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Field Trip | DEPARTURE Oct 17, 2021 20:25:02 GMT -5

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Post by Fend on Oct 17, 2021 20:25:02 GMT -5

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Today was a good day.

Fend leaned against the railing of Korin Tower's exterior. Her mask was set on the floor, and her hood had been cast aside to let her white hair feel the cool autumn wind. It was a calm morning. The sun had just started to peer over the horizon, and the leaves of the many potted Senzu plants dotting the rails of the tower's peak were drizzled with dewdrops.

She had to have been masked for a solid three weeks straight. It was nice to take that stuffy old thing off once in awhile when she had some alone time. She rested her cheek on her hand, gazing out over the sprawling forest below. Maybe one day she could take it off in front of her friends. Maybe... maybe they wouldn't care what was beneath it at all... That would be a dream come true.

So many energies littered the landscape below. Fend could feel out the striking auras of the strongest bears that roamed Korin Forest, and even the tiny energies of flocks of ants. She looked back out to the sunrise.

The masked Shinjin propped the wooden mask back on her face, pulled her cloth mask back over her mouth, and flipped her crimson red hood back up. She promised some more training today, and finally was going to get a chance to introduce Jackie to her star pupils, too. They'd be arriving any minute now. Maybe they'd get to all sit down and play some Majin Bros. Karts together afterwards. Just thinking of what the future held made Fend excited.

For now, though, she had a moment to herself to sit, reflect, and wait.

...
Fend loved her home.
She would never go back to Otherworld. Never in a million years.

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Field Trip | DEPARTURE Oct 17, 2021 22:16:03 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2021 22:16:03 GMT -5

Azuki had already done the song and dance of climbing the outside of a very tall tower with Jackie once before, and while doing it again would literally be EASY, it'd also be horrendously boring. So instead she opted to fly this time now that the initial test was passed, detecting a relatively strong power lurking atop. It wasn't one Azuki herself had felt before, but the monk had given her a brief rundown on who else generally stayed up here. Some sort of rapier-wielding sassy white-haired lass who was also way stronger than Azuki. That's just how it was sometimes, though. She'd coast a bit low, power radiating enough for whoever was up there to sense her coming. With a slow ascent, Azuki would park herself near the balcony.

"Probably now who you were expecting! I assume you're Fend then? Not sure if Jackie already said anything about me, but I already trained here the other day with her." Azuki considered herself beholden to no actual master. Sure Jackie was super strong and technically the leader when it came to deciding the training, the hybrid always made sure to keep their relationship the same. she may be weaker than the fiery monk but that didn't mean Azuki would start shilling out all this humble teacher-student bullshit. "I'm not sure if Jackie will even be in today but I figured I might as well go ahead and try to meet with the other tower-dweller while I had the chance."

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Field Trip | DEPARTURE Oct 18, 2021 1:24:08 GMT -5

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Post by Jackie on Oct 18, 2021 1:24:08 GMT -5

Jackie had spent the good portion of the last few days both settling into being around the tower with Fend AND heading out to find other good souls to train. The former was actually fairly easy. The two of them shared a very common sport in vidya games. The Majin Bros. Kart and Super Sparking Bros. being some popular picks between the two when they got to relax. Funny, she hadn't gotten the chance to sit down and feel at ease like that in a while.

On the inside of the tower, Jackie was preparing a cooler full of what the group probably needed in terms of training. Water, rags, the whole nine yards. The whole rest of the team should arrive any moment - And what do ya know. It's a certain redhead. She felt her aura way before she could hear the bold woman's words up the stairs. She heightens her own strength a bit after hearing some of the commotions above. Hoping the hybrid would soon feel her and remember her presence again with a bit of patience and insistence. She'd pack the cooler up with her, heavy steps made as she approached the top of the tower to greet the others. Waving a hand.

