Post by Neo-Devil on Aug 3, 2017 20:21:21 GMT -5
The Turtle Hermit Questline
Impress the Master
Master Roshi has agreed to take a break in his permanent vacation of a lifestyle in order to train you into a proper fighter...but first you need to get him some company! The Master prefers slender, beautiful women to stay at his house while he trains new pupils, and it is your job to find one that will agree, however very few girls would up and move at such an offer. Search high and low for the perfect girl for Master Roshi and return with her.
3 paragraphs.
+600 PL.
Quin was flying to the fabled Pink house on an island, he was admiring the scenery as he flew. He spotted turtles, waved to...weird talking dolphins, whatever! He eventually arrived at the island and landed. He took off the face covering part of his helm and walked to the door but not before looking around. 'Kame House, tis is the right place.' he thought to himself with a happy grin on his face. He knocked on the door. "erm...Hello? Art thou the turtle hermit?" he asked knocking on the door one more time. He heard grumbling of "hey hey, calm that knocking, I swear this is the first one in 2 years now..." the old voice stated in wonder as Roshi opened the door.
Roshi adjusted his sunglasses trying to make sure he wasn't seeing things. "Well, I'll be, a knight? You aren't one of those...cosplayers are ya?" Quin blinked in response. "Nay, This one is Quin of Lordroth. I hath come hither seeking the turtle hermit, can I assume thee are he no?" Quin asked only understanding the term 'cosplayer' due to being in an anime convention. Roshi narrowed his eyes. "A relic of the past eh, let me guess, you came to train isn't that right?" Roshi asked while calling Quin a 'relic'. Quin blinked, confused, "Relic? why I..." he touched his own armor. Roshi gave a laugh. "oh how rude of me, I forgot to introduce my self, I'm Muten Roshi! So calm down kid." The Reason why Roshi called Quin a kid is because of what Quin's eyes showed a sense of youth despite his body's age. "Though, if you want to train with me, you'll need to pass a..test." Roshi had a pervy grin when he said this. Quin looked confused at the look, it was lecherous but not like the thugs he ran into. Roshi grabbed Quin's shoulders, "You gotta bring a pretty girl heh heh heh." Roshi let go of Quin's shoulders, Quin just nodded unsure what to say to this.
So Quin flew to a populated Island, upon arriving he noticed a house that was on fire, he landed and saw police and firefighters trying to control and bring down the fire. He saw civilians hurt as well in paramedic beds. He heard one of the officers say that there's still a person in there. He narrowed his eyes and ran in, even though people out there were telling him not to. There was someone in here, whoever it was had to be saved. He spotted a young woman who looked to just 3 years younger than his physical appearance is trapped under rubble, she didn't look too hurt but the fire was getting closer. She looked panicked as well but Quin "Calm thyself, I got ye." he calmly told her as he grabbed the pillar she was trapped under. He picked it up and moved it out of the way, and then he picked up the girl. He spotted a window and ran to it, smashing through the glass and now they were out of the 3 story building, he floated down and landed. His saving of the girl was seen on TV as he placed the girl down saying "Thou art alright now." before he then flew back to Kame House.
Once at Kame house Quin looked a bit downtrodden as he went inside, "Cheer up Sir Quin, you got my approval." Roshi told him showing him the TV showing the news of his heroism. While Roshi was slightly disappointed that Quin didn't bring a girl, he understood why, Quin got distracted and had to save someone from a burning building, which got his approval because that meant Quin was using his power for good. Quin's face lit up and he had a big smile on his face...then Roshi came up to him and said "Maybe you'll find one during the training...heh heh heh..." Roshi stated with a chuckle, making Quin sweatdrop. What had Quin gotten himself into?
Early morning Training
As a new recruit in the Turtle School, your first task is to deliver twenty fresh bottles of milk to the townspeople up and down the mountain on the peninsula, and you must complete your deliveries before the milk gets warm. Be careful not to spill a drop as you jog, run, and scramble up and down the twisty mountain road to deliver all the milk just in time for breakfast. And remember to follow Roshi's every move!
5 paragraphs.
+800 PL.
They arrived at the large island training would commence in, Roshi has transported the house using capsule transportation, and they both flew over to the island.
After that day Quin was told to wear more casual clothing for tomorrow instead of the armor. So he had on a short sleeve black shirt with a dragon design on it, black sweatpants with black sneakers on, he also had the turtle shell on. For the past few weeks Quin had been learning to use modern dialect which was difficult to learn at first but he eventually got the hang of it, The Turtle hermit was a good teacher. He was woken up early at like...5 AM by Master Roshi. "Well Quin, it's time for your official training." Quin had a big grin on his face upon hearing that. "alright!" he quietly shouted...somehow. He would sometimes slip into his original dialect from time to time however.
"Follow me Quin." Quin followed Master Roshi to a milk delivery station. Quin looked around in wonder. Roshi got the permissions though the guy scratched the back of his head. "Of course Master Roshi, its been 2 years since you've last trained students." and so Roshi handed Quin the box of milk bottles. "Remember this must all be delivered by 7 AM." the man told them. Quin had observed and listened, and realized what the lesson was. Roshi then turned and gestured Quin to follow. "you have to follow my every move alright heheh." And so Roshi went into a light skip. "1, 2, 1, 2." the old man quietly chanted making Quin look at him with a questioning look as he followed the movement.
They came across a row of trees to which Roshi began a zig zag. Quin followed the motion figuring that this was probably to ensure he got as much out of this as possible. "I have to say the land out here is fascinating to me," Quin commented using the modern dialect he had learned from Roshi with a smile on his face. He wasn't going to complain about the milk delivery idea as it does count helping people which were a plus in his book. Quin likes helping people afterall. They completed the first 2, and then went on to a mountain, Quin saw how high the mountain was, but easily assumed that they wouldn't be flying because that would be too easy. Instead, they have to climb the steps. both up and down.
