Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:04:22 AM)
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Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:04:25 AM)
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Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:06:38 AM)
**Because I am not dealing with it. Jareth has, in essence, gotten all his stuff from Aldar and brought it back here. At the moment he was in the living room, having snagged some book from her library (with permission) and was reading it.. or at least part of it.**

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:07:12 AM)
::Ais was sitting on the couch, sprawled in PJ pants and a tank, barefooted, as she reads a bit. The basement door was open, and Audrey's poking vines out. All the shades in the house are drawn, no way to see inside, and so Audrey is poking vines far enough out of the basement to curl around Aislinn, and as Jareth makes himself comfortable, Audrey curls a vine around his leg too::

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:07:32 AM)
(that's just fine, he'd have been welcomed back with no issues and no questions)

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:08:02 AM)
He blinks down.. and promptly pokes the vine. "'llo Audrey." He smiled faintly, and eyes Aislinn for a moment.. tilting his head. "Soo..."

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:09:07 AM)
::Audrey pokes back in his usual greeting and squeezes his leg gently, as though a hug. Aislinn looked up and smiled to Jareth:: Yes?

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:09:15 AM)
"Whatcha readin?" He grinned faintly.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:10:11 AM)
::she grins and shows him... it's a book on horses and their care:: For my new one... Zeus is lovely. Technically I can ask him, but that's like cheating... ::flashing a smile::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:11:24 AM)
"It totally is." The grin faded into a bit of a smirk. Watching her for a moment. "Also.. tell him not to step on me and we'll get along fine.. i think."

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:12:34 AM)
::she laughs:: He's very gentle. Well... with me. He and Alex have come to an... understanding. He won't squish you though, I promise. I can't wait for Alex to come back with him...

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:13:54 AM)
"Yeah well.. horses.. not my thing really." A shrug.. and he fell sort of silent.. letting one hand down to idly play with the vines. He had stuff on his mind.

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:19:04 AM)
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Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:22:41 AM)
::she laughs and shakes her head:: I'll take you riding one day... you trust me enough for that.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:23:06 AM)
::said with confidence, and Audrey, seeming to sense his distraught nature was slooooowly cuddling him:: What's up, Jareth?

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:24:52 AM)
"That trade... we ought to do it. Meditation only takes me so far." He shrugs slowly. "And I can't keep fucking around with it.. especially if you're going to help me."

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:26:06 AM)
::she nods:: I'm ready when you wish... We can teach you first, if you like. ::closing her book and setting it down, giving him her full attention::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:27:57 AM)
"How does it work..? .......it's just.. weird to me." He shrugs faintly.. "I don't know how you do it."

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:29:40 AM)
Focusing on yourself. Being with your thoughts. Here... let's try it outside. It's meditation, but looking deeper, more within yourself. ::she got up and held a hand out, petting Audrey:: We won't be long, little love...

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:33:07 AM)
He nods.. "Hmm. Alright." A faint frown, but he smiled wanly after a moment.. "Sounds... alot like what I do with space manipulation.. I mean.. I'm sure it isn't, but it sounds it." He went to follow.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:34:37 AM)
Very similar, but not quite. It will help you look within. I can help you get there, to show you how I do it, but you will likely find your own way. ::she leads him outside, to the little stream she built in her backyard, to the rock-lined pond, with a few koi and other fish inside and she sat down, letting the coolness of the evening and the water bubbling soothe him, sitting cross-legged in the grass::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:40:28 AM)
He stood for a moment.. Staring at the stream, then takes a deep breath and sighs, moving to sit, and cross his legs in lotus pose. Blinking at the water again.. Okay that -was- very soothing. He closed his eyes, trying to think of the water.. Instead of Fire, seemed appropriate.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:41:13 AM)
::she nods and looked to him:: Now... focus, look within.... let your mind focus on you...

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:41:19 AM)
I can show you first, if you desire.

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:43:21 AM)
"I... that would be nice. If you could." Quietly... He smiled a bit, opening an eye and peering at her.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:43:45 AM)
::she smiles and nods:: I'm going to bring you into my head... and show you how I do it. If... that makes sense?

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:43:57 AM)
"Close enough, yes."

