[quote=@Hammerman]
"So, h-how did I do, Miss?" she asked Catherine eagerly. What the poor girl didn't realize that thanks to her wind ball, she had shredded her own skirt to pieces. Now, she stood in front of a teacher wearing nothing but a pair of pantyhose-covered panties down there.
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Catherine hovered down and landed, looking around to make sure no one else was around to see Kanako's mishap. [color=f49ac2]"You did splendidly, much better than most incoming students. You have raw talent,"[/color] Catherine complimented. Despite losing control of her high-pressure ball, Catherine could see that Kanako had a good deal of force and finesse that was rare for someone without elemental training. The fact that the air released from her ball could shred cloth was a testament to that. As for the skirt, as long as no one else showed up, Catherine wasn't going to draw attention to it, she could sort of tell that the lesson would not be as effective with Kanako all flustered and embarassed. [color=f49ac2]"Being an elementalist is not an exact science, and everyone picks up their 'knack' for it differently, but once they get something that clicks, it will form the foundation of their abilities."[/color] Though not necessarily true, Catherine liked to promote students to develop their individual styles instead of checking off bullet points from a curriculum. [color=f49ac2]"Let's start with breathing exercises; some students need to realize how much of their body is composed of their element in order to manipulate it like 'part of their own body'."[/color] Catherine widened her stance, squared her shoulders and began to breathe to demonstrate, moving her hands up and down along with her breathing, reminiscent of certain esoteric East Asian martial arts styles.

[quote=@Zelosse]
[color=004b80]"I hope you brought a bathing suit with you. To control water you must hear it. Where better than in the relaxing pools? Lets do an exercise where you focus on repelling water on an area of your body. Being in the springs is also very relaxing after an event like the one with the water snake obstacle. Please," [/color]

Kano motioned to the hotsprings steaming behind him as he walked over to, and onto, the waters. Treading the surface as if it were solid.

[color=0072bc]"What you see is water below repeling me, instead of simply enveloping me as you would expect. It is communion with the waters themselves as you project your desire to it."[/color]
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[color=a187be]"I...I didn't...bring a bathing suit..."[/color] ShiZhen replied, feeling a little crestfallen. [color=a187be]"B-but...I suppose my clothes are already wet, so what difference does it make...right?"[/color] ShiZhen slowly walked forward, and, fully clothed, dipped herself into the hot spring, though she did at least have the decency to take her shoes off. Like this, her wet clothes didn't cling to her so uncomfortably. The hot springs were rather nice, and reminded her of the aches, bruises, and cuts she didn't know she had received from the night before. It was relaxing, and made ShiZhen realize that since her powers had manifested, she had developed a mild fear of water, and hadn't been able to relax around the substance, even when showering. In fact, she hadn't let herself be submerged in a very long time, since she never had the time to take a long relaxing bath, nor did she swim for fun. She moved her arms around, feeling the buoyancy, and how her hand cut through the fluid. She took her hand out of the water and pressed it down on the surface. With a 'bloop', her hand passed right through as one would expect. She tried this repeatedly, trying to concentrate on repelling the water with her hand, but to no avail. [color=a187be]"I-is there like...a trick to it, or something?"[/color]