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[yanginthere]

"Hey there! Yang here. Or... not here, as you probably figured out.
Anyway, leave me a message and I'll get back with you soon as I can. Later!"

[ this post can be used for all private PokéGear phone calls, letters, etc. OOC contact and HMD is over here! ]

Comments

[yanginthere]

yeah!! we have to find our limits some way
by that i mean the hard way
no aura to keep us safe here

[hashtagafreakingghost]

what IS aura anyway?
if I can ask that?

[yanginthere]

sure you can!
its no secret
every one with a soul has it back home
even animals so i guess in theory pokemon here could probably have it
or something like it
heck
maybe thats how they can manifest their powers??

ANYWAY

it protects you from getting hurt
some people can channel it better than next guy
especially if they have a greater source of it than the other person
but its not infinite it takes time to recharge
you deplete that in the middle of the fight and
boom
that next hit is all on you

[hashtagafreakingghost]

so it's a personal power source for your fights?
and a shield?
what kind of powers do people have anyway?
I only thought of it as fighting with weapons or something like that.

[yanginthere]

oh those are included too
if youre lucky you get some special talent that feeds off your aura
we call that semblance
my sis has her speed
she can zip around faster than anyone i know
comes in real handy for mowing down a pack of grimm all in one shot
or just getting out of harms way

weiss has these things called glyphs
she can like bounce around with them
shoot icicles
speed up time
or maybe she slows it down
shes actually never used it on me i should ask about that...

[hashtagafreakingghost]

wow!
these are like actual superpowers...
no wonder you guys can fight those Grim things
what's yours?

[yanginthere]

im pretty much invincible ;)



okay thats not exactly true
BUT
do you know a phrase that goes like
"whatever doesnt kill you makes you stronger"
?

thats basically me

[hashtagafreakingghost]

oh
yes I am familiar with it
do you mean if you get hurt you just get more powerful??
because that sounds unreal and amazing
and incredibly dangerous!

[yanginthere]

whats my middle name again? :P

but yeah if it get hit
i hit back twice as hard
or more
i dont really have solid numbers for the forces involved
just a nearly flawless fight record to back that up

[hashtagafreakingghost]

no wonder you're having a hard time adjusting here
you're a walking can of badass :O

[yanginthere]

aww youre sweet

the key word here is *was

this world doesnt need our brand of heroism
which is kind of a bummer but at the same time
people ought to be thankful
*I* should probably be thankful too

[hashtagafreakingghost]

well
I know I'm pretty thankful
the more peaceful this place is the better
it'd be cool to see you and your friends in action
but I'd take the calm instead any day

[yanginthere]

well i heard that sometimes people can get their powers back for a short time
i know you said you want nothing to do with me and high places
BUT
outside of that
if i do get my aura unlocked again even for like an hour
ill save you a front row seat to the gun show

[ then a few seconds later. ]

DAMN i just realized
we probably wont have our weapons here
no guns :(
thats like half the fun

[hashtagafreakingghost]

well that

[...She just cuts off.]

[yanginthere]

i know i know
too dangerous
again its just how we were trained
you cant exactly tickle a grimm to death
but here theres no grimm
and no way no how do i want to hurt anyone
still i could really throw down with my sis then
no weapons just aura
no holds barred


oh man now i have myself all excited for it and i dont even know when that could happen
or for how long
WAITING IS THE WORST THING

[hashtagafreakingghost]

[More text. She's fine, she can do this. Have a normal conversation. Calm down, Ashley.]

yeah
real dangerous

i hope you get it back soon
or like relatively soon whenever

[...yeah this isn't working.]

listen i should probably get back to traveling
you know almost to violet city and all that warm bed to sleep in

[yanginthere]

oh yeah shoot
dont let me keep you
ill talk to you later, ash
be safe out there !

[hashtagafreakingghost]

you too

2/19 Evening

[in4apounding]

[Penny's visit with Ruby had been a little more rushed than usual, given the awkwardness from earlier in the day. But she'd still made sure that her friend's injuries weren't anything serious, and dropped off some ice and a small packet of painkillers.]

[And now it was time to do the same for -another friend?- Ruby's opponent, anyway. She raised a hand, bag of ice held in the other, and knocked.]

Yang? It's Penny, are you in?

[yanginthere]

Come in, Penny. It's open! [ Yang is just laying on her bed face-down, idly flipping through some magazines. Between being banged up and full of dinner she hasn't been too motivated to get up and do anything else. It's going to be bedtime soon anyway but she can spare a smile for her friend when she's inside. ]

Hey, what's up?

[in4apounding]

Salutations! I just wanted to make sure you weren't hurt too badly.

[Holding up the bag of ice in demonstration.]

I know it's a big adjustment not being- not having your aura, I mean.

[Or, say, a solid metal endoskeleton.]

...Was it a good match? Ruby said she won.

[Maybe. Just a little prouder of her friend than was strictly tactful when talking to the loser of said fight.]

[yanginthere]

[ If it's pride that Penny's worried about, she won't have to be. Yang has plenty of that to spare for her sister, too, despite her own painful loss. She chuckled and waved her hand. ] I appreciate that, I do, but it's nothing that won't heal.

[ Though one look at her bandaged wrist and she deflated sheepishly. ] ...I guess I did push my limits a bit. [ Another grin. ] Ruby got me, and how!

[in4apounding]

[She has to laugh a little at that.]

That's good to hear! Though I've heard there's not much that won't eventually heal, here. Just not... not something I think would be a good idea to test.

[She shakes out a small hotel hand-towel she's been carrying and wraps it around the ice bag, offering the improvised cold-press to Yang.]

I bet if you asked her she'd say she learned a lot of it from you. She's talked about what a great fighter you are.

[yanginthere]

Yeah, you're right. I'm not in a hurry to get a concussion or break any bones. [ Though that smack to her ribcage nearly accomplished one of those, she managed to roll with it enough to minimize the damage. It's a good place for that icepack to go, though, accompanied by a sharp intake of breath and then a short laugh. ]

We do train together a lot, obviously, but no. It wouldn't be true. Ruby gets almost all of her skill from our Uncle Qrow. Heh. Has she talked your ear off about him, yet?

[in4apounding]

Oh, she has! He's the one that helped her make Crescent Rose, right?

[Which is almost as important as any of the actual PEOPLE Ruby's talked about, she's gathered.]

She said he's one of the reasons she wanted to become a Huntress, too.