Nobody reviews anymore. Do you guys just not love me enough? What do I
hafta do? *scratches head*
I've had a dangerous day today. A box of nutcrackers fell on me yesterday night and today at lunch my polar bears got mauled by REINDEERS! My heavens! I can't believe that they let that happen! I guess I should teach them a lesson. *polar bears cower* that's right you worthless bears. Cower in fear!
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The Cleric was walking down the hall, Mountain Dew in hand (I have one too!). He finished it quickly and tossed the can in a pile of rubble. The lights in the hallway he was in were less than adequate and shadows loomed threateningly all around. They did not scare him though; he had grown used to the shadows that surrounded the Assassin all the time a long time ago.
Lost in thought, he just barely sensed someone sneak up behind him. Two hands covered his eyes, rings on practically every finger. He stopped and smiled.
"I wonder who this could be," he teased.
He put his hands over the ones covering his eyes and gently removed them.
"And I thought you were supposed to be an sneaky," he said turning around to face the Assassin.
"Yeah well. I need your help," he mocked surprise and shock and she gently pushed him. "I'm actually helping Taryn. She needs- well never mind that. Just come with me," she said and pulled him by the arm into the shadows.
He allowed himself to be pulled by her. She moved quickly in the never- ending darkness. She pulled relentlessly against his slower pace.
"Hurry up. He'll be past soon!" she said exasperatedly but he didn't pick up his pace.
She gave up pulling and let go of his arm. She glared at him from over her shoulder and went on without him. He stood in the place she left him and watched her storm off.
"Get over here now. Don't make me pull you by your ki," she threatened and he began to walk again, this time a little quicker.
She disappeared into a faint glow in the shadow and came out in the room that the Cleric had used when he was recovering from reincarnating the Assassin. She was sitting cross-legged on the bed when he stepped out from the shadow. She smiled and patted the bed in front of her.
He squinted his eyes in confusion.
"Did I have to go through wards to get in here? Because that's what I thought I felt."
"You did," she said with a mischievous smile.
"And why are you warding the room?" he asked carefully.
"You'll see..." she said teasingly. "In the mean time, sit. You wanted to know how to manipulate the ki, you're going to learn now."
He sighed and sat on the bed across from her.
"Teach me sensei," he said in a mock bow he looked up laughing lightly.
She sighed and shook her head. "You need to be more serious Dacius. This isn't just jacking around!"
His laugh stopped and his smile faded when he saw her face. He cleared his throat uneasily.
"Done?" she asked impatiently.
"Very," he replied.
"Good. Now, were gonna start with a shear," she said as he sat across from her.
"A shear?" he questioned.
"Sorta like a wind shear, a sharp gust of air that has a high intensity and normally does a lot of damage. This is like that only moving ki. Ready?" she asked in a much lighter tone.
He nodded slowly.
"Don't worry. Ok. Now, I want you to get to the point where you can see ki. There? Good. Now, look at your hands. Do you see the blue lights?" He nodded. "Now, see how you feel now and begin to breathe deeply. Focus on your hands and call the light into your chest. Pull it in. Feel it concentrate in you. Force it into a little ball," she said watching as sweat began to bead up on his face.
The brilliant blue that surrounded his body had begun to drift toward his chest. It didn't take long for the color to drift totally from his arms and legs. She smiled with satisfaction.
"Good! Very good! You got it faster than I thought you could! I'm surprised," she said patting his leg. He opened one eye and glared at her and she smiled sweetly.
"Only kidding. But seriously, great job. You can now officially hide your ki. Now, for the fun part. For me to make a shear, I make myself angry. Not just slightly pissed; I mean blinding rage angry," she said making the amber in her eyes dance merrily.
He looked at her questionably. The strain was gone from his face and he held his ki in his chest.
"I'm not saying that you need to get angry. It's just what brings the most power out in me. It might be something different for you. I don't know. The only way is to try. Go for it. Get mad," she said with a smile.
He closed his eyes and the concentration returned to his face. His eyebrows sank lower and a grimace formed on his face. The Assassin could feel the concentration of power in him getting smaller and smaller. It was moving quicker than she anticipated and she quickly checked the wards she set. She braced herself for him to let go. His eyes opened and instead of the normal blue/gray irises and pupils were glowing blue lights. She smiled before an intense heat washed over her.
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*earlier that day*
The Assassin's eyes were closed as Taryn was slowly rising in the air. The girl's eyes were as big as saucers as she rose higher and higher.
"You're sure that this is safe?" the girl asked uneasily.
The Assassin smiled.
