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Post by Krystedez "Spectrum" on Aug 14, 2004 0:48:51 GMT -5
"That was fun." Keni says. "Hey Spec, it's getting pretty late. We should get back to your home so we can be fully rested for tomorrow."
I breath in a bit and look at the sky. He was right, the sky was turning very shadish, making a purple-orange sky, with a bit of dark blue...I loved the skies around here...
"Of course, alright, let's get goin." I reply. Ken'ichi gets out of the water and shakes his fur dry... I get out of the water, and shake my arms out, making the water get out of my fur a bit. With a swish of my arms, I pat the water dripping out of my pants, and look to my side to see Ken'ichi with my shirt.
"Oh, thanks, Ken'ichi." I chuckle a bit and take the shirt from his mouth and put it on.. "So, you ready to hear some stories when we get back?"
"Stories?" He asks, intrigued. "What kind??"
"Well, you'll see. Let's just make it back before it gets too late. I hope Diamond and Tatkret are doin' fine." We walk out of the small sanctuary, leaving from the same path we took before. Seeing as though it was getting darker, there wasn't that many people out and about. I saw a canine woman go by as we walked through the park back in the direction of my home.
"Hey, do you mind tellin us what time it is?" I asked her.
"It's almost a quarter to eight. You guys should be back at your home, it's supposed to blizzard tonight." She looked at me with concerned eyes. "You be ok?"
"Yea, yea, our house isn't too far from here, we'll be fine, thank you." I said, being polite.
"Ok, as long as you make it back ok, see you later." She walked away from us down to her own little street. Ken'ichi and I continued.
"What did she mean by... a quarter til eight?" Keni asked with curiousity.
"It means it's almost complete nightfall, it's just a measurement of time, we'll make it back before it gets too late." I assured him. As we kept walking, we came upon the bushes and trees that held entrance and exit to and from the boundaries of the city and my house. We walked through the brush and went on the path back home.
"So, Spec, what's for dinner? I completely starved!" Ken'ichi asked me.
"Uh, I forgot! Jeeze, I guess I'll have to cook something up.. when we get back..." Just then my stomache growled, but I tried my best to ignore it... I forget that I forget to eat during the day sometimes...
"Ah here we are." I said, as we arrived at home. I walked through the door, but what really surprised me was...
*CHING!*
A knife went through the the side of the door, right near my head! I looked in exasperation, my eyes wide open. I looked before me and saw...
"Your late." A famalier voice arose... I saw a black figure in tattered blue jeans and a dark green sleeveless shirt... The figure appeared to have it's back turned, at the counter of the table that seperates the kitchen and the dining space...
"Space..." I sighed in discontent. "I hate it when you do that..."
"Yes, well, I finally return and what I see is a wolf with Diamond, and she tells me you went out somewhere. What really pisses me off, Spectrum, is the fact that YOU have been gone without even writing a note or saying anything. It's been weeks and months now, Spectrum." He turned around without a slight bit of positive emotion in his voice. I took a moment to study Space's figure...It appeared he had since changed from the last I saw him... He still have the dark emerald earring on his left ear, his anklet showing from the bottom of his ripped jeans, and of course his dark red bandana, covering a width around the right side of his and around his ear... His right eye remained closed, as it always has, and his dark red and brown iris showed from his left...
"Look, Space, I'm sorry. I've been really busy, and my life has been changing a lot. I would've left you a note or something, but we ran out paper and ink, so---"
It seemed as though he wasn't even paying any attention to me... Auugh...He's probably just gunna call it excuses, like he always does.. But wait...I notice his glance reached Ken'ichi's eyes... Ken'ichi seemed baffled by all of this but, when his eyes met Space... It seemed a very uncomfortable silence took place... Space quinted his eyes very slightly and looked as if he was in deep thought... Then all of the sudden
"Hey!"
Diamond shouted from the steps upstairs, on the third step from the bottom.
"Your back Spec, how was your day with Ken'ichi?" She asked full of wonder... Space had averted his eyes away from Keni and returned to his self... He looked at Diamond.
"Our day was just fine..." I said...
"Ken'ichi..." Space responded to Diamond's question, and looked at Ken'ichi..Keni introduced himself... Space just looked and had a straight face...
"Greetings, Ken'ichi.. I'm sure you will learn of all the rules that apply for this household just as well as anyone else here... Which reminds me, Diamond..." He looked back at her. "Where is this Tatkret boy you told me was a 'guest' here as well...?"
"Oh he's sleeping... Me and him got something to eat on a little squirrel hunt. So we'll be fine. Good night you guys." She said and yawned, and paded back up the stairs. Space remained silent...
"So I guess I'll make something for me and Ken'chi.." I said..
"Here." Space went to the counter, and turned around with two plates of food, "I cooked this up for you, since I knew you'd wait til the last minuite...And since Diamond spoke of yet another guest..." He placed the plates on the table...
"Thank you Space."
"Don't mention it.. Now eat and be ready for bed, we have much more to do in the morning..." He slowly walked up the steps to his room..
"But wait, Space, me and Ken'ichi have something to do-..." He didn't stop to listen.. "Augh... Great..." I looked down at the floor... "Ah well, we'll figure it out tomarrow, let's just eat, Ken'ichi...
"Ok.." He said... I wondered what he felt about Space, to me, this behaviour was the norm when he was around... After all...he is the one who built this home previously... Keni and I began eating, and shortly after, we climbed our tired bodies upstairs to my room...
