Post by Mister Steel on Nov 28, 2023 17:54:35 GMT -5
The Unbreakable Mister Steel, aka Donût, was... taking a break. Election season had already come, and ballots were being tallied from all over the planet. There was no campaigning left to do, and none of the other projects that his managers had planned out could move forward until they knew whether or not Mister Steel had actually won. It was... looking more and more possible that Donût would be the next President of Earth. He'd just barely edged ahead of Chomei in the first-choice ballots, but not every district on Earth was reporting in yet. It was still anyone's election.
And, due to the stress of possibly becoming responsible for the well-being and continued freedom of an entire planet of people, Mister Steel had decided to take a few days to train out in the wilderness. Not in the way he used to, by lifting rocks over his head and using the mountains as weights. Steel had progressed far beyond the need for such exercises, though he still used regular weights and body-weight exercises to maintain his physique. No, this training was in endurance. Steel was going to figure out how to replicate the breathing trick he had used when he scaled Mount Five Element, and a few others besides. He was also going to harden his body against the worst that Mother Nature could throw at him, the worst cold and the worst wet and the worst winds.
Even if this training didn't give Donût an increase in power, it could at least give Mister Steel some insight into how to tap into the power that he already possessed. And, perhaps, to give himself extra endurance when facing tougher opponents.
The cold wind bit at Donût's skin and sank its teeth in to his bones, sapping warmth from his body. And yet, Donût did not retreat to the warmth of his capsule shelter, or to warmer climates. Instead, he sat cross-legged in a little depression that he had made in the snow. And he breathed... in... slowly... filling his lungs. As he breathed in, Donût held his hands over his bell, toward his core. Then, he quickly exhaled while flexing the muscles of his abdomen, pushing out his breath in short puffs through his mouth and through his nose. He then repeated the process... breathing in... slowly... then spitting out his breath with flexes and force. In... outoutoutout... In... outoutoutout...
And as he sat there, breathing... even though he had no training in the sensing of ki... Donût swore he felt... something. Heat, yes, slowly spreading from his gut. But there was also something else. A presence. Was he alone? Or had some rabid fan somehow found his secret camping spot?
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