mac said:
Or maybe, just maybe, he has no sister. It's just him talking to himself.
Bum bum bummmmmmm.
Geeze I'm not like Maze (who's two people in one). I said it was ALMOST like having a split personailty not actually having one.
Good news, My dad just got a digital camera a couple of days ago and I just found out today. Now all he needs is to get a memory card and I can post a picture of myself!! I better remember to shave before I do
And to prove I can spell (when I want to anyway) here is a recent post made by me for the text based rpg the Final heaven a few months ago before it closed in April
Revalations of the heart
The white moon rose, clear as a beacon in the intertwined branches of the trees.
The moon was only half full, but it was as bright as any Hikaru had ever seen.
She had been sleeping, but when she had opened her eyes and saw that gleaming semicircle, she sat up her tiredness forgotten. The fire had faded, thought orange embers still gleamed here and there in a mountain of ash.
The night was unreasonably warm, and she had no qualms about climbing out of her bedroll and walking away from the fire and her sleeping companion. The woods where quite and peaceful, smelling of sweet pine, the stillness broken only by the rustle of an occasional small creature moving across the dry needles on the ground.
She made her way back to the rim of the canyon, thought a fringe of pine forest. As she walked out onto a smooth slab of stone extending beyond the shadows of the threes she experienced the full glory of the moon. She gazed at the beautiful moon and the starry sky in awe, thinking of Luna's Celestial Orb move and momentarily tempted to try it out herself.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" a soft voice whispered. She gasped and spun around, relived- pleased- to see someone emerge from the tress. "Y-yes. Yes it is," she agreed. He was standing very close to her and she liked that. A little giddy, she turned her back to him and looked back out over the view, dry and still, with bright highlights broken by very murky shadows in the ravines and gullies, all the lower places where the moonlight could not penetrate.
"I can imagine!" Hikaru declared, almost breathless at the thought. She sighed, taking in the slender of the scene, marvelling at the things she had yet to learn. He placed a hand on her shoulder, a hand that felt very warm, understanding...simply wonderful. She welcomed his presence as he took a step forward. Welcomed the warmth, the soothing smell, of his soft robe, and she allowed herself to lean back against him. She felt very grown-up tonight.
They stood in silence or several minuets, watching the moon and the rugged landscape until he finally spoke.” There are not many people who can do what you do, you know.” he said. Hikaru was startled, simultaneously pleased and puzzled. It sounded like a compliment, but she wasn't entirely sure of his meaning. "What is it that I can do?" She asked.
But instead of answering he interjected with startling intensity. Her turned her around so that he could look at her, his hands on both of her shoulders. Her own palms where against his chest, but she wasn't pushing him away. His eyes burned with something that she didn't understand, and she wanted desperately to understand. But her attention was already drifting. He was so close...so warm. His robe surrounded her with comfortable smells, like spices and a pleasant kind of sweat.
He leaned in, his face very closer to hers, just a little above. There was a different kind of light in his eyes now, a very warm and appealing brightness. Hikaru held her breath as his lips closed in, touching hers. She felt a fluttering in her belly as she pressed close to him, relishing his kiss. Her arms where suddenly around him, his chest broad and powerful against hers , and she more then equalled his passion with her returning embrace. She pulled him close, still breathless, and felt that warmth turn to genuine heat. Abruptly, then he pulled away from her, roughly breaking the embrace, and in the moonlight, the expression of anger that flashed across his face chilled her. He was furious- looking past her, furious with another.
***
Hikaru awoke with a gasp as she bolted upright from the cold ground. “What was that a dream… or a premonition.” She thought as she strained to remember all the details of what she had just witnessed. “Who…Who was that.” She whispered to herself as she desperately tried to figure out who the other person had been but for the life of her the name or face of the man she had been kissing eluded her. It bothered her greatly since if anyone had asked her she wasn’t really interested in going out with anybody and yet somehow in her heart of hearts that person had been formulary to her.
Gradually she became aware of the sound of rushing water then turned her head towards the source of the noise and saw a ornate crystal fountain only a few feet away from where she sat. “Now I remember. I took a sip from the water last night when that woman said it was good for my health.” She said thinking back to what had happened to get her to her present state.
