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Brisa Turn 1 Seems a peculiar thing t'do amidst a real fight, but I guess Icetales is takin' Teatime with me. Thanks, partner – I needed that Quick Seed! While I'm at it, I'll down a Cautious Seed, too! Now to take on the fuckin' Blacklight Dragon again. Good thing I've got Starr beside me...

Team Spectrum vs the Worldcore: Turn 1 Supports: Skara used Ward III on Starr, granting a 1313 threshold barrier and a 175 HP damage barrier. Skara used Ward III on Cynthian, granting a 1313 threshold barrier and a 175 HP damage barrier. Mithos used Ward III on Cabot, granting a 1313 threshold...

Scene List Updated: Round Eleven – Brisa Scenes Rematch VS Pepper Savage – Owen Father-Daughter Time – Starr, Giovanni, Dave Debriefing – Starr, Dave Come Out and Play, Sword! – Group/Plot Shield Drinking to the Truth – Celeste Tribal Pariahs – Cream Of Books and Feelings – Icetales Interview...

Koa resisted. At first. Then he leaned into it, apparently too dazed to speak up. C'mon. That's enough fightin', now. "Koa," said Brisa, quietly. "Y'did great. I reckon it's best y'sit with all that fer a spell. We'll pick up yer combat trainin' at the usual time, but fer now... Say, why don't...

Brisa remembered every time she'd had her teeth at someone's throat. Every time she'd hated herself for it. Every time it had been okay. "Sometimes it does. Y'gotta figure out what t'do with those feelings. And it's gotta be somethin' better'n pretendin' they ain't there." Koa's voice was...

Brisa's eyes and shackles bands of golden fur blazed with Radiance, and the crackling restraints of lights appeared around him, stopping him in his tracks and restricting his movements. Now was the time for the golden tethers. The connection was firm, linking her to him even as the streams of...

I'm a monster! He was a kid, shoved into a new body and a new world, and told to fight gods. What could he possibly have done at such a young age for it to be true? How could he believe something like that? But hadn't she, too, believed something like that? And... That hadn't been true. It...

The Shadow-energy sapped at Brisa's fortitude, physically and mentally. The next magical attack would hurt a lot worse, now. The words, too... She hadn't thought Koa capable of a verbal snipe like that. Weak in spirit. It felt true. It felt . . . hard to resist. It hurt. Can't help yourself...

Sombra's intensity shifted, and her sorrow and fatigue seemed never to have left. "There it is," she said. "What it hurts you t'believe you are." Brisa stepped forward, mind clicking into combat mode. There was no risk of explosion; this was a safer scenario. If he frenzied, she could call him...

Koa didn't have to save Cibus alone, that was why he was part of a team. If he could only understand that— But Sombra needed to draw out the darkness. Give the kid an opportunity to see that it was even there. She'd have to impress upon him that he could depend on the team later. Take yer own...

"How come it matters so much t'be strong, kid? Y'got somethin' y'wanna be strong enough to do? Someone y'wanna be stronger than?" Sombra advanced on Koa, treading softly on the training room floor, her paws not quite making contact with the synthetic surface. As if her body had no real mass, no...

"Really?" insisted the shackled Shadow. "Y'don't got any fears ya have trouble admittin' to? Y'ain't insecure about nothin'? Maybe . . . guilt? Shame? There's somethin'. I don't buy that yer the only perfectly-adjusted fella that was ever born, Koa." Those eyes were blank gold. Hard to tell...

"Nah, that ain't it exactly," drawled Brisa. "Shadow works off of negative feelin', sure, but mostly the stuff y'push down, that y'don't express. Everyone's got some. Even Cabot – though his seems pretty low-key. Just impatience, mostly." "Why're ya so eager t'prove yerself to us?" asked...

It was a bit of an emotional sprain to go straight from watching for Koa's spiking Radiance to coaching him in weaponised trauma, but... Yeah, she could handle it. The team needed exotic moves to beat their opponents. "Okay. Fer all that I act like I got my shit t'gether, I also got some dark...

Brisa couldn't help but give a sharp chuckle. They had the room booked for a full hour yet, what did he take her for? "No way. We both have energy and there's more to be taught. How about y'try Shadow next? It's another powerful but risky and uncomfortable asset, same as Radiance. An' yeah, ya...

"Depends," she said, sincerely. "I gave a couple of examples jus' now, but another thing that helps is t'think of friends who need me t'keep my shit t'gether. Friends who wouldn't want me hurtlin' outta control. If it gets real bad, I focus on... Well. Times I've seen it go wrong." "More'n...

Brisa's Working Hours - training, both solo and with the team - giving combat lessons to promising Cibus natives at reasonable rates - sitreps with Diyem, coordinating team efforts together with other high energy PCs, especially Owen - some side missions, dungeon clearing type stuff, to earn...

"Radiance came over ya. Y'got a bit excited there, started usin' it again. Remember what I told ya about it?" Brisa sighed, and offered Koa a tired smile. "Pal, Radiance will carry you away with it until y'fuckin' detonate, if you ain't well-grounded. Focus on something to keep in control. The...

Brisa frowned. She'd wanted to get him to unlock his Radiance fully, then break the news about the risks. It had probably helped him actually feel enthusiastic training, but this was the drawback. Hubris. And the boy was still hampering her magical control as if she hadn't just reminded him that...

Brisa braced herself, but an electric magic attack was easy enough to dissipate. It still hit like a train, though. Yeah, this kid would do well in the thick of the fighting, once he had a little discipline. "Fuckin' outstandin'," she called, her voice sounding faint in her ears after the sheer...