The Final Examination

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Xeon ha been careless so far and one of Rio's explosions sent him to the ground as he only absorbed a bit of it. Dirt and mud soiled his white robs as he slide on the ground, as this happened his facial expression quickly changed. He began to chant as well and his hair began to raise from the building of energy. He threw a large explosion directly infront of Rio so that it would either send debris flying toward her, or she would trying jumping it which meant she would go flying.

[Rio]

Rio coughed, as she was surrounded by debris. It was a large amount, and took quite a few minutes to settle down. It was heard to keep her eyes open so she shut them tight.

Rio laughed, as she clasped her hands together, yelling loudly, explosions happened all around Xeon this time. Much larger than before.

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Xeon had had enough, she had proven herself of worth. He chanted and the explosions that Rio had created sort of absorbed into Xeon but no explosions followed. He called out to Rio, debris still floating in the air. "You have proven yourself worthy of my teaching. I look forward to explaining and showing you what exactly is in store for you." he tried to brush as much dirt off as possible. "You certainly are skilled."

[Rio]

Rio smirked, she shrugged her shoulders casually. "I never said I wasn't."

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Xeon chuckled, this was certainly going to be an interesting pupil. "Right of course you didn't." he walked up to her and began searching in his robes. After a moment or two he pulled out documents, "Here is you official notes, this can take you just about anywhere." he explained.

[Rio]

Rio took the documents from Xeon. She briefly skimmed through them. "Alright," she said simply. "Anything else?"

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"Now we can begin training. You have the big explosions down, but if you want to expand your skills and gain power, you must work on the small and hidden destructions."

[Rio]

"Hmm. Not such a bad idea." Rio said nodding. " Well? How do I do it?"

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Xeon began his instruction, "Destruction magic is like all other magics in the sense that they can be contained, absorbed, and of course produced. The easy part is always the producing part. Most people have to start small and work to develop the large amounts of magic however with you it seems like focusing the destructive power to a minimum point is your difficulty. Once we learn to do that containing and absorbing will follow."

[Rio]

Rio cocked at eyebrow. She didn't care for most of things he was saying. "Let's just get to the point. I always hated long, boring lessons."

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Xeon shook his head in irritation, "Maybe that's why you never figured this out before." He rolled his eyes, "The strongest of all attacks are the ones that you don't expect. The surprises. I want you to damage that tree, but I don't want to see or hear it."

[Rio]

Rio raised an eyebrow. " See or hear it?" she asked. " My explosion? I'm afraid that's nearly impossible." she spoke. Not that she couldn't do it, she just loved the sound of her explosions too much. It sent a chill down her spine.

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Once again Xeon shook his head. Typical, she wouldn't even try. "Come over here," he motioned with his fingers. "I'll show you."

He pointed one finger up and looked at it as if to say, now watch carefully. He jabbed her in the arm with it sending an 'explosion' into her arm. It was enough to cause great pain, but most likely it would break anything.

[Rio]

Rio felt a great sting through her arm. She immediately held onto it in pain. "What in gods name was that?"

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"That was me channeling the explosive energy from me into you. And don't worry, I know you are worried that you will lose the pleasure by not hearing or seeing, but in truth feeling it is so much better. Now," he motions to the tree, "Will you try?"

[Rio]

Rio rolled her eyes, but agree'd to it. She'd always give into pleasure in the end. She closed her eyes, making some hand signals and repeating the chant, only in thought. It took her a moment, but the tree soon exploded, the only noise being the pieces of the tree hitting the ground. Rio smirked, feeling it was much better. It sent a quick rush down her entire body, not just her spine. It took over her, it engulfed her into absolute destructive pleasure.

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Xeon smiled and nodded watching. She had done it the way most did, it wasn't bad.... But extremely difficult. To perform that on a moving target was near impossible. "Good, that way is good for stationary objects. However, just as I channeled my power through my finger into you, you must channel yours to other objects. This way is more practical, and almost completely hidden." he explained.

[Rio]

Rio yawned. " How exactly do I do that?"

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"With practice," he began, "To start you will probably need your chants and signs, but after awhile you will be able to let it flow through you the instant you command it and small things like this will be like second nature." he walked over to a tree, "just walk over, and touch." he placed his hand on the tree. Nothing happened it seemed, but as Xeon pushed against the tree the area he had touched splinted away and the tree began to fall. He had destroyed the inside.

[Rio]

Rio walked toward a tree, she placed her finger against it. Butio! Displodo! Butio! Displodo! Butio! Displodo! The chant ran through her mind. She didn't see much of a reaction for the tree. A small snap could be heard. She wasn't quit sure what it was.