Kenji
Established
The Wandering Swordsman
Roleplay posts: 20 
Age: 35
Clothes and Equipment: Kenji wears a long-sleeved, dark-colored shirt and leggings. He has a dark red jerkin over his shirt, and a red sash around his waist. Some worn leather boots and shinguards offer him protection. He always wears a red blindfold.
Kenji carries a ninjato and a wakizashi. The ninjato has magical properties, preventing it from breaking or dulling and allowing it to harm spirits and otherworldly beings.
Registered: Jun 12, 2016 11:46:18 GMT -8
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Post by Kenji on Apr 10, 2017 14:38:51 GMT -8
Kenji trekked along with Violet and Fuxi. Despite being blind and not being able to see absolutely anything, Kenji still sensed and 'felt' the nature around him. When they arrived at their destination, Kenji could sense the wind rising up sharply. "Must be a steep hill." After listening to Fuxi speak, Kenji stepped forward to gauge the elevation. "Steep indeed." Very carefully the blind swordsman walked down the hill, judging the placement of each step. When he reached the bottom he filled both of his buckets. The water felt pure and cool, and it was a shame he could not see the beauty of its clarity. Lifting with both legs, Kenji stood back up and turned around. "Patience..." he said to himself. He started to wonder on how earth he'd make it back up. "You're not alone Violet," he said half-jokingly. "Maybe I could try elbows?" Kenji used his knees to brace against the slope of the hill, then extended his elbows and pressed against the earth. His hands were occupied with balancing the water on his shoulders. He lifted his right leg up and dug his knee into the ground; then he moved his left elbow up, if only a bit. Left leg, right elbow, right leg, left elbow... It would take a very long time to continue up the hill in this way, and would no doubt wear him out, but at least this was perhaps the hardest part of this exercise. |
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Hansel von Dietzhoff
Dedicated
𝕯𝖆 𝕻𝖆𝖈𝖊𝖒 𝕯𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊
Roleplay posts: 400
Age: 17
Physical Description: Quite tall at 6'1, Hansel has a pale complexion coupled with nearly white blonde hair and a set of heterochromatic eyes. His boyish features are well defined but covered in many small scars. The young man's frame is best described as sinewy with significant muscle placed upon a relatively thin body. Across his body one would find many cosmetics scars, brands and a few tattoos be it of scripture or strange tribal symbolism. However most noticeable are the two large wings on either shoulder blade, and the cross on his chest and back crossing his breast from stomach to neck.
Clothes and Equipment: Typically Hans will wear a bodyglove of buunvar leather, over which is blessed chainmail and plate. His preferred weapon is a moderately sized Executioner's sword of Hagbane silver with the end rounded and sharpened to at least pierce flesh. However for sidearms he carries a powerful longbow and an ensemble of Holy falchion and dagger.
The lad also will usually possess a mount; either a blessed horse, pegasus or hyppogryph. The beast will always carry heavy barding and bears a lance and kite shield for its rider.
Registered: Aug 30, 2016 13:29:47 GMT -8
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Post by Hansel von Dietzhoff on Apr 10, 2017 17:56:18 GMT -8
Hansel would wake quite promptly and with little fuss get up standing to attention. He put on pants but was cautious of putting something else on lest they do something strenuous and hot. The lad walked out and awaited the instructions which made his prediction right. Hansel took as many buckets as he could and followed the man earnestly with a dutiful smile upon him.
When they finally arrived Hansel was admittedly a little tired but he still had plenty in him. When they descended he realized just what an arduous task was ahead and rather than try to get up he sat down, scratching his chin. Eventually his face lit up as the memory of books and explorations came upon him. "'ere, I know there's some funny foreigners out there that carry jugs of water on their head. I wonder...." he said, filling up a bucket and sticking on his head. He didn't make it more than a metre the first time before falling and having the bucket land on his face like a mask. Groaning with pain yet growing with enthusiasm he jumped back up and filled it once more. It was a long cycle of filling his bucket then going back up. It was hard to do especially on his first time but he had strength, endurance and of course the idea behind him. Now to just not break his neck.... "Any students ever done this before?" he shouted to Fuxi before falling again. Brushing himself off, he set back at it again getting better after every fall (and the occasional rest). "Pretty clever, if I say so myself."
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Master Fuxi
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Roleplay posts: 14
Registered: Mar 22, 2017 18:50:21 GMT -8
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Post by Master Fuxi on Apr 11, 2017 16:39:18 GMT -8
"How do I get back up?" He repeated Violet's question, his face turning into a smile. "You use your legs and your back! This is not meant to be easy, but it is the easiest part of the training; by my reckoning, this is a morning chore and true training has yet to even begin. Yet it is not until you can sprint back up to the temple with these buckets that your body will be strong enough to finish my regime."
