Mar 16, 2023 14:30:00 GMT -5
Post by Terra on Mar 16, 2023 14:30:00 GMT -5
Terra hopped off the magical carpet, landing deftly upon the island shore!
"Thank you, Mr. Popo~!" Terra called, waving back toward the djinn! For a second, she could've sworn she saw the briefest hints of a smile flicker upon the edges of Popo's deep red lips before he disappeared once more. BOY, that thing was fast... ANYWAY! Terra looked over the island before her, taking particular interest in the BRIGHT PINK HOUSE situated right in the center! Honestly, she was surprised how she didn't recognize it IMMEDIATELY with how bright it was and how much space it took up! She saw something written on the side:
"Kaaaah....Meeeeeh... House..." She drawled, reading the name by syllable! "'Kame house...' Turtle house? That weird... It not shaped like turtle..." The majin would wander up the side of the building wandering around the whole thing, seemingly looking for something! From what her momma told her about this "Roh-shee" guy, he was supposed to be STRONG... REALLY STRONG... AND REALLY OLD! She said that HER master and Roshi go WAYYYY back, HUNDREDS of years even! For Terra, such a time-frame was almost completely IMPOSSIBLE to understand! She herself was only a couple weeks old! He must know a LOT. He must be really strong! He...
Terra blinked, the guttural choking wheeze of a deep-throated snore touching her ears! Rounding around to the back of the house, the little pink majin caught sight of a... very old and THIN man in a turtle-shell resting upon a beach-chair by the island-bank! Her eyes flicked to the shell he wore, strapped to his back, then to the man himself who let out another gutteral snore! Was this... Roshi...? Terra had been expecting some SUPER master, someone training maybe someone in a gi with a BIG LONG BEARD punching holes in the oceans or something! This guy... He was wearing a Hawaiian flower-shirt with cargo-pants and sandals, almost comically-sized sunglasses covering his eyes! He was as thin as a rail and OLDER than the sand he slept over... and did she mention he snored like a motor-boat yet...? Terra scratched her head... confused. Mr. Popo had said he lived alone here for the most part so... This... was the guy...
...And Terra tried EVERYTHING to wake Roshi up. She splashed water in his face, drizzled sand on the tip of his nose, even shook his chair hard enough to make it look like a magnitude 9 earthquake was going off right under him! ...Nothing. In fact, she was SURE he was starting to snore louder! Steam HISSED out of Terra's arm-holes as she puffed her cheeks in frustration! She was gonna wake up this old guy if it was the last thing she did! Leaning in close to his ear, Terra would take in a deep breath... AN SCREAM AS LOUD A SHE COULD! Her voice ERUPTED across the land like a volcanic eruption, even the tide seeming to REVERSE as sheer STRENGTH of her yell! IMMEDIATELY, the old man FLAILED awake like a fish out of water, YELPING in shock as he fell RIGHT OUT OF HIS CHAIR, it almost snapping shut on him in the process!
"WHAT THE... WHO THE..." The man stammered... before looking up and seeing a very impatient majin puffing her cheeks at him! He furrowed his brow, digging into the ear Terra had assaulted with his pinky. "You have quite a pair of lungs on you, young lady... Didn't your mother ever teach you to respect your elders...?"
"She did! Auntie too!" Terra proclaimed! "...But you not wake up! I try everything! You sleep harder than rock!"
"Have you ever considered letting an old man catch his beauty sleep...?" Roshi responded dryly... before narrowing his eyes. "Wait a minute... how did you even get to my island, kid? I don't see a boat around..."
"Oh! Mr. Popo brought me on his rug! It really fast!" At that, Roshi's brow furrowed further... THEN ROSE in recognition!
"That's right! Dende called ahead and said he was sending someone. That must be you. Terra right?" At the sound of her name, Terra's mood brightened immediately.
"Yeah! That my name!" Terra confirmed, placing a hand on her chest. "I Terra! You Roshi!" She pointed at the old man.
"I am the Turtle Hermit, Muton Roshi, yes. And that would make you... my new pupil." He grinned a small, near-toothless smile. Terra smiled back! "Now, normally I would have a test prepared to see if you have the gumption to handle my training... but since you come recommended from on-high, I think we can skip the preliminaries." Roshi, folding his arms over his shelled-back, began hobbling his way toward the house."
"Pre...lim...in..air...ees?" Terra questioned, following closely. "...On-high...?"
"...It seems to me like we'll need to focus on your education as much as your fighting, little one." Roshi noted before stepping inside. "Wait out here. I have something for you."
"Have something...? Like gift!?" Terra asked, excited! Roshi smiled.
"You could call it that, sure. Give me a moment." Terra would bob UP and DOWN excitedly, eager to see what her new teacher had for her! When Roshi returned, he came back with a small, almost perfectly-sized orange gi with the turtle-symbol on the back! He handed it to Terra and she stared at it in AWE, holding it up to herself as if to judge its fit!
"I kept a couple of these around since some of my first students. They were quite small, much like yourself!" Roshi chuckled. Terra looked up at him, her eyes glistening with tears of joy, her lips curled back in the widest grin!
"I can try on?" She asked. Roshi nodded.
"I expect you to. From this moment on, you are a student of the Turtle School. I expect you to wear it for as long as you train under me. Head inside. Bathroom is the first door on your right."
"YES SIR!" Terra saluted before rushing on inside. The old man couldn't help but chuckle.
"Her energy..." Roshi chuckled, shaking his head. "It reminds me a lot of..." An image of a young boy with a monkey-tail flashed across Roshi's mind, that and a small bald boy with no nose training alongside him. The old man would sigh... before looking up towards the sky and shaking his fist. "...But seriously, Dende... You couldn't have sent someone older...?
