Ellie sat alone as she often was these days; were anyone else there, they'd probably think she was meditating, and they wouldn't be that far off. Her hands were clenched in fists, arms in front of her, resting on her knees, legs crossed. Her face scrunched up slightly in concentration, and then relaxed as her right hand opened, a few blue arcs of energy jumping between her fingers. The left hand next; a louder crackling sound, and brighter arcs this time.

Finally getting the hang of this... whatever it is... she thought after a few more moments of practice. She leaned forward slightly to dig through the backpack in front of her and pulled out a box of lightbulbs. She took one in her hand, then concentrated again and the bulb almost instantly exploded. She dropped what remain of it, and her hand went to her face, where her fingers found blood.

"Idiot..." she hissed to herself, wincing as she accidentally pressed one of the small shards of glass into her face more. She stood and went to the bathroom, where she spent a few minutes tweezing the five or so little shards out of the right side of her face before cleaning the small cuts. "Still need a little fine tuning, I guess..." she muttered, but then smiled a little, "Its a start, though... maybe I should celebrate... get that Gibson I've been looking at."

With that thought driving her, she was out the door in no time, headed for the music store a few blocks away to get the newest addition to her guitar collection.