An Ode For Kaguya [Training]
Sept 29, 2008 16:00:54 GMT -7
Post by Satu Akira on Sept 29, 2008 16:00:54 GMT -7
“Do you have any regrets?”
“One… For not doing this sooner…”
[/i]“One… For not doing this sooner…”
“Episode 6: Remnant Memory”
[/i]Staring off into the distance his eyes peered into a vague space of pure mist. A look of calm was placed upon his face as he’d just stare, into nothing in particular, though into the thick mist before him. “This… This is my homeland?” he whispered to himself as he’d slowly look into the mist filled skies overheard, staring for a brief moment, taking in the sounds of water crashing around him. His eyes closed slowly as he’d breath in the sea water. Waterfall, it was never anything like this… This place feels almost right, then again I never really did feel out of place in Waterfall… he thought to himself as he’d clench his fist and reach into his shirt, pulling out the golden crest of his now official religion. He kissed the crest calmly as he’d place it back into his shirt murmuring the prayers to Athos that consisted of “Guide me through this place, use me as a instrument of your will; oh’ god” taking the word of Athos to heart he proceeded without caution, his heart firm in the belief of Athos protecting him.
“Alright… What did father say from so long ago?” Azrael said to himself aloud, looking left and right across the vague terrain before him, he was hugging the shore line, his feet suppressed in the sand as he’d still hear the waves crashing upon the shore. Father always said our people always lived in the far North… and I am in the West… he said to himself, glancing at the map before him he’d get a vague spot of the sun overhead. “That way…” he whispered to himself as he’d glance towards the direction he believed to be north. With no heed in his step he turned towards the direction he was looking, pushing forward; each step leaving a strong imprint of his resolve in the sands beneath his feet. Although his strength in the belief of Athos was strong, his mind knew better than to stray from the shore in the think mist. “Judging from where I am… To get to the very edge of north… It shouldn’t take more than an hour…” he said picking up his pace slightly.
Pressing forward the mist wouldn’t lessen, truly giving water country its strong name for having a country filled with mist. The weather was humid, which was a new found weather for Azrael. His breathing grew slightly as he moved, a little more than any time before. What is this? This weather, I think I am beginning to sweat… he thought to himself as he’d fan out his shirt, tugging on it and releasing it profusely. A half an hour had gone by as the sounds of the shore grew less, the ocean began to quiet as only the sounds of his feet and breath could be heard along the sands of Wave Country. I am about fifteen minutes from the farthest north I can go… he thought to himself. Though as the fifteen minutes had gone by, without any signs of life he stopped as he’d glance at the map, the land was barren, then again he was surrounded by a mist so think he could barely see fifteen feet ahead of himself. “It’s too quiet… though… this doesn’t hurt…” he said to himself aloud. Reaching into his pouch as he’d pull out his special goggles he’d bought back in Waterfall. It was rumored that these goggles were extremely helpful in these situations
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