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[Goose]

A loud gassous substance expoded from an old skeletons mouth. And with that, he had life. Again. Always Again. Death was peaceful. Life was a bother. This old skeleton was getting far too old for this life thing. He was sure that in previous lives, he had been a jolly old soul, but at the moment, all he wanted was to lie down in peace and be left alone.

But for now, he was alive. He had to be alive, for he had a job to do. An old enemy to crush. An uprisal to oppose. Here was the old weary coot of Kakariko Village, Dessert of Mystery and now Ikana Canyon. His sole purpose for existance; To stop LoD. For if LoD came back into the peak of their powers, this land would forever fall into darkness.

[JRPomazon]

"You know, you really are quite loud." Jordan walked towards the man who made the fowl noise. "You really should learn some man. . ." He stopped speaking when he looked at the person he was talking to, a skeleton among the living. His eyes widened and his jaw dropped. He could barely keep his composure. "Whoa . . . that's new." Jordan took a closer look his new acquaintance and smiled. "You must have some unfinished business to remain in the land of the living. However, I've got some business with you. Denizen of Ikana, let me test your power." He took out his spear and raised it towards Goose.

Edited by JRPomazon, 07 April 2007 - 09:52 PM.

[Goose]

The old skeleton looked at this boy. He seemed to be intent on causing pain.

"Hold your horses, laddie. Let me get up first." The old skeleton reached for his cane. finding it, he tried to get up. After much heaving and groaning, all in which the boy didn't react in any way shape or form, and didn't offer any help mind you, The old Skeleton was up.

"You wish to test me do ya son? Well, I am a bit rusty, what with the whole death thing and stuff, but I"ll play a while."

With that he hobbled to the corner and looked at the spear wielding young man.

"Well, what'r ya waiting for. Come at me."

[JRPomazon]

Jordan smiled. His eyes set upon Goose. "Don't fall to pieces on me." Jordan began to rise from the ground. Soon enough, he was levitating in midair. He gripped his spear with both hands and launched himself straight into the air. Jordan had an unique ability. He could control and manipulate wind, allowing him to do things most men couldn't possibly imagine. Far above his opponent, He positioned his spear facing down and began his descent. Faster and Faster, he was coming down at incredable speed. Jordan was closing in on his target, it was only a matter of seconds before he hit his mark.

[Goose]

The spear landed right on The skeletons head, the sheer force of the attack launching the head off the neck, and flying into the corner.

"Please excuse me a sec" could be heard from the corner, as his body struggled to find his head, so it could be reattached. After a mammoth effort, the head was reattached.

"Nice form young man. My turn though. "

Out of his cane spirted a thick vine and it reached out to the young man, attaching itself to his feet.

[Rhiannon]

Rhiannon paced around her chambers. She was restless. They had won. It was certainly a proud moment for her. The festivities were wonderful and she had a mildly good time. She smiled for her people, she drank for them, heck she lived for them but there was something bothering her now. Many of her close friends had left. Of course she knew where to, and only longed to follow them. However much she wished she could be there, she felt as if she had to stay. At least for now. Interrupting her thoughts, a grotesque sound could be heard from outside.

That's disgusting, she thought. She ran to her window and sure enough, Goose could be seen just closing his mouth, satisfied skeleton grin on his face. Rhia gazed out the window at the scenery around her. The Canyon really was a beautiful place, especially when everyone was celebrating and cheers could be heard echoing through the canyon walls. Unfortunately, enjoying the view was a short-lived experience. A new, unfamiliar could be heard from down below. "You know, you really are quite loud."

Who the heck is that? Rhiannon sat quietly, watching Goose defend himself. She stared in awe as this stranger took the first move. His tactics were impressive, unlike anything she had seen before. She chuckled as Goose's head rolled off and his body went after it. She judged that Goose could take him, and if not, she could always help a little from above. Anything that would help take her mind off where the others were.