***
With the dart coliseum finally complete but the tournament preliminaries still a few days away Hikaru had decided to act upon the information Kisai had found for her at one of the Izquirk branch libraries. She had headed out towards the White Cathedral and mystic shrine looking for a Old mage who would supposedly be able to help her learn some magic.
It had become painfully clear to her in the Flargra city tournament that she could no longer rely on just ordinary punches and kicks to win battles. Too many other fighters knew special skills, especially projectile attacks for her to overcome with out a special skill or projectile attack of her own. The problem was that the skill she had been working on for quite some time, the rolling thunder was still incomplete and unreliable and her fighting style which relied upon the use of her own body and not weapons made making use of any projectile abilities difficult at best until she learned to harness her chi correctly.
But learning to regulate the eeb and flow of her inner energy would take time, more time then she had before the next tournament began. The grand opening of the Dart Coliseum would be sure to attract more fighters on the same level or better then Luna the former Flarga regional champion. Since Hikaru could not consciously control when her wings would manifest themselves like they had against Luna she had to pick something up and fast if she was going to stand a chance with out having to rely purely on luck.
That’s where learning magic came in, As an Angle even one who couldn’t fly at will she still held at least some mystical potential in her blood just waiting to be tapped. All it would take would be a simple fireball or cure spell and then she’d be set at least for the first round. Or at least she hoped she would be anyhow.
“I think Kisan told me that I should be able to learn at least one enchantment in a couple of days, of course assuming I can talk the Wizard hear into helping me.” She thought as she climbed the long white marble staircase towards the entrance of the shrine. For some reason the steps seemed peculiarly long today and the longer she climbed the longer she had to go. “Darn if I could control my wings I could just fly up there in a few seconds.” She thought as she took a few more steps and finally found herself at the summit.
“Wow how did I get here so quickly? One second there’s tons of steps left and the next I’m at the top, I must have zoned out.” She thought as she gazed up at the sky expecting to see white fluffy clouds and cursed slightly when she saw stars. “No way it can’t be night already, it shouldn’t have taken me nearly all day just to get to the top.” She exclaimed in frustration.
“I’m sorry it’s my fault.” said a quite voice that sounded as majestic and beautiful as a lute. Hikaru turned towards the voice and was surprised to see a young looking woman who was every bit as beautiful as her voice with long golden locks and sapphire eyes. Her dress was a strange shade of white that Hikaru had not seen before and looked like it was woven of the finest quality of silk that could be found in the universe, let alone Teyr Sainte.
“It’s just that your aura is so interesting, I couldn’t help but to bend the space around the stairs so that I could study It.” explained the woman causing Hikaru to let out a low whistle of admiration. “They said that the clerics here where strong but I had no idea that they where that good.” said Hikaru in awe. For some reason her normal scepticism had vanished before this woman. Maybe it was just her extraordinary appearance but there was just something about her that made Hikaru want to believe her every word.
The woman giggled. “Silly girl, I’m much more then an ordinary cleric, not that I can fault a mind such as your's for mistaking me as one.” She said as she sat down at the edge of a crystal fountain and traced a finger lightly across the waters still surface causing that spot to glow with a pale blue light. “You should feel honoured. I don’t allow many outsiders to see me.” She said as she cupped her hands and dipped them into the water then brought them up to her lips like a cup and took a sip.
As the woman drank, she opened her cupped hands slightly letting the remaining water flow freely between the cracks to rejoin the rest. As the stream cascaded down like a waterfall to rejoin the main pool, it glittered and sparkled like a rainbow. As the two liquids mixed the effect quickly spread until it covered the entire fountain causing it to glow with a surreal light.
“You’re troubled aren’t you…by matters of the heart.” Said the woman matter of factly and Hikaru nodded in agreement, almost afraid that if she spoke the world around her would shatter like an illusion and the woman would be gone as if she never where. “You grandfather is trying to force you into an arranged marriage isn’t he.” The woman said causing Hikaru’s eyes to widen in surprise. “How..” she started to say but the woman raised finger silencing her.
