May 8, 2023 17:34:44 GMT -5
Post by Terra on May 8, 2023 17:34:44 GMT -5
PL: 6403 (Super Heavy Weights on)
"AH! Grampy Roshi!" Terra called, hopping off Popo's carpet and onto the island! This time, the old man had been waiting for her!
"Ah, Terra. It has been some time... I expect you have been keeping up with your training...?" The old man eyed her up and down thoughtfully! Just like before, he observed how she wore her turtle-gi, carefully taken care of and clean, but not necessarily unused. A martial arts master such as he was able to notice the little details in her attire, the tiny tears along the edges that showed she had been using it frequently. Terra would confirm his observations with an eager nod!
"Yeah! YEAH! I have, I have! Do Kamehameha every day for as long as I can! Make BIIIIIG beams in the sky! Wanna show you! Wanna show you I can do it!" The sparkle in Terra's eye caught the attention of the old man and he couldn't help but smile. Normally, he would've been somewhat put off by people of this temperament. Excitable people often lost interest in what they were doing just as quickly as they achieved their interest in the first place and, when it came to training, that was something Roshi simply couldn't afford! In his early days, he had made the mistake of training whoever would take him, believing that the more people knew how to fight, who learned what his master Mutitio had taught him and what he had created in turn, the more people would be around for the greater good! ...He had learned quickly how fast people tended to forget the purpose of what they were doing, how many people truly appreciated what martial arts meant to the soul as well as body! ...That was to say quickly and none, respectively.
...Terra, was different, however. She spoke with such honesty, such conviction, it was hard to not believe her. ...Almost as hard as it was to believe she had mastered a technique it took him, the creator, fifty years to master! Boy... The world was full of prodigies now. Still, the old master only nodded, gesturing with a finger for the young girl to follow him, Terra happily bounding along after! When it came down to it, the technique was really simple! She had seen other poeple use moves like this before, gathering energy into their palms and firing a beam out of it!
"The reeeeeal hard part..." Terra continued as they walked around the island. "...Was making energy nice and comfy in both hands! Wanna make two different energy-balls in each hand but you can make one, actually!"
Yeah. I thought that too... Roshi internally grumbled... He remembered the days where he was considered an honored master, untouchable when compared to what most people considered "warriors." He participated in many tournaments, fought many people and each time, it was no contest: Most of humanity (Or those wacky space soldiers) really stood no chance to a seasoned-ol' master like him... Now there were children outpacing him at every turn! Why, it was downright ridiculous! If he was gonna keep calling himself a master and keep up with even the youngsters of this day and age, he was going to have to pick up his training. Significantly!
The old master would grunt in response to Terra's observation before bringing them both around to the other side of the island, this side overlooking a VAST ocean before them!
"Alright." Roshi declared, clapping his hands together! "I want you to fire your most POWERFUL Kamehameha wave, Terra... Show me the best you can do. If I'm satisfied, I think I'll safely declare that you've mastered it. Sound good?"
"Yeah!" Terra declared, pumping her fist over her head! "I do! I make you proud, grampy!"
"Oh, and enough of this 'grampy' business..." Roshi groused, taking a few steps back from his student. "I'm not that old." Terra looked at him oddly, confused by his statement...
"...But you look old though..." Terra mumbled, afraid of offending the old master! AND OFFENDED HE WAS!
"JUST FIRE THE DARN BEAM, ALREADY!" Roshi snapped, SCARING Terra into compliance! She quickly whirled around to face the ocean, dropping down into the proper pose... And proper was right. Her stance was solid. Her feet were planted firmly within the sand, her arms were pulled back, cupping an invisible ball, her face was aimed straight ahead with her eyes locking onto a target... She got good marks so far...
"Kaaaaaaaaaaaa....." Terra rumbled. Roshi blinked, feeling the little girl's power SKYROCKET! "...Meeeeeeeee.... Haaaaaaaaaa.... Meeeeeeeeeee......." A light blue sphere of energy whirled to life between Terra's palms, light glinting out from between her fingers...
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" SUDDENLY, Terra THREW her hands forward, vertically, a massive energy wave ERUPTING over the ocean! With a ROAR, the beam would SPLIT the ocean in two before it several meters wide before Terra tilted her arms upwards, causing the beam to fly up into the sky! Roshi's jaw dropped, his eyes nearly bugging out through his glasses' lenses! Terra gasped, wiping the back of her hand across her forehead, pleased with herself... before whirling around to see her Master's face!
"Did I do it right!?" Terra exclaimed, bounding happily on the spot! "Did I, Gramp- I MEAN... Master Roshi?"
"Uh... Yeah...." Roshi uttered, still in shock! "Yeah... I... I think you did..."
