Show and Tell

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Akkey dragged her feet to the beach, stopping right by the shoreline, and let the freezing seawater cover her up to her mid calf in waves. The debriefing had just ended and she was getting a headache, so she wanted to go calm down. A lake would have been best, but Haligan didn't have one so the ocean it had to be. A little more turbulent than I'd prefer but it'll do. 
Hands out and palms down, she swept her arms from one side to another and the sea responded. She lifted her right hand, and a thin sheet of water flicked high up and came down in a fine mist on her. Nice. She did it again on the left, breathing in the salty air, letting the cold fill her lungs as the water shifted with her.
asha-the-viking
Katryn was walking hand and hand with her sister when she saw someone by the ocean. She was going to ignore it, because people were by the ocean all the time.
But then she saw water raise up and Katryn's eyes widened in surprise. Katryn tugged Siri's hand and pointed at the person.
"Woah," Siri said, looking towards where Katryn was pointing. It seemed as though the person had some powers. They knew some people with powers, and Siri was not afraid. "Do you... want to go see, Kat?"
Katryn looked a little nervous, but then nodded.
She and Siri headed towards the stranger on the beach.
akkeyagentofhelheim
She let herself be pulled deeper in by the waves, the water reaching her waist, but she didn't feel the cold. She paused, then pushed down and the sea heaved for a moment, before tensing and rising and allowing her to stand on its surface in a rolling motion.
asha-the-viking
"Wow..." Kat said quietly as they approached. "Who is that, Siri?"
"I believe that might be Akkey. But I can't... see her face." replied the older girl. She knew Akkey was around. Aunt Grey, Aunt Warren, and her mom had talked about it here and there.
Katryn thought for a moment. She had heard that name recently. "Aria and Iona's aunt?"
"Yes, exactly."
"Is she... nice?"
Siri smiled. She had met Akkey a few times, but she hadn't come around since Kat was born. "Yes. I'm sure she'll be excited to meet you."
akkeyagentofhelheim
Akkey took another deep breath as she steadied herself. The ocean moved more than a lake, and required a different type of concentration to be able to stand on its surface. She leaned on one foot, then started hopping across the waters. It would dip as it made contact with her feet, then rise and lift her slightly, launching her off as she seemingly danced and manipulated the sea.
Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted figures by the shoreline, and she paused for a moment, watching them as they did her.
asha-the-viking
Katryn gasped quietly and watched with amusement and joy. "She's got magic."
Siri chuckled at her sister's innocence. She noticed Akkey had stopped, and though she wasn't quite sure she could see them, she raised a hand in greeting. Hopefully Akkey would come over to them.
akkeyagentofhelheim
She squinted, trying to see who it was, and recognized her, "Siri!" Akkey kicked her heel and let herself glide closer to the sisters, stopping right at the shoreline, "Oh my gods, you're Siri right? You've grown!"
asha-the-viking
Siri laughed. "Yes, I'm Siri. It's been awhile! I'm 25 now."
Katryn had slipped behind Siri's legs when Akkey came to a stop.
Siri smiled and looked down at her sister. "And this little one is Katryn. My baby sister. She was born after the last time you came to visit."
Katryn smiled shyly at Akkey, still behind her sister. Siri placed a gentle hand on Katryn's hair.
akkeyagentofhelheim
"Damn, 25. It's been a while," she laughed. She glanced down at Katryn and smiled gently, coming onto dry land. For once she looked like she was of average height standing beside the timid girl. She knelt down, extending a hand in greeting, "Hi Katryn. It's nice to meet you, my name is Akkey. I'm friends with your mom and dad."
asha-the-viking
Katryn chewed on the inside of her lip silently for a moment before reaching her hand out to meet Akkey's. "Hello,"
Siri smiled. "Your nieces were here not too long ago. Iona and Aria? Aria is Kat's new friend, right squirt?"
Katryn nodded shyly. She liked Aria a lot.
akkeyagentofhelheim
Her eyes flicked away for a moment as she thought of her nieces, but she kept her grin up for Katryn, "I see! I'm glad you guys are friends. She doesn't have many back home, so you must be a really special girl."
