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 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 9:25 pm
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That's right. Shun had said something about people with stronger wills being able to overpower others magic. Ok. Welp, that was certainly not going to help her. Though, hearing that Kess wasn't out for her blood, at least at the moment, did help quell some of the panic that she had felt.
Still...did the vines feel...tighter?
"The young ones?" She watched as Kess pushed the seeds into the ground. Juniper never would have thought of actual seeds as young ones. Seedlings yes, but...just the seeds?
Right. Right. She shouldn't be overthinking this. Overthinking was her enemy in this, that little bit she had come to understand. I just need to believe and will it. God that sounds like something straight out of a Disney movie.
"Alright. Little baby plants. Ok." She closed her eyes. She didn't know why, but it helped her to focus and calm her inner thoughts as she tried to visualize the seeds in the ground. To sense them as Kess had said.
It wasn't an easy thing. Not at all. Juniper found herself getting distracted by so many things. The vines clinging and rising up her body, Kess watching her, worries about what would happen if she failed this...STOP it. Just...relax. Like meditation and yoga. That was something she could grasp hold of.
Like riding a bike, Juniper fell into the calming nature that meditation and yoga brought to her with active breathing. She forced herself to focus on her breath, in and out, and nothing else. Eventually she calmed, but how much time had passed she had no idea. By this point though she was ready to really put an effort into finding those little seeds.
This time she opened her eyes and looked down where she knew Kess has placed the seeds in the ground. Juniper floundered a bit as she tried to sense them. It was a bit of an odd thing to do, sense a seed. Still she willed and pushed herself to find the little things and if by lucky mistake or a correct assumption on what to do, Juniper suddenly could sense at least one of the little plants. It felt like dormant energy that was just waiting for the right circumstances to burst forth from its shell.
And Juniper knew that plants needed sun and water to thrive, but that sun and water provided the necessary energy to grow. So, with no other thing to go on, she began expending her own energy to the little plants, hoping that something would happen. That she was at least on the right track.
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 9:45 am
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As the vines began to be pushed and pulled back, Juniper could feel their hold on her slacked until she was finally able to move. As tired as she was though she opted for pulling herself free of the vines as opposed to breaking herself free of them. It had the added bonus of not necessarily damaging the plants beyond repair. After all, she had just spent a good bit of energy growing her vines, she didn't have the want to destroy them if she could avoid it.
After wiggling, shifting and pulling herself free, Juniper was finally able to step away from the writhing vines. Her focus now completely broken in her dash to freedom but hopefully that wouldn't be an issue now.
Panting from exertion, Juniper stood in front of Kess obviously exhausted, but proud of herself for accomplishing something on her own. Well, sort of on her own.
"Well..." She said between breaths. "That was..." " quite the lesson." Not that she was sure threatening her was needed, but...Juniper couldn't say that Kess didn't get the lesson across.
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:41 pm
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The vines, once Juniper was out of them, retreated back into the earth. Kess was more interested in the ones that Juniper grew and, even as the girl collapsed in front of her, seemed to ignore her in favor of them.
"The garden is not a kind place," she glanced towards Juniper, plucking a blossom from the vines the girl had grown. "You found it and must grow if you wish to stand a chance."
Kess turned and tucked the bloom behind Juniper's ear gently. Her fingers touched her face a moment later, a rush of energy flowing into her. "Be wary, sweet child, of those you find here. Not all are as kind as I and some are far, far worse."
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