It was worth the shot, at least in Jackie's mind. It helped knowing Moire confirmed it would at least ease that unsettling feeling inside. Whether or not anything permanent was possible was a hurdle they'd cross later. She just nods and throws herself up out of the couch. Stretching in place as she stood, she needed to sort out how she did it like last time mentally. It wasn't like the usual healing she did, she was wondering if she could even do what she did again temporarily.
"Alright. We try finding out together, then. Butt our heads against the wall enough, something's gotta give. Right?" She gives a short laugh before gesturing for the majin to stand with a hand waving up. "Worst that can come of this is that we find out this isn't something we can fix alone. I already got a few ideas if nothing comes up." The namekians, or Nero himself. Was about as good as it got when it came to the spirit and anything that ailed it. If the key wasn't here, then maybe she just needed to steal the majin away for a while and get her looked at.
"Hold my hand. Need that connection. To get the feeling right again." Standing next to the flame, she stretched a hand out for Moire to take. Soft and, currently, nothing running through it yet. Better to ease into this. The last time looked painful, even if there was none to be had.
Post by Majin Moire on Apr 22, 2024 18:09:28 GMT -5
Moire's gaze follows Jackie as she gets right up from the couch, performing a few stretches in the process as the purple majin continued to keep herself still in her own seat. The earthling mentions butting their heads around to figure something out before beckoning her to stand up as well. Moire obliges, slowly lifting herself up from the couch as she gets closer to Jackie. It was a bit reassuring to hear that Jackie's already coming up with several different plans in her mind to fix Moire up should this one not work out, but whether any of these would work... Well, there truly was only one way to find out.
Moire smirks just a bit and nods, eyeing Jackie's hand as she holds it out. The purple majin slowly reaches out to it before grabbing hold of Jackie, wrapping her fingers around before looking back up at the earthling. As anticipated, despite the bitter cold of the weather outside and even compared to the cave's temperature, Jackie was still burning just as hot as ever... Or, perhaps it wasn't the right way to describe it. Not blisteringly hot, but rather... Soothingly warm, bringing comfort... How long has it been since she's even felt another person like this?
Jackie would wait for the majin, keeping a determined look plastered on her face. Even as their hands wrapped together in a comforting hold, she made a concerted effort to focus on Moire herself. That warm, glowing feeling radiating from the kami, through her hand, would soon become visible and red hot. A small blazing flame hovers over the backs of their hands. Painless, instead feeding off the spirit both of them produced as a tingling scatters around their hands. It's much like the burning flame Jackie wreathed the pair in during those final minutes in Central City.
"Just relax... I don't know what I'm doing here, really. Just... burning off the bad spirits as it were. Tell me if it's doing anything." Jackie speaks up after a moment of silence, looking down at the fire she put between them. Just as she was told to relax, that tingling feeling stretched over the pair's bodies. It wasn't exactly the radical, flaming sensation from before. But, if for only a short moment, whatever presence in there would feel that warmth and undeniable spirit the Earthling gave off. For a while, those eyes that appeared in the Majin's eyes would feel suppressed. It wasn't enough to make the entire feeling go away.
Post by Majin Moire on Apr 24, 2024 19:51:44 GMT -5
The aura appears once more, spreading across Moire and Jackie's hands before slowly enveloping their bodies, the majin feeling the warmth once again. Moire's eyes glance back down, spotting the flames on the back of her and Jackie's hands, yet still they didn't hurt, as if they were feeding on something aside from their flesh. She returns to looking back at Jackie, focusing in on the sensation she's feeling coursing through her body, listening to Jackie as she wants the majin to tell her if she feels anything. Aside from the warmth of the technique, she couldn't feel much of anything else... Well, with the exception of her face getting a bit hotter, she just chocked that as a side effect of the technique.
Moire would gasp as she does feel something, the unknown presence within her body, which had always been keeping a close eye on her and anybody around her, felt as if it were suddenly retreating from the warmth and light, burrowing deeper and deeper into her mind. The presence, at least for now, had retreated and was gone, Moire's breathing picking up as she looks all over, hands shaking a bit. "Ahh... Yes, yes I feel... Something. I feel the presence fleeing, falling back. It's buried for now, but... I'm sure something like that would need more than what you just did to fully purge it. It will return, but for now... I feel... Great. Warm. Safe, even. And... I don't know how to describe all of these feelings, if I'm being honest..."
Jackie watched the majin carefully. Eyes capturing the slightest reaction to their slight bond here. Any pain? It didn't make itself as known as the surprise. Something was in fact washing over Moire, and she herself confirmed that it did something to the presence lurking within. If it was some dumb luck or an actual gift she could earnestly use, it was too early to say. She looks back up at Moire's gaze and tightens the grip slightly. Letting that burning flame linger between their hands and atop it for as long as necessary.
"Good. It's a start, maybe we have to let that feeling simmer. If it just takes my fire to beat back the worst of that presence, then we can work with that." She offered to keep standing for a minute long, making sure that connection stayed firm before finally releasing the majin's hand. That unnatural flame still licks the top of the majin's hand, continuing to burn for a while longer. Continuously giving the Majin that warmth, at least for the time it stayed. It would start to fade slowly over the minutes. Jackie watched before settling back into the couch. Her own fire dissipating much quicker with a wave of her hand.
"Relax, get yourself something to eat. Just keep me up to date with how that Warm, Safe feeling keeps the bad away. For how long, even."
Post by Majin Moire on May 5, 2024 14:19:34 GMT -5
As Jackie's grip tightened around Moire's hands, so too did the majin hold on tighter to Jackie's hands as the waves of energy and heat flow through her. Her eyes glance back down at the flames around the top of her hands before looking back at Jackie, who seems satisfied that she's been able to at least partially and temporarily mitigate the effects of the shinjin's curse. The warmth faded a bit the moment Jackie let go of Moire's hands, though it was strange considering how the flames were still atop her hand. Surely, they'd still be quite hot even without Jackie's hands, but that wasn't the case. Curious...
Moire takes her own seat, looking over her hands before snapping her fingers, conjuring up a simple cupcake out of thin air. She eats it all in just a single bite. Her conjured food never tasted as good as the real stuff, but it at least keeps her full, and it was hard to find food all the way out in the middle of nowhere. "I thank you, Jackie, for your work. It seems to have at least partially worked, though I can't shake the feeling that the heat just got colder when you pulled away..." She remains silent for a brief period before questioning, "If... If you don't mind, Jackie... Who was this person that was in my stead before? Who was it that you tried so hard to save?"
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