"Yeah, I'm here! Don't worry, she's not lying about the tower. Packed me and all. Here, got all of our stuff. Fend here knows of ya. Told her about you and my other guardian in trainin' too. Afraid Russ can't make it from what I got though. Think the others will be more than enough for a good session though."
She explained a bit, setting the thing down next to her as she leaned back on the railing. Waiting patiently next to them as the other two weren't going to be much longer either. Well, maybe. She wasn't quite sure if Shoga knew how to fly.

"She's enough of a handful anyways."
The young flame winked up at the taller lass. Despite her own learning experience having been a very rigid master to student hierarchy, Jackie very rarely pushes her authority as a teacher above any of them. Preferring a more natural group of peers to teach each other. It's just that she was strong and had plenty to teach. She'd sometimes still poke some fun at Suki for slacking in some ways, but it was for little more than wanting her to improve.

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Last Edit: Oct 18, 2021 1:24:42 GMT -5 by Jackie

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Field Trip | DEPARTURE Oct 18, 2021 1:27:36 GMT -5

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Post by Shoga on Oct 18, 2021 1:27:36 GMT -5

Shoga huffed and puffed as he ran along the overgrown forest paths that led to Korin's Tower. He had been away for a few days at this point, traveling around as he often did. He had set off on this journey to see the world and fight as many of the people in it as he could, and he intended to make good on that. That said, after his talk with the pink-haired presidential candidate Derry, he was becoming increasingly curious about other planets. He had only met a couple aliens, but they had all been crazy-strong. The thought of a whole planet, or maybe several, filled with people like that made his blood boil with excitement. But, Fend had called him back to the tower, so he came running. In fact, he came running so fast he forgot to wait for her to tell him why she wanted him here. But Shoga was sure she'd explain once he got there, anyway.

Now wasn't the time to be daydreaming, though, and Shoga paid for his inattentiveness by slamming face-first into a tree. When he picked himself back up, he realized that he had made it. The treeline gradually thinned out into a large clearing, in the center of which stood the Tower, stretching up into the clouds. It was as imposing as ever. "Man, I'm glad I don't have to climb this thing by hand anymore." Shoga strolled into the clearing, a smile starting to form as he looked up at the immense structure. He would be glad to see his erstwhile mentor again, though Fend remained a mystery to him in many ways. In fact, come to think about it, he didn't really know anything about her other than her name. But he had respected her privacy up to this point, figuring that she probably had a good reason to hide her identity. Fend didn't strike him as a particularly nefarious person.

Crouching down, Shoga prepared to Flash Dash his way up the tower. When next he moved, Shoga disappeared from the clearing, accelerating at great speed as he leapt high into the air. Eventually, his momentum began to slow down, and he quickly pushed off of the tower with his feet to keep his speed going. In this way he quickly scaled the tower, reaching the top in a minute or two, where previously the arduous climb would have taken hours. It was still slower than flying, granted, but Shoga had never been able to get a handle on flight, so this was the next best thing. As he reached the inverted dome of the Tower's zenith, Shoga hoisted himself over the lip of the structure, landing inside with only the muted slap of his bare feet on the stone to signal his presence. "Hey, Teach, I'm-" he announced, stopping short when he looked up and noticed that Fend apparently had company. "Oh hey, didn't know ya had friends over... wait a second..." His eyes darted between the two other guests, gears turning in his head as he attempted to place the familiar faces. "OH! Yer that fire lady from the island! And the roof lady! What're you guys doin' here?" Shoga was completely caught off-guard by the appearance of two people he had fought recently. Maybe Fend had a wider group of friends than he had previously assumed? Or what if... Fend was gonna tell him off for picking so many fights?! The thought was a little ridiculous, but he didn't have time to think about it in detail, he had been standing here dumbstruck for long enough already. "This ain't some kinda intervention, is it? I haven't gotten into that many fights, I swear!"