"Do you think storytelling can wait til tomarrow night, keni? Since Space is here and all..."
"Yea, sure." Ken'ichi agrees... After that, I went into the restroom to get some clean pants on to use for bed, and then came back into my room, keni on the floor.
"There's a sleeping bag in the closet that you can use.." Before he could ask what a sleeping bag was, I opened the closet of my room, and pulled out a dark navy blue sleeping bag and laid it out... "You can just lay on top of it if you want..... I have to use my bed..." I climbed into my bed, and watched Ken'ichi get comfortable... I got under my covers, and turned out the small light on my desk near my bed..
"Pleasant dreams, Ken'ichi..."
"Good night, Spectrum."
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Post by Ken'ichi on Aug 14, 2004 10:46:54 GMT -5
"Oh, thanks, Ken'ichi." Spec says as he chuckles and takes the shirt from my mouth and puts it on, "So, you ready to hear some stories when we get back?"
"Stories? What kind??" I ask, the memory of him promising me to tell me his stories slipped my mind.
"Well, you'll see. Let's just make it back before it gets too late. I hope Diamond and Tatkret are doin' fine."
We start our trek back to town, leaving that beautiful waterfall behind...Something tells me we'll be back soon. We reach town and headed our way back to Spec's home, I noticed a dog anthro, probably heading back to her home...
"Hey, do you mind tellin us what time it is?" Spec asks her.
"It's almost a quarter to eight. You guys should be back at your home, it's supposed to blizzard tonight." She looks at Spec, "You be ok?"
Quarter to eight?? What?
"Yea, yea, our house isn't too far from here, we'll be fine, thank you." Spec replies politely.
"Ok, as long as you make it back ok, see you later."
The dog anthro heads her way while we continue our way...Quarter till eight? What does that man?
I ask Spec, "What did she mean by... a quarter till eight?"
Spec replies, "It means it's almost complete nightfall, it's just a measurement of time, we'll make it back before it gets too late."
Oh! Now I get it...I think...Hehe, I've never heard such time measurements, I usually just look at the sun and moon to tell my time. I felt my stomach growl...Now that I think about it, we haven't ate anything since breakfast, I'm starving...
"So, Spec, what's for dinner? I completely starved!" I ask my anthro friend.
Spec seems like he just flinched, "Uh, I forgot! Jeeze, I guess I'll have to cook something up.. when we get back..."
I could laugh a little by Spec's comment, but I guess I shouldn't talk since I'm hungry myself and I can't cook food, just catch them. We continue walking and I can see Spec's house as we get nearer and nearer.
"Ah here we are." Spec announces as he opens the door to his home.
*CHING!*
I saw something just flew by Spec's head, it looked like a knife...
"Your late."
Who was that? I look inside Spec's home to see someone or something standing with his back turned to us. I could tell he's an anthro like Spec...but friend or foe?
"Space...I hate it when you do that..."
Guess that answers my question...
"Yes, well, I finally return and what I see is a wolf with Diamond, and she tells me you went out somewhere. What really pisses me off, Spectrum, is the fact that YOU have been gone without even writing a note or saying anything. It's been weeks and months now, Spectrum."
He turns around to face us. The look on his face sends chills down my spine, I've never seen anyone that serious...His look could also make me step back with every glance. He has something in his lef ear, another accesory on one of his leg, and a dark red bandana. What puzzles me is that his right eye is closed, was it hurt or something?
"Look, Space, I'm sorry. I've been really busy, and my life has been changing a lot. I would've left you a note or something, but we ran out paper and ink, so---"
Spec stops, thinking about something. I kept looking at the anthro which Spec calls Space...His glance reaches to eyes, which it scared me and baffled me at the same time. His look that he's giving off...I don't know, I can't find words to explain it...It's like he doesn't have emotions, but that's silly, everyone has feelings...Space's eyes squint and takes his eyes off of me...Hm...
"Hey!"
Diamond's voice...I look to see her on the stairs.
"Your back Spec, how was your day with Ken'ichi?" She asks, carefree as always, heh.
"Our day was just fine..." Spec replied.
"Ken'ichi..." I heard Space saying my name. He then looks at me.
"Umm...yeah, my name is Ken'ichi. Hehe...please to meet ya." I introduce myself in a shaky voice...Now that was a very nice introduction...Not!
"Greetings, Ken'ichi..." Space greets me, "I'm sure you will learn of all the rules that apply for this household just as well as anyone else here... Which reminds me, Diamond..." He turns his head to Diamond, "Where is this Tatkret boy you told me was a 'guest' here as well...?"
"Oh he's sleeping... Me and him got something to eat on a little squirrel hunt. So we'll be fine. Good night you guys." Diamond replied and yawn, then went back upstairs to her bed.
Space stayed quiet after that. Space...
"So I guess I'll make something for me and Ken'chi.." Spec said, breaking the silence.
"Here." Space said as he took out food for us, "I cooked this up for you, since I knew you'd wait til the last minuite...And since Diamond spoke of yet another guest..."
Space placed our food on the table, "Thank you Space." Spec thanks him.
"Don't mention it.. Now eat and be ready for bed, we have much more to do in the morning..." He announced as he slowly walks up the steps.
"But wait, Space, me and Ken'ichi have something to do-...Augh... Great..."
Spec looks down at the floor. Boy, Space is a pretty tough guy to talk to... "Ah well, we'll figure it out tomarrow, let's just eat, Ken'ichi..."
