2. [video]

[theskyaccepts]

[The video opens with Tsuna sitting in one of the rooms at the inn. He's leaning against a Griffin, who doesn't seem too upset with the situation. If anything, it's kind of nudging Tsuna's arm, looking for attention.

As for Tsuna, he seems thoughtful.]

Uh...so...I've, uh, never really used magic before. But I think I have elemental magic here...I don't know. It's mostly just been fire.

[He holds up his hand and a small flame bursts in his palm before engulfing the hand entirely. He sighs a little in regret]

I'm mostly just wondering how you turn it off. I'm going to have to wait until it stops burning now.

[There's a sense he has more to ask but he's just going to hold off for now.]

Comments

[theskyaccepts]

I guess they don't have them here.

They're boxes that contain weapons. Sometimes actual weapons but sometimes, like, animal spirits. That can help you fight. You open them with dying will flames.

[emet_sulk]

[ What in Zodiark's name-- ]

DYING will flames? What, so you must bring yourself to a state of near-death in order to utilise these weapons?

[theskyaccepts]

I mean, kind of yeah. That's what I had to do at first.

Eventually it got to the point where I could ignite them with enough focus.

[Thankfully, his tutor is not here to demonstrate.]

[emet_sulk]

Would you mind describing the exact process for me? I have an interest in the subject.

[theskyaccepts]

I mean, I can try? I don't exactly know how it works.

But basically, your dying will is the thing that keeps you alive right as you're about to die...usually like a regret or something, that brings you back to life so that you can achieve it.

[Leaving out the loss of clothing, berserker strength, and the fact that it's landed him with a very odd reputation.]

[emet_sulk]

[ To a learned mage like Emet-Selch, the explanation sounds implausible at best, ridiculous at worst. Certainly, there is something to be said about the soul burning brightest at its end, but in his view it's not possible to sustain such a state for a protracted amount of time.

Nevertheless, this is what the boy is telling him. And so... ]

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I do believe one would then be a ghost rather than a living being.

[theskyaccepts]

It's more like getting revived from the brink of death. I don't think I've actually died.

[Though he's come pretty close.]

[emet_sulk]

'Tis a dangerous line you tread then. You must have incredible force of will to maintain the state without allowing your soul to slip away.

[theskyaccepts]

It's more like I just have a lot of regrets.]

[Though, the text does make him smile.]

[emet_sulk]

You may have many regrets but you also have the will to do something about them. Is that not an admirable thing to you?

[theskyaccepts]

I guess it, but I also feel like I fail. A lot.

[emet_sulk]

You fail - and what of it? Have you also given up making an effort to succeed?

[theskyaccepts]

Well, no.

Not any more.

[emet_sulk]

Then I see no reason to fret over your failures. Should you fall, someone will surely lend you their hand.

[theskyaccepts]

I guess that last part's true. I have a lot of friends who will do that now.

[It's just been hard to break out of his old ways of thinking.]