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Field Trip | DEPARTURE Oct 23, 2021 4:41:09 GMT -5

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Post by Fend on Oct 23, 2021 4:41:09 GMT -5

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Fend peered over the railing of the tower when she felt an unfamiliar energy climbing upwards. A freakishly tall, orange-haired woman soon reached the peak of the tower to greet Fend. After getting over the initial shock and self-consciousness of being well over a foot shorter than this giant, realization clicked in Fend's head. "Oh right! You're, uh... Azuki, right?" Jackie had described her training partner to her earlier, and vice-versa for Fend, it seemed. "Nice 'ta meet ya. 's good to hear you and Jackie are already getting some use out of this old place."

Speaking of the devil, the Earthling herself seemed to detect Azuki's presence as well, heading outside the tower to greet the two. "Eyyyy" Fend greeted her newest friend with a pair of finger guns. Though they'd only met recently, the two teachers of Korin Tower had quickly grown accustomed to one another- if their friendship persisted through even the evil of a game like Majin Bros. Kart, then it was there to stay.

While it was sad to hear that Jackie's other student was too busy to join in their joint training session today, a familiar energy rocketing up the tower was enough to raise Fend's spirits. "Yoooooo, Shoga!!" Fend leaned off the edge of the tower, waving gleefully to her friend.

"Nah, no intervention for you... yet." She pointed a teasing finger at Shoga and narrowed her eyes before returning back to casually leaning against the wall. "Jackie's also mentoring folks up here with me now, like Azuki over there. We got twice the teaching and twice the training now!" Fend explained, pumping a fist in the air in excitement. Imagining an entire squadron of would-be defenders to befriend was a dream come true to Fend.

"Hm... No sign of Terryn, yet, though. I think he lives a lot further away, so he might be a few more minutes?" Fend scratched her chin as she noted the absence of her other pupil. "We can chill in the meantime, though. I'll grab the Baotendo for us to pass the time with!" She just had to show off her newest speedrun times for Majin Bros 64- showing the other two who was the boss at Super Sparking Bros would be great, too. Fend set Palibur's sheath against the railing as she ran inside the tower to grab some games. The other three would have a bit of time to catch up while Fend was busy, but...

There was a quiet clinking sound as Palibur began to shift to and fro in its sheath. A dull glow began to emanate from its cracks, despite Fend's absence...

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Field Trip | DEPARTURE Oct 25, 2021 10:02:53 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2021 10:02:53 GMT -5

"Yeah, though you can just call me Suki or VIolet, either work. To be honest I haven't really come back much after climbing it the first time. Nothing much against it, but I guess it just feels like... outta my league I guess?" Azuki was training for her own enjoyment above anything else, and that didn't necessarily go AGAINST the core values of these Earth enjoyers but it didn't mesh with it either. Any time spent around them casually felt like just a huge amount of peer pressure on her shoulders, and the hybrid was not a fan of it. "Like you're even worthy to be here in the first place." Blinking, she squashed down her ugly feelings and opened to her mouth to respond just as a familiar face showed up.

"And here I was starting to enjoy the sound of peace without you around," Azuki hadn't noticed Jackie's approach, her senses lazing in an idle state as per usual. "Next time you wanna skip the trip don't make one of us carry your heavyweight ass all the way up, eh?" Her attitude was playful more than rude or insulting, but it still would be a jarring sight compared to the respect usually awarded to individuals like Jackie. Especially when they were acting as willing teachers of all things! "And before you even ask, yes I've been doing a little more work on the whole suppression thing. ...Still don't really see the point but it's coming along."

Though before Jackie had the chance to answer, another arrival jettisoned ALL the way up the tower with a jump of all things. The wind blew Suki's hair upward for a second or two before settling down, the hybrid raising an eyebrow at the entrance. "Well that was certainly something. Yeah, I remember you too, though the contents of our meeting were mostly just that one fight." Wait the guy who couldn't fly was here at the tower? Sounded like a suspicious candidate for the mysterious man in Jackie's story the other day when Suki had been obligated to climb the damn thing herself. "Buddy," She snorted in amusement: "If you could get in trouble with 'em for being in too many fights I wouldn't even be here right now."