They got to the half-way point and that is when Roshi began talking again. "things have changed much in the last 1,000 years Quin, if only you had shown up 100 years earlier, you might have been able to see the adventures of Son Goku." Roshi sighed when he said that, clearly remembering his old friend. Quin gave a questioning look. "What was this, Son Goku like?" Quin asked as they walked up the steps. "He was...a hero." was all Roshi said with a somber look. They completed the milk exchange of the mountain and walked back down the steps.
Next, they had to cross logs, logs...Quin watched is steps carefully, not wanting to fall as that would be...bad. They only had one bottle remaining at this point so this was going to be a tough trip. After crossing the logs they ended up having to run from a black Tyrannosaurus Rex! And for whatever reason, this T-rex had a high power-level, and could breathe fire! which confused the shit out of them. After they got away from it, Quin managed to deliver the last bottle. They asked the villagers what was with that T-Rex, apparently, it was a recent thing. Roshi began to lead Quin to a lake and sat down. "well, that was the Early Morning training." Roshi declared with a grin, making Quin sweatdrop.
Sink or Swim
After the delivery of milk, your next task is to swim in a lake with a one hundred pound turtle shell on your back. If the heavy shell and the rough, frigid waves weren't enough, the 10-yard distance is teeming with hungry sharks. Better swim fast if you want to make it to the other side in one piece, oh, you also have to stay in it for an hour, trying to get out on the other side holds a T-Rex that will want to eat you, which will thus force you back into the water.
3 paragraphs.
+700 PL.
Roshi got up from his chair and placed down a large turtle shell. "Get ready to swim Quin, because it's time for mid morning training." Roshi Declared to Quin who looked at him with a confused look. He looked at the turtle shell, took off his own, and walked to the larger one. Roshi smiled at how Quin seemed to already figure out what was going on. The knight put on the large turtle shell and looked at the lake. Considering the dangers from milk delivery, one had to wonder what dangers could happen here.
Quin jumped into the water and began swimming. "Good luck Quin, now remember you have to stay in there for an hour!" Roshi told him which made him raise an eyebrow as he suddenly detected a powerlevel behind him. He looked and saw a shark fin, his eyes widened and he began swimming very fast away from it. He kept swimming, but the shark seemed to get faster. This made him pale slightly, as he could sense the shark's powerlevel rising, he looked back and saw that its eyes were glowing red. "What the..." he muttered, what the hell was wrong with this island?! He swam to the other side of the lake at the half hour mark and got up to the land....
Only to look up and see the black fire-breathing T-Rex right fucking there, he paled and jumped back into the water. Falling back to his original dialect. "tis island is mad." he cursed continuing to swim. He kept rapidly picking up his pace when the shark noticed him again. After these thirty minutes, he finally got out of the water to Roshi who congratulated him on a job well done. Quin was panting a bit but smiled at the praise, feeling better about himself. "Thanks." Quin told Roshi, who replied with "your welcome, come, we must now go to the late morning training." this made Quin pale again, wondering just what was next. "we'll use the travel time to get there as time to relax." Roshi told him, making Quin calm somewhat.
Warning: Construction Zone
Now that you have finished your swim training, you see Master Roshi at a nearby construction site. The area needs to be cleared off before construction can begin, and he volunteers you for the job. No tools allowed though, so you should get to work quickly. Clearing the entire site by hand should toughen you up.
4 paragraphs.
+800 PL.
So they traveled, passing by some farms. Roshi glanced at them "for students of the more young age have to bare hand digging up the soil over there." Quin raised an eyebrow, he supposed that would likely work to an extent if only to toughen one's hands. "You on the other hand..." he stated as they arrived at a fenced off area with a sign saying [Warning, Construction in progress] there. "get to clear up this area with your hands, think you can handle that Quin?" Roshi explained, making Quin raise an eyebrow.
Quin looked to his hands, which were indeed bare handed. 'this is going to be a long day.' he thought considering what just the morning was like. He jumped over the fence, and Roshi walked over to the construction workers to let them know what was going on. Quin immediately got to work, jabbing a hand into the dirt as he scooped it out. Admittedly this wasn't that hard really. Then he got to digging more and more until he dug a small hole that went to his waist. He then upon getting that deep began to make the path, making piles on the side.
He spent the next 20 minutes digging and putting dirt off to the side as he made a line. Upon finishing the line he noticed that the construction workers left wheel-barrels for him, he looked to Master Roshi who gave a thumbs up when he looked questioningly at the wheel barrels. So he then spent the next 20 minutes putting the dirt he put off to the side into the wheel Barrels and carried them off to their drop off points. Carrying each one to their drop off point took 5 minutes so yes this task was one of his longest.
When he got the last Wheel-Barrel dumped he felt a rain drop on his shoulder. The construction workers looked to Roshi with a questioning look, Roshi simply said. "Well Quin, looks like we're done with construction work today. But don't worry, we'll get to it tomorrow as according to the 3-month schedule." This made Quin's eyebrow's rise. "3 months?" The knight asked. Roshi had a smile on his face. "don't worry, when the 3 months are over, you will see just how my training will pay off. now come, now that we've hit noon, it's time for the rest." Roshi explained with a calm smile and gave a pat on Quin's shoulder.
The Turtle Destruction Wave
You have passed the initial training of the Turtle Hermit and as a reward, Master Roshi shall teach you his signature technique: the Kamehameha Wave! You must learn the ability before the sun sets on the tiny island, and it is already evening. Fire a powerful wave across the sea and carve through the waves!
3 paragraphs.
+600 PL.
+Kamehameha
After 2 weeks of the routine, Roshi in the afternoon after the morning training decided to bring Quin back to the island, simply because he wanted a safe location for him to learn a technique. The next morning after breakfast Roshi brought Quin outside. Quin looked at Roshi, wondering what he wanted. "is there...something you brought me out here for Mentor?" he asked using the classic term. Roshi felt that his experience with Quin thus far has been...unique to say the least compared to many other students, after all, it's not often you get to teach a knight from a bygone era.
