Hello! In two days spring break ends, so I'll get a lot less time on the
computer. Don't expect too much of me.
Disclaimer: Same as before.
"I can't believe this! You're crazy, you're daft, you're a genius!" Kyoshi praised Marina. She flops onto her bed like a giant rag doll. "In two years I'm going to Sycorax. I can't believe this. Wow." Marina pinches Kyoshi. "Calm down. Remember, in TWO YEARS you will go to Sycorax. Not tomorrow."
"But eventually it will be tomorrow. And then I'll be packing. And if it were tomorrow today, then I wouldn't be ready. I'm not good enough yet. Would you like to practice with me?"
"Um. Why not? I don't have anything better to do." Marina follows Kyoshi as she walks outside with her broom. Kyoshi begins to practice her drills. Eventually, this becomes a routine- Marina comes over to Kyoshi's house, and watches while Kyoshi drills and practices the new moves her father has taught her that morning.
One year later, that same thing is happening. Kyoshi's straight brown hair is a little more than halfway down her back, and Marina is reading a book on Sycorax. She glances up, and says, "Back straight when you lunge." Today will be different though. Today Washi will have finished Kyoshi's first sword. Washi walks out to Kyoshi, and says "Give me the broom." She, of course, complies, and he leans it against the wall of the house. Washi takes a long, thin package out from behind his back. "A very belated birthday present. Enjoy." Kyoshi rips through the brown paper, to see a long, magnificent sword. (To clarify, Kyoshi's birthday was two months before this.) Kyoshi gasps and stares at the sword. "It's beautiful." She murmurs before hugging her father.
"What shall you call her?" Washi asks, smiling.
"Skystream." She says to the blue metal of the hilt. 'Sky metal' it is called.
"The princess will have the best teacher in the Uranian system." Says Marina happily. "I got a hold of one of the application forms from the transport station. Fill it out." Kyoshi runs inside to get a pen, and grins as she answers all of the questions. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, and for the billionth time, thank you."
Yet another year passes. Kyoshi is packing, and saying goodbye to her friends and her mother and father. "I'll write to you until there is absolutely nothing to write about. And you had better write back." She says to Marina. "I'm going to miss you so much! This has all gone by so fast.." Kyoshi gives Marina another hug. "Now help me pack."
My muse is still vacationing in Majorca, and will be leaving for Albania soon, so I'm not going to be writing much.
Yours truly,
kuyaga
Disclaimer: Same as before.
"I can't believe this! You're crazy, you're daft, you're a genius!" Kyoshi praised Marina. She flops onto her bed like a giant rag doll. "In two years I'm going to Sycorax. I can't believe this. Wow." Marina pinches Kyoshi. "Calm down. Remember, in TWO YEARS you will go to Sycorax. Not tomorrow."
"But eventually it will be tomorrow. And then I'll be packing. And if it were tomorrow today, then I wouldn't be ready. I'm not good enough yet. Would you like to practice with me?"
"Um. Why not? I don't have anything better to do." Marina follows Kyoshi as she walks outside with her broom. Kyoshi begins to practice her drills. Eventually, this becomes a routine- Marina comes over to Kyoshi's house, and watches while Kyoshi drills and practices the new moves her father has taught her that morning.
One year later, that same thing is happening. Kyoshi's straight brown hair is a little more than halfway down her back, and Marina is reading a book on Sycorax. She glances up, and says, "Back straight when you lunge." Today will be different though. Today Washi will have finished Kyoshi's first sword. Washi walks out to Kyoshi, and says "Give me the broom." She, of course, complies, and he leans it against the wall of the house. Washi takes a long, thin package out from behind his back. "A very belated birthday present. Enjoy." Kyoshi rips through the brown paper, to see a long, magnificent sword. (To clarify, Kyoshi's birthday was two months before this.) Kyoshi gasps and stares at the sword. "It's beautiful." She murmurs before hugging her father.
"What shall you call her?" Washi asks, smiling.
"Skystream." She says to the blue metal of the hilt. 'Sky metal' it is called.
"The princess will have the best teacher in the Uranian system." Says Marina happily. "I got a hold of one of the application forms from the transport station. Fill it out." Kyoshi runs inside to get a pen, and grins as she answers all of the questions. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, and for the billionth time, thank you."
Yet another year passes. Kyoshi is packing, and saying goodbye to her friends and her mother and father. "I'll write to you until there is absolutely nothing to write about. And you had better write back." She says to Marina. "I'm going to miss you so much! This has all gone by so fast.." Kyoshi gives Marina another hug. "Now help me pack."
My muse is still vacationing in Majorca, and will be leaving for Albania soon, so I'm not going to be writing much.
Yours truly,
kuyaga