[JRPomazon]

Jordan was at a loss of words. His attack was flawless, never had it once failed him. But for the first time, his opponent was still standing. "Imagine that." He said to himself. However, while he was still in awe, the skeleton revealed his own technique and spurted a vine from his cane. The vine quickly wrapped around Jordan's feet, immobilizing him from moving. Jordan fell over onto the sandy ground "Hmm. You're good. But this trick proves that you're older than I thought." Jordan thrusted his spear down on the vine, severing it from in between his feet. The vines let go of his feet and fell limb on the sandy earth. "This is getting to be interesting." Jordan threw his spear in front of him, but before it could reach the ground, it stopped moving.

Once again showing his dominance over the wind, Jordan was holding his spear by the air around it. He raised his arm and began to rotate his wrist, the spear following suit in a similar motion. In a matter of seconds, the spear was rotating in a circle, the tip of its blade scraping the sand each time it hit the ground. Eventually, Jordan stopped rotating his wrist and his spear was spinning around at an unprecedented speed, so fast that the weapon looked more like a shield than a weapon. An immense gust was flying off it. Thrusting his arm down, the whirlwind that was his spear slammed into the ground. There was silence for only a moment. He uttered one word. "Sandstorm." As if his words had some divine power behind them, a wave of sand arose from the earth, a large mass big enough to bury a small building and then some. "How would he counter?" Jordan waited to see what would happen next.

Edited by JRPomazon, 08 April 2007 - 09:14 PM.

[Goose]

As this sandstorm blew up, Goose decided to take evasive action. Rather than run away from the storm, he ran towards it. He found a plank of wood on the ground, big enough to stand on. The wave of sand was moving really fast, so the skeleton took the plank of wood, and jumped on it, as the wave reached him. The skeleton began to surf the wave.

[Rhiannon]

Fascinated, Rhia continued to watch the two fight. Goose's tactics were traditional, yet still impressive. This stranger's tactics were completely new to Rhiannon and she was memorized... that is until a big gust of sand wiped her in the face.

"Heeeyy! Watch out!" She cried, shaking her fist out the window. With that, Rhia took matters into her own hands and called upon the water of the Canyon spring with her mind, to drown the gust of sand. Slowly, yet flawlessly, the water engulfed the sand particles in a smooth matter enabling Goose to still ride the wave with ease.

Edited by Rhiannon, 08 April 2007 - 07:43 PM.

[JRPomazon]

Once again, Jordan was left in astonishment. His attack was not only cancelled out, but used for recreational purposes. It also appeared that there was a spectator to his match. He was losing his cool. Using the wind once again, he reclaimed his spear from the earth and took to the skies. The wind beneth his feet keep him propelled above the ground a few feet and charged towards his undead adversary. "This is the last attack." He said these words to himself as he gripped his spear with both hands. Using the wind to keep him in the air and propel him towards his opponent at a alarming speed, he charged towards the skeleton from above. The wind around him became visable to the naked eye as it picked up sand and earth. It was formed like a needle, Jordan's spear as the point.

[Goose]

The young man lunged at him, with a needle made from wind. Knowing that this wasn't good, Goose decided to take some more evasive action.

"Uru!" (Aussie slang for goodbye) He shouted at the boy.

Mind you, he was still surfing on the wave, and was still having fun with it. Knowing that he could surf no longer, he jumped into the air, grabbing the plank of wood from his feet and holding it out above his head, he dived into the depths of sand below.

Deeper and deeper he went through the sand. Down into the depths of the earth. (or roughly, 10 metres underground.)
He found what he was looking for. His own Lair. With a beer waiting for him. He took a swig. Put the beer down, and decided to head back up into the open.

Up he went, through the sand, until he made an exit into the open, about 10 metres from when he'd started.

He burped again. That was fun.

[JRPomazon]

The sandstorm Jordan had created died down. He landed on the soft sand and looked over at the skeleton warrior. "It seems that no matter how hard I try, this area gives you the advantage. You are stronger than I thought." He put his spear away and dusted some sand off his clothing. Jordan turned to his opponent. "I didn't lose this match, I just decided not to win." He smiled, he had a fun time. "My name is Jordan of the Whirlwind Spear. Let's meet again sometime."As he walked off, he smiled. His only purpose for fighting was to test out the skeleton's strength. If he was going to fight him for real, there would be no telling what might happen.