"watch carefully Quin." Roshi told him as he stared out at the ocean. He then frowned and bulked up, Quin felt a power difference. He then held his hands out. "Ka..." Roshi then put his hand to his waist while saying "Me..." veins appeared on his skin. "Ha..." a blue orb appeared between his hands. "meee....." the orb grew larger and Quin noticed that the water was creating waves around him. Roshi then thrust his hands out and screamed out. "HAAAAAAAA!!!!" a large blast was fired out of his palms into the distance.
Quin's eyes were wide, he sensed the amount of power the blast held, it was fascinating! "Now, do what I did, put energy right into your hands, and fire!" Roshi told Quin, who nodded and held his hands out like Roshi. His blue eyes stared out into the ocean as he then began. "Kaaa...." he put his hands to his waist, channeling energy. "Me..." with the next word, he began to project it. "Haa...." the blue orb appeared, emitting a small light that reached the ground. "Meeee...." The orb shined brighter and more violently, turning the island a shade of blue. He thrust his hands out and shouted. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" And so, Quin successfully fired the Kamehameha wave out into the distant ocean, gaining a smile from Roshi who thought of an old friend of his who has long passed.
The Real Training Begins
Now that you have proven yourself a true student of the Turtle School, Master Roshi presents you with a gift: an orange gi with the kanji for turtle across the back. With the official garb of the Turtle School, you really feel as if you belong here. Sleep well tonight because tomorrow, Master Roshi has promised to escalate your training.
2 paragraphs.
+500 PL.
+Kame Gi: An orange gi with blue wristbands, belt, and slippers. Allows the wearer to perform the Turtle Strike rush technique.
+Turtle Strike
2 more weeks passed, meaning the first month was over. Quin got up from his bed and walked outside to do some stretches. After completing his stretches he spent the next few hours to noon doing the morning training. Roshi didn't follow him throughout it today which left him somewhat curious as to what was going on today. At noon he came back after completing the morning routine curious as to what was going on as he entered the house. "ah Quin, just in time." Roshi commented gesturing him to enter the room he's in.
Quin looked at the turtle Gi in front of him with curiosity. "just to let you know I hand made this in the last week or so personally." Roshi held the garb out to Quin. "Take it, it's yours." Quin blinked and took it, looking at it. "The symbol you see there is the mark of the turtle hermit, a show of acknowledgment for all the world to see that you are my student." Quin Smiled softly in response replying with "Thank you Master Roshi." he bowed in respect and began heading to his room to change but heard Roshi begin talking again. "the next 2 months will have combat training for the afternoon, so get ready!" Quin let out a chuckle in response.
Introspective Voyage
Master Roshi wakes you earlier than usual and the two of you hop into the boat he uses to travel to the mainland for supplies. Roshi asks about your life before coming to see him and your aspirations once your training is done. Appearing more as a father figure than a silly master for once, you open up to your Master about your life.
3 paragraphs.
+700 PL.
They were on a small ship, Quin was staring out ahead. He'd been woken up earlier than usual. Roshi explained that they were now heading to get supplies, which Quin understood but questioned why they couldn't get supplies from the large training island they were on. Roshi explained that the island couldn't provide some of the supplies they needed. Quin nodded in understanding and thus went along. So here they were going, Quin watched he waves and fish hopping in and out of the water with a smile on his face. His ponytail blowing about in the wind. "Quin." he blinked and looked at Roshi. "yes Master?" he asked wondering what he wanted to say.
"What was your life like before you came to see me?" The old man asked, curiosity clear in his voice. Quin's brown eyes glazed slightly as he began to use his normal dialect again. "I hath just woken in an old asylum." he started looking at the rising sun. "this one hath no idea who he is." he continued, Roshi closed his eyes under his sunglasses as he heard this. Clearly, whatever happened to the man before the asylum cost him his memory, which he was rather sad about. "The only thing this one remembers is thy own name. Which, for all I mayest know, may just be a nickname." He looked to the water. "A body was dropped into this one's cell, with a key with which I used to escape that lonely, yet dangerous asylum." he finished as Roshi put the pieces together.
"And you must have begun a journey from there in which you got away from that dangerous land, didn't you?" Roshi continued for him, with which Quin just nodded. "aye, it seems as though thy winged natures are on mine side, as when I left thee building, a large raven appeared which brought me to the beginning of mine journey." Quin sighed as he said this. "Lordroth is in shambles and grows more dangerous by the day, this one can only wish he could help, but was told mine destiny, lied elsewhere." he looked at Roshi with a determined look in his eyes. "whoever this one once was, mine name, whatever it may be, could be the key to my destiny." he finished at last while also stating his current aspiration showing that even now, he seeks to learn just who he actually is. Roshi patted him on the shoulder. 'when the training is finished, I'll give my advice to further his journey as a parting gift' the Turtle hermit thought to himself.
A Message from an Old Friend
As you arrive on the mainland, an old friend runs up to Master Roshi. He claims that one of Roshi's old students has lost his home as his village on top of Pan Fry Mountain has been set ablaze by a fire demon. Roshi turns to you and states that the role of any martial artist is to assist those who cannot defend themselves. You set off with your Master to Pan Fry Mountain.
5 paragraphs.
+800 PL.
The ship docks and Quin step off the boat onto land. Roshi follows behind him observing how Quin looks around with wonder filling his brown eyes. "Welcome to Ox Kingdom Quin." Roshi tells him, making him look around more in wonder. "Ox Kingdom...." Quin muttered as he looked around. He walked forward when he heard a shout of "Master Roshi!" upon hearing it Quin and Roshi turned their heads to a woman with brown hair like his own. He then heard Roshi speak. "Ah Natasha, it's been 2 years since I last saw you, how has Sonnelion been?" The old man asked. Quin just stared at Natasha with his brown eyes, trying to figure out the conversation but inwardly guessing that whoever this 'Sonnelion' is would have had to have been a previous student of Roshi's, alongside this woman.
