Kayel, Pikan and Kumi

[2018-08-03 03:49] *[user]Pikan[/user] just so happened to stroll by the campers, humming quietly. Having not been there for.. probably a few days, he plunks down nearby while eating some sort of sandwiched meal of wild potatoes and fish in a homemade bread pocket, like he'd just found it in the wild. Munchmunch. Sup.
[2018-08-03 03:57] *[user]Kayel[/user] perked up with a smile, suddenly scooting over to latch onto Pikan with a hug about his shoulders. “Pikan! Good that you’re here! Kumiko, this is Pikan. And Pikan, this is our new friend Kumiko!” She gave him a bit of a squeeze and looked.. different from last they had seen each other. She had a fox-pelt-sash on and a small blade with a fox-tail hilt. At her side was also a gourd filled with water, similar to Broly’s sake gourd. ...He was turning her into a little Broly. She already did his grunts. Looking back to Kumi, Kayel beamed. “Then you should! If you want to be that you, then be that you! I wonder.. if you don’t be that you, does it change that you?..”
[2018-08-03 04:00] *[user]Pikan[/user] examines that new garment curiously. Surprised, honestly! He never took Kayel for the hunting and fur wearing type. Maybe now he could actually cook some stuff with meat in it without upsetting her! Wrapping one arm around the happy younger girl in a hug, he looked towards Kumiko and gave a pleasant wave. "Hi!" Stroking over the soft animal fur and giving the holster of that new blade a poke. "Looks like you've gotten some new toys."
[2018-08-03 04:09] *[user]KumiChan[/user] blinked, just sort of staring blankly at Kayel, considering her question. [sub]"Huh... I don't know."[/sub] She then looked at Pikan, waving her tail [sub]and its new pink ribbon tied in a bow[/sub] in response. "Hi~! It's nice to meet you~ ♪"
[2018-08-03 04:09] *[user]Pikan[/user] [sub]has a bow of his own. A blue one, around his wrist![/sub]
[2018-08-03 04:15] *[user]Pikan[/user] claps! With one palm against his forearm. "I can't even do that much!" He says, complimenting Kumi's ability and progress.  Glancing back to Kayel. That... silly and amused expression on his face, hidden behind a mask of civility. It was hard not to giggle at that coming out of her.
[2018-08-03 04:24] *[user]Pikan[/user] "You don't always need masters to train!" He spoke up. As he did, he removed one of the curiously puffy looking gloves from his hands. The right one. Dropping it, it hit the earth like a piece of lead shaped like a hand. "There's always exercising to get better at stuff. Even if it's just basic things."
[2018-08-03 04:26] *[user]Kayel[/user] oh’d a bit in awe.. “Really?? I would like that sooo much! Home for su right now is the woods ‘cause of trainin’ but when I get breaks, we can play! I would love to see your home and you can see Elviar’s too one day!” As Pikan spoke of masters and training, Kayel nodded. “He’s right too. Like I can meditate. I does it a lot. It helps me stay focused. Even though Broly has to flick my head sometimes too.”
[2018-08-03 04:34] *[user]Pikan[/user] supposed Kumi was right. Picking up his glove again, he pulled it back on. "I still can't fly or sense this ki-stuff. Or shoot them zappy bullets."
[2018-08-03 04:39] *[user]Kayel[/user] nodded to that one, "Very true! Like I don't know how to do things but I know what I do want to do. I just need to know basic stuffs." Then she eyed Pikan... "Kumiko... Think we can help teach Pikan how to fly?? I know humans can do it!"
[2018-08-03 04:42] *[user]Pikan[/user] 's eyes went very wide! Surprised, and enthusiastically, he nodded. The heavy iron filled, linen insulated helmet on his blonde head bobbing back and forth, like the 15 kg thing were the weight of airy plastic. "Yes, yes!!"
[2018-08-03 04:47] *[user]KumiChan[/user] couldn't help but grin at how excited her new friends were at seeing how much she'd learned. She stood up again, focused on the sky so she wouldn't damage anything... then she took stance, her legs spread apart to either side, and her hands cupped as a blue ball of energy formed in it, slowly pulling her hands back as the ball of energy started getting bigger. "Everyone should recognize this one~! ♪ [color=cyan]Kaaaaa....meeeeee....haaaaaa....meeeeeeeeeee....[/color]" Once the ball of ki seemed to be at a big enough size for a proper demonstration, Kumiko thrust her palms forward up at the sky, unleashing the ball of ki into a bright blue beam, which, after a while, dispersed. "[b][color=cyan]HAAAAAAAAAA![/color][/b]" After that, she put her hands down... then looked back at Kayel and Pikan. "See? Doesn't that look cool~?"
[2018-08-03 04:50] *[user]Pikan[/user] stared at her hands, studying her motions and position the whole while. From the time the lights and forces manifested, to when they coalaced and shot skywards like a missile. Raising both his own calloused hands, he began to clap. If that was a beginner move, what was he even doing? Clearly impressed. "Wish I'd brought my snow glasses!"
[2018-08-03 04:53] [user]Pikan[/user]: (Yeah I know! Not criticizing!)
[2018-08-03 04:58] [user]Pikan[/user]: (Could work! Be it just practice or training. ^.^)