[Rhiannon]

Rhiannon loved watching the two fight. It was new vs. old to the extreme and nothing could compare. As she saw him walking away, a little panic rose inside her.

"Wait!" She cried at the window. Rhia fled down the stairs, quite ungracefully knocking a few old vases as she went. She ran through the corridor, through the dinning hall, on top of the tables, through the garden of dead trees and finally to the outer gate. She grabed the young man's shoulder lightly and looked up at him.

"Why have you come here?"

Edited by Rhiannon, 09 April 2007 - 01:59 PM.

[JRPomazon]

Jordan stopped as he felt someone's hand on his shoulder. "Why have you come here?" she asked. He turned around to face the person who wanted to speak with him. "My business here is my own. But if you must insist on why I've come to this place then I'll give you an answer." Jordan paused of a moment, just to gather his thoughts. "I only wanted to fight someone from Ikana, and skully over there was the first person I saw. I just felt like sparring with the guy, I had no intention of killing him, but that wouldn't matter since he appears to already be dead. Now if you excuse me, I'll take my leave."

Edited by JRPomazon, 09 April 2007 - 05:43 PM.

[Goose]

"Let him go, princess. His is a lonely trek." Goose had hobbled after the pair.

"Anyway, he doesn't have the balls to survive in Ikana, scuse the pun, princessness."

Goose chuckled. He couldn't help but laugh at his own genious.

[JRPomazon]

OoC: I'm gonna be gone for about a week and a half with no internet, so please continue the story without me until I return.

IC:

Once again, Jordan stopped. "Excuse me, but can you really say you have any yourself? I mean, you are a skeleton after all." Jordan waved his hand towards Goose, effectively causing a gust of wind to blow his cane from his hand to the ground. "Old man, let's meet again if you still have unfinished business in this world. Until then, I'll just say this. My true enemies are those who bring war. Tell me, am I right to think that they reside nearby this canyon?"

[31-Year-Old-From-Georgia]

"'Let's meet again if you still have unfinished business in this world?' Jeez, Jordan, it's like I've been telling you: you're not eighty years old!"

XI had suddenly appeared as if he had risen from the sand like the boney bard just did. In truth, he had been watching this little show from a safe little niche the entire time. How the kid had managed to sneak upon the trio without anyone taking note even he didn't know. In any case, XI could feel some blank stares in his direction.

"Oh, I'm XI. Like the number... Jordan's little traveling buddy at the moment. You must try to excuse his actions, he's got a hang-up about challanges and all that. So, you two look familiar... Shiima and Aiden, I think? Oh, sorry to interupt the conversation, continue on with the crotch jokes!"

[JRPomazon]

"You really need to stop popping up like that XI." Jordan looked over at him with a perturbed look. The two of them had been traveling for some time now. Sometimes Jordan would go on ahead and leave XI, only to reunite with him a few hours later. Jordan only did this to see how long it would take XI to notice and catch up. He was like the little brother he never had, or in some cases, never wanted. "Oh yeah, who are these Shiima and Aiden guys you're talking about?" Jordan thought this over for a moment. He grabbed him by the collar of his tattered shirt. "Is there some information you haven't told me XI? Well?" Jordan had achieved a whole new level of perturbed. Keeping information from Jordan got his goat almost everytime.

[Rhiannon]

Rhia's head reeled. She had way too much to think about and she did not need this... especially when the younger boy popped up out of nowhere. She was slightly alarmed at the rudeness of the first newcomer, he hadn't even addressed her at all. Frowning she turned to XI, him she remembered from long long ago. Down in the chamber where many of her secrets and memories were buried, he had been there too.

Turning slightly from the stranger named Jordan, Rhia addressed XI. "Well.. er first of all, we remind you of Shiima and Aiden? I don't see how in the world you could come up with that comparison. Goose is ancient and clearly skilled as a mage where as Aiden is young, agile and a knight. I believe the only thing that either of us have in common with those two is gender. In any case welcome, it's nice to have you here. Stay a while?" She smiled as she spoke, it was nice to see someone in the flesh again.

Edited by Rhiannon, 09 April 2007 - 08:55 PM.