Natasha began to speak. "The mountain's been set ablaze again, and Sonnelion's too busy with Razor Force so he wasn't able to come here," she answered mentioning that name again. She then noticed Quin who was looking at Roshi with a determined look in his green eyes. "Quin, your armor is in the boat," Roshi answered his glance with a serious tone to which Quin nodded his head in understanding. Quin opened a container in the boat and began to put on his armor, meanwhile Roshi and Natasha looked at eachother. "newest sibling disciple?" she asked with a small, but tired smile. Roshi just nodded, "Even Sonnelion knew more about himself than Quin does." Roshi answered with a soft voice.
Quin got done putting on his armor and began walking towards them, he looked at Natasha who waved to him. "This humble knight wishes to know, what foul creature set fire upon thy mountain?" Quin asked falling back to his dialect. Using the modern accent was going to take awhile to fully manage. "That is what we, are going to find out," she answered calmly deciding to not question the 'knight' deal for now and with confidence. Natasha knows just how much stronger she is than Quin, so inwardly, she decided that if this is something that Quin could potentially take care of than she'd back off and let him do it. No need to hinder a growing martial artist that may very well protect the weak. Roshi could already tell what she had planned and inwardly agreed with it, Quin would need the growth afterall.
They began moving to the mountain which was quite a distance away, but even then they could see the fire now. Quin felt a fire within him as he looked upon it. There were news helicopters watching the fire all around it at safe distances. The Police were trying to get through the fire to get at whatever was causing it. Quin Natasha and Roshi stood at the edge of a cliff staring at the mountain. His brown eyes held determination, especially when Roshi began to speak. "This fire may likely harm the villagers and people around the mountain, we need to take whatever's causing it down before it spreads and hurts more people." The old man looked at Quin.
And then, the Turtle hermit spoke again. "This, Quin, is where we martial artists come in, We help and assist those who cannot help themselves." Quin continued Roshi's speech. "For it is thy duty of those with power like us, to defend the weak." he finished, getting an approving nod from Roshi and Natasha. Roshi looked at Natasha with a serious look in his eyes under his glasses. "Natasha, make sure the civilians and noncombatants, no, everyone around the mountain is kept away from the fire. Quin and I will handle getting in and taking out what is inside," he told her, she nodded in understanding and flew off to begin doing her job. Quin stared at the fire mountain with determined eyes under his helm and jumped off the cliff. 'I, Quin, knight of Lordroth, shall put out thy fire with mine own flame!' The knight thought to himself in mental preparation.
Pan Fry Mountain
With every step toward the Mountain, you feel the air become dryer and hotter. Your Master seems to remain unaffected yet you are dripping with sweat. When you reach the top of Pan Fry Mountain, small fire spirits leap out and assail you. Defend your master and yourself against the intense heat!
4 paragraphs.
+800 PL.
Quin and Roshi landed firmly on the ground and began to run towards it. The heat was nothing to Quin what with his affinity for fire. Even still, they were now at the town and there were what looked to be blackfire birds just wrecking the place and setting the village on fire. Quin ran forward with haste and slashed through a bird that was about to try and harm a group of children. He looked at them "get thyselves out of here with haste. I shall cover thy escape!" The kids looked at one another for a moment but ran when Quin shouted "GO!" as he batted away another Blackfire spirit. He wondered just why the fire on the birds was black, it struck him as odd.
Meanwhile, Master Roshi was fighting a larger amount of them using various tricks he's learned throughout his long time in the living realm. He could feel the sheer amount of power Roshi was showing, it felt even greater then Tadeo's power, hell even more than that creature Terium. Those without power, are those he will defend. Those with power who dare to use it to abuse the weak, he will stop them. Quin blocked another of the spirits only to get struck from behind into a building. Why was he so weak back there? He got up with a struggle and heard Roshi shout at him. "You may want to get that weakness taken care of!" was what he heard. Yeah...after all this, he most certainly will work on it.
He did a front roll to dodge a strike from one of the spirits and quickly did a spin attack to cut it in half. He looked over to Roshi and noticed that his mentor was sweating a bit from the heat. It became clear to him that Master Roshi was probably feeling that due to his age. His green eyes narrowed and he lunged forward blade extended and landed on his feet behind the blackfire creature that Roshi was fighting. The Creature fell in two, dead. His master was saved thankfully, but Roshi then just said "I could've taken him you know." he told Quin with a slight grin showing.
They knew that whatever was causing this damage, was likely at the top of the mountain. But first they need to meet up with Natasha again. Quin activated Iron Skin and was now tanking damage as he formed the kamehameha pose. "Ka...Me..." he muttered, His sword and shield were sheathed on his back, covering that weakness. He was taking damage, but kept going. "Ha...meee...." the blue orb formed illuminating the area with its magnificient light. Quin stared at a whole line of the blackfire spirits. He narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth, and then thrust his hands forward "HAAAAA!" the blast was fired and destroyed the remaining spirits. He then fell to his knee as the damage he tanked took its toll on him.
Impress the Master
Master Roshi has agreed to take a break in his permanent vacation of a lifestyle in order to train you into a proper fighter...but first you need to get him some company! The Master prefers slender, beautiful women to stay at his house while he trains new pupils, and it is your job to find one that will agree, however very few girls would up and move at such an offer. Search high and low for the perfect girl for Master Roshi and return with her.
3 paragraphs.
+600 PL.
