1 First Impressions~ Tue Sep 24, 2013 1:29 am
Bokuden
D-rank
“How long has it been?” Bokuden thought to himself as he stood upon to top of the incomplete tower, gazing out into the distance. Sword in hand, he felt a gust of cool wind tug upon the tail of his coat as he stood unwaveringly atop the Tower of Heaven. “Five long years,” he said solemnly, thinking back to the last time he had been there. Well, “there” was probably not all that accurate of a statement. In his absence construction on the tower had continued, making the location he was standing at almost recognizable to him. He wasn’t sure how to feel about it really, the almost cruel irony. A symbol of progress and prosperity in the village that served only as a reminder of his own failures and the past that he could never seem to move forward from. It was as if the whole world was moving forward while he remained trapped in his own memories.
Even still, the solitude that standing atop the tower afforded him did provide some measure of comfort. Locations like these were more precious to him than any. It was only here, high above the village, far from the prying eyes of the world that Bokuden felt at piece. Perhaps it was the years of meditation that made him find such a measure of peace in the absence of others, or maybe just the tranquility of a location that, at least for a moment in time, seemed to exist outside of the world, free of all of its problems. There he would stand for a short while, his eyes closed and his mind clear. From seemingly the top of the world Bokuden would relax his body, allowing it to sway ever so slightly along with the gusts of wind being whipped up at that altitude.
Taking one last deep breathe before exhaling forcefully Bokuden would step back from the edge of the tower, foregoing his view in order to accomplish what he had originally set out to do, train. It had always been the case, but even more so as Bokuden grew older and his powers grew, he preferred training in isolation and far from potential interruptions. While the Tower of Heaven was a well known enough location in Kumogakure for it to be a popular tourist attraction, most of the training that was once done atop the tower had come to a crawl as construction on the tower had picked up once again and it became more of an inconvenience to train at the top. At least from the information he had gathered, Bokuden knew that visits to the top of the tower were conducted far less frequently than they once were, almost to the point of them becoming something of a rarity. This alone made it worth Bokuden returning to the Tower for the first time in years, just to see for himself if it would make a satisfactory training location. Fortunately for him what he heard about the location was true and he found himself alone atop the partially constructed tower. “Now… where to begin?” he mused to himself as he sifted through his mind, “Suiton?”
Training: 528
Even still, the solitude that standing atop the tower afforded him did provide some measure of comfort. Locations like these were more precious to him than any. It was only here, high above the village, far from the prying eyes of the world that Bokuden felt at piece. Perhaps it was the years of meditation that made him find such a measure of peace in the absence of others, or maybe just the tranquility of a location that, at least for a moment in time, seemed to exist outside of the world, free of all of its problems. There he would stand for a short while, his eyes closed and his mind clear. From seemingly the top of the world Bokuden would relax his body, allowing it to sway ever so slightly along with the gusts of wind being whipped up at that altitude.
Taking one last deep breathe before exhaling forcefully Bokuden would step back from the edge of the tower, foregoing his view in order to accomplish what he had originally set out to do, train. It had always been the case, but even more so as Bokuden grew older and his powers grew, he preferred training in isolation and far from potential interruptions. While the Tower of Heaven was a well known enough location in Kumogakure for it to be a popular tourist attraction, most of the training that was once done atop the tower had come to a crawl as construction on the tower had picked up once again and it became more of an inconvenience to train at the top. At least from the information he had gathered, Bokuden knew that visits to the top of the tower were conducted far less frequently than they once were, almost to the point of them becoming something of a rarity. This alone made it worth Bokuden returning to the Tower for the first time in years, just to see for himself if it would make a satisfactory training location. Fortunately for him what he heard about the location was true and he found himself alone atop the partially constructed tower. “Now… where to begin?” he mused to himself as he sifted through his mind, “Suiton?”
Training: 528