When Jenny arrived what she saw was magnificent.
Getting there was not magnificent.
Still clutching her head, she slipped and slid around on Dojo's huge back. As she tried to stay on, Omi went into a story telling of their adventures in full detail, Kimiko told her about Wu, which ones they had, which ones Jack had, etcetera. Clay explained about Showdowns, how they varied, the rules, etcetera. And Raimundo warned her on everything, like how they're were no beds, just mats, how Master Fung loved tea, how Wu showed up all the time, and you had to interrupt whatever your doing just to find some lousy Wu, etcetera.
And as I said, as they were doing this, Jenny was struggling with getting accustomed to Dojo's back. She noticed how easily and comfortable the other monks looked, and how her sweaty palms couldn't seem to grip onto Dojo's scales. But she found a position at a diagonal angle, and managed to balance herself like that 'til they made it to the Temple.
The Temple was made of a main building, with small wings and corridors stretching off of it, surrounding the ground. The roofs were shingled in blue, and a golden trim was where gutters should be, and also around the doors and the bottom of the buildings. The doors were mostly all red.
And the garden! Jenny was always a perfectionist when it came to her small berry/flower patch in her backyard back in B.C. She loved tending to it and making it perfect. Here, the hedges were trimmed into shapes, a fountain was in the center, and it was all a very lush green, with a few flowers here and there. Where there wasn't grasss was smooth polished stone paths.
"Here is our Temple, Jennifer!" Omi announced.
"Please, call me Jenny."
"Jenna?"
"That works too I guess."
"Well, pardner. Time you met Master Fung."
"Ah, this way." Dojo said, leading her and the other monks towards the main building. Jenny noticed the sky was black here too. She clutched the locket, the Wu, Kimiko gave her. The Lunar Locket.
"So this can control whether the sun or the moon's up?" She asked to no one in particular. An unfamiliar voice answered.
"Yes. Another She Gong Wu you may like is the Shroud of Shadows, which renders you invisible when you put it on." The man said. "I am Master Fung, and you are the Dragon of Darkness, Jennifer Abercrombie." Master Fung held out his hand.
Jenny took it. "Call me Jenny. Or Jenna I suppose. If you want to."
"Well Jenny, I imagine the monks have told you everything you need to know?"
"Yes Master Fung."
"You will begin training tomorrow. Kimiko, show her where the sleeping quarters are." And with that Master Fung retreated into the Temple.
Jenny followed Kimiko into a small narrow building; the sleeping quarters. Kimiko led her over to a stall near the wall.
"There you go. There's a uniform in the chest. You can keep your belongings in there." Kimiko disappeared into another stall, then wipped her head around the side and smiled. "I can tell we'll be great friends." Beaming, Kimiko disappeared completely into the stall next to hers, leaving Jenny to unpack her things, and change into her new uniform.
Me: Yes Kimiko, of course you'll be great friends with her!
Kimiko: Yay!
Me: You can do fun girlie stuff you could never do because of the fact you were the only girl.
Kimiko: Double yay!
Me: Sigh I'm out of ideas to say right now. That'd be summer rotting my brain.... Ah well, I'll come up with something! Perhaps Jenny's first Showdown or something. I just realised I haven't cured Jenny's migraine yet!
Jenny: OW!
Me: Ooh, I am cruel! B)