Ramona, so I can bring her out or you can spare me.)

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[Good to see he isn't as much of an idiot as he lets on.

...Mav will just keep that thought to himself, for now. It would be helpful.]

It's... [His eyes cross the room, landing on Héctor and Imelda some ways away. Mm... Even if it would help him to be clear, it isn't exactly his secret to be going around telling.] It's sorta personal. But I mainly want it for the healing bit of it you mentioned, alright? I can fucking heal loads of shit, but not...blight.

[A slow nod. Jonathan certainly doesn't catch who Mav is looking at, but they're at least talking about this under a lot less stress. That makes it easier to keep it civil.] Hamon does at the very least hasten personal healing- it has even renewed dead plant life.

But it eradicates blight until nothing is left. It is the most brutal form of purification, [he adds-] ...to use hamon only to heal... ...It is a noble desire, [Jonathan states first.] ...and I am ashamed to admit that my greatest fear is that I will not be able to teach it properly for that use. When I was taught, it was to kill- to kill the undead, and rid them from my home. And naught but a few weeks afterward, my master was killed as we did just that. What I know is minimal.

...but...what I know seems to be all there is left, if what I have heard is any sign. [Jonathan is quiet, just for a moment- and if he isn't interrupted he does indeed go on.] ...I want to share it though. I truly do- but whatever occurs, it must be done with utmost care. Even if it is meant to harm only the blighted, we have no true guarantee of whether or not it can go too far.

If I am to teach you, I need your word that it be with this in mind. If any harm were to come to another, if anything were to happen to someone undeserving, because of something I passed on... ...I cannot bear the thought.

[Not interrupting...is hard. He wants to pipe in with assurances or requests for clarification all the while, but that sort of thing was what got him in trouble last time. Best to just wait it out, and much as it makes him twitch and fidget. The information he gets doesn't do much to alleviate the feeling.

...Heh. Can't even fucking claim to want to weaponize it against all bloodsuckers anymore. Damn you, Adelaide. Probably doing him a favor.]

My healing don't fucking work on myself. Be good to have a backup, even if I can't fix...my friend. And I mean, fuck, I don't even know if learning it would fucking do shit for me -- it's light and shit, right? Don't have a great track record using it to harm nothing as it is, dunno why I'd be gunning to start now.

[Like, to defend himself, absolutely. If he could actually summon his Radiance in those circumstances, that'd be GREAT.]

Your own healing? [He cocks his head for a moment- and with a curious frown presses onward.] Yes- rather, it's radiance. I successfully did some research on that matter about the connection to 'candle flame', [Jonathan explains somewhat proudly.] And I can successfully say that Hamon itself is controlled and weaponized radiance. Which certainly explains the potency on both ends, but only makes it that much more unsettling with how the school has apparently made use of it. I cannot say I have much experience witnessing it of course, but...it feels very much like comparing a rapier to a large incendiary.

It's far easier to harm oneself with the latter. [Even if the harm in this case is probably coming from a lack of focused training in combat. Well, this is getting grim rather fast, so he'd best refocus the conversation.]

As it stands, the first step in practicing any hamon is 'control'. Without proper control, one cannot bring hamon forward, let alone begin to gather it. I can explain more at a proper lesson, but fortunately for both of us the beginning steps are primarily exercises in breathing. I would certainly hope neither of us can cause harm to the other doing that.

It's...Contract shit.

[No sense in dodging the admission, when it would come out sooner or later that his Flame ability was something else. Good to feel out this guy's sense of morals early on, too. They rest of this more or less confirms what Maverick had figured out for himself, even if it doesn't help to loosen any knots in his stomach from before.]

That's the other thing. I dunno if this will fucking work in the first goddamn place -- I'm a Candle, but I don't do all that glowy shit. Last time I tried, it fucking shut the rest of my power off.

Contract?

[To the surprise of possibly everyone, Jonathan is..!

Still very out of the loop on the stigma of contracts. He's got very little clue what it entails here.

It's best to focus then. Focus on the rest of what Maverick has said.] Is that so... [Well...]

...You know, I think if anything, this may actually help then! As I said- the basis of Hamon is first control. And control is never a matter that simply comes natural; it is something that must be practiced with time, and mastered step by step.

If we practice the techniques used to control Hamon, then what are the chances that it could help control of other aspects of candle flame? Both utilize the very energy that 'Candles' seem to carry within themselves. Both make use of 'Radiance'. At the very least, I'm certain that it will help with something.

Fey deals, duh.

[ugh! he's too much!! too pure and filled with light!!! Maverick can't help but to grimace and lean back onto his heels in an effort to save his soul from being sucked into this reverse void.]

Whatever. Not too fucking pressed about it. [this is a lie, of course.] If it works, it works. Doesn't, it fucking doesn't.

[NOPE! Still clueless!]

Wonderful. We of course cannot begin practicing here, but I shall very much look forward to comparing schedules afterward, to find a good time to do so.

[He's so...uncomfortable... He's trying real hard to come across as casual, though.]

There, see how fucking easy that was? No need to get your panties up in a twist last time, trusting me to know what the fuck I'm talking about is way better.

[Annnnd there goes his good mood. He frowns.] ...With all due respect, that was not the impression you gave in our last conversation. Had we spoken this clearly before, I assure you that my answer would have been more positive then.

[That's the Maverick experience! He shrugs, not apparently bothered.]

All due respect, sounds like a you problem. Anyway, I was still evaluating your potential vampirism, so some hostility was to be expected, really.

[wow]

...I...am glad that isn't in question anymore then?

[He's admittedly confused as to how anyone could have thought him one to begin with.]

[bruh............you're a fucking bat]

Oh, hey! Same!

[He'd slap a person on the back here, but he thinks that mind send Jonathan a few feet thattaway, so he refrains and gives a jerky wave instead.]

Enjoy the food, dude!

Oh! Of course! It's very good so far, so thank you!

[BACK TO THANKSGIVING THEN!]

thnks fr th mmrs [closed.]

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and thats a wrap lmfao