Landscapping view

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The landscape has all of the vivid color, each one of them as fresh as a new painting straight from ancient Rome. The brilliant emeralds banished every gloomy thought and the sky lifted the eye in a way that brought the villagers to admire the strands of drifting smokey color clouds. The trees were deep with late spring foliage and the flowers rioted in the jubilant way that only the most divine of blooms can. It consisted of a series of lakes with hilly crowns, like the hoof prints of some celestial horse.

Alma begin to have a coughing fit, something that becoming more common as he grows older. His hand covers his mouth, preventing the spread of germs. He has visited a number of doctors in his life time, but they all said it incurable. However, he came across a number of people in white lab coats. They promise they could make him better but first it will only get worse. Alma is unsure of their words but he couldn’t sense anything in their words as a lie.

Next to the sickly young man is his close friends. A virgin white fur color coat saber-tooth tiger, Byakko. He always with Alma and seems to be just as nervous. The 125 foot long giant sea snake lurking nearby, watching on in protection. It wishes to be closer but fears that he would scare the locals. Underneath the ground rumbles a bit, a large and rare land shark, lurking and protecting. The young blond hair man looks at his hand, cover in blood.

He sits on a small bench near the port, waiting for his boat to arrive. He wipes the crimson color liquid covering his hand onto his bag briefly and softly sigh as he gazes into the painting sky. If he knew where the boat was headed, he simply there but in this case, he cannot. Inside his pouch bad is all of his belongings that he carries with him. It a bit heavy for him, for most of the trip here, his large female snake carried it for him.

[Ishin]

Ishin walked around the field of flowers, all happy and giddy thanks to the party he just left. He was actually singing to himself, the sun was bright and the day was good. Ishin shrieks as he spots a colossal snake, it was very scary and big. It could even be bigger than Aya'han which was something already, the medic was scared for life. Quickly turned around and ran past a few villagers shrieking out all over, people would think he was mad or something. Ishin kept bumping into people on the streets, but he did not care, he could not even summon the courage to warn the people, his breath and words always got silent.

Ishin ran to a port, thinking the snake could not follow him here. He would occasionally glance back to see how far the thing was from him. It was too close for his liking and so he ran even faster. Suddenly his feet got tangled together and he flew down from a hill he was running on. The man was flying towards the benches, all he could do to soften the impact was to shield his head. He hit something soft yet still got bruised all over. The first thing he thought was Did I kill that person? the man lied there for a while before getting up. He saw a strange looking guy with crimson marks on his hand. Oh no, I did injure him. Ishin wore a white lab-coat, with nothing else on him apart from the pants and shirt.

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Alma sit at the bench, about to feed his faithful partner Byakko. Suddenly, his ears pick something up in the distance. He looks around confused and suddenly, he is hit by something. The impact of the strange man fall causes him to fall out of his bench and onto the ground, hard. This impact causes him to scrap his forehead with a small scratch. The weight is much heavier than Alma as he struggles to get up until the man gets off of him.

The blond hair young man lets out a soft groaning noise as the man get up, whose in a white lab coat? Alma wonders if he’s related to the people. Byakko seems to be looking over and do not sense any threat from him. Instead, he tilts his head while curious on the man and begin sniffing at him. Cho on the other hand is more aggressive as he pops out of the ground and show off his row of teeth. Alma waves his hand around. “No Cho, please behave yourself.” The aggressive creature buries itself back underground. Alma dusts himself off and look at the man. “Hello there, please don’t be afraid of the creature below and the saber tooth tiger, they’re my friends.”

[Ishin]

Ishin finally gets up and dusts his clothes, he had a long look at the other man. His large cat friend looked alright, didn't do much but the other one, the other one was aggressive with it's popping out of nowhere. Ishin shrieked again "Please don't eat me." the sharks teeth were looking grand, sharp and shiny. The man covered his face with his hands "I am sorry." he managed to get out of him before the man said something about them being his friends. The shark seemed to be named Cho as the master told him not to do anything, then it popped back into the ground. With this Ishin got a bit more calmer but still wary.

The he remembered why he was here in the first place, his hands began to sweat "Hhhhhey! Ggggeeeeet away from here." was all he could manage now, his legs were shaking like mad. He looked back at the colossal beast at the distance, it was still pretty close but he could not do anything. Actually Ishin had a feeling he will soon faint, as a doctor there were a few techniques he could do to get himself back in track. He began to breath in and out regularly, stopped the adrenaline rush for a while. It's going to take more than that though.

