"Hmmm, okay, Erin." He sat in silence as he heard her pose her question. "Yes, a good question. Well, I have two souls. Both can turn into the same weapon, and, can meister weapons. It is very unique. Even Shinigami hasn't heard of such a thing before. Two souls, one conscience. I can control both in both forms, or even use part of the forms... But, I don't mess with it much." He looked over to her, swinging her legs. She seemed pretty cheery, now that she knew she had a place to be, even without a true partner. He was happy to have company.
"Two souls....doesn't that hurt a bit?" She questioned, looking back at him with a slight worried expression before looking down."I mean, a body can only take so much...but then again I guess that's why you don't use it as much" She took a second to think before an idea popped in to her head. "Hey...um, if you don't mind me asking....could you try wielding me...? I'm not sure if it'll work but I just wanna see how it feels."
"It does, at times... well, it used to. My body has perfect resonation between my souls now. I can pull of intense feats with ease... I haven't even found my true limit yet." He looked over to her. "You want me to wield you? Fine. I can't promise any skill with your weapon type, but, I'll likely be able to use you with relative ease." He sat up, and held out his hands for her to take. once she did so, he nodded for her to transform.
"Ok!" Taking his hand, Erin nodded before transforming in to her battle axe. Though she's normally short, in this form she was somehow larger and heavier. In the area connecting the two blades an eye opened before looking around. "Ah! W-woah, this feels different....really different..! Hey Jack is everything ok on your end?" She asked still in wonder about the whole situation.
He instantly felt the weight hit. He could wield his odachi in one hand... She shouldn't be this heavy... and his hands burned... he had never just tried to pick up a weapon if he didn't know the person well... of course, he knew he had to adjust, and he stopped sending his soul wavelength into her as he stood there. "Haahh... It burns... And you are really heavy... Hold on while I adjust." He continued feeling her soul wavelength, and he eventually got used to it. He lifted her with one arm with no problem, and gave her a swing. "Good. Too bad I'd probably kill you if I used full soul resonance." He tossed her up, and caught her with his other hand.
Hearing the news kind of made Erin shiver, this was a bit frightening, but she couldn't show weakness now since she was the one who asked for this after. She watched as they headed out to the balcony and felt his soul waves slowly push against hers. "N-nn....I-I can take more..." She said, feeling the pressure slowly build. God it felt weird, but if she was ever gonna have a partner she'd have to get used to this kind of feeling.
He could feel that she wasn't used to amplifying soul waves and sending them back. He climbed slower, and heard her confirmation. "Ten percent..."He gripped the weapon tighter, as he began to push more soul waves in. It was strange how something so normal for everyone would be troublesome for a beginner. Of course, him, being far more adept, was probably causing the imbalance... if she had a normal partner with less strong waves, she wouldn't have a problem resonating... Right now, he could feel her trembling of her own accord. He was only at 17%.
Even though the process was slowly it was begin to hurt, like being pushed in to a crowd. "J-jack....I give....I give..." She said with a bit of desperation, she wanted a new experience but she didn't want it to be torture. She changed back to normal, sitting on the ground while panting softly. She could feel her heart still racing a bit before she slowly stood up.
"Ah." He stopped sending waves, and let her dissipate. He could tell that she was feeling very uncomfortable. She changed abruptly, and he ended up holding her ankle. "Pardon." He let her loose, and saw her sit back. She was breathing heavily, and looked like she wasn't having a good time. "Sorry." He gave her shoulder a pat, and sat next to her. He felt bad for doing that to her.
"It's fine, I asked for it after all.." She said with a reassuring smile, though she was still trying to catch her breath. When she finally felt her body calm down, she leaned against him a bit and closed her eyes. "Good thing I'm not a masochist and let you go to 25%...."
"Regardless, it was foolish of me to do that... I could have injured you seriously." He felt her lean against him, and looked away. "Heh, yeah..." He carefully brought his arm up, and put it around her. "I'm not the partner for you, I guess. Maybe when you get more powerful. But, I can still help you... You could even use yourself as your weapon... you know, change only parts? I think there is a death weapon who did that all by himself at the age of 13... He is awesome, whoever he is..." He smiled, faintly, not looking at her.
"Hopefully I'll find my true partner soon....just feels kinda lonely without one y'know? Still, in the end I hope I can be as awesome as my parents by become a death scythe and all that..." She smiled to herself a bit before opening her eyes. "Anyways, wasn't there supposed to be something in two hours..?"
"Your parents were death scythes? Awesome... I feel blessed to be in the presence of the daughter of one..." He said, with a smile. "Uhh, yes, there was. However we still have an hour, I believe." He replied, and stood. "Waiting is boring though. Anything else you wanna do than sit here?"