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:44:33 AM)
::she nods to him:: Relax... and let me in... ::and she gently starts to probe around his mind, he can feel her waiting for permission::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:46:32 AM)
He closed eyes a moment, took a deep breath, and let go... Like he usually did when she was going to take a peek, and nodded.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:49:44 AM)
::she smiled and instead of her sliding inside, she pulled him out, into her mind:: Your mind can be used for many things... at beginning levels... you can do a minor mind shield, to hide your thoughts and emotions, those on the surface. You can scan the area for other's surface thoughts and emotions... and you can sense some mind magics...

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:49:53 AM)
(I think all that's right, been a while since I used mind 1)

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:53:04 AM)
(something to that effect.)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:53:16 AM)
(.... I'm still mostly drunk!)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:53:25 AM)
Is there one of those things you want to focus on?

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:53:39 AM)
(*lick* no worries! my brain is kind of impared cuz i'm stil fighting off that migraine)

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:55:23 AM)
"Trying to get my balance back.. when it goes off.' Said faintly, thought at the same time.. This was disconcerting for him, so he was trying to just chill.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:56:10 AM)
(wouldn't that take mind 2?)

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:57:24 AM)
(Depends how badly he's off. Mind 1 can empower self to a limited extent. It's one of the basics)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:57:51 AM)
(at this point, Ais knows how bad he is... mind 1 or 2?)

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 12:58:26 AM)
(fluxes, moment to moment. If he catches it early, 1, but 2 if he doesn't)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 12:59:40 AM)
::she nods:: Okay, I can teach you to center, finding balance. Likely... as you're just starting, it would be best to use this when you feel yourself first slipping or a little after. Self-recognition will be important. If not, it may take more concentration or more practice...

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 1:00:41 AM)
He nodded.. "Okay.. " Blinking once, then closing his eyes completely again.. control wasn't going to happen while he was distracting himself.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 1:00:55 AM)
::she smiles and then she focused, taking deep breaths and feeling the water near her, fingers dibbling in it, and listening to it. He can feel her heart rate decrease, her oxygen levels increase, as she combines spheres to give him a full understanding.::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 1:04:23 AM)
There was a silence on his end.. It wasn't that he was struggling to understand the concepts of meditation, it's that he was trying to reconcile it with his own peculiar methods.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 1:05:28 AM)
::she waited, showing him her methods, and he could almost see a horizon in her mind, teetering, as she slowly lets it come to rest, balanced, and at peace with the rest of her body. Her patience was infinite with him, and she waited, hovering inside him, waiting to see if he needed any nudging or help::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 1:07:34 AM)
"Okay.. " He says vaguely.. wanting withdrawal.. but not really having the faintest idea how to go about doing it.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 1:08:13 AM)
(withdrawl in what way?)

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 1:08:22 AM)
(seeing himself instead of her)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 1:08:39 AM)
(ahh, easy enough, damn I'm stupid tonight)

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 1:08:48 AM)
(feh, not stupid.<3)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 1:10:03 AM)
::Aislinn then switched their roles, putting him in his own mind, and she hovered in his, unobtrusive, giving him his space to do this. She let him do his thing, helping only when asked, wanting him to find his own way there::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 1:17:54 AM)
He was honestly barely aware she was even there... and even then only because she had a presence. He was debating between fire and water to focus on.. Blinking his eyes open a bit, and closing them again, trying to see it in his mind and not in reality. Visualization coming easy enough to him, given his practice. A deep breath and he let it out, aware of himself, his own rhythms, letting them calm as he sorted it out. Though he couldn't force them. Fire was Space, Time was Water.. This felt more like the way Time flowed, and hey look.. there was water handy nearby.. all he had to do was listen. He could do this..

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 1:20:06 AM)
Without distractions he could still the waters of his mind. As long as there was no distractions.. but.... it wasn't anything out of the ordinary. He was just alright at meditation.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 1:20:48 AM)
:;Aislinn gave positive thoughts with "Yes! He -can- do this!", her faith in him never wavering, and there was soft approval, as she let him find his own way, despite being there.:: You have found the balance... now... you must maintain it. Are you ready to try?

