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Kaya gave a brief out loud chuckle at Live's joke. "Well I guess I'll just have to make sure to take that into account from now on." She said looking over to her spa companion as the massage finished which allowed Kaya to stand and re-wrap herself in the towel in one smooth practiced motion. "Well if anything I think we need to see how well you can handle large load shadow manipulation and as I like to call it 'Thread' Manipulation. Being able to control small strand like shadow structures akin to silk threads." She waited for her friend to get up from her own massage before waving for her to follow her.

"What I plan on specializing and what allows me to make cloths out of shadows is the 'Thread' level shadow manipulation." She spoke as she walked to another area of the Spa where she opened the door to what looked like a modern version of a Balneae. A small Greek style bathing pool. Keeping the towel on she stepped into the steamy water she then moved over a little bit and sat on a bench hidden slightly by the mineral water. To Kaya the process of walking into the still warm water was just part of her nature and she let out a sigh as the water came up all the way to her collar bone when she sat down. It was at this point that a small portal opened up and with her hand she seemed to caress the air.

Out of the portal came a thin strand of pitch blackness. It was no thicker then a string of cotton and the deep shadow color of the thread was easier to manipulate then the Night colored thread that Kaya could control. The strand seemed to want to hug Kaya's hand as she forced it to hang a couple of inches away from her skin. "What I want you to try my friend, is to keep this single strand from touching your skin. If it does nothing bad happens. I just want to see how well you can control it."
 
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While Live had started to enjoy the massage she was glad it was finally over. She just really wasn't a fan of people touching her. She rewrapped herself and then followed after Kaya, listening intently. She could never get enough information about the spirit world and shadows. She was like a kid in a candy store when it came to that stuff.

As she slipped into the water, Live felt the warmth rush over her and all the hesitation she had before about this spa thing washed away. Hopefully they were done with the parts that involved being touched and could just sit here for a while because this felt wonderful.

The strand of shadow was fascinating and also intimidating. Live had seen something sort of like these living shadows maybe once or twice before but never this close and she had definitely never tried to control it. Though she supposed how shadows acted when she lost control of her power was probably akin to these living shadows as well. That thought didn't make her feel any better.

Either way, she was gonna try. She held out her hand towards the shadow, just to feel how it responded to her. It waved a bit and it sure didn't feel like any normal shadow. It felt like it had a mind of its own. Wild.

"Uh, okay. Anything I should know before I give this a shot?" She tried to sound kind of joking but the nerves in her voice definitely showed through.
 
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Seeing Live's slight hesitation Kaya scooted closer to her on the bench keeping the hand with the Living Shadow above the water more out of habit and to keep it in sight for Live's sake more then anything as she could almost feel the other girls nerves. "So this is the smallest a Living Shadow can get and they are mostly harmless, so if your panicking about it hurting you then don't worry it's not going to do anything of the sort."

"What your going to do is just keep it off of your skin. They love to hug the body like a second skin and they feed off of Soul energy but anything larger then a mouse already produces so much Soul energy that nothing short of a bath of the stuff would make any drain noticeable. Now I'm not quite sure how well you can push and pull the shadows but this is why we are testing this way. Just do your best and if it sticks no harm done." She said bringing the shadow closer to her friend and carefully letting go the shadow glided the short distance over to her friend almost sluggishly.
 
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Live gave a nod to the girl, and took a deep breath. She could do this. She was a shadow walker after all.

She brought her hand back up as the little living shadow moved towards her. Her initial thought was to push back against the shadow, too keep it from touching her. But as she did this, though it slowed, it's force felt stronger. It seemed to be pushing back against Live's magic, trying to get as close as possible. It wavered and kind of shook in the air, like it was unstable. It felt very unnatural.

"It...it doesn't seem to want to listen." She grumbled as the shadow pulled in closer to her hand. After a moment she brought up her other hand, placing it toward the other side of the shadow, maybe if she pushed and pulled on it at the same time she would have more control.

