❀ 1 - [Action]
[If you happen to be out walking in the morning, you might run into Taiwan in the park, doing her 太極拳 or tai chi exercises. Old habits die hard, after all. It was a good way to relieve stress and focus her mind, and - even though this place didn't seem all that dangerous - to keep up her self-defense practice. Her movements are slow and graceful as she works her way through the forms, but she seems a tiny bit agitated - the surroundings are strange, and she had so many uncomfortable revelations and questions about this place she seemed to have stumbled into.
But she had met so many new people and learned so many new things, so there was some good news mixed in with the bad. 安於現狀, she needed to learn to be happy with the way things were...
Taiwan wrinkled her nose briefly. When did she start quoting proverbs the way Teacher did? She wasn't nearly that old yet.
I haven't been able to practice with a proper sword for a while...
Out loud:]
I wish I had one of my old practice swords with me. Or at least something like it. [P a u s e] But there's no way, right?
[Except, of course, that Splendor obliged, leaving Taiwan staring at the sword - still in its scabbard - that had appeared on the grass in front of her, gleaming in the early morning sun.
She glances around cautiously, trying to see if maybe someone was playing a trick on her. But there didn't seem to be anyone around, and it really had been such a long time...
She bows politely to nothing visible]
Thank you.
[and starts to practice again.]
[Video here if anyone is interested. It is quite long and tai chi moves v e r y slowly though.]
But she had met so many new people and learned so many new things, so there was some good news mixed in with the bad. 安於現狀, she needed to learn to be happy with the way things were...
Taiwan wrinkled her nose briefly. When did she start quoting proverbs the way Teacher did? She wasn't nearly that old yet.
I haven't been able to practice with a proper sword for a while...
Out loud:]
I wish I had one of my old practice swords with me. Or at least something like it. [P a u s e] But there's no way, right?
[Except, of course, that Splendor obliged, leaving Taiwan staring at the sword - still in its scabbard - that had appeared on the grass in front of her, gleaming in the early morning sun.
She glances around cautiously, trying to see if maybe someone was playing a trick on her. But there didn't seem to be anyone around, and it really had been such a long time...
She bows politely to nothing visible]
Thank you.
[and starts to practice again.]
[Video here if anyone is interested. It is quite long and tai chi moves v e r y slowly though.]