Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:00:37 PM)
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Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:02:36 PM)
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Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:03:25 PM)
She's laying on her bed upside down, watching the doorway closely.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:04:29 PM)
*There was a loud thwack from somewhere downstairs and a moment later Craig shouted something in mandarin that sounded.... amused? Yes... definately, it was followed by giggling.*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:05:15 PM)
She slides from the bed like a snake and slides over the floor quickly to peek out the door and listen carefully.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:06:09 PM)
*Craig was down there with a long wooden box on the table unwrapping heavy packing materials from around it, aparently having just gotten something in the mail... the box itself was gorgeous, looked to be made out of teak and bamboo...*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:07:00 PM)
She slides over to the steps, then quietly pulls herself up and inches down the steps, sneaking up to spy on him and it.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:07:47 PM)
*He got the box unwrapped, and tossed the packing material aside, then opened it and gave a once over before removing a roughly 3 foot long slightly curved staff of some kind...*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:09:05 PM)
She speaks from directly over his shoulder, looking at the stick. "Boken?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:09:45 PM)
Shirasaya. *He turned so she could see the Kanji on the handle* The real thing. Not some monosteel knock off.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:11:13 PM)
"So you can enchant it?" She walks around him to see it closer. "Because the monosteel swords are lighter and stronger now, but there's no emotion behind them."

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:12:01 PM)
*He shrugged* This piece is going in my sanctum for now, I *may* enchant this if I can master the necesssary skills to do so.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:13:08 PM)
"Didn't you just get to that level of... what's it called... Prime?" She mimics an announcer voice, "Your power level has increased with training!"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:14:48 PM)
*he laughed* All your sphere's are belong to us. I... may be. I am to the point I *think* I may be able to enchant weapons... but I have yet to sit down and formulate a process and actually perform the rituals. I commissioned this from a gentleman I met in Japan three years ago. Very skilled. Very calm and wise.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:15:46 PM)
"So this is the goal, but you don't think you're ready yet."

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:16:35 PM)
I don' tknow if I am or not, but it's time to start... forming the process in my mind...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:19:02 PM)
She leans on the table with her hands, looking closely at it. "Are you going to start swordfighting people now?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:21:23 PM)
*He laughed* I already own a Chinese Broadsword and a Geom do. I hope it never comes to that, but if it must? I am capable of defending myself and my loved ones... *he pulled the first few inches of the Shirasaya from it' sheath, enough to see the Katakana on the blades spine and the obvious - and real - hamon along the sharpened edge...*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:22:29 PM)
"I have no idea what a chinese broadsword would be. What's a geom do?" She sits on the table to get closer to the sword.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:23:18 PM)
Geom Do, to the untrained eye, looks like a Katana. But it's a Korean weapon, they are not made the same way, they are monosteel by nature, and have a longer, slightly heavier handle.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:24:10 PM)
"I don't know much about weapons except from the basics, because I relied a lot on magic."

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:26:31 PM)
*He nodded* It is my goal to master both armed and disarmed combat. Now a days there's just too many ways for the technocrats to shut down our magick, I want to give anyone who can do that a nasty surprise...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:28:00 PM)
"I guess." She slides off the table and heads toward the dojo, "Are you going to try it out?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:29:07 PM)
*He slid the rest of the blade into the sheath and walked with her* yes. Tamishigiri I think.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:30:41 PM)
She enters the dojo in bare feet, stepping towards the middle, "They're expensive, though, right? Can you make them on your own?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:33:32 PM)
the rice mats? If I had to, but I just buy them... *he went to one of the mirrors, pushed gently on the corner, and it swung out revealing the stand and a number of the proper mats laid out in rows.* I just keep a stock, I don't practice Tamishigiri all the time, it's good and expensive is right.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:35:05 PM)
"Ever consider a demense? It would be much cheaper..." Money is always an issue for her. She sits on the floor to watch. "So tell me about your master."