"Ok.." I agree.
I begin eating the food Space prepared for us, and just like I expected, it was delicious. Hm...Space...I wonder if he's always like this...I don't know, there was something about him that made me feel safe, aside his appereance and personality...It was as if...As if I was with my father all over again...Wait, that's weird, why did I felt like if I was with my father? I hardly know Space, I just met him...
We finish our food and start walking up upstairs. We pass a few doorways and reach Spec's room.
"Do you think storytelling can wait til tomarrow night, keni? Since Space is here and all..." Spec asks me, concerning the storytelling.
"Yea, sure." Ken'ichi agree, I don't mind if it's postponed for tomorrow night, I was pretty tired anyway.
Spec goes to a small room close to his while I get comfortable on the floor to turn in for the night.
Spec returns and sees me on the floor, "There's a sleeping bag in the closet that you can use.."
Sleeping bag? What the heck is a sleeping bad? Spec opens another doorway in his room which it leads to a room which is used for storage. He pulls something blue colored and lays it out on the floor.
"You can just lay on top of it if you want..... I have to use my bed..."
Spec climbs into his bed while I get comfortable on the 'sleeping bag' Spec laid out. Spec turns out a small light as I close my eyes on the soft sleeping bag...
"Pleasant dreams, Ken'ichi..."
"Good night, Spectrum."
The prism...tomorrow...hm...
=THE NEXT DAY=
The day's clear sun rays hit my face, and I was sleeping pretty good too, I've never slept on something this soft, makes me feel like staying asleep and not getting up. I yawn and slowly open my eyes. Hm, morning already.
I get up and stretch, getting ready for a new day. Today I told Spec I would help him in obtaining a prism, and that's what I'm intending to do!
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Post by Krystedez "Spectrum" on Aug 15, 2004 1:13:31 GMT -5
Hm...morning...Yet another dreamless sleep...It seemed as though lately I've been experiancing less and less of my past dreams... I hope that doesn't mean anything serious... I stretch my feet out and slowly arise from my bed, yawning silently.. I look to my side to see Ken'ichi still laying asleep comfortably on the sleeping bag...I push my feet off the bed and onto the floor, without making a sound... Walking steadily on the clean smooth board floor, I walk out my door, looking left and right in the halls of the upstairs, seeing no sign of life... I walk out a little bit, and then walk back in my room, and close the door... I breath in deep and stretch a bit. Then I look to the floor to see KEn'ichi waking up slowly, getting up... He stretches out and looks out to the sunluight peering through the window that had awoke me in the first place.
"good morning, Ken'ichi." I say, not much expression in my voice...I was never a real morning person, but hey, I'll try my best to...*yawn...* look perky...
"Good morning." He responds looking to me.
"So are you ready to get some breakfast? I'm sure Space has some food set out now, he always does every morning, he's a good cook..."
He nods acceptionally, and we walk towards the door..
"Wait, Ken'ichi... I wanted to know..." I stopped from the door, getting ready to open it..
"Yea?" He asked me.
"What were you thinking when Space was looking at you for the first time last night...?" I look at his expression change from curiosity to deep thought... "Most others find him intimidating, but..." I sigh... "I've found I had a different feeling for him when I first met him....." I looked toward the door knob and studied it, thinking... "I mean, I felt...secure, when Space was around... All this time he's been really good to me and Diamond, yet I have no idea why he feels so obligated to help us and take care of us..." I keep staring at the floor... "What was your feelings...?" I asked him, again, and waited for an answer...
OOC: I promise I'll try to keep it up with the rp more, sorry!
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Post by Ken'ichi on Aug 15, 2004 1:31:02 GMT -5
Spec was already awaken when I woke up, we said our good mornings and decided to go downstairs for breakfast...But just when we were going to...
"Wait, Ken'ichi... I wanted to know..." Spec stops as he was getting ready to move that piece of wood that seperates Spec's side of his home from the others.
"Yea?" I reply.
"What were you thinking when Space was looking at you for the first time last night...? Most others find him intimidating, but...I've found I had a different feeling for him when I first met him.....I mean, I felt...secure, when Space was around... All this time he's been really good to me and Diamond, yet I have no idea why he feels so obligated to help us and take care of us...What was your feelings...?
Hm...my feelings when I met Space? Tough one...
"Well...I don't know...You see, there was something about him that...well...I also felt safe for some reason but...I don't know why but...It was as if...As if I was with my father all over again...I don't know why, I just did..."
A uncomfortable silence broke between us, then Spec comments. He opens the piece of wood in front of him and walks out hif room...I follow behind...but then I think about my father...I stop and look at Spec...
"You know, when I was a spirit...I was looking after you when you went to spy on the humans...I saw what they did to my father..."
Spec stopped walking...that must've struck him hard...I shouldn't have said that...but it just bursted out of me...I waited for any comment or reply of what I've just said...I'm sorry if this made Spec think...
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Post by Krystedez "Spectrum" on Aug 15, 2004 14:03:49 GMT -5
"Well...I don't know...You see, there was something about him that...well...I also felt safe for some reason but...I don't know why but...It was as if...As if I was with my father all over again...I don't know why, I just did..."
I fell silent... He thinks that Space is similar to that of his father..? ...
"Perhaps...under any circumstance, Space could be very well be somewhat...like a father..." I looked down on the floor again... And then I opened to door, walking out, Ken'ichi following.
"You know, when I was a spirit...I was looking after you when you went to spy on the humans...I saw what they did to my father..."
