Valour Park Training

Marceline Denova (Mirage)

Venus Sedgwick (Lagoon)

Rose | Rhett | Marci
It was nearly 3 o’clock in the morning when Marceline made her way into the park. She wasn’t sure what had impelled her to do so, but she did have a purpose for being there. The previous day she’d sent out several DM’s asking who would be available for early morning training and by some miracle she’d gotten a positive response. The young woman, Venus had accepted her calling and once they spoke it was decided.

Avoiding the street lamps and other bright spaces, she eventually found the perfect training spot. Venus was a water type meaning she’d need a water source to be able to train properly and there just so happened to be multiple water fountains around the park. This one in particular didn’t look too bad. The water seemed clean enough and the space around it wasn’t too terribly out in the open.

She began walking the perimeter slowly as to see what sort of activity would be going on. Nothing much besides a stray jogger with headphones blaring and the night security guard making his rounds. Otherwise, nothing of suspicion. This was quite comforting for the woman as she was nearly certain she could construct a powerful enough illusion to keep them from being discovered. Those kinds of circumstances were always a bit trickier, though.

As she walked, Marci grew a bit more comfortable with the whole thing. She needed training and to test her abilities to their absolute fullest. No more using them as a party trick or as a way of getting paid. While it was true her line of work wasn’t the most admirable, she had spoken true words each and every time she’s denied being a ‘whore’. Due to the nature and what skill she was able to learn through self-training, Marci had become good at pleasing customers without actually being involved. Other than her mind, of course. Physically, she hadn’t done a thing when certain clients asked for her company backstage. This was also where a lot of her money came from. ‘Six Minute Fantasies’, she called them. The name spoke for itself. Finding that her ability could easily overpower a single person’s senses for up to ten minutes, she had created a profit from it.

However, the more people added to the equation, the less time she was able to keep a firm hold of her power. The most people she’d fooled at once was a small-ish group of maybe seven people and her illusion only lasted maybe four minutes. The process having taxed her own mind. It had resulted in her feeling drowsy and unbalanced but that was a year or so back.

January 21, 2019

Chew I Venus I Cole I Dee Dee
After deciding to get some sleep in instead of powering through until the odd meeting time of three in the morning, Venus rose from her nap feeling energized and excited to work on her abilities. There had been some progress made back at the training grounds, but nothing major had been achieved to extend the amount of solidifying she could do without turning into a puddle. It was the most frustrating obstacle she dealt with so the blonde was eager to work through it.

Venus arrived to the park wearing a long dusty pink coat to hide the wetsuit underneath, the one Greene had fashioned for her and liquefied and solidified with her. She was bundled with a scarf and gloves– it was especially cold at this time of night even though the winter was coming to an end and soon to make way for spring. "Hi Marci!" Venus called, picking up the pace and jogging over to the illusionist. Despite not knowing the woman well Venus was an avid ice breaker and didn't hesitate to offer a friendly hug. "God, it is so cold," she shivered, looking around the park "should we get right into it?"

January 22, 2019

Rose | Rhett | Marci
When the younger hero arrived, Marceline was just making it back to the area she'd chosen to hold their training session. She smiled back at the blonde and offered a brief wave as she came closer. It was nice being around someone so lively. Especially when Marci was having doubts about holding this early morning session entirely. Seeing the friendly face made those negative thoughts disperse. "Hey, babe. Thanks for meeting me." The eagerness of Venus' overall atmosphere caused the older woman to feel a bit at ease.

Being hugged was the icing on the cake for Marci, her arms hesitantly going around Venus' frame to give her a quick squeeze before letting go and nodding. "We'll warm-up once we get moving...so, yeah, let's get down to it." She grinned a little while glancing around.

The air was nippy for sure though it didn’t seem to affect the illusionist. Her mind having fabricated a tropical paradise that only her own eyes could see. After a moment, she crafted the illusion around Venus as well. Giving the blonde a chance to feel the warmth of somewhere beyond their reach. “Better?” Marci asked with a half-smile before moving to take Venus’ coat. “I’m excited to see what you can do with that thing.” She continued while glancing up and down at the wetsuit. (edited)

January 23, 2019

Chew I Venus I Cole I Dee Dee
Marci was such a breath of fresh air with her general confidence and friendly demeanor, Venus could already feel this was going to be a productive training session. Before she could say a word suddenly everything around them turned into a warm tropical paradise that obscured the dark and cold park. The blonde fell silent, looking around with her eyes wide in disbelief. She knew about Marci's power but she had never been able to wrap her head around it... until now. "Oh... wow" she gasped, transfixed as she felt inclined to unbutton her coat.

