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 Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 11:02 am
xxxxxxxxxxJack BlackBurn
LEAVE NO WORDS UNSPOKEN...
SAVE REGRETS FOR THE BROKEN,
TAKE IT FROM ME, LIVE LIFE FOR YOURSELF...
CAUSE IN THE END YOU DON'T NEED ANYONE ELSE
KEEP YOUR HOPES UP HIGH
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Jack drew the bow in a rather standard, but correct manner. It wasn't as if he hadn't used a bow before, he remembered how to use one correctly. Pulling the string back wasn't much of an issue, though what was an issue was that his subconscious mind was acutely bothered by the rather attractive teacher standing right next one. Wasn't necessarily very appreciative of the teach touching his stomach no matter what the intentions. Though at least his muscles tightened out of reflex. He looked around and found a target on the wall, a strategically placed bullseye, lined up the shot and let loose the arrow. It hit the target, but only on the edge, far away from where the bullseye was.
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"All I want is a place to call my own, to mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone."
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:05 pm
Razual watched her student fire the arrow and was mildly impressed. Most didn't even hit the corner of the target one their first shot, but Jack had. He still had a long way to go however. She handed him another arrow.
"Again," she said simply.
She had him keep practicing until he could hit the bull's eye easily. Then she increased the distance and had him keep shooting.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:14 am
xxxxxxxxxxJack BlackBurn
LEAVE NO WORDS UNSPOKEN...
SAVE REGRETS FOR THE BROKEN,
TAKE IT FROM ME, LIVE LIFE FOR YOURSELF...
CAUSE IN THE END YOU DON'T NEED ANYONE ELSE
KEEP YOUR HOPES UP HIGH
KEEP YOUR HEADS DOWN LOW ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
Jack was good at fixing mistakes, and so he did, but his main issue was that no matter what his corrections, no matter how hard he tried, he had never hit a bulls eye with an arrow, not even once in his life. It was like the bulls eye had some kind of invisible force field around it, making sure to alter the path of the arrow to where it would never ever hit the bullseye. Still, he wouldn't give up unless he was told to. So drawing another arrow, Jack strung it, lined up his shot, made the corrections, and let loose the arrow. It was a close, but not quite on point. It did hit the target but it didn't hit the bullseye. The arrow was somewhere stuck between the edge and the bullseye. At least it was closer.
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"All I want is a place to call my own, to mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone."
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:14 pm
Razual frowned. This kid's aim sucked. So Jack's teacher came around behind him and helped him hold the bow and arrow. Then she helped him aim so that the arrow would hit the bull's eye.
"Remember this postion and the feeling. You'll hit the bull's eye everytime if you can find this," she said. She let go of the string and the arrow hit the center of the bull's eye.
Razual stepped away. "Now do that with out me holding your hand," she said. She put her hands on her hips.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 4:26 pm
xxxxxxxxxxJack BlackBurn
LEAVE NO WORDS UNSPOKEN...
SAVE REGRETS FOR THE BROKEN,
TAKE IT FROM ME, LIVE LIFE FOR YOURSELF...
CAUSE IN THE END YOU DON'T NEED ANYONE ELSE
KEEP YOUR HOPES UP HIGH
KEEP YOUR HEADS DOWN LOW ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
Holding his hand huh? This statement angered Jack. He needed no hand holding. He narrowed his eyes at Razual, clearly displaying his anger. Jack was never one to hide his emotions mostly because most of the time, he wore a sort of emotionless look on his face. He rarely let himself feel anything, it was just his personality. But despite this, something odd happened, after a few seconds of one stern look from Jack, Jack quickly pulled out an arrow, strung his bow and let it fly straight into the eye of the target. All this done out of anger. He walked up to make sure the arrow struck true, and he confirmed it did. He kept forgetting that despite his best efforts to keep his anger in check, he always had performed better under the weight of emotion. It's where many of his previous victories had come from, yet though it gave him results, he knew the weakness of being lost in rage, all logic flies out the window. As such this accomplishment didn't feel like a triumph, cause he knew, it wasn't Jack that hit the target, it was a side of himself best left locked away. The side containing the memories best left buried.
