queenofheartsrp | 3rd [video]

Melancholy, huh?

[Kris sort of gets it and leans against Akiha.]

I can fix that too.

[Surprisingly, Akiha doesn't seem to mind.]

Unless you can defy the Queen's power with your own, I'm fairly sure that's not possible. Besides... you're supposed to be showing me how to use the staff.

I'm helping you with it right now, aren't I?

But let me see your hands.

Somewhat.

[But Kris can't make Akiha forget. She can't make the ache in Akiha's heart go away. Still, Akiha sits up enough to comply, letting Kris have her hands.]

[Kris reaches around Akiha and takes her hands as if she were going to guide them.]

Oh wait....you should probably grab the staff first.

[Akiha wasn't too sure about this method, but she does want to learn. So she grabs the staff and at least shifts how she's sitting enough to make this a bit easier for Kris if she was insisting on this technique.

And it kept her mind off... other things.]

One or two hands on the staff?

We'll start with both so you can feel what it's like.

Okay...

[Akiha takes the staff in both hands, holding it parallel to the floor.]

Like this?

Mmhmm. Now close your eyes.

[And she does so.]

They're closed.

[Through Akiha's hands, Kris activates the staff. She's hoping Akiha can feel it and catch on.]

Hm.

[Akiha feels something and furrows her brow. How to...]

What did you do?

I concentrated on using it.

But how did you do that?

[She opens her eyes and tilts her head back to look at Kris.]

Is it a request, a demand... something else?

Well, it's not like the staff has a will of it's own. So it would be more like a demand, I suppose. You use your willpower to make it work.

Oh. That explains why I...

[Have such a hard time. She has a lot of willpower, but it's kind of dedicated to keeping herself under control.]

Hmm. Maybe if I... let go a little. [And Kris gets to watch the crimson spread through Akiha's hair this time as it changes.]

Ooooooh.

You look beautiful like that!

[She never really got a GOOD look, okay.]

[A tinge of color touches Akiha's cheeks as she reaches back to free her hair from where it was trapped between them.]

...if you say so.

[She then clears her throat and focuses on the staff.]

I do!

[Waiting for results!]

[For a moment it seems like anything was going to happen. Akiha was getting tenser by the second. And then she closed her eyes and leaned a bit back against Kris.

A couple seconds later and she finally got the damn thing to work.]

You did it! I'm glad.

[Akiha smiles a little before frowning.]

I don't understand why something that seems so easy would be so hard.

Maybe you were trying to force it instead of being more natural about it?

[Akiha force something? What a silly concept.]

You said it was a demand, not a request to get the staff to work.

There's still a such thing as trying to hard.

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