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Post by Lee Kwan on May 7, 2008 16:22:57 GMT -5
He stood in the shallow end of the river, close to the muddy bank. His pants were rolled up past his knees to keep them from getting wet and his sword was drawn and in his hand. The thin yet durable blade was glistening with drops of water, the sun reflected off of it. Lee seemed a figure at peace with the sword, familiar with it as if it was an extension of his body.
He moved easily through the swift water, never losing his balance as he flowed through complicated combinations swinging his sword gracefully and efficiently through the air. His face was relaxed, yet his red eyes were full of concentration and focus.
Lee loved coming to the Yangtze River. It was his favorite place to train. It helped him improve his balance, and training against the steady flow of the river made it possible for him to move more quickly when on solid ground. Not to mention most of the people who came here minded their own business and meditated, though he did receive some looks for his red hair and eyes. The mark of a half breed...Lee did not care what they thought so long as they left him alone.
He finished up yet another intricate form before he sheathed the weapon and walked out of the water, stretching lazily as he reached the shore and flopping down upon the grass to reflect on what needed improvement.
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Post by Colm Darragh on May 28, 2008 16:54:21 GMT -5
Colm had been walking for hours and quite frankly he was tired of it.Adjusting his bag on his shoulder her scanned about for someone who wouldn't turn him away. He'd been up, He'd been down, He'd been left and he'd been right. He was quited honestly about to admit defeat and ask someone for directions. Why he'd taken this god forsaken mission to open up the paper and make it more global he didn't know. It wasn't as if the people of China would honestly give a rats ass about what was happening in Ireland.
To be honest he wasn't going to push the Irish news on them he was actually planning on making it a paper with the most important news from all over put into it. He wasn't going to be able to do that now if he couldn't get to where he was going though now could he? He'd been heading for some place called Kouchin? Well not like he could read anything out here. Knowing by sound, at least, he was near a particularly large river he sighed and moved to-wards it's bank.
There had to be people there. He'd ask one of them where he was and how to get to where he needed. Provided he could get passed the Communications barrier. Strolling down he didn't see Lee laying in the grass and tripped over him toppling over and falling into the River itself with a loud Splash. His back luckily enough had fallen off his shoulder and onto the grass. He, however, Was now attempting to get out of the river and not doing a very good job as he sputtered and coughed moving about here and there loud curses in Gaelic sputtering from his mouth.
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Post by Lee Kwan on Jun 2, 2008 12:34:26 GMT -5
His eyes had been closed and he had been in such deep thought that he hadn't even heard approaching footsteps. Indeed, he probably wouldn't have even known anyone else was around, until of course someone happened to trip over him. Lee's red eyes opened and flashed dangerously, his hand immediately going to his sword in case it was an enemy. However, no one was near him and he suddenly heard something splashing around in the river.
Lee blinked slowly and sat up. There was a man struggling to get out of the water. He sighed and let go of his sword. He sensed no danger from him. Standing up, Lee quickly walked down the river bank and reached out with a hand, grabbing the man by the upper arm, wondering what on earth he was saying since he couldn't understand a word, and heaved him out of the river.
Once the man was free of the water and back on dry land, Lee raised an eyebrow. "You should watch where you're walking," he said casually. There was no irritation in his voice, nor was he speaking in an accusing sort of way. More like he was simply stating a fact.
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Post by Colm Darragh on Jun 3, 2008 23:16:19 GMT -5
Colm coughed and sputtered a bit of the water onto the ground before looking up at Lee from where he had decidedly.. Fallen to his knees to catch his breath. He could barely understand a word the other man was saying himself.
He looked around abit and finnally spotted his bag. Riffling through it, he produced a book and proceeded to thumb through it before nodding and looking right at Li and making abow before speaking the words sounding jumbled and confused but not totally unrecognize able as he appologized for tripping over him.
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