isleofavalon | can you tell me what ever really special about me all this time

🧙 WHO: Tsuna and you
⚔️️ WHAT: Tsuna has been updated to the end of the Future Arc, and is now dealing with the ramifications of that. By falling asleep everywhere and potentially destructive training.
🕒 WHEN: throughout the rest of the January
🗺️ WHERE: School and training area mostly.
⚠️ WARNINGS: Spoilers for the Future Arc of KHR? Violence but mostly of the shonen manga variety, will update if necessary.

[A - Gather the Guardians; Locked to Castmates]

[He doesn't really realize it at first.

Tsuna wakes from a deep sleep, staring up at the ceiling with a look of confusion. It's not his ceiling, but he knows it somehow. He blinks, trying to recall, trying to sit up even though he's grogg, caught in that same feeling of knowing and not knowing.

And then it all hits him in a flash.

Avalon, and then as his memories are on fast-forward he remembers Merone base, Irie Shoichi, training and the Choice battle and Uni and running and fighting Byakuran and Uni sacrificing herself and Primo and Byakuran. And then they'd gone home to the past. And now, now he's back.

Tsuna shakes his head, trying to sort out the memories and lies back down. That couldn't have all been a dream. He knows it's not. His hand still bears his rings after all. The now awoken Sky Ring of the Vongola rings, and, Tsuna has to smile, Natsu's new ring as well. Though, as the memories calm down Tsuna doubts he'll be able to summon him here. Which is fine, since he'll have a griffin to contend with after all. There's still a warmth from the ring letting him know that Natsu is with him.

But the voice in his head, the one that sounds like Reborn, pipes up that he needs to gather his guardians, and so he forces himself up. He needs to check on his friends after all.]

[B - Sleep]

[And just like that, Tsuna has to re-adjust to life in Avalon.

In all things, it's not that different from adjusting to life in Namimori. His mom's not here and only a handful of his friends, but at least now he knows they are safe where they belong. But he gets up, goes to school, and carries on as best he can.

Not easily. He's no long in the future, no longer plagued with worries about Byakuran or protecting his friends and his body seems to be catching up with that. Seems to be catching up to the fact that his days are no longer filled with intense training and high-stakes battles and so most of the time, he feels exhausted.

Really, he should just take a day off and sleep but he feels like he's already done enough of that as well. So he struggles on.

And falls asleep at his desk. Against a shelf in the library. In the middle of the training area. And who knows where else, really?]

[C - Train, without my Dying Will.]

[On a day when it's not raining, Tsuna heads outside.

Avalon doesn't have the same resources as the Vongola base, and he will need space to attempt what he wants. Because he also expects that things might get destructive.

It's a weird feeling though, training this way. He doesn't have Lal Mirch or Reborn yelling in his ear or threatening him with physical violence. No Hibari to spar with. He can't enter his Hyper Dying Will mode and gain the focus he gets from that state. His pills do nothing though he may have tried one out of hope.

Instead it's just him and his magic and a new drive to make sure he has the power to protect his friends.

He looks up at the sky and ignites his hands in their bright orange flame.

i - flight

[Like a lot of things in his world, Tsuna understands them more by instinct than by any specific principle. How dying will flames provide flight is one of them. And while someone smart like Shoichi or Spanner could probably explain it, Tsuna is content with they provide propulsion and so he goes.

Here, magic seems to work a little differently.

Bursts of flame can propel him forward but he can't get that sustained levitation with just them. And certainly he lacks the agility he normally has. It's more than a little frustrating to go slamming into a tree, or the ground.

But for now he's lying on the ground, looking up at the sky and considering. He's missing something, and his hands hurt.]

ii - x-burner

[This is the big one.

Before he goes home, Tsuna at least wants an idea of how he can make his signature attack work in this world. He can't get by with wild bursts of magic anymore. And while he still has his contacts, they won't help. They aren't able to measure magic and Spanner is not here to upgrade them. So it's back to instinct.

His experiments with fire have made it known that he can't use it alone. There isn't a way to get the hard and soft flames that he needs but perhaps with combining the magic, he'll have a chance.

He has to get the balance right though, and he's back to instinct.

