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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.

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Glad to see you're doing okay now. Maybe now this is over you can make use of the new pool you got too. Didn't realise those things could be used that way.

For sensory overload, would it help to try it when you have someone you can use as an anchor? Most of the time when I got new blessings we'd try it out in the training area so it doesn't take us by surprise, but it means it's 1 on 1 and easier to get used to how it works.

That makes sense! I could ask Neechan the next time we're training or something. But what do you mean by anchor?

Yeah! Someone you're close to is best, as they can talk you through it.

An anchor is like someone or something that keeps you grounded and gives you focus. So say you have a lot of bright lights, loud music and everything, but you know someone is nearby that you know well and they hold your hand--it's reassuring that they're there, right?

Something like that anyway.

Huh... that sounds really good. Like it could definitely work! Thanks, Ezra-san, I'll try it!

Do you have any advice for the extra strength too? I know the Nightshade are bad news, they mind controlled me once, but I didn't mean to kick one of them straight into a concrete wall!

No probs! Hope it helps :)

As for the strength side, it just takes practice. You kind of get used to the switch over time--until then practice on someone who can take it. I don't mind helping with that part if you need it.

Not like I enjoy being kicked into walls... but at least I have a shield, heal fast and am honestly used to it.

Really? You can take something that hard? I know some people can, but I gotta make sure!

Yeah, I can take it.

{ rinku does not need to know about the amount of times he has been thrown around and stabbed and still walked away... }

That's great! Let me know when you can come to the Summer Guild building! There's not as many people there as in the Grand Coliseum.

I still don't have a job or anything so whenever works best for you.

I'll be there in a bit then! I don't work until later.

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[Rinku's only a 15-minute walk from the Summer Guild anyway. When Ezra gets there, she's standing inside in a tracksuit, fiddling with her guild ID and sipping a complimentary juice.]

Hi! Have you joined your guild yet? We can use my ID to use the training room either way. I figured it's better than the Grand Coliseum where there's always a crowd.

Sure, I'll see you there.

{ as promised he'll go there as well, and this time he has a jacket on top of the t-shirt he's wearing. at least for now. }

Nah, I've already been here, signed up and done some training as well. I don't really do well with sitting still all the time so figured coming in here and letting off some steam would help.

That's great! Come on!

[Rinku makes a happy noise and finishes her drink. She puts the cup in the dirty-dishes area and leads Ezra upstairs to the training area.]

How do you normally train back home, Ezra-san?

[She's already launching into stretches like it's dance practice.]

Sure, I'm right behind you.

{ he'll wait for her to put her cup aside before following her up to the training area. since he'll just be taking punches here he'll try and make sure he's relaxed and not tensed up but he'll be relying on his blessings to keep him safe.

it's also why he'll take off his jacket now, revealing a very ripped up t-shirt because he doesn't want to replace another one. the front is mostly fine, but there's a massive hole in the back. }

Usually my team would spar each other though, it's how we test things out and keep each other on our toes.

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."

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. }

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.

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{ 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. }

'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.

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?

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.]

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- }

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.

{ 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?

[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?

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?

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