She stood back up, letting the water behind her straighten into a reflective sheet, "As thanks for being friends with Aria, would you like to do something really cool?"
asha-the-viking
Katryn looked up to Siri, who nodded and nudged her forward with a gentle smile.
"Yes please," Katryn said to Akkey.
akkeyagentofhelheim
Akkey wrinkled her nose in satisfaction, taking both of Katryn's hands gently. She lead her to the edge of the water. The little girl hesitated, but tentatively put a foot forward.
Akkey grinned and pulled her to stand on the surface, bobbing slightly like a little boat. She flicked a wrist, and a wave rose, gliding them across the shallow parts of the ocean. They went higher and higher, the cold water spraying at their faces, then Akkey released the magic, letting them float weightlessly for a moment then falling towards the sea, before catching them with another wave.
asha-the-viking
Katryn was startled initially, but laughed joyfully after a second. She loved it! She was having so much fun! It was absolutely the best thing ever, even though her face got a little wet.
She got a little scared when they started falling, almost trying to clamber towards Akkey, but laughed again when a wave caught them.
Katryn's laugh was pure and loud and gleeful.
akkeyagentofhelheim
She laughed with Katryn, reminded of when she used to this for Aria back in Yrus. They went through a few more rounds, the water spraying around them and catching light in colourful rainbows. Slowly, Akkey let go of her until she was confident enough to play around by herself.
asha-the-viking
Katryn was giggly and in awe, and when Akkey let her go, she was not afraid.
She waved at Siri as they passed and her sister waved back, smiling at them. She liked to see her sister having fun.
Katryn reached out a hand to touch the water. She had seen people do magic with powers before, her cousins namely, but she had never gotten to experience it like this before.
"This is amazing!" She said aloud.
akkeyagentofhelheim
Akkey grinned, leaving Katryn to play by herself and glided over to where Siri stood. She flicked a wrist and sent a tendril of light and colour arching over the excited girl. She glanced towards Siri, bobbing gently on shallow water, "So how have you been? Last time I saw you was when you were 15."
asha-the-viking
Siri smiled at her sister and then looked to Akkey. "I've been good! I've been traveling around since I was like 18. Been a lot of interesting places, met a lot of people... and... I have a sort of boyfriend right now... so..."
Siri tossed her hair over her shoulder and cleared her throat. "How are you, Akkey?"
akkeyagentofhelheim
"All good," she smiled, letting her gaze drift over to Katryn as she manipulated the water, "Been fairly peaceful. Haven't really seen much action since-- ah, recently."
She raised an eyebrow, "A sort of boyfriend? One of the Haligan boys?"
asha-the-viking
Siri blushed a little. "Ah, I guess so. He's not... originally from here but he... lives here now. You... you uh, probably know his family."
She would have to know, right? Clover and Tezz were part of the Rebellion too.
akkeyagentofhelheim
"Oh? Who's his family?"
asha-the-viking
Siri shifted her weight. “His name is William… his parents are Clover and Tezz?”
“Oh!” she recognized those names, “Yeah, I know them. A bunch of– ah, things happened. I haven’t seen them since the Rebellion, but they’re good people. Clover’s nice, and Tezz is a water manipulator as well. How are they?”
asha-the-viking
“Ah,” Siri said awkwardly. She scratched her arm. “Tezz is… Tezz passed away when Will was really little. Right after we got out of the bunker I think… Will… doesn’t remember him very much. And Clover is… she’s doing okay I think. At least, that’s what Will says. I haven’t… talked to her. She’s uh, she’s here! On Haligan I mean. She’s taking over the library.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
She froze for a moment. It was fortunate Katryn was was mid flight then and hovered only for a little longer before she caught her again with another wave, “Fuck… I didn’t know.” That’s… that’s too young.
Akkey passed a hand over her eyes and exhaled, “S-so she’s here! I should say hi. How long have you been with… Will, was it?”
asha-the-viking
Grateful for the slight shift from Will’s father, Siri exhaled. Will didn’t talk about his dad much. Granted, she hadn’t known Will long at all. And Will was too little to remember much of his father. But she knew Will loved his mom a lot, and that she hadn’t taken it well at all, and was still struggling with it all these years out.