Quin was flying to the fabled Pink house on an island, he was admiring the scenery as he flew. He spotted turtles, waved to...weird talking dolphins, whatever! He eventually arrived at the island and landed. He took off the face covering part of his helm and walked to the door but not before looking around. 'Kame House, tis is the right place.' he thought to himself with a happy grin on his face. He knocked on the door. "erm...Hello? Art thou the turtle hermit?" he asked knocking on the door one more time. He heard grumbling of "hey hey, calm that knocking, I swear this is the first one in 2 years now..." the old voice stated in wonder as Roshi opened the door.
Roshi adjusted his sunglasses trying to make sure he wasn't seeing things. "Well, I'll be, a knight? You aren't one of those...cosplayers are ya?" Quin blinked in response. "Nay, This one is Quin of Lordroth. I hath come hither seeking the turtle hermit, can I assume thee are he no?" Quin asked only understanding the term 'cosplayer' due to being in an anime convention. Roshi narrowed his eyes. "A relic of the past eh, let me guess, you came to train isn't that right?" Roshi asked while calling Quin a 'relic'. Quin blinked, confused, "Relic? why I..." he touched his own armor. Roshi gave a laugh. "oh how rude of me, I forgot to introduce my self, I'm Muten Roshi! So calm down kid." The Reason why Roshi called Quin a kid is because of what Quin's eyes showed a sense of youth despite his body's age. "Though, if you want to train with me, you'll need to pass a..test." Roshi had a pervy grin when he said this. Quin looked confused at the look, it was lecherous but not like the thugs he ran into. Roshi grabbed Quin's shoulders, "You gotta bring a pretty girl heh heh heh." Roshi let go of Quin's shoulders, Quin just nodded unsure what to say to this.
So Quin flew to a populated Island, upon arriving he noticed a house that was on fire, he landed and saw police and firefighters trying to control and bring down the fire. He saw civilians hurt as well in paramedic beds. He heard one of the officers say that there's still a person in there. He narrowed his eyes and ran in, even though people out there were telling him not to. There was someone in here, whoever it was had to be saved. He spotted a young woman who looked to just 3 years younger than his physical appearance is trapped under rubble, she didn't look too hurt but the fire was getting closer. She looked panicked as well but Quin "Calm thyself, I got ye." he calmly told her as he grabbed the pillar she was trapped under. He picked it up and moved it out of the way, and then he picked up the girl. He spotted a window and ran to it, smashing through the glass and now they were out of the 3 story building, he floated down and landed. His saving of the girl was seen on TV as he placed the girl down saying "Thou art alright now." before he then flew back to Kame House.
Once at Kame house Quin looked a bit downtrodden as he went inside, "Cheer up Sir Quin, you got my approval." Roshi told him showing him the TV showing the news of his heroism. While Roshi was slightly disappointed that Quin didn't bring a girl, he understood why, Quin got distracted and had to save someone from a burning building, which got his approval because that meant Quin was using his power for good. Quin's face lit up and he had a big smile on his face...then Roshi came up to him and said "Maybe you'll find one during the training...heh heh heh..." Roshi stated with a chuckle, making Quin sweatdrop. What had Quin gotten himself into?
Early morning Training
As a new recruit in the Turtle School, your first task is to deliver twenty fresh bottles of milk to the townspeople up and down the mountain on the peninsula, and you must complete your deliveries before the milk gets warm. Be careful not to spill a drop as you jog, run, and scramble up and down the twisty mountain road to deliver all the milk just in time for breakfast. And remember to follow Roshi's every move!
5 paragraphs.
+800 PL.
They arrived at the large island training would commence in, Roshi has transported the house using capsule transportation, and they both flew over to the island.
After that day Quin was told to wear more casual clothing for tomorrow instead of the armor. So he had on a short sleeve black shirt with a dragon design on it, black sweatpants with black sneakers on, he also had the turtle shell on. For the past few weeks Quin had been learning to use modern dialect which was difficult to learn at first but he eventually got the hang of it, The Turtle hermit was a good teacher. He was woken up early at like...5 AM by Master Roshi. "Well Quin, it's time for your official training." Quin had a big grin on his face upon hearing that. "alright!" he quietly shouted...somehow. He would sometimes slip into his original dialect from time to time however.
"Follow me Quin." Quin followed Master Roshi to a milk delivery station. Quin looked around in wonder. Roshi got the permissions though the guy scratched the back of his head. "Of course Master Roshi, its been 2 years since you've last trained students." and so Roshi handed Quin the box of milk bottles. "Remember this must all be delivered by 7 AM." the man told them. Quin had observed and listened, and realized what the lesson was. Roshi then turned and gestured Quin to follow. "you have to follow my every move alright heheh." And so Roshi went into a light skip. "1, 2, 1, 2." the old man quietly chanted making Quin look at him with a questioning look as he followed the movement.
They came across a row of trees to which Roshi began a zig zag. Quin followed the motion figuring that this was probably to ensure he got as much out of this as possible. "I have to say the land out here is fascinating to me," Quin commented using the modern dialect he had learned from Roshi with a smile on his face. He wasn't going to complain about the milk delivery idea as it does count helping people which were a plus in his book. Quin likes helping people afterall. They completed the first 2, and then went on to a mountain, Quin saw how high the mountain was, but easily assumed that they wouldn't be flying because that would be too easy. Instead, they have to climb the steps. both up and down.
They got to the half-way point and that is when Roshi began talking again. "things have changed much in the last 1,000 years Quin, if only you had shown up 100 years earlier, you might have been able to see the adventures of Son Goku." Roshi sighed when he said that, clearly remembering his old friend. Quin gave a questioning look. "What was this, Son Goku like?" Quin asked as they walked up the steps. "He was...a hero." was all Roshi said with a somber look. They completed the milk exchange of the mountain and walked back down the steps.
Next, they had to cross logs, logs...Quin watched is steps carefully, not wanting to fall as that would be...bad. They only had one bottle remaining at this point so this was going to be a tough trip. After crossing the logs they ended up having to run from a black Tyrannosaurus Rex! And for whatever reason, this T-rex had a high power-level, and could breathe fire! which confused the shit out of them. After they got away from it, Quin managed to deliver the last bottle. They asked the villagers what was with that T-Rex, apparently, it was a recent thing. Roshi began to lead Quin to a lake and sat down. "well, that was the Early Morning training." Roshi declared with a grin, making Quin sweatdrop.