[31-Year-Old-From-Georgia]

"Whoa there, partner, slow down," XI told Jordan, yanking at his collar and escaping Jordan's grip.

"Yeah, I'm terrible with connecting name with appearances. Aiden's this knight guy like she said, and Shiima's something of a Ninja Kitten. Don't really know them that well... Anyway! Sorry for getting you two mixed up with them," XI feebly apoligized, "I'd certainly like a place to stay, but Jordan'd probably prefer going around fighting other random people."

XI caught sight of Rhia's face. She seemed very slightly annoyed, but came off as more inviting and cheerful. "Who can say no to Selena when she seems so unusually nice?" he asked rhetorically.

[JRPomazon]

OoC: Just exiting the story for now, be back in a week or so.

Jordan had calmed himself down. He turned away from his company and looked towards the sky. "Hey XI, I have to go someplace for a little while. I'll be back as soon as I can to pick you up. Promise me you'll stay out of trouble." He began to walk away from the group. "Oh yeah, could you take care of XI while I'm away miss? I'll be back soon enough." In an instant, Jordan took to the skies and headed North towards the sea. It wasn't like he could fly, but rather jump high and glide down slowly. He went as fast as the wind and vanished.

[Rhiannon]

Rhia studied both the boys carefully before saying anything. They were.. different from what she was used to. She watched, fascinated by Jordan's leave. He was an amazing boy, that was for sure.

Snapping out of her trance, she turned to XI. "Erm.. my name isn't Selena dear." Smiling she led the boy and Goose towards the gates.

"Goose, may I have a word in private please?" Pulling him aside she spoke softly into his ear, "Goose, I must take leave. I need to... get some things settled. It would be ever so helpful if you could just keep an eye out on everyone for me, just for a bit. Wisp will be out and about as well, but you know how she likes to party." Smiling as sweetly as she could, she awaited a response.

[Goose]

The old Bard nodded. "I will take care of the Canyon, mistress. This place means more to me than you can know."

[GuardianNinja]

Hmmm a Ninja said as he walked up
wow interesting battle what was that style you were using bard i only use those of the
shinobi by the way im Hazaku who are you guys?

Edited by GuardianNinja, 14 April 2007 - 12:17 AM.

[Selena]

[ooc]

U...uhm. o.o;

Please use basic English skills such as punctuation, capitalization, quotes and grammar. Beginners are fine, but it needs to be coherent. And please don't update the World Guide yourself until I get word from DarkLink that that's okay. PM your submissions to him or myself and we update them.

....Thank you. o.o

[/ooc]

[Rhiannon]

Rhiannon nodded in gratitude, Rhia flew up the stairs in the tower to her room. Feeling elated, Rhia ran around her room gathering as few belongings as she could. She ran back down the stairs, swiftly kissed Goose's cheek and proceeded out the gate. She had a long road trip ahead of her...

[Goose]

"Now that she's gone, its time to continue the party. EVERYBODY CONGA!!" With That, The old skeleton, who was feeling quite jolly now, grabbed XI and Hakazu, and started up a conga line heading back into the city.

"Come on , shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you cant control yourself any longer
Come on , shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you cant control yourself any longer.."

Edited by Goose, 15 April 2007 - 12:16 AM.

[GuardianNinja]

Hazaku still wierded out by the situation says
"um... yea i dont really feel like dancing right
now i was kinda hoping for some information"
"... have you seen a fox demon around here?"
Hazaku turns and looks at the bard, waiting
for a reply.

Edited by GuardianNinja, 15 April 2007 - 09:41 PM.

[Goose]

"Yeah, I"m sure theres a fox Demon around here somewhere. We have so many passers by that I never know who stays and who goes."

The Boy looked impatient.

"But stay awhile and have a look. He might be hiding around that corner over there."

[GuardianNinja]

hazaku replied "im sure a fox demon isnt just around the corner"
"but"
"i know the legend of the fox demons"
"theres 9 fox demons as of what i know"
"and there in a person each one of them"
"well im not going to find one today i know
that , so do you know and special jutsu or
abilitys/moves i need to know everything
i can to capture the fox demons "

Edited by GuardianNinja, 16 April 2007 - 01:55 PM.