For a short while he accompanied them, if only to make sure they could even pick up the filled buckets at all. Yet it seemed they could - no matter how difficult - and with this he knew they could finish their first task. "The mind and the body do not work in harmony by nature; the mind takes its claim over the body to protect it from the dangers of exhaustion and injury. This is but one task where you must learn to silence your mind if you wish to succeed, where you must remember that mastery of it allows your body to do great things you never thought possible."
He turned to Hansel at this point, who seemed to be rather proud of what he was doing. "Yes," Fuxi replied to him. "So clever that you're struggling to get one bucket up the mountain, while your fellows are struggling with two. Do you plan to finish this task multiple times? The mind has hold over your body, but the body still has limits."
Not offering any more advice, Master Fuxi would wander back up the mountain with a calm and casual stroll until he reached the grounds of the Lower Temple. There, he would set himself down a chair, a table and a pot of tea and take a seat there to bathe in the morning sun. Though it was not a competition, he was curious about who would finish first.
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Violet
Dedicated
Becoming a Mortal Kombat Character
Roleplay posts: 176 
Age: ???
Physical Description: Long dark hair, golden eyes with black irises, curvaceous and sexually attractive body, has fangs, wings, a tail, horns, pointy ears, light purple skin.
Clothes and Equipment: Royal Guard Armor: http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k392/anachronously/The%20Sandbox/Gifts/Violet%20armor.jpg
Player's online availability : Every day
Registered: Aug 15, 2015 20:48:55 GMT -8
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Post by Violet on Apr 11, 2017 18:39:41 GMT -8
"Ehh, sprint?" Violet found that hard to believe and tried to think of her method for scaling the hill. If she could use her wings it would be too easy, even using her wings or tail to help hold the buckets up would be nice but she is in disguise as an Overworlder. She decides to remove her footwear and hold them in her mouth so she could climb with her bare feet, allowing her to have better traction.
As the succubus began the chore of climbing the hill, she found that if too much water was spilled on the ground it would make things much more difficult, making the dirt into mud, so she tried to make it up without error and also to stay ahead of everyone else. Doing both however would be tricky, to do things carefully she had to be slow, to be quick she would risk spilling and falling back down the hill.
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Hansel von Dietzhoff
Dedicated
𝕯𝖆 𝕻𝖆𝖈𝖊𝖒 𝕯𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊
Roleplay posts: 400
Age: 17
Physical Description: Quite tall at 6'1, Hansel has a pale complexion coupled with nearly white blonde hair and a set of heterochromatic eyes. His boyish features are well defined but covered in many small scars. The young man's frame is best described as sinewy with significant muscle placed upon a relatively thin body. Across his body one would find many cosmetics scars, brands and a few tattoos be it of scripture or strange tribal symbolism. However most noticeable are the two large wings on either shoulder blade, and the cross on his chest and back crossing his breast from stomach to neck.
Clothes and Equipment: Typically Hans will wear a bodyglove of buunvar leather, over which is blessed chainmail and plate. His preferred weapon is a moderately sized Executioner's sword of Hagbane silver with the end rounded and sharpened to at least pierce flesh. However for sidearms he carries a powerful longbow and an ensemble of Holy falchion and dagger.
The lad also will usually possess a mount; either a blessed horse, pegasus or hyppogryph. The beast will always carry heavy barding and bears a lance and kite shield for its rider.
Registered: Aug 30, 2016 13:29:47 GMT -8
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Post by Hansel von Dietzhoff on Apr 12, 2017 13:22:51 GMT -8
Hansel paused mid climb, and chuckled a little. "You're right Sir, I'm doing it wrong. Steady and slow does it." He dropped down and filled up another bucket, and resumed climbing. He had one bucket on his head whilst another in his right hand; while he was encumbered on the head he would not have to do it twice, and yet he still had a hand free to help him climb unlike the other two students which as far as he was concerned was an advantage. He just had to make sure his neck was still in the right shape when he reach the hill's summit. It was a lot of bloody strain on it.
He would not rush a bit, and would not particularly mind if someone got ahead since rushing spilled water and he did not really see a point in competition. Besides, he did not really think he had a chance to "lose" the "race" since it seemed his technique was more reliable and could achieve good speed without having to rush and thus fail. He just hoped no damned pandas would try anything.
