Mediciner1234 (7:01:20 PM): Elijah: Training! *bounces in place* Traaaaaiiiining!

Mesuno Erin (7:01:48 PM): Amaranth: So I take it you're ready than? *chuckle*

Mediciner1234 (7:02:34 PM): Elijah: Yeah! *tail twitches excitedly* What do I do first? Do I get to learn how to fight?

Mesuno Erin (7:03:31 PM): Ammy: Well first off we get to start off with the basics so I can see how far along you already are. Now you can probably already sense cats auras that you've met before. Which is good, especially for fights

Mediciner1234 (7:06:34 PM): Elijah: *nodsnods* I can smell then more than I can "see" them. Like Miss Siam smelled like . . . like booze. *laughs at the word; it still sounded so silly!*
Mesuno Erin (7:09:27 PM): Ammy: Well that's a good start. She did smell like alcohol.....in fact.....she smells like that a lot. *sweatdrop-laughs* But Soon you'll be able to 'see' using your spirit. It requires lots of concentration at first, but soon you'll be able to do it without thinking so much.*smiles*

Mediciner1234 (7:10:52 PM): Elijah: See spirits? o3o L-Like ghosts? *ears tilt back warily; things like the afterlife, death, spirits, it creeped him out a little*

Mesuno Erin (7:14:49 PM): Ammy: well not...exactly.... ghosts makes me think they're dead *winces* It's more like...hmm *tries to think of a good way to explain it* oh I know! *snaps fingers* Like you carry that cross, maybe you're a little religious eh? So it's like this. *quotes* "You do not have a soul. You are a soul, you have a body." So it's like you're sensing their soul. ack, is that still confusing. *blush*

Mediciner1234 (7:21:51 PM): Elijah: *ponders this* Oooooh, soul is the same as spirit. Okies! *Whew! The last thing he wanted to learn was to talk to dead people. Bobs his head* Can do, Miss Ammy! So how can I see without seeing?

Mesuno Erin (7:24:20 PM): ((the hard part *thinks about this* xD)) Ammy: Well meditating is a good way to start. Tune out all your other senses like smell, and hearing. Then close your eyes. You might come to feel almost as though it were an out of body experience. You soul can mingle with other souls. It'd be like having a conversation without talking. Each soul or 'spirit;' as it were feels different. Just like each cat's scent is different

Mediciner1234 (7:27:01 PM): Elijah: *flops on his butt and shuts his eyes. His ears stood alert as usual, but the kitten attempted to keep himself relaxed by taking deep breaths, trying to see what this "soul" felt like. After about a minute of breathing in an out, he felt himself go a little limp as if hal-asleep, mind somehow both wandering and blank* Like this . . . ?

Mesuno Erin (7:28:46 PM): Ammy: *whispers* yes, just like that. *plops down on the ground in front of him and also takes up meditating* *radiates her inner self/soul so Eli can try and sense her* Just try and feel for me.

Mediciner1234 (7:31:26 PM): Elijah: *It was like trying to move without moving to him, or about as difficult as describing color to him would be. As such, it was impossible for him to say exactly what it was he saw - or sensed rather - as he tried to expand his "awareness". Somewhere in the process he became hyperaware of Amaranth sitting right next to him, though he wasn't sure if that counted as "sensing her soul"* I'm trying . . . *frowns a little* This is so weird, Miss Ammy. Like trying a fifth leg.

Mesuno Erin (7:33:31 PM): Ammy: *chuckles* Yes it is very strange at first. It's so new. But let the feeling in. Someday you'll grow completely used to it. Have you ever heard that even in-animate objects have spirit? You'll also be able to sense things like walls and poles so they're easier to avoid. But they are more difficult than sensing a living, breathing being.

Mediciner1234 (7:38:33 PM): Elijah: They do? Wow . . . *No wonder Odette said Ammy was the cat to visit: she knew tons of stuff! Slowly sucks in another deep breath and exhales* That'd help a lot. I hit a pole head-on once; that really hurt. @3@ And I wanna stop tripping and having to move my paws against the concrete. It scrapes them.

