Another Calm Day On Genosha [Magneto, Pyro]

[magneto]

Magneto slowly got up and moved to sit down next to Pyro. What he was planning could turn risky if he was in the line of fire, no pun intented. He watched as the boy did as he was told, the eye movement underneath closed lids a sign that Pyro was slipping into proper thought patterns.

"Good. You're doing good so far. You're still just visualizing what you can do with fire. Now I want you to visualize what you want to do with fire. Give it shape and form, like the gold from earlier."

The first time Erik had meditated, he did exactly what he was telling John now. When he was done, he found a twisted lump of metal at his feet. Even though he hadn't been trying to use his powers, the subconscious part of his mind had sensed the metal and manifested the visualizations into the real world. Now he wished to see if the same wouldnt happen with Pyro. Sure he was literally playing with fire, but no risk, no gain.

Summoning a nearby lighter to his hand via the metal capping, Erik cautiously lit a flame in front of John. Hopefully, his subconscious would pick up on it and take it from there.

[Pyro]

"Shape and form," murmured John. "Shape. And form."

He concentrated harder on the image of the flame in front of his eyes. Erik was correct that the boy's subconscious would locate the real flame and he watched as it flickered in response to John's thoughtwaves.

"Shape and form," said John again, grimly, a few beads of sweat breaking out on his forehead. The flame swelled into a fireball, stretched briefly into a column of fire and then reverted to being a fireball again. "Damn it!"

The fire flared briefly as he lost his concentration and looked for a moment like it would rage out of control. Instead, it merely winked out of existence, John's psyche no longer focused on it.

He opened his eyes. "I can't," he said, anger in his voice. "I can't CREATE anything. I can't create the flame to start with...and I can't make fire anything but fire."

[magneto]

Erik kept one eye on the flame and one on John. Though he saw for a brief moment the pillar of flame, he knew the boy wouldn't be able to keep it going. The tension in John's body was broadcasting his quickly desintergrating control.

"You can't force these things, you know. Just keep an open mind and have patience. It will come to you, all you need to do is keep working at it."