Murphy's Law Strikes Again

[ice_and_steel]

[On the Plains of Spite, there is plenty of room to pit yourself against whatever is chasing you down. Celes has been doing this for nearly an hour, sending herself on sprint drills followed by sets of push-ups as close to the lake as she can manage without (probably) having to draw her sword. She finishes a sprint and pauses to heal the ankle she just strained.]

[A shadow falls over her and she looks up warily, to see something alarmingly like a tentacle hovering over her.]

"Fuck."

[She draws her sword]

Comments

[lifestudies]

Mmm, it sounds as though that sleep technique would be better used to allow you to tackle enemies in sequence instead of simultaneously.

[ice_and_steel]

In combat, yes. But it can also be good for someone who's otherwise uncontrollable but whom you don't wish to hurt.

I admit I've used it most often for taking on enemies in sequence, though.

[lifestudies]

--Being able to subdue someone without doing them harm is also a very useful skill sometimes. Is that something you could teach?

[ice_and_steel]

I don't think any of the Magicite came here with me. That's how I was taught--you probably don't have Magicite here. It's...the remains of powerful magical creatures. When they die they turn into crystals, and you can learn their skills from carrying the crystal for a long period of time. The other magics I know are part of the genetic engineering process, but I could try to explain. I just don't know how well it would work.

[lifestudies]

"Genetic engineering process" sounds somewhat like what we would call a bloodline limit, where I come from. A skill innate to some limited number of people that cannot be taught or absorbed by others?

[ice_and_steel]

Not exactly? I learn some skills more easily because I was bred to do it. But I think anyone could learn from Magicite. I'm just not sure how to teach it without magicite.