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Post by willowflower on Feb 18, 2021 0:43:17 GMT -5
-- ❀ -- Janine rolled her eyes at his stand-up act joke and took the slip of paper with his number on it, folding it up neatly and placing it inside the inside pocket of her notebook. "Alright then, that's settled," she said, "I guess we can try stuff out when we meet. This Thursday okay? 8, 8:30's fine with me."
She couldn't help but feel apprehension. Aoi weaved fire - Janine couldn't help but feel nervous around fire. Even gas stoves made her anxious. She knew Aoi was not cruel by any means, but accidents happen, and it's those accidents that she was nervous about.
Janine turned back to the board at the professor's call, head still churning on about the project. Should they construct some sort of structure? A sculpture with one element below and the other on top, with something in between to keep them apart? Janine scratched her temple with the end of her pen. Was she going about this all wrong? She supposed she could only really test all of this when she finally met with Aoi.
-- ❀ -- ((would you like to timeskip to their first meeting?))
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Post by Ember34 on Feb 18, 2021 1:46:39 GMT -5
alright) "Have a good night sir," Aoi called to his boss, as turned and headed to the bike rack he could still hear the yelling of the customer inside. He had long since tuned her out, so he wasn't sure if she was still going off about being told she had to leave so the store could close or something else. Unlocking his bike and putting the lock into his bag he moved the bike out of the rack. He didn't have a helmet as he couldn't be bothered to go and get one, he got on and started to make his way back to the camps.
As he was riding his bike back, he was trying to remember what he was supposed to do, the male knew he was forgetting something important but he couldn't place it. After dealing with some unsavory customers that didn't know that places closed but thankfully the owner was dealing with it so he could get back to campus. He yawned a bit and shook out his head, nearly crashing into a pole but managed to avoid it. Letting out a sigh of relief as a crash was the last thing he needed.
He paused on his bike resting one foot on to the ground, pulling out his phone from his bag. "Did I set a reminder," he mumbled to himself. Seeing nothing he put his phone away, before it dawned on him. Cursing under his breath, he kicked off against the ground and went a little faster. Reaching the library, he jumped off his bike, not bothering to lock it to the bike rack, it was night so the campus was mostly dead so he hoped he wouldn't have to worry about it being stolen.
Aoi entered the library and headed for the study rooms. "Hopefully she doesn't kill me," he mumbled, biting at his nails, his eyes scanning for Janine. Seeing her in one of the rooms, he knocked on the door. "S-sorry for being late." He entered the room and slide his bag off his shoulder. Taking to sitting into one of the chairs. "So where shall we start?"
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Post by willowflower on Feb 20, 2021 0:35:24 GMT -5
-- ❀ -- Janine was absent-mindedly freezing and unfreezing the water she'd spilled onto the desk when Aoi burst in, panting. "Oh, hey," she said, pulling up the water and freezing it into an upside-down icicle. "Honestly, kind of expected it." She grimaced at how harsh that sounded and quickly pulled out the notebook out of her bag to hide her face. She had to tug a few times in order to get the backpack open with one hand, and flopped the notebook in front of her. "Okay! Art piece!"
She turned to Aoi, not wanting to waste any more time. "Do you want to, like. Just try a few things? You mentioned a performance before - maybe a dance, or a story? We can make shapes like some fancy fireworks do." Janine flicked her wrist twice, sending the icicle on her desk flying into the air. With a careful placement of her forefinger on her ring finger, she made a circular motion, breaking the icicle into bits and making a circle in the air. "Yay. Shape."
Janine shrugged, guiding the water back into her water bottle. "I don't know. What kind of stuff do you like to do with magic?"
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Post by Ember34 on Feb 21, 2021 0:39:22 GMT -5
i'll try and get a repsonse up tomorrow today was just rather rough for me, i did an exam wrong for a class and now am having to wait to see if my professor will let me fix it and work was not helpful wither, im sorry)
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Post by willowflower on Feb 21, 2021 2:29:49 GMT -5
((it’s ok!! dont even worry about it, life happens and we can go at our own pace c: you’ll notice that sometimes i respond in one or two days, so it’s ok if you take a little longer too!))
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Post by Ember34 on Feb 21, 2021 15:35:45 GMT -5
Thank you for being understanding. If I'm able to I'll try and get a response up when I am home from work)
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Post by Ember34 on Feb 24, 2021 0:15:57 GMT -5
Aoi took out his own notebook as he thought about everything she said. "Hmm well using them to make shapes sounds like a good way to go about it," he said. He had to admit the idea of telling a story sounded like they could be interesting, maybe they use shapes to tell the story? He gave a small frown to the icicle, grateful it was only one, but it was enough for him to be wary of. He blinked realizing she had asked a question. "Oh...umm.." He thought it over for a bit. "Well I guess so far I have just been using it for practical uses, like light and heating? Sometimes for cooking."
