3808/And by my shoulder

And by my shoulder
Date of Scene:	14 February 2016
Location:	Remnant <REM>
Synopsis:	Yang is concerned for Terry's safety while he's on Remnant. Yang offers to help unlock Terry's 'Aura'.
Cast of Characters:	867, Yang Xiao Long

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Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang is waiting in the spot she told Terry about. It's not far from the Launch Plateau for Initiation. An overlook above the Emerald Forest. Trees span for miles around below, and the occasional glimpse of a black shape scurrying around between the branches can be caught. The wind is blowing softly, a constant pulse of chill air from the sea, carrying the briny scent into the fresh forest air.

    Yang stands overlooking the forest, her hair and sash flowing in the breeze like a golden pennet caught in the flow of a river.

Terry McGinnis (867) has posed:
    Terry McGinnis walking, Terry looks around as he keeps an eye out for any Grimm. Looking around he spots Yang and slows as he looks at her and keeps on walking, "Hello Yang," he says to her as he walsk up to her. Looking around, he thinks. "You need an ear to listen?" he asks as he stops next to her. "Any luck on finding Blake?" he asks as she looks out over the forest, "You don't think she went there do ya?" he asks as he gestures.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    "This isn't about Blake." Yang replies solemnly, not looking away from the forest. "She'll be in Vale somewhere... I can feel it." the blonde finally glances over. "This is about you... can you tell me what you know about Aura?" she asks, arms folded under her bust, relaxed, but still ready, in case any flying Grimm make a beeline for the pair. Nothing seems out of place so far though.

Terry McGinnis (867) has posed:
    Terry McGinnis looking, he thinks as he puts a hand to his chin, "Aura is the energy that runs through all living things. It is similar to the Force that jedi use really, since the Force is an energy field that is produced by all living things," he says. With Aura, it is somethng that people on Remnant use to protect themselves or others," he says to her as he looks at her.

    "Outside of that, I know nothing else, but Semblance works with Aura hand-in-hand," he adds as he ponders why this relates to him.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang lifts a hand, focussing for a moment before a faint sheen of orange-yellow forms around her open right hand. "It's the manifestation of our soul. It bears out burdens and shields our hearts." she says, as if reciting something. She lets the light fade back, though the field it represented is still there. "Have you ever felt like you were being watched, even when noone else was there?"

Terry McGinnis (867) has posed:
    Terry McGinnis grins at the mentioning of being watched, "Always, but being Batman, you tend to get use to that feeling. Plus with Max and the old man in the Batcave, I am always watched in one form or another," he comments and shrugs. "I just never really thought about it or worried about it really," he says and he has a good sense of things around him from the training he has received from Bruce and when he was active as Batman before college and while in school with everything and now back as Batman.

    "Why do you ask?" he says as he sees the aura.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang shrugs. "With practice, Aura can be a shield." she says, turning more fully to the older man beside her. "Everyone has it, even animals."

Terry McGinnis (867) has posed:
    Terry McGinnis nodding, "I know," he says. "I have delt with all sort of thngs, from animals, both wild and trained to super humans and everything in-between." he comments. "When your Batman, you deal with a lot of things, usually alone," he adds as he loosk at the younger lady. "But I have seen things that most people would be freakedout over," he adds.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang smirks. "The monsters we fight? The ones we're training to fight. They /lack/ a soul. They are the Creatures of Grimm, the very manifestation of anonymity. They are the Darkness, and we are the Light."

Terry McGinnis (867) has posed:
    Terry McGinnis grins, "Yea, I remember you telling me that whenI helped you and Blake witht hat small infestation a few weeks ago," he comments on as he studes her with his eyes. "ANd I am glad to b here learning, there si alot I did not know so it is interesting, and I think a few of the other students are curious as to how I can handle myself in a spar so well," he mentions. If only they knew.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    "I called you here, Terry... because I'm worried about you." Yang replies to that. "Everyone here has an Aura to protect them. Yuna has her Light Suit, Lloyd has his own powers... Yuuki is a... game avatar, I guess? I dunno... but... they all have something to fall back on when pure skill isn't enough."