Ah right, Shoga was his name. Azuki was blanking on if he had actually introduced himself the one time they met so she was thankful Fend went ahead and said it anyway. "The wha-teendo?" It sounded like some sort of archaic instrument. Fitting given the locale, but Azuku wouldn't have pegged the sword-wielding tower-dwelling casually speaking lady to be into that sort of thing necessarily.

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Field Trip | DEPARTURE Oct 26, 2021 0:48:01 GMT -5

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Post by Jackie on Oct 26, 2021 0:48:01 GMT -5

Jackie had a fun time juggling a single finger gun back at Fend and adjusting her fist. She actually liked that Zuki would rather treat her with teases and playful banter than any honorous title granted to most in her position. In fact, Fend didn't really act like that either. Hell, Russ would count closer to peer than pupil if she was going off how she treated him casually. Regardless, the weight comment would get the hybrid a good rough nudge in the shoulder with her knuckles. Moving her and her cooler now down next to Zuki while she leaned on the railing.

"Good. You'll need to be workin' more than just your ki control if you complain about my heavy ass, lady."
She was about to lay in something else onto Zuki, but a fourth made their appearance. Shoga! They hadn't seen each other since they met, and she undoubtedly kicked his ass around to teach him some valuable lessons. Lessons like not barreling your way wreckless into an opponent. Or a tower's insides. Seems he worked on one of those at least when he came in lighter than the last time she saw. She shot a wave that turned into her cracking her knuckles.

"Hey."
It was just before Fend explained it to him, and hopefully, that would be enough. But, alas, they were waiting on Fend's other student. She knows for sure she hadn't mt this Terryn, only heard about him from a Sesame. Apparently also had some fire-based moves. Would be fun to see that once - or if - they show up. It was perhaps a good idea to bring out the swap.

Zuki questioned what a Baotendo was tho, and Jackie let out a snort and nudged at her again.

"Come on, seriously? Baotendo's a game company, and we've got most of their consoles up here. Fend seemed good on keeping a collection."
She explained roughly. Even rural Earthlings typically weren't that recluse as to not know about big companies like this. Shoot, Jackie without the bad parts of her past would be the only excusable one to not know having originally come from a secluded tribe... But even she, with just several years of city life, knew the most popular gaming company!

"Oh, right. Ya don't do games or somethin' along those lines, right? I can't quite remember what 'cha said."
It was at least good banter to pass the time. Jackie didn't catch it on the first round, but turning back near the other two up here, she perked a brow. Was she seeing something?

"Yo, Fend. Is Palibur suppose to do that?"
She pointed casually with a finger at the fidgeting blade.

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Field Trip | DEPARTURE Nov 9, 2021 23:09:21 GMT -5

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Post by Shoga on Nov 9, 2021 23:09:21 GMT -5

Shoga squinted at Palibur, trying to determine if the sword really was moving on its own, or if this was just some kind of shared hallucination. Now that he looked more closely, it seemed like it was glowing too. That definitely wasn't normal. "Uhh... never seen it do that when Fend wasn't holdin' it." Fend's sword was some variety of magic, which in Shoga's mind immediately made it spooky. It wasn't like he hadn't encountered powerful people before, but he understood brute force, and had at least a working knowledge of ki and how it works. The fact that he could use the latter himself probably went a long way towards making him more comfortable with it. However, magic was alien to him. Shoga didn't understand it and, as of yet, couldn't use it. Other than Fend and her sword, and whatever variety of mystical bullcrap was going on with the lookout, Shoga hadn't even had a chance to get a good look at anything magical.

Spurred by curiosity, Shoga knelt down in front of Palibur to get a closer look at it. Now that he was face-to-face with the thing, it was pretty clear that it really was rattling around all by itself. "I think it's gettin' faster." Shoga said uncertainly. He wasn't really sure what to make of it, and his eyes darted back and forth from the sword to the doorway Fend had just exited by.

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