by Char » Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:49 pm
The flames roll over 'Haley' and ignite clothes skin cracks as it hardens into fired clay, but the woman she tackled to the ground is mostly unscathed safe for some singed hair.
The wave of flame misses Sam but it gets close enough that the heat coming off of it is uncomfortably warm. Her mind finds Char's and latches on, but where most peoples' mental defense is represented by a wall or similar metaphorical demarcation, Char's is a sort of reckless abandon. The pecking beaks hurt her, but there's no flinching back or hesitation, just flames. Her power surges like reckless abandon, raging like a wildfire in her mind and Sam can feel that Char's conscious control is tenuous at best.
In the physical world Char is standing on pavement that's smoking in places and has caught fire here and there with her at the center, cackling to herself. She raises both hands towards Sam and heat distortion gathers in her palms for a moment before exploding outward in a narrow cone aimed right at Sam. The flames are less intense but instead the shockwave throws Sam off her feet and slams her into a storefront, quite literally knocking the air out of her.