Apr 18, 2023 15:47:06 GMT -5
Post by Terra on Apr 18, 2023 15:47:06 GMT -5
"Grampy Roshi! Grampy Roshi!" Terra cried, rushing onto the beach! "I baaaack!" The turtle-hermit poked his head out from his island abode. A small smile could be seen poking out from the edges of his ancient, snow-white beard.
"Oh. Terra. It's been a while and... what's this you're wearing...?" The ancient hermit lifted up his glasses, two squinted eyes looking over the little majin's sweater than hung off her form! Terra's eyes followed Roshi's right down to the heart on her chest and she giggled, flapping her over-long sleeves in giddy, childlike excitement!
"Oh! OH! Mr. Popo made me this! It REALLY HEAVY!" Roshi's gaze then flicked down to the Majin's feet. Indeed, he could already see them starting to sink into the sand!
"...Did he...?" Roshi mused, a bony hand raising up to stroke his beard. In all the time he had known and known OFF the djinn, he had never seen Mr. Popo show more than traces of emotion in his range. While he was certain the attendant was capable of it, he'd never demonstrated such... courteousness to his guests beyond Kami, whom he was sworn to guide, advise, and protect! ...Odd for him to change after all this time. "Well, Come and take it off for now, little one... I have a substitute for you that will help you when you're training." Roshi hobbled back into the house, Terra quickly... and with difficulty, PULLING the sweater over her head and folding it up in her arms, revealing her Turtle-School Gi! WOW was it so much heavier when she was holding it in her arms! Terra had almost forgotten! Hopping up to the edge of the house, Terra would set her sweater down just as Roshi came back with a tiny turtle hell in his hands! Why, it looked just small enough to fit the body of Terra!
"Here. Try this on." The old man encouraged, holding the shell out to the majin! Curiously, Terra would slip her arms through the rope straps of the shell, Roshi holding it up for her as she did so! "Okay, I'm about to let go." Roshi warned... before suddenly stepping back! Terra YELPED as the sudden weight and pull of the shell YANKED her on her back! Terra was left squirming and writhing on her back as the weightest shell pinned her in place, arms and legs failing in a desperate bid to get a grip! Roshi couldn't help but smirk at the little girl's struggle, reminding him of some of his earliest students first struggling with the shell... His smirk then fell right off his face as Terra ROLLED right up to her feet, patting the dust and loose sand off her legs and rear! ...Huh... Impressive. That was probably one of his heavier shells...
"Okay, Grampy! I ready to train with you!" Terra declared, THRUSTING a fist into the air! Roshi... slowly nodded. Yes. Yes, it seemed that was so.
"Okay, settle down young one, and pay attention." Roshi groused, waddling over to the edge of the island. "You've shown remarkable resilience in the face of your training and have picked up on the fundamentals of the Turtle Style quite well. That is why I am going to teach you my signature attack: The Kamehameha!" Roshi added a bit of flare to his technique's name, trying to add a spark of showmanship to his revelation! ...Terra only looked at him oddly, touching her chin as she slowly translated the technique's name in her head!
"Turtle-boom-boom-beam...?" Terra mumbled, tilting her head to the side! "That name silly!"
"Turtle Destruction Wave!" Roshi SHOUTED, embarrassed! He would NEVER get used to how kids ALWAYS broke things down to their most basic, non-threatening components! Terra only laughed harder at the old master as he fumed... but even Roshi couldn't keep his fury ablaze in front of such innocent sunshine! Eventually, the old hermit would bring a fist up to his mouth and coughed into it, clearing his throat and ending the moment. "...Anyway, I'm sure the effect will earn more respect than it's name... Come." He waved a hand to Terra, coaxing her near his hip as he turned towards the coast. "Stand behind me and watch." Terra nodded, her curious red eyes watching the old man!
"Ka... Me..." Roshi bellowed, raising his hands up into the air, slowly rotating down into a cupped position by his side!
"Ha... Me..." Terra YELPED in surprise as a ball of FIERCE blue energy coagulated in the hermit's palm sheening out between his fingers through its sheer, fearsome power!
"HAAAAAAA!" Roshi SCREAMED as he THREW his hands forward! A MASSIVE BLUE BEAM of ki ERUPTED from his palms, FLYING OUT OVER THE OCEAN SO FAST, IT SPLIT A CHASM OF WATER THROUGH THE DEEP, CALM SURFACE TERRA COULDN'T EVEN SEE WHERE THE BOTTOM OF IT WAS! "...And that's how you do it." Roshi grinned, turning to Terra! The majin stared out over the ocean, just now seeing the water starting to fall back in upon itself, then up at Roshi who stared at her smugly!
"...Woh... You so cool, grampy!" Terra exclaimed, BOTH her fists shooting up over her head! Roshi sniffed and smirked with pride! He would then turn his back to the little girl, looking up towards the sky as if basking the prestige of his creation.
"Yes, well... It took me over fifty years to develop this technique and another ten to master it... Normally, I'd warn you it'd take about the same but..."
"HAAAAAAA!"
Roshi SNAPPED around and his eyes nearly BURST out from behind his glasses! Terra was facing the ocean, a small chasm of her own ARCHING over the water! He even caught sight of the butt of her blue kamehameha-repilicant disappearing into the sky! He blinked, his jaw dropping as Terra CHEERED with pride!
"GRAMPY! GRAMPY! DID YOU SEEEE!? I DID IT!"
"N-nonesense!" Roshi spat quickly, all too eager to protect his pride! "Uh... You may have copied it, made that blast LOOK like mine, but it lacks any of the power! Its of no use at all!" Terra's smile fell... then contorted into a thoughtful frown.
"Oh... You teach me then...?" Terra asked!
