9 Updating IDs Part 2 (1/2)
Eventually, DJ's name was called. Many of his friends and fellow students started snickering as he got up.
At the start of each year, DJ's full name would be shown to everyone. For DJ this was always a very embarrassing moment. Since DJ wasn't 18, he couldn't legally change his name and his parents didn't want him to. After all, they had named him after his mother's sister.
When DJ reached Headmaster Raven Clof he asked the question he had repeated since he was seven, ”Could you not display my ID?”
”DJ, you know my answer.”
After this brief exchange and a glare at Raven Clof, who was struggling not to laugh, DJ sighed and placed his hand on the tablet.
[ Doe John (DJ)
Aura: 225
Mission Rank: Apprentice Senior
Age: 17 / Rank: A
Ability: Dominion ]
DJ's ability Dominion allows him to manipulate everything within a certain distance of himself, with near infinite possibilities. Every time he uses his ability, something different happens. Because his ability is so tied to his movements and mental state, he relies on music and dance to control it.
After DJ's ID was updated Raven Clof walked about seven feet away from him when DJ said, ”You're going to want to be at least ten feet away.”
After Raven Clof was clear of DJ's control radius DJ changed songs.
At first, it started with barely perceivable ripples in the ground originating from where DJ stood tapping his left hand against his thigh. Several streams of water began to form on top of the gradually growing ripples.
After a few beats, a soft wind formed in the still air of the arena. The wind swirled around DJ causing his clothes to shift as he began to dance.
As the song picked up and the strength of the wind grew. The shimmering water shot into the air in several streams. DJ moved his left arm and the water flowed with it, soon the wind began to weave around the water.
Approximately 46 seconds through the song, trails of varying colors of fire began to mix with the elements DJ was already controlling. Sometimes the elements would be next to each other in perfect harmony and at others, they would separate in discord.
Halfway through DJ's demonstration, the ripples in the ground began to increase in height and depth. While the changes in the earth grew the other elements faded to thin trickles in the air.
On some beats, the ground would change from smooth and rolling to sharp and deadly. Each time the earth grew sharp the other elements would flair to life for an instant. Eventually, the elements came to intertwine and dance like they had before.
All of the elements spiked one last time before they vanished into thin air. The arena grounds appeared as if the changes wrought on them had never occurred.
After DJ completed his performance, he waved to the people in the stands who were giving him a standing ovation. He basked in the applause for a bit before returning to his friends in the stands.
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Before long, Centra was called forth. She quickly placed her hand on the tablet.
[ Centra Livence
Aura: 200
Mission Rank: Apprentice Senior
Age: 16 / Rank: C
Ability: Telepathic, Telekinetic ]
Centra handed Raven Clof her ironwood longbow and quiver. Each end of her bow is tipped with the polished green scales of a Jaculus. A Jaculus is a winged serpent that has two back legs and lives in trees. Because Laserath is a harbor town near a large forest Jaculus are a very prevalent lower level legendary creature in the area, making Jaculus scales easy to acquire.
Raven Clof returned Centra's equipment and used his holo watch to turn his psych guard off. 'Centra have you gotten better at differentiating speech and thoughts?'
'Yeah but sometimes I get them mixed up.'
'Keep working on it,' Headmaster Raven Clof re-engaged his psych guard before he asked, ”How's your telekinesis? Can move someone my size?”
Centra answered by way of mentally shoving Raven Clof back a few feet. She had intended to pick Raven Clof up and move him back but failed to achieve her goal. Centra was able to pick DJ up with her telekinesis before spring break, but Raven Clof is a bit larger than DJ and she was out of practice.
”Good job. Keep practicing, I'm sure you'll get there.”
”I will.”
Centra returned to her friends with a slight headache from straining her mind during her attempt to lift Headmaster Raven Clof.
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One of the last students to be called was Kyrie. Kyrie was very familiar with the process of updating one's ID, though he was used to doing so in a LegendSlayers guild hall.
[ Kyrie Say
Aura: 2861
Mission Rank: SAM and SDM
Age: 17 / Rank: S
Ability: Motion Manipulation ]