Post by Alexykai on Jun 5, 2016 1:01:41 GMT -5
(TTP)
Kai sat quietly at home, peering out the window. In her hand, a pair of reiatsu orbs spun around each other. She had been practicing just moving them in her hand, for now, and she’d gotten good enough that she didn’t have to watch them spin around to be able to pay attention to their movements. They slowed to a stop, and then started interacting with each other, bouncing off each other and rolling around as if they were two people sparring together. She looked down at her palm and smiled, slowly flipping it over. One of the little orbs fell off, and she frowned, but the other orb clung to her scarred flesh, wobbling only a little as she held it there.
Slowly, the orb grew under her palm. Lemon-sized, orange-sized, grapefruit-sized, coconut-sized, and then as it tried to grow toward cantaloupe size, it pulled away from her palm, starting to fall to the floor. She flicked her gaze to the orb and it seemed to catch itself, hovering a few inches below her palm, wavering like a grape bouncing in a glass of champagne. Up...down. And back up. She scowled at it and focused more on it, and the bouncing slowed and almost stopped. As she pushed more of her attention into it, however, it broke apart and dissipated into thin air. Kai growled and sat back in her seat, staring angrily up at the ceiling.
Later that night, Kai laid in bed, staring up at the ceiling again. She was thinking about Beary, and Tima, and all the training. That had been a few days ago. She’d been practicing the entire time, just with reiatsu orbs. She hadn’t been confident enough to try working with Beary, though she knew how to release him. She wasn’t sure how she knew. Maybe Valmont had taught her once and she’d kept it in her subconscious all this time. Leave it to her memory to work that way. She looked to the window. It was well into the night, and all of the village lights were off. Kai got up, got dressed, and headed to the shore.
She stood on the rocky shore for a few quiet moments, head up as she enjoyed the cool, damp wind rustling her short hair. She glanced around, partly to see if any night fishermen or climbers were around, and partially with the subtle hope that Tima would be around. Though as she realized she was hoping, her heart turned cold with anxiety, and she shifted backward as if to step away from that hope. Hope was a bad thing. Hope never worked out. And anyway, that was a stranger who wanted to touch her roughly. She knew what that was like, all too well, and she thought she should never hope to see someone who had even jokingly threatened that.
Kai took Beary out of her pocket, kissed his head on the spot where the fur was permanently tamped down from her lips, and bent to set him down. She whispered softly to him, “Zeige Dich,” and he began to grow as he had the other day. Up, up, and up, until he was almost twice her height. She smiled up at him, and he kind of smiled back. And then he spoke. “Hello, Kai. Need something?” Kai stumbled backward as the plush spoke, and she stared wide-eyed at him. She thought he’d be silent. She wasn’t sure why she might think that. Well. He was a plush. Of course he should be silent.
“Uh. Hi. I -...am really sorry. I don’t know a dang thing. So -...You might have to kinda teach me as we go. I mean. If you know anything. Do you know anything? Maybe you only know what I know. Shit -...I’m sorry.” She wrinkled her nose, shutting herself up. Her weight shifted from one foot to the other, rocks clacking and grinding under her feet. An awkward silence followed for a moment, and then she grinned at him. “Right, sorry. I mean -...Sorry, I keep apologizing. Sorry. Heh -. I did grow up in Canada. Ah -...Bad joke. S-. Anyway. Hi. I - Yes. Hi.”
Beary lowered himself into a crouch, and then plopped his butt on the somewhat damp stones so that he could look her in the eyes. His arms opened up in an offered hug, which Kai immediately took, crawling into his lap and cuddling up against him. Man, he was warm. She pondered for a second, and then playfully punched him in the belly. Squeak-y. Kai giggled like a child, and wrapped her arms around him. Anyone looking on would see the childish need for affection in the gesture, as her face buried itself in his fur and she squeezed him hard. Squeak-y. And she giggled again.
Kai sat quietly in Beary’s lap as she resumed working with her reiatsu orbs. The air was nice, and having something comfy to sit on was good too. As well as the wind block and the warmth. She yo-yo'd her orbs around for an hour or two, until she got too frustrated with them and was just throwing them on the ground. As Beary shifted, her attention snapped up to him. Oh. She’d forgotten about him. She stared at him for a moment, and then scooted out of his lap. “Right. Sorry. Again. Ok, so -...Stand up then. Let’s see you.” The plush lumbered to his feet, and Kai made a circle around him, studying him. Same plush, just bigger and with shields poking out of his arms.
Kai tilted her head as she stood in front of Beary again, and he tilted his head. “What shall we do?” Kai smiled and put a finger to her lips in thought. “What can you do?” He stood still for a moment, and then shifted to hug Kai to himself again, and a dome of energy formed over himself and her. She looked up at it, mouth hanging open a bit, and then she nodded. “And things can’t get through there?” Beary nodded, and Kai wriggled free, breaking out of the barrier as soon as she was out of his arms. He started to open his arms again, but she shook her head, putting a hand up to stop him. After a moment of consideration, she hucked one of her orbs at the barrier, and the orb burst, fizzling into the air. The shield wavered colorfully, and then Beary let it down.
Kai and Beary sat out on the shore the entire night, testing his shields and her orbs, and as the sun peeked over the edge of the horizon, Kai sat quietly in Beary’s lap, staring over the ocean, toward the mainland. She was tired, but not exhausted. Well, she was a bit exhausted - it was a bit past her bedtime. She could afford to stay up so late, though, once in a while. Finally, as the boats drifted out onto the water nearby, Kai stood up. Beary shrank down again, and Kai picked him up to tuck him into her pocket as she wandered tiredly homeward. She sank into her bed when she got there, and she dreamed of supernovas and nebulae.
