The Obstacles We Face

Jaden Ohanzee · 07-17-2011, 07:14 PM

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Date: July 17, 2011

Setting: Base of the Halcyon Mountains near the Dampwoods

Time: 2:00 pm

Character Form: Optime

Mood: Neutral

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Hope tis good ^^ Words-600+

The Halcyon Mountains were unforgiving. The trees stood tall and the ground sloped heavily. Jaden could feel that slope. It pulled at him with every step he took. He ran as fast as he could and had been doing so for the past hour or two, taking minimal brakes to improve his speed. One day of running wouldn’t improve much but this he planned on making this a daily ritual.

The Shishen had scouted this ‘trail’ yesterday looking for natural obstacles to make his running more strenuous. Fallen rotting logs and large boulders obstructed the path he had marked through the Halcyon Mountains. Dodging and weaving were forced. Exhaustion was inevitable. The Alaskan wolf was overheating but he still ran.

Coming up on the half way point of his run, Jaden shifted from lupus to Secui in mid movement and felt the carrying strap for his satchel tighten around his neck. On the last up hill climb Jaden then stopped to shift to his Optime form. He unpacked his dagger, bow, quiver, and the few arrows he could carry from the satchel and quickly equipped them before continuing his assent.

The last bit of this natural obstacle course was the most difficult. Being in his Optime form now, Jaden had more than just his legs to work out. To compensate for this change, a few new climbing oriented areas had been added to the trail. One such area involved the wolf having to scale thirty foot tree high enough to jump off and clear a vertical ten foot rock incline. Another was twenty five feet of plain free hand rock climbing, which he almost toppled off of due to exhaustion, but cleared and was nearly to the mountain’s summit.

The higher air pressure didn’t do a whole lot for Jaden’s incredible panting once he could see the amazing view that cast over the Dampwoods and beyond, but the cooler air did a lot for his heated body. Deciding that this was, after all, his first day working out and that since he felt like he might pass out if he continued for much longer, the man caught his breath and decided to cool down.

After admiring the view for a few minutes though, Jaden continued down the mountain. Sliding in the duff where he could and using trees limbs to swing off of and clear small drops. Going down the mountain on two legs ended up being more difficult than climbing up. When the ground finally began to level out Jaden knew his running was thankfully complete.

But his training wasn’t done. Drawing his short bow as he jogged into a clearing, the Shishen didn’t even stop to catch his breath again. Six trees had “x” marks on them which had been made by the man himself. They were targets. Stopping sixty feet away from the marked trees, he began to fire arrow after arrow. Stand tall, straiten the body, string an arrow, pull back, and release: Jaden exaggerated each movement. The sound of sharp impacts echoed through the trees and, after a few moments, all eight arrows Jaden had brought with him were imbedded into something. One had glanced off the second of the six trees and one had missed completely, flying off to the right of the last.

Now he was finished. Dropping his bow and practically stumbling out of the ruthless sunlight that lit the clearing, the Ichikan found a seat next to one of his target trees which was nicely shaded. He fell heavily against it and let his head fall back too, exposing his crimson dyed throat and allowing for better air intake. His heart beat thudded in his ears and he could feel the heat radiating off his dark coat. The male lost focus on the forest around him as he concentrated on his strained body. He relaxed and slowly his breath began to return.

Jaden does. "Jaden speaks." Jaden thinks.

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