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:37:23 PM)
Master Hao... *he was begining to set up the first mat, hand rolling it carefully* Wow... bit of a story there.... *He placed the mat on the stand and stepped back, then turned and sat down opposite Janelle, about ten feet away, on his knees like someone who was japanese might do so in a Dojo.* I should tell you my story though, as it makes more sense if you know who *I* am better.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:38:44 PM)
"It's always about you." She teases with a soft smile.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:41:24 PM)
It is. I am arrogant. It's my shortcoming, and I know it, so I strive to be kind and overcome that. *He thought for a second* Had you met me ten years ago, as you are now, I would have tried to use your homelessness to get into your pants. When I graduated high school I was arrogant, cock sure, uncaring, a womanizer, and despite years of martial arts training more or less pathetic at it. I went to college and worked on a degree, then went to Japan on a foreign studies program and damn near got myself killed over a girl.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:42:41 PM)
"I was joking, but really? You think I'm hot?" She grins again, teasing. And then she leans back on her hands, "Who was the girl?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:45:37 PM)
*He chuckled* I think you are attractive in your way but I have only eyes for he little girl upstairs who stole my heart. She was the daughter of a Yakuza enforcer. Her borther beat me within an inch of my life for going out on a date with her, him and several of his friends, and I spent a month in the hospital healing up before I made a very wise choice and left for China, specifically to the Henan province. Are you familiar with the henan province at all?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:46:08 PM)
She shakes her head, never having been there.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:48:04 PM)
Dengfeng, in the Henan province, is the site of the shao Lin temple. I didn' tknow this when I went there, but I caught the eye of Master Hao, who... was much wiser than I, now and then, and who decided to teach this undisciplined American kid something or other...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:49:39 PM)
"Why did he teach you?" She asks quietly.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:51:26 PM)
To this day I am not sure, he never would tell me, but... I don' thave a weak avatar, quite the opposite, it's fairly strong, so I think he picked up on that and decided to drag me kicking and screaming into his world. I am eternally grateful for it too. I studied there for almost a year... I awoke, oh my... well into it at any rate.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:53:20 PM)
"So we both have strong avatars? That's going to be useful for rituals, if we ever get to that."

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:54:31 PM)
*He nodded* I don't know that mine is as strong or stronger than yours, but it isn't not the typical sleepers dreaming shard... *he laid the shirasaya in front of him on the floor* I was fighting a brother names Xiuyuan, and he was kicking my lilly ass when I awoke. He almost killed me, but afrer I woke? i fougth him to a standstill...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:55:48 PM)
"How did you do it?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:56:41 PM)
*He smiled* i finally silenced all the self doubt and distraction that had been in my mind for all those years.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:57:43 PM)
"And that was it?" She leans forward, curious.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 8:58:55 PM)
That was what had stopped me for so long. Master Hao saw past my womanizing and my self aggrandizing agenda and realized I had potential but I needed some hard lessons... so he gave them to me.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 8:59:31 PM)
"So you were forged." She says, looking away and up, thinking about it.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:00:38 PM)
A very apt way to put it. After ward I did a lot of thinking, a WHOLE lot of reflecting, and came to the conclusion that I was badly out of balance and had to change how I lived and how I treated other people... and here I am.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:01:00 PM)
Master Hao is at once the hardest toughest, most intense person I know, and also the kindest, calmest, wisest person I know.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:01:49 PM)
"Here you are: a very calm and smart person, who investigates and studies and has built a life in New Orleans." She says quietly.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:03:30 PM)
And yet, I have a huge deal to learn yet, but I am... calmer, I do not cheat on Kaydence, I don't treat women like objects anymore... I think I have advanced a great deal, but I know I have much left before I am done.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:04:04 PM)
"Is that how it works? Every life lesson we learn we become better Mages?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:05:21 PM)
No, every life lesson we learn we become a wiser person, but if we are a *good* mage the two equate, and we grow in insight and power in magick along with that wisdom and insight into ourselves as human beings.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:06:38 PM)
"So your philosophy is entirely focused on wisdom. You're going to be extremely wise at the end, I think."