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"All I want is a place to call my own, to mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone."
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:30 pm
Razual noticed the anger in Jack's eyes before he made the shot. She sighed. She knew nothing of him. "That's enough for now. Go meditate. See if you can find a way to make the arrow fly true without anger," she said. She then walked to the small porch in front of her dojo and sat down cross legged. It would seem she would be doing the same.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:41 pm
xxxxxxxxxxJack BlackBurn
LEAVE NO WORDS UNSPOKEN...
SAVE REGRETS FOR THE BROKEN,
TAKE IT FROM ME, LIVE LIFE FOR YOURSELF...
CAUSE IN THE END YOU DON'T NEED ANYONE ELSE
KEEP YOUR HOPES UP HIGH
KEEP YOUR HEADS DOWN LOW ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
Meditate...Jack had his fair share of resting already. Sleep does not get him results unless it is for his Kinetic Weaponry training. And having him shoot arrows without anger is like asking a fly to move a house. Was all this really necessary? Maybe...maybe not. He would let the teacher decide after a show of a creative solution. Before the teacher turned around to face the other way, Jack summoned up a Kinetic Knife in his hand. It appeared in his right after a large amount of dark purple ki materialized and converged into a shape of a knife. Walking quite a few yards back, much further from his original shooting point, Jack threw the knife with poise, grace, and calmness...striking the target in the bullseye. He wasn't done yet though, as soon as it hit, he summoned up another knife and threw it immediately, twirling through the air it hit the hilt of the first knife, before each of the knives dissipated into the air. Jack then looked at the teacher with eyebrows raised as if to say, "Really...is this bow and arrow necessary"?
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"All I want is a place to call my own, to mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone."
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:54 pm
Razual turned around, but she was not impressed. She felt a little hurt as well and her face showed it. "You do not trust me," she stated sadly. She then turned, sat on the porch and meditated. If Jack wished to finish their 'conversation' he'd have to follow her. Razual saw much promise in Jack, but if he didn't trust her she couldn't help him advance and get stronger.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:50 pm
xxxxxxxxxxJack BlackBurn
LEAVE NO WORDS UNSPOKEN...
SAVE REGRETS FOR THE BROKEN,
TAKE IT FROM ME, LIVE LIFE FOR YOURSELF...
CAUSE IN THE END YOU DON'T NEED ANYONE ELSE
KEEP YOUR HOPES UP HIGH
KEEP YOUR HEADS DOWN LOW ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
Trust? Gee, I wonder what made her think that. Of course Jack didn't trust her, he didn't trust anyone....not even Darion. Lessons through life taught him that really the only person you can rely on is yourself. Jack just desires a teacher so that he could cut out all the figuring out and have him grow stronger faster, and he would take none of that "it takes time" bullshit. He has seen people, people that were far weaker than him grow in power exponentially. Here on the island where it seems like your very life hangs in the balance, gaining power quickly seems all the more important. If this teacher could not do that, then needless to say that he was done here.
Most of what was already done were training exercises that he could have done himself (except the close contact woman thing), and as far Jack was concerned, Razual was thinking to narrowly. There are always more than one way to approach a situation, and if left alone to his own devices, Jack would eventually find that way. Truth be told, Jack knew he could never be good with the bow and arrow, but he didn't want to be, it wasn't his style. She was trying to teach the unteachable to a person who didn't want to be taught that which she was teaching. There was always another way to approach the situation. But at this point Jack was beginning to doubt Razual had what he wanted, but he kept hold of one last thread of hope for this one before he walked out.
