Fumbling as Delmina suddenly handed her some plastic thing and told her to 'try it on the door', Diamond decided that they could always try it out later and pocked the keycard, not really understanding what Delmina had wanted her to do.
"I'll try after I check the surface."
After finally getting to the stairs, Diamond was about to start walking up the steps, but she stopped when she heard Bridget's comment. Of course the grumpy one was going to find fault with her checking this out. Not like they needed to stick together in such an empty, wide open space. Miss grump miser was packing more damage per hit anyways. Shaking her head clear, Diamond started her way up the steps.
Shinji: any hints at what specifically I'd be looking for?
Uhhh, a place of comfort? Something closely linked to your imagination? *Shrugs.* I really don't know. Due to my own insights and experiences, I never fully left mine so finding it wasn't much of a problem. Best bet is that it's somewhat associated with some part of your childhood.
I've really only gone through this process myself, so this is my first time guiding someone else through it.
Returning from her second, and by her opinion more successful, attempt, Nira was left with a few new ideas, since even if it wasn't complete, it was at a stage where it would do some damage. It had lost size as it travelled, likely because it couldn't hold itself together, but it had reminded her that she wasn't limited to simple shapes. Once she had it completed, she would focus on playing around with the mana.
But as she passed the field of flowers, she was reminded by both the system, and her body, that she needed a bite to eat and something to drink soon. Ignoring it for now, Nira returned in time to watch Femus go through with his evolution, and at first it didn't look like much was happening, which left her with a bit of worry. It's only when his body started growing with each heartbeat that she realized that it really was a comparatively quick process to how it worked in their previous world.
Unfortunately though, she was half blinded when Femus came back to life. Putting a hand in front of her face, Nira looked down to blink a few times, and in the process her hair fell down in front of her face, again. At first she really hadn't minded having her hair this long, but with it falling in front of her face like this almost every time she leaned forward, it was practically a habit to brush it out of the way now. But just as she reached up to do so, her stomach growled, and suddenly she was glad her hair was obscuring the blush on her face.
As Femus's light dimmed, she finally got a chance to look him over again by peering out from beneath her hair. He was definitely bigger, but that was about it. Hearing his awkward question made her smile a bit, though it was likely still obscured by her hair. Brushing it out of the way, she responded to his first question with a joke while also answering his second one.
"For a moment you looked like an overpowered Christmas light and nearly blinded me, but now you're just a bigger wisp. And it was only for a couple of minutes, I think. I'm close to having my own ranged attack, but it's not quite there yet. Outside of that, not much happened."
Listening to his response, Nira was glad he was keeping it practical. The info on mana overload and mana control were especially helpful, as they would likely help her find her own path while she worked on specializing in magic for now. Thinking about back to the idea of basic necessities, Nira's face nearly went beat red when she realized that she'd been walking around naked. With just monsters and animals around, she hadn't really considered it an issue since the only humanlike thing around for miles were pixies and goblins.
But Femus was a human, albeit a human soul in wisps body. Feeling a wave of embarrassment, Nira reassessed her priorities and made a mental note to get some makeshift clothes asap. Trying not to make it obvious, she walked over to some leaves and stood behind them as she responded, still blushing.
"I-I agree. Maybe we should take it slow so we're prepared for when we leave. Like you saud, I mean said, we'll have to see how things go after I evolve."
Yup. Also considering everything, I'd be surprised if it was still in a good condition. Don't really know how what you've been through would have affected it.