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:09:29 PM)
*he laughed* no, noooo, my philosophy is focused on bettering myself, but wisdom is an aspect of that. *he stood, drew the Shirasaya in one deft movement, and struck. The Tatami mat fell neatly in two the cut clean and a protractor would probably reveal a nearly perfect 45 degree angle.* (3 sux)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:11:09 PM)
*He turned and sunk back to his knees in almost the exact same spot, picking up the sheath and properly putting away the weapon*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:12:54 PM)
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Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:13:09 PM)
(She's kicked)

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Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:13:57 PM)
She claps quickly, smiling, "Neat. It's a good sword?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:16:10 PM)
*he nodded and offered it to her* it is. Perfect balance, very effecient. Take it, and I will show you the parts of the weapon.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:17:13 PM)
(phone!)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:17:44 PM)
(kk. Take time.)

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:22:04 PM)
(back!)

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:22:25 PM)
She takes the sword carefully, scared of it. She holds it with stiff shoulders and arms. "Okay..."

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:23:40 PM)
*He shook his head* Don't be afraid of the weapon. *He took her hands, showed her how to hold the hilt and scabbard* Grasp it here, and here, then to separate it you push with your thumbs. Like this.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:24:57 PM)
"I know how to hold a sword, remember?" She shook him off, then growls slightly. "You keep forgeting that I'm not a complete beginner, so it's getting hard to learn from you."

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:26:09 PM)
*He stepped back, hands up* Hey, you yourself told me you haven't had any formal training...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:27:13 PM)
"I was wacking you on the head just fine. But seriously, when are we going to train beyond just words and basics and get into actually learning the meat of things?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:28:55 PM)
*He took the weapon back from her* The basics are all there is. *He set the sword next to his Geom Do, picked up a hanbo.* Do is the simplest, most straight forward, most effecient way of doing a thing. There is no meat, merely applicaiton of the basics. Clear your mind. Hit me.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:30:05 PM)
She lets him take the sword, being very careful with the sharp blade, and then once it's away she relaxes. She takes a breath, and steps forward to hit him with the blade of her hand on the neck.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:30:43 PM)
(1 sux)

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:33:17 PM)
(change rooms to his Dojo?)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:34:03 PM)
(4 sux) *he caught her hand and simply pushed it away* Do is not complex. it is not rote kata - though they have their place. *He stepped forward, his finger tips thrust at her, and stopped at her solar plexus, barely touching her.* (6 sux)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:34:17 PM)
*He paused there, it was obvious, seeing if she would take the opening.*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:36:02 PM)
(3) She reaches to grab his fingers and the blade of his offered hand with both of hers, twisting and turning her body to force him to be thrown.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:38:17 PM)
*Now that's where the gymnastics comes in. Oh, he let her throw him, put one hand down, and flipped deftly back to his feet without his back ever touching the ground* Good! Good instinct. *He walked back to her, bowed, and then took up his stance again*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:41:48 PM)
And she steps forward into him, taking his hand and pushing it down and behind him as she continues to slide forward widely. As she slid forward, he'd get tugged down where his leg balance is weakest: If one made a triangle with one's two feet as the base, she's pulling him down into the tip.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:42:05 PM)
(3)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:44:36 PM)
*Unfortunately he was limber, far more than the average Joe, and strong, so he rolled with the move, and she found herself on the floor next to him, with no where left to go with his arm, and then she felt a pressure on the back of her head, light but unmistakable, he'd.... blaced the edge of one palm there. How had he done this? He had just kicked his legs out under her to topple her, and done so without harming her... (6 sux.)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:45:38 PM)
Good, but you need more force. let's try that again. *He got up, offered his hand, then took the stance again* This time give a shove when you push my hand, if you hurt me you can fix me.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:46:46 PM)
She closes her eyes and he can feel a flow of heat under her skin. Then she stands up slowly and smiles, "I can fix me. I can't fix you yet. I still have to teach you body control so that you can fix yourself."

