un:happyaround, post-event

[roundandaround]

I hope everyone's okay now! Cleaning up after all that is HARD but at least my house didn't get hit too bad... Does anyone need help with anything after last week? Oh, and speaking of my house, we just added a bunch of expansions! We've got an indoor pool now! Friends can come over whenever! I think I know most people on here anyway, and Mary-chan's got a bunch of friends too.

Also also! During that whole thing I tried the full shapeshift. You know, the dragon skill that changes you on the inside and not just the outside? I did it to be more giraffe than I already am because I thought it would help me fight. And it was like, whoa! I could see everything! And hear everything! And I kinda kicked a guy into a wall! Does anyone know how to deal with sensory overload if I ever do that again because it's kind of a lot and by kind of I mean a lot a lot.

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P.S. Hina-chan's turning one on the 7th! If you're friends with her come over then! We'll have blood cake and regular cake.

Comments

[roundandaround]

That makes sense! I do that too sometimes, but, uh... sometimes it goes better than others. But it's fine!

[Rinku stretches out and then takes a deep breath. She... well, she doesn't change outwardly. But that's the thing about full shapeshifting. It's there for the inside: the traits, the instincts, passing against spells that scan for surface-level shifts. And however accidentally, she's already changed on the outside.

Rinku's permanently sparkling eyes go wide. She looks around the room and focuses on a sign far on the other end.]

"Please refrain from setting equipment on fire."

[emanation]

Yeah, I mean you don't know how something'll go until you try it--right?

{ he does watch her quietly though she she seems to be doing... something. }

You doing okay? { she's reading the sign but he can't tell if everything else is too much or not. }

[roundandaround]

I think so, it's just... whoa. I see everything, Ezra-san, like really far out. I should be used to this with all the animal shifting I do, I guess? But I'm still not.

...it also kinda makes me wanna eat leaves.

[emanation]

{ he was considering how to help her get used to that and refocus, but the rest of it honestly makes him laugh. it just seems reasonable yet out of nowhere at the same time. }

Well, once we're done we can get you some salad or something if you want?

{ sorry rinku, some cravings are just funny. }

[roundandaround]

'Kay. That's probably better than just leaves off a tree, huh...

[She swishes her tail from side to side.]

Hm... I can read all the signs in here no matter how far away they are, and I can hear a bunch too. Not perfectly or anything, but I can kinda hear the simulator room down the hall. What do you do about that stuff? It's a lot, and I already get distracted all the time.

[emanation]

Probably. At least they'll be washed first.

{ it's pretty cool to see her transformed like this though, even if he can only imagine part of what it feels like. he has the strength and speed side, but angelic blessings don't improve sight and sound. }

What if you just concentrate just on one thing you can see, and just one sound. Try and block out the rest?

[roundandaround]

That's kinda hard. Sometimes it just happens without being able to control it, and other times I try to focus on something and I just can't. Maybe it'd work better if I learned that hyperfocus skill next?

[Actually being able to control when she hyperfocuses... amazing.]

[emanation]

There's a hyperfocus skill? But maybe, that is possible. But what about this... what reason do you have for wanting to do this to begin with?

{ rinku's first lesson on conviction is about to begin- }

[roundandaround]

Hm... Because I wanna save the world. I wanna keep the city safe. If those guys attack us again, I wanna be able to come back to Mary-chan and Mecchan and Hina-chan and Mimi-chan and the dolls, and be able to say I did my best and they'll be okay now. I don't wanna make Neechan cry. If my friends who are even less human than I am get attacked by that gang who wants to keep them captive and dissect them, or anyone I love gets hurt by anyone else, I wanna help. I want to ask the guys who are doing this why -- why they hurt this world to begin with when it welcomed them and kept them safe, and why they won't stop. Maybe even change how they feel.

I think that's all the why.

[emanation]

{ he doesn't interrupt as rinku speaks, but a soft and warm small smile forms on his lips as she does. they're very similar in that way. seeing people in pain and suffering is the worst. wanting to protect people, that can be a powerful thing. }

I don't think I said this before, but the blessings I received are useless on their own, y'know? It's the power of my conviction that gives me the ability to use them. For me, it's pretty similar to you. I want to stop people from hurting, to end their suffering, in any way I can. When I focus on that, it's easier to take one step forward at a time, gives me that focus I need. Do you want to try focusing on that instead of a specific sound or sight and see if it helps?

[roundandaround]

[Rinku tilts her head for a minute. She hums and thinks.]

'Kay. I can try.

[She breathes in and out. It still seems like a struggle -- occasionally her eyes will dart in some direction, and she makes a face once or twice -- but this seems to hold her attention for longer. She nods.]

Okay. I think... maybe it's okay?

[emanation]

Yeah, to be honest it may be harder without actual danger there to focus on. { he looks to the side. } Which is kinda hard to mimic without... y'know the actual risk being there. But if it works as a start, maybe when something happens you can draw from it?

[roundandaround]

Thanks, Ezra-san. Is this the kinda stuff you do?

[emanation]

Yeah. But the weapons I use are kind of useless without it. My conviction is what helps me wield them. I really wasn't sure if it'd help at all since obviously the abilities here are really different. Glad it could a bit though!

[roundandaround]

Of course! It kinda makes sense. If you're doing something important, you gotta care about it, right? That would make sense to me.