    She looks into Terry's eyes, and furrows her brow a bit. "I want to try something. Professor Port said that a Huntsman or Huntress can unlock the dormant Aura in another."

Terry McGinnis (867) has posed:
    Blinking, Terry looks, "Ok, why you worried about me?" he asks her as he listens and ohs, "Oh," he says. "Yea, I have nothing like that as far as I know," he states in reference to anything to fall back on. "All I know is skill, that's all I have ever had," he mentions. "That and near-genius intelligence," he adds wth a shrug as he looks at her and nods, "Ok, what do I need to do?" he asks her.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    Yang exhales softly. "Listen to a bit more explanation first." She closes her eyes and seems to focus for a moment. "It isn't about why we fight the Grimm. It's about knowing. Understanding both dark and light helps to manifest Aura. Everyone has some of both." She opens her eyes, "By bearing your soul outwards as a force, you can deflect harm. That's what I showed you just now. All our tools and equipment are conduits for Aura. You project yourself and your soul, while fighting."

    Yang steps a bit closer then. "Now close your eyes, and concentrate." She lifts her hands, placing one on Terry's chest, the other to rest against his cheek, before she closes her eyes.

Terry McGinnis (867) has posed:
    Terry McGinnis looks and blinks as he nods and closes his eyes. He takes a few deep breaths as he calms his breathing and just relaxs as he begin to concentrate as he stands there. Thisis easy, as he has to be with his job as Batman.

    AS Yang plces a hand on his chest, she would probbaly notice that his breathing is slow and easy, his chest hardly raising as he is using his diaphram to breath. When the hand goes to his cheek, he does nothing and just stands there concentrating on the feeling on hs chest and cheek form Yang's hand, since she did not really say what to concentrate on.

    Terry knows aobut the Light and the Dark, and he uses the Dark as Batman, cause that is when Batman comes out, using the darness and the shadows to scare people and the fear people have for the Tomorrow Knight of Gotham City helps him, cause everyone has a fear of something, rather they say it or not and Batman is a manifestation of that fear. But for now, he stands there and concentrates like Yang asked him too.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    A warmth begins to spread out from the points of contact on Terry's body, soon enveloping him in a gentle embrace of protective warmth. "It is by passing that we achieve immortality. Through this we become a paragon of virtue and glory to rise above all. Infinite in distance and unbound by death." The warmth starts to fade, becoming a faint sensation, like the feeling just after taking a thick jacket off after entering from the cold. "I release your soul, and by my shoulder, protect thee."

    She exhales shakily, and staggers back a step, lifting a hand to her face for a moment.

Terry McGinnis (867) has posed:
    Terry McGinnis open his eyes, he relaxs at the warmth that he feels and it is nice. It is a different feeling, but a nice one non-the-less and one he has never felt before. Blinking he offers a hand and places it on Yang. "You ok?" he asks her as he loosk at her. "Here, sit down," he says as he looks for a rock for her to sit on. "That is what an Aura feels like?" he asks her.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    "I'm okay, really." Yang says, straightening up and seeming fine after a moment. "That, just took a lot out of me... but the energy that protects you now is your own." she says, grinning a bit. "Not too shabby... should help with those Grimm that don't go down to the first hit." she adds, remembering the first time she went on a mission with the 'Caped Crusader'.

Terry McGinnis (867) has posed:
    Terry McGinnis grins, "I have a few new tricks tha tmight help," he says as he taps the bracers on his arms. "But I will have to study and work on my Aura I think. Wanna help me on that while I am here?" he asks her.

Yang Xiao Long has posed:
    "We should head back to the school... sparring out here might attract Grimm... or those losers from CRDL." replies Yang, making a gesture back toward Beacon Academy proper.

Terry McGinnis (867) has posed:
    Terry McGinnis nods and walsk with her, "Yea, but I still have no idea why CRDL is like that. They are rude towards a lot of people," he mentions to her.