EXIT
TWC: 1074
"Thank you, Mr. Popo~!" Terra called, waving back toward the djinn! For a second, she could've sworn she saw the briefest hints of a smile flicker upon the edges of Popo's deep red lips before he disappeared once more. BOY, that thing was fast... ANYWAY! Terra looked over the island before her, taking particular interest in the BRIGHT PINK HOUSE situated right in the center! Honestly, she was surprised how she didn't recognize it IMMEDIATELY with how bright it was and how much space it took up! She saw something written on the side:
"Kaaaah....Meeeeeh... House..." She drawled, reading the name by syllable! "'Kame house...' Turtle house? That weird... It not shaped like turtle..." The majin would wander up the side of the building wandering around the whole thing, seemingly looking for something! From what her momma told her about this "Roh-shee" guy, he was supposed to be STRONG... REALLY STRONG... AND REALLY OLD! She said that HER master and Roshi go WAYYYY back, HUNDREDS of years even! For Terra, such a time-frame was almost completely IMPOSSIBLE to understand! She herself was only a couple weeks old! He must know a LOT. He must be really strong! He...
Terra blinked, the guttural choking wheeze of a deep-throated snore touching her ears! Rounding around to the back of the house, the little pink majin caught sight of a... very old and THIN man in a turtle-shell resting upon a beach-chair by the island-bank! Her eyes flicked to the shell he wore, strapped to his back, then to the man himself who let out another gutteral snore! Was this... Roshi...? Terra had been expecting some SUPER master, someone training maybe someone in a gi with a BIG LONG BEARD punching holes in the oceans or something! This guy... He was wearing a Hawaiian flower-shirt with cargo-pants and sandals, almost comically-sized sunglasses covering his eyes! He was as thin as a rail and OLDER than the sand he slept over... and did she mention he snored like a motor-boat yet...? Terra scratched her head... confused. Mr. Popo had said he lived alone here for the most part so... This... was the guy...
...And Terra tried EVERYTHING to wake Roshi up. She splashed water in his face, drizzled sand on the tip of his nose, even shook his chair hard enough to make it look like a magnitude 9 earthquake was going off right under him! ...Nothing. In fact, she was SURE he was starting to snore louder! Steam HISSED out of Terra's arm-holes as she puffed her cheeks in frustration! She was gonna wake up this old guy if it was the last thing she did! Leaning in close to his ear, Terra would take in a deep breath... AN SCREAM AS LOUD A SHE COULD! Her voice ERUPTED across the land like a volcanic eruption, even the tide seeming to REVERSE as sheer STRENGTH of her yell! IMMEDIATELY, the old man FLAILED awake like a fish out of water, YELPING in shock as he fell RIGHT OUT OF HIS CHAIR, it almost snapping shut on him in the process!
"WHAT THE... WHO THE..." The man stammered... before looking up and seeing a very impatient majin puffing her cheeks at him! He furrowed his brow, digging into the ear Terra had assaulted with his pinky. "You have quite a pair of lungs on you, young lady... Didn't your mother ever teach you to respect your elders...?"
"She did! Auntie too!" Terra proclaimed! "...But you not wake up! I try everything! You sleep harder than rock!"
"Have you ever considered letting an old man catch his beauty sleep...?" Roshi responded dryly... before narrowing his eyes. "Wait a minute... how did you even get to my island, kid? I don't see a boat around..."
"Oh! Mr. Popo brought me on his rug! It really fast!" At that, Roshi's brow furrowed further... THEN ROSE in recognition!
"That's right! Dende called ahead and said he was sending someone. That must be you. Terra right?" At the sound of her name, Terra's mood brightened immediately.
"Yeah! That my name!" Terra confirmed, placing a hand on her chest. "I Terra! You Roshi!" She pointed at the old man.
"I am the Turtle Hermit, Muton Roshi, yes. And that would make you... my new pupil." He grinned a small, near-toothless smile. Terra smiled back! "Now, normally I would have a test prepared to see if you have the gumption to handle my training... but since you come recommended from on-high, I think we can skip the preliminaries." Roshi, folding his arms over his shelled-back, began hobbling his way toward the house."
"Pre...lim...in..air...ees?" Terra questioned, following closely. "...On-high...?"
"...It seems to me like we'll need to focus on your education as much as your fighting, little one." Roshi noted before stepping inside. "Wait out here. I have something for you."
"Have something...? Like gift!?" Terra asked, excited! Roshi smiled.
"You could call it that, sure. Give me a moment." Terra would bob UP and DOWN excitedly, eager to see what her new teacher had for her! When Roshi returned, he came back with a small, almost perfectly-sized orange gi with the turtle-symbol on the back! He handed it to Terra and she stared at it in AWE, holding it up to herself as if to judge its fit!
"I kept a couple of these around since some of my first students. They were quite small, much like yourself!" Roshi chuckled. Terra looked up at him, her eyes glistening with tears of joy, her lips curled back in the widest grin!
"I can try on?" She asked. Roshi nodded.
"I expect you to. From this moment on, you are a student of the Turtle School. I expect you to wear it for as long as you train under me. Head inside. Bathroom is the first door on your right."
"YES SIR!" Terra saluted before rushing on inside. The old man couldn't help but chuckle.
"Her energy..." Roshi chuckled, shaking his head. "It reminds me a lot of..." An image of a young boy with a monkey-tail flashed across Roshi's mind, that and a small bald boy with no nose training alongside him. The old man would sigh... before looking up towards the sky and shaking his fist. "...But seriously, Dende... You couldn't have sent someone older...?
EXIT
TWC: 1074
