09-22-2014, 08:20 AM
Discoveries
Their primary goal was to use this new found power and apply it to their jobs. It was less risk and far more fun to do it this way. Once Nox and Aurora had figure out the best way to grasp this power they started focusing on specifics. As they watched the patterns form, they gave off hints of individualistic characteristics. Much like that silly carton back in the day, The Last Airbender or something. It wasn't exactly like that, but Nox watched the silly cartoon none-the-less. It gave him thoughts and ideas and he pursued his own avenues. Aurora was all about making their life easier, but Nox just wanted to fight with them.
The simple things like making something catch fire or blow away were easy, they required only one of the characteristics. But in an area full of woods, fallen leaves, both dried and fresh Nox had to be careful with fire. Aurora quickly learned how to put out his fires. It was fun to watch her panic and dose the flames with buckets of water and eventually she would just channel a river of water from the lake to the fire. She was adept in the fire putting outing. Nox was grateful, it allowed him to play with it to a much greater extent. He didn't care to put them out himself, and they'd probably had been dead if it hadn't been for his sisters quick thinking.
The more Nox understood that each thread was special, he started playing with multiple threads. Air woven around fire, would maintain a ball of fire. If he let the weave go it would sadly wink out of existence. But Nox quickly found that if he gave the fire something to burn on, it would stay until the fuel source was depleted. But the key was to find something small and light enough to carry but would burn long enough to be of use to him. He could only hold one weave at a time. It was highly frustrating.
In the woods a pine cone would do, he could wrap his fireball around the pine cone and send it hurdling across the space and not have to keep the weave open, it would burn quickly. Kinda like the make shift bombs they use in the gangster movies, the flaming bottles of alcohol. But that was such a waste of good liquor. It'd be a shame, if he had those bottles to waste it on some dumb ass and definitely not worthy of wasting on a monsters ass.
But really it all came down to location, location, location. Why set a bush on fire from afar? Why throw it at all when you could just create the weave all around them and wham, on fire. Distance didn't matter in the weaving, if he could see it, he could weave something there.
Nox liked fire, it was far more devastating upon first glance. Fire was just one of those things that every kid loved to play with. It was exciting. And Nox was no different.
But Nox quickly realized that there was other things that would make his job easier. Being able to stun a monster when times got rough, that was useful. The only problem was, learning direction. The first few times Nox tried to make a large stunning sound, he couldn't hear well for days. It was like a gun going off next to his ears. Aurora laughed at him when it happened the first time. The third and fourth time it happened she just rolled her eyes. It would have been funny if it had been her, but Nox wasn't laughing.
It took Nox weeks of doing nothing but trying directional weaves. Ones that would only affect things in the direction he intended it. Moving the air and the fire and other elements was easy, but sound, that was hard. He figured once he could wrap his head around directional sound, he could do directional light. A flash bang grenade without the grenade would be so awesome.
Sound not something Nox knew a lot about. It was a wave, he got that. He told his sister what he had wanted to do. She actually took out her wallet and started searching for things that would help. There were actually quite a bit about sound dampening and such. Aurora was smart like that, she drew Nox a picture of what the weave should look like to get direction and sound in one weave. It wasn't very complex, the cone and the sound could be used for dual purposes. She was a genius. Now all Nox had to do was create the weave himself.
The directional sound was fun. He even figured out to how to amply his voice with it. That was probably the only weave he learned that did nothing for what he wanted his power to do. It had been a natural side effect of the directional sound.
Making the flash bang grenade was easy, adding the light had been a no-brainer. But no matter what he tried Nox never got it to work with in a specific direction. He didn't ask for help this time, he tried to figure it out, but it came down to physics and Nox wasn't about to learn more than what he already understood. It would happen when it happened was his philosophy.
Fire, air, earth, and water were easy, he wasn't sure what to call that fifth characteristic of the patterns. It was just there, it helped some, but he pretty much just left it alone unless Aurora instructed him to use it, he didn't bother. Fire was the most destructive and he focused on it. But with out air, it never preformed exactly as necessary. And once Nox figured out how to combine those two with earth, he had a pretty deadly weapon.
Fire, air and earth together could be shaped into various forms, from bullets to Nox's favorite, an arrow or bolt. Armor piercing, perfect for an Oni. He couldn't wait to watch one of those little fire arrows pierce through the Oni's thick skin and burn it from the inside out. He could just envelope it in fire, but the smell. He'd tried that on a squirrel outside their cabin in the woods. He had to throw the burning hair ball into the lake to ride the place of burning hair. That was probably the worse smell he'd ever smelt.
Most of the other things that Nox picked up with his experimenting were all pretty mundane things. Hot air, hot water, making earth erupt from the ground. In a pinch he could erect a rock wall of fire hardened earth. Was rather nice trick, but you couldn't see through it, but in a fire fight it might come in handy. Not that monsters had guns, but some, some could have fire breath. What it would to actually kill a dragon or something. Such fantasies of a child, yet still lived even though Nox knew better. There were monsters that go bump in the night. The Atharim where what bumped back. He was proud to be what he was, and there was no shortage of girls who needed rescuing.
Edited by Nox, Sep 23 2014, 10:31 AM.
