Damien
"I never see you at the club!"
Okay? I never see you at the creek
Okay? I never see you at the creek
The starting horn—or whatever that toot had been—barely faded before the world tilted.
Damien shoved off, the sled jerking forward with a bark of friction and spray. Snow slapped his face, cold and clean, as gravity took hold. He hunkered low over the plain wooden frame, steering more by will than technique. The first stretch was pure momentum, a wild rush of air and white blur, and for a moment he almost laughed. Then the slope pitched steeper.
The others tore ahead—Deimos already a dark streak at the front, someone else he didn't know (and couldn't recognize in the current circumstances) close behind, Zavien a flash of yellow chaos careening like a madman. Damien gritted his teeth, weight shifting to cut tighter along the track. Still, the sled began to lag.
“Figures,” he muttered, wind dragging the word out thin.
He’d seen Zavien do something earlier—some flicker of light, a breath of the uncanny—and whatever it was, it worked. Damien wasn’t a mage, didn’t have tricks up his sleeve, and hadn't ever done this before, but the idea tugged at him anyway:
Channeling.
He didn’t think, just reached. Somewhere between heartbeat and breath, he opened himself to the stillness under the roar of the wind. If anyone’s listening— the thought wasn’t quite a prayer, but it carried the same shape. Could use a hand here. Just a boost.
Damien uses his Channeling to attempt to ask a spirit for a boost!
Channeling (Accepted) : Allows an Accepted to channel a spirit during a time of crisis (1x a season). Can be combined with other accepted channeling to increase power.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic | Cost: Action
Regional Score bonus: +13 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc.
Damien shoved off, the sled jerking forward with a bark of friction and spray. Snow slapped his face, cold and clean, as gravity took hold. He hunkered low over the plain wooden frame, steering more by will than technique. The first stretch was pure momentum, a wild rush of air and white blur, and for a moment he almost laughed. Then the slope pitched steeper.
The others tore ahead—Deimos already a dark streak at the front, someone else he didn't know (and couldn't recognize in the current circumstances) close behind, Zavien a flash of yellow chaos careening like a madman. Damien gritted his teeth, weight shifting to cut tighter along the track. Still, the sled began to lag.
“Figures,” he muttered, wind dragging the word out thin.
He’d seen Zavien do something earlier—some flicker of light, a breath of the uncanny—and whatever it was, it worked. Damien wasn’t a mage, didn’t have tricks up his sleeve, and hadn't ever done this before, but the idea tugged at him anyway:
Channeling.
He didn’t think, just reached. Somewhere between heartbeat and breath, he opened himself to the stillness under the roar of the wind. If anyone’s listening— the thought wasn’t quite a prayer, but it carried the same shape. Could use a hand here. Just a boost.
Damien uses his Channeling to attempt to ask a spirit for a boost!
Channeling (Accepted) : Allows an Accepted to channel a spirit during a time of crisis (1x a season). Can be combined with other accepted channeling to increase power.
Type: Light | Rank: Basic | Cost: Action
Regional Score bonus: +13 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc.