Sink or Swim
After the delivery of milk, your next task is to swim in a lake with a one hundred pound turtle shell on your back. If the heavy shell and the rough, frigid waves weren't enough, the 10-yard distance is teeming with hungry sharks. Better swim fast if you want to make it to the other side in one piece, oh, you also have to stay in it for an hour, trying to get out on the other side holds a T-Rex that will want to eat you, which will thus force you back into the water.
3 paragraphs.
+700 PL.
Roshi got up from his chair and placed down a large turtle shell. "Get ready to swim Quin, because it's time for mid morning training." Roshi Declared to Quin who looked at him with a confused look. He looked at the turtle shell, took off his own, and walked to the larger one. Roshi smiled at how Quin seemed to already figure out what was going on. The knight put on the large turtle shell and looked at the lake. Considering the dangers from milk delivery, one had to wonder what dangers could happen here.
Quin jumped into the water and began swimming. "Good luck Quin, now remember you have to stay in there for an hour!" Roshi told him which made him raise an eyebrow as he suddenly detected a powerlevel behind him. He looked and saw a shark fin, his eyes widened and he began swimming very fast away from it. He kept swimming, but the shark seemed to get faster. This made him pale slightly, as he could sense the shark's powerlevel rising, he looked back and saw that its eyes were glowing red. "What the..." he muttered, what the hell was wrong with this island?! He swam to the other side of the lake at the half hour mark and got up to the land....
Only to look up and see the black fire-breathing T-Rex right fucking there, he paled and jumped back into the water. Falling back to his original dialect. "tis island is mad." he cursed continuing to swim. He kept rapidly picking up his pace when the shark noticed him again. After these thirty minutes, he finally got out of the water to Roshi who congratulated him on a job well done. Quin was panting a bit but smiled at the praise, feeling better about himself. "Thanks." Quin told Roshi, who replied with "your welcome, come, we must now go to the late morning training." this made Quin pale again, wondering just what was next. "we'll use the travel time to get there as time to relax." Roshi told him, making Quin calm somewhat.
Warning: Construction Zone
Now that you have finished your swim training, you see Master Roshi at a nearby construction site. The area needs to be cleared off before construction can begin, and he volunteers you for the job. No tools allowed though, so you should get to work quickly. Clearing the entire site by hand should toughen you up.
4 paragraphs.
+800 PL.
So they traveled, passing by some farms. Roshi glanced at them "for students of the more young age have to bare hand digging up the soil over there." Quin raised an eyebrow, he supposed that would likely work to an extent if only to toughen one's hands. "You on the other hand..." he stated as they arrived at a fenced off area with a sign saying [Warning, Construction in progress] there. "get to clear up this area with your hands, think you can handle that Quin?" Roshi explained, making Quin raise an eyebrow.
Quin looked to his hands, which were indeed bare handed. 'this is going to be a long day.' he thought considering what just the morning was like. He jumped over the fence, and Roshi walked over to the construction workers to let them know what was going on. Quin immediately got to work, jabbing a hand into the dirt as he scooped it out. Admittedly this wasn't that hard really. Then he got to digging more and more until he dug a small hole that went to his waist. He then upon getting that deep began to make the path, making piles on the side.
He spent the next 20 minutes digging and putting dirt off to the side as he made a line. Upon finishing the line he noticed that the construction workers left wheel-barrels for him, he looked to Master Roshi who gave a thumbs up when he looked questioningly at the wheel barrels. So he then spent the next 20 minutes putting the dirt he put off to the side into the wheel Barrels and carried them off to their drop off points. Carrying each one to their drop off point took 5 minutes so yes this task was one of his longest.
When he got the last Wheel-Barrel dumped he felt a rain drop on his shoulder. The construction workers looked to Roshi with a questioning look, Roshi simply said. "Well Quin, looks like we're done with construction work today. But don't worry, we'll get to it tomorrow as according to the 3-month schedule." This made Quin's eyebrow's rise. "3 months?" The knight asked. Roshi had a smile on his face. "don't worry, when the 3 months are over, you will see just how my training will pay off. now come, now that we've hit noon, it's time for the rest." Roshi explained with a calm smile and gave a pat on Quin's shoulder.
The Turtle Destruction Wave
You have passed the initial training of the Turtle Hermit and as a reward, Master Roshi shall teach you his signature technique: the Kamehameha Wave! You must learn the ability before the sun sets on the tiny island, and it is already evening. Fire a powerful wave across the sea and carve through the waves!
3 paragraphs.
+600 PL.
+Kamehameha
The Signature move of the Turtle School, this skill is very flexible and has been reported to be very malleable after being fired, allowing for the user to put more force behind it at the cost of winding themselves or even adding alternative effects to the skill.
The technique charges for 1 post to fire at 2.8x the user's FOCUS stat flat.
The user can charge for a maximum of 5 posts for +0.5x per turn to a maximum of 5.3x the user's Focus
At the cost of adding a cooldown per post, the user can put extra force equal to a charge up to a maximum of 3 posts/cooldowns.
The technique charges for 1 post to fire at 2.8x the user's FOCUS stat flat.
The user can charge for a maximum of 5 posts for +0.5x per turn to a maximum of 5.3x the user's Focus
At the cost of adding a cooldown per post, the user can put extra force equal to a charge up to a maximum of 3 posts/cooldowns.
After 2 weeks of the routine, Roshi in the afternoon after the morning training decided to bring Quin back to the island, simply because he wanted a safe location for him to learn a technique. The next morning after breakfast Roshi brought Quin outside. Quin looked at Roshi, wondering what he wanted. "is there...something you brought me out here for Mentor?" he asked using the classic term. Roshi felt that his experience with Quin thus far has been...unique to say the least compared to many other students, after all, it's not often you get to teach a knight from a bygone era.
