Listen To The Grass Grow

by **Mizuki Hino** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:16 am

It was beautiful for an autumn day. The sky was partly cloudy, and the chill in the air was just barely enough to make hints towards the coming winter. On a mat in the garden, Mizuki was sitting cross legged, focused calmly on her breathing, eyes closed. She listened to every noise; the birds, the rustle of the wind on the trees, the distant sounds of cars. She was so focused she likely could have heard the grass grow, if that were possible. Her meditation was going well today.

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by **Graham Jaeger** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:57 am

Graham saw the meditating girl and got in his head to see how close he could get before she noticed him. So he used his hunter's soft steps to draw closer. This could only end well, right?

by **Mizuki Hino** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:00 am

She didn't budge. Her breathing was slow and controlled as she sat there, motionless. If she heard him at all, she didn't show it. Maybe she was waiting till he got closer.

by **Graham Jaeger** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:48 am

He drew ever closer, really pressing his luck now.

by **Mizuki Hino** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:02 pm

There wasn't much warning from her. Swiftly, she stood and made a leap for him. While she wasn't very big, she tried to push all her momentum onto him to knock him down.

by **Graham Jaeger** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:08 pm

He wasn't truly prepared for her sudden onslaught and found himself on the ground.

"Oof..." he grunted, "Didn't see you being that quick."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:17 pm

Seeing that it was just a young guy, she felt a bit stupid and it probably showed in her expression. However, she still stood her ground. You just never know. "Who are you and why were you sneaking up on me?"

by **Graham Jaeger** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:59 pm

"Graham. I'm in your Control class. And... to see if I could, I guess."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:29 pm

"Graham from...OH! Oh wow I feel stupid. I am soooo sorry," she said as she offered him a hand up. "I got so focused and when I heard the steps I thought...well, it's no big deal. Really sorry about that. Are you okay?"

by **Graham Jaeger** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:55 pm

He pulled himself up.

"Yeah. I probably deserved it for sneaking up on you anyway."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:11 pm

"It's no big deal. Really, I should ease up a bit. It's relatively safe around here, so I shouldn't be so tense." After helping him up, she goes back to her mat and sits down. So what are you up to besides sneaking up on people?" she asked jokingly.

by **Graham Jaeger** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:11 pm

"I was on my daily run. I'm told I'm a fitness freak."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:58 pm

"Nothing wrong with being a fitness freak. It keeps you busy, right? What all do you do besides run?" she asked curiously.

by **Graham Jaeger** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:05 pm

"Archery, parkour, the salmon ladder, some weightlifting, and that's not including the Danger Room scenarios."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:07 pm

"You do parkour? That's really cool. I always see these videos of people doing it and I can't help but be in awe at it."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:13 pm

"Well, sort of parkour. I've only done the urban stuff in the DR."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:51 pm

"I'd love to watch it first hand sometime, if you'd be cool with it. I imagine it's gotta take a lot of patience though. Lots of falling, I bet."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:00 pm

"Until you get good yeah," he nodded, "though having enhanced agility helps."

"And sure, you can watch sometime."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:28 pm

"Awesome, thanks! I don't think I'd ever be able to do it myself, but it's pretty cool to see. Don't they have competitions for that kind of stuff?"

by **Graham Jaeger** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:42 am

He shrugged. "Beats me."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:40 am

"Hm... Well if they -do- have competitions, I bet you'd wipe the floor with the others. Especially with, like you said, the enhanced agility. I have to admit, I'm pretty jealous of that."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:07 pm

"Don't you have superstrength?"

by **Mizuki Hino** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 7:50 pm

"Mhm. And don't get me wrong, it's awesome. But being swift and agile would be pretty awesome too. Kind of like the other side of the coin, I guess, if that makes sense."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:00 pm

"Yeah. It does," he nodded, "Though I bet you'd be pretty quick with the right training."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:32 pm

"Maybe! Part of what I'm working on right now is meditation and concentration. By clearing my mind, I can focus more and then move onto that kind of training, hopefully. Unfortunately with my power, I'm really only useful when there's light around. If it's all dark, I'm kinda screwed. So I want to be able to know something in case worse comes to worse. Being quicker would definitely be useful in those circumstances."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:12 am

"Always best to be prepared," he agreed. "Especially with what can happen here."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:48 pm

"My thoughts exactly!" she exclaimed with a smile. "See, you know how it is."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:09 pm

"Yeah, we can't expect the X-Men to always bail us out when something happens. They can't be everywhere."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:15 pm

"Exactly. They've got so many other things to do anyway. Like..." Mizuki thinks for a few moments. "Yeah I don't know if they're doing anything right now. Probably doing something to save the world. But we have to be able to protect ourselves, too. It's the smart thing to do."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:47 am

"Why some of us can't see that is beyond me."

Because they're 'normal'?

by **Mizuki Hino** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:09 am

"I dunno! Maybe they'll realize it one day before something bad happens. Until then, we can just work hard to maybe protect them too, right? Sort of like...a side group of X-Men, only for us younger people and less strict, I guess."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:36 am

"I could get with that. Maybe get some actual use out of my training regimen."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:38 am

"Awesome. Heck, we could all train together, really. More than just the power control classes. Maybe a once a week thing."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 3:00 pm

"But would anyone else go along?"

by **Mizuki Hino** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:02 pm

"Hm...I bet there's a few that may want to. Whether or not it's a good idea is a whole other story. Haley's pretty powerful, but she can be really selfish and angry if she doesn't get her way. I noticed that Blaine was really good at what he did, and he was quick to think. He seemed really cool, actually. Miranda, definitely. Kay is even pretty great."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:52 am

"Paul might be up for it. Portals are always useful. Not sure about Brigid. And probably not Jennifer. She'd probably just roll her eyes at us."

by **Mizuki Hino** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:59 pm

"Portals are definitely useful. Both offensively and defensively. I can go talk to Brigid and see if she'd be interested. She seems...I dunno, different than before when she wore glasses. Like, a cool kind of different. I'll definitely talk to her. And yeah...Jenn doesn't seem like she'd really care about any of it. But that's okay. Not everyone is into this kind of stuff, right?"

by **Graham Jaeger** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:39 am

"Yeah. Some people actually want to be normal," he shuddered.

by **Mizuki Hino** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:14 pm

She laughed. "Hey, for all we know, we're actually the 'normal' ones. Maybe it's everyone else that's weird."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:58 pm

"It's all relative anyway."

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