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:47:15 PM)
(4 sux to resist pain)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:48:12 PM)
*he chuckled* And Life magick as well. *He took up his stance* It's all right. Now, drop me.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:49:24 PM)
She does the same thing as before, but adds a hipcheck as well to make sure he loses his balance and goes down.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:49:36 PM)
(4)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:51:21 PM)
*And down he went, breakfalling as he landed.* Oof... okay. Good. *He got up, paused* Now, what have we learned from those last two throws?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:52:11 PM)
She goes quiet, looking out-of-step, since his talking seemed out of place at the moment, "Uh..."

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:53:29 PM)
*He moved in quickly, stopped mid blow* when you attack, do so with everything you have.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:54:03 PM)
She thinks about it, then pulls herself into a ready stance.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 9:55:04 PM)
*He rolled his head, and stood loose, casual like, and waited. He looked like he was just... waiting for the bus...*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:56:22 PM)
She took a hard step back, then shouted as she took two quick steps forward while putting her two hands together and pushing his chest.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 9:57:29 PM)
(2 for Do, 1 magic for extra force)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:00:41 PM)
*Well, she felt him easily avoid her push, but then magick, he wasn't braced against taht, and down he went, once again palms to the floor as he broke his fall, but she'd effectively shoved him a good six or seven feet as he slid to a halt* Good! *And he'd Kipup fast* That was precisely what I meant. *he walked over, stood next to her, assumed her own stance, facing the same direction* let me show you something now...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:01:28 PM)
She took a step back and lowered herself into horse, palms up and ready to receive, looking determined.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:01:49 PM)
"Oh, you're going to show me something that way?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:02:46 PM)
*He nodded* To what level have you mastery of forces?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:03:35 PM)
"I can control them." She says softly.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:07:13 PM)
*He nodded* The idea is to build up force by changing it. *he went to the glass cabinet, got out two saw horses, and came back, sitting them before the two of them, with a plank of very solid wood between them. A 2 x 6 infact...* If you can control force, you can change kinetic force into *stored* force... right?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:08:11 PM)
"I don't know if I'm strong enough to do things like that yet." She says even quieter. "Maybe after I go through another life lesson from my avatar?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:08:47 PM)
*He shook his head* maybe you are, maybe you are not. (You should be able to do so I believe...)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:09:11 PM)
*He walked around.* I do so, but it's vulgar. You however might be able to do so without it being vulgar.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:09:14 PM)
(Converting forces is Forces 3. Controlling forces is Forces 2. Lame, eh?)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:10:46 PM)
(I thought 3 was *creating* forces not converting them... hrmph.)

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:11:05 PM)
(^_^ Creating them is just converting them from Prime.)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:13:08 PM)
(you have a point, well crap.) *He stood over the saw horse and made a downward blow, pulling ir JUST before it landed*

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:13:43 PM)
Rather than striking, i take that energy, turn it into the potential, and I do that again,... and again... *He made another blow... pulled it again...*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:14:22 PM)
"...what?" She's not seeing anything.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:14:48 PM)
*On the third blow, however, he landed the shot, unleashing the energy he had stored from the three prior - the board *exploded* into splinters...*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:15:21 PM)
"You just stood there for a bit, then hit it, and it exploded! What were you doing? Charging up?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:16:40 PM)
*He smiled* Exactly. *He kicked aside the saw horses, bent over, and picked up a chunk of wood* I wasn't actually pulling those punches, I was using forces to change that actual movement of my arm into stored energy - chi - and then release it all at once as a single powerful blow.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:17:21 PM)
"So you're changing the movement energy and turning it into... raw energy? So you're like a node?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:17:27 PM)
Not something you can do in a fight, but you COULD in theory prepare ahead of time, and have one hell of a shot waiting for the unweary... or conversely, you could punch through a cinderblock wall or kick in a steel door.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:17:52 PM)
And no... noooo, not like a node... I can't just build up quintessence that way, it's still not free quintessence...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:19:06 PM)
"I dunno, that would be pretty neat. Instead of fighting, you sit really still and gather all that free energy from all the punches you're not throwing."

