But baby it's cold outside.

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame giggled a little at [member="Draco Vereen"]'s humorous attempts at analogies. She used the force to send a small wave of energy out towards the place were she suspected the changes were coming from as well at another place were she had seen a connection between the two affected areas in her senses. It was hard for her as small beads of sweat formed on her brow as she tried to defuse the ability being used on her. "Am I getting close at least?" She then had to ask as she kept trying before she let the energy she was sending out envelop herself and then tried to harden it around her, with limited successes.

 

[Laira Darkhold]

"Yes, you are doing well." I eased back a little bit. "Alright, keep that defense and open your eyes. You should be able to see the which is real and which is illusion with that defense." I kept the very gentle pressure going, but she was doing well at locking me out. "Lets change gears." I said, as I lowered the illusion. I drew the Force Into myself and steadied my own presence letting the illusion fade into oblivion. "You said you wanted to know a great deal about the Force. Lets try a few more exercises and then take this party outside. I have always found experience to be the best form of practice. You said you wanted to know about the different stuff like Force Slow and Force Fear. Then you will need to practice Mind-Trick a lot. They are just more advanced versions of that basic principle. Telekinesis isn't something I can help with, I don't know it. At all." I shifted, "But Tutaminis and its variants I can help with."

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"]

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame opened her eyes and when she saw the difference of the illusions and the real [member="Draco Vereen"] she began to understand a little how the illusion worked. With a bit of creative thinking and practice she'd surely get it down one of these day's. "I would like to know Tutaminis and it's variants since it would come in handy to protect myself with it, what about force slow is it simply slowing someone's mind down enough to slow them down or is it something else entirely?" She then had to ask as she stood up and stretched a little as she rolled her tail up in a ball behind her and then snapped it back out as she got the stiffness out of her body.

 

[Laira Darkhold]

I nodded to her. "Force Slow is simple. Its using the Force to slow their mind and trick their mind into believing they were fatiguing. Same principle as Mind-Trick, a little different application. It and Force Disease are some of my favorites." I said, "Why don't you try it on me. I can help guide you while you are probing my mind. But please stay away from the dark places in there. You will not like what you find." I said, a quiet and simple warning that if she was going to enter someone else's mind she needed to be careful and prepared for what she found. "Most Mind-Tricks aren't actually delving into the mind, its more just altering the mind's perception. You won't normally see someone's memories or thoughts that way, but you are near them, and plenty of Jedi and Sith alike have used telepathy to read minds." I readied myself and prepared to guide her to the proper places of the mind and how to influence them to have the desired effects. "I am ready when you are."

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"]

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame nodded and went back down into a meditative posture and began to reach out into [member="Draco Vereen"]'s mind. "Ok I'll begin then." She said as she moved one hand in the direction of Draco and began to try and make contact. It was hard just to begin establishing contact with his mind but she managed to do it after a while. She was only tip toeing around the outskirts of his mind but at least she had contact with his mind now. "All right I think I got it now what?" She asked him as she began to at least try and strengthen the connection.

 

[Laira Darkhold]

I moved focused on her presence, lightly probing the edges of my mind. I reached out and added slight guidance to her probe leading her towards the proper areas to add her pressure there without much work. She was gifted and I was being fairly open to her. "Alright, once you find your way to the area I have effectively highlighted I want you to focus on slowing the neural signals that pass through it. Its the brain stem so slowing it slows everything, makes a person sluggish, and even a light pressure can throw them off balance and give them light vertigo. Its also very subtle. Most people won't notice until you have slowed them down a great deal and made them loose a focus. Its an advantage that increases the longer you keep your mind on it, and eventually they will pass out from it." I said, not knowing exactly what she would do with that knowledge. I hoped she would try it a little, but not be too debilitating with it.

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"]

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame listened to [member="Draco Vereen"]'s guidance's and began to lightly push at the places he had guided her towards. "So if I were to press hard against these places even your speech and thoughts might be slowed?" She then asked as she began to just lightly press against the spots as she just got used to the feeling and spots she was pressing against before she tried to press a little harder on each individual spot to see if they had different effects but she made sure she'd stop before the effects got severe or very noticeable.

