Starr chuckled. "Nah. From the way that Smeargle chick was talking last night, doesn't seem like Radiance uses any of the usual energy types, so I'm not exactly expecting anything fire." A bit of a shame, really. She was used to working with fire, what with half her team being that type. Some kind of kickass inferno would've been cool.
"Anyway. I'll take another stab at it, sure," she said, standing up from the sand and tensing herself all over. She felt her aura flaring to life inside, that Pokemonish instinct prodding for her to use it. Fine with her.
Starr broke into a run, her paws kicking up sand as she raced down the shoreline, parallel to the water's edge. Already the energy was building inside her, and she focused on it as hard as she could, letting it grow. This was the point where she'd normally let it all flare outward, catching fire once it hit the open air, boosting her into a Flame Charge. But she held it back, forcing it inward. Concentrating on the feel of it. There was that spark again from last night. It was... different than the aura she'd gotten used to feeling the past two weeks. It had... its own life, as weird as that sounded.
Her limbs felt lighter. She pushed herself harder. There was an odd nostalgia about it. It was almost like her early days on the force. Training herself as much as her team. Going all out until you were exhausted and then pushing yourself beyond that. The light inside of her was... calling for that.
Another push, and the light surged through her limbs, and for a split second it felt like she was flying across the sand right before it cut off just as sharply. A sharp impact shot through her chest out of nowhere, and she skidded to a stop, coughing hard like she'd just gotten the wind knocked out of her.
Fuck, that hurt. But... she'd done it, she'd felt the light, if only for an instant.
Starr wrenched her face into a pained grin as she trotted back to the other two. "Got it going there for a little bit," she said, still panting hard and out of breath. She flopped down onto the sand once she got back and added, "Think I'll... watch for a bit."