I stopped short...... He saw... He saw that...
"If you were watching over me...You saw...that......?" I stopped, and Ken'ichi nodded.
"I can't believe that they would do such a thing..." I said in response, sighing... "I hope the humans come upon a compromise to stop hunting and killing so much.." I stopped at that and continued towards the stairs... A great overwhelming aroma of good f0od entered the air...
"Oh boy....what is that smell..." Ken'ichi says sniffing... "It smells delicious..."
"It's the smell of bacon and eggs, along with your meal of salmon..." I responded, sniffing as we walked down... When we stepped of the last step, I saw Diamond and Tatkret already wide awake, eating their meal on the floor in bowls...
"Good morning everyone." I greeted. Space was in the kitchen still cooking.
"Morning, Spectrum." Tatkret replied. "This is delicious food, how'd this guy Space come to learn how to make such good meals?" He chomped into the usual cooked salmon, and there was some venison meat on the side as well... Diamond was having her fill on chopped up pieces of venison and dry...dog...food... Though we don't know why she likes that sometimes...
"Well, Space has never really told us how he's gotten the ability to cook, so we never questioned about it anymore." I said in response.
"Yep, Space knows how to cook!" Diamond said happily wagging her tail. Just then Space came out and placed two plate fulls of seperate food, cooked salmon for both me and Ken'ichi, some bacon and eggs for both of us, and some juice, rightfully placed in a glass and a bowl on the table. Me and Ken'ichi sat in the usual seats, and Keni looked upon his food...
"What's this other than the salmon?" He asked, pointing to the bacon and the eggs... I was gunna tell him but Space decided to..
"The white and yellow scrambled eggs are good, and they help you keep a nice coat of fur. The red bacon is a good meat from an animal called a pig. You should eat it, along with your salmon..."
Space turned around, into the kitchen and began cooking his own meal up. Ken'ichi tried picking up the eggs with his claws, keeping them closed on the eggs, like small chop sticks, and he ate... He partook of the flavor and began chewing... He seemed to like it... He ate a little more, just as fast as a bear would eat berries, and then he took some salmon bites, and then some bacon...
"What do you think?" I asked him, curious, while eating my own food with a fork... I waited for a reply...
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Post by Ken'ichi on Aug 15, 2004 16:04:43 GMT -5
Spec responded, "If you were watching over me...You saw...that......?"
I nod as he looks back at me, expecting an answer.
"I can't believe that they would do such a thing...I hope the humans come upon a compromise to stop hunting and killing so much.."
Yeah, I hope so too. I mean, I felt pretty angry and sad when I found out what those humans did to my father...Who wouldn't?
We continued walking to the slope that leads us to the bottom section of Spec's home. Just when we reach the slope, a delicious aroma catches my nose.
"Oh boy....what is that smell..." I ask as I sniff, "It smells delicious..."
"It's the smell of bacon and eggs, along with your meal of salmon..." Spec replied while sniffing as we walked down the slope.
We reach the bottomr of the slope, and I see Diamond and Tatkret already eating their breakfast on the floor. I glance to see Space in the section of the house where they prepare food.
"Good morning everyone." Spec greeted.
"Morning, Spectrum." Tatkret replies, "This is delicious food, how'd this guy Space come to learn how to make such good meals?"
Tatkret continues to eat. I look at his food, cooked salmon as I expected, along with some chopped up meat on the side...
I glance to Diamond's food. No cooked salmon, just some weird looking food...I wonder what type of food that is...
"Well, Space has never really told us how he's gotten the ability to cook, so we never questioned about it anymore." Spec answers to Tatkret's question.
I keep staring at Tatkret and Diamond's food...ugh, so hungry...
"Yep, Space knows how to cook!" Diamond said happily while wagging her tail.
I glance to see Space coming out and places two seperate sets of food. I jump unto the woode...thing and look at my food. That same orange-colored water for something to drink, cooked salmon and...some white and yellow thing with some weird-looking meat.
"What's this other than the salmon?" I ask as I point to the different foods next to the cooked salmon.
Before Space would leave to make his own food..."The white and yellow scrambled eggs are good, and they help you keep a nice coat of fur."
Eggs...
Space continued, "The red bacon is a good meat from an animal called a pig."
Bacon...
"You should eat it, along with your salmon..."
Space turns around and enters the food section of the house. I look back at my food and try picking up the eggs with my claws, keeping them closed on the eggs. I flicked the eggs into my mouth and begin chewing it...Hm...not bad, tastes good!
I look at the rest of the eggs and begin eating them fast, I woke up pretty hungry. I then look at the salmon and begin chomping it down along with the bacons...Oh man, Space DOES cook good!
"What do you think?" Spec asks me.
I'm practically done with the salmon! I drink a little of the orange-colored water and eat the last bacon, "It's pretty good, I wish I could eat like this every day of my life."
I sink my teeth into the remaining salmon and rip the last chunk of meat and gulp it, sending it down my throat. I breath heavily a bit, I've practically ate the food pretty fast and didn't breath much. Ha-ha.
"So Spec..." I turn to him, "When do we leave to find that prism you were talking about?"
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Post by Krystedez "Spectrum" on Aug 15, 2004 16:35:54 GMT -5
"It's pretty good, I wish I could eat like this every day of my life." Ken'ichi smiles and continues to eat the rest of his salmon..
"Heh, that's good, Space finds cooking to be one of his hobbies, so basically I bet he's happy about it."I smile and see Space come out with his food... He puts it down on the table and goes back to get something to drink...