"Of... Of course! Now, repeat after me!" Roshi declared, shifting back into his stance! Terra mirrored him eagerly! "...Geez... She reminds me so much of that monkey-boy..."
EXIT!
WC: 1062
First week complete!
"Oh. Terra. It's been a while and... what's this you're wearing...?" The ancient hermit lifted up his glasses, two squinted eyes looking over the little majin's sweater than hung off her form! Terra's eyes followed Roshi's right down to the heart on her chest and she giggled, flapping her over-long sleeves in giddy, childlike excitement!
"Oh! OH! Mr. Popo made me this! It REALLY HEAVY!" Roshi's gaze then flicked down to the Majin's feet. Indeed, he could already see them starting to sink into the sand!
"...Did he...?" Roshi mused, a bony hand raising up to stroke his beard. In all the time he had known and known OFF the djinn, he had never seen Mr. Popo show more than traces of emotion in his range. While he was certain the attendant was capable of it, he'd never demonstrated such... courteousness to his guests beyond Kami, whom he was sworn to guide, advise, and protect! ...Odd for him to change after all this time. "Well, Come and take it off for now, little one... I have a substitute for you that will help you when you're training." Roshi hobbled back into the house, Terra quickly... and with difficulty, PULLING the sweater over her head and folding it up in her arms, revealing her Turtle-School Gi! WOW was it so much heavier when she was holding it in her arms! Terra had almost forgotten! Hopping up to the edge of the house, Terra would set her sweater down just as Roshi came back with a tiny turtle hell in his hands! Why, it looked just small enough to fit the body of Terra!
"Here. Try this on." The old man encouraged, holding the shell out to the majin! Curiously, Terra would slip her arms through the rope straps of the shell, Roshi holding it up for her as she did so! "Okay, I'm about to let go." Roshi warned... before suddenly stepping back! Terra YELPED as the sudden weight and pull of the shell YANKED her on her back! Terra was left squirming and writhing on her back as the weightest shell pinned her in place, arms and legs failing in a desperate bid to get a grip! Roshi couldn't help but smirk at the little girl's struggle, reminding him of some of his earliest students first struggling with the shell... His smirk then fell right off his face as Terra ROLLED right up to her feet, patting the dust and loose sand off her legs and rear! ...Huh... Impressive. That was probably one of his heavier shells...
"Okay, Grampy! I ready to train with you!" Terra declared, THRUSTING a fist into the air! Roshi... slowly nodded. Yes. Yes, it seemed that was so.
"Okay, settle down young one, and pay attention." Roshi groused, waddling over to the edge of the island. "You've shown remarkable resilience in the face of your training and have picked up on the fundamentals of the Turtle Style quite well. That is why I am going to teach you my signature attack: The Kamehameha!" Roshi added a bit of flare to his technique's name, trying to add a spark of showmanship to his revelation! ...Terra only looked at him oddly, touching her chin as she slowly translated the technique's name in her head!
"Turtle-boom-boom-beam...?" Terra mumbled, tilting her head to the side! "That name silly!"
"Turtle Destruction Wave!" Roshi SHOUTED, embarrassed! He would NEVER get used to how kids ALWAYS broke things down to their most basic, non-threatening components! Terra only laughed harder at the old master as he fumed... but even Roshi couldn't keep his fury ablaze in front of such innocent sunshine! Eventually, the old hermit would bring a fist up to his mouth and coughed into it, clearing his throat and ending the moment. "...Anyway, I'm sure the effect will earn more respect than it's name... Come." He waved a hand to Terra, coaxing her near his hip as he turned towards the coast. "Stand behind me and watch." Terra nodded, her curious red eyes watching the old man!
"Ka... Me..." Roshi bellowed, raising his hands up into the air, slowly rotating down into a cupped position by his side!
"Ha... Me..." Terra YELPED in surprise as a ball of FIERCE blue energy coagulated in the hermit's palm sheening out between his fingers through its sheer, fearsome power!
"HAAAAAAA!" Roshi SCREAMED as he THREW his hands forward! A MASSIVE BLUE BEAM of ki ERUPTED from his palms, FLYING OUT OVER THE OCEAN SO FAST, IT SPLIT A CHASM OF WATER THROUGH THE DEEP, CALM SURFACE TERRA COULDN'T EVEN SEE WHERE THE BOTTOM OF IT WAS! "...And that's how you do it." Roshi grinned, turning to Terra! The majin stared out over the ocean, just now seeing the water starting to fall back in upon itself, then up at Roshi who stared at her smugly!
"...Woh... You so cool, grampy!" Terra exclaimed, BOTH her fists shooting up over her head! Roshi sniffed and smirked with pride! He would then turn his back to the little girl, looking up towards the sky as if basking the prestige of his creation.
"Yes, well... It took me over fifty years to develop this technique and another ten to master it... Normally, I'd warn you it'd take about the same but..."
"HAAAAAAA!"
Roshi SNAPPED around and his eyes nearly BURST out from behind his glasses! Terra was facing the ocean, a small chasm of her own ARCHING over the water! He even caught sight of the butt of her blue kamehameha-repilicant disappearing into the sky! He blinked, his jaw dropping as Terra CHEERED with pride!
"GRAMPY! GRAMPY! DID YOU SEEEE!? I DID IT!"
"N-nonesense!" Roshi spat quickly, all too eager to protect his pride! "Uh... You may have copied it, made that blast LOOK like mine, but it lacks any of the power! Its of no use at all!" Terra's smile fell... then contorted into a thoughtful frown.
"Oh... You teach me then...?" Terra asked!
"Of... Of course! Now, repeat after me!" Roshi declared, shifting back into his stance! Terra mirrored him eagerly! "...Geez... She reminds me so much of that monkey-boy..."
EXIT!
WC: 1062
First week complete!