"watch carefully Quin." Roshi told him as he stared out at the ocean. He then frowned and bulked up, Quin felt a power difference. He then held his hands out. "Ka..." Roshi then put his hand to his waist while saying "Me..." veins appeared on his skin. "Ha..." a blue orb appeared between his hands. "meee....." the orb grew larger and Quin noticed that the water was creating waves around him. Roshi then thrust his hands out and screamed out. "HAAAAAAAA!!!!" a large blast was fired out of his palms into the distance.
Quin's eyes were wide, he sensed the amount of power the blast held, it was fascinating! "Now, do what I did, put energy right into your hands, and fire!" Roshi told Quin, who nodded and held his hands out like Roshi. His blue eyes stared out into the ocean as he then began. "Kaaa...." he put his hands to his waist, channeling energy. "Me..." with the next word, he began to project it. "Haa...." the blue orb appeared, emitting a small light that reached the ground. "Meeee...." The orb shined brighter and more violently, turning the island a shade of blue. He thrust his hands out and shouted. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" And so, Quin successfully fired the Kamehameha wave out into the distant ocean, gaining a smile from Roshi who thought of an old friend of his who has long passed.
The Real Training Begins
Now that you have proven yourself a true student of the Turtle School, Master Roshi presents you with a gift: an orange gi with the kanji for turtle across the back. With the official garb of the Turtle School, you really feel as if you belong here. Sleep well tonight because tomorrow, Master Roshi has promised to escalate your training.
2 paragraphs.
+500 PL.
+Kame Gi: An orange gi with blue wristbands, belt, and slippers. Allows the wearer to perform the Turtle Strike rush technique.
+Turtle Strike
The signature rush of the Turtle School, the user dashes at the opponent, striking them in the stomach and following with an uppercut to the chin. The user dashes up ahead of the opponent and fires a Kamehameha Wave, blasting the opponent into the ground. In reality, the user charges for 2 posts, before the user uses their extreme speed to rush the opponent outside of the blind eye's sight, punching into the stomach and upper cutting into the chin for a damaging strike at 3x the user's STR, before firing a point blank Kamehameha Wave at its minimum power of 3.5x the user's FOC, throwing the opponent a far distance away and into the ground if it hits. This is extremely predictable to the opponent after the first use and thus can only be used once per battle, failing every time afterward.
2 more weeks passed, meaning the first month was over. Quin got up from his bed and walked outside to do some stretches. After completing his stretches he spent the next few hours to noon doing the morning training. Roshi didn't follow him throughout it today which left him somewhat curious as to what was going on today. At noon he came back after completing the morning routine curious as to what was going on as he entered the house. "ah Quin, just in time." Roshi commented gesturing him to enter the room he's in.
Quin looked at the turtle Gi in front of him with curiosity. "just to let you know I hand made this in the last week or so personally." Roshi held the garb out to Quin. "Take it, it's yours." Quin blinked and took it, looking at it. "The symbol you see there is the mark of the turtle hermit, a show of acknowledgment for all the world to see that you are my student." Quin Smiled softly in response replying with "Thank you Master Roshi." he bowed in respect and began heading to his room to change but heard Roshi begin talking again. "the next 2 months will have combat training for the afternoon, so get ready!" Quin let out a chuckle in response.
Introspective Voyage
Master Roshi wakes you earlier than usual and the two of you hop into the boat he uses to travel to the mainland for supplies. Roshi asks about your life before coming to see him and your aspirations once your training is done. Appearing more as a father figure than a silly master for once, you open up to your Master about your life.
3 paragraphs.
+700 PL.
They were on a small ship, Quin was staring out ahead. He'd been woken up earlier than usual. Roshi explained that they were now heading to get supplies, which Quin understood but questioned why they couldn't get supplies from the large training island they were on. Roshi explained that the island couldn't provide some of the supplies they needed. Quin nodded in understanding and thus went along. So here they were going, Quin watched he waves and fish hopping in and out of the water with a smile on his face. His ponytail blowing about in the wind. "Quin." he blinked and looked at Roshi. "yes Master?" he asked wondering what he wanted to say.
"What was your life like before you came to see me?" The old man asked, curiosity clear in his voice. Quin's brown eyes glazed slightly as he began to use his normal dialect again. "I hath just woken in an old asylum." he started looking at the rising sun. "this one hath no idea who he is." he continued, Roshi closed his eyes under his sunglasses as he heard this. Clearly, whatever happened to the man before the asylum cost him his memory, which he was rather sad about. "The only thing this one remembers is thy own name. Which, for all I mayest know, may just be a nickname." He looked to the water. "A body was dropped into this one's cell, with a key with which I used to escape that lonely, yet dangerous asylum." he finished as Roshi put the pieces together.
"And you must have begun a journey from there in which you got away from that dangerous land, didn't you?" Roshi continued for him, with which Quin just nodded. "aye, it seems as though thy winged natures are on mine side, as when I left thee building, a large raven appeared which brought me to the beginning of mine journey." Quin sighed as he said this. "Lordroth is in shambles and grows more dangerous by the day, this one can only wish he could help, but was told mine destiny, lied elsewhere." he looked at Roshi with a determined look in his eyes. "whoever this one once was, mine name, whatever it may be, could be the key to my destiny." he finished at last while also stating his current aspiration showing that even now, he seeks to learn just who he actually is. Roshi patted him on the shoulder. 'when the training is finished, I'll give my advice to further his journey as a parting gift' the Turtle hermit thought to himself.
A Message from an Old Friend
As you arrive on the mainland, an old friend runs up to Master Roshi. He claims that one of Roshi's old students has lost his home as his village on top of Pan Fry Mountain has been set ablaze by a fire demon. Roshi turns to you and states that the role of any martial artist is to assist those who cannot defend themselves. You set off with your Master to Pan Fry Mountain.
