Open Finished Balancing Act

Shinji sat patiently on the bench near the unconscious body of the hazy entity in front of him. His mood was very chill and at the moment no one could even remove him from this mood. The bench was surprisingly comfy as well as the climate outside at this time. Shinji looked at the haze periodically to see if it was changing in anyways but usually it was exactly the same until it once again moved. Writing out another message on a large flat leaf with a thorn. Handing it over to Shinji, he looked down at it and read it. "Why are you here though?" It read. "Why am I here?" Shinji said aloud.

Looking up to the him, Shinji sat up and began to talk. "There are multiple reasons why I'm here." A slight pause came about after this first sentence. "For one, Its polite to have a proper conversation with someone upon meeting them. It would be rude to just see you in this form and then keep on casually walking by. Secondly, I am kind of interested in your ability, whatever it may be." All the while saying this, Shinji made multiple hand motions and gesture for no reason at all. He took a breath afterwards and leaned back on the bench. Surely they had wasted at least 5 minutes by now, right?

The day seemed to move by slowly, everything taking its marry time trying to live out their short lived lives. Even the clouds seemed as if they weren't even moving. The boy in front of Shinji walked over to his body and touched his own head. Of course to Shinji, it was nothing but a thick, misty haze just shifting through the air. Following the boy intently with his eyes, Shinji watched the outcome of him touching his head. "Sparks" Shinji said to himself. "I wonder why that just happened. Is that supposed to happen?" He asked himself. So many questions appeared in his head, but those would be conversation for another time as they still haven't even properly met one another.

Soon after making sparks on his own head from the mere contact that he made with his body, the boy went to another leaf. These leaf message's became the most used form of talking to one another. Almost like texting for nature itself. He handed another leaf to Shinji. Reading its contents, Shinji looked at the hazy figure of the boy and nodded. "It's no problem, I have enough patience to wait, I guess. It's not like I am really doing anything right now." He said looking up to where the boy's head would be, in the the figure that he currently had, from where he was on the bench. It was a wonder that Shinji could even see him at all. Though, as time passed by rather slowly to Shinji, he became more and more curious on how he boy was actually doing this. His curiosity was starting to get to him.

As Shinji began to fill his thoughts with questions of the boy's abilities, he also thought of other ways to use his own powers. One of which he always wanted to try ever since he was told how it works in his 8th grade science class. "Reverse Polarity..." He said within his thoughts. "Might come in handy a some day, but I still have to figure out how to use it." He thought. Shinji was staring off into the distance as he thought this because he became oblivious to anything other than said thoughts. He was only thinking about what was happening internally rather than what was happening around him outside of his body and mind.

Soon enough the boy picked up yet another leaf for the sake of communication. To Shinji, this seemed to be the most efficient way to talk as of now without having to gather too many supplies. But as he thought on, he realized how annoying this may have been for the boy that is actually writing the notes on the leaves. There was really no way for them to talk otherwise so I guess they would have to deal with it for the time being. Without using up a lot of time the boy gave Shinji the leaf that he had written the most recent note on. It read, "I'm not good at this thing with my powers yet so this really happens. Ha ha." Shinji smiled a little. "It's not a problem, I'm pretty sure that a good majority of the attendants here are having the same problems with their abilities. not to mention myself." Shinji said reassuringly so that the boy wouldn't feel like a nuisance. "By the way, What is your name? It would seem rude if I referred to you as student, boy, etc." Shinji asked. He didn't want to be rude especially since he didn't even know him.

In waiting for the boy's reply, Shinji continued his thoughts on his abilities. Things such as what he should learn first, how long it would take to learn it and what may be an accessory to such things. Everything went into consideration with his thoughts and nothing was really left behind unless it was stupid and pointless. He would have to figure out how to stay away from magnetic objects and fields or at least learn to control himself while near such things. Though he was good at controlling his powers thus far, Shinji still had a lot to learn about what he can do. There were so many possibilities.

Interrupting his thoughts, the boy handed Shinji yet another leaf with a message inscribed to it. "So his name is Hal." Shinji thought as he read the note. "Well it's nice to meet you Hal, my name is Shinji." he said in reply. Shinji figured that it was way better to know his name ahead of time than to steadily call him boy. That was rather rude even if Shinji was only saying it in his thoughts. "Do you know how much longer you have?" Shinji asked afterwards. he was curious because time seemed to be moving slow for him now but maybe it was the exact opposite. He asked Hal if he knew because he was able to tell him that he had 10 minutes before so obviously he had some way to tell time.

While waiting for the next reply, Shinji began to get sucked back into his own thoughts once more. "Lets see how this works." he said in his head as he put both palms close together but not touching. Letting out small pulses of electricity, he tried to make his own electromagnetic field. If he was able to do this, he would be able to use it to push objects or people away from him in times of danger or need. Though this would need a lot more practice he continued trying. Nothing really happened, just small sparks falling from his palms. Even with this, Shinji kept trying in this time that he awaited a response.

Still sitting and waiting, Shinji yawned. He wasn't necessarily feeling tired as in he wanted to sleep but more or less bored. He was just sitting around and relaxing was never one of his best subjects for longer periods of time. Within his mind, he made plans to check out the gymnasium or what not where the power classes would take place. He still had a lot to try and learn about his powers but first he had someone to properly meet. Its only polite to greet someone that you have just met with a proper hand shake or small chat. Either way, he was still waiting on the reply for the previous question he had.

Just after yawning and making the previously mentioned plans, Hal had given him the first left explaining that it was nice to meet Shinji as well and that there was about another minute left before he could return to his body. Shinji sighed a small sigh of relief. Once again, another leaf had floated his way courtesy of his new acquaintance Hal. "Just to be sure" it said.