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:20:43 PM)
*He shook his head* you have to buld up that kinetic energy to store it. *he walked over, stood about five feet from her* Do you know correspondence?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:21:05 PM)
She shakes her head, "Nothing even close to it."

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:22:28 PM)
*He raised his right foot, and stomped the ground. Her left foot shot up in response, as though he'd kicked the bottom of her foot gently, it rose an inch or two off the floor from ten feet away* We'll exhange those. Life and correspondence, because they are very useful...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:23:04 PM)
She stomps the ground, and nothing happens. "What am I going to do with Corrospondence?"

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:24:48 PM)
*He put his hand in his pocket and something poked her in the back of the head* Hit your foes from directions they can't even IMAGINE. *He pulled his hands out of his pocket and settled into a fighting stance, then closed his eyes* or fight blind even... hit me.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:25:27 PM)
“That’s like saying ‘pull my finger’.” She jokes, reaching forward with a hand to see what happens.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:26:12 PM)
*he batted the hand aside easily, then opened his eyes* yes, it is. But it takes only the basic mastery of correspondence and you can fight in total darkness without disadvantage...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:26:54 PM)
“That’s useful, but how are you doing it?”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:28:34 PM)
*He gestured with his hands at the floor* space is nothing tangible. It is illusory. *He held up his hand, where a set of buddhist prayer beads was on his wrist, the REALLY old ones. Then his other wrist, where there was something written in Han with a sharpie.* I make i a point to always have my tools on hand.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:29:29 PM)
“That’s very Shi Ren of you.” She says with a soft smile, leaning forward to see.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:30:36 PM)
*He nodded* it is. Remember, *every* edge we have in a fight is one more chance of winning to fight again.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:30:53 PM)
“So are you ever going to choose a faction?”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:31:03 PM)
If one chooses me.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:31:28 PM)
“Oh, okay...” She shrugs, and goes back to examining his tools.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:33:29 PM)
The Han in this case says "One Point" or "one place", in Mandrin.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:34:56 PM)
“like, te wa ichiban? I don’t get the idea.” She sits down to listen on the floor.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:36:31 PM)
Kind of. This is a foci I use, one of them anyway, for my correspondence. I focuse on my hand, and it can be anywhere I need it to be. *he held up his hand and made a circle with his thumb and forefinger... and peered through it* Kay is... naked? nice. *he dropped his hand* this is just my foci.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:37:43 PM)
She frowns, then narrows her eyes at him, “... Is she really naked? Wait, you can spy on people naked?!”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:38:56 PM)
If I choose to. janelle, any magi with significant correspondence could do so if they chose. In Kay's case, I just asked her what she was doing and she said taking a shower. I thought she was joking. *he tapped his head* Another nice byproduct of mind and correspondence, Kay and I are never out of communication.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:40:49 PM)
“Perve.” She accuses and points at him. Then she smiles and ducks her head, looking up at him from the floor. “Can they tell that you’re watching?”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:42:32 PM)
Yes. Kay knows, she can feel when I scry her. But Kay and I are... we have the kind of relationship that even if she didn't know, she'd be okay with *me* watching her. she knows I love ehr.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:43:23 PM)
“What’s the... policy on watching people like this?”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:45:37 PM)
I won't tell you not to be a pervert. I would say, never do so without a very good reason. Would I scry, say, Isabel, or you, or Tarra? Not to see you naked, but if one of you was missing and hadn't been seen in a couple of days, I would look for you. Would I try to scry a technocrat if they were a problem? Same answer, not to see them naked, but I would look... we can't police perverts, unfortunately, but we *can* issue a beat-down if it's necessary.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:46:25 PM)
“So it’s a big free-for-all? Wow, you’d think someone would make up some rules about this.”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:47:44 PM)
Oh, yeah. The rule is: if you get caught you're probably going to get hammered into the ground like a tent peg.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:48:23 PM)
“So the rule is... don’t get caught, and everything is fine. Rituals it is.”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:48:53 PM)
it's common courtesy and a VERY wise idea to never try and scroll another magi without a damn good and excusable cause... otherwise? *He thought* lets see I was peeking you in the shower... you might not know today, but you find out by accident in twenty years and you're pissed... how do I know you wouldn't come and kick my lily ass then?