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Alma stares at the man who is all over the place in fear. He faces the direction out in the forest and seems to be scared stiff, how does someone live by being scared by all these simple things? Back at his old village, beasts, large creatures like this and such is nothing. Then there was that whole zombie thing in mo a little while ago. Did it only happen in mo but he hear reports it was all over the place, where this character when it happen?

“Um, if you’re looking at the snake, she’s pretty harmless. She normally avoids big city areas filled with people. She’s only this close to see me off. “ Alma spoke in a calm and bright tone of voice in attempt to calm him down. He rubs his forehead to lower the small pain on his head. “My name is Alma, are you with house of evolution?” the young man doubt this man knows anything about it but there is a chance. “Would you care to tell me your name please?”

[Ishin]

Ishin did not hear anything, nor did he concentrate on anything else other than his fear. The man thought he had to break the fear in order to at least move and ran away. He focused on his willpower, his heart rate was high and it hurt, he stood there but in reality he just wanted to fall over and crawl into a hole, stay there forever or until it passed away. He arched his back, it provided some sort of relief while he was doing the breathing exercise. Not very soon, Ishin was calmer, more capable of moving, he stepped up. Yes it was working at last, he did not however see the direction he was stepping into. The man after his first steps sprinted forward, too bad he ran into the sea.

He was now all drenched and wet, the water, as cold as it was thanks to it, it woke him up. He began to kick in panic at first but got his baring back. He stopped with the wild kicking and splashing and began to get into the swimming rhythm. Finally he gets one of his hands on the pier, trying to pull himself up but he was too weak. Ishin's face got furious as he tried to pull himself up with no success. If he was helped out, he would then just lie on the pier, right where he was pulled up and waiting till his senses kicked up again. Only then would he hear what others had to say.

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Everything Alma just said went one ear to the other. Nothing that Alma can say is getting through the man and he has no idea what is going on with the character. The man just stands there in silence for a moment, as if he’s trying to break out of his fear? Suddenly, the man begins making a run for into the pier. Alma stand there in silence, confuse along with Byakko. Cho pops his head out of the ground, looking onwards.

The three of them look at it each other, seeing if anyone can make sense of this as he splashes in the water for a moment. Cho ducks right back into the ground and he begins making his way over. Byakko comes and assist the chosen one. Alma looks down and he himself is much too weak to pull out, he just make things worse. Byakko moves over and pulls him out of the water onto the solid ground. Alma says nothing as Byakko begins licking him, licking at the water on his face.

[Ishin]

Ishin's breathing got steady, he could clearly think again. As he layed there he was forced to watch the huge beast, it did not look like it was getting closer, maybe he was just imagining it. It still looked brutal though. "Ughhh, thank you. Whoever pulled me out." he did not know who did it, but it was a lifesaver. The man was now more stable and able to move, slowly he got on his feet. They were still a little shaky but his clothing was now all wet. He thought about drying it first, but couldn't stop thinking about the snake. What if he took his clothes of and it lashed at him? Ishin walked to the benches and sat down, his hands were brought up and he brushed his hair trying to get the water out.

"Ugh, we really should be going somewhere else. This thing up there, you aren't afraid of it?" he looked at the thing and pointed at it, discreetly. He still feared it would be looking in this direction which it actually was, the snake was here for Alma after all. "I am Ishin. Thank you for the rescue again." the man showed a troubled face. The nice day suddenly turned dark, why was he so afraid though? Yes, he was indeed totally vulnerable out there without any weapons and Aya'han at his disposal. Where was the ziz when he needed it the most? he wondered that himself. Alma looked like he could use some help too, early he was bloody, maybe the water washed it up already?

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Alma watch the strange man breath begin to steady, he seems to be able to think again. He lays on the ground, watching Alma beast. The young chosen one points over to his saber tooth tiger and smile, “That was Byakko, he pulled out.” The man gets to his feet, and seems to be more stable now as his body begins dripping water from head to toe. As he sit down on the bench Alma sits next to him and softly sigh while smiling. The odd mention something about a giant snake and then point it out into the direction. Alma looked over and just see Leviathan.