No such luck. It shook more and shifted it's direction so that it now seemed to be reaching for both her hands. "I don't understand this thing." Live grumbled, frustration filling her voice. She was controlling it, not using too much strength to keep it away from her but it felt so difficult, so forced and not nearly as smooth as Kaya.
 
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Kaya watched her friend move the shadows in her own way. It was different then what Kaya would be using herself but everyone had their own niches with their powers even if they would happen to overlap into someone else's power spectrum. To Kaya what Live was doing was what she would do to Brute the thread into submission. Using her will against the thread and force it to do what you wanted.

Her own method involved Treading the shadow into place. essentially persuading it to go where she wanted it to go. Over her life time she was only going to get better at it and it was in her blood to do so. Live may have it there as well but it seemed finesse MIGHT not be the girls strong suit...from Kaya's own perspective of course.

Hearing her friends frustration Kaya gave a friendly smile as she moved closer once more, at this point they were brushing shoulders. "I think you might be trying to hard darling." Kaya let her own power flow through the Thread and made it come back over to her and she allowed it to wrap around her wrist looking like a thin black hair band wrapping around it. "So since it's difficult to see someone else's shadow abilities I'm just going to comment on what I think you were doing. From what I saw it looked like you were trying to force it to move as if it was just a normal human world shadow. Am I correct?"
 
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Live blushed. One because she was clearly not very good at this and two because she remembered something about her abilities...

"Well...yeah I mean...that's kind of all I have been able to control." Live was quite for a moment, watching Kaya effortlessly move the strand of darkness with her will. Her face turning somber as her thoughts pulled themselves together.

"Whenever I lose control of myself..mainly through anger or fear, I lose control of shadows too." The words were soft as her brow furrowed, clearly concentrating on something. "But it's not just that I can no longer control shadows but...but then they can almost control me. It might even be some form of these living shadows since I believe an entity of their creation is what turned me into a shadow walker."

Live's mind was running through the last time she had really lost control of herself. It was right before she got a letter from SA (probably the reason she got a letter actually). Live had run into a particular bitch from her school with a herd of her little minions in the woods and they had decided to torment Live. The usual name calling and reminding her that her father was gone, her brother was in jail and her mother was a drunkard. But for whatever reason, that day Live just couldn't deal with it. She lost control. It had felt like had become possessed by this darkness of rage. The thought made her shudder.
 
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Putting a finger to her chin Kaya began to think upon what her friend was telling her about her abilities. "Well see, there is a small miss interpretation there from the sounds of it. I can see how to one not submerged into the sub structures of shadows and other such nuances that aren't readily apparent. From what I have been taught is the shadows don't have a will of their own." She allowed the thread of shadows to unwind itself and with a small flick of the hand she made it float a couple of feet away from the two of them. It stayed like that for a couple of moments before it began to drift back towards the two of them. "A living shadow in the human world is more akin to a goldfish. Back in some of the darker realms you can find roving...shades of Living Shadows. Those can act as schools of Piranhas but hunting for soul energies then. But it is still rare to find one so such devoured."

Going quiet for a second or so Kaya thought internally before in a smooth motion catching the living shadow on a finger allowing it to wrap itself around a couple of times becoming a dark ring band around her smooth purple skin. In this same motion though she had gotten up from her sitting position took a step so she was in front of Live with her hands on the backrest of the pool each an inch from touching either of Live's shoulders. Kaya also leaned down so that their eyes could be on the same level and was a little less then a foot and a half away from live. "I need you to hold still for a second. I'm going to be looking into your soul. Nothing harmful and it shall only take a second."

And as she finished her words Kaya's mind left as she began to read deep into the structure of Live's soul. Kind of like using a microscope to look at individual cells of a physical being. It was rather boring, but it did allow Kaya to see something that would allow her to try to help her friend. After coming back from the deep search of Live's souler building blocks she gave a small nod and leaned forward to give Live a kiss.
 