WC: 896
Kamehameha mastered!
"AH! Grampy Roshi!" Terra called, hopping off Popo's carpet and onto the island! This time, the old man had been waiting for her!
"Ah, Terra. It has been some time... I expect you have been keeping up with your training...?" The old man eyed her up and down thoughtfully! Just like before, he observed how she wore her turtle-gi, carefully taken care of and clean, but not necessarily unused. A martial arts master such as he was able to notice the little details in her attire, the tiny tears along the edges that showed she had been using it frequently. Terra would confirm his observations with an eager nod!
"Yeah! YEAH! I have, I have! Do Kamehameha every day for as long as I can! Make BIIIIIG beams in the sky! Wanna show you! Wanna show you I can do it!" The sparkle in Terra's eye caught the attention of the old man and he couldn't help but smile. Normally, he would've been somewhat put off by people of this temperament. Excitable people often lost interest in what they were doing just as quickly as they achieved their interest in the first place and, when it came to training, that was something Roshi simply couldn't afford! In his early days, he had made the mistake of training whoever would take him, believing that the more people knew how to fight, who learned what his master Mutitio had taught him and what he had created in turn, the more people would be around for the greater good! ...He had learned quickly how fast people tended to forget the purpose of what they were doing, how many people truly appreciated what martial arts meant to the soul as well as body! ...That was to say quickly and none, respectively.
...Terra, was different, however. She spoke with such honesty, such conviction, it was hard to not believe her. ...Almost as hard as it was to believe she had mastered a technique it took him, the creator, fifty years to master! Boy... The world was full of prodigies now. Still, the old master only nodded, gesturing with a finger for the young girl to follow him, Terra happily bounding along after! When it came down to it, the technique was really simple! She had seen other poeple use moves like this before, gathering energy into their palms and firing a beam out of it!
"The reeeeeal hard part..." Terra continued as they walked around the island. "...Was making energy nice and comfy in both hands! Wanna make two different energy-balls in each hand but you can make one, actually!"
Yeah. I thought that too... Roshi internally grumbled... He remembered the days where he was considered an honored master, untouchable when compared to what most people considered "warriors." He participated in many tournaments, fought many people and each time, it was no contest: Most of humanity (Or those wacky space soldiers) really stood no chance to a seasoned-ol' master like him... Now there were children outpacing him at every turn! Why, it was downright ridiculous! If he was gonna keep calling himself a master and keep up with even the youngsters of this day and age, he was going to have to pick up his training. Significantly!
The old master would grunt in response to Terra's observation before bringing them both around to the other side of the island, this side overlooking a VAST ocean before them!
"Alright." Roshi declared, clapping his hands together! "I want you to fire your most POWERFUL Kamehameha wave, Terra... Show me the best you can do. If I'm satisfied, I think I'll safely declare that you've mastered it. Sound good?"
"Yeah!" Terra declared, pumping her fist over her head! "I do! I make you proud, grampy!"
"Oh, and enough of this 'grampy' business..." Roshi groused, taking a few steps back from his student. "I'm not that old." Terra looked at him oddly, confused by his statement...
"...But you look old though..." Terra mumbled, afraid of offending the old master! AND OFFENDED HE WAS!
"JUST FIRE THE DARN BEAM, ALREADY!" Roshi snapped, SCARING Terra into compliance! She quickly whirled around to face the ocean, dropping down into the proper pose... And proper was right. Her stance was solid. Her feet were planted firmly within the sand, her arms were pulled back, cupping an invisible ball, her face was aimed straight ahead with her eyes locking onto a target... She got good marks so far...
"Kaaaaaaaaaaaa....." Terra rumbled. Roshi blinked, feeling the little girl's power SKYROCKET! "...Meeeeeeeee.... Haaaaaaaaaa.... Meeeeeeeeeee......." A light blue sphere of energy whirled to life between Terra's palms, light glinting out from between her fingers...
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" SUDDENLY, Terra THREW her hands forward, vertically, a massive energy wave ERUPTING over the ocean! With a ROAR, the beam would SPLIT the ocean in two before it several meters wide before Terra tilted her arms upwards, causing the beam to fly up into the sky! Roshi's jaw dropped, his eyes nearly bugging out through his glasses' lenses! Terra gasped, wiping the back of her hand across her forehead, pleased with herself... before whirling around to see her Master's face!
"Did I do it right!?" Terra exclaimed, bounding happily on the spot! "Did I, Gramp- I MEAN... Master Roshi?"
"Uh... Yeah...." Roshi uttered, still in shock! "Yeah... I... I think you did..."
WC: 896
Kamehameha mastered!
