trans_9 | Obtaining a New Power [open]

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Obtaining a New Power [open]

Once Shoutarou was settled in, Hoshi went to the Sensoriums on the HardBoiler with the Lost Driver and Nazca Memory in tow. She felt like there was new energy inside of her by what happened at the Narumi Detective Agency, definitely ready to put forth her energy into making Nazca work to its' fullest potential. Sure, it wasn't like aiming for Xtreme, but she didn't feel like she was being left out of the fun. No, she was going to help protect the smiles of those on Stacy along with Philip and Shoutarou.

She walked inside of an unused Sensorium and waited for Philip to come help her learn about the Nazca Memory as they agreed upon.

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Now that she had more of an understanding about Nazca, Hoshi went to somewhere in the city, ready to try out her new powers. She stood perfectly calm and composed before attaching the Lost Driver to her waist, it wrapping around her. Then, she held up the Nazca Memory and clicked it.

"NAZCA!"

"HENSHIN!" she called and placed the memory in the slot of the Driver. She spread her arms out and felt flames and light surround her, transforming her into Nazca. Her hand took the Nazca Blade out of its' sheath, twirling it around, and she ran it over her gloved hand.

She wanted someone to train against just to see what techniques she could gain from this form so that she can utilize all of the skills that Philip previously showed her.

( OOC: Okay, so the first part is for Philip and Hoshi while the second one is free for anyone! Feel free to bother her about the transformation or anything else, as well! )

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"Oh, no! It's okay!" Hoshi said, waving her hand as best as she could when she was upside down like this.

While she waited for Morgan to get on the other bar, she decided to swing around a bit, humming some kind of tune under her breath.

Oh no, not quite yet. A little more concentration, and a bowl full of rice appeared on the lowermost pole, just far enough away that when she hung straight down and stretched her fingers she could reach it. Above her, on the uppermost ledge, an empty bowl of the same make appeared.

Morgan offered her a pair of chopsticks, still grinning. "Heard of this one?"

...Okay, this was an unusual training method, if she ever heard of one. Still, she wanted to try it out just because it was so new and so unusual at the same time.

"Not exactly," she said, grabbing the pair of chopsticks. "What are we doing, if you don't mind my asking?"

"You transfer the rice from the bowl it's in now to the bowl above you, using the chopsticks," he said. "One grain at a time."

Did he hope for her to be alarmed or enthused? Either way, he didn't expect her to back down, so he's anticipating nothing but fun out of this.

The logical half of Hoshi's brain was considering the absurdity of this, but the other half was thinking it'd be a nifty experience all the same.

"Very well," she said as if the entire thing didn't faze her in the slightest. She went to take one grain of rice in between the chopsticks and went to place it in the bowl above her, thinking that wasn't that bad. Now came the hundreds of others.

Oh, well. She loved a challenge!

"The goal is to keep up the flow. Just banging out vertical crunches isn't a hard thing, it's all pure muscle," he said, watching her. "The real idea is that you never break your momentum. Plucking a rice grain from the bowl should be as fluid and effortless as every other part of the motion."

No complaining or protests! Just a willing effort. He appreciated that immensely, and it was worth a few extra points of respect.

She listened to what Morgan had to say, nodding as best as she could when she was upside down like this. While she was listening, she continued to put grain after grain of rice in the bowl, not losing her momentum at all.

"Good thing that I've got enough muscle in this body of mine," she commented offhandedly, still not showing any signs of weakness of any sort. Admittedly, this was really fun and definitely served to strengthen her more than she was right now.

"Clearly!" Morgan said, sincerely impressed. Most people, starting out, couldn't handle very much of this, but she was taking to it like a pro. "How'd you pick it up?"

"Well, it was primarily doing things like strength and weight training, and when I became serious about doing my sport, I went on to do endurance training and pretty much became a jack of all trades when it came to building up muscle," Hoshi explained, still doing great work on getting the rice in the bowl above her. By now, she probably had it a quarter of the way full with only more to go.

"That's impressive dedication, especially if you can just jump into this. Now I just need to convince you to become my student," he said, teasingly.

"I'm always looking for new things to try, so why not?" Hoshi replied, continuing to work on the task at hand.

He leaned back against the pole to laugh, running a hand back through his hair as he did. "You'd be a real catch for me if I ever thought martial arts could be your first love, but somehow I get the feeling that spot's been filled."

"My first love's always my family, then my second's my friends, and finally my third one is my sport," she replied, an easy smile falling on her features. "I suppose martial arts is my fourth or fifth love. It depends if it can combat my love to cook."

And he just laughed again, easy and lighthearted. "It isn't that simple, but it isn't that complicated either. What's your sport, then?"

His guess was soccer. Of course he's wrong.

"Beyblading! It's done with a spinning top, but it's a lot better than it sounds. It's high contact and very charging. Personally, I love it and I want to teach it to everyone here."

"Then I'll trade you lessons!" He was just as eager to learn new things, especially since it seemed he had nothing but free time on this ship right now.

"Awesome!" Hoshi said, now having half of the bowl on top filled with rice, still going strong on the momentum. Sure, her arms, midsection, and legs were burning, but it was a good burn.

Without any pain, there was nothing to gain, and she definitely thought about it like that.

"I think I'm halfway done just about!"

"That looks about right. I have the urge to bounce quarters off your abs just because I can," he said with a grin. "Just be careful. The closer you get to empty, the harder it becomes to pick up a grain smoothly."

"Is that so?" Hoshi remarked, a grin forming on her face. She nodded at his next words and still worked at it, not wanting to show any signs of weakness here or when it came down to the nitty gritty.

"At the pace you're going you must be nothing but muscle under that shirt, why shouldn't I want to?"

This ship must have some serious people on it, if a random girl could handle this exercise like nothing.

Hoshi chuckled at Morgan's comeback, focusing on both the conversation and the matter at hand. "I'm pretty well toned," she retorted.

She did take a moment to breathe while working on the rice, sweat developing on her forehead that was making her bandanna get wet, as well. Even so, she knew she could take a relaxing dip in the bath after this.

He stopped talking, letting her concentrate as he watched with much mental shaking of his head. His luck, finding someone who could handle the training he'd love to give but seemed at best peripherally interested.

Well, when it came down to it, Hoshi was quite confused about flirting or anything else since her views on love were virtually nonexistent.

She did give a pause to breathe before placing the chopsticks in her mouth, biting on them to keep them from falling. She shrugged out of her vest, tossing it somewhere near Morgan. Then, she spat the chopsticks out and worked even better now that she was free of that limitation.

Forget flirting and love! Cute girls were a dime a dozen around here. Capable and dedicated girls who would make excellent students of the martial arts, much less so!

"So I guess we should wait a bit on the part where you wear the weighted vest to do this, hmm?" he teased, so very lightly.

"Actually--!" Hoshi began to say, moving grain after grain of rice in the bowl above her. "I just got warm, that's all!"

With how much she was working herself out, she definitely did seem to be hot and needed to take a shower after this.

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