He hadn't been able to look further into using his magic other then for those things, although he had used it to mess around when he was younger with his friends. He had stopped though, after he had accidentally set fire to a friend's house, but it was fine since there were some water magic users around. But since then he wanted to believe he had gotten more responsible with his magic.
He looked at her. "So if we did an art piece, what were you thinking of? Like a sculpture or something?"
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Post by willowflower on Feb 26, 2021 18:05:26 GMT -5
-- ❀ -- Janine blinked. “Oh, yeah, fair,” she said. “Do you use your fire for art stuff?” Then, more casually, “What do you like to cook?”
She pondered his sculpture question. “I wonder if both fire and water have to be present in the demonstration or art itself,” she said. “Maybe the fire and water just has to be involved in the process somehow. Like glass-blowing. Fire’s involved in that, right?” Janine brought out her sketchbook again. “To be honest, I was thinking of a silly diorama of like. Literally water in a lake below and fire coming out of a volcano on top. Though that seems a little too easy.” -- ❀ --
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Post by Ember34 on Feb 26, 2021 18:18:43 GMT -5
Aoi shook his head. "I suck at art," he said. "As for cooking anything really, fire makes it fairly easy. But I think my favorite thing would have to be....probably fish."
"Hey you use the fire to heat the glass to be able to shape it and get the color to stick," he answered her. He thought over what the instructions that had gotten assigned for the project. "The professor said as long as both are in it without extinguishing the other we could interpret it however we want right?"
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Post by Ember34 on Mar 5, 2021 11:51:44 GMT -5
resave)
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Post by willowflower on Mar 7, 2021 18:44:54 GMT -5
((sorry it’s been a while! i’ve been struggling with time and my muse ;.; ))
“Oh yeah?” Janine said, smiling a little. “You ever make a nice ceviche? That’s something fun I like to make from time to time.”
She was faintly surprised. When Aoi wasn’t deadset on making ridiculous puns and nicknames, he was actually not so bad to talk to.
“That’s right,” Janine said. “A clever interpretation of the rules, perhaps?” She smiled a little - this was starting to feel exciting. “We should probably try some stuff,” she said, looking down at her notebook page. “I don’t know if you wanna get into the art of glass-blowing - though honestly that sounds like it could blow some people’s minds, am I right?” She started drawing a few sketches. “I wonder if we can even some some metal-working, that definitely has water and fire working in tandem.” She grinned up at him. “Yo, we can probably make a rudimentary sculpture of -“ she peered down at her notebook, the most recent doodles of which were of tiny black squirrels wielding various kitchen utensils. “- a squirrel or something, can’t we?”
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Post by Ember34 on Mar 7, 2021 22:58:21 GMT -5
all good, i was just resaving so it was back in my participated list) sorry) "Not successfully,' Aoi answered her question. He had either overcooked it while working on other aspects of the dish, or over seasoned the dish. But he wasn't going to let her know what exactly he did wrong with it.
"What is with you and squirrel, Lefty," he asked causally. "But metal working sounds like it could be something interesting to do." He pulled his glove off as he worked on a gesture, and produced a small flame in his hand. He rolled it into a ball and rolled it around along his fingers, before a small grin formed and managed to turn it into a little squirrel.
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Post by willowflower on Mar 11, 2021 21:03:50 GMT -5
Janine snorted. "Just my muse," she said. "There's a little black squirrel that's been hanging out just outside the window in our Intro to Magic class. He's cute."
She leaned forward and scrutinized the flaming squirrel. "Huh, fascinating," she said. "And you say you're no good at art." Janine rolled her wrist and summoned her pool of water again. With a couple of twists of the wrist and a few dips of the fingers, she froze the water and tugged and pulled on it to crinkled and crack the ice into a little outline of a squirrel. With a bend of the thumb, she made the squirrel's nose twitch, and grinned. "I'm sure I can find a few videos on metal-working," she said. "And I have a cousin who works with metal so we can some tools from him."
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Post by Ember34 on Mar 11, 2021 21:23:47 GMT -5
Aoi gave a small frown. "Magic isn't exactly art," he said. "We are learning to use our magic....hmm though I don't think I have ever noticed the black squirrels." Was it because he was normally more focused on teasing her? Yes most likely. Tough sometimes it was because he was either paying attention to class or talking to other classmates.