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 1:22:19 AM)
A vague ripple of uncertainty.. ~I can try?~ He had to remind himself. Stillness.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 1:23:26 AM)
I will start off slowly. ::and she touches his hand, beginning to trace the lines in his hand lightly::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 1:26:27 AM)
He lets her.. just.. waiting, and trying to maintain his stillness.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 1:27:38 AM)
::and she moves her fingertips up his arms, gently, her fingertips are light, and tracing his veins, which she followed with no difficulty::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 1:30:41 AM)
He was aware of the motion, momentarily unable to help wondering what she was doing, another ripple and he went still again, the thought only a momentary movement, but a clear one. He wanted to fidget.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 1:38:15 AM)
Balance, Jareth, focus. ::she smiles and then moved her fingers off him, then touched his nose lightly, then his cheeks, gently, distractingly::

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 1:40:57 AM)
::if he goes off balance, she will wait, and continue doing whatever she's doing, before she moves on, until he finds balance again::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 1:41:21 AM)
A blink when she touched his nose, then a ripple of aggrivation at himself for reacting.. Bah. Alright, alright.. Still. It was just a touch. Meditation was HARD when people were trying to distract you. And that tickled!

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 1:42:48 AM)
::she grinned, hearing his inner monologue and was amused, but... infinitely patient with him. He could feel her relaxed state, she had all the time in the world to do this lesson, as did he, reassuring him before she continued. Sometimes his ear got a gentle tug, others, she ran her hand through his hair, poked his tummy, keeping it mostly random::

CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 1:55:00 AM)
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CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 1:55:06 AM)
(screw it.)

CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 1:55:12 AM)
He muttered something in chinese, and she heard him.. It amounted to something along the lines of 'crazy woman, keep movin around..' Fondly of course. Every time she poked him, or tugged his ear, or well... anything there was another ripple of aggrivation. Eventually he realized it just wasn't working, and gave up fighting the ripples... trying to focus on finding some solution. Whether he came across it, or made it up out of whole cloth. It didn't matter to him. As he did so his focus sharpened, and a spark lit flared a little inside, deep beneath the surface. There -was- an answer.. he just had to find it.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 1:56:47 AM)
::and she continued, pausing if he was getting too aggrivated, she wanted him to remain calm, and was gently encouraging, but letting him figure this out on her own:: Once you have gotten past the physical, we will try mental...and then maybe magical.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:00:23 AM)
His own*

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:00:26 AM)
sorry

CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 2:00:56 AM)
He was actually harder to disturb when he was thinking, than when he was not, as his attention moved towards something else rather than focusing on maintaining anything... and the ripples both became shorter, and less deep.. more vague reactions, than focused aggrivation.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:03:02 AM)
Do you feel better when you think about something, versus focusing on nothing? ::asked quietly::

CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 2:04:01 AM)
'Huh?" Distracted sounding... "What do you mean?" He actually turned to blink at her a moment, given he wasn't attempting stillness for the moment.

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 2:04:52 AM)
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CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 2:05:03 AM)
(let me get him)

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 2:05:31 AM)
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Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:06:26 AM)
You were doing much better when you were focusing on something, thinking on something... than attempting to maintain it.

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 2:07:56 AM)
A blink. "I was?" He lifted a brow.. thinking about that a moment.. Glancing off to the water with this peculiar sort of expression. He was.. just drawing on the star... he always did that when he was thinking. A frown.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:11:48 AM)
::she nods:: You were. ::waiting and she tilts her head:: Will that help, if you think on something, versus nothing?

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 2:17:51 AM)
"I'm... not sure." He blinked, the strange look didn't go away.. Huh.. he could try a few things. He closed his eyes, feeling a little more self-aware than he'd been a moment or so.. taking a deep breath and relaxing again.. center.. center... -was- that his center? Maybe it was't. He shifted his focus a little.. to that spark, not conciously drawing on it, but the flavor changed anyways. A slow, constant shift, rather than a perfectly still surface.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:20:58 AM)
::she nods her approval, and held her breath, just waiting until he got there, before she again began to touch and poke and prod, all gently::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 2:27:09 AM)
And the majority of what she was doing got a sort of mental shrug, swept away by the motion of his focus. He wasn't focused on her, but on him.. and the more he focused, the bigger that spark of light got. Having trouble maintaining his 'equilibrium' as the motion continued, this put pressure on himself.. on parts of him that were fused together and didn't -want- to move like the rest of him. He reacted to becoming aware of this much like a sleeper reacts to a bug landing on them does, trying to sweep it off and roll over.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:29:01 AM)
Jareth... don't focus on the physical. Do it without moving your physical body... separate the mind and the body.