"Positive," she responded, motioning with her hand and Taryn slowly turned upside down. Her feet were planted firmly on the ceiling and tied there with spirits. "Ok. Done. You'll be safe up there. I wove one big ward around the room, another around you that is weaker," Taryn's face went pale, "but will be able to keep you safe from anything that you think might hurt you. It will only be wind that you feel. I've made a filter so that the debris doesn't hit-"
"DEBRIS?" Taryn demanded.
"I just said you'd be fine. If you don't believe me, I swear upon all that I hold dear that if you get hurt, I shall have the Cleric heal you and put the wounds on me. Ok? I don't put myself in danger and I don't break oaths, so there. Happy?" the Assassin said exasperatedly opening her eyes.
"Yes," Taryn replied.
"Ok, I'll tell you when to scream ok? It won't be long. Hang around," she said with a laugh and slipped into the shadow, laughs dissipating behind her.
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The air whipped around Taryn as she hung suspended from the ceiling. The heat was amazing. Out of nowhere it hit her and tore at her. Her hair whipped around her face and the scream that she was about to fake came out as real as anything. If it were possible to drown in air, Taryn was sure she would be the first. Air filled her lungs relentlessly pushing its way in, hardly giving her chance to exhale.
Her scream was ragged but audible over the wind. She was unaware she could scream this long but she apparently could.
She slowly came to realize that the air had stopped but her scream hadn't. She quickly clamped her mouth shut. Her breaths came raggedly and she was shaking. Heavy footfalls echoed through the hall and Ronin was tearing down the hall, stopping short as he came to Taryn.
She looked down at him with terror in her eyes. He smiled reassuringly at her then lit his hands on fire. He turned his back to her and began to throw fire at the door. His eyes were glowing red and his expression was all determination. He knew that the Assassin had set wards and he was going to get through them if it was the last thing he did.
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"Gai'shan far daes mai," the Assassin muttered.
The Cleric looked at her funny.
"Old tongue?"
She smiled. "Yeah, sometimes it slips out. That was incredible! It puts my first try to shame and makes it want to cry! What made you so angry?"
He smiled. "That is for me to know," he said.
'And me to find out right?' the Assassin said within his head.
He smiled.
"I know you could, but-" he said.
"Oh! I almost forgot!" the Assassin proclaimed and sprinted to the door.
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Ok. Dictionary time.
Gai'shan far daes mai = a surprise indeed basically without the flattery and flourish.
I got it from the book I'm reading.
I swear if nobody reviews, I'm not updating. So help me, I WILL!
I've had a dangerous day today. A box of nutcrackers fell on me yesterday night and today at lunch my polar bears got mauled by REINDEERS! My heavens! I can't believe that they let that happen! I guess I should teach them a lesson. *polar bears cower* that's right you worthless bears. Cower in fear!
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The Cleric was walking down the hall, Mountain Dew in hand (I have one too!). He finished it quickly and tossed the can in a pile of rubble. The lights in the hallway he was in were less than adequate and shadows loomed threateningly all around. They did not scare him though; he had grown used to the shadows that surrounded the Assassin all the time a long time ago.
Lost in thought, he just barely sensed someone sneak up behind him. Two hands covered his eyes, rings on practically every finger. He stopped and smiled.
"I wonder who this could be," he teased.
He put his hands over the ones covering his eyes and gently removed them.
"And I thought you were supposed to be an sneaky," he said turning around to face the Assassin.
"Yeah well. I need your help," he mocked surprise and shock and she gently pushed him. "I'm actually helping Taryn. She needs- well never mind that. Just come with me," she said and pulled him by the arm into the shadows.
He allowed himself to be pulled by her. She moved quickly in the never- ending darkness. She pulled relentlessly against his slower pace.
"Hurry up. He'll be past soon!" she said exasperatedly but he didn't pick up his pace.
She gave up pulling and let go of his arm. She glared at him from over her shoulder and went on without him. He stood in the place she left him and watched her storm off.
"Get over here now. Don't make me pull you by your ki," she threatened and he began to walk again, this time a little quicker.
She disappeared into a faint glow in the shadow and came out in the room that the Cleric had used when he was recovering from reincarnating the Assassin. She was sitting cross-legged on the bed when he stepped out from the shadow. She smiled and patted the bed in front of her.
He squinted his eyes in confusion.
"Did I have to go through wards to get in here? Because that's what I thought I felt."
"You did," she said with a mischievous smile.
"And why are you warding the room?" he asked carefully.
"You'll see..." she said teasingly. "In the mean time, sit. You wanted to know how to manipulate the ki, you're going to learn now."
He sighed and sat on the bed across from her.
"Teach me sensei," he said in a mock bow he looked up laughing lightly.
She sighed and shook her head. "You need to be more serious Dacius. This isn't just jacking around!"
