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ϡ - Appointments Post

This post here is for personal conversations which should happen but one or both of us doesn't want to put up a new post/log and thus we will just thread it out here. This can be used to thread with Helios anytime and anywhere. This can either be in person (with action), or via the journal's call feature (voice and/or written).

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[Voice, September 8th]
[Written, June 10th]

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Not everything, no. I don't know if I'll get used to the experiments or what they entail.

That's really the only way, isn't it? And what we put into our current situation to help mold our futures. [ Helios follows in behind her stepping to the side as he walks into the middle of outcropping. ] Yes I found it awhile back. It's helped me with making contact with the spirits.

[ A picnic doesn't sound too bad actually. ]

[Ginia gives a slow nod at that. She's heard the kidnappings over the network and heard of the results. It's not something she's looking forward too.]

/Well, now that we're here, what's the first step?/

[ There's also the dying and coming back deal. But no matter Helios will begin to pace holding up his fingers with each step said. ]

Ah, yes. First step. You should take a seat and get comfortable. Next, clear your mind and be absolutely silent. Finally just...call out to Nala. She should come quite quickly.

[Ginia sheds her coat and bundles it up to create a small cushion to sit on. Sitting down, she crosses her legs under her and exhales slowly, settling down.

Or at least trying to. Every time her mind clears of one thought, another one takes its place. Relaxing has never been one of her strong suits and she sighs quietly as she chews on her lip.]

[ Helios sees it, the problems she's having. He knows how hard it is to actually get into a meditative state. He won't disrupt Ginia though, not yet, he'll let her continue for a while longer just to let her try to figure out the best possible way for her to get it on her own. This is probably the one thing he can't help her on, since it widely varies for people. ]

[After a few more minutes of struggling to get into a meditative state, Ginia opens her eyes and sighs, glancing apologetically at Helios.]

/Sorry, I guess there's too much going on in my mind for me to clear it completely./

[True enough; excited as she is about learning magic, the situations in the city bother her. Kidnappings, people suddenly leaving and appearing, Giles in the clinic...]

/Hey. Do you know how Giles ended up in the clinic?/

[She knows the story from Buffy, but it doesn't hurt to ask someone else.]

[ Helios waves her off shaking his head as he does so. ] It's nothing to apologize for, Ginia. This is probably the hardest part of learning from the spirits.

[ Helios wasn't expecting that question. So he stalls just for a few moments as he clears his head and tries to think of an acceptable lie. Something vague will do. Sorry Ginia but he's not going to tell the exact truth, even though it pains him not to do so. ]

A-ah an, an accident is all.

/I regret not learning yoga or meditation techniques when I had the chance./

[She sighs a little again. There's no reason for her to doubt anything and she doesn't, but she worries and there's a feeling in her gut she can't shake.]

/Looks like a bad accident. Tell me it doesn't happen often./

I think there might be a few people who could teach you here, if you'd like to learn still. Never too late to do so after all!

Ah, n-no. Not...not terribly often. It-it seems the people in our apartment have been having lots of accidents lately.

[ Honestly the past month and half has been nothing but unpleasant for all three of them. ] Sometimes we just have our bad days.

/I'll have to look into that. It'll be helpful./

[Ginia gives a slow nod, remember what Giles mentioned during their first conversation.] /Giles said June was a bad month for everyone. And I guess we do have our bad days./ [Some more than most.

However, right now isn't a time to discuss the bad things and it certainly doesn't ease her mind anymore. Ginia settles down again and closes her eyes, this time focusing on the environment around her. The cool air, the smell of nature, the birds chirping.]

I'm more than certain you'll find a good few people willing to give you lessons!

[ Helios nods his expression a bit more somber when Ginia signs that. ] Y-Yes it, it was. Um, very bad, for-for a lot of people.

[ He just sighs thankful for the fact that Ginia goes right back into trying to meditate. Helios has no problems with not continuing talking about it. ]

[Focusing on the environment and gradually settling in begins working and soon she's breathing deep and her mind is clear and open.