“I, uh… we aren’t exactly… well, yes we are. Kind of. We are kind of together right now. Not like, super official or anything.” Siri cringed at the way her own words came out. She stumbled over her words when she got flustered, just like her mom. Which was fine but it sounded so unlike her usual way of speaking she didn’t like it. “But, I don’t know… maybe a week or two?”
akkeyagentofhelheim
She tilted her head to the side, looking up at the nervous girl and grinning a little, “Ohoho, that’s very recent. Was he at the debriefing? I might have seen him.”
asha-the-viking
Siri flushed a little at Akkey’s grin and rubbed her hand over a mark on her collarbone that she suddenly became very aware of under her shirt. “Yeah, he was. Dark and really curly hair, kinda short, cat ears…”
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Ah, yes. That boy. I saw him, solid looking kid.” she couldn’t help it as her grin got wider, gears turning in her head, “How’s the whole thing so far?”
asha-the-viking
Siri fought off the urge to roll her eyes. She knew exactly what made Akkey’s grin widen. Part of her was embarrassed and part of her didn’t care at all. “Pretty good. He’s a good guy. I like him a lot.”
Truthfully, she had never met anyone who made her feel the way Will did. Things were better than pretty good. But Akkey was nearly a stranger, she didn’t exactly need to know that.
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Heh, that’s good.” She leaned further to look up at her, letting her hair slip of her shoulders, before turning her attention back to Katryn, “I hope it stays good for you.”
She cupped her hands around her mouth and called out to Katryn, “You good there, kid?”
asha-the-viking
“Yes, but my legs feel wiggly!” Katryn responded, happy, but unsteady on her feet. “Can you please bring me back?”
Siri laughed at her sister. “Oh, I love her so much.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Sure thing,” she pulled an arm back, letting a wave bring Katryn back to the beach and on firm footing. “Had fun?”
asha-the-viking
Katryn nodded enthusiastically and smiled at Akkey. Her legs still felt a little funny, but she didn’t mind now that she was back on land. “Yes, thank you! Your magic is really cool!”
akkeyagentofhelheim
She grinned down at her, giving her a pat on her head, “You’re welcome. I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for being friends with Aria.”
tree-the-cat
Oh my gods, no, Kendra, there’s a kid here.
I trust you enough to behave yourself.
That’s the nicest thing you’ve said to me this week.
I can fix that. You smell.
Shut up.
The cobble and sand of the beach crunched as the two siblings approached Akkey and the two others talking with her. Liam knew they were Rebellion kids, but that was it. He pushed his paws into his pockets and tried to look casual as Kendra skipped up to the trio, waving enthusiastically. “She says hey, what’s up, you’re doing magic stuff, right?” Liam said from just behind her, reading out her signs to everyone. Kendra beamed widely, a contrast to Liam’s sullen demeanor.
asha-the-viking
Siri smiled at the newcomers, but Katryn, as usual, ducked behind her sister shyly.
“Akkey is,” Siri replied. “We can’t do magic.”
“What was she doing with her hands?” Katryn asked Siri quietly, peering around at the smiley girl. “Was she… talking? Because the boy said she said that.”
“Why don’t you go ask?” Siri responded, turning to look at her. She knew why, but she wanted Katryn to learn from the source.
Kat grabbed onto the back of Siri’s shirt and shook her head.
“Maybe in a bit then,” Siri turned back to the others. “I’m Siri and this is my sister, Katryn. Who are you?”
Kendra watched Liam translate for the girls, and then smiled again and continued to talk. “I’m Ken–this is Kendra, I’m Liam.” He shook his head as he re-worded the confusing translation. “She wanted to come down here to see Akkey, she had some stuff to show you guys.” He sighed a little. “Well, both of us do, I guess.”
Jul 14, 2019
Akkey dropped the hand she was using to spell out “hey” from when she learned the sparsest of signs from the Arnasons years ago after giving Kendra a quick hug, grinning up at all their young faces. She raised an eyebrow towards Liam; he had always amused her, “Oh? And what’s that?”
Jul 14, 2019
“Well, like…Kendra figured what we can do might be useful during the raid. What she can do, anyway. My shiiii–uhhhhhhhh–” His eyes flicked to Katryn. “Ssssstuff might be a little much for her.” Kendra disagreed but he shook his head. “C’mon, I’d make her cry.”
