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Testing Out A New Toy [OPEN]

Who: Nozomi and YOU
Where: Training Gym
When: Month Llama, Day 2
What: Nozomi got an old item at the last stop. She needs to try and figure out how it works here!
Warnings: Dark energies. Magical girl transformations. That sort of thing.

It had just been a stroke of luck that Nozomi had been reminded of her iMog Slate. While she had hated the idea of gathering so much power, the mission last month made her feel it was justified. Besides, it was also to help Entrapta with her research!

Taking the iMog Slate to the Training Gym, she began to fiddle with the device. As she thought, with no connection to the world, most of the apps didn’t work. But, there was one that she knew did work: the job selection.

A) Isn’t This The Same?

Nozomi went to test the waters a bit. She set the main job selection to “Cure Dream” and left the other blank. At that, another CureMo showed up in her hand, causing her to blink. Looks the same, felt the same... she flipped it open, hit the buttons and held it out.

“PRETTY CURE METAMORPHOZE!”

Anyone passing by would see Nozomi transform into Cure Dream, following that they would feel something amazing, like everything about them was better than before! She was buffing them with an aura of sorts. At the same time, Nozomi was busy doing some practice punches as she did.

“Okay, everything feels normal, now let’s see here...”

B) Wrong VerCure

Nozomi then went to fiddle with the Slate again. She set Cure Dream to the secondary slot and put in the Red Mage in the Primary. With that, she changed again. Her costume’s jacket turned into a long-tailed jacked, a wide-brimmed hat on her head and a rapier in her hand.

“Oh, so cool!” Nozomi whispered. She swiped the blade a few times to test it, noting that it seemed sturdy. “So far, it all works, though...”

C) Too Much Evil Power!

There was one last option she had left. One she never tried. Oh, sure she should ignore it still, but with Wizard being so basic, she had to know. Had to find out! The evil connected to it had been defeated, right? So it should be safe!

Thus, she slotted in Calamity Knight instead of Red Mage. Nozomi yelped at the power flowed through her. Her costume changed on her, turning into a form fitting heavy armor. As the transformation stopped, Nozomi dropped to her knees in exhaustion. “I... I may need to rethink this... there’s so much power and yet...!”

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Under normal circumstances, Sonya would've just let someone train in peace; so many on the train, so many with a varied amount of abilities. Even if someone did use enhancements of any sort, she'd just become so used to them and was so used to the notion of descretion that she only ever afforded herself a slight amount of curiosity.

Still, she found herself watching this young woman, wondering at the sort of technomagic involved-as the change of clothes that came with it.

She meant to go back to her stretches when she changed forces, and Sonya did nearly a double take when her attire turned to sort of armor. "That..looks rather heavy."

Shit, the young woman didn't look like she weighed all that much, and even light armor after..well, whatever she'd done looked like it required an amount of focus-that had to have been draining alone. Add in extra weight and it was no wonder it took something out of her.

“It... it is...” Nozomi said, smiling weakly at Sonya as she tried to stand. “I never used this form. Never even tried it out. It’s... powerful and heavy.”

"How does it work?" She had no magical abilities of her own, but many of her allies did and she'd done as much reading on various forms of sorcery as she could get her hands on; perhaps this young woman had something she was atleast familiar with and they could work from there. "Does the magic call strictly from your device or does it require a certain amount of energy from you?"

If it was the former, it might just be a matter of getting accustomed-if it was the latter, perhaps calling it an evening might help.

“The first one.” Nozomi said. “It’s all set up in the device and tuned to its user.”

She let out a small sigh. “But, this form is more than heavy armor. It’s... evil. Or at least dark energy.”

That made Sonya give her a double take, recalling all too easily Raiden and how the amulet corrupted him. "You certain that's a good idea? I get wanting to be more powerful, but in my experience sometimes the risks outweigh the rewards."

And she wasn't just talking about lack of energy.

“Honestly? No. I’ve... fallen down that trap before. It’s not good at all.” Nozomi admitted. That feeling of helplessness and the need to never feel like that again. She was hit with it after the last mission...

