Five times Kaldur's Heritage was F#%@ing irittaiting (and one time it was really helpful)
What is this, I don't even... argh, here, have this fill It's in the style of written correspondence, because I read a book in that style recently. I liked it so much, I decided to try it for myself. :) Original post here --> http://yj-anon-meme.livejournal.com/5067.html?view=15128267#t15128267 <--
5. It made school really really hard.
Teacher: Ta'pak Sulai'man
Age Group: 5 to 7 years old
Location of School: Shayeris
Monthly Report to Superior, Obor'obor:
The students are progressing at an acceptable rate. Their studies of basic Atlantean history, additon, subtraction, government, sciences, and sorcerous studies have gone well. Unfortunately Kaldur'am, the student mentioned in my last report, is still having trouble maintaining the level of physical aptitude needed to keep up with the rest of the class. At first I had thought he was just lazy, but little Kaldur'am is one of the most hardworking and dedicated students I have had the pleasure of teaching. He absorbs the knowledge like a dried sponge! That said... I am troubled, 'Bor'bor. Kaldur...
The boy often cannot keep up with the other children, and is generally left out of their games. He has taken to playing with the younger children, but this means that he doesn't know how to play with his agemates very well. He has also taken to spending more time with me, 'Bor'bor.
Me.
You know me, 'Bor'bor, I'm a bit of an urchin more often than not, but Kaldur... He's so alone here. He's so desperate for friends that he will spend his play time keeping me company in the classroom. I asked him once, "Why don't you play with your class mates? Don't you want to?" He said to me "They don't like me. Hari'mau'yu said I'ma an-fib-ean, and that no real Atlantean would ever want to play with a stupid an-fib-ean."
Well, 'Bor'bor, after that, you know I couldn't turn him away. I have begun teaching him toned down versions of the forms we learned back in Basic. Sotong was the trainer on duty, remember? She saw the two of us, and she said "Well, they just get smaller and smaller every year." I've been teaching Kaldur the very basics of swords. Now, I can hear you shrieking in fury, but hear me out. Kaldur has no friends yet. He is a friendly boy, who makes an effort, but they still do not like him.
He needs... Something. This is what I can give him.
I blame the whole "Escort your child to School" mentality preavalent in this part of Atlantis. I had thought it a sweet thing to do, at first but... The children saw Kaldur's parents. Now, Kaldur's mother is Sha'lain'a, remember her? Very nice girl, but could be a bit... Naive. Kaldur's father is a former-surface dweller by the name of Calvin Durham. Now you see why Kaldur's name could be seen as... strange. They do love him dearly, though.
All in all, a relativly normal month. Go on a date with me Bor'bor?
Ikhlas, Ta'pak Sulai'man
Reply from Obor'obor:
NO. I will not go on a date with you 'Sulai. And good idea with little Kaldur'ahm. Perhaps it will help.
Ta'pak'sulai'man - Starfish
Obor'obor - Jellyfish
Hari'mau'yu - Tiger Shark
Sotong - Cuttlefish
Ikhlas - Sincerely
4. It lost him job opportunities.
"Cadet Kaldur'ahm."
"Sir!"
"Your grades are impeccable, as is your conduct in this academy. Unfortunately, we cannot place you in the Special's current as is the norm."
"Sir?"
"You're a liability, son. Those... episodes of your's, when we did the training run near the vents... The higher ups and I agree that it would be irresponsible of us to allow you command when you could suddenly lose the ability to breathe on a mission. However, we also agree that someone of your caliber would be wasted in infantry. Therefore, we are reassigning you to the Conservatory of Sorcery in Poseidonis. We believe you will do well there."
"...Sir."
"You leave in three days, Cadet."
"...Yes, Sir."
Special's - Special Forces
Current - Track
3. It made him lose his tonsils.
From: Admin Pen'ari di Lan'git - Chief of Elocution
To: Admin Sua'ra Pa'ling Bai'k - Chief of Finances
Subject: Student Health
Sua'ra, we need to do something for him.
From: Admin Sua'ra Pa'ling Bai'k
To: Admin Pen'ari di Lan'git
Re: Subject: Student Health
What can we do, Pen'ari? He's Mera's, not yours or mine.
From: Admin Pen'ari di Lan'git
To: Admin Sua'ra Pa'ling Bai'k
Re: Re: Subject: Student Health
Even so, there has to be something we can do. They'll kill him at this rate, and you know it.
From: Admin Sua'ra Pa'ling Bai'k
To: Admin Pen'ari di Lan'git
Re: Re: Re: Subject: Student Health
Again, what exactly can we do? And anyway, we can't talk about this right now, We're at a Meeting REMEMBER?
From: Admin Pen'ari di Lan'git
To: Admin Sua'ra Pa'ling Bai'k
Re: Re: Re: Re: Subject: Student Health
Okay Sua'ra! Gods... IM with me tonight? I'm not done talking about this...