"So Spec..." I turn to Ken'ichi, seeing that he is done.. "When do we leave to find that prism you were talking about?"
"Well, I was thinking that maybe we could-"
"Spectrum." I heard Space's stern voice as he walked out of the kitchen, putting his glass down beside his food on the table. "We had a deal, remember?" He looked at me in the eyes...
"Deal...?" I asked nervously.
"Yes, a deal. You said that once you got back from getting your prisms, you'd come with me to the waterfalls in the short valley east of here, to spar train with me. You promised me, telling me that once you got back, you would train with me, so that I can see you exceed higher in strength, not just from your prisms." He tapped his claws on the table, looking at me.
"Oh...that...deal..." I looked toward the window and saw it lighting up the room with sun... "Well... Me and Ken'ichi, we need to go and get the fourth prism, and we-"
Again I was cut off "No, you are coming with me, now we can do it the hard way and train right here and break up this entire house," Space strung out that last word with strong intensity "Or, we can go training near the waterfalls. What will it be. Because I will not think twice to start jabbing you in the stomache right here under the table." His eyes became very potent with a streaming upset to them....
"Ok, ok...fine... I'm sorry, Ken'ichi, but there's no way around this..." I finished my food up and got up from the chair... "We'll go when you are finished?" I asked Space.
"Yes." He said very simply, and began eating, closing his eyes and chewing...
"Can Ken'ichi go with us, if he wants to?" I asked him.
"...It doesn't matter to me. But he'd better not get in the way. That's all I have to say." He responded quietly.
"Ken'ichi?" I turned to him still seated in the chair. "do you wish to come, or stay here and wait? We'll immediately go for the prism when we are done, it shouldn't take more than a couple of hours. And it's still bright and early." I look outside the window once again. "If you want to come, you can watch me and Space spar..err...fight, in this case, but fight meaning training..." I stopped for a moment, and awaited his decision.
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Post by Ken'ichi on Aug 15, 2004 17:37:02 GMT -5
Spec starts to reply my question, "Well, I was thinking that maybe we could-"
"Spectrum." Space cuts Spec off, "We had a deal, remember?"
"Deal...?" Spec asks nervously.
Uh-oh, seems like Spec forgot something. Heh, I wonder what deal Space means...
"Yes, a deal. You said that once you got back from getting your prisms, you'd come with me to the waterfalls in the short valley east of here, to spar train with me. You promised me, telling me that once you got back, you would train with me, so that I can see you exceed higher in strength, not just from your prisms."
I silently watch and listen to Space tapps his claws, looking at Space. Spec replies about our agreement to find his fourth prism, but Space cuts him off and reminds him about his training. Hehe, Spec is in deep trouble, it would be a little crazy seeing Spec and Space train inside the house like Space said he would. But Spec gave in and turned to me.
"I'm sorry, Ken'ichi, but there's no way around this..." He gets up after finishing his food, "We'll go when you are finished?"
"Yes." Space said very simply, and began eating his breakfast.
Well, there goes our early trip to the fourth prism. Oh well, we have a long time to get that prism, I can wait.
"Can Ken'ichi go with us, if he wants to?" I hear Spec asking Space.
Wait a minute...Me? Coming along with them? Watching them train? Wow!
"...It doesn't matter to me. But he'd better not get in the way. That's all I have to say." Space quietly responded.
"Ken'ichi?" Spec turned to me, "do you wish to come, or stay here and wait? We'll immediately go for the prism when we are done, it shouldn't take more than a couple of hours. And it's still bright and early. If you want to come, you can watch me and Space spar..err...fight, in this case, but fight meaning training..."
I smile, "I would like to come with you two, and I promise I won't get in the way." I assure them, "So yeah, I'm up for it!"
That way, Spec and I could leave to find that prism immediatly after the training is done. But...which waterfall did they mean? Where is it? Guess I should just follow Space and Spec and find out by myself.
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Post by Krystedez "Spectrum" on Aug 16, 2004 14:40:09 GMT -5
Ken'ichi smiles, "I would like to come with you two, and I promise I won't get in the way." He assures us, "So yeah, I'm up for it!"
"Good, let me go get my things." I walked away from Ken'ichi and Space and went upstairs to get my prisms that I hung up in my room's windows. Then I got my pouchpack, so that I could fill it with a lunch for us. I went back downstairs and turned to the kitchen to get some apples, and began making some sandwiches...
"So, Ken'ichi.." I heard Diamond say in the dining room, "Do you have any family?"
I dropped the bread sack on the counter from her saying that...Oh, geeze, why'd she ask that...? I decided to block my ears from any more conversation, but curiousity overwhelmed me, and I listened as I spread peanut butter on the bread... After I heard what Ken'ichi's response was, I kept to myself as I packed all the sandwiches we would need, and some apples, and of course we wouldn't need any fish, down at the waterfall their's fish a plenty there... I walked out of the kitchen with the pack of food and laid it on the table for a moment. Space was done and had sat there closing his eyes waiting...
"Are you ready..." He asked me.
"Yes, I'm sure we are. Diamond, you and Tatkret are not coming with us?" I turned to them. Diamond shook her head.
"I'm gunna show Tatkret to the snow hills north of the forest here, there's plenty to do there..." She smiled to Tatkret.
"There...there is?" He asked a little confused.
"Yea, yea!" She pushed her paw against the bowl of food of which she finished away. "We'll go as soon as they leave!"
