queenofheartsrp | Materia 004 [accidental video; video; action]

[The Vine seems to think that what Sephiroth is doing is interesting enough to start transmitting. She is turned away from the mirror. Standing in a loose and easy stance, she gestures with one hand. Suddenly, the air around her fills with a shower of what appear to be pies. Small and dense, a few of them strike Sephiroth's head and pauldrons. In a cascade of crumbs, they harmlessly bounce off of her and onto the ground. Sephiroth takes a step back, bewildered, and the Vine stops recording.

When it starts recording again, several minutes later, Sephiroth is aware of it, addressing the Vine in her usual calm way. She is holding three spherical objects.]

Hello. This is Sephiroth. Using the magic soil that can be found here, I attempted to make some items from my world known as Materia, and my experiment had--mixed results.

[Sephiroth makes a hand motion with one of the spheres, and as she does so, a dazzling rainbow shoots out. It seems to have no end, spanning the gardens with a bow of beautiful colors for a bright few moments.]

This is Rainbow Materia.

[Sephiroth repeats her earlier move, using another sphere. A few feet in front of her, a tree springs up from the ground. It grows very rapidly, until it is more than six feet tall, at which point it puts out leaves, then buds, then bursts into bloom. The flowers are pink and purple, and they expel puffs of glitter as they open.]

This is Tree Materia.

[She considers the third sphere, but makes no move to use it.]

This last one is Pie Materia. [Pause.] It creates a rain of pies. [She nods toward the ground, where one can see a liberal scattering of pies. A trace of annoyance can be detected in her voice and expression.]

These are all quite useless to me. If anyone so desires, I'd be happy to give you one of these materia and instruct you in its use.

[[OOC: Sephiroth has one each of the following Materia: Rainbow, Tree, and Pie. They won't level up, and they only behave as demonstrated. If anyone wants one, they're first come, first serve! Or feel free to just bug Sephiroth in general. (If she has any other Materia, she's not saying.)]]

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If you'd like one, you may have it. I can show you how to use it. As I said, it's not difficult.

Really? I want, um... [Pause. THIS IS A HARD DECISION, OKAY.] The rainbow one!

Then it's yours. [Sephiroth steps to one side, so that more of her location is visible through the mirror.] I'm near the Orchard, if you'd like to come and claim it.

Okay! I'll come and get it right away!

[She nods.] I'll be here.

[She shows up a bit later, coming from somewhere inside the orchard. When she sees Sephiroth, she waves enthusiastically and hurries over.]

Hi!

Hello. [With a faint smile, she offers the Rainbow Materia.] Here you are.

I didn't ask your name before.

[She takes it, rolling it between her fingers and studying it quite intently.] Thank you! You'll show me how to use it, right?

Oh! I'm Yamame Kurodani. You said you're Sephiroth, right?

It's good to meet you, Yamame Kurodani. [She nods.] Yes, my name is Sephiroth.

To use this Materia, you have to hold it--it's better if it's touching your skin. [The Garden-warped Materia behave differently than ordinary Materia, but she thinks she understands them well enough.] Then focus your attention on it and the energy inside. You should be able to sense it. It's almost like feeling a heartbeat in a living body.

[Yamame quits playing with it, allowing it to rest in the center of her palm. Closing her fingers around it, she focuses, trying to sense the energy like Sephiroth said she should be able to. After a little bit, she blurts out,] Ah—! I think I feel it.

Very good. [She'd thought it would work the same for everyone here, since it was made in the Gardens.]

Now, continue to focus on that feeling. Gather your concentration there. When you do, you should feel the "heartbeat" intensify in response.

When that happens--shift your focus outward, forcefully, where you want the rainbow to go.

[Yamame is silent for a little while, trying to do as she had been instructed. Then, suddenly, she mimics the motion she had seen Sephiroth perform over the Vine...]

—hah!

[...And nothing happens. Yamame pauses for a few moments to be sure, and then...just kind of flails around, trying to get the materia to work like it's supposed to.]

Hah—hah—hah—!

[Her theory had been that anyone would be able to use the Materia from the Gardens, as it had been made within the Gardens and so did not rely on the energy of her world. It's possible that she had been mistaken.]

If it doesn't work right away, be patient and try again. You need to focus, if you haven't used Materia before.

Do you sense the power within at all?

I...I think so...

[She's obviously a little discouraged, to say the least. Still, she stops flailing around and focuses on the Materia again.]

[Sephiroth is still not sure what the problem might be. Could she have created Materia no one else can use? This place is odd enough that she would believe it.]

That's a good sign.

Have you used magic before, Yamame?

Well, I know how to use danmaku, but I've never used magic magic...

It could conceivably be possible that these will only respond to me, since I made them, but that wasn't my intention.

What is danmaku?

I'll show you!

[She turns away from Sephiroth, raising a hand over her head. Then, a circle of bullets (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SmTGAKR3snk#t=117s) bursts out around her, drifting outward before twisting to home in on a single target—a tree off in the distance. As they connect, there's a dull thudding sound, each of the bullets doing a bit of blunt force damage.]

[Sephiroth watches the display with interest. She is slightly distracted from the matter of the Materia.]

How interesting. Do you use this danmaku to battle on your world?

Yeah, that's right.

[She would like to know more about this kind of combat, but she returns her attention to the matter at hand.]

Interesting.

Perhaps you can use the Materia in the same way. Can you focus on it and cast out, as you do with your danmaku?

Okay! I'll try that!

[She settles down and focuses on the Materia again, closing her eyes and trying to focus all of her attention on that little pulse inside the object. She feels it intensify, and when she does, she focuses on casting it outward, once again mimicking the motion Sephiroth had made when she had cast it herself. This time, it works, a brilliant rainbow springing forth and streaking through the sky.]

Ah—! I did it!

[Sephiroth smiles. She usually doesn't teach novices, but it's a pleasant feeling.]

Well done. Perhaps Materia are like danmaku in some small way.

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