Mesuno Erin (7:40:23 PM): Ammy: I'll bet that hurt. And pawing around takes up a lot of time which you won't have if you're being attacked. But, Well don't you worry then. This exercise is perfect for you.

Mediciner1234 (7:41:59 PM): Elijah: *nodsnods, concentrating more on his "awareness" and tryign to tone it down about being hyper-aware of his physical body. Which was just so weird, honestly . . . He was thinking too much about it, and whenever he thought about not thinking about it, it'd just continue the cycle. Eventually he lets out a small frustrated sound, eyes squinched*

Mesuno Erin (7:47:25 PM): Ammy: *a smile spread across Ammy's face when she heard Eli's sound of frustration* don't worry. Just relaaaaax. *Ammy on the other hand could feel Eli-a nice warm feeling. young and vibrant, she could even sense his tad of frustration with a small waver like a ripple in a pool feeling*

Mediciner1234 (7:49:41 PM): Elijah: I'm trying, but it's actually hard. =3= *Goes back to the deep breathign that had cleared his mind before, although now there was a pervading sense of having to push himself to make up for messing up - like an undercurrent beneath that little pond that threatened its smooth surface*

Mesuno Erin (7:51:38 PM): Amaranth: If it helps we can take a break. I know my talking probably isn't helping. *she gave a light laugh* So don't get too stressed out. It's partially my fault. And meditation is hard.

Mediciner1234 (7:52:54 PM): Elijah: *thinks* 'Nu-uh, it's all my fault . . .' *huffs a sigh, ears docking* S-Sorry, Miss Amaranth. I can't even s-sit still and go blank. If you didn't talk me through it, I'd fall asleep.

Mesuno Erin (7:56:59 PM): Ammy: awww that's not true. *pats him on the head* "This is just your first time. Remember it takes practice. Ya know, I didn't get it on my first try either. It took me quite a few tries. If you want, we can work on the second step. It's much easier. Just working on your sense of smell," she offered.

Mediciner1234 (7:58:08 PM): Elijah: Okay . . . *Still stuck failing the first step, but nods his head a little at her* So does that mean I have to sniff a ton of things and memorize them or something?

Mesuno Erin (8:01:20 PM): Amaranth: Basically, just so you can recognize them, just like using it for telling one cat apart from another cat. You can always test yourself if you have the help of another. *whips out a little table with three boxes prepared on it* *each box had a small hole on top* I have three boxes here. Each has an item in it. Smell each one and tell me what's inside. (box 1=fish, box 2=lemon, box 3=a tuft of Siam's booze smellin' hair)

Mediciner1234 (8:04:27 PM): Elijah: *nods a bit, following the scents to each box and taking a whiff of the first one* Ohmanthatsmellsgood. o3o <33 Like . . . Miss Ara's fish! *She had fed him some the day she took him in. Moves onto the next box and sniffs, nose crinkling at the sourness* Um . . . No idea. Sour candy? Nowait, not sweet enough . . . No idea! *Moves to the third one hastily, knowing it right off the bat* Like booze and somethin' else. Hair?

Mesuno Erin (8:07:10 PM): Ammy: *applauds* correct. Even the second one, you weren't far off. The first is definitely fish. And for getting it right, here's some as an award. *hopes to cheer him up from his previous failure to sense her--she had no worries though that he would get better. Then eventually she would try it with her moving around rather than staying in one spot* Anyway, the second one is a lemon. An acidic fruit that might make your eyes water. Very sour. And the third is some of Siam's fur. It has the scent of booze all over it. *chuckles*

Mediciner1234 (8:08:40 PM): Elijah: It'd smell like booze alright. *laughs a little, indeed getting in a better mood as he takes some pieces of the fish to eat. while the subject was up . . .* Why /does/ Miss Siam drink so much? It smells terrible and makes people do things they wouldn't normally.