There's a few more minutes of quiet meditation before she hears light wisps of words in her mind. The words are indistinguishable, but there.

Unfortunately, in her excitement, Ginia snaps out of her relaxed state and the voice is gone.]

[ Helios will be watching, or rather, he will be quietly pacing while munching on one of those cookies. He'll turn to Ginia tilting his head to one side. Something seemed...different almost. He could quite put his finger on it. But he didn't want to ask until he was certain she was done trying, or had succeeded. ]

/I think I heard a voice, I'm not sure, it was very quiet and I couldn't tell what it was saying. I lost concentration after that. But it's something, right?/

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/I think I heard a voice, I'm not sure, it was very quiet and I couldn't tell what it was saying. I lost concentration after that. But it's something, right?/ <small<[Ginia admits a little sheepishly.]</small>

Ah you did? That's wonderful! That voice was probably Nala! You see? You can do it.

You're doing rather well if I do say so myself. [ Encouraging smile is go. ]

[Ginia smiles a little more, feeling encouraged. Even if it takes a few more days to properly hear Nala, at least the fact she can hear something is a comfort.]

/Thank you. Do you mind if I ask what your first time using magic was like?/

[ That question makes Helios pause before smiling. As if the memory it brings on is one that he can fully remember, fully enjoy and love. ]

Ah, my first time? It was...surprising and somewhat exhilarating. My mother and father always told me I had the ability to preform magic. They didn't keep our roots a secret, not at all. But it's different when you actually, well, preform it. Theory and practice you know? Two entirely different things. But even now when I hold out my hand-- [ and he will preform the action. ] --and make a fireball or preform any other spell-- [ a bright orange orb of gently undulating and controlled flames spring to life in his palm. Helios' eyes glow a brighter green than they usually are too. He smiles looking at that orb. ] --it always reminds me of that day.

[Ginia listens to him, understanding quite well when he mentions the difference between theory and practice. Much more mundane than magic, but it brought back memories of her father teaching her how to be a bartender, making sure she had the major recipes memorized and giving her colored water to practice with before letting her handle the actual bottles of alcohol.

When he conjured the fireball, her face lit up in excited delight, leaning in a little closer to see, though much to her credit, she didn't try to poke it with anything like she had with Giles' tabletop twister.]

/That sounds amazing. I bet your parents were very proud of you./

[ Helios' palm closes around the ball of fire the flame dispersing with a small 'pop' and a little trail of black smoke as he does so. Helios nods and looks back at Ginia. ]

Yes they were very proud. I think I did well for my first time. I was only around seven or eight at the time.

[Ginia thinks on what she did around age seven/eight.

Learning the piano. Ballet lessons. Discovering the joy of word searches.]

/You were learning magic around seven or eight./

Well the incantations at least! The simple theory, you know? Our powers were still a bit too unstable to really do much with them. [ He'll tap his head with an index finger, smirking. ]

Magic has just as much to do with the mind as the body. Being as young as we were we probably could produce magical spells, like fireballs and the like, but they'd probably be out of control, very dangerous. We did get to make a simple flame though.

/Mental maturity and all that, got it. I could imagine the dangers of children playing with fire spells, even supervised. Though "we"? Do you have siblings?/

[ Helios nods. ] Yes it would have been rather bad. Though I believe bad in an understatement, really.

[ Oh. That, that is terribly sore spot for him Ginia. Sibling, yes. He'll try not to look too uncomfortable as he looks at the surrounding flora. ]

Y-Yes. Um, just, just a brother. [ And lets veer the topic away from his own family. ] Do you have any siblings?

[Oh. Oh. Unintentional sore subject. Ginia makes a mental note not to bring up that topic again.

Though ironically enough, it's not her favorite subject either.]

/I have two older siblings, a brother and a sister. Twins./

[ Yes it definitely is. But it's not like Ginia knows so Helios can't blame her for asking. ]

Ah, that's nice. I do wonder what it might have been like having a sister though.

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