Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 5

[Oldmansour]

>"Most likely not. But I'm getting a curious sensation from that car down there, and I was trying to figure out why. It might be from someone sitting inside, but I can't see them from here."

>Rin steps closer to you, looking down at the car with her youkai eyes. "Can't see him either, but I can hear a man's voice coming out of de car."

[DracoOmega]

>"No one you recognize, I assume?"

[Oldmansour]

>"No one you recognize, I assume?"

>Rin listens a moment longer, then shakes her head.

[DracoOmega]

>"Well, it doesn't seem like anything to be overly concerned about - I was just curious. I can always ask Marissa later, I imagine."
>Head back inside.

>"So. You've said that your ability to sense the supernatural does not come as readily as I have found mine to, but do you sense anything at all nearby that you couldn't, the day before yesterday? If you open your awareness to the space around you?"

[Oldmansour]

>"Well, it doesn't seem like anything to be overly concerned about - I was just curious. I can always ask Marissa later, I imagine."
>Head back inside.

>"So. You've said that your ability to sense the supernatural does not come as readily as I have found mine to, but do you sense anything at all nearby that you couldn't, the day before yesterday? If you open your awareness to the space around you?"

>Rin nods and pulls back as well, allowing you to close the door on the winter again.
>"Not as I'm just standin' here, no." Rin says with a shake of her head. "'course I haven't really... uh, focused, is that the right word?"

[DracoOmega]

>"Right enough I think. Just try a little. Tell me if you can notice anything. Not with the car - that was subtle even for me - but elsewhere."
>"And don't feel bad if you can't at first. I will do my best to help."

[Oldmansour]

>"Right enough I think. Just try a little. Tell me if you can notice anything. Not with the car - that was subtle even for me - but elsewhere."
>"And don't feel bad if you can't at first. I will do my best to help."

>"Understood." The kasha's eyes turn a bit vacant as she casts her mystic senses outward. "Feels weird to do this with something other than m'ears." she mutters, then focuses again. "I AM gettin' sumthing. I think it...." She squints in concentration. "Is that comin' from Patchy's pad?"

[DracoOmega]

>"It is. You can feel it?"

[Oldmansour]

>"It is. You can feel it?"

>She nods. "Ain't strong, nothing like what Fire felt like, but it's there. Feels sorta.... wet, an' cold."

[DracoOmega]

>Try to coach her, as best we can, to get a clearer picture of this, using whatever we can draw from our own experiences of utilizing this sense

[Oldmansour]

>Try to coach her, as best we can, to get a clearer picture of this, using whatever we can draw from our own experiences of utilizing this sense

>Although your senses are not as sharp in your human guise as your heroic one, the same principals you use apply here as well, and you are familiar with the sensation of Patchouli's magic as well, thanks to her her experiment the other night. The sensation you feel now is stronger than what you felt last night, and just as Rin said, it feels somehow colder as well. You're not quite sure what to make of that, which you tell Rin when she asks about the sensation. The important thing is that Rin detected the sensation as well, and your praise makes the kasha smile. She seems to have the same depth of perception of Patchouli's magical aura as you do yourself. The difference being that your passive awareness of the aura is more acute than hers.

[DracoOmega]

>As in, she can sense it just as well when actively focusing on it, but would be less apt to notice it than us if she wasn't specifically looking?
>Suggest she see what she can sense from the direction of that car - something more subtle. Assuming we can still sense that, of course.

[Oldmansour]

>As in, she can sense it just as well when actively focusing on it, but would be less apt to notice it than us if she wasn't specifically looking?
>Suggest she see what she can sense from the direction of that car - something more subtle. Assuming we can still sense that, of course.

>Essentially, yes.
>It takes a long moment for Rin to locate the odd, mute sensation coming from the front lot. She frowns. "Dat's a weird feelin'. Sorta looks like someone hidin' behind a curtain, or something."

[DracoOmega]

>Does that sound like a reasonable description of how it feels to us?

[Oldmansour]

>Does that sound like a reasonable description of how it feels to us?

>It wouldn't be the terms you'd use, but that does sound rather accurate.

[DracoOmega]

>"That's an... interesting way to put it. But yes, I think I agree with that description. "
>Can we sense anything somewhat further away from here than either of these other sensations?

[Oldmansour]

>"That's an... interesting way to put it. But yes, I think I agree with that description. "
>Can we sense anything somewhat further away from here than either of these other sensations?

>Casting your psychic senses out, the burning presence of the Champion of Fire still registers strongly. Unlike Ice or Air, he appears not to be making any effort to conceal his presence.

[DracoOmega]

>Where does he seem to be at the moment?

[Oldmansour]

>Where does he seem to be at the moment?

>He appears not to have moved from where he ran after your confrontation: the Miskovsky Downs.

[DracoOmega]

>"Rin, can you sense anything if you look further afield?"

[Oldmansour]

>"Rin, can you sense anything if you look further afield?"

>"How far out?"

[DracoOmega]

>"Just go until you think you notice something."

[Oldmansour]

>"Just go until you think you notice something."

>Rin nods, then focuses her mind once more. It doesn't take her long for her eyebrows to narrow. "Fire. I ain't likely to forget that feelin'."

[DracoOmega]

>"Can you tell where he is? At least roughly?"

[Oldmansour]

>"Can you tell where he is? At least roughly?"

>"Uh....." Rin frowns in concentration. "I think it's.... Is that the pony track out there?"

[DracoOmega]

>"Yes."
>Smile
>"You seem quite a bit better at this than you gave yourself credit for, I think."

[Oldmansour]

>"Yes."
>Smile
>"You seem quite a bit better at this than you gave yourself credit for, I think."

>"When I'm workin' on it." Rin answers humbly. "Takes me more focus, more attention, ta get readings, you can just pick em up easy."

[DracoOmega]

>"But you still managed to sense all of these things on your own power. There is no shame in things taking effort; there may even be virtue in expending it. And I'm sure you may find it coming even more naturally with practice. The first time I used these powers, I was left so exhausted I could barely get out of bed for a while - you remember. By those standards, you're a natural."

[Oldmansour]

>"But you still managed to sense all of these things on your own power. There is no shame in things taking effort; there may even be virtue in expending it. And I'm sure you may find it coming even more naturally with practice. The first time I used these powers, I was left so exhausted I could barely get out of bed for a while - you remember. By those standards, you're a natural."

>Rin smiles gently at your praise. "Well, this ring did come from you after you'd learned a thing or two. Maybe that sorta thing came with the package."

[DracoOmega]

>"It is possible. There is still much we do not know about these power. But from what I have seen so far, I have every confidence we will be able to grow into them still further with effort and practice. Our need is great."