 

[Laira Darkhold]

"Speech might become slurred if you apply enough pressure. Thoughts are different. You don't really slow them, it more becomes muddled, difficult to concentrate with enough pressure, and perhaps making their head swim, like they had a bad fever or vertigo." I explained, paying attention to where she applied pressure through the Force. "Alright, you seem to be doing well. Try adding as much pressure as you can. I wanna see how much you can draw upon the Force." I prepared my defenses ready to work to cut her off if need be. I wasn't sure how strong she was or how talented she was with her abilities, but I assumed she was good enough to cause some distress. I figured we go hit the basics of Tutaminis afterwards and then get out in the field some. Experience always trumped training.

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"]

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

"All right then but I hope i'm doing this right then." She said as she prepared her assault by charging up a little more of her force energy before she unleashed her attack on his mind, pressing as much as she could against his mind. Without Zreames knowledge she hovered a little above the ground as she attacked [member="Draco Vereen"]'s mind.

 

[Laira Darkhold]

I could feel her drawing in the Force and i readied myself for her assault, however I took notice that she was leviatating slightly. Stupid Telekinesis. I had tried in the past but never had any grasp over Telekinesis. I made up for it by being very well trained and very well in Mind-Trick and some illusions. As she started I waited until she had tested me and the exhaustion, aches, and tiredness set in before I began working to shut her out. She was strong for a beginner, and she was picking up quickly. Good. After this we could do a quick test of Tutaminis and then run out in the Galaxy getting shot at and be out in the field. Crash courses and field training, that was always the best way. As she assaulted the base of my mind I locked her out, focusing on keeping her from effecting my mind, but she was pressing against the mental defenses I had erected.

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"]

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame crumbled a little as her expression turned a little to make her seem like she was straining herself while her eyes are closed. She then put everything she had into the last assault at [member="Draco Vereen"]'s before she fell back and began to pant as she let herself lie down and had her chest rise and fall as she panted out. "That... is tiring!" She then yelled out as she was a little frustrated over how hard it was to use the mind trick, she'd had a better time at learning to use telekinesis as she tried it out for herself but this was a whole other level.

 

[Laira Darkhold]

I nodded, and centered myself, breathing steadily. She was stronger than the average Apprentice. "Yes, it can be exhausting, but it gets easier with practice." I stood up and walked over to her, offering to help her up. "One last thing to work on the basics then maybe we can go have an adventure or something." After helping her to her feet I walked over and picked up a blaster rifle, locked it on stun setting and returned to her. "Your Force Senses are the key to observation. If you can't tell what I am doing, you won't be able to even begin to duplicate the process." I breathed in and readied myself. Tutaminis could be taxing, but it could also be used to deflect Turbolaser strikes when mastered, so its uses were nearly limitless if you were just a little more creative than . "Alright, shoot the weapon at me, pay attention to the way I manipulate the Force so that you can duplicate it when I shoot at you."

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"]

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame grabbed [member="Draco Vereen"]'s hand when it was offered and stood up and arched her back a little as she adjusted her back a little and then stood in a relaxed posture. She listened to him as he spoke and when he handed her the blaster she stared at him and then at the blaster before looking back at him again. "Wait you want me to shoot you?" She asked him a little disbelieving but then raised and lowered her shoulders before aiming at Draco but she didn't fire until her force senses were fully enveloping him so she could sense and know what he was doing. "All right three.. two... one." she counted down and then fired at Draco.

 

[Laira Darkhold]

She counted down, and I readied myself, when she fired I drew the energy in, manipulating the area around my hand that the bolt connected with, dissipating a portion of the energy, and working through the force to absorb the rest of it into myself. Through the Force I worked to diffuse the energy as I absorbed it and concentrate it within myself afterwards. The thermal energy from a stun bolt was easy to absorb, and I could have suppressed it, but I was trying to show her other things she could do with the skill rather than just a single aspect. Surging the energy outwards through my other hand, lightning lashed out into the floors and walls away from her. Raw energy, fueled by the Force arced out in an electrical bolt into the wall. "You need to be careful with it. Don't try to take more than you can handle and be wary of expelling it. That may not always be an option." I held out my hand, gesturing for her to hand me the rifle. "Your turn."

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"]

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame observed what [member="Draco Vereen"] did with the bolt through the force and she was quite interested with what he was doing. When Draco threw out a lighting strike out of his hand she jumped back with a very surprised look on her face. "H-how did you do that?!" She then said pointing at the burn marks on the wall after him. When he asked for the rifle he moved to Draco and handed him the rifle before she moved back and readied herself, her breathing was a bit hard as she was very nervous for what was about to be done.
She centered herself and then readied herself for the bolt that was to come. Opening her eyes and exhaling loudly. "Ok I'm ready." She said with determination as she looked at Draco with a stead fast gaze.