Tear's Big Project, Day 1

[mysterical]

Characters: Tear Grants and YOU
Setting: The meadow on Floor 25
Format: Starting action, reply as you wish.
Summary: This is the first of the two days for Tear's offer of training in magic. There will be closed parts for certain people and a few open sections.
Warnings:  Magic, fighting, Luke and Asch in the same area with pointy things, possible explosions?

[Tear made her way to the meadow thirty minutes early, a book in her hand as she made that way. She looked around at the empty space and grimaced. Why she'd thought this was a good idea, she'd never know, but she was determined to see if she could get the residents of this Tower of Horror to arm themselves in light of the recent problems with the administration.]

Closed for Luke fon Fabre (OU)
[If the redhead looked carefully enough, he'd see the brunette looking off into the distance at the flowers as she waited for the others to gather.]

Closed for Asch the Bloody, Sheba and Xion
[She'd decided to work on the redheads away from one another, but any friends they brought were fine. She'd expected to see the blond after their exchange on the network.

Closed for V/V, AU Link and Zelda
[She couldn't wait to introduce her two new friends to one another. Link had training with bows and swords. Between those, Tear was sure that V/V would find something she could use.]

Open Section for Magic Training
[This was perhaps the most anxious part of the entire ordeal—trying to figure out how the magics of so many worlds worked and to see if those interested could actually learn to use the Seventh Fonon, or if she was going to be spending her night telling them all how to do battle first aid.

Only time would tell, right?]

Open Section for Fighting Training
[As opposed to the magic training, this, this she had no issue with. She was a proficient with her staffs, maces and knives. Besides, she'd learned as a child that anything could be used as a weapon in times of need. And with the many sword wielders as she'd met since coming to the tower, she knew that this would be fine!]

Comments

[gomu_ningen]

[Still in his "chibi" state, his voice squeaks as if he were an adolescent.]

Do what? Oh, my GEARS move? I kinda' pump my blood through my body real fast, so it gets heated up and lets me move faster and with more strength. I don't know why it makes me tiny like this, but it'll be a few minutes before I'm back to full size.

[Removing the hat from his head, Luffy's tongue hangs out of his mouth as he begins to pant like a dog, using his hat as a fan in the still air of the meadow.]

Still feelin' kinda' hot, too. I think since I'm made of rubber my body can handle it, but I know it definitely shaves away my health.

[mysterical]

[She stares at him in fascination, confused as to what it is that she's just witnessed.]

I think before I can teach you anything, Luffy, that you need to tell me more about your world and how it works.

[gomu_ningen]

Ok!

[He nods his miniturized head, sitting down indian style, though it does 'little' to shorten his height even more.]

Whatcha' wanna' know?

[mysterical]

Start with 'made of rubber'. [She sat down across from him, ready to see what kind of story he'd give her.]

[gomu_ningen]

Oh. I ate the GumGum Fruit, so since then I've become a rubber man!

[I.. Come on Luffy, you gotta' be more descriptive than that.]

It's one of the Devil's Fruits that exist where I'm from. They're all these different types of fruits that when ya' eat 'em they give you strange and mysterious powers. Some can turn you into animals, others make it so you can control the weather. They're usually found in a place called the Grand Line. It's a stretch of sea where the greatest treasure in the world is buried. Nothing there has any rhyme or reason. The weather and seasons can change from one island to the next, where one might be winter while the other is always summer.

Does that make sense?

[mysterical]

[She stared at him. Did he really expect her to believe that just eating a fruit could change the way one's body was composed?

But then, she thought about all of the things that happened on her world that would be unaccounted for on others. Dead people brought back to life through fomicry? One person possessing the power to completely destroy the world if they so chose?

Okay, so, she would let that go as a quirk of his own planet. The rest, the rest was...at least a little believable.]

So far, yes. Continue.