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:49:25 PM)
So me? i never have... with the notable exception of Kay who is very aware and flirts right back with me.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:49:37 PM)
“I wouldn’t kill you... It’s a balance:” She holds up both hands, “Pervey moment, or ass kicking.”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:49:50 PM)
*he laughed* This is true.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:50:02 PM)
But some people *would* get revenge in more pugilistic ways.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:50:28 PM)
She narrows her eyes, trying to understand what he just said, “Like with pigs?”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:53:08 PM)
Huh? *He blinked* Oh, oh no! Pugilistic means physically violent. A pugilist is a Boxer or brawler. I'm sorry. My three dollar tongue got ahead of my 50 cent ass there for a minute.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:53:42 PM)
She shrugs then sighs, “So... are you going to show me how to do Corrospondence?”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 10:56:45 PM)
*he nodded, got up, walked to the wall and came back with a piece of rice paper and brushes and an ink stone, set down, and began to work water into the ink stone* The thing that's so hard for most people to grasp about correspondence is that distance just doesn't exist, it's an illusion, a reflection of what people THINK the world should be structured like. *he began to draw - ths time Katakana, japanese, so she might understand it.*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 10:58:29 PM)
“I get that idea, but how do you DO it.” She says in a quieter voice.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:00:58 PM)
*He took the piece of rice paper and got up, walked to the other end of the room, and set it down, then came back* That piece of paper is there. it was here. *he pointed to the floor* What I do is I focus on the connection, on the underlying fact that the matter has physically connected, so if you are careful, yhou can see the imprint it left on the pattern of all right here... and simply follow that imprint there, and see it where it is.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:03:21 PM)
“Pattern? Can you explain it in Akashic terms?”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:07:46 PM)
*He nodded* Everything has a pattern. An underlying feel to it. An essence a resonance. *He held out his hand* This is my hand, even if you cut it from me, it would still have that imprint, that... flavor... that is me. *He held up the paper* This is different, even if I ball it up in my fist, it will still be paper, and not me. if you can sense the quintessence, you can sense the pattern, the "Flavor" that is this thing, or you, or me, or Kay, or the sword, or whatever. correspondence is just the art of learning to see with your mind and not your eye, and seeing anywhere until you see the pattern, or find the "flavor" you're looking for, if you will.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:08:50 PM)
“And I get the ideas that you’re trying to get across, but that doesn’t help me actually do this thing. That’s why I need it in Akashic terms, so that I know how to do it.”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:10:58 PM)
The physical aspect. I tend to use katakana to define what I'm lookng for. some things I have marked. my car, my weapons, my computer... I can scy them easily by simply concentrating on the mark I know I put there. Other things? *he began to write on the paper, a far more elaborate bit of katakana this time* I describe them, in my minds eye, on paper... this iwll make it easier, when I write it out long hand like this... but it's helpful.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:11:46 PM)
“So it’s like Shinto, where you can write ‘Hope’ on a jar and fill it with water, and the water becomes hopeful?”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:12:59 PM)
*He nodded* somewhat yes. *he held out the script - on it was written a loosly translated description of a room filled with Helo Kitty in the House of the Rising Sun* Three guesses what this place is?