"Oh my gosh, I can't wait to show you, it's, like, really cool. Mr. Greene is like a total genius or something" she beamed, looking down at the hero suit that would save her from solidifying into embarrassing nudity from now on. "So uhm... what exactly are you trying to work on? I'd say you have amazing control of your power, no?" With the illusion still standing it was hard to imagine how Marci could improve.

Rose | Rhett | Marci
The best part of using her power was watching people react to it, Marceline had found. Her eyes watching Venus look around in wonder. It made her feel pretty good, to be honest. Taking the pink coat in her hands, the woman walked to the side until she found where the bushes outlining the space she'd chosen were. They were not in sight for Venus but Marceline knew how far her illusion went. Or rather, the space it changed.

When she returned to Venus, she smiled and nodded. "He definitely is..it's a good thing we found him." Her expression, usually warm and full of confidence, was lacking now. The glow having dimmed slightly as she thought of a way to explain her own reasons.

"I can keep up an illusion with one person for up to seven minutes but the more people that are around, the less time I have to keep control. If I'm going to be of use in an actual time of need, I have to test my limits and push them as much as possible." She'd never have guessed that her ability would have ever been used for something so important. Andy had helped her realize that the previous day and honestly, the words had stuck in her mind. Maybe that was part of why she hadn't been able to sleep. Not that the insomnia wasn't already a factor of that. "Anyway, what do you need to practice? My stuff is mainly mental. Yours seems much more physical."

January 24, 2019

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"Oh, oh my gosh I totally get you, I have the same problem!" She exclaimed, excited that she'd found someone with endurance issues to train with "well... kind of." Venus spoke quickly and with her hands, enhancing her words with gestures"I need to practice pretty much the same thing. It's like, I'm all good with going liquid but I can't hold it forever and switching back and forth tires me out so much."

She paused for a moment to think of whether she should explain the adverse effects of her power and in the end decided it was important just in case it happened during training. Puddling was a weird downfall to her power she had only discovered recently after exerting her abilities purely on land. The first time it had happened Ana thought she had died. That bitch didn't even cry. "When I overdo it I kind of, like, you know, stay down in a puddle." Venus winced at the upcoming disclosure: "you might have to soak me up and I did bring plastic bags and a rag... love you forever and ever if it comes to that, though. I'll buy you breakfast." Venus grinned at Marci now that everything as laid out for her "how about we do some warming up? I'll drill you on some things to make and we'll see how long you can go?"

Rose | Rhett | Marci
Marci’s smile grew as her training partner explained they were in similar situations. Both of them needed more stamina and it sounded to Mirage like this session would be far more interesting that it could have been in Andy’s backyard. “I’m really glad you accepted my invite.” The woman wasn’t usually so excitable but this was going to be fun, she’d decided.

At Venus’ disclosure of turning into a literal puddle when overdoing it, Mirage’s brows rose in a bit of surprise. “That sounds absolutely awful, babe.” She shook her head at what came next and grinned back. “Don’t cha worry, babe. I’ll mop ya up if necessary. No need in pay back.”

Taking off her own fur-coat, Marci draped it next to V’s before walking back over. The illusionist, not worrying much over what she’d worn, was in some solid black yoga pants and a long sleeved shirt under a sweater vest. “Some exercises, huh? Sounds good to me.”

Walking to the center of their space, she prepared her mind for whatever Venus threw to her. “Hit me with your best shot, babe.”

January 25, 2019

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Venus was more than ready to give Marci some things to think up, she had spend enough hours on Pinterest to know exactly what she wanted to see. "Oh this is going to be so fun! Alright, lets see... give me a loft apartment, maybe like two-thousand square feet, floor to ceiling windows, hardwood floors." She extended her hand to point to an imaginary location in the park "lets do... one three-seater sofa and two chairs over there, round glass coffee table, cow hide rug underneath it. Um..." the blonde tapped her bottom lip in thought "fuck it, yeah, let's throw a chandelier in the middle of the room. A little kitsch never hurts, right?"