“How do I know?” She said finishing the question for her guest. “Why I know everything when it comes to the heart.” she answered in a singsong tone of voice. “And I can see clearly now that yours is stronger then most, nearly unwavering in fact. Once you’ve decided upon something you stick to it never giving up no matter how terrible the odds.” said the woman as she gazed into the enchanted water.
“However no heart human or angel can ever be truly one hundred percent sure of itself. It is the mysteries of love that makes it both so wonderful and yet so painful at the same time.” She said wistfully as she glanced at Hikaru’s eyes and saw another question lurking with in them. “Why am I telling you all this? because I like to help worthy souls like yourself find their way once and awhile I suppose.” She said with a sigh.
“Your heart is adrift in confusion because your grandfather is forcing you to think about many issues before you where truly ready for them. Before you where content to simply let the faint embers of affection lie deep within you, sure that with time that they where safe to grow into the flame on passion their own. But now… But now those very same feelings are being threatened even thought you aren’t quite aware they exist. Or rather, I should say that you deny that those feelings exist.” said the woman.
She smiled warmly. “Of course such feelings can’t be hidden away completely…not even from yourself. You must have experienced at least some of their effects like blushing or an accelerated heart beat when your cherished person was nearby. Normally it would have been ok to keep those feelings locked away… at least for a while longer anyhow. But the longer you do so now the more at risk those feelings will be and the more your heart stands to be broken by not admitting them before it’s too late.” She said.
“I can not stand idly by and let such a wonderful heart as yours shatter into a thousand pieces. Please drink from this water, its effects will have help heal your hand and perhaps it will also be able to help open the truth in your eyes.” She said. Hikaru nodded and walked over towards the fountain then gently bent down onto her knees by its base and cupped her hands into the water, which felt cool and soothing to the touch. Slowly she brought the water to her lips and sipped. Suddenly as she swallowed the world went black around her.
***
Hikaru felt a cold chill run up her spine as she went over the events of the night before slowly adding two and two together. As the pieces of the puzzle came into place she realized that the woman she had seen could have been none other then the goddess of love Aphrodite herself. It was the only way to possibly explain how she could have seen into her heart so clearly.
“Great so a goddess herself goes to all the trouble to give me a vision and I still can’t figure out what it means.” muttered Hikaru to herself. “What does that make me a bonehead or a lost cause.” She said angrily at herself as she clenched her fists. As she clenched her left fist she suddenly realized that the pain she had felt early from the wound Le chuck had given her was gone.
Slowly she unwrapped the bandage and was surprised to see that all traces of the cut had vanished leaving her hand unmarred. “Wow I thought for sure I was going to have a scar there after catching that sword. This water really is something, Thank you.” She said hoping that though the goddess wasn’t here at the moment her words would still reach her.
Resolving not to leave the area until she had deciphered the vision the goddess had been generous enough to grant her Hikaru turned herself over so that her back was facing the fountain and stared out across the blue sky trying to piece together what she could remember from her dream.
The first thing she knew what that he was definitely a man, that much was not in question. She sighed feeling a warm reassurance that her sexuality wasn’t too far from the norm. Not that being attracted to the same sex was wrong or anything, just that she had enough problems one her plate to take care of with out having to go against what was widely considered in most places the social norm.
The next clue was that he was human… or at least humanoid anyway. Of course, that still left a wide range of possibilities but at least he wasn’t a wookie or even worse a yokai. Not that all yokai where bad mind you, just that angels and yokai didn’t tend to get along very well, which meant that her falling in love with one would be certain to cause no end of trouble for them both.
The third clue was that he was taller then her, thought that didn’t tell her much of anything since most men where. Then there was the fact that he was a traveling companion so that could only mean he was someone close to her. She frowned slightly at that realisation. She could count the number of people she was truly close to who were still alive on less then two hands which didn’t exactly leave a lot of options.
It was then that she remembered his robe, so soft and warm. Thought the colour had been indistinct in the moonlight she could think of only one person who she was close to that wore a robe like that. “No it couldn’t be…” She whispered softly her face flushed brightly red as she finally came to the revelation that she had feeling for Kisai, feelings that went beyond just simple friendship.