Lumikki and Sasha were climbing the steps to the tallest tower. This would of winded Lumikki before but she found that the exercise of it was no trouble to her now. She had indeed gotten much stronger since joining the guild.
Lumikki and Sasha spoke on how they’ve been as they made the climb. Lumi was even telling her the spell that she had in mind for the day too. How her Uncle didn’t like heights all that much himself despite having a cloak that could help him fly. She also told Sasha about gung-ho she found herself being in fights and so this training session was also a way for her to begin practicing mana control and holding a little back in a fight so she wouldn’t blow all her magic again like she had with the fight against her Uncle.
Lumikki found that when she fights with Yuurei, the battle never would last long enough that she would even have the time or chance to burn through all her mana. But with her Uncle Brone and all the others she decided to clash with, she found that she would leak out mana. She assumed one of the reason was because her full transformation had a tendency of being really taxing after a while. And if she wanted to do do better in her fights in the future, she needed to fine tune an alternative so that she would pour all her mana in a manner of minutes.
Sasha didn’t have much to add to what she said, instead just opting to listen to the Daemon on her thoughts and woes. She was curious to see how things were going to turn out, especially the fact that the Daemon wanted to practice granting others wings herself. Sasha would be one of the first to get to try that offer.
Lumikki stepped forward first and was happy to see her Uncle had already arrived to the rooftop before them. It seemed he was still munching on something and she was curious as to what.
”Greetings Uncle. As per usually, ye have me thanks. Ye’d think with all they work I already put in and how much stronger that I had gotten, I wouldn’t still be needing to work on and craft spell. But alas here I am again tinkering a new one. Not like I want to invite stagnation, only that I want a nice break of this.” She walked over to him and gave him a nice hug. She looked over to see her brothers were here for this practice too and smiled. Waving off to the both of them.
Now with all the pleasantries done, Lumikki began to think over her plans for her spell and magic today. When she flew out of battle often, it would just be her and the use of the wings that she would casually make. They hardly drained her to use or keep out. But for some reason when she was in a fight, she found she had a tough time simply making only her wings, instead opting to often use her full Obscura form instead. She did not mind it per say since it always made her feel more powerful. But it was also becoming troublesome. So before anything, Lumikki closed her eyes for a moment and tried to think over how she makes her wings. How she formed them and the sensation of it. How much mana she would normally use to maintain them. Then she thought about her full transformation and the amount of mana she leak out for using it.
First thing first, Lumikki decided to fully transform. Working from this form first and pulling back so that she could truly work out just how much mana she actually need to pump out.
In the form the Lumikki was now, and clearly being in the light so it was easier to make out and see. Her darkness curled all around her arms and legs so that they would both look like talons. Her head was adorned in a pair of wings that looked nearly like horns. And sure enough, she brandished her iconic six wings.
With her eyes still closed, Lumikki was concentrating in all the extra aspects of her form she would not always want and need. Practicing to manage how much mana she actually needed to use by pulling back the darkness and the energy required for it in certain placed. With a bit of time for her to get used to it, her upper wings that adorned her head would be the first to go. The one was simple enough to pull away. With her thoughts and her intention, she tired to more her focus to her arms next. She focused on relaxing the shadows there and letting them unravel. It took a bit at first, but sure enough they would coming undone. Letting them go almost felt like she was letting go of heavy things. As if she was becoming unburdened.
Next thing next, she now focused on her legs. The last place coated and burdened by her shadows. This area took the longest to manage to dissipate. The sensation of letting it go felt just as comfortable as trying to trying to move the ring finger without disturbing the pinky. After sometime of trying to relax, deep breathing, and heavy focus. She managed to free her legs of her shadows too. All that was left, was what she wanted, her six wings.
Now she just settled on the feeling. Trying to hold onto it, normalizing it. She was trying to ingrain the feeling of this and of her mana so it would make doing this in battle so much easier and more natural for it. So that she would no longer have to be sloppy on her energy or invest too much in that form.
After a few minutes of the practice, she was starting to get the gist of it. Halting and recasting the spell over and over so that the act of activating it would no longer take any thought at all to activate anymore.
When casting it was becoming easier and almost like second nature, she finally opened her eyes to look once again onto her company. Smiling from her current success.
”Aye! I think I’m getting the gist of the magic so it’s just as I want it. Now its time to test out something I’ve been meaning to test for a while now.” She walked over to Sasha first and tapped the side of her arm as she gestured with her free hand so that her hand tensed like a claw. The shadows near the girl swirled just behind her as a lavender magical flashed behind her, granting the girl a set of wings.
Lumikki stepped back to see how the girl was managing with her new found pair of wings. Watching the girl stretch and flex her wings until she got more comfortable with moving them. After a long bit of practice and the instruction of Lumikki, sporting the six usual wings of her own. Sasha gave flying with them a try as she began to flap her wings. After a lot of tries and attempts and time later. Sasha was taking to the skies well enough. Using the wings as if they were of her own. Lumikki watched over her proud at her bravery and trust to try it out. Then she turned to her Uncle with a very mischievous grin on her face.
Lumikki tapped him much like she did Sasha, granting him a set of his own. She was curious what he would make of them or even how he would figure out moving them.
”It’s an odd sensation I’d say being able to grant wings to others. Can’t say I hate it though, I think I find came in it.”She stepped back to watch over her Uncle and his wings.
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Dancing Raven Learned (1672/4000 wc 60% wcr due to int and items)