5 paragraphs.
+800 PL.
The ship docks and Quin step off the boat onto land. Roshi follows behind him observing how Quin looks around with wonder filling his brown eyes. "Welcome to Ox Kingdom Quin." Roshi tells him, making him look around more in wonder. "Ox Kingdom...." Quin muttered as he looked around. He walked forward when he heard a shout of "Master Roshi!" upon hearing it Quin and Roshi turned their heads to a woman with brown hair like his own. He then heard Roshi speak. "Ah Natasha, it's been 2 years since I last saw you, how has Sonnelion been?" The old man asked. Quin just stared at Natasha with his brown eyes, trying to figure out the conversation but inwardly guessing that whoever this 'Sonnelion' is would have had to have been a previous student of Roshi's, alongside this woman.
Natasha began to speak. "The mountain's been set ablaze again, and Sonnelion's too busy with Razor Force so he wasn't able to come here," she answered mentioning that name again. She then noticed Quin who was looking at Roshi with a determined look in his green eyes. "Quin, your armor is in the boat," Roshi answered his glance with a serious tone to which Quin nodded his head in understanding. Quin opened a container in the boat and began to put on his armor, meanwhile Roshi and Natasha looked at eachother. "newest sibling disciple?" she asked with a small, but tired smile. Roshi just nodded, "Even Sonnelion knew more about himself than Quin does." Roshi answered with a soft voice.
Quin got done putting on his armor and began walking towards them, he looked at Natasha who waved to him. "This humble knight wishes to know, what foul creature set fire upon thy mountain?" Quin asked falling back to his dialect. Using the modern accent was going to take awhile to fully manage. "That is what we, are going to find out," she answered calmly deciding to not question the 'knight' deal for now and with confidence. Natasha knows just how much stronger she is than Quin, so inwardly, she decided that if this is something that Quin could potentially take care of than she'd back off and let him do it. No need to hinder a growing martial artist that may very well protect the weak. Roshi could already tell what she had planned and inwardly agreed with it, Quin would need the growth afterall.
They began moving to the mountain which was quite a distance away, but even then they could see the fire now. Quin felt a fire within him as he looked upon it. There were news helicopters watching the fire all around it at safe distances. The Police were trying to get through the fire to get at whatever was causing it. Quin Natasha and Roshi stood at the edge of a cliff staring at the mountain. His brown eyes held determination, especially when Roshi began to speak. "This fire may likely harm the villagers and people around the mountain, we need to take whatever's causing it down before it spreads and hurts more people." The old man looked at Quin.
And then, the Turtle hermit spoke again. "This, Quin, is where we martial artists come in, We help and assist those who cannot help themselves." Quin continued Roshi's speech. "For it is thy duty of those with power like us, to defend the weak." he finished, getting an approving nod from Roshi and Natasha. Roshi looked at Natasha with a serious look in his eyes under his glasses. "Natasha, make sure the civilians and noncombatants, no, everyone around the mountain is kept away from the fire. Quin and I will handle getting in and taking out what is inside," he told her, she nodded in understanding and flew off to begin doing her job. Quin stared at the fire mountain with determined eyes under his helm and jumped off the cliff. 'I, Quin, knight of Lordroth, shall put out thy fire with mine own flame!' The knight thought to himself in mental preparation.
Pan Fry Mountain
With every step toward the Mountain, you feel the air become dryer and hotter. Your Master seems to remain unaffected yet you are dripping with sweat. When you reach the top of Pan Fry Mountain, small fire spirits leap out and assail you. Defend your master and yourself against the intense heat!
4 paragraphs.
+800 PL.
Quin and Roshi landed firmly on the ground and began to run towards it. The heat was nothing to Quin what with his affinity for fire. Even still, they were now at the town and there were what looked to be blackfire birds just wrecking the place and setting the village on fire. Quin ran forward with haste and slashed through a bird that was about to try and harm a group of children. He looked at them "get thyselves out of here with haste. I shall cover thy escape!" The kids looked at one another for a moment but ran when Quin shouted "GO!" as he batted away another Blackfire spirit. He wondered just why the fire on the birds was black, it struck him as odd.
Meanwhile, Master Roshi was fighting a larger amount of them using various tricks he's learned throughout his long time in the living realm. He could feel the sheer amount of power Roshi was showing, it felt even greater then Tadeo's power, hell even more than that creature Terium. Those without power, are those he will defend. Those with power who dare to use it to abuse the weak, he will stop them. Quin blocked another of the spirits only to get struck from behind into a building. Why was he so weak back there? He got up with a struggle and heard Roshi shout at him. "You may want to get that weakness taken care of!" was what he heard. Yeah...after all this, he most certainly will work on it.
He did a front roll to dodge a strike from one of the spirits and quickly did a spin attack to cut it in half. He looked over to Roshi and noticed that his mentor was sweating a bit from the heat. It became clear to him that Master Roshi was probably feeling that due to his age. His green eyes narrowed and he lunged forward blade extended and landed on his feet behind the blackfire creature that Roshi was fighting. The Creature fell in two, dead. His master was saved thankfully, but Roshi then just said "I could've taken him you know." he told Quin with a slight grin showing.
They knew that whatever was causing this damage, was likely at the top of the mountain. But first they need to meet up with Natasha again. Quin activated Iron Skin and was now tanking damage as he formed the kamehameha pose. "Ka...Me..." he muttered, His sword and shield were sheathed on his back, covering that weakness. He was taking damage, but kept going. "Ha...meee...." the blue orb formed illuminating the area with its magnificient light. Quin stared at a whole line of the blackfire spirits. He narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth, and then thrust his hands forward "HAAAAA!" the blast was fired and destroyed the remaining spirits. He then fell to his knee as the damage he tanked took its toll on him.