From:Admin Sua'ra Pa'ling Bai'k
To: Admin Pen'ari di Lan'git
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Subject: Student Health
Yes IM tonight! Gods... Now... PAY ATTENTION PEN'ARI, I AM NOT GOING OVER THIS WITH YOU!!! FAHAM?
From: Admin Pen'ari di Lan'git
To: Admin Sua'ra Pa'ling Bai'k
Re: Re: Re: Re: Subject: Student Health
DIFAHAMI ALREADY!
Chief of Elocution - Person in charge of student aclimation to Poseidonis
Chief of Finance - Person in charge of school budget
Mera's the chief of Magical Education
Skydancer42 has entered the room. BestVoice54 has entered the room.
BestVoice54: So. What did you have in mind?
Skydancer42: Well, I did some research… Do you think he could use an inhaler? Could we make one?
BestVoice54: What, pray tell, is an Inhaler?
Skydancer42: It’s surface dweller technology.
BestVoice54 is glaring at Skydancer42.
Skydancer42: Wait, hear me out. Surface dweller’s children have this same problem of not being able to breathe. They call it Asthma. This... thing, is supposed to give the person medicine which helps them breathe. The website wasn’t clear on how, though…
BestVoice54: Show me.
Skydancer42 has given BestVoice54 a note.
BestVoice54: This idea might work… but not like this.
Skydancer42: What?!? Why not?
BestVoice54: It’s too conspicuous. They were made as medical aids, correct?
Skydancer42: Yeah…?
BestVoice54: Well, medical aids are meant to stand out. What we’re proposing to do for Kaldur’ahm is Yes, Medical, as in we’re giving him a way to breathe without necessarily having the proper bodily structures BUT! It has to be discrete!
Skydancer42 is looking at BestVoice54 oddly.
Skydancer42 is changing the subject.
Skydancer42: In your opinion, why exactly can’t he breathe right?
BestVoice54: Right, it’s like this. When the current’s don't bring all the O2 we need, we have stored O2 we can use. Because of Kaldur’ahm’s heritage, he can’t store O2 the way you or I could, so when he does the higher level spells, he runs out too fast to complete them correctly… which will get him killed soon.
Skydancer42: But… Wouldn’t he grow into that? I mean, I grew up in Terdesak, and I turned out okay…
BestVoice54: That’s debatable, he’s from Shayeris, and you're a full Atlantean.
Skydancer42: Oh.
BestVoice54: Yeah.
BestVoice54 has sighed.
Skydancer42: Okay, I still don’t understand the whole “discrete” thing, though. Why does it matter that we want to help him?
BestVoice54: He's not *our* student. He's Mera’s student. Remember how territorial Mera is?
Skydancer42: Well, now I do.
Skydancer42 has sighed.
Skydancer42: Since the breath device can’t be external… Could we internalize it?
BestVoice54: ???
Skydancer42: Like…Would a tattoo work? Like his focus tattoo, only smaller?
BestVoice54: That would be really dangerous for us… but yes, that sounds perfect. Now, how are we supposed to get this tattoo on him? WITHOUT raising suspicions? Hmm?
Skydancer42: Don’t surface dwellers have tonsils too?
BestVoice54: Yes, but what- OH. Hmm… Yeah, that’ll work.
Noted in Medical File: Kaldur’ahm has had his tonsils removed after getting tonsilitis. No complications were reported
Pen'ari diLan'git - Dancers in the Sky
Sua'ra Pa'lingbai'k - Best Voice
Faham? - Understand?
Difahami! - Understood!
Terdesak - Town in Atlantis famous for its shifting currents.
2. It made puberty a trial of nerves. Well, more than usual.
Calvin Durham,
Kiri dari pagar kecil dan berwarna putih dengan bunga biru di, mengambil hak di rumah dengan tingkap hijau, jika anda lulus tujuh patung, anda telah pergi terlalu jauh , Ada rumah dengan batu-batu paving merah jambu di hadapan,
Shayeris
Dear Father,
My studies are going well. I have nothing new to report, other than that I recently grew another half inch this week. How are mother and Guru Sulai’man doing? My voice is still squeaking, like I told you about before. Are you absolutely sure that there is nothing I can do about it?
I still lack an understanding of women. My queen, wonderful as she is, remains unhelpful in this respect. Also, what does it mean when every time I talk to a certain girl, and she responds to me, I feel like howling at the moon? And why do I have the sudden urge to kiss girls?
Please advise me in these matters.
