HOTARU
The feeling is not foreign to her, and she nods in clear understanding. “You may be on the edge of a breakthrough then. The longer you spend in Caido, it’s as if your body adjusts to the new world, and it comes more easily.” Hotaru would not at all be surprised if, next she saw him, he had broken that barrier to achieve greater control. A warm almost maternal smile curls her pink lips at his eager agreement. “Perfect. I’d be happy to teach you.” Few others seem to have lightning harnessed to their souls, and it lends a sort of kinship to their encounter.
Still, Hotaru is a woman who likes to show off, and Sah hands her the opportunity on a silver platter. Smile broadening into a sharp, impish grin, Hotaru shakes out her hands to dispel any residual static. “It would be my pleasure,” she assures with a slight laugh in her undertone. Turning to the empty land in front of them she twists a wrist, easy as you please. The sky breaks open overhead, clouds blackening and gathering within a heartbeat, the pressure in the air increasing in almost stifling concentrations. A flick of her fingers, and -
Lightning streaks down in eye-watering arcs of light and heat, impacting against the ground with a snap of sound and thunder that snarls seconds behind it, the earth shattering and spraying at the connection. Bolt after bolt is summoned and directed, scorching the same target and creating a smoking crater as the scent of ozone and electricity fills the air. After a blinding, deafening chorus, she calmly dispels it. And after a few moments as the clouds depart, there is only silence. Turning towards Sah, she gives a dramatic bow - or as much of one as she can manage with her pregnant belly in the way.
I am a breathtaking mosaic
of all the battles I've won
of all the battles I've won