His laugh stopped and his smile faded when he saw her face. He cleared his throat uneasily.
"Done?" she asked impatiently.
"Very," he replied.
"Good. Now, were gonna start with a shear," she said as he sat across from her.
"A shear?" he questioned.
"Sorta like a wind shear, a sharp gust of air that has a high intensity and normally does a lot of damage. This is like that only moving ki. Ready?" she asked in a much lighter tone.
He nodded slowly.
"Don't worry. Ok. Now, I want you to get to the point where you can see ki. There? Good. Now, look at your hands. Do you see the blue lights?" He nodded. "Now, see how you feel now and begin to breathe deeply. Focus on your hands and call the light into your chest. Pull it in. Feel it concentrate in you. Force it into a little ball," she said watching as sweat began to bead up on his face.
The brilliant blue that surrounded his body had begun to drift toward his chest. It didn't take long for the color to drift totally from his arms and legs. She smiled with satisfaction.
"Good! Very good! You got it faster than I thought you could! I'm surprised," she said patting his leg. He opened one eye and glared at her and she smiled sweetly.
"Only kidding. But seriously, great job. You can now officially hide your ki. Now, for the fun part. For me to make a shear, I make myself angry. Not just slightly pissed; I mean blinding rage angry," she said making the amber in her eyes dance merrily.
He looked at her questionably. The strain was gone from his face and he held his ki in his chest.
"I'm not saying that you need to get angry. It's just what brings the most power out in me. It might be something different for you. I don't know. The only way is to try. Go for it. Get mad," she said with a smile.
He closed his eyes and the concentration returned to his face. His eyebrows sank lower and a grimace formed on his face. The Assassin could feel the concentration of power in him getting smaller and smaller. It was moving quicker than she anticipated and she quickly checked the wards she set. She braced herself for him to let go. His eyes opened and instead of the normal blue/gray irises and pupils were glowing blue lights. She smiled before an intense heat washed over her.
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*earlier that day*
The Assassin's eyes were closed as Taryn was slowly rising in the air. The girl's eyes were as big as saucers as she rose higher and higher.
"You're sure that this is safe?" the girl asked uneasily.
The Assassin smiled.
"Positive," she responded, motioning with her hand and Taryn slowly turned upside down. Her feet were planted firmly on the ceiling and tied there with spirits. "Ok. Done. You'll be safe up there. I wove one big ward around the room, another around you that is weaker," Taryn's face went pale, "but will be able to keep you safe from anything that you think might hurt you. It will only be wind that you feel. I've made a filter so that the debris doesn't hit-"
"DEBRIS?" Taryn demanded.
"I just said you'd be fine. If you don't believe me, I swear upon all that I hold dear that if you get hurt, I shall have the Cleric heal you and put the wounds on me. Ok? I don't put myself in danger and I don't break oaths, so there. Happy?" the Assassin said exasperatedly opening her eyes.
"Yes," Taryn replied.
"Ok, I'll tell you when to scream ok? It won't be long. Hang around," she said with a laugh and slipped into the shadow, laughs dissipating behind her.
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The air whipped around Taryn as she hung suspended from the ceiling. The heat was amazing. Out of nowhere it hit her and tore at her. Her hair whipped around her face and the scream that she was about to fake came out as real as anything. If it were possible to drown in air, Taryn was sure she would be the first. Air filled her lungs relentlessly pushing its way in, hardly giving her chance to exhale.
Her scream was ragged but audible over the wind. She was unaware she could scream this long but she apparently could.
She slowly came to realize that the air had stopped but her scream hadn't. She quickly clamped her mouth shut. Her breaths came raggedly and she was shaking. Heavy footfalls echoed through the hall and Ronin was tearing down the hall, stopping short as he came to Taryn.
She looked down at him with terror in her eyes. He smiled reassuringly at her then lit his hands on fire. He turned his back to her and began to throw fire at the door. His eyes were glowing red and his expression was all determination. He knew that the Assassin had set wards and he was going to get through them if it was the last thing he did.
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"Gai'shan far daes mai," the Assassin muttered.
The Cleric looked at her funny.
"Old tongue?"
She smiled. "Yeah, sometimes it slips out. That was incredible! It puts my first try to shame and makes it want to cry! What made you so angry?"
He smiled. "That is for me to know," he said.
'And me to find out right?' the Assassin said within his head.
He smiled.
"I know you could, but-" he said.
"Oh! I almost forgot!" the Assassin proclaimed and sprinted to the door.
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Ok. Dictionary time.
Gai'shan far daes mai = a surprise indeed basically without the flattery and flourish.
I got it from the book I'm reading.
I swear if nobody reviews, I'm not updating. So help me, I WILL!