Doubt in the Dark

A Troubled Heart
In the midst of waiting for their father to come home from his contracted participation in this looming war, the girls did not want to be idle. With Maria believing that it was best for them to make the most of their time and begin to learn something that Yui promised to teach them awhile back. Approaching the mature girl, she was excited to have students of her own and prefaced if only briefly that this was a dangerous magic and that they should take it slowly as to avoid injuring themselves unnecessarily. With Victoria making rounds around the mansion to oversee security -of which the barriers and automatons didn't cover-, Christina monitored the girls' progress in the Nest, making sure to be ready in case there was healing needed.

For the most part, they got a grasp of how to generate their Ethernano in a way that could duplicate the effects of Burst, spikes of pain included. The way Yui explained how Burst Magic became less taxing and strenuous, beyond training an absurd degree physically, was that you'd 'wear the burden' so that your body wouldn't rip itself apart on the inside as easily. She only knew Noriko was capable of achieving this state of Burst, but she never has seen it and she had been seen plenty strong without taking it too far.

After the first day, they worked on honing their respective use of Burst on themselves. Maria seemed to be the most adept at achieving balance but at the sake of not creating a strong enough aura to be considered a true "Burst Mantle". Maria Streak on the other hand was having trouble exuding the aura, but made up for it by a natural toughness thanks to Athlete Magic and began to think of fusing the two if only in short bursts to help fight off her own inability to create a strong aura. Yui herself tried to really push Morgan in embracing her Darkness Slayer Magic with Burst, figuring that it was a key point in how the first time she didn't harm herself significantly was because of it; the originator element was going to be the thing that could take her magic to heights even Yui couldn't achieve.

On the third day, Yui was happy enough with the results that they could begin sparring. The trick was to keep concentrating on their style of Burst while ensuring they could hit and dodge their opponents. Yui herself worked with Maria Streak, feeling that she was the closest to mastering her own unique spin on it and thought to give her a challenge to show where she's lacking. Meanwhile, she thought the sisters would work better together, and only kept an occasional eye on them while keeping pace with Streak.

"Come on, Morgan!" Maria cried out, dancing around a dark-infused punch and a talon-embroiled claw that was lightly coated in crimson while she embraced a sparkly, pretty form that she used to adeptly avoid Morgan's current impure state. "I know you're faster than this! Put some oomph into it! I know you can do it!"