"Ok, you two be careful, we'll see you later this evening then." I picked up my pack as they assured me that they'd be fine, and Space got up from his seat, put away the plates and bowls in the kitchen, and walked out the door in front of me and Keni... We looked at eachother and then just followed behind. Walking along the dirt path east, a thought came into my head..
"This waterfall is much bigger than the one we were at yesterday." I said to Ken'ichi, while we stayed a little ways behind from Space. "But in order to find that prism, we must make a return to that previous waterfall, I'll explain to you later." Ken'ichi nodded in return and gave his comment. Space walked firmly down the path ignoring any communication between ourselves. It wouldn't long before we would arrive...
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Post by Ken'ichi on Aug 16, 2004 17:02:06 GMT -5
"Good, let me go get my things." Spec replied and went up the slopes which leads to the top half of the home. I jumped down to the ground and stretched a little while looking around the rest of the places I've missed yesterday. Since it's pretty early in the morning, it's pretty bright and I have more visibility.
After a few minutes, I look to see Spec coming down the slope holding something...Hm...
"So, Ken'ichi.." Diamond begins to talk to me, "Do you have any family?"
I blinked and looked at Diamond...Oh man, I never told Diamond what happened to my family, didn't I? Well, at least I got an answer!
"Yeah, I do." Of course, I bet this will raise some questions for Spec, he will know his answer, "My brothers are waiting for me back at the forest, I told them I was just going with Spec to help him with something."
Heh, didn't told her about what really happened, but I guess it's better for her if she didn't know. Spec walks up to us and lays the thing he was holding on the wooden thing that we eat on, Space is just sitting with his eyes closed, waiting for Spec to get ready I guess.
"Are you ready..." Space asks out loud to Spec.
"Yes, I'm sure we are." Spec answers and turns to Diamond, "Diamond, you and Tatkret are not coming with us?"
I turn to Diamond to see her shaking her head, "I'm gunna show Tatkret to the snow hills north of the forest here, there's plenty to do there..."
"There...there is?" Tatkret asked, confused.
Diamond just smiled, "Yea, yea! We'll go as soon as they leave!"
Spec nods, "Ok, you two be careful, we'll see you later this evening then."
I look at Space as he gets up, store away some things, and walks out of the house. I looked at Spec, he looks at me and we head out, following behind Space.
Spec starts telling me, "This waterfall is much bigger than the one we were at yesterday. But in order to find that prism, we must make a return to that previous waterfall, I'll explain to you later."
I nod, "OK, I guess in the meantime while you and Space train I could swim in the waterfall and watch you guys train, and maybe take a look around the place."
I ponder a bit about this training, sure enough Space meant fighting...I assume we are getting near the waterfall Spec means as we walk under the shadows of the forest...Hm...
"Spec...In training, do you two just fight with each other to get stronger, or do you guys do other stuff when it's not fighting?"
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Post by Krystedez "Spectrum" on Aug 16, 2004 21:34:23 GMT -5
Light seeths very slightly through the trees above us, as the area around us becomes a bit shaded from the mid-morning sun...
"Spec..." Ken'ichi starts to say, "In training, do you two just fight with each other to get stronger, or do you guys do other stuff when it's not fighting?"
"It's...actually a complicated process...You see, during our training, we basically do different stuff as opposed to fighting, and then after a good hour or so of doing various tests and lessons, Space and me test our strength moderately and fight eachother under the waterfall..." I rubbed the fur on my head thought for a second... "It's like warming up before fighting, only it takes longer and is mroe important and has learning values... Like for instance, clearing your mind, or perhaps trying a few techniques, or even boosting your physical aspects with exercise, like say jumping and balence... There is also working on the train of thought and mind..." I stopped...
"We're here." Space says. I look ahead to see the huge waterfall, towering high above us, almost like 100 feet... The whole area had a dry land, hardly any snow, just dirt, perfect for training, and there was but a large cliff erecting beneath the waterfall, going inside behind it, which could be allowed to be used as a sort of arena...
"Great...Shall we get started..?" I asked him.
"By all means." He walked up to the huge waterfall, and began climbing up the rocky climb on the side of the waterfall, going higher and higher...
I turned to Ken'ichi.
"Ken'ichi, this type of training will involve us to climb up the waterfall several times, it's tough, but it's worth it, and when we get to the top, we are able to do such things as jumping higher and doing arial dives and controlling our way down to the bottom, and landing easily either on the ground or in the water. There is a path to the right of the waterfall that leads up to the top, and you should be able to take it with ease, we on the otherhand have to climb. You can watch us from the top and swim in the river or something, but don't get caught and fall downt he watefall..."
I finished my explanation and ran behind Space and started climbing up as well. Training would commence once we reached the top... this is only the beginning...
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Post by Ken'ichi on Aug 16, 2004 21:57:17 GMT -5
Spec starts explaining to me what they do in training...
"It's...actually a complicated process...You see, during our training, we basically do different stuff as opposed to fighting, and then after a good hour or so of doing various tests and lessons, Space and me test our strength moderately and fight eachother under the waterfall...It's like warming up before fighting, only it takes longer and is mroe important and has learning values... Like for instance, clearing your mind, or perhaps trying a few techniques, or even boosting your physical aspects with exercise, like say jumping and balence... There is also working on the train of thought and mind..."
Hm...I get it. It does sound complicated, but it gets easier if you do it a lot, right?