She turned slightly to the right and motioned to that side of her imaginary apartment. "Open kitchen here, island counter, tall stools. Stainless steel everything. Dining table somewhere around here, nothing huge, just six seats– otherwise it's going to ruin the flow."

Rose | Rhett | Marci
It was hard for the older woman to not laugh as the bubble blonde spewed on about the extravagant living space that was being described to her in elaborate details. A smirk resided on her lips as she glanced around before beginning to construct the space in her mind. "Two-thousand, right?" She mumbled a few words from time to time but within twenty seconds she'd brought up a perfect scene. "Complete with cow hide and nice ass chandelier."

Waving a hand around to motion to the different items that looked to her to be a little mix matched about the room. "You could be a home designer, hun." Her eyes settled back onto Venus. "So, while I keep this up, how about you should me a bit of what you're made of?" Smiling, she let the fountain come into the illusion, settling somewhere in the living space and actually looking somewhat nice. "How does that suit thing work?"

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Venus watched as the illusion came to life, creating the home of her dreams all around them. "Holy- wow!" It was hard not to be entranced by Marci's power. "How do you hold back from doing this like... all the time?" The possibilities of her power were endless– a quick trip to the bach on a stressful day, her childhood home when she felt homesick, a fun exploration of dream houses and weddings to pass the time. The blonde gave Marci a bashful giggle in return for her compliment "oh I just spend too much time online... and at open houses." Venus was on the mailing list for all the luxury condo real estate agents in the city. When she had the time she would go to the open houses to sip on the free champagne and visit homes that were far, far out of her budget for some run-of-the-mill escapism.

"Oh, oh I cannot wait to show you. I just got it today" she extended her arm to Marci "feel, it's so soft. It's like a second skin, I'm in love with it." Venus took a few steps away from Marci and inhaled, her body and suit turning into transparent liquid and then slowly sinking to the ground into an amorphous shape. She held it for a couple of seconds before spilling into a flat puddle and then rising again into a wave, leaping forward and sinking again over and over a few times to show her the malleability of her form. "I goes everywhere with me! See?" Venus built herself up horizontally again just so she could collapse with full force, it sounded like a bucked of water being emptied out, droplets flying in all directions before circling back and returning to their origin.

Her liquid body pulled back into her original silhouette, "I wish I could keep it on forever. I'm going to have to rethink my wardrobe to fit it underneath. How's the illusion holding up?

January 26, 2019

Rose | Rhett | Marci
Again, Marceline soaked in her companions cheerful and amazed reactions. “I'm lovin' this already, babe.” The illusionist walked around admiring her work before settling to have a seat on the imaginary sofa. It was much more life-like, though. Her body relaxing into the cushions that were probably nothing more than the shrubs around the park. She let out a soft laugh. “That sounds like a fun time, maybe I'll join ya sometime.” Marci let her head slump back a bit as she just looked up at the 'ceiling', only instead of her seeing the chandeliered ceiling, it was the dark, speckled night sky.

She only tore her eyes from the starry sky to take in Venus' appearance and the surrounding illusion still standing. Pushing herself up, the woman took a step to the blonde and placed her fingers along the material. “That's crazy,” She shook her head in awe then let her own hand fall back by her side. It was a little difficult to keep herself from falling back as the young hero in front of her turned to a liquid substance. Seemingly floating above the ground and turning into odd shapes before melting down and mirroring that of a puddle. “Woah!” She didn't hide the shock as she was truly amazed by this interesting ability of hers.

“How peculiar.” She mused while taking in the amount of flexibility she had. “Very impressive!” She continued while beginning to step around. “How far can you push yourself? Like, how far can you lunge?” It wasn't long before Venus had built herself then collapsed again just to show how easy it seemed to be. “What improvement.” Marci grinned and watched the girl re-build herself again. “It fits you so well and it's holding strong for now.” Everything was still in place and nothing had begun looking muted as the colors normally became a bit paler as the time would tick past. “So, is it harder for you staying solid than as a liquid?”