"You mean you succumbed to that power..." Able to break from it, clearly, but that she must've given in at all wasn't a good sign. Suppose she turned on them and became an liability rather than an ally. "What drove you to use it in the first place, if you don't mind me asking."

Things like this might be personal, and admitting to weakness was never easy on anyone's part; on the other hand, this was something she clearly had to work on.

"Name's Sonya Blade." She leaned against one of the large blocks. "Some thirty years combat experience, both mundane and supernatural," This was said matter-of-fact, not boasting. "Perhaps we can manage a way around this."

"Nozomi Yumehara. Five to six years fighting various creatures on different worlds." she replied. "I've done the world-hopping bit before coming here."

"But, I haven't succumbed to this power. Not yet. But I have with others. The idea that I need more and more power just to protect people." How to put this... "I'm what's called a 'magical girl'. A Pretty Cure, in my case. But, I've been to places where adorable outfits and pink magic doesn't cut it and I've grown desperate."

Her expression remained pensive while the young woman explained herself. Deep down, it sounded more lie comic or cartoon that a preteen Cassie would've been into (with cute outfits and pink magic), but then she'd seen all kinds of sorts, so who was she to judge.

The current point was more that Ms. Yumehara was looking to improve herself, either in skill or endurance.

"Have you considered building endurance without the use of magic?" Just because she hadn't succumbed to the power, didn't mean she wasn't at risk. Sonya thought the best case was keeping that to 'worst case' only.

"I... I hadn't thought of that." Nozomi admitted. "I guess I should, huh?" She had been so used to using all sorts of powers that focusing on mundane things didn't really click. Oh, sure there was the brief training with Soldat, yet...

"If your stronger abilities take that much out of you," Even if it was from a device, it still looked taxing. "I'd highly recommend it. Call it grim, but I find planning for the worst is always the safer option.

She was purple, not red or even blue, but she'd been in this place long enough that some teams did exchange tasks, and even S&R sometimes required entering dangerous territory.

"I don't suppose you know anyone well enough to help you." She wasn't going to presume, but by her own observations the young woman didn't appear like PT was the main focus of her schedule.

So Nozomi was like her...but even watching her infused Mami with energy. It was strange, but incredibly interesting.

"Wow...I've never met a magical girl quite like you," was what she chose to lead with, waving gently.

Nozomi gasped lightly as she realized someone watched her transform. Even with the fact she dismissed the idea of a secret identity by this point, it was still something of a shock. Even more, the tone Mami said it in caused her to blush bashfully.

"Aww, I-I'm not that special!" Nozomi said, grinning bashfully.

"It's okay," Mami assured her, waving her hand. The ring on her middle finger turned into an egg-shaped gem. She simply allowed it to glow in her hand.

"I'm a magical girl too, but my powers don't extend outward so much. And I've mostly worked as a healer here...there are plenty of warriors, but not enough to patch us up with all the trouble we get into."

Oh. She’s like Kyoko, then. Nozomi nodded at that as she spoke. “This is a version of my usual abilities I had to make on another world. It took the old ones away, so I built it better.”

“I do admit it’s a bit scary - I got caught up in wanting power that I once fought someone.”

"...how did that happen? Were they withholding power from you?"

Mami doesn't sound judgmental, just curious.

Nozomi shook her head. “Everyone was going up against something tough and things started to get desperate. I felt what I had wasn’t enough and I needed more. At least until I got into a fight with someone.”

"That can be pretty scary," Mami agreed, still gentle in her approach. "It's so easy to be overwhelmed by what we go through, with all these catastrophes. But did it work out in the end?"

"It did. I was able to handle things without the need to just... gather so much power." Nozomi said, smiling softly.

Mami brushed a hand through her curls once more. It was good to hear that.

"It's all right. We're all learning and growing together. And I'm glad I'll get the chance to work with you! You seem quite strong."

Nozomi chuckled bashfully at that. "I'm glad I'll get the chance to work with you, too! I hope I don't scare you, though. I might be strong, but I don't want to intimidate you."

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