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[notyourutopian]

Eleanor Lamb

Hello you've reached Eleanor Lamb's voicemail. I'd explain what's next but I can't imagine you don't know what to do at the beep.

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[notyourutopian]

With your fire powers. [Eleanor smiled.] I guess that means you'll get pretty good with them if you want to, huh?

[She didn't know what to offer about the strange girl, so for a moment she tried something else.]

[burningblossoms]

Not just that. Some sort of...bladed fan. I don't really know how to describe it, but I've seen it in some fantasy books.

[Which is weird, of course. Really weird...]

[notyourutopian]

Bladed Fan? [Eleanor wasn't even sure what to picture.]

Like, the 'fan yourself' kind of fan?

[burningblossoms]

Yes. Like...

[Yukiko pulls out her phone and pulls up what appears to be a D&D manual. In it is an illustration of a bladed fan. As in a wooden fan with metal blades in place of the middle bits.]

This. It's in this game book, and that's all I can find on it in any modern sense. Apparently some generals carried them in ancient Japan though.

[notyourutopian]

[Eleanor stepped closer to look at the picture. Huh.]

So you fight with fire powers and ancient razor weaponry.

[She just shook her head.]

It's certainly weird. But it's also cool?

[burningblossoms]

I guess so? I mean, it's certainly something I never expected to happen to me, you know.

[Yukiko isn't really a fighter...she's a derper.]

But then who knows anymore. I definitely don't have any bladed fans to fight with today.

[notyourutopian]

[Eleanor has faith in her ability to kick butt.]

I don't think any of us expected any of this. I mean, can you imagine me fighting crazy people in masks with my weird superpower? But...there it is.

[She shook her head.]

At this rate, you'll probably get one in the mail.

[burningblossoms]

I mean, maybe?

[Yukiko taps her chin thoughtfully.]

I wouldn't mind having one I guess. It does seem kind of neat, fighting with a fan. Just...sort of weird I guess.

[notyourutopian]

Do you know how?

[That seemed important.]

I mean, these memory things...do you remember how to fight with one?

[burningblossoms]

Ah...nope. I don't think so. Maybe if one shows up I'll remember, but it's not like with the saxophone.

[notyourutopian]

It would be pretty interesting. And unique, in this day and age, I bet.

[Hm.]

I hadn't given that a lot of though, but. [Eleanor hesitated.] Like, I feel there's a difference between giving us memories and giving us talents...I can't use my power the way the girl in my memories can.

But you can play the saxophone. Like they...put it in your head.

[Where was she going wth this. Even she wasn't sure, from her expression.]

[burningblossoms]

Right. But that could just be a memory, you know? Power is different, since you don't remember the fine control the other you had. Maybe if you had a memory of learning to use it, then it'd come more easily?

[The saxophone memories were, in fairness, of her leaning to play.]

[notyourutopian]

Maybe.

[She wasn't convinced. Or maybe she didn't want to remember things like that.]

Either way, I mean...it's all completely insane but...

[She almost looked sheepish?]

Pretty cool.

[burningblossoms]

Mmmhmm! I think so too. It's pretty much the most interesting thing that's happened to me ever.

[She hums thoughtfully, looking at her closed fist, considering the fire and flames there.]

Maybe we should...try and practice? You know. See if we can learn that control.

[notyourutopian]

[Eleanor broke out in a wide smile at that.]

Yes. Absolutely. Although I'm pretty sure I can't catch a fireball if you throw one at me.

[A beat.]

...Yet.

[burningblossoms]

[Yukiko grins and stoops to pick up a pebble.]

Well let's not start with that. How about pebbles? That won't hurt.

[Or, you know, set you on freaking fire.]

[notyourutopian]

I think I can manage that. [She grinned, moving to step a bit away.]

I haven't really tried to catch things yet, actually. Just pick them up.

Let's let this go so we can focus on Borrower Adventures tomorrow

[burningblossoms]

Well, let's get to it then.

[And she'll start by tossing the rock at Eleanor slowly, just an easy pitch.

The Training has BEGUN]

[notyourutopian]

[And Eleanor would try to grab it, and miss completely, watching as the pebble clattered to her feet. She huffed, picked it up, and tossed it back to Yukiko.]

...Let's try that again, huh?

[Aaaand scene!]