[2018-08-03 05:00] *[user]Pikan[/user] wrinkled his nose a little. Sharing ki? It sounded... borderline taboo. But intriguing. Thoughtfully, he touched his chin and considered. Hmmmmmm... "If it's all the same to you.. could we maaaaaaybe try to just teach how first?" Gauging her reaction. "And if it seems too hard, maybe then do the ki-sharing thing.." Unsure if that would be insulting, or not. All this life energy stuff was new, to him.
[2018-08-03 05:02] *[user]Kayel[/user] grinned and eyed Pikan at that thought. "I wanna learn how to share ki too.. and we can get you to fly!! I know you can! You do amazin' things! And I didn't even know ki could be shared!! Kumiko, you're so smart!" She rose to her feet, rubbing her hands together. "Gettin' Pikan to fly will be the new goal!"
[2018-08-03 05:16] *[user]Pikan[/user] produces an audible "Awww..." Shaking his head. Well, that was a mild disappointment. But he was unphased! Instead, he considered an alternative. "Do you think you could teach me to shoot ki-blasts the way you do? Even just beginner stuff.. I can work with basics!"
[2018-08-03 05:16] *[user]Kayel[/user] pondered for a moment as she walked about Pikan with her hands held behind her back. She was inspecting him! “Pikan, no weights. Kumiko can teach the flyin’ part of doin’ it but I know about ki! Broly taught me. Ki is in all that we do and is. It can be used when we think about it and when we don’t. It’s a power inside of us, our life energy and for all of us it can come from what we feel. So Pikan! I know you’re really strong. I saw you grow! So I bet you can also use that same way to fly and blast things!”
[2018-08-03 05:19] *[user]Pikan[/user] brought his attention to Kayel, once she started speaking. Hungry to learn, even second hand, he listened intently as he did to Kumi, hands in his lap. "I.. dunno about that. Is that really the same thing?" He pursed his lips, skeptically. "When I get bigger, I feel like I'm flexing secret muscles. I've never been able to make anything just.. fly out of me. Or fly."
[2018-08-03 05:21] [user]Pikan[/user]: (My apologies for messing up post order!)
[2018-08-03 05:25] *[user]Kayel[/user] turned to poke her finger at Pikan’s forehead. “That’s ‘cause the flyin’ isn’t what you can do.. it’s part of you! All things you do with ki is part of you. It’s all energy! It’s your energy. And.. and if you has it.. you can do anythin’ with it!” As Kumiko took stance, Kayel gestured to her, “And that is stance and form. Form is what helps your body be where it needs to so you can make it to what you want and use your ki where you want it. Stance and form needs to be practiced but can be done without thinkin’ so you can focus on what you want and need to do, especially in a fight.”
[2018-08-03 05:28] *[user]Pikan[/user] watched Kumi work, next. He regretfully started to undo his training gear- can't verywell learn something new with 230 KG covering your whole body. So, he listens as he 'undresses,' leaving a big pile of fabric wrapped training weights on the ground. Back in his regular linen pants and gambeson. Mimicing her pose, he watched intently. Little by little, that purple aura came into plain view. It was like seeing a little hue of a soul! His tough forehead making a little coconut noise once poked. Eyes then shifting to Kayel, as she picked up where Kumi left off. Stance and form. It all sounded fairly intuitive. If unbelievable.
[2018-08-03 05:31] [user]Pikan[/user]: (Oh, I know! It's more the character hasn't learned. I'm a dragonball fan from way back. ^_^)
[2018-08-03 05:58] [user]Pikan[/user]: (pfft. do as you will! she ain't G or L level yet.)
[2018-08-03 06:04] *[user]KumiChan[/user] nods, looking at Pikan and Kayel for a moment. She let go of her charge, but there was a slight hint of her aura still there. "Let's start with a simple technique! One that I bet BOTH of you could do if you wanted. Mister Elerost says it's called Energy Punch or Energy Fist. Just like Kayel said, focus on letting your ki move throughout your body... focus it into one of your hands, or both if you're feeling confident, and have your ki envelop your fist like a glove." As she explained how the technique worked, she demonstrated it as well, holding one hand up. Normally, her ki wouldn't really show up until it reached her hand, but she wanted to be able to demonstrate properly, so the two of them would be able to see her ki flowing down her arm, soon surrounding her hand... then she clenched it into a fist. "Energy Punch is... well, it's a ki-charged punch! It gives your punches an extra boost. Watch!" Kumiko walked over to a rock, looking back to make sure the two of them were watching... then, she struck the rock as hard as she could with her ki-powered fist, breaking it rather easily with that added power.
[2018-08-03 06:13] *[user]Pikan[/user] watched this display, mind open and attention piqued. Form and stance, feeling... the warm. These were curious things. Maybe he was just dull to them. Maybe he was just using them in a way where he missed the subtle and nuance of it. Staring as that purple energy engulfed her fist in light and substance, The sudden crack of force and motion that sent the rock shattering surprised him- her arm did not appear to have moved fast enough, much less weighed enough to do that.. but that, he supposed, was the nature of ki energy attacks. Contemplating, he assumed a boxers stance and started to focus, trying to summon up his energy.