He spoke up, "You cannot teach a skill to someone who does not wish to learn the skill. I have never been good that requires the pull of an arrow or the squeezing of the trigger. Believe me, I tried", his memories flooded back to where he was at the shooting range. It was his first move to stop the oppression of the local thugs, this was way before he discovered his talent with the blade. But if Jack had his way back then, there would have been a school shooting....fate however...decreed that long range weapons were not Jack's strong suit. He remembered failure after failure, his conviction was strong, but his talent was nonexistent.
"I am going to be perfectly blunt with you, cause if anything I am honest and will speak my mind when need be", he started speaking with conviction, "I do not need you Razual. All my life I have gone without parent, mentor, tutor, and teacher. I have grown to this point and skill completely by my own merit, and I am confident that I can continue that path. But no, I wish to take my mind out of the equation, and replace it with someone who knows what they are doing, who can impart that knowledge to me quicker than I myself can. But do not think me a beginner, do not think me a mere student. Instead of saying, He can only learn it this way, you should start saying, He can learn it many other ways".
Jack took a deep breath, he was getting riled up over what he was saying, but he felt as if he needed to get it out, he became slightly louder. Not necessarily yelling but he wasn't soft spoken either. "Now you might be thinking, who is he to tell me how I am supposed to teach. Such arrogance. Well guess what, you would be right. Am I overly confident? Yes! Am I arrogant? Yes! Am I stubborn? YES! But you know something Razual, it is because of that confidence, arrogance, and stubborness that I am still standing! The fact that I am here.....existing....is a miracle in itself". Jack took a deep breath and started breathing a bit heavy...he then became his usual soft spoken self, almost choking on his own words, obvious sadness in his voice "I have gone through trials that no man should ever endure.....seen things that give me nightmares to this very day.......I am no scrub....yet I know that I have alot to learn....but if necessary I will continue to learn from the trials".
Jack was out of breath...it just dawned upon him what exactly he just said. He sometimes had moments like this...it was exceedingly rare though when all of his pent up thoughts came out all at once...usually when they did..well..results weren't very....positive. Jack just threw his hands up in the air and began to gather his belongings. There would be no chance in hell that Razual would continue to train him now after that display...it looked like Jack would once again have to live up to his own words. Figures...Jack would always have something good going on, and he would mess it up with his outspoken thoughts......Ironic considering Jack was a very silent individual.
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"All I want is a place to call my own, to mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone."
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:10 pm
Razual's blue eyes opened again and grew wide as the looked at Jack. She was so surprised by his out burst. He actually sounded his age instead of like an old formal man in a boy's body. When he was done she was silent, stunned, before she tilted her head back and laughed a real, full laugh.
She calmed down rather quickly though when she saw him gathering his things. "Where do you think you are going? If you know how to shoot a bow and gun start meditating so you can form them with your Ki. Even if you don't ever use this stage you need it for the next one. Which by the way I want to get you to as quickly as possible. And if I'm correct you can pick another style so you can have more than one weapon or learn a new martial art," she said, a smile growing on her face.
However it soon fell. "Unless you wish to leave still. I won't stop you, but you have so much potential, Jack...." she said. The woman sighed. If Jack left she wouldn't stop him, but she would miss having him around. It was fun teaching him.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:20 pm
xxxxxxxxxxJack BlackBurn
LEAVE NO WORDS UNSPOKEN...
SAVE REGRETS FOR THE BROKEN,
TAKE IT FROM ME, LIVE LIFE FOR YOURSELF...
CAUSE IN THE END YOU DON'T NEED ANYONE ELSE
KEEP YOUR HOPES UP HIGH
KEEP YOUR HEADS DOWN LOW ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
Jack turned around fairly surprised. Here was a person that didn't necessarily mind his outburst...but he had to be honest with himself that because of the serious nature of what he just said...her reaction was laughter...not necessarily the best response Jack wanted. Still..it looked he didn't screw anything up...though he hoped that maybe Razual wouldn't seem him as sort of helpless student in need of guidance anymore. If she did treat him like that in the future...then there might be an issue. Still..Jack stared at Razual....and quickly drew his sword, twirling it in the air and then promptly stabbed the blade into the dojo floor, sitting down immediately indian style in front of his blade, arms crossed, fingers intertwined with each other taking his normal meditation routine almost immediately. He stared deep into the reflection of himself being casted upon his blade, and with that, he began to enter the dreamscape....the place of nightmares. Here he was going to prove he didn't need know damn bow to surpass this stage of development.
