Who: Billy Kaplan and Kate Bishop Where: Billy's rooftop garden practice area When: Sunday, May 20th, 2012 - 10:30pm What: Kate runs into Billy while on patrol. Rating: Some Language.
Electric blue arcs of magical energy cut through the night sky as Billy hovered in place. His brown eyes flared bright blue as he scanned his training area. Around him, bottles, books, and other small objects hovered, all sheathed in the same blue light radiating from him. Through practice, determination, and Loki's previous lessons, Billy had managed to, with some success, keep other objects aloft with him, if only momentarily.
Now, the true test of the evening. Billy concentrated on one of the bottles he'd brought with him, hand pointing toward it as he focused his intent. His voice was small and full of focus as he intoned quietly. Slowly, his palm started shimmering with a brighter blue light than the rest of his aura. Come on, Billy. The light grew brighter and brighter, till it was near blinding. Then it erupted forth from his palm as a crackling, unfocused lightning that surged around the bottle.
Huh, Billy thought as he touched down, the electric blue swirls of energy dissipating as all the objects around him lowered as well. He walked over to the bottle and picked it up to inspect it. There wasn't much indication of a hit, short of a small scorch mark across the length of the label. The wall behind it, however, was a different story, full of smoldering smoke from where the lightning had found its mark.
"Guess I need to work on my aim," Billy mused aloud as he set the bottle down and walked back to the center of the roof, the blue energies already flaring again as he began to repeat the process.