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actuallyselfish posting in srwu Aug. 26th, 2014 10:23 pm)[1]
[Locked to Ken]
One sunny, lazy afternoon, you receive a communique from your mechanic.
"Hello, is this thing transmitting...? Hey Ken! Dido here! I set up a bunch of equipment in Hanger 3 for measuring Sol Energy and medical readouts!
Wanna experiment with Ki sensing and manipulation, like we talked about? I've got some cool experiments planned out! And protein bars, if you're hungry!"
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[Open to everyone, particularly aliens, monsters, Ki-wielding martial artists, and dour pilots with demon arms!]
Those of you who find yourselves walking along one of the Saikhama base hallways stumble across an interesting sight!
Ken, the Ninja boy wonder, is sitting on a mat on the north side of the hall, wearing a blindfold and headphones. Dido stands by him, clutching a small walkie talky. She speaks into it as you pass by:
"Okay, Ken: does this person have any Ki? Describe what it feels like aloud! Any colors, tastes or, uh, tingles to it?"
[Feel free to describe what Ken senses with his fledgling Ki-sense...or even if he senses anything]
[Locked to Ken]
One sunny, lazy afternoon, you receive a communique from your mechanic.
"Hello, is this thing transmitting...? Hey Ken! Dido here! I set up a bunch of equipment in Hanger 3 for measuring Sol Energy and medical readouts!
Wanna experiment with Ki sensing and manipulation, like we talked about? I've got some cool experiments planned out! And protein bars, if you're hungry!"
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[Open to everyone, particularly aliens, monsters, Ki-wielding martial artists, and dour pilots with demon arms!]
Those of you who find yourselves walking along one of the Saikhama base hallways stumble across an interesting sight!
Ken, the Ninja boy wonder, is sitting on a mat on the north side of the hall, wearing a blindfold and headphones. Dido stands by him, clutching a small walkie talky. She speaks into it as you pass by:
"Okay, Ken: does this person have any Ki? Describe what it feels like aloud! Any colors, tastes or, uh, tingles to it?"
[Feel free to describe what Ken senses with his fledgling Ki-sense...or even if he senses anything]
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[And so, Ken makes his way to the hangar, switching into his training gear. He looks around a bit, seeming uncertain...
But then, closing his eyes, he seems to focus...
And then raises his finger, pointing towards wherever Dido may be.]
Are you sure this will work?
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She claps politely when Ken points her out, and marks something down on a clipboard.
"Alright. You can sense my presence in the room. But is that Ki sense, or simply hyper sensitive hearing and touch?"
She turns around and walks over to a beer cooler. She cracks it open and lifts out several black cylinders with gold trim running along their sides.
"Could you help me set these up around the room? I've got an experiment in mind!"
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[Ken mutters something else under his breath as he picks up and looks at the cylinders.]
And... these are...?
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"Careful now." Dido says, cradling the cylinders under her arms delicately. "These are Sol Energy Capacitors, fully charged. They were meant as a backup power source for the Solego, but..."
Her voice chokes off. "Anyways. Could you place them at random spots on the floor?"
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[[Ken nods slightly as he more delicately picks up some more, before moving them about the area.]
I'm going to guess this has to do with your little experiment?
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Dido approaches with a blindfold. "Could you put this on? And then spin in a circle? Until you feel dizzy?"
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[Ken gives Dido an uncertain look before he puts on the blindfold, and like a child, stretches out his arms. Then he spins, a lot, and its hard to tell if and when he'll stop - but when he does, his body continues to sway for quite a bit.]
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"Here's the experiment, Ken: try reaching out with your Ki senses, and tell me what you sense. Point to where you think they are, and describe what they feel like."
She pulls out her clipboard again, ready to take notes.
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He breathes, brings his feet together, and places one palm atop the other. Whilst the blindfold is on, it's far from impossible to see his emotions beneath it as he tries... and tries... and tries...]
Nnngh...
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"Ooh!" She says, snapping her fingers. "Try letting go of your conscious mind and acting on instinct! I saw that in a movie once!"
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[The stress is in trying to focus, and tighten things up. After all, sensing is somewhat useless if its not fine tuned enough for real use.]
...wait...
You're... there, aren't you?
[He holds his hand out in a... rough approximation of Dido's direction, adjusting as he goes.]
You're the only part of it that feels... rough. Moving, living, not just... power.
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"Damn, I never thought of that! All that Sol Power's not just showing up on your radar...it blinding you! Well, almost blinding you."
She takes a few soft steps to the left, closer and away from the Sol Energy Capacitors.
"Alright...where am I now?"
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[His response is quicker, and more certain.]
You're not as... drowning in it, as before. Easier to tell you apart.
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"Alright, you can open your eyes now! And could you help me gather up the batteries? I've got another experiment in mind!"
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[Well Ken... what you feel is... certainly quite different. It was wild and energetic, like it refused to be restrained and it felt 'loud' to anyone with a ki sense. It was a bright blue - like the sort you'd see on a clear sky. It was probably not best to look at her with that ki sense so much, not because it was like looking at the sun... but because it was essentially like taking a mallet to the face... repeatedly.]
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[Ken seems to twitch visibily, lowering his head as if to glance away.]
Your... your ki is different. Vast and... blue, not like mine or Dido's or anyone else born under our sun's light...
Curious.
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[Peola stumbled over her words, when Ken said the next bit... it was like a gigantic trainwreck of babbling. Peola barely managed to get a hold of herself]
Er... are you sure? Maybe you could check someone else too! I mean, there's nothing special about me.
[CRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAP]
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[Ren walks in closer. This is a hard read. You're getting really mixed signals.]
I thought "ki" is life force that binds us all, speaking metaphorically. As in, any living being has one.
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[Ken narrows his gaze as he tries to tighten his focus.]
So why are you so different? What lies beneath the surface...?
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[Ken pauses to explain, feeling... slightly confused.]
Twenty years ago, an enemy force emerged from another dimension. It wielded 'Void Energy', a kind of antithesis force to Sol energy, which is basically solar energy, but particular to our native star of Sol. Because all energy on Earth - barring geothermal power - stems from the sun, nearly all life holds and produces it.
Consequently though, 'ki' for anyone born on Earth wouldn't be the same as that of someone from another world, whose star would be different from ours. Or in the case of the autobots, who have a different form of energy entirely, they have something akin to ki, but not ki...
I-Its a little complicated I'll admit. I suppose you could consider it all 'ki', but different kinds and flavours, like... like... Ice Cream.
[That strange, strange explanation aside...]
You're... odd, though.
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[Peola rolls her eyes and tries to play it off.]
Seriously, the way you're acting its like I'm some kind of weirdo space alien or something...
Ahahahahaha...
[...CRAP!]
Yeah that was a joke.
[... Phew... Saved.]
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I was born under the same sun as you and everyone else, I wonder why would my "ki" be odd.
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[Ken pauses as he realises an unintended way to take his words.]
N-Not saying you're like an animal, just... different, at some level, which could play in.