.. It was a long process, as he held out his arm and made a fist. Focusing. Trying to feel. What he thought was progress just turned out to be the muscle memory of what he already knew, and he started to swell with ki infused muscle and bone.. before halting his growth with a frown, relaxing it. This wasn't externalizing the ki! So he tried again.. and paused. No. Growth was not an enemy attack! Stubbornly, he relapsed to his normal height and weight and focused harder, feeling like he was trying to suppress a sneeze.
[2018-08-03 06:13] [user]Pikan[/user]: (energy attack^)
[2018-08-03 06:16] *[user]Kayel[/user] looked to Kumiko in total awe. She was incredibly gifted and smart, just like the Saiyan kids back home.. but so far, she was very sweet and hadn’t made Kayel feel bad. It was amazing to have a new friend like that who was so in-the-know like the Saiyans back home, but not into being so rough. Kayel paid close attention to the demonstration, her eyes growing wide at that broken rock, the way her ki had flared about her hand. “That’s also big woah...” The girl took a moment to clap.

Her attention shifted back to Pikan then, gaze taking note of him but furthermore, her own senses picking up on the ‘tugs’ she didn’t understand or ever voice. “Remember, you want to focus on what you feel, what you want to do. Don’t do what you normally do with the shifts. This is different. This is not you punchin’ things.. This is you usin’ your fist to direct your ki. You want that to make the hit for you.”

[2018-08-03 06:24] [user]KumiChan[/user]: (Kayel and Pikan...might be a little bit confused by the statement Kumiko is about to make by the way.)
[2018-08-03 06:24] [user]Pikan[/user]: (that's okay! They'll deal.)
[2018-08-03 06:26] *[user]KumiChan[/user] hums, looking at Pikan for a moment, watching his... body change? "Huh. I've never seen a power up like that! Neat!" She couldn't help but grin at what was going on here. She was helping these two harness their ki a little better... or trying to anyway... but she clearly wasn't the best teacher for them. Not [i]this[/i] version of her anyway. "Hey... you know who might be a better teacher than me? [i]Me![/i]"
[2018-08-03 06:35] *[user]Pikan[/user] actually paused mid-pose at that. Sweat on his brow, he turned to glance at Kumi and give her an expression of pure, 'Girl, WTF?' Mouth open, one blonde brow lifted and one eye squinting. How did that work? Finally, he huffed and relaxed his stance. "It doesn't work. I feel like I'm trying to play a kazoo with numb lips." Clearly irritated at his own lack of comprehension. Taking a deep breath...

He let go, and swelled up into his full larger form. Inch by inch, or centimeter by centimeter if one prefers, his form grew proportionally. Clothing drawing oh so tight from the baggy and strapped it was, until it was practically skin tight. A mere 50 pounds ballooned into 2,200. Regular height swelled up from 3'7, right up to 12'6. To those with even an ability to sense ki, the coarse and unrefined stuff was like molten glass when most people worked with water. Hitting the benchmark of his transformation's ability, that's when he started to focus. With nowhere left to go upwards... maybe it'd start coming OUT. Fist clenching, tightening. "[b]C..moonnnn.[/b]"
[2018-08-03 06:39] *[user]Kayel[/user] looked entirely confused at Kumi’s question and answer. Her?.. “But.. you’re here?...” It took the girl a few moments to actually recall the conversation earlier. “Older you? The other you? But I like the you-you. You’re the you I met...” Kayel was beyond confused and even conflicted over what to think. She liked Kumi.. but there were two Kumi’s... What if the other Kumi didn’t like her?... The little girl stood there, poking her fingers together and glancing away to the ground. “If you think you can help Pikan, any of you’s or all of you’s then.. yes. Pikan is strong. He can do things. He has powers. He deserves to fly and more.”