Their primary goal was to use this new found power and apply it to their jobs. It was less risk and far more fun to do it this way. Once Nox and Aurora had figure out the best way to grasp this power they started focusing on specifics. As they watched the patterns form, they gave off hints of individualistic characteristics. Much like that silly carton back in the day, The Last Airbender or something. It wasn't exactly like that, but Nox watched the silly cartoon none-the-less. It gave him thoughts and ideas and he pursued his own avenues. Aurora was all about making their life easier, but Nox just wanted to fight with them.
The simple things like making something catch fire or blow away were easy, they required only one of the characteristics. But in an area full of woods, fallen leaves, both dried and fresh Nox had to be careful with fire. Aurora quickly learned how to put out his fires. It was fun to watch her panic and dose the flames with buckets of water and eventually she would just channel a river of water from the lake to the fire. She was adept in the fire putting outing. Nox was grateful, it allowed him to play with it to a much greater extent. He didn't care to put them out himself, and they'd probably had been dead if it hadn't been for his sisters quick thinking.
The more Nox understood that each thread was special, he started playing with multiple threads. Air woven around fire, would maintain a ball of fire. If he let the weave go it would sadly wink out of existence. But Nox quickly found that if he gave the fire something to burn on, it would stay until the fuel source was depleted. But the key was to find something small and light enough to carry but would burn long enough to be of use to him. He could only hold one weave at a time. It was highly frustrating.
In the woods a pine cone would do, he could wrap his fireball around the pine cone and send it hurdling across the space and not have to keep the weave open, it would burn quickly. Kinda like the make shift bombs they use in the gangster movies, the flaming bottles of alcohol. But that was such a waste of good liquor. It'd be a shame, if he had those bottles to waste it on some dumb ass and definitely not worthy of wasting on a monsters ass.
But really it all came down to location, location, location. Why set a bush on fire from afar? Why throw it at all when you could just create the weave all around them and wham, on fire. Distance didn't matter in the weaving, if he could see it, he could weave something there.
Nox liked fire, it was far more devastating upon first glance. Fire was just one of those things that every kid loved to play with. It was exciting. And Nox was no different.
But Nox quickly realized that there was other things that would make his job easier. Being able to stun a monster when times got rough, that was useful. The only problem was, learning direction. The first few times Nox tried to make a large stunning sound, he couldn't hear well for days. It was like a gun going off next to his ears. Aurora laughed at him when it happened the first time. The third and fourth time it happened she just rolled her eyes. It would have been funny if it had been her, but Nox wasn't laughing.
It took Nox weeks of doing nothing but trying directional weaves. Ones that would only affect things in the direction he intended it. Moving the air and the fire and other elements was easy, but sound, that was hard. He figured once he could wrap his head around directional sound, he could do directional light. A flash bang grenade without the grenade would be so awesome.
Sound not something Nox knew a lot about. It was a wave, he got that. He told his sister what he had wanted to do. She actually took out her wallet and started searching for things that would help. There were actually quite a bit about sound dampening and such. Aurora was smart like that, she drew Nox a picture of what the weave should look like to get direction and sound in one weave. It wasn't very complex, the cone and the sound could be used for dual purposes. She was a genius. Now all Nox had to do was create the weave himself.
The directional sound was fun. He even figured out to how to amply his voice with it. That was probably the only weave he learned that did nothing for what he wanted his power to do. It had been a natural side effect of the directional sound.
Making the flash bang grenade was easy, adding the light had been a no-brainer. But no matter what he tried Nox never got it to work with in a specific direction. He didn't ask for help this time, he tried to figure it out, but it came down to physics and Nox wasn't about to learn more than what he already understood. It would happen when it happened was his philosophy.
Fire, air, earth, and water were easy, he wasn't sure what to call that fifth characteristic of the patterns. It was just there, it helped some, but he pretty much just left it alone unless Aurora instructed him to use it, he didn't bother. Fire was the most destructive and he focused on it. But with out air, it never preformed exactly as necessary. And once Nox figured out how to combine those two with earth, he had a pretty deadly weapon.
Fire, air and earth together could be shaped into various forms, from bullets to Nox's favorite, an arrow or bolt. Armor piercing, perfect for an Oni. He couldn't wait to watch one of those little fire arrows pierce through the Oni's thick skin and burn it from the inside out. He could just envelope it in fire, but the smell. He'd tried that on a squirrel outside their cabin in the woods. He had to throw the burning hair ball into the lake to ride the place of burning hair. That was probably the worse smell he'd ever smelt.
Most of the other things that Nox picked up with his experimenting were all pretty mundane things. Hot air, hot water, making earth erupt from the ground. In a pinch he could erect a rock wall of fire hardened earth. Was rather nice trick, but you couldn't see through it, but in a fire fight it might come in handy. Not that monsters had guns, but some, some could have fire breath. What it would to actually kill a dragon or something. Such fantasies of a child, yet still lived even though Nox knew better. There were monsters that go bump in the night. The Atharim where what bumped back. He was proud to be what he was, and there was no shortage of girls who needed rescuing.
Edited by Nox, Sep 23 2014, 10:31 AM.
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