<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/13381189_236387550075587_999398268_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTI3MDM1MDIwOTYwMzcyODQ4MA%3D%3D.2&amp;se=7)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Blackout (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg12962174#msg12962174)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Common Room<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>September 10th, Midday<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Domino (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg13046814#msg13046814)<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Brooding darkly over the mission.<br/><hr/><br/>For Blackout, Domino was proving to be a godsend. Someone to listen to her talk and offer their thoughts. Why this hadn't been done before by someone in authority was beyond her, but it was happening now.  And it was helping. Sure it would take away from what happened nor the damage it had done, but it was helping Blackout to cope a little bit.  Maybe the nightmares that night wouldn't be as bad and she wouldn't risk waking Tessa with her moans and screams. That would be a nice thing since she'd taken to sleeping with her head under the pillows to muffle her noises for her roommates benefit.  And that was annoying to her and she looked forward to feeling comfortable enough to stop it.<br/><br/>As Domino talked about the difference between training and actual combat, Blackout nodded. She now understood that firsthand, but that wasn't what she noticed. What she noticed was Domino was clearly speaking from experience and she wondered what the other girl had gone through before arriving here.  And she didn't have to wait long to understand.  Rykers had a terrifying reputation and the sounds of being an experiment sounded like hell to Blackout.  But the way Domino moved seemed to suggested that she hadn't struggled with it as much or had just become immune to what she'd gone through. Either way, Blackout found herself with a mix of respect and sorrow for what Domino had probably gone through.<br/><br/><strong>”That strikes me as a useful power under the right circumstances,”</strong>she said as talk turned to powers,<strong>”I manipulate shadows.  I can make them into shields and weapons or hide in them. Some of its pretty cool.”</strong>As she said this, she drew from a patch of shadows under a nearby tree and manipulated it into a coil of rope and she lazily had wrap around Domino. It wasn't enough to constrict her, more just enough to mess around and show what she could do.  She was capable of far more, but she didn't want to show that right now.  Not after what had happened.<strong>”As for being a prison, it can seem like one at times but it does have its benefits,”</strong>she said lightly,<strong>”Foods good, beds are soft, and there's plenty of beautiful people to stare at.”</strong><br/><br/>Then came the offer of training. And Blackout almost jumped onto it.  But before she could speak, her eyes narrowed slightly as she thought about it.<strong>”What's the catch?”</strong>Blackout asked,<strong>”Not to be rude, but you just walk up and now you're offering some sort of training.  Most people only offer something like that if there's something in it for them.  So what's in it for you?”</strong>Again, she wasn't trying to be a bitch, but she had to be sure that she could trust Domino and right now she had no idea.  So she waited, curious to see what she'd say now that Blackout had challenged her.