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WHO: Jim Lake and you!
WHERE: Bluo
WHEN: Throughout March
WHAT: Jim isn't used to having all this free time.
WARNINGS: Nothing probably.

i: Looking for worms

[Jim's life had become...really hectic since he found the Amulet of Daylight. So suddenly having all this free time is so strange.

So he finds things to occupy himself with. He knows he's no good at hunting...but he doesn't want to rely entirely on his roommates to get ingredients.

After some digging around in the store, he manages to find a fishing rod! Success! But now he needs to find bait.

Which is why he's digging in the dirt with a small, rusty hand shovel. Then he stops and groans.]

Still nothing... [He notices you watching and, far from being embarrassed, he just waves.] I don't suppose you know where I can find some worms?

ii: Training is important

[Just because Blinky isn't here, just beause he'll go back and nothing will have progressed doesn't mean he doesn't need to train.

In fact, Jim feels like this is the perfect time to get some training in! That way he'll have gotten extra training by the time he got back!

Though without the Hero's Forge (not that he's been able to train there for a while now) and no other places to train he's going to need to get...creative.

Which is why you may catch him trying to tie some hay and logs together to make a training dummy. it might look a bit like a naked scarecrow though.

When he thinks he's done. He's going to look at his rather lacklustre attempts and nod.]

Not bad, right?

[Yes, he's asking you. And as if on cue, the dummy leans over to one side before falling down. Or maybe its arms fall off. Either way...he has the grace to look embarrassed when it happens.]

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[ ritsu's agenda was pretty blatant; he'd thought about sugarcoating it before, but a shiver went up his spine at the idea he might be scamming someone like a certain person he didn't like.

so he had dropped an honest line that testing each other's powers might not be a bad idea, in case one of many possible town shenanigans happened. at any rate, it was better he picked out who it was than chancing a normie experience. ]

...

[ ritsu nods, but just kind of stares on. how was this supposed to work? this really is a weird task isn't it. how are they even assured they'll go back to normal?

okay, okay, brain, shut up. you're overthinking like usual. every other weird thing's shifted back eventually. ]

Maybe... we should try a handshake?

[He appreciate Ritsu's honesty, really. He hadn't been lied to very often in his life (thus far) but the one or two times it'd happened the consequences had been dire.

So yeah, totally appreciates the honesty and Ritsu's reasoning makes sense.

He smiled a little.]

Sounds good to me. [He holds out his hand.] Let's shake on it.

[Harharhar, see what he did there?]

[ for that, he could probably psychically shake you jim. but he's trying to be less petty. so instead there's the signature blank kageyama stare.

but he nods and grasps jim's hand. when he blinks, he's surprised by how quickly that worked. it feels... wrong to be looking down at himself. he furrows his brows and checks his hand. ]

Uh.

--Okay, that's not my voice either. [ and he'll put his-- (newly his's??) hand on his throat too. ] That was... fast.

[Tough crowd.

But he didn't have a chance to make a comment before he's having to adjust to looking at his own face.]

Wow. [Because, yeah, that was pretty fast. He had to look down at himself, putting a hand on his chest and arm as if to confirm that, yes, this is indeed a Thing That Has Happened.] I didn't even feel anything...

[ it must be really hard to live a tobes-less life... hang in there jimbo ]

Well, we have no idea how long this lasts... so we shouldn't waste any time.

[ hm. the circumstances of his esper awakening were a bit stressful, to say the least, so he's a bit unsure where to start. maybe the most basic of things? ]

Why don't you try getting the spoon from my pocket and bending it with your mind?

[ yes he just keeps doing that even in chroma ]

[He's doing his best.]

...you keep spoons in your pocket?

[He does as told and holds it up.

Then stares.] Is there...something I'm supposed to say? [That's how powers usually work where he's from.]

It came in handy while I was in a jail cell once.

[ because you know, that's... a thing you just toss out there. it's not shawshank redemption though. ]

No, not really. I think calling out your attack works for some people, but I kind of just... focus? But you can try that. However you can make a spoon bending incantation... work.

[ ritsu's not gonna lie to himself, a teeny part of him's gonna be mad if jim easily gets this after he went on some elaborate self-sabotage to just unlock it ]

A jail cell.

[He doesn't even sound that judging. After all, he'd spent some time in a dungeon so like........you know. He gets it. Sometimes these things happen.

But he was still a bit curious about it.]

Focus, huh. [He stares at the spoon, and...thinks about bending the spoon. His brows are pinched as he stares at the spoon without blinking. Slowly (slowly) the spoon bent just a little.] ...that's a lot harder than you made it sound.

It was more of a distraction than anything, but yeah.

[ minors in cages: the duo.

ritsu's face just very slightly turns into a grin when he sees jim have a hard time. ah, awakening lab flashbacks with level 1 espers. but come on ritsu, you're trying to be a helpful boy here, get it together. looking down at what's essentially himself having a hard time is bringing him back. ]

Right. I think this is a commonality with a lot of powers but... why don't you try some kind of emotional drive? I used negative emotions before starting out, but I have a better grip on it now even without them.

What makes you... angry? No need to share. Just think about it.

[ "i mean, unless you don't want to" goes unsaid but who wants to even think about that kind of stuff... ]

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