January 27, 2019

Chew I Venus I Cole I Dee Dee
"Not very far, it takes a lot of energy to move around in this body" she explained as she made her way towards Marci. "I didn't think a suit for me was possible, but Mr. Greene made it happen!" She beamed, extending a liquid arm and looking down at it to marvel how the suit still felt in place but was clearly just as watery and transparent as she was. Venus wiggled her shape as she spoke "it's the movement and change that's hard. Going from liquid to solid and from solid to liquid takes a lot out of me. While I'm liquid shifting my shape and collecting my pieces gets harder the more I do it... but could sit still forever in either form without a problem! Well... as long as I have some way to hydrate, I dry out really easily. That's a whole other thing, but the suit is hydrating so it shouldn't happen as much. Anyways, after being carried out of Social Hall in a bucket by Leo I just-" Venus paused, realizing she had been rambling. The blonde looked around at the illusion and noticed it was still holding up, maybe the colors had changed but she wouldn't have been able to tell. "How old were you when you found out you could do this?"

Rose | Rhett | Marci
Marci listened intently without interrupting the liquid shifter. Her ramblings weren’t too outlandish for the illusionist to follow along and they hardly bothered the older woman as she looked about the illusion she was holding. It was by habit that she looked around making sure everything was still in place as it had been minutes ago when the scene was first constructed.

“How much water do you have to drink a day?” Now the woman was just asking small questions out of curiosity. She’d never been exposed to someone quite like this. The blonde could flip flop from a solid to a liquid in no time at all and quite frankly, Marceline’s amazement didn’t end there.

“That sounds pretty awful, hun.” She gave a sympathetic smile before realizing the girl had paused her speaking. Noticing the moment it took her to talk again and the change of subject, the illusionist simply grinned. “I don’t mind listening.”

Glancing around the ‘room’, she left a second of silence to think about her answer. “I was thirteen. I’d think up all these elaborate places I’d rather be but always thought I just had a very impressive imagination. That’s until my mother was able to see them too. Soon after she found out, she threatened to send me away so I decided to leave on my own.” Crossing her arms, Marci glanced back at Venus with the same grin on her face. “I learned how to use my power for tricks of the mind and getting away with theft til I was old enough to get an actual job.” Tilting her head to the side, her eyes took in their surrounding. “Now here I am.” She released her crossed arms and clapped her hands together. “So, the illusion will only last a couple more minutes if I’m right about my limit being seven. What else would you like to see?”

January 28, 2019

Chew I Venus I Cole I Dee Dee
Venus looked up in thought, noticing for the first time that their apartment had a starry sky for a ceiling. "Lots, I'm always sipping something. I can get through a gallon in a day if I'm active." Sweating was a big one. As much as it embarrassed her Venus sweated a lot when she was either working out or getting through a hot day. She always wore antiperspirant to combat this side effect and that took care of the problem, but it still made for slippery sex... and consequently embarrassing situations.

She listened as Marci explained how her power had gotten her into trouble at home. Venus felt lucky to have never faced something of the sort– she discovered what she could do from about the same age but luckily chose to hide it from the get-go. No one in her family or friends knew about it, but she still didn't think they would send her away if they did. "That's rough... I can't imagine how lonely you must've felt." Dealing with the city on her own, teaching her self how to navigate life– it was now easy to see why Marci was so independent and mature.

Venus turned her focus back to the illusion and gave it some thought "a swan. A big one." It was the first thing that came to mind, swans were her favorite animal even though they scared her a bit. They were pretty and elegant, and moved along the water with such ease and grace. "So what do you do now? For a job?"

Rose | Rhett | Marci
It didn't surprise her too intensely to find out roughly how much liquids Venus consumed within a day. It made plenty sense and she could easily understand why continuously drinking would be the best way to go about this ability of hers. "Is it just water or any liquid?" Marceline paused her thinking to wave away the comment regarding her time on the streets. Her expression did soften, though. "But now I have more friends than I could ever imagine." She changed the tone by bringing it back to the same positive levels that Venus seemed to carry about her without even trying.

When Marceline heard the request, her lips spread into a big grin. "You like swans too?" She asked and shut her eyes for a moment. Literally a blink of an eye and the pair of them were in front of a ten foot swan. Its beautiful white feathers glowing with the moonlight that was left of their reality. The chill in the air was still being held off by Marci's illusive abilities revolving around touch, however. Making this encounter that much more enjoyable.

