twenty-first phase [ action ]

[walkinthruwalls]

[ Today you'll find one Kitty Pryde in the hallway. If you see her mid-whatever she's doing she's just standing there. She's trying something new out, at least to her it's noticeable anyway.

So what is she doing?

Dropping through ceilings.

Something she doesn't really do much as... landing's trickier. She's done a lot of walking through the walls and a little bit of ceiling/floor work but she wants to practise her landing.

Because if you see her drop through a ceiling on one of her many attempts they're not always that graceful. Think jumping from something high and landing on your feet crouched - it's what she's aiming for anyway.

And failing seven times out of ten. She'll keep going, and bruise herself up a lot as she tries to perfect it. Clearly she needs to work on her center of gravity, eh Brock? ]

[ ooc; feel free to run into her anywhere in the castle provided it's in a hallway. and drag her off to the clinic if need be, some of those landings are tricky ]

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[walkinthruwalls]

[ Kitty was certainly a little surprised to see him there, especially when he looked like he was expecting her ]

Nope. I just drop through like normal.

Sorry this is so late XD

[justcharles.livejournal.com]

[This is Professor Xavier we're talking about here. She should know better, considering he knows where people are pretty much all the time.]

Fascinating. I've heard that there are part of the castle that change depending on the day, things like that. Have you ever tried entering them using your ability?

[He's clearly wanting Kitty to test herself using the unique properties of the castle.]

[walkinthruwalls]

I've been to the seasons room which has a different season depending on the day, it hasn't affected it.

[justcharles.livejournal.com]

Hmm, so it seems your phasing ability is unaffected by the "magic" inherent to the castle.

[Now he's thinking about the landings he's felt, how uncontrolled she was coasting through the air.]

I want you to try something next time you pass through the floor; Once you've cleared the ceiling, stay phased as you pass through the air, until just before you make contact with the floor. See if that doesn't slow your descent enough to make it manageable for you to make a quick descent through the castle without risking injury.

[walkinthruwalls]

I'll try it, thanks. Although if I ever need to phase quickly I probably won't have time to do it like that, that's why I've been trying to land.

[justcharles.livejournal.com]

What you need to work on is your reflexes when using your ability. You've got to get yourself so used to it that it becomes second nature to phase or solidify at a moment's notice, and not necessarily as a response to danger. If you can do that, you won't need to work on your landings, because you'll be able to use your ability with refined enough precision to control how you move through any environment, under any circumstances.

[Teaching Xavier is teaching, trying to make up for being such a fail!teacher since coming here.]

[walkinthruwalls]

I don't think that every environment would be possible - I can only phase for as long as I can hold my breath.

[justcharles.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, but training your ability to respond consciously to your desire to phase or not is still a good idea. I had to do much the same when I was your age. Teaching myself the structure of the human mind, and human memories, so that I wouldn't inadvertently do something I hadn't meant to when inside another's mind. You might also benefit from increasing your physical endurance, teaching yourself to hold your breath for as long as possible.

[He gestures at the rattan stick strapped to the back of his chair.]

Though it's important to refine the use of our abilities through repeated and creative use, there are nevertheless other ways we can train ourselves, and I believe it's important we do so.

[walkinthruwalls]

I've been training with Alleyne, which uses my ability, and some more strenuous training in the Danger Room too.

[justcharles.livejournal.com]

Good. I've heard things about Miss Alleyne, and she's a good match for you, challenging your agility and reaction to danger.

As for the Danger Room, I believe I'm going to start working on some customized training programs for everyone, things that challenge the particular nature of your abilities, as well as programs to challenge you all as a group, so that the few left of the "X-Men" can work better as a group.

[His expression sours a bit, as he thinks of Jono.]

You might mention this to Mr. Starsmore, as well. He's been avoiding me for some time now. I know the reason why, but if he's to continue functioning as a member of this team, he needs to know what's going on.

[walkinthruwalls]

She definitely does make it a challenge which I'm glad for. I can only expand if I push my limits, right? Do more to get more?

If you get in touch with everyone that Logan & I recruited you'll probably have more people than you think. We actually got more responses than I was expecting.

I'll see what I can do.