Jul 14, 2019
She clicked her tongue in interest, “Ooh.” Akkey waved a hand and conjured up a couple of ice seats underneath her, Siri, and Katryn, with the ten year old’s being higher for a better view, settling comfortably on the surface that is, oddly enough, not cold, then motioned towards the other pair of siblings, “Both of you show me what you got.”
Jul 15, 2019
“Oh. Uh.” Liam looked over at Kendra, whose eyes were shining. She clapped quickly and skipped to be in front of the three, like she was performing at a show. A small smile tugged at her brother’s mouth but it was gone in a flash.
“Well, I got my powers from Nala’s brother,” Liam translated, as she spoke happily to the onlookers. “Zsil was really nice. He came to help us when we were in trouble, so when he possessed me, I developed some magic. And it’s a little better to see at night, but this still works.”
She backed up a few steps and put her hands together, taking a deep breath and focusing. A bright, white-gold light began to shine from the tips of her fingers, and it seemed to almost melt down the rest of her hands, making them glow from her wrists to her fingers. She separated them and looked at Liam, gesturing excitedly for him to come at her. He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. “Okay, okay, fine.” To Akkey, he mumbled, “I got my stuff from Nala, had it earlier than Kendra did. So I guess we’ll. Show you that. If you want.”
Jul 15, 2019
Katryn smiled broadly at Kendra’s magic. It was very pretty.
Siri smiled at Katryn’s enjoyment, but she looked a little wary as Liam stepped forward. He was worried his magic might be too much for Kat to see and that was a little concerning to her. She looked at Akkey. If she thought it was safe, then it was fine.
Jul 15, 2019
She sat at the edge of her seat, grinning widely at Kendra, mind running with ideas, “Yeahp. Your turn, kid.” She wasn’t going to let him sit this one out, and leaned forward in anticipation.
Jul 15, 2019
“Pfffh. Kid.” Liam turned to Kendra and motioned for her not to stand so close to Siri and Katryn. The pair of them backed up a few paces and Kendra took a defensive position, the light from her hands glowing brighter. She smiled broadly at Liam, who rolled his eyes and flexed his shoulders, shaking out his arms and wrists loosely and planting his feet in a steady stance. The fingers of his right hand stretched and curled, and a cloud of smoke began to obscure his forearm, the particles coalescing and attaching in a loose blob around his claws.
Kendra’s hands suddenly flared until they were impossible to look at, and she dashed forward, light on her feet. She used her momentum to bring up one of her legs, a sweeping kick towards Liam’s shoulder. The darkness around his arm suddenly solidified into a black hand with huge claws, and her foot connected with his palm and he threw it away from him with a powerful shove, knocking her off-balance. He bared his teeth and more of the darkness swirled around both arms and shoulders in obscure clouds, and he launched a more powerful but less finessed attack at his sister. Kendra crossed her hands and a solid barrier of light the size of a buckler shimmered into being in front of her, bringing his smoky claws up short. Dragging his claws across the light, he went in to tackle her instead, but her light increased to a blinding level again, and he missed her by a wide margin, tumbling to a crouch behind her. He shook his head and frowned up at her, using his enhanced claws to sign at her. You know that’s cheating.
She shrugged and gestured at him to attack again. We have people watching. C’mon, try harder! 
His eyes gleamed. He got to his feet and made to run at her again, his footfalls heavy against the sand, but as she prepared to head him off again, his form collapsed into smoke, and the cloud of energy dropped to the ground and hissed across the sand and past Kendra’s skirt, making it flap wildly as though in a high wind. She turned too late; the smoke pooled upwards into the form of Liam again, and he jumped and used both of his hybrid cat feet to slam into Kendra’s back, sending her skidding across the sand. She laughed in excitement and got to her feet, dusting herself off and looking over at Akkey for approval.
Jul 15, 2019
Katryn practically dove into Siri’s lap fron her seat the moment the dusty looking smoke claws emerged from Liam, but she couldn’t look away. Siri had her arms tight around her sister. She was certain they wouldn’t be harmed, but the hold was not for protection but for comfort.
Katryn screamed aloud as Liam pushed Kendra to the ground. She didn’t like that one bit.