"Big enough for ya?" She chuckled then turned to look at the blonde. "I'm a stripper at The Crown Royal. Been there for about three years now." Not everyone usually accepted her line of work as being an actual job but it didn't bother her that much anymore. After all, who was the one getting paid?

Glancing up at the massive swan as it lowered its head down to look at them both, she reached out a hand and placed it on their feathered friend's bill. "What about you, love? You working?"

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Like Marci, Venus now felt that she had more friends than ever. Joining the hero coalition had exposed to all kinds of people but what she treasured most were the genuine friendships she was forming now. "I love swans!" She said excitedly, her liquid body vibrating for a moment "during the daytime they hang around the pond here in the park. Do you want to go feed them with me some... time?" Her speech slowed as the birds materialized, large and pristine white. "Oh, those are perfect" he breathed, liquid body lowering and inching towards the illusions to give them a closer inspection. They look so real it was hard to believe they weren't.

"You're a stripper!?" Venus's shape made a sharp turn towards Marci. It was a good thing her eyes weren't discernible right now because otherwise the older woman would've caught the blonde giving her a top-to-bottom observation. That mad sense, Marci was so... sexy. "That's crazy. You know, I've never been to a strip club but you seem like you're really good at it- well, not that- I mean- you seem... graceful." Venus stopped talking before she could trip over her words any further. "I am, I just work at a boutique downtown. It's really boring" there was no point in going into the details of that "I do get discounts though, if you're ever interested."

Venus couldn't feel the cold but she could feel her molecules stiff, so she knew the temperature was still affecting her physically. She moved around some to try to build some heat in her structure, swirling in place "do you like stripping?"

Rose | Rhett | Marci
“They’re beautiful, for sure.” As the illusions moved freely about, Marceline looked back to her partner. The offer to hang out and feed the swans on a different date sounded much too nice to pass up. Besides, she could honestly say that Venus wasn’t bad at all. Interacting with her was actually pretty pleasant for Mirage. “I’d love that.” She responded with a genuine smile before stretching out her arms. The chilly air would be ascending on them shortly and she much preferred stretching in the imaginary warmth she’d constructed.

Having her illusions complimented yet again, she nodded briefly in acknowledgement. “Thank you! I try my best.” Turning to fully face Venus, her actions were almost right in time with the blonde’s reaction to her occupation. At first she let her brows rise in curiosity as to how she was planning to react but then relaxed as Venus continued. Not all that well. The girl was clearly tripping over her words but Marci didn’t mind much. “Maybe you should come out with some friends and see me sometime.” She winked then burst into her contained laughter.

“At least it’s a paycheck.” She replied easily to V mentioning the boredom she faced with her job at the boutique. “Thanks, I’ll keep ya in mind.” Smiling, Mirage continued her stretches. This time working on her arms and rolling her shoulders in slow motions. “It’s not bad. The pay is the reason I haven’t looked for anything else. Stripping is my safety net.” She grinned and watched with displeasure as the swans and overall surrounding illusions faded. A headache was forming at the back of her mind. Nothing she hadn’t dealt with before. “How’s the suit holding up? Keeping you hydrated just fine?”

January 29, 2019

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"Sure, yeah. That sounds like a fun night" Venus agreed, already knowing she didn't have any friends who would come with her a strip club. Maybe some of the other heroes would agree on accompanying her, Leo and Ana being two potential candidates. Even then, she wasn't sure she'd know how to act in such a place, much less when someone she knew so closely was on stage.

"The pay must be great, none of the others can offer illusions like you can." Marci must rack up tips from customers looking for such a unique experience. "It's holding up really well, I'm no drying out much although I do feel tired" she confessed as she slowed down and grew still, pulling herself back into her solid body and stretching once it was all over. Small droplets of water from the atmosphere that adhered to her while she was liquid rested on her skin and hair, so he wiped her face with the sleeve of the suit. She was still thirsty, but not nearly as much as she usually was after a transformation. "Whew, that was actually pretty nice" she said with a laugh, running her fingers through her hair to shake off some of the foreign water.

Venus looked around and noticed the illusion was dimming and couldn't help but frown knowing it was about to be over. "We can do this again sometime," she stated, hoping Marci wasn't pushing herself too hard "I go to bed pretty early on weekdays but if you want to train some more you can always message me."