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dyingbreath-XIII
Posts : 901 Join date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:32 pm | |
| "Now," I say after a few more demonstrations and a bit of training on her side(and only one resulting trip to the infirmiry ;) ), "what do you want to learn next. the choice is yours." | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:47 pm | |
| I think for a minute. "Taekwondo," I say finally. "Or how to fight skillfully, without a weapon." | |
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dyingbreath-XIII
Posts : 901 Join date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:43 am | |
| "that," i say, "could take months to teach. martial arts are far more complex than swordsmanship." | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:44 am | |
| "Then we'd better get started," I say. | |
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dyingbreath-XIII
Posts : 901 Join date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:41 pm | |
| "very well," i say. i spend the rest of the day going over stances and forms repeatedly. | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:09 pm | |
| At the end of the day my muscles are aching. "See you tomorrow, same time, here?" I ask. | |
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dyingbreath-XIII
Posts : 901 Join date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:44 pm | |
| "sure," i say back to her. she was a good pupil. so eager to learn. | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:22 pm | |
| "Bye," I grab my stuff and jog out of the arena, picturing my inviting bunk back at the Apollo cabin. | |
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dyingbreath-XIII
Posts : 901 Join date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:30 pm | |
| I go to the spot where i choose to sleep and meditate, waiting for the next day. When it comes i as always get up at dawn and practice. for 10 years i had maintained this ritual and i wasn't gonna give it up because of a change of venue. When i complete that i walked calmly to the arena again. this place is pretty and i take the time to savor it. | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:11 pm | |
| The next morning I hurry into the arena again. I look around, then walk over to where he is standing. | |
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dyingbreath-XIII
Posts : 901 Join date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:14 am | |
| "ah there you are," i say, "come sit down. i was just making some tea." | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:37 pm | |
| "Making some tea?" I smile. This guy sure was an odd one. "Okay." I sit down. | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:41 pm | |
| OOT: your reputation is -6?! | |
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dyingbreath-XIII
Posts : 901 Join date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:27 pm | |
| i finish the tea and pour two cups of tea. i drink mine slowly and ask her about herself. OOC: yeah i dont know how i got those -6. they just showed up there one day. | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:58 pm | |
| OOT: I think it's when some people don't like you but I haven't figured out how you get a reputation yet it just appears.
BIC: "Well," I say. "So, It's last summer, you know? And all the sudden my mom just says, 'Hey did I forget to tell you that your father was the god Apollo?' Well, she didn't quite say it like that, but still. So then when I actually realized that I was a half blood, my scent got stronger, or something? And then I was walking home from the beach one day, I lived in New Jersey then, and these weird people started following me. It took me a minute to realize they were monsters, and I barely made it out of there. So then my mom sent me to Camp Half Blood, and here I am, I guess." | |
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dyingbreath-XIII
Posts : 901 Join date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:28 pm | |
| "interesting," i say as she finishes her tea. i pour her another cup and say. "come now the training begins," as i slash at her deliberately missing but probably surprising her quite a bit. | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:43 pm | |
| I jump, sloshing a tea out of my cup. I steady myself, then narrow my eyes. "You were only asking me to tell me about myself so that I would get relaxed!" | |
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dyingbreath-XIII
Posts : 901 Join date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:04 pm | |
| "no,"i say,"i really am interested, but your lesson must go on.todays lesson is balance. dont let the tea fall out of your cup." i give her a chance to regroup. | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:13 pm | |
| The tea stopped swaying in the cup. I waited. | |
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dyingbreath-XIII
Posts : 901 Join date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:17 pm | |
| i start slow, only a few slow slashes so she can adjust. | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:19 pm | |
| "Wait!" I say. "Am I supposed to use a sword, or just try and dodge out of the way? | |
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dyingbreath-XIII
Posts : 901 Join date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:21 pm | |
| "i thought it was obvious. use your sword," i say and slice at her. my own tea was perfectly still inside the cup. i had gone through the exercise countless times with my sensei and now i had mastered it. | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:25 pm | |
| I block but a little bit of tea sloshes out of the cup. I balance it again. | |
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dyingbreath-XIII
Posts : 901 Join date : 2010-05-22
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:29 pm | |
| "In battle everything must be in perfect balance, mind,body, and spirit, if you cannot keep tea inside a cup how can you hope to fight." i say slashing at her a few more times. | |
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Ineluctability
Posts : 194 Join date : 2010-08-22 Age : 27 Location : Everywhere and Nowhere all at once!
| Subject: Re: Waiting...(public) Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:30 pm | |
| I concentrate harder and manage to not spill anymore as I block his jabs. | |
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