"Eheheh, blessed? You don't really need to be." She chuckled rubbing the back of her head before standing up as well, patting some dust off of her pants. "Well, how about we have some more to eat? To be honest my stomach is like a black hole. I don't know why though...Luckily I have a high metabolism!" She said with a grin, proudly putting her hands on her hips.
"Ah, but, I do believe it is a great blessing." He took her hand, and pulled her up. "Sounds like an amazing Idea, so, let's go to the lunch room, shall we?" He walked back into his room, and then to the dorm hall. She was following, so, he ran off to the cafeteria with her to get more food. He had to admit, he was a bit hungry too, so he could stand to get a bite to eat.
With a nod she followed him to the cafeteria, her stomach growling excitedly since she could smell the food. Oh food, such a wonderful thing~! Thinking to herself she began to wonder what exactly souls would taste like. "Hey Jack, could ya tell me what souls taste like? Do they taste like a certain food or is it unimaginable?"
"Souls? Well, they don't have any particular kind of taste... but the feeling of it is great! I love to eat souls." He smiled, as if he was just discussing average food rather than actual souls from beings. "You can only eat the souls of those on Death's list though. If you eat good souls, you could stray off the right path, and into madness. You could become a kishin. We hunt people like that. It's our job, you know?"
"Hmm...I guess I can't wait till I complete my first mission then! I don't plan on becoming a crazy-evil-bad guy anytime soon so you don't have to worry about that~" She said continuing to grin. Even though the day was kind of stressful in the beginning, it was sure to end nicely. Getting closer to the cafeteria, she started to salivate unconsciously.
"Good. I'm sure we won't have any problems, then." He replied, as they entered. The lines were mostly empty, so it didn't take long to get a meal and sit down. He ate his sandwich, and looked around the room at the other students. "I wonder what they'll be like... EATs? NOTs? hmmm. We will find that out tomorrow, I guess." He carried on with the sandwich, as he observed the others talking and eating.
Since they could easily go through the line, Erin took it upon herself to happily pick up a large piece of ham and putting it on her plate. Licking her lips she sat opposite of Jack before digging in. "Nnmh...I'd probably...mn...end up in the NOT class based on..nmm..the fact I have barely any....battle experience...mnmnmn~!" She spoke, while eating which was just a bit messy to say the least.
He watched her eat messily, and took another bite of the sandwich. "Very likely. But, there may be some with experience already. You know... I came in with an understanding of swordplay, using my own sword, and, an understanding of the energy of my soul..." He finished off the sandwich, and watched her carry on messily. She seemed to be a boyish kind of girl.
"True true..!" She bit off the last of the meat from the ham before getting a napkin to wipe her lips. "Ahhhh, my stomach is satisfied.....but anyway, from what I could tell, just looking at the crowd in that classroom some of them seemed like they'd already been in a few battles! I'm not too surprised about you though, seeing as you're a guy with two souls and all."
"Good! Lunch is almost over too... Anyway, yeah, some of them could have a few souls already under their belt... Me? I think I might be made for this business! Aside from that, it's high time we go and wait at the dorms. It's almost two!" He got up from the table, and waved for her to follow him to the dorms. Some students were probably already there waiting for him...
"Oh! Oh yeah!" She quickly stands up and disposes of her plate before running to catch up. "Ah, if most of the food is like that ham I could eat forever~! So mind explaining this event to me or should I wait so I'm more surprised?" Erin said as she walked with her hands behind her back.
"Don't tell nurse Sayako, but, I wanted to find out how good you all are before the test tomorrow. So, I'm having everyone come at me. Seems like a lot of fun, yeah? they get to bond with their partners, and see how good they'd be against a real foe. Of course, I wouldn't use my full power." He smiles, and stops at the dorms. A few people are there.
"Ahhhh, I see. Heh, trying to be all sneaky....does that mean I should come at ya too?" Erin said with a grin, stopping to turn and look at him before noticing the group of people. "Oh, I guess everyone else is ready to go..." She said, resting a hand on her hip. Hopefully she'd see something amazing from the people that seemed to have experience.
"I guess so... Good luck! I mean, I've already analyzed your worthiness as a weapon, but, I have not yet seen your skill as a weapon. So. You might have to... but, don't push yourself, and, well, you can opt out if you wish."He replied, as he looked around. Some still needed to arrive. He couldn't wait to see what they were made of. Some might even surprise him...
"Heh, no way I'm opting out! I'll come at you full force! Well, I guess I'll join the rest of the group.." She continued to grin, walking towards the group. "Hey guys, I didn't get to meet you guys earlier this morning but my names Erin Hawkins. Nice to meet you all I guess." Great, use that charisma Erin! She thought, she'd got along with Jack so she'd surely be able to get along with these students as well.