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[soothing_flame]

[The PCD falls out of Ai's pocket and hits the ground, flipping the video on. Like a lot of people, Ai is also enjoying the snowfall in her own way. Still dressed only in her white skirt and pink shirt, she sits on the ground and stares up at the snowflakes drifting down. She reaches up a hand, flakes instantly melting as soon as they get near it.]

Nee-san...

[She continues staring for a while longer before glancing down and noticing the PCD sitting next to her. Ai picks it up, only to jump when she realizes that it's on.]

Oh, I'm sorry about that! I didn't realize this got turned on. Um...

[Ai thinks for a bit, then smiles brightly.]

It's getting a lot colder out, so if anyone needs some blankets or a warm place to stay then please feel free to ask. I don't have a whole lot, but I'm willing to give them out if anyone needs them.

Comments

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[soothing_flame]

Sure. Um....how can I explain this simply....? Well, our bodies all have something called ki, right? It's the energy that drives all of us and keeps everyone alive. Some people can use it outwardly, and it manifests into different elements depending on the spirit. Mine is fire.

[To emphasize, she holds up a hand and creates a little ball of flames in her palm.]

[Video]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Nice.

Did your siblings have the same spirit as yours or different ones?

[Video]

[soothing_flame]

[Headshake.]

We're all different. Kai-neesan is able to use ice, and Shuji has steel. Akemi-neesan can use fire as well, but her spirit is sort of split, so she has water alongside it.

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[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Steel? How does this work?

And so your big sister can master two elements? That sounds kind of impressive.

[Video]

[soothing_flame]

[Ai smiles, enjoying the fact that she's able to explain this all, especially since she couldn't in her world.]

A lot of people are able use multiple elements. The basic ones are water, wind, earth, and fire, but you can combine those to make all sorts of new ones. Kai-neesan's ice ability is just a combination of what she can do with wind and water, and steel is a combination of earth and fire. Water and earth is wood, and fire and air are lightning.

[She stops and thinks for a moment.]

But come to think of it, I don't think I've seen a steel user that's able to split them apart and use just the basics...

[Video]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

What about you? Think you'll be able to use a second element if you train hard enough? And if so, which one would you choose?

[Video]

[soothing_flame]

[She shakes her head.]

I'm only ever going to be a fire user. What kind of ki element you have is just something you're born with, although there have been ways of altering people so they can have multiple basic elements.

[Video]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

Altering people? You mean they perform scientific experiments on people?

[Video]

[soothing_flame]

Not everyone does, but um....there are some people that choose to...

[Primarily her uncle and his followers.]

[Video]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

You mean people willingly accept to be, um, 'altered'?

[Video]

[soothing_flame]

Not a lot....or at least not the people I personally know. From what I understand, they were just used as test subjects to see what experiments were effective. If they were successful, then other people could ask to have the same alterations done on them.

[Video]

[feel-nevermore.livejournal.com]

They act as guinea pigs of sorts, then?

[Video]

[soothing_flame]

I guess that's a good way to describe them, yes.