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:13:19 PM)
“The most pink place on earth.” She says dourly.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:14:11 PM)
The Hello Kitty store in Tokyo, Japan.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:15:19 PM)
*He laid the piece of paper down* This is a physical link, because on SOME tiny level, the two are connected... so if I dwell on this... *He slid the bowl with the inkstone in it before her, and focused on the bowl katakana... and a reflection of a place that was just oozing hello Kitty appeared...*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:16:15 PM)
She quirks a brow, “Okay... you’ve been converted? Infected? ...Infested? ...Baptized in the waters? How close are you to Hello Kitty and how dedicated are to you this cult-like creature?”

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:16:35 PM)
is*

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:17:05 PM)
“That’s a lot of pink...” She says lowly. “A lot of pink and -white-.”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:18:33 PM)
*He shook his head* I find Kay's antics endearing and entertaining. I took her to this place because it made her smile. *he nodded* Besides, it's just a place. *He slid the paper around, took the ink stone, and put a blank piece of paper down* you may find other ways work for you. *he began to draw calligraphy again* The first step is to be completely cognoscent of the world around you, to know what you are seeing with your won eyes... and know what's real and not..

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:19:44 PM)
“That sounds Buddhist, kind of. It’s weird how you’re couching your terms, though. It’s like you don’t have a strong Eastern philosophy behind this besides that you’re focusing on kanji...”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:20:49 PM)
I don't. i am a catholic from Houston, Texas who has an understanding of Eastern Philosophy and manner and vernacular and outlook, but I'm *not* Asian. I'm not couching - I am speaking as *I* understand it.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:22:11 PM)
“Ooooh, I get it. That’s the issue then, because I can’t just focus on something. I have to do something that makes sense to get a change in the world.”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:22:28 PM)
*He smiled* Precisely.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:23:27 PM)
Now, I have to do something as well. In my case, it's the act of writing out the Katakana or hirigana, that's my focus. YOU'RE focus might be different, but it will do the same thing in some way, by linking YOUR percection of here, to whatever it is you are trying to perceive.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:24:13 PM)
“Is it just perception? What is perception, really?”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:26:45 PM)
*He clapped* Exactly! What *is* perception? it's impossible to answer that question when you think about it, because it can so change.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:27:27 PM)
“Wait, what?” She’s confused now.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:28:29 PM)
*He thought* Don't get confused... the point is our perception is fluid.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:29:00 PM)
“How can I not get confused? You’re saying perception is wet!”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:31:13 PM)
*he laughed* not wet. FLuid. Flowing. Ever changing. I can perceive you now, you're in front of me, but if I concentrate I can perceive a LOT of things that aren't obvious. You can focus your attention and feel the heat in this room, the electricity in the socket... why not shift that percetion to sense the stray dog in the alley or the cat's asleep on Kay's bed? Fuild meaning ever flowing and changing.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:31:49 PM)
“Like a out of body experience?”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:33:24 PM)
In some ways, very much so, yes.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:34:07 PM)
“So I have to use what I know to create an out of body experience?!”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:35:05 PM)
Sort of. you will still be in the here and now of course...

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:35:52 PM)
“Confusing... I’m going to think about this for a bit.” She stands up, looking injured.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:35:58 PM)
Injured in the head.

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:36:49 PM)
*he chuckled* It is confusing. it took me a while to wrap my nugget around it. Here's what I suggest. Practice by trying to sense *everything* around you first... nothing more, nothing less... the rest will come in time.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:37:26 PM)
She frowns, then sighs, walking away. “I need to think about this.”

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:37:58 PM)
Of course. Nothing worth doing is ever immediately easy and obvious.

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:38:58 PM)
And out she goes, “Thanks, I think. Thinking, thinking...”

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:39:02 PM)
(Time for bed!)

Craig Killian (Feb 24, 2011 11:39:35 PM)
(Night!)

Janelle Timberland (Feb 24, 2011 11:39:41 PM)
(night!)

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