Your son, Kaldur
Kaldur’ahm,
Keajaiban sekolah besar di ibu pejabat, meninggalkan kedai roti berwarna oren tetapi di sebelah istana tanpa taman-taman karang,
Poseidonis
Dear Son,
I am happy that your studies are going well. I wonder if I will recognize you when I see you next? Your mother is doing well. Guru Sulai’man is also doing well, and is sending you a care package, along with your mother’s. You know how she worries about you, even though she can’t cook at all. Please, son, don’t eat any of that food. Your mother is also sending you a new wrap for, as she says, “those cold Poseidonis currents.”
I remember being your age and there really is nothing you can do about your voice except wait and grow. As for the girls… It means you’re growing up, my anak kesayangan.
No man understands women, son. I don’t understand your mother very often. However, a bit of advice? The woman is always right. Even when she’s wrong, she’s right. And if she starts to cry, drop the argument, and accept that she’s right.
This is all the advice I have on these matters.
Study hard, my son.
Your loving Father, Calvin
Kiri dari pagar kecil dan berwarna putih dengan bunga biru di, mengambil hak di rumah dengan tingkap hijau, jika anda lulus tujuh patung, anda telah pergi terlalu jauh , Ada rumah dengan batu-batu paving merah jambu di hadapan
- Left from the small white fence with the blue flowers on it, take a right at the house with the green windows, if you pass the seven statues, you've gone too far, It's the house with the pink paving stones in the front
Keajaiban sekolah besar di ibu pejabat, meninggalkan kedai roti berwarna oren tetapi di sebelah istana tanpa taman-taman karang
-The big magic school in the capitol, left of the orange colored bakery but on the side of the palace without the coral gardens
anak kesayangan - Beloved Child
1. His team wouldn’t leave him alone about it.
“You’re an asthmatic?”
“…Yes.”
“Wha-”
"We're on a mission, Kid Flash. I will be happy to answer your questions, but after the mission."
Four minutes later…
“You really have asthma? Really?”
“Yes. Really.”
"Really?"
"Really really."
Another four minutes later…
“How-”
“Kid Flash. Although your… concern is well received, there is a time and place for questions. Halfway up a cliff at midnight is neither the right time nor place.”
+1. His family cough-friends-colleagues-teachers-cough would always be there for him.
You’re nobody. Just a worthless half-breed whose mother was too weak to kill him. Your precious mentor? He’s only making sure you don’t turn out like your father. *snort* You know Calvin Durham is not your father yes? No? Black Manta is your sire, foolish boy. Some tryst with your worthless whore of a dam. Keh. So weak. Let me inside little frog spawn. It won’t hurt. It’s just a worthless trinket, silly child. Not even really yours. LET ME HAVE IT.
Don’t Listen to it Kaldur’ahm! Fight the beast within you!
WE CARE ABOUT YOU, KALDUR! We need you here with us!
You are a person! From the moment I first met you, you have always been your own person!
I chose to mentor you because I recognized your skill and I kept you as my protoge because you proved worthy of the title!
You are the child of Calvin Durham and Sha’lain’a! Calvin Durham loves you as his son, child. Your mother loves you.
Black Manta has no claim on you! Black Manta never has!
YOU ARE STRONG KALDUR!
That… Thing, has no place within you, Kaldur’ahm. Fight it!
You cannot hope to defeat me: I am here, within you.
I am everywhere! Every place you've been I have waited, Every face you've seen I have worn.
I have not one name but thousands.
I come on the wings of an epidemic, of a massacre, A lone scream in the night, Announced by the distant thunder of a war, or the bleat of the slaughtered calf.
I visit the dying in their burning skin; devour the bodies of the sick.
I crush the hearts of the hopeful as I dance on the backs of the weak.
Your greatest fears are my delights; with your screams you invite me in.
I am the betrayal you could not have seen, the killer you thought you knew.
One day I will be your mother or your father or your friend; Another day I will be your neighbor, or perhaps I'll work through you.
There are monsters hiding in your closet; There are ghosts beneath your bed.
The dream you feared was real
Was real.
These are gifts to you from me. I love you in my own little way.
Can't you hear the music on the wind?
Don't you recognize the tune?
Is it you my friend, your struggling?
Your spirit torn limb from limb?
I am not Death. Death will be your deliverer. Death looks to me with sorrow in her eyes and asks, "Why must you do this?"
My answer remains unchanged: I do what you will not.
No end is swift under my watch; mercy is a mistake I correct.
I am peace destroyed and eyes forced open.
The ragged ring around your neck.
I am your secret wish for others (I am their secret wish for you).
I have not one name but thousands but you... you may call me Agony.
And you cannot defeat me.
“You are… You are right. I cannot defeat you. But you… You cannot defeat me. And, with help from my family, You. Will. Fall.”
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From The Epic of The Yung Jei-Eru, circa 2011
The demon fell. And Aqualad did not. When He rose from the blackend place where he did battle, five of his family came to him. He looked more fish than man, but when they asked him, he said that he had never felt more like himself.
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