"We're here." I hear Space announce.
Oh wow...Look at the size of that waterfall! It must be the biggest I've ever seen! Oh man, this is so cool! I've never seen such beauty! It has a few rock formations here and there, now I see why Space and Spec go here to train, it's basically a training grounds with all of these rock formations!
"Great...Shall we get started..?" Spec asks Space.
"By all means." Space replies.
He walks up to the waterfall and begins climbing up the rocky climb, going higher and higher at every second. I watch as Space climbs it steady but surely reaching the top.
Spec turns to me and starts explaining again, "Ken'ichi, this type of training will involve us to climb up the waterfall several times, it's tough, but it's worth it, and when we get to the top, we are able to do such things as jumping higher and doing arial dives and controlling our way down to the bottom, and landing easily either on the ground or in the water. There is a path to the right of the waterfall that leads up to the top, and you should be able to take it with ease, we on the otherhand have to climb. You can watch us from the top and swim in the river or something, but don't get caught and fall downt he watefall..."
I nod, "Sure, see ya at the top."
Spec runs to catch up to Space and starts his climb. I wish I could climb with them, but I'll just slow them down and I'm too short to climb those rocks...Hm...
I turn to the easy slope Spec mentioned and start my climb up the waterfall. I watch as Spec and Space make their climb, I follow at their pace to keep up with them. I giggle as I watch them climb, it looks...funny, in a way.
"C'mon Spec, keep at it! Space is beating ya!" I shout at him, kind of like cheering him on.
I keep climbing up as Spec and Space keep their slow climb, I just watch them, this could be fun to watch after all. Hehe, Spec seems to be having a hard yet fun time climbing. As for Space...well, all I see is a determined face and no smirk or anything...Hm...
I decided to get ahead and reach the top first and wait for them there...
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Post by Krystedez "Spectrum" on Aug 17, 2004 19:15:55 GMT -5
"C'mon Spec, keep at it! Space is beating ya!"
I hear Ken'ichi shout from the sloping path up to the waterfall... Sure, Space always beats me at this, but hey, lemme give it a little more effort since Keni is around. I climb a little harder, a tiny bit faster, but it makes no difference...Space is still way up high... I decide to go ahead and not waste my energy, and just keeping climbing at my own pace.
Finally we reach the top... Ah, it looks like Ken'ichi beat us, heh... Space has already gotten to a rock in the middle of the large river leading down the waterfall, he stands patient on the large boulder, awaiting me to come over... I looked over to see Ken'ichi not far from us on the right side of the river, watching. He sits down and picks a few berries from the remaining bush over the green area over there... I walk out to the river's side, and then found a few boulders dotted over the water, ready for jumping upon. I began leaping from one boulder to the next, careful not to slip as I pivot from each boulder on my feet, my claws from my back paws nearly scratching the the boulders... I finally landed near Space on a boulder obstructing from the water right next to him.
"Ready.?" Space asks, without moving from his folded arm stance.
"Yes." I say, awaiting the first part of our training. He is the master, and I am the studant in this stage. The lesson...
"Hem!" Space takes a jab to my lower legs, but I barely dodge it by jumping up. Yep. Defense and evasion training...
"Hyeah!" He kicks to where I was gunna land, but instead of getting tripped, I descened very slowly and jumped off of his leg, leaping off and landing on another boulder. He pursues me boulder from boulder very quickly, gaining ontop of me, but I flip back from each boulder quickly, as not to fall into the water's edge. We had to stay along this river during this particular training, that's how he said it works out.. He kept taking hits toward me, but I kept dodging them to the best of my ability... This was getting tricky.
"Hah!" Space took a large strike at me, and it went into contact with my chin,, I fell back, but in this case, I learned a small trick from this situation... I flipped back, and skidded across the water with my toes like a skipping rock really fast and fell back against a rock... I got up quickly and we kept going... After a little while longer, I took a deep breath, and saw Space had stopped. He stood on the boulder across from me. I bent down and splashed water from the river in my face to cool me down. Space did no such thing. Instead he turned around and leaped down the waterfall onto the little areana-like area I saw earlier. I followed.. Next was his defense, me offense...
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Post by Ken'ichi on Aug 17, 2004 20:29:23 GMT -5
I sit down on the right side of the river, watching as Space and Spec reaches the top. Space jumps on top of some rocks over the river and stands over one with his arms crossed. I sit down and pick a few berries from the bush next to me as I wait for their training to start. Spec jumps unto a few rocks and stops on one close from Space's.
"Ready.?" Space asks Spec as he stands on his rock.
"Yes." Answers Spec.
I wait there in suspense as they stand there, looking at each other...
"Hem!" I hear Space Cry out as he attacks Spec, but he jumps and avoids the attack.
"Whoa..." I whisper to myself as I see Spec avoiding all of Space's attacks.
"Hyeah!"
The attacks continue as Spec dodges them, my eyes follow him as he dodges and jumps upon different rocks, avoiding Space's attacks.
"Hah!"
Whoa...this is pretty exciting, Spec is moving pretty well. This is getting me hyped up, I wish I could fight like that. But I'm not an anthro like Spec, I'm just a normal animal who walks on all four...Space is pretty good also, I can barely keep up, let alone notice his attacks
They finish their course and Spec lowers himself to splash some water on his face. I glance at Space to see him jump unto an even bigger rock, big enough to run around on it even. Spec followed him, and I try my best to find myself a closer view, seems the best is yet to come...