"That sounds good, when do you think would be the soonest we hear from him," Aoi asked. He gave a slight glare to the ice squirrel, working on a gesture he made the flame back to the small ball rolling it along his fingers. "Do you also want me to watch some videos on metal working?"
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Post by willowflower on Mar 13, 2021 17:49:26 GMT -5
Janine's eyebrows rose. "Not art, you say?" she said. If she was an eloquent philosopher, she might have said something to the effect of 'well, what is art, if not the manifestation of our imagination into reality? is that not magic in of itself?' But she was not, so she just shrugged and said, "Well if you can sculpt something that looks like a squirrel out of fire I'm gonna suspect you're pretty good at sculpting in general." She frowned at her ice. "I guess I do think of magic in terms of drawing a lot. Makes it easier, in a way."
Noticing Aoi's glare at her squirrel, she dispelled it with a wave. "Anyway, probably in the next few days? I'll probably just call him so that he can't ignore my texts. I'll let you know." She gave him a dead-eyed look at his next question. "Well I mean, yeah, don't make me the only one watching them."
Janine looked at her watch. It hadn't been too long, but it felt like this meeting was taking forever. At least they've got a concept. "What do you want to metalwork? If not a squirrel, then something else? Another animal, maybe? Do you even like animals?"
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Post by Ember34 on Mar 14, 2021 17:08:25 GMT -5
I'll respond when I'm home from work)
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Post by Ember34 on Mar 14, 2021 22:07:20 GMT -5
Aoi gave a nod to her questions and comments. Seeing the ice squirrel go away, it hadn't been his intention, but just staring at the ice was making him feel cold that he couldn't help but glare. "Yea I like animals. Though I would say I'm more of a cat person, I do enjoy small animals. Like mice, with their little paws and whiskers it's very cute," he said. "We can do a squirrel, that sounds like it would be interesting to do, and maybe add in a kitchen utensil?" He had noticed the ones in her doodles had them, so might be something fun to add to the sculptures.
"Alright though, I'll take a look at some videos when I have the chance to do so," he said. He looked at the time, and was surprised with how little time had passed, it felt like it had been much longer. He bit at his lip, would all their meetings be like this? Perhaps he could make it go by faster with some jokes? If time really did fly when having fun.
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Post by willowflower on Mar 17, 2021 22:03:46 GMT -5
The utensil suggestion made the corner of Janine's mouth quirk up. "A knife, perhaps?" she offered dryly. She noticed Aoi checking the time too, and couldn't help but feel paranoid that he was itching to leave, that he couldn't stand being in the same room as her. At least Aoi was taking her seriously, but she still felt on edge, bracing herself for a sneer at her one-handed magic or an off-color joke about Aoi having to do all the magic heavy-lifting. Maybe if she was a nicer person, she'd either stick through to a full hour, or just wrap things up with a "well I'll call my cousin then, see you next time?" But such a person Janine was not.
She inhaled deep through her nose and pretended to check her phone. "Oh, shoot, house emergency, I actually gotta go right now, so," she said, shoving her chair back so hard it squeaked loudly in the small study room. "Listen I'll, uh, call my cousin and text you any details," she said, awkwardly stuffing her backpack. "See you."
((i was thinking they could bump into each other sometime outside of school? maybe they like both spot a cat/cat steals their bag and they have to go chase after it into the woods))
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Post by Ember34 on Mar 17, 2021 22:48:58 GMT -5
that works!!! Aoi would just gosh over the cat) Aoi gave a nod to her. "Alright," he said grabbing his things. "Hope things work out?" He didn't know if it would be okay for him to say that, as he wasn't close to her by any means, doubting they could even fall under being acquaintances. He gave an awkward wave before leaving the room. He walked over to where his bike resided, hopping on he headed off in the direction the dormitory he stayed in resided.
He locked his bike to the rack and headed into the building. He gave a nod to some of the few people lingering around in the lobby area, as he headed for the stairs. He soon was at his door and went in. He could hear his roommate's snoring on the other side, a sigh escaping him. He sighed, it would be difficult falling asleep tonight. He tossed his bag to the floor as he closed the door with his foot. He plugged his phone in, and laid on his bed, setting his phone up so he could watch it while it charged. He began to look for metal work videos.
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Post by Ember34 on Apr 14, 2021 14:05:57 GMT -5
bumping just so the thread doesn't get necroed, you dont have to respond cause i know you are busy)
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