Summer... a time of relaxation. Everything around you seems to be filled with life, rich and unique with every being. The days, though numbered, are long and generally very peaceful. Today was even more so. The temperature had dropped after a cold front had set in the day before. A calm beach lay near a small town. Gently rolling waves lazily moved across the sand before receding back into the ocean. Everything was in perfect harmony.

Synyx fell into the water.

Darn it! he thought to himself. He had been trying to push his abilities to the limit after losing a battle to a man named Hochgender Adler.

OoC: You don't need to know him, that's just a reference to my last RP. Also, all lines in italics are what Synyx is thinking, in case you didn't know that.

BiC: The latest thing Synyx had learned he was able to do was temporarily (for about one second)solidify darkness and use it as a stepping stone or a weak shield. He decided he would only consider this ability mastered if he could keep solidifying it enough to ascend for ten minutes and then get back down safely. He failed halfway through this time.

Why do I keep losing my concentration? What's bothering me? After a few minutes of wading in the water, Synyx decided he wouldn't come to a conclusion anytime soon and proceeded to swim to shore. He was only out about a hundred feet.

When Synyx got to shore, he dried off in the sun for a bit and gave his own challenge another go. Perhaps trying at a more vertical angle will help. He gave himself a running start on the beach for maybe eighty steps and then began creating the platforms of darkness. First he stepped onto one, then he made another as the first faded away, and stepped onto the next. So he began to slowly ascend his pathway.

Just a little while after he began, Synyx sensed someone else was in his presence. He looked down and saw a red-haired man below him. Who is that? Did he see me doing this?! This broke his concentration once again and he forgot to make another solid mass of darkness.

DARN IT!

Synyx fell into the water.

OoC: New ability: Solidification.