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Live was silent for a moment. What Kaya was saying made sense and maybe she wasn't convinced because her experience with shadows had been..well, very personal.

When her brother had been arrested and her mom had abused and abandoned her yet again, Live had met the shadows. It wasn't like she became angry and lost control but she became some grief stricken and hopeless that these beings had rushed to her side in comfort. Of course, this was just Live's abilities manifesting and she tried to write it off as such in her head but she knew that there was something more to them. She could feel it.

Before Live could even consider speaking about any of this with Kaya, the demon was in front of her. Live's thoughts and words caught in her throat as the girl leaned in, staring deep into her eyes.

Live's body tensed up when Kaya told her what she was about to do. She was fairly protective with her space and having someone "read her soul" was kinda pushing it. She was also extremely flustered by Kaya at the moment, the girl's body have emerged from the water. Before she could respond the girl nodded, seeming to have already found what she was looking for.

"What did you--" Live didn't get to finish her sentence because suddenly Kaya's lips were inches from her's coming in quick for a kiss. All this was happening so fast and Live was so flustered all she could get out was an, "I uh--", before she was being kissed.
 
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With their lips touching Kaya felt a piece in the back of her mind make her feel like she should press forward and do more, however the more rational part of her brain made her remember what she was doing and instead allowed a small piece of her own soul. It was a fraction of a fraction of it but Kaya's thought was that potentially this would pass on a sort of "leader of the pack" mentality to the Living Shadow and allow Live to control the shadow itself a bit easier. Plus this could also allow Live more fine control over the shadows that the woman already had control over.

This process only took a total of a couple of seconds as Kaya pushed herself away from Live. "Sorry about that darling, had to do a small transfer while the image of your soul was still fresh. Might have over done it had I not." giving a friendly smile she moved to the side of Live again on the bench though there was an inch or two of space between them now, just in case Live might feel a little uncomfortable with how close they had been sitting together previously.

"Now Live, what I just did was give you a small loan of the tiniest piece of my soul. it will only last for a couple of minutes but it should help with your... fine motor control...as it were. Right now your trying to hammer in a brass tack with a 30 lbs sledge hammer. Truly your getting the job done, but you also are breaking the piece of cork board your trying to put the tack in...if your understanding that metaphor here." Kaya made the shadow unwrap itself from around her finger and glided it gently over to friend. "Now this time, pretend there is a needle at one end of the thread and pull on it gently."
 
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The kiss didn't last for long but it was...not long enough. Live was about to start kissing Kaya back when the demon pulled away. Her heart felt like it was going to blow out of her chest. Her cheeks were now deep red and stood out in great contrast to her pale skin. It was like a tomato on a piece of paper. Of course that could have also just been from the hot water...right?

"Oh..uh..uh-o-okay." Live stammered, her stoicism slipping as she tried to regain composure. She was glad for the space Kaya gave her, her mind relaxing as her body had the space to breathe now.

She shifted her focus to Kaya's words, not wanting to miss the information that she was sharing with her. After Kaya finished speaking and started to unwind the shadow from her finger, Live moved to her feet. She knew how important posture was for the flow of energy and she wanted all her channels working at their best. She gave a nod to the girl as she raised her right hand to the strand of darkness as it moved towards her.

Her mind focused in on it and she found herself remembering again the day she had first met the darkness. She remembered how those shadows had responded to her emotions and feelings and how delicate they had seemed. They weren't a menacing darkness but a much needed embrace. She found herself thinking of how this small strand could be like that...needing to embrace something. She took a deep breath and gave the needle a gentle pull.

Just like that the shadow stopped just and inch from her hand. It hovered like that for a moment as Live bought up her other hand, pulling the shadowing from both ends so it reached to touch both her palms. She stood like that for a moment, focusing on the feeling, doing her best to remember it before her eyes moved to Kaya's, "Like that?" She almost whispered.
 
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