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 2:34:11 AM)
Did he hear her? Oh.. sure, probably.. He was acutely uncomfortable for the moment, and it had nothing to do with her poking him. "Yeah.. yeah.. I know.." Mentally poking at the block much like a sore tooth. This wasn't right.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:38:05 AM)
Try again, Jareth... ::she smiles and nudges him, to think out of the box again::

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:38:29 AM)
(want to focus on the other one, to get pack going?)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:38:32 AM)
(or do both?)

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 2:38:41 AM)
(both, if that's okay)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:39:04 AM)
(fine with me, I'm about to go afk to tuck hubby in, be gone about 10-15)

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 2:39:36 AM)
(kk)

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 2:43:51 AM)
"I am.. I'm fine.. I just.. Not everything wants to move." He flexed a bit of mental muscle, but still nothing, stubborn block. He should leave it alone, he decided.. and with a faint sigh.. "Nevermind." A vague smile, more amused at himself, he let it go, and focused on what he could do, which was let it flow.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:46:46 AM)
Ready to try again? ::she smiled and looked to him, still within him, still the infinite patience, not letting him beat himself up::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 2:47:50 AM)
A nod..

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 2:53:54 AM)
(now... going to the man)

CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 3:01:55 AM)
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CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 3:02:15 AM)
(*kicks jareth*

CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 3:04:51 AM)
(*muttermutter*)

CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 3:06:40 AM)
(*kickkick*)

CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 3:10:20 AM)
(...)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 3:11:25 AM)
(hugs)

CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 3:12:34 AM)
(*hugs* Had you.. made a post?)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 3:14:01 AM)
(no)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 3:14:07 AM)
( went afk to tuck in hubs)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 3:14:17 AM)
(he went to nini earlier than usual, no reading tonight)

CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 3:14:30 AM)
(okay, well go ahead and try and unbalance him again)

CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 3:14:36 AM)
(:D)

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 3:17:01 AM)
::and she started her poking, prodding, and caressing lightly, as she kept it random, each touch different::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 3:17:31 AM)
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CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 3:18:35 AM)
(okay.. i see this. i will brb.)

CowboyGhostie OOC (Aug 19, 2011 3:18:44 AM)
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Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 3:19:37 AM)
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Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 3:22:46 AM)
And each time he barely really even registered it, the more he focused, the quicker the shift, and the less he really cared she was touching him. He was still uncomfortable, but it was the internal Not-Pain of his condition, but he was ignoring it.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 3:24:48 AM)
::she nodded and kept it up, faster, more randomly... slower, different types of touches, even brushing her fingers across his lips::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 3:29:29 AM)
A faint reaction at that.. but.. quickly shrugged off. It was tough for him to disconnect his awareness, but he could do it. He ceased reacting at all after awhile, between the flow.. and the parts of the proverbial dam that wouldn't shift, it was taking all his attention.

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 3:35:47 AM)
::and then... he felt his body reacting differently... getting really... really hot, sweat even trickling down his back, his neck, gleaming on his chest::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 3:45:28 AM)
His breath came a little shallower.. his focus slipped a little, and he grasped after it.. Grah. The flavor changed again, the spark of light changing into a sharp metallic gleam before it was again replaced with cold light. Back in control?

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 3:47:10 AM)
::and the temperature continued, as though he was burning from within, sweat trickling from his every pore, or so it seemed. His clothes sticking to him::

Alan 'Jareth' Lee (Aug 19, 2011 3:54:07 AM)
"Ngh.. " He says.. Focus slipping again for a moment, heat.. fire... this time it flared green, a burst of color as he tried to compensate, pushing him deeper, or further away from the physical..

Aislinn Connelly (Aug 19, 2011 3:55:02 AM)
::she let him try to find his center again, the heat did not disappate or lessen in anyway::

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