“Why would I be afraid of Leviathan? She’s my friend too! However, most people grow in fear in sight of her, so she is keeping her distance despite wanting to be closer.” From the tone of the man voice and from his actions, it obvious he fears the giant snake. Finally, the man introduces himself as Ishin. It’s nice to meet you, Ishin.” Alma large tiger softly yawns and law down. “So does Byakko. You have nothing to fear from my friends, they can be overprotective of me but they will not hurt anyone. “

[Ishin]

What? This man was either brave or foolish, not being afraid of the snake it seems. What madness is this? Ishin thought he needed to perhaps show this person their mistakes but it wasn't his place to do it, plus Alma seems to be having something with dangerous beasts that Ishin's words would fall on deaf ears. "Well, at least tell me why aren't you afraid?" Ishin's nerves were now calmer. Then he remembered the bleeding incident earlier "Hey, are you still bleeding? I am a doctor." Ishin announced while looking for the blood itself. "Wait, Leviathan? You call this thing Leviathan?" well actually the name made sense, the thing was huge but how did he even know it's name? "Don't tell me.... no, just don't" the man was almost sure Alma knew the beast. The guy also was friends with the rest of the beasts, he dared not approach Alma even if he was hurt.

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Alma rubs his forehead, the pain on his stopped throbbing a while ago. He looked down at his and sees there is no blood. He found nothing so he shakes his head at Ishin, declining his. Ishin still seems to be afraid of his giant snake, which is lurking the forest, watching the distance. No doubt, once Alma goes away for a while, his friends will be worry about him. “Well, while I don’t like using this term, but you can also call them my pets? Byakko, Chogath, and leviathan. Because of my weak constitution, they often protect me. “ Alma gives Ishin a weak smile. “Ever since I was born, I’ve been sick and frail.”

The young chosen one leans back into the beach, his eyes gazing at the sea, waiting for his boat to arrive. It should not be too much longer. Alma begins another coughing fit. The young blond hair man covers his mouth once, blood drops into his hand again from the coughing. Byakko mores closer to Alma, rubbing his head into Alma lap, he’s both worry and trying to comfort his master. Alma rubs his head with his clean hand, petting him softly as the other rubs against pouch with his items.

[Ishin]

There was nothing on the man and so he just declines Ishin's offer for help. The large snake was lurking about in the woods, it was huge and still looked this way like it was about to devour someone, or something Ishin hoped. "You mean really, pets? They are listening to you?" more importantly how did he manage to make the snake listen to him. To Ishin it seems like it can eat Alma whenever it wishes, no problems here. Alma then talks about how he always was sick, that was no joke. Some people are just frail, the more reason to take it easy and not taming dangerous beasts. It seems like Alma was waiting for a boat, Alma might want some company then. "Alright the, mind me waiting here for you? I got nothing else to do." he undressed himself leaving just pants, putting his remaining clothes on the bench nearby to dry.

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Alma coughing grew worse than before. His throat is sore and more blood splatter onto his hand and he softly sigh. Soon, I will be all better, he tells himself. “Yes, all of them are. I do not like referring them to as pets but as my partners. “ Alma watches Ishin undress besides his pants to dry off. Alma smiles and shrugs his shoulders to him. “That is fine, I can use the company.” Alma places his belongings to the side of him and leans back in the bench. His eyes gaze at the sky that looks like a painting with the clouds and sun. In the distance, he can faintly see the boat coming into view.

Alma releases a soft sigh and get to his feet, he has no idea how long he has been sitting there and how much time has passed. Byakki rubs her head to his master lap, whining at him, clearly not wanting him to leave. Cho moves out of the ground, blocking Alma path but shows no real signs of stopping him. The young chosen one scratch his nose and grin, seeing his partners worry about him. He looks over to Ishin and says, “Can you do me a favor and watch over them while I’m gone?” Alma hands over his belongings with him to Ishin. “My scent is all over my stuff, they all relatively tame and behaved. “

Alma looks at them all and tells them to do as Ishin tells them to do. Alma moves into the forest, and tells the same thing to his snake but also keeps his distance until Ishin can work on the nerve to get close on his own. Alma moves to the pier, not before telling Ishin thank you for keeping him company and some amusement with his antics earlier. Alma stomach turns inside him as he gets on the boat. He waves out to his pets and Ishin as he drifts off.

The ride is long and the motion of the boat makes him sick. Causing him to puke as he leans over the rail. Every second that goes by, he feels sick to his stomach. At last, he arrives to a small island with a large white building in view. He takes on the land and makes his way inside instructed. They change his clothes and put him on the operation table. They put a sleeping gas mask onto his face as he drifts to sleep, counting backwards from ten. He only gets to 7 before he’s light out, drifting from this life to the next.

[Skulking Shinzu]

Alma has dieded.

Death approved!

[Ishin]

Ishin took care of all these animals, but the snake was too much for him. Though sometimes it would listen to the man. He stayed in the nearby village in case Alma returned.

OOC: Taking all loot.

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