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"All I want is a place to call my own, to mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone."
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:35 pm
Razual beamed at him. Though she wished he hadn't stabbed her floor? The floors were real wood and were a pain to replace. And she hand polished and cleaned them. She didn't say anything about that though.
"Do you know how to throw a shurikan?" she inquired. He'd need to envison that to in his meditation.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:38 pm
xxxxxxxxxxJack BlackBurn
LEAVE NO WORDS UNSPOKEN...
SAVE REGRETS FOR THE BROKEN,
TAKE IT FROM ME, LIVE LIFE FOR YOURSELF...
CAUSE IN THE END YOU DON'T NEED ANYONE ELSE
KEEP YOUR HOPES UP HIGH
KEEP YOUR HEADS DOWN LOW ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
Trance broken. Jack slumped his shoulders and sighed. He was about to get something done. Oh well, he would humor her. Respectfully he said, "Yes, I can throw it as well as a knife". Short, sweet, and to the point.
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"All I want is a place to call my own, to mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone."
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:42 pm
Razual fingered the hilt of one of her sabers. "Right. Sorry to bother you. I'll leave you alone now," she said. She got up and quickly moved to one of her back rooms. She was a little nervous now, but she was hiding it. She shouldn't have spent so much time alone practicing. Her rusty social skills were showing.
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:48 am
xxxxxxxxxxJack BlackBurn
LEAVE NO WORDS UNSPOKEN...
SAVE REGRETS FOR THE BROKEN,
TAKE IT FROM ME, LIVE LIFE FOR YOURSELF...
CAUSE IN THE END YOU DON'T NEED ANYONE ELSE
KEEP YOUR HOPES UP HIGH
KEEP YOUR HEADS DOWN LOW ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀
For some reason or another Jack found it much more simple to drift off into the dreamscape than in any other place on the island. The dojo had a sort of peacefulness to it and it seemed like the right place to do this kind of training. So there he was, staring into his reflection until finally Jack's eyes closed. Finally, his growth to power was beginning once more, but to reap the rewards, Jack would have to endure the nightmare...and as always, endure he would.
(1) So here he was, back in a scene all to familiar to him. It started out as always, Jack was being bound by two large men keeping hold of his arms, one of them grabbing Jacks hair pulling his head back to force him to watch the terrible scene unravel. It was accurate to what actually happened down to the last man, and crack in the ceiling. The room itself was dark, dimly lit by a single hanging lamp, flickering with an eerie light every few seconds. Jack closed his eyes...no need to watch the scene before him...he had seen it enough to make him go crazy. No, he just wanted this done and over with, and it was that want and desire that a shuriken materialized in both of his open palms. Seeing his chance, Jack flexed his hands back to dig the shurikens into the flesh of the men who had a hold of him. They were soon quickly on the floor gasping dying breaths a few seconds later when Jack slashed their throats open.
It was not done yet, there were still many thugs in the room who abruptly turned their attention to their new assailant. They came with guns, they came with knives, they came with shouts and curses. Jack just had shurikens, though it would be enough. Jack summoned up 10 shurikens, 5 in each hand, each lodged between his fingers. He threw them all at once, each one find their mark into an unfortunate criminal's throat or skull. The room was cleared within minutes. Even the leader which stood beside poor Myra, tied down to a chair with a bag over her head, was littered with these blades. Jack began to walk towards her...but before he could get to her..the scenery changed....for some reason or another..the DreamScape had taken him to the Forbidden Forest.
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"All I want is a place to call my own, to mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone."
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