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Post by Krystedez "Spectrum" on Aug 18, 2004 16:35:42 GMT -5
I landed down on the groud and knelt down.
"Ok, next is...-"
"Offense training." Space finished for me. "Come at me with all you've got..." He stood patiently waiting. I closed my eyes for a second, breathed in, sighed and then charged.
"Hya!" I charged toward him with tremendous force, but he disappeared. I turned around to see him speeding up around me and jumps over me, taking my arms quickly and smashing me against the ground. Oooo...ow...
"*huck* ow..." I got up slowly from the ground to see him standing in front of me. I leaped to my feet and started off with some melee attacks. I kicked him and punched him, but each time he blocked it, but a few almost came into direct contact at him. He was gritting his teeth. Finally my hand came inches from his face, but he grabbed it with ease and twisted my hand over.
"Aggg!" I yelped out. He took me by my arm and threw me into the waterfalls... I fell back into a small caverous area behind the waterfall... Getting up, I rubbed my wrist, but sped out of the falls quickly, seeing Space right where he was before. I took my very best shot aiming right into his gut, but he stood there, waiting and ready. Hm... Right before I hit him, I jumped up and got ready for a trick for him, I pulled myself into the air, halfway above his head, he looked at me a little surprised, his muth half open, I came down, crashing down, on what I thought was his head, but instead it was his hands, he had me by my feet! No way! Ok, that's it! I took strength into my feet and kicked away, coming behind him, and kicking him into the back. Finally! I bent over a little bit, probably from the blow. He looked down at the ground...Here's my chance! I came up behind quickly and knocked him with my fist into his side, pushing him away, but when he got flipped over, he rolled onto the ground and recovered easily, kicked back and ran straight for me. I took a swing with my fist to hit him, but it failed to hit, and found my body against the ground as he cruched me toward the brown earth. He leapt up off my body, his sharp elbow had pierced into my back... I got up slowly, and looked at him. I straightened my back, and then came at him again. This time I kpet going , but right at the last second, I lept back kicked him in the face with a loud smack, and then quickly I followed up with an uppercut to his chin, it sent him flying upward, and then finally when he came down face first, I kicked him into his side, throwing him foward from me. Right when I thought I had him, as I raced up to him, he recovered easily from the blows, kicking from the dirt back to his feet, not even touching the ground with anything else, and then backed away before I could hit him.
"It is time to battle..." He said.
"Yes, this was only offense training, correct?"
"Yes. Now, ready yourself..."
This was when the fight would begin for real. He hadn't really tried to fight, he was only avoiding and recovering and defending. This is where it really begins. We eyed eachother, waiting for the true moment to come...
"HAA!" Space came ran straight behind me so fast I almost didn't see him, and he jabbed me into the back, but I turned around, for the blow wasn't that hard, and I grabbed his arm and threw him into the ground below me, and I jumped up and kicked him. He got up easily, and kicked me from recovery, and came at me with a barrage of punches and kicks, I tried my best to avoid them and block them, but quite a few hit. I finally took alot of my strength and packed up a punch into my fist, and released it into his chest, the impact made him grudge for a moment. I at this time took my foot and kicked him away from me, onto the ground... He didn't recover as easily this time, he fell on his back. But in a second he leapt back up and charged right for me, tackled me, slashed me with his arm, kneed me while I was in the air, and then finally punched me across the ground. I laid there for a moment... I felt something on my back. It was Space's foot... He kneeled down to me so that I could hear what he would say.
"You did well. Get up." I tried moving, but Space gave me his hand, and I got pulled up to my feet. We were quite dirty...
"It looks like you win..." I said to Space.
"Yes. It certainly does." For the first time in a while, I had seen Space smile. He HARDLY does that. Maybe I should come out here with him more often. But what i didn't know what was to come soon after. He...He started chuckling...!?
"You...you really need to work on some of your skills Spectrum. I haven't seen you so out of shape, hehe." He actually was chuckling... He stopped and gave a short smile.
"Ahh, come on, Space! I tried!" I laughed a bit. He just smiled and shook his head.
"Really, Spectrum, the next time you and me come out here, don't keep it in, give it all you got, for real." His smile faded a bit, but he wasn't a bit serious or angry. Just informitive... I saw Ken'ichi come down to us.
"You guys were great!!" Ken'ichi says. I listened to him comment about it. Space looked to him.
"Hm..." Space looked at the sky. Morning had became Afternoon... "You guys had something you wished to do, right? You may go now, I will talk to you later tonight. There will be dinner in the fridge for you if you come back too late, Spectrum."
"Oh, yes, that's right. Yea, well, did you wanna eat something with us for lunch first?" I asked him. "I packed some lunch."
"Oh, well...I suppose it wouldn't hurt." Space agreed. Really, I haven't seen him this,....well...less serious, Haha... I unpacked the lunch and set it out for us... A picnic by a waterfall after a long fight. How pleasurable... As we ate, I wanted to carry out some kind of conversation...
"So, Ken'ichi... Do you think I'm good enough to enter a tournament sometime?" I asked him... He asked what a tounament was...
"It's a competition for anyone to enter for fighting against one another to see who is the best. IT's really just for fun, and training and experiance, but you get prizes and such if you win. I haven't entered a tournament yet, so I wonder if I'm gunna be good enough. That's why Space and me train together every so often..." I finished that little explanation and ate some of my sandwich.. Keni ate some of the food too, since he was probably used to getitng different food by now. I awaited his comment...
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