[gomu_ningen]

So I ate the Gum-Gum Fruit as a kid, and since then I've been this way. I've always been strong, though. People who eat Devil's Fruits can't swim though. It's like some sorta' curse that the ocean won't let you live, so you just sink like a rock in water.

What else did ya' wanna' know?

[mysterical]

What kind of...magic...exists in your world?

[gomu_ningen]

Card tricks, rabbits in hats. I've seen people do some crazy things, but it's mostly because they've eaten Devil's Fruits.

[mysterical]

So, before you got here, you haven't really seen much magic or artes truly performed?

[gomu_ningen]

Hnnn- Kinda'? I've seen Village chiefs and I've seen ghosts and stuff. Do ghosts count as magic?

[mysterical]

G-ghosts? [Congratulations, you've said the magic word, Luffy!]

N-no! They aren't magic! They're not real!

[gomu_ningen]

What do you mean they aren't real? I've seen and had ghosts go right through me! They're really real! This girl Perona who lives in the Tower here is from the same place I'm from. She can control and make these little ghost guys get inside you and make you super down on yourself!

[mysterical]

St-stop it!

[Hello, Luffy, welcome to the one thing that Tear's terrified of! Really, really, REALLY scared doesn't even begin to describe how she feels on the inside as she looks around the busy meadow for said ghosts.]

[gomu_ningen]

. . . You scared of ghosts or sumthin'?

[Luffy leans back, grabbing at his sandals as he laughs aloud, slapping a knee as he watches her.]

Nothin' to be afraid of! I can fight off any ghosts that come at you! I've done it before and I can easily do it again!

[mysterical]

That's not funny! [Yep, she sure is glaring at you Luffy, for being an insensitive brat.]

Then you deal with them! I am very busy tonight!

[gomu_ningen]

Anything for a friend! There's nothing that can get in the way of me helping a member of my crew out!

[Did he just blurt that out? Yeah. Yeah he did.]

[mysterical]

[Her scowl melts into a wry smile.]

I'm afraid I don't know the first thing about being on a ship's crew, Luffy. Are you sure you can handle that?

[gomu_ningen]

Do you know how to have fun? Do you know how to go on great adventures?!

I don't know how to swim, or how to navigate or use a sword, but I know there's a whole world out there begging to be seen! A whole, open sea that calls for people to be free and do live the lives they want!

I'm sure you can do that! Besides, having a magicican on my crew seems like a good idea!

[mysterical]

If you ask the Lukes, they will probably tell you that I can't have fun, but I do like to do it. Just after everything's taken care of first. [Her smile becomes more heartfelt at his exuberance.] Well, I'll think about it, okay?

[gomu_ningen]

Until everything is taken care of? Ok! Where do we start? If we get things taken care of quick, the quicker we can set sail, yeah?!

[As Luffy stands, there's another "BOOM" of smoke and steam that erupts around him. Clearing quickly, the dense fog exposes Luffy, once more standing at his regular size and height.]

Where to then?

[mysterical]

[She takes a step back as Luffy's loud change back to normal.]

I meant once we're free of this tower, Luffy. That's my first priority. It should be yours too.

[gomu_ningen]

First priority? Why?

[Luffy is giving poor Tear all of the confused looks he can muster. His expression practically screams, "Are you crazy?"]

I already know I'm getting out of here, that's why you're gonna' join my crew!

[mysterical]

[She shakes her head fondly, knowing that perhaps she's made a friend that she won't be able to get rid of and not sure that she wants to either. He'll be someone at least nice to deal with while she's stuck here.]

You win. I will join your crew and we will get out of her, but perhaps we can focus on getting out before we make any other plans, hm?

[gomu_ningen]

Yeah! All we gotta' do is kick the assess of the guys holding us here, right? No problem!

[His optimisim streams like a river of hope, his grin filled with more than just teeth. That charming chuckle escapes past his clenched smile, nodding his head at acquiring such an amazing friend.]

Then we can go on all sorts of adventures!!