The Fast and Furious: The Swimming Edition (voice: jcarter_news)

[phoenixwiz]

(The voice starts off with a very nervous tone from Jamie’s voice as he begins the conversation from the mens locker room at the swimming pool area in Kaisou University. He hasn’t gotten into the showers just yet for he has been shaken by what happened with him in the pool.

He has no idea how it did happened but he soon notices the minute he dives into the water, his already great swimming ability has gotten slightly faster than usual and it had to happen weeks into a major swim meet his team is going to compete in.)

Um, hey guys, I just noticed something pretty weird has happened to me right now. Don’t know how it happened so fast, but I just discovered that my swimming has gotten a bit faster than most of my teammates, twice as fast as they do. I don’t recall swimming this absurdly fast before besides pushing myself too far on a couple of times but now I absolutely do.

Oh gee, and it had to happen just weeks before a major swim meet we’re going to participate in. I don’t know how to explain this to anybody, including the Coach, without sounding like I’m making stuff. Please send in any help for a very confused swimmer like me.

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Text | un: calledtothewater

[findingways]

[ Oof, if that doesn't hit close to home. Even if the reason she's had to quit the swim team was for a different reason. ]

You could just say that something came up on the day of the meet. Like a family emergency or something.

I had something similar happen to me, though not quite like that. But it was bad enough that I ended up having to quit the swim team.

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[phoenixwiz]

Oh gee, I’m very sorry that you had to quit the swim team early on. The feelings are pretty understandable. Maybe I can come up with a good cover up excuse as why my swimming has changed so drastically like what you just suggested.

I haven’t finalized it just yet but I could consider using the family emergency one.

[findingways]

Yeah. After a while it didn't feel right competing, you know? It felt like I was cheating, and that wasn't fair to everyone else. But it was hard to explain why I was leaving suddenly no one could really see the problem.

I hope it works out for you, though.

[phoenixwiz]

I am also feeling the same way too. I do feel guilty over the change in speed and I don’t want to come off as trying to cheat my way to win. Hopefully I can find a way to explain it without any problems.

Although weirdly enough the entire team and Coach didn’t seem to blink an eye when they saw me swimming ridiculously fast earlier.

[findingways]

Yeah. I hope you're able to find something that works so you won't have to quit.

Yeah changes like that aren't typically noticed by people who don't have some kind of connection to the Spirit World. That's why it can be hard to talk about.

[phoenixwiz]

Oh gee thanks. It is going to take a while for me to come up with a good workaround and explanation to the team but I do hope to find one that works well for me.

No kidding. I have previously experienced a similar change when I first gained water magic as a kid. Got weirded out by them at first and I had to hide my magic growing up but I did got around to getting used to them over time.