2nd September
Mr. Berg very serious: Hello! My name is Mr. Berg. I will be your ECHO combat instructor.
In order to be on the same line, I will start with basics. ECHO - emotion charged, heightening object - has 2 main qualities: 1) If it is charged with enough an emotion created energy, it will convert the energy into an ability based on an emotion type, intensity and other factors; 2) It heightens emotions, in order to increase an output of converted energy.
The school will provide you with SCU – student combat units. It will store record about your name, class and ECHO parameters: name, element, type, max. registered output of emotion energy. By the way a name of your ECHO will be assigned by researchers. Other data such as your abilities will register me and other researchers.
OK. Time to determine your element. After you have received your SCU, wear it like a watch.
Mr.Berg shows the described action. Gives SCU to all in the class and the students wear them. The teacher confirms that all wears them.
Mr. Berg: Do not worry - safety is on and it will only measure output of energy and determine your element. Just try to feel various types of emotions and it will determine the most appropriate for you.
The Summer's shard of reality
Summer: (I tried every positive feeling what I could think of. Now I will go with my the dearest feeling. Happiness about all nice, interesting, wonderful people, who I have met and befriended, who I have made happy and how they have made my life more wonderful.)
SCU: 30, Sun.
Summer reads book: ("Sun – element, which excels with support abilities such as healing. Users of the element usually are very kind, others are more important than him/herself.")
Commotion around August.
Mr.Berg to August: Your element is ice... No wonder that SCU could not determine it with the standard test, because instead of creating energy it nullifies power of other ECHO users.
Summer: (Boy, whose power is outside standard... Very interesting what lies behind his ice cold exterior?)
During next few weeks Summer befriended almost all of her classmates. Only a few were out of her reach. For example, every time, when Summer wanted to talk with August, she was ignored – he just continued to read a boring book. Summer was eager to learn abilities, which she could use to help other people. Her wish came true, when she learnt how to heal.
20th September
Summer's mother cuts her finger during cooking.
Summer very happy: I will help you! Show your finger!
Heals her.
Mummy very happy: Thank you my little sunshine! But can you use SCU outside the school? I thought it is prohibited.
Summer: I got a special permission, because I have only support ability – heal, which not only cannot do harm, but even does opposite. I am so happy, because I can make a pain go away. For now I can heal small cuts.
Mummy smiles: It is so wonderful! If you become better at his, you will be able to heal everything and help so many people. I know that it will come true, because for you the sky is the limit.
The August's shard of reality
August: (Just try to feel various types of emotions? Only thing I can feel is peace. I am so calm.)
SCU: 0, undetermined.
August: (How I suppose to feel anything else?)
SCU: 0, undetermined.
Everybody is happy about determined elements.
August: (I will concentrate on calmness.)
[Meditation music such as youtube.com/watch?v=eOpOaG1-83Y ]
SCU: 0, undetermined.
August: (Why I cannot do it? Everybody can, but I? Does it mean that I have not place in this school? I must calm down, I cannot let this feeling overcome me. I will regret if my source of power is misery or even emotion.)
SCU: 1, darkness.
August: (No! I will find other way.)
ECHO combat instructor: August Adler. Let me test one thing. I will deactivate safety.
ECHO combat instructor came to him and created a small energy ball.
ECHO combat instructor: Concentrate on calmness whatever I will do. Can you do it?
August: Yes, I can. (Complete peace. Breathe slowly in and out, in and out.)
Mr. Berg a little bit touches August with the ball.
August: (It a little bit hurts, but I must keep to breathe slowly in and out, in and out.)
SCU: -10, ice.
Mr. Berg stops.
[End of meditation music such as youtube.com/watch?v=eOpOaG1-83Y ]
ECHO combat instructor: Your element is ice... No wonder that SCU could not determine it with the standard test, because instead of creating energy it nullifies power of other ECHO users. It showed 0, because without energy source and fully activated SCU you had nothing to nullify. Meet me after lessons in my cabinet, in order to talk about your element.
August: OK. (Power to nullify... Does it regards emotions? If it is the case, would it heighten my ability to control my emotions?)
In Mr. Berg's cabinet.
ECHO combat instructor: I asked you to be here, because I did not wish to tell some delicate information in front of all. Your speed of development will be inhibited. It will take 2 or 3 times more time to learn even basic moves comparing to your classmates, because you will need not only to learn the same things, but also be able to reverse them. With so much work it is very possible that you will not be able to keep up. Also I saw that you are a little bit in pain. The main reason is how your ability to nullify works – you must feel source of emotional energy, in order to lock on it, and only after that you can affect the source. Usually greater the source you try to lock on, greater pain and I do not mean physical. Are you really ready for this?
August: What does not kill me, makes me stronger. (Working harder than others even in spite of pain, defying odds... What is new? I am not scared of challenges, I welcome them. From pressure coal transforms into diamond. Weak is like a falling autumn leaf impacted by destiny's storm, but strong can become the storm and impact destiny like a leaf. I am strong!)
ECHO combat instructor: I see in your eyes that it is your final answer. In that case you will meet me after lessons every day from Monday to Friday, in order to learn about utilization of ice element. Do you have any questions?
August: Does the element have unique strong sides?
ECHO combat instructor: At beginner level the most notable is defense, because it can nullify attacks, and stamina, because hypothalamus caused effect does not affect negatively, it even helps [hypothalamus maintains homeostasis, which to emotions is like a gravity to objects, more askabiologist.asu.edu/bird-hypothalamus].
During next few weeks August developed his skill to meditate even further, increased deepness of concentration and strength of willpower, learned how to freeze and to utilize the ability, for example, to freeze ground in order to ice-skate. He withstood long training hours like nothing.
22nd September, after lesson training
Mr.Berg: You are resilient – no matter how many times you fall, you keep to stand up -, but can you go even further, withstand even more?
August: No pain no gain. (For me it is the best way how to increase energy nullification, because I can use it all day long. If I can nullify even more pain, I will be able to nullify even more energy and create more ice by decreasing atom movement speed, nullifying heat around me.)
Mr.Berg smiles.
Mr.Berg: I waited nothing else from you. Because of your determination, from now on training wheels are off, I will try to break you, in order to see the limit of your willpower.
August: For me the sky is the limit.
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