Bea Liatris (![]() ![]() @ 2024-07-09 19:49:00 |
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Entry tags: | Δ complete, Δ threads, → bea liatris, → michael price, ∞ 2000: 07, ◦ heureux lake |
RP: There is danger, but there is fun
Who: Bea Liatris, Michael Price
What: Storm brings opportunities
When: Early evening, 9th July
Where: Clearing in the woods around TT Lake
Warnings: Don't try this at home!
Completion Status: Complete
Checking the weather was a daily habit for Bea. Not necessarily because they cared about how wet or sunny it might be, but more because they were interested in wind speeds and storm fronts. It was good to know ahead of time what sort of raw power there might be around. It was also good for them to know when they might be able to go out and practice.
On Tuesday Bea had barely needed to check the report and instead had packed an armful of metal spikes in the back of their car when they headed for the cafe and left their staff in the office rather than placing it on the wall as usual. The painted replica would fool almost everyone, especially when they were around to thread a hint of glamour.
By lunchtime they could feel the anticipation building in themself not just the air and when it reached 4.30 they told their trusted manager that they were taking off, having already given the head's up that it would be a day they weren't there until close. They drove up to the lake and the nearest parking lot to the clearing they had scoped out several years before. They used the shelter of the car to change into pants that were much easier to move in than their usual suit, and a top that reminded them of isobars. Grabbing staff, spikes, a warning triangle from their emergency kit and a fire blanket just in case they trekked out to the clearing, put the warning sign near the end of the path, set up a large circle of spikes, and set about waiting.
As the rain began they started to move from their calm sentry position, their staff spinning, using the power of the wind to whip away most of the rain. They moved smoothly through the first in a series of exercises they had learned almost 300 years ago when they joined the royal guard. It was like a dance, very different to court dances or even modern dance, far closer to martial arts, and very much deadly. This was proven as the their chest expanded when the potential in the air became too great and an upward swing of their copper staff brought lightning crashing down through the staff, then, directed by their power, out to the metal spear just to the right of the path entrance. As they breathed out again they whipped around threading the rapidly diminishing lightning to the next spike and the next, each pole dissipating a little more of the charge into the earth. The look of calm contentment and concentration on their face would likely not reassure anyone who came across them, especially as it transitioned to delight.
Just then they saw movement and spun toward it, hand out. "NO!" Their voice was loud, pushing out with the Charm they almost never used, but they didn't want anyone coming closer, it was far too dangerous.