Kai sat quietly at home, peering out the window. In her hand, a pair of reiatsu orbs spun around each other. She had been practicing just moving them in her hand, for now, and she’d gotten good enough that she didn’t have to watch them spin around to be able to pay attention to their movements. They slowed to a stop, and then started interacting with each other, bouncing off each other and rolling around as if they were two people sparring together. She looked down at her palm and smiled, slowly flipping it over. One of the little orbs fell off, and she frowned, but the other orb clung to her scarred flesh, wobbling only a little as she held it there.
Slowly, the orb grew under her palm. Lemon-sized, orange-sized, grapefruit-sized, coconut-sized, and then as it tried to grow toward cantaloupe size, it pulled away from her palm, starting to fall to the floor. She flicked her gaze to the orb and it seemed to catch itself, hovering a few inches below her palm, wavering like a grape bouncing in a glass of champagne. Up...down. And back up. She scowled at it and focused more on it, and the bouncing slowed and almost stopped. As she pushed more of her attention into it, however, it broke apart and dissipated into thin air. Kai growled and sat back in her seat, staring angrily up at the ceiling.
Later that night, Kai laid in bed, staring up at the ceiling again. She was thinking about Beary, and Tima, and all the training. That had been a few days ago. She’d been practicing the entire time, just with reiatsu orbs. She hadn’t been confident enough to try working with Beary, though she knew how to release him. She wasn’t sure how she knew. Maybe Valmont had taught her once and she’d kept it in her subconscious all this time. Leave it to her memory to work that way. She looked to the window. It was well into the night, and all of the village lights were off. Kai got up, got dressed, and headed to the shore.
She stood on the rocky shore for a few quiet moments, head up as she enjoyed the cool, damp wind rustling her short hair. She glanced around, partly to see if any night fishermen or climbers were around, and partially with the subtle hope that Tima would be around. Though as she realized she was hoping, her heart turned cold with anxiety, and she shifted backward as if to step away from that hope. Hope was a bad thing. Hope never worked out. And anyway, that was a stranger who wanted to touch her roughly. She knew what that was like, all too well, and she thought she should never hope to see someone who had even jokingly threatened that.
Kai took Beary out of her pocket, kissed his head on the spot where the fur was permanently tamped down from her lips, and bent to set him down. She whispered softly to him, “Zeige Dich,” and he began to grow as he had the other day. Up, up, and up, until he was almost twice her height. She smiled up at him, and he kind of smiled back. And then he spoke. “Hello, Kai. Need something?” Kai stumbled backward as the plush spoke, and she stared wide-eyed at him. She thought he’d be silent. She wasn’t sure why she might think that. Well. He was a plush. Of course he should be silent.
“Uh. Hi. I -...am really sorry. I don’t know a dang thing. So -...You might have to kinda teach me as we go. I mean. If you know anything. Do you know anything? Maybe you only know what I know. Shit -...I’m sorry.” She wrinkled her nose, shutting herself up. Her weight shifted from one foot to the other, rocks clacking and grinding under her feet. An awkward silence followed for a moment, and then she grinned at him. “Right, sorry. I mean -...Sorry, I keep apologizing. Sorry. Heh -. I did grow up in Canada. Ah -...Bad joke. S-. Anyway. Hi. I - Yes. Hi.”
Beary lowered himself into a crouch, and then plopped his butt on the somewhat damp stones so that he could look her in the eyes. His arms opened up in an offered hug, which Kai immediately took, crawling into his lap and cuddling up against him. Man, he was warm. She pondered for a second, and then playfully punched him in the belly. Squeak-y. Kai giggled like a child, and wrapped her arms around him. Anyone looking on would see the childish need for affection in the gesture, as her face buried itself in his fur and she squeezed him hard. Squeak-y. And she giggled again.
Kai sat quietly in Beary’s lap as she resumed working with her reiatsu orbs. The air was nice, and having something comfy to sit on was good too. As well as the wind block and the warmth. She yo-yo'd her orbs around for an hour or two, until she got too frustrated with them and was just throwing them on the ground. As Beary shifted, her attention snapped up to him. Oh. She’d forgotten about him. She stared at him for a moment, and then scooted out of his lap. “Right. Sorry. Again. Ok, so -...Stand up then. Let’s see you.” The plush lumbered to his feet, and Kai made a circle around him, studying him. Same plush, just bigger and with shields poking out of his arms.
Kai tilted her head as she stood in front of Beary again, and he tilted his head. “What shall we do?” Kai smiled and put a finger to her lips in thought. “What can you do?” He stood still for a moment, and then shifted to hug Kai to himself again, and a dome of energy formed over himself and her. She looked up at it, mouth hanging open a bit, and then she nodded. “And things can’t get through there?” Beary nodded, and Kai wriggled free, breaking out of the barrier as soon as she was out of his arms. He started to open his arms again, but she shook her head, putting a hand up to stop him. After a moment of consideration, she hucked one of her orbs at the barrier, and the orb burst, fizzling into the air. The shield wavered colorfully, and then Beary let it down.
Kai and Beary sat out on the shore the entire night, testing his shields and her orbs, and as the sun peeked over the edge of the horizon, Kai sat quietly in Beary’s lap, staring over the ocean, toward the mainland. She was tired, but not exhausted. Well, she was a bit exhausted - it was a bit past her bedtime. She could afford to stay up so late, though, once in a while. Finally, as the boats drifted out onto the water nearby, Kai stood up. Beary shrank down again, and Kai picked him up to tuck him into her pocket as she wandered tiredly homeward. She sank into her bed when she got there, and she dreamed of supernovas and nebulae.