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Kenji
Established
The Wandering Swordsman
Roleplay posts: 20
Age: 35
Clothes and Equipment: Kenji wears a long-sleeved, dark-colored shirt and leggings. He has a dark red jerkin over his shirt, and a red sash around his waist. Some worn leather boots and shinguards offer him protection. He always wears a red blindfold.
Kenji carries a ninjato and a wakizashi. The ninjato has magical properties, preventing it from breaking or dulling and allowing it to harm spirits and otherworldly beings.
Registered: Jun 12, 2016 11:46:18 GMT -8
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Post by Kenji on Apr 13, 2017 16:07:39 GMT -8
Kenji had to pause and chuckle for a moment at Violet. Like Hansel, Kenji didn't rush. He did not see this as a competition - not yet anyway - and merely wanted to complete the task at hand. |
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Violet
Dedicated
Becoming a Mortal Kombat Character
Roleplay posts: 176
Age: ???
Physical Description: Long dark hair, golden eyes with black irises, curvaceous and sexually attractive body, has fangs, wings, a tail, horns, pointy ears, light purple skin.
Clothes and Equipment: Royal Guard Armor: http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k392/anachronously/The%20Sandbox/Gifts/Violet%20armor.jpg
Player's online availability : Every day
Registered: Aug 15, 2015 20:48:55 GMT -8
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Post by Violet on Apr 14, 2017 19:16:37 GMT -8
After almost slipping a few times, Violet made it back up to the top. The few times she had almost fallen backwards she had to make claws grow out of her feet to dig in and get a better hold to save herself, which she then transformed them back. But now since Fuxi had left them behind, Violet had to remember the way through the bamboo. Treading through the water while carrying the buckets of water on her back was surprisingly annoying, her movements had gotten jerky and she spilled some water. She grumbles and changes her gait to be more careful.
"One of you remembers the way back right?"
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Master Fuxi
Established
Roleplay posts: 14
Registered: Mar 22, 2017 18:50:21 GMT -8
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Post by Master Fuxi on Apr 17, 2017 18:30:12 GMT -8
Back at the Lower Temple, Fuxi remained seated and waiting for the 'students' to return... Though he did not expect them to get there until after lunch at the earliest. That was about the average time, wasn't it? Yes, six hours or so on the first day, a time that steadily decreased over the following months until finally it could be done as though a light breeze in the air.
He leaned back into his seat and closed his eyes, trying to stop these thoughts turning into a memory he wished he could forget. It was not a bad memory in of itself, but rather it was the individual featured that caused him pain. Yes indeed, his brain reminded him. There had been one student who completed the task in under an hour on the first try; that student, whose name he would not even let enter his mind.
Yet at least he wouldn't have to worry about them getting lost. There was only one path to follow after all.
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Hansel von Dietzhoff
Dedicated
𝕯𝖆 𝕻𝖆𝖈𝖊𝖒 𝕯𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊
Roleplay posts: 400
Age: 17
Physical Description: Quite tall at 6'1, Hansel has a pale complexion coupled with nearly white blonde hair and a set of heterochromatic eyes. His boyish features are well defined but covered in many small scars. The young man's frame is best described as sinewy with significant muscle placed upon a relatively thin body. Across his body one would find many cosmetics scars, brands and a few tattoos be it of scripture or strange tribal symbolism. However most noticeable are the two large wings on either shoulder blade, and the cross on his chest and back crossing his breast from stomach to neck.
Clothes and Equipment: Typically Hans will wear a bodyglove of buunvar leather, over which is blessed chainmail and plate. His preferred weapon is a moderately sized Executioner's sword of Hagbane silver with the end rounded and sharpened to at least pierce flesh. However for sidearms he carries a powerful longbow and an ensemble of Holy falchion and dagger.
The lad also will usually possess a mount; either a blessed horse, pegasus or hyppogryph. The beast will always carry heavy barding and bears a lance and kite shield for its rider.
Registered: Aug 30, 2016 13:29:47 GMT -8
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Post by Hansel von Dietzhoff on Apr 18, 2017 17:41:12 GMT -8
Hansel climbed up not long after, somewhat surprised at the turn of speed displayed by the other student. He grunted as the ascent finished then staring suspiciously for a moment or two. Shrugging he stared ahead, and scratched his head a little with thought. "Aye, this way." He said as he lifted the buckets and marched on with a tune so familiar back towards the temple.
It was considerably later in the day when they reached the Temple, but sun or not there was still enthusiasm and vigour if not too much actual energy left in the lad. As they got closer to the temple he would somewhat jovially half-sing and half-shout "Ohh master! We're back with this wonderful water! Where shall we store it?"
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