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The Diamond of Kalea is located on Kalea's extreme west coast and called as such because its completely made of a crystalline substance called Skyglass. Home of the Alvina of the Stars, cultural mecca of knowledge seekers, and rife with Ethaefal, this remote city shimmers with its own unique light.

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Postby Lu Gavima on April 6th, 2013, 1:15 am

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36th of Spring, AV 513

Morning meditation, Shinyama Pavilion

Lu sat quietly alongside others, Syna's glow illuminating the interior of the training room. His eyes were closed and is breathing even. His posture straight and his mind quieting. The intention today would be detachment, as the world would deconstruct and everything else along with it. Thought was first. Dreams of training, faces of those he knew and loved, then those he met, then those he passed on the street. One by one they disappeared, vanishing into nonexistence. There was no Shinya, no Lhavit, no Zintila. No mother, no father. Home became the place it always was since birth and would be until death.

The body.

The sensation of flesh was probably easier for Shinya to ignore,as this sensation was natural to a Projectionist. The body was vital. It was also completely unimportant. The weight of it on the mat below and the gentle breezes passing over his pores ceased to be. Only the passing of breath eventually remained. It was the only time keeper of any worth to Lu. Without it, all other movements in the heavens and below were as worthless as tactile sensation. Silence of a much more intimate nature took the place of any aural reception. Stillness, like the air when no direction took it and it did not pass through lungs, between leaves. Presence became complete. The thinker of thoughts, the feeler of feelings, the perceiver and the doer became only machinations of something much more. Pure Being.

Time was no longer bells nor the dance between Syna and Leth. It became a concept, though one could not deny the presence of Tanroa. Nevertheless, if concepts were also machinations, what was left? Without forms, the formless.
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Postby Lu Gavima on April 22nd, 2013, 10:25 pm

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The presence that was Lu only breathed, as that was the ultimate timekeeper for the mortal. Being aware of the being, without the body's interference, Lu began to slowly imagine the scalp of his head as a type of covering. It became, to his mind's eye, as a literal skullcap. This exercise allowed ease of escape. The limbs were frequent visitors to the realm of thge astral and ethereal. Lu knew that before the torso, and ultimately the spirit itself, could leave the body that there was one more appendage to practice with.

The head.

At first, it might seem easy to think of pushing the head up on an astral neck, as one would push a leg or arm. However, the act of thinking, at least in the immediate process, was nothing but hindrance. It became clear to Lu why meditation was so important to the Shinya. Quiet and calm had to be present. The mind had to rest and become docile during the movement, as a thought could easily ruin any progress. Simple inhalations and exhalations sufficed as light began to appear where only the dark of closed eyelids once stood vigil.

Syna's radiance was extraordinarily intense. This made some sense as it was not irises shrinking nor lids blinking, but astral eyes seeing. So very different from any sensation of sight that Lu had experienced, her gaze seemed to be stronger than anything else in his field of vision. The initial reaction to turn away actually helped, as it turned Lu's perspective to one side, the wood of the pavilion room coming into view. In fact, with no sinew or vertebrae to impede, the view continued to turn, Lu's astral face peering at the others behind him who were in meditation.
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Postby Lu Gavima on June 2nd, 2013, 12:45 am

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Turning his view back to the front, Lu noticed that his field of vision was now at least a foot above where his head would normally be. He could see himself, his posture straight, though slumped at the shoulders. Moving with willpower to the front of his body, he could see his own chest falling and rising. It was very strange, to say the least.

Stranger still was that his head was leaning over and his chin was on his chest. Lu should have expected it, as the other mortal anchors tended to go limp without the astral counterpart guiding them. Nevertheless, the very idea that the brain that controlled all of this was also quiet. Reconnaissance would have to be short and sweet in this way. Also, it would never work as any kind of clandestine attempt, as he noticed a string of drool dripping on to his uniform from his dumb mouth.

A strange panic began to fill Lu's transparent mind. It was muffled and muted, however, by not feeling the body's reaction and the rush of painful energy to the chest. Getting out was easy enough, but how to get back in? He had never discussed this with a Master, being the headstrong person he was. He hoped that pride didn't cause him distress and bodily damage in this case.

Okay, first, he would move his head into a position above..well, his head.The willing of it seemed to be slightly delayed, the moment or two longer than before only pushing Lu's energy to reconnect. Once he was positioned above his neck, he began to sink down, his field of vision seeing the stubble of hair his razor had left before darkness engulfed him. At this point, he was unsure of where his astral head was in relation to his head of flesh. He had to still himself and be quiet, finding his own breath as a guide once more.
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Postby Lu Gavima on June 2nd, 2013, 5:29 am

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The darkest of darkness settled in as Lu found himself in a purgatory between body and mind. There was the reflex to snap the astral body in, but since doing so with a limb could cause temporary numbness and discomfort, doing so with his brain and head seemed too dangerous. His focus remained on the rising and falling of his chest. He moved his left shoulder slightly, hoping to bring sensation back to his upper torso.

Maybe he could feel his chest now. The strange sensation of being out of phase without sight didn't help. he had to think about it like when he would work joints into place. Slowly, he began to sync up his neck. As breath was the center of focus, the movement of its passage through his windpipe would guide him back into place. it took some time, but soon he could feel the coolness of the air as it traveled from his lungs up toward his head. This brought on his muscles and vertebrae. He slowly straightened his neck until he was looking forward, or appeared to be.

His neck was very sore, but he kept it straight so as to keep it aligned for his head to join the party. Still following the air as a guide, Lu waited until he could feel the air passing over his tongue and lips. Once that initial connection occurred, he could feel his jaws and began to open and close them. he could hear sounds through his ears and finally, with slow and steady focus, his eyes began to open. Light seared them briefly, but eventually he felt his head back in place.

Wiping the drool from his chin with the back of his hand and then on his pants, Lu began to roll his neck slowly on his shoulders. Meditation had ended and many of the others were on their way out. he took his time to stand, finding his equilibrium a little off. he took the time to stretch and let his senses become solid and then made his way out of the Pavilion and back under Syna's watch.

He was pleased with his progress with Projection, but knew that he would need more time to work on the dangerous head detachment. Many factors would have to be squared away ahead of time. Soon, with the detachment of limbs and now the head, all that was left would be to let the torso free as well. Then he could learn about Projection from the outside.
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Postby Elysium on June 16th, 2013, 2:44 pm

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Lu Gavima

XP:
Projection +3
Meditation +2

Lore:
Projection: Detaching the Head
Projection: Detaching the Neck

Other: Stiffness and soreness for one week in the head/neck.

Notes: This was good but no one's first try comes out perfect! Luckily, Lu's caution got him through the ordeal. :) He'll feel a bit off for the week following but it's nothing he can't handle. If you have any issues, please contact me!

and so, the journey continues...
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