But he tries. In the left hand, soft flames, water and fire, contradictory but Tsuna is trying to draw on the idea that water (rain) is tranquility. In the right, fire and earth, lava almost, hard flames. And so he stands there, trying to balance, wondering if he dare to fire off a blast.]

[D - wildcard]

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Everyone looks cool when they fly, doesn't matter how.

[ That's just a fact of life! ]

But... seeing as you're on the ground, in pain, and I heard a THUD, I guess this test flight didn't go so well?

[Tsuna shakes his head.]

Not really. I could get up in the air, but not really sustain it. It's hard to find a balance.

Well, technically, ANYTHING can get up in the air... it's staying there that's always the problem. I can toss a rock in the air, but it's gunna plummet back down.

My first guess is, it's gunna be difficult because while a plane runs on fuel, you run on energy, and so does magic. You run out of energy with magic, which makes you "land" much sooner.

[ wait a minute. why does della actually sound smart for once. is this actually an area of expertise. ]

[It does make sense and Tsuna nods. Admittedly, he doesn't have much of a frame of reference but he's getting it.

So, I would have to increase my magic in order to stay in the air longer? I guess it doesn't have the same stamina as my dying will flames...

[Though, he's had a lot of training with those.]

Either that, or increase your stamina and energy. Neither of those things will be easy and will take time, but staying in the sky does take commitment!

[ Hearty slap on the shoulder! ]

And I know you're absolutely full of it!

[If there's one thing that can be said for Tsuna now, is that he does have that. Still, he sighs.]

I thought I did that alright. Maybe I haven't caught up yet.

[Granted, he hasn't even begun to think about how an update, for lack of a better term, handles physical changes.]

I was thinking that if I combined fire and air, I could get something going. So maybe using the two types of magic is what's doing it?

It sounds good in theory... but you gotta be super careful. Fire eats air, and we wouldn't want you to accidentally set your clothes or hair on fire.

[ even tho she would find it kinda funny. ]

[Tsuna grimaces at the thought.]

I've usually got a pretty good control of my magic these days. At least with the elemental stuff.

That's good to hear! No matter how badly you get burnt, injured, maimed, or broken, you won't give up!

[ is. is this supposed to be comforting. ]

[It's unfortunately his life. Especially when you're the protagonist of a gag manga turned battle manga.]

When did my life turn into this?

Some people are born with greatness, others have greatness thrust upon them.

[ Again, she thinks this is anywhere near helpful. ]

You feel like trying it again right now?

[Well, his was definitely the latter. Much to his chagrin.]

Y-yeah. I think I could give it at least one more try.

All right! Give it all you've got!

[ While she is very enthusiastic about this, she is also... going to take a cautionary step backwards. Maybe a few more. ]

[Tsuna nods, smile somewhere between genuine and a grimace. Della moving back is probably wise as Tsuna spreads his hands, igniting them in the familiar orange flame, before focusing a stream of fire downwards to start hovering. There are flickers of green within the flames.]

[ Green? Curious and interesting... Della wants to squee with delight, but!

But this a serious education moment! They both need to be on their game and pay attention! So, with GREAT restraint, she keeps her beak closed, hands pressed together in SUPER SERIOUS STUDY MODE. ]

Hmmm...!

Is something wrong?

[He's ready to be corrected.]

I'm trying to mix the fire and the wind...

No! No, you're good! It's just... it's just...

[ She can't take it anymore, and bursts - ]

YOU LOOK SO COOL!

Hie?

[The outburst genuinely surprises Tsuna, enough that he waves and drops to the ground.]

Ouch...did I?

[ Let the floodgates open. ]

Absolutely! Aw man, the look on your face, the colors of the fire, the way you were handling yourself - I better get a winter coat, cause you're way too cool!

[Tsuna blushes, his hand scratching the back of his neck. He's never really sure how to respond, since he doesn't think he's that cool out of the Hyper Dying Will.]

I was just...doing what I usually do. It's not that different from my usual powers really. Just like, the output and stuff.

And now you're being all humble about it! That increases your cool factor by, like, 40%! I almost can't stand it, my man!

[ You're stuck with this cheerleader for life now, apparently. ]