Rock Down To Electric Avenue (Dani)

[Sora Inoue]

The room Sora was occupying was ready for his student. From all he knew of Miss Danielle Cooper being electric, he placed a few rubber mats down and had some spare light bulbs tucked away just incase. A few water bottles were brought for a dink, and little things to practice with for the student. None of the objects were particularly complicated just a cellphone and radio without batteries along with a line of decorative lights (that his fiancé grudgingly donated).

He wasn't the most experienced with training a manipulative power, but he had no plan of letting down a student. As far as Sora was aware each power has a connection to the user's mind in some shape or form. While it sounded easy enough to turn on a wire of lights, if the person was emotionally unbalanced or possibly trying too hard it was likely to blow a bulb or short a fuse. 

With a sigh the Japanese man placed his hands on his hips. The room looked ready enough. He had no intention of practicing outside with an electrokinetic. In the training fields there was less things around that would conduct electricity, and he didn't want to chance getting something wrong and getting electrocuted. He gave a nod to the room. Now all he needed was his student.

[Danielle Cooper]

Dani was excited for training. This was possibly because she watched and read X-Men far too much, and she was ready to fight some evil! Except, you know, Hammel wasn’t about fighting. Nor did she really see a real need to learn how to fight. It just looked cool in the movies. Regardless, she was certainly excited to learn more about herself and how to control her abilities.

Dani glanced down at her watch as she headed towards the training room she was told to go to. Right on time. She nodded to herself and took in a deep breath as she turned the doorknob and poked her head into the room. “Hello?” she called out quietly. Although Dani was well known for being hyper and loud at times, certain situations made her a little nervous, and this was one of them.

What if she really didn’t have as much control as she thought? Or what if her trainer was mean and didn’t like her? Danielle forced the thoughts out of her head and stepped into the room, smiling at the trainer. Well, he looked nice enough. As she walked further into the room, she dropped her messenger bag in a corner and looked at the objects around the room with curiosity. “I’m Danielle.”

[Sora Inoue]

Sora turned to the girl who entered with a polite smile across his face. "Hello, I'm Sora Inoue." He introduced himself with a hand extended to shake, an American custom he was trying to get himself into. He told her his full name so she could make the choice of what to call him. In Japan most would've called him by Sora along with an honorific. While in America Mr. Inoue had caught him by surprise. Still if a student was more comfortable with that, so be it, but he didn't discourage the use of his given name.

From what he saw, Danielle seemed like a positive girl. That was good. Thinking on the bright side seemed to always have a better effect on the power at hand compared to being a pessimist. Thinking negatively led to quicker frustration and making more mistakes.

"How comfortable are you with your electrokinesis?" This was something else that Sora found to be important about training. If the student was scared to use their power or lacked confidence, it could cause problems.

[Danielle Cooper]

Dani took her trainer’s hand, giving it a firm shake. Although her grandfather had always told her that her handshake was too rough, Dani always liked giving a person a good handshake. She gave a nod as he introduced himself, unsure what exactly to call him, either. Seeing as he was Japanese, she had the urge to call him sensei, seeing as that was what her grandfather taught her to do. Although she wasn’t raised in Japan, she was raised by her grandfather who still followed a lot of Japanese customs.

“Pretty comfortable,” Dani smiled, but hesitated a moment, “I think.” She let out a deep breath before closing her eyes. Shortly after doing so, some of the decorative lights began to glow softly. Dani figured it was best she left the cell phone alone for now, seeing as she never tried to turn one on that didn’t have a battery in it. The most she ever managed was giving one a small charge when the battery was low.

She opened her eyes and watched as the lights flickered. “I can’t really do much from here,” she explained and as she walked closer to the object, the more bright they lit up. “I have to concentrate pretty hard… but I can do it without much thought if I am touching stuff.” She glanced over at Sora and grinned, a bit proud of herself as she reached over and picked up one of the lights. Unfortunately, she was concentrating a bit too hard (and getting a little ahead of herself) and one of the lights blew with a loud POP, sending bits of the light bulb flying.

Dani instinctively brought her free arm up to shield her face, fortunately avoiding any major cuts. She quickly placed the light down and backed up before glancing over at Sora. “I—um—oops.”

Three minutes on the first meeting and she already broke something. Good going, Dani.

[Sora Inoue]

Sora found nothing wrong with a firm handshake. It was just a way the person grasped his hand. What he didn't understand was how people saw personality traits in the way a person shakes hands. It was just a greeting, and first impressions are sometimes misleading.

"That's good." Sora watched as the string of lights gave a light glow. With a little concentration she could turn on the lights to some degree without contact. Even if that was all she really could do at that distance, she was at a good start. Of course, with contact was much easier to send a current through the wires. "Sounds like you already have a good idea of where you are right now."

The sudden pop startled the trainer, and he too shielded himself with his arms instinctively. Ah, the joy of lightbulbs shattering. Luckily he nor Dani got terrible hurt or anything. "It's alright." He picked up the pieces of glass that scattered the floor, and dumped them in a pale. That was exactly why he brought extra. He pulled out another with a smile. That was part of training, to learn from mistakes. Danielle seemed to have a good grip on her power. Maybe she just had a little trouble turning it off? Sora could definitely help her with that. He had to learn the very same thing during his years.

[Danielle Cooper]

Danielle felt her cheeks get hot from embarrassment. She had been trying to be too showy-offy. It was true though, Dani had rarely had issues using her powers, but the problem was controlling them or even turning them off. She found herself always accidently using it instead of having trouble using her ability.

“This kinda happens a lot…” Dani confessed, rubbing the back of her head. “Or, stuff like this. Especially when I’m hyper.” She had no idea how many times she’d broken light bulbs or accidently shocked people. Too many times to count.

She stood in the room with her hands in her pockets, looking at Sora. “Is there anything else you want me to do?” She asked, curious. She wasn’t used to training, and wasn’t exactly sure how it’d go.

[Sora Inoue]

Sora nodded. Dani really had no need to be embarrassed about what happened. That was the reason they were here after all. If she had perfect control training wouldn't be needed. It was just how life as a meta went. Emotions often played a role in how a power worked. The calm a person was the easier it was to handle, at least most of the time, but Sora hadn't seen any exceptions.

"You're looking good so far." He twisted the extra bulb in his hand as he spoke. "We'll work on controlling the amount of electricity you give out, and putting a stopper on it." Placing the bulb on the table he looked at her. "Try to give a faint glow." He didn't really mean it to sound like a command, but that was just how he spoke. Shifting his weight from leg to the other to see what would happen next.

[Danielle Cooper]

Sora seemed to be very patient, and Dani gave him a grateful smile for it. She appreciated having him as a trainer, and felt as if they were going to make a decent team. She had been afraid that she would disappoint him, for she wasn’t sure exactly where she should be with her powers for her age. Hell, she wasn’t even sure if there was a spot she was supposed to be in the first place.

She gave a nod, not taking his tone in a negative way. It was his job, after all, and he seemed to know what he was doing more than Dani was. “Okay.” She said, staring at the bulb to help her focus on it. After a second it did start to give a faint glow, but it didn’t remain faint, but instead went to shine somewhat brightly. She bit her lip, eyebrows knitting together as she tried to make it glow with less intensity, but found it to just fade back and forth between the two, never staying dim for more than a few seconds.