“Wah!” Kayel bounced on her toes in a quick tippy toe motion backwards as Pikan grew. She was always amazed at that ability.. and wondered how it might affect him now as he tried to focus his ki without anywhere else for his focus to go if this was his maximum sort of form. “You can do it Pikan! Focus! Let it flow and don’t strain too hard, but push it all the same! It.. it's a balance!"

[2018-08-03 06:44] *[user]KumiChan[/user] looked at them for a moment... then realized she sort of made an 'oops' in what she just said. "Oh, r-right. Sorry! Yeah, I mean future me! She's got a lot more experience than I do, and she can even do that thing where her hair spikes up and turns gold!" Her whole thing about describing how strong her future self was cute a little short after mentioning she can go Super Saiyan however when she sees what Pikan was doing. "Huh... You know, I hadn't thought of that! Trying to power up as far as you can in an effort to get your ki to come to the surface. I like it~!"
[2018-08-03 06:50] *[user]Pikan[/user] "[b]Apparently.. hhnnnff.. It's.. different![/b]" Rolling his fingers as he relaxed his grip, only to again tighten it. Taking to heart what Kayel said. Can't strain or squeeze too hard, can't force it out. Taking a deep breath, he tried to relax. The ki involved in keeping him explosively huge and strong ran like molten glass, or lava, thick and viscus and unrefined. Trying to repurpose it felt so unnatural. Like beating wings that just were not connected to his nervous system. Only the faintest waver, like heat off a road, rose up from the back of his holiday ham sized fist, Not even colored or luminous. It was progress.. the way a pinprick let out water was progress.
[2018-08-03 06:56] *[user]Kayel[/user] bounced a bit in place, only for her gaze to shoot directly at Pikan’s fist. It didn’t need to be seen. It was felt. It was different from him standing there without it. [b]“YESSS!!”[/b] The girl squealed in absolute delight, her tiny ki orbs of three brightening before flickering wildly and fading. “Pikan! I felt it! I felt that you did it! That means you CAN do it! That’s the first step! Like when I float-flied! You got the first step!!” The fact that he COULD do it meant that the possibilities were open for him. Kayel knew what that felt like, since she had managed to hover and actually focus on doing it. She had even managed to sense ki and could do that at times too.
[2018-08-03 07:04] *[user]KumiChan[/user] grinned, unable to help but let out a little cheer for Pikan, her tail wiggling behind her reflexively. She felt as though Elerost would be proud of her for helping them. "Anyway... um... Kayel? About older me... if you're worried about what she'll think of you and Pikan, don't! She's still me, just older! Her personality hasn't changed! [sub]...I think.[/sub] But we don't have to call for her! We can just train together if you'd prefer."
[2018-08-03 07:08] *[user]Pikan[/user] listened. Still as a statue. Most of his concentration reserved for trying to comprehend what he was doing with his own ki, feeling the runny, thick stew of his unrefined ki try and thin itself, express itself more like juice or water through his solid form. He couldn't make it flow any faster without the sympathetic strain tightening his muscles.. risking losing what little he had. But he could stand there, maintaining. Persistence training was as valid as any other. Lifting his eyes, he looked from Kumi to Kayel. "[b]Time travel is weird. But.. wouldn't be against meeting her some time.[/b]" Staring at the 'middle space' again, as he goes back to his steely focus.
[2018-08-03 07:12] *[user]Kayel[/user] paused her cheering to gaze back to Kumi with a shy smile. The first thing she did was grunt, but quickly nodded. “It’s okay! I jus... I dunno. I’m okay with it though. But this you, the you-you, sure does know a lot! And look at Pikan!” Yes.. He was a bit of a statue now and for a bit there Kayel didn’t know what he was doing! It took her a few moments before she smiled wide. This was like Broly training Reizo! “Mane-tane. That’s what you’re doin’ yeah? You wanna keep your focus and form and keep that feelin’ so you can get used to it and use it and feel it.” And this was why Kayel was walking... off to grab a