Mesuno Erin (8:10:07 PM): Ammy: *paused to think* well sometimes I think it's because she's sad to tell you the truth. It's part of the reason she doesn't like humans. She started to drink more after the incident. 'tis also the reason she dislikes NyanMan....

Mediciner1234 (8:11:31 PM): Elijah: *between noms* She drinks 'cause she doesn't like humans? *perks at the mention of NyanMan* Odette said something about them too, and Wildcat's collar, and that Miss Sia didn't like NyanMan too. How come?

Mesuno Erin (8:14:10 PM): Amaranth: Well you see *she begins* She used to be a ranking leader there...*pauses again* As much as Siam likes being free, she no longer likes the idea of being a "Free Collar" because she used to be one, and felt that she failed. And so did the other cats that were supposed to help her. Now she wants the power of Wild Cat to fight better than any other cat. So she never 'falils' again.

Mediciner1234 (8:17:47 PM): Elijah: *Free Collar . . . So far, he had been given the impression that it was a really good idea to become one. Why would Miss Siam not want to be one? What did she fail at? But like he was taught at a young age to do, he kept the majority of his questions to himself, nibbling his fish and gazing in Amaranth's direction with a hint of sympathy at the tale*

Mesuno Erin (8:21:22 PM): Amaranth: *the silence of Eli eating gave Ammy the impression that he was curious-why wouldn't he be* You want to know don't you? ........I'll tell you. You see, Siam used to have a brother. His name was Puriam. He was a Free Collar too. Humans showed up to kidnap him since he was a purebreed. They didn't want Siam though since she wasn't a 'baby'. Humans are insensitive and selfish. They even hit Old Man-sama and took out his eye when he tried to stop them. Puriam was forced into the street and hit by a bus.....

Mesuno Erin (8:22:23 PM): Amaranth: There was nothing they could do and he died. Old Man-sama survived minus an eye and still lives somewhere at NyanMan as a Free Collar. But Siam left. She was disgusted with herself and the fact that some of the Free Collars still liked humans.....

Mediciner1234 (8:25:08 PM): Elijah: Oh . . . *suddenly loses his apetite and nudges the fish away, licking his lips clean with a saddened expression. No wonder she was adamant about him getting convinced to not like humans. In a way he was like Siam and Amaranth, having been mistreated by the furless two-leggers since the day he was taken from his family, yet . . . how was it that they could be so very different people? Whimpers* I-I'm so sorry for her.

Mesuno Erin (8:27:41 PM): Amaranth: She'll be okay I think. She's grown stronger because of it. One day she'll come to terms. ((which she does in the manga >> xD)) Sorry if my sad tale ruined your appetite. We can talk about something else if you want.

Mediciner1234 (8:30:23 PM): Elijah: It's just . . . *then shakes his head, not wanting to perpetuate the conversation on such a bad note* S'okee. I just didn't think she could've suffered so much. She seems nice to me . . . All of you do, even though humans did bad things to you. *tail curls closer to his legs* That's what I think about if I start to get sad or mad about it: that we can move on from stuff like that.

Mesuno Erin (8:31:16 PM): Amaranth: That's a good thing. We can all learn something and grow a little inside. I'm glad you understand. You're very wise, you know that?

Mediciner1234 (8:32:09 PM): Elijah: I am? o3o I-I don't think so. You know tons more stuff than I do, Miss Amaranth!

Mesuno Erin (8:32:42 PM): Amaranth: *chuckles* Well you sure know a lot for someone your age at least. I'm just oooold. xP

Mediciner1234 (8:33:38 PM): Elijah: X3 I don't think you're old either. Or not /that/ old. Hokay! *puffs himself up* Lemme try meditating one mroe time!

Mesuno Erin (8:35:20 PM): Ammy: Sure thing. You're gonna be great. I just know it. *And with that she began their training once more.