“She’s alright,” Siri promised her. “She’s laughing.”
“I don’t like that,” Kat replied in a whisper.
Siri couldn’t help but agree. It was a little unsettling. And she had never seen magic like that before. Like Kendra, she looked to Akkey.
Jul 15, 2019
Her eyes were shining. A multitude of emotions pass through her face, an intensity, a curiosity, a wonder, excitement, glee, fire.
Akkey slipped off her seat and came up to the siblings, gaze shifting between the two, calculating and plotting. “You two have been busy, huh.”
She grinned and gripped Kendra’s arm, “I recognize those moves. Those are some of the same I taught your mom. And that light… that’s–shit, that’s amazing. How far and how long can you project it? Can you control the temperature? Are you able to diffuse and disperse into different kinds of light waves? You can produce your own, how about other light sources? Can you manipulate those?” The words tumbled out of her so quickly that Liam was barely able to keep up in translation.
“And you!” she turned to him wildly. He could’ve sworn that a physical shadow, a fear passed through her eyes, but they were immediately replaced by a look of odd determination, “You…”
Jul 15, 2019
Liam met her gaze evenly. He recognized the slight overcast of fear in her expression; it happened with whoever he demonstrated his skills to. “Me,” he said quietly. 
Kendra started signing, and he broke their eye contact to take in what she was saying. “She says she’s still learning; she might have to test all that. She knows she can’t really mess with other light, but it kind of responds to what she does if she’s nearby.” Kendra clasped her still-softly-glowing hands happily, excited that Akkey was so pleased by her display. Liam let the shadows drip off his hand to the ground, where it rippled and dissolved away like heavy fog.
Jul 15, 2019
Everyone heard the sound of thumping against the sand. Turning they saw Jari rushing towards the beach. “Guys I just picked up a massive spike of umbral, auroral, and aquatic energy did you guys see-” she cut herself off as she noticed Akkey. “Oh well I suppose that explains the aquatic energy, but what about the umbral and auroral?” She mumbled to herself.
Jul 15, 2019
Her heart leapt excitedly. Jari. An Ericson. Maybe… She turned quickly to Liam, staring directly into his eyes. “I need to see more of that later.” she said in a low tone. The shadow appeared again, but he could tell that she was serious in learning more afterwards.
Akkey turned back to Jari and Kendra, her face lit up, “Jari! Do you have magic like your dad?”
Jul 15, 2019
Jari looked up, pulled from her thoughts suddenly. "Hm? Oh uh, yeah technically. Though Lila has magic closer to my father's than I do. Mine is arc based." Seeing a few blank stares and confused looks she says. "Here let me show you." She hold her fingers apart and electricity jumps between them.
Liam tried to hide a grin by ducking his head as he translated for Kendra, who bumped his shoulder with the breadth and enthusiasm of her signage. “Um…she says we could have a big magic attack on all the dungeons, using all our different types of energy, and Central wouldn’t be able to stand a chance against us.”
asha-the-viking
Siri loosed her grip on Katryn at that and sat up a little straighter, projecting her voice so everyone could hear. “Excuse me? You’re going after all the Dungeons? I was under the impression you were just raiding the one for now. I know you have magic, but what about everyone else? Like Aunt Grey and Brandt and… and my… my dad…” Siri’s voice dropped off there and she shifted uncomfortably. She hated that her dad was part of this not because it was a bad choice, just because he could be hurt.
She took a deep breath and continued, one again sounding confident. “Also, couldn’t it be possible that all of your magic at once could clash? That would be dangerous.”
Katryn looked at her cousin, Akkey, and the two others. The magic had slowly stopped. Katryn still was unsure about that boy, though. Also, why did the other girl talk with her hands?
akkeyagentofhelheim
Akkey jumped visibly when Jari activated her magic. She felt the current in the salty sea air, the electricity travelling through the dampness and up her arms. “Ahh…” her hand rubbing the feeling away from her limbs, “That could be potentially dangerous. And useful.”
“Okay, hold on,” she held out a hand, “Slow down a little. Siri has a point; one big magic attack’s not gonna do us any good. Uncontrolled elements, especially at a grander scale, will cost us lives, and we don’t want any of that.” She said seriously, before grinning, “But it’s not a bad idea.”
“Kendra, remember what Grey said about a distress signal? Can you do something with that? Like an unsuspecting code in light or colour that can be seen from the portal team’s vantage point, so that when see it we can come and help?” Her fingers twitched as her mind ran, “And Jari, how’s your control on that spark?”
hubwalker1
She shrugs. “I mean it’s pretty good. Stuff like metal or salt fucks with it a bit but otherwise I’m usually pretty good.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
Akkey sucked in the air through her teeth in anticipation, twiddling her fingers by her leg, “Okay. Cool. Awesome.” She glanced towards the treeline, eyeing a cluster of dead trees, “Anyone up for target practice? Hit those with your best shots.” 
hubwalker1
Without even waiting a moment Jari turned and launched a streak of electricity at the tree. The salty sea air caused it to arc through the air in sharp jagged lines, but otherwise it struck true.
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Son of a–!” Akkey yelped and threw up her arms over her face, caught off guard. The hairs on her limbs stood, and she fell on her backside as she lost her balance. She groaned, feeling her fingers still buzzing from the energy glancing off the vapour in the air. 
She let out a shaky breath and surveyed the damage. The tree stood charred and smoking, void of its smaller branches and standing only with its main trunk. Fucking Hel… 
“Tell me we have a wind mage so we can generate our own storms.”
hubwalker1
She grinned as Akkey stood in awe of her display. Her grin grew wider as she asked if they had a wind mage. “Guess what my brother is.” She said simply.
akkeyagentofhelheim
Greg Ericson, your legacy is insane.
Akkey groaned again, getting up on her feet painfully, “You and Kettil need to get your asses up to the cliffs so we can work on that.” She clenched her hands, trying to rid of the tingling feeling. “Remind me to stay on your good side, kid…”
She shook her head to clear it, “Okay, anyone else got any big ideas?”
tree-the-cat
Liam shrugged vaguely. “My shit doesn’t throw very well.”
Kendra had lit up a wide circle on her palm and was using her hand to cover it up and reveal it again rapidly, making a flashing light, and showed it excitedly to Akkey, the light popping off and on quickly. “Yeah, that’s a pretty good signal,” her brother noted, signing in tandem with his words.
akkeyagentofhelheim
Her eyes glowed approvingly in the light that Kendra manipulated, “Yeah. I like that. If you can control the power and size of it it would be really helpful.” She grinned.
“So we have light, dark, lightning, wind…” she counted it off out loud, marveling at the powerhouse that was the Rebellion’s next generation, “Do you guys know anyone else on the mission who has magic?”
hubwalker1
Jari shrugged. “I mean… Lila has fire magic. She was on your team right?”
akkeyagentofhelheim
“She does?” if she still had her ears, they would have perked up at the news. Her mind flashed back to the past, when hers and Greg’s powers clashed. She grinned, “Interestinggg.” 
hubwalker1
Jari squinted as she said this. “Are you plotting something, you sound like you’re plotting, what are you plotting?”
asha-the-viking
“Oh, now I’m worried.” Siri said, still sitting with Katryn a safe distance away. “Jari sounds both concerned and a little excited. Not a good combination if I say so myself.”
All this talk of magic storms made Siri particularly glad Katryn had convinced her not to join the raid. As much as she hated to admit it sometimes, she listened to her baby sister quite often.
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Don’t worry, Siri,” she gave a small shrug, still grinning, “I have nothing particular in mind… yet. It’s just that Greg had the same power, right. I wanna see what she can come up with like he did. Steam, boiling water, etc.”
hubwalker1
She shrugs. “If you really want to know your best bet would be to spar with her.”
akkeyagentofhelheim
They all missed the slightest of glances towards Liam, before pressing her fingers together in delight, “Yes. Absolutely. That is a great idea.”
hubwalker1
“Okay, I really don’t fucking like that.” She said. “Seriously, what are you up to?”
akkeyagentofhelheim
“Nothing!” she laughed genuinely, waving a hand and heading over to where Siri and Katryn sat, “I’m truly curious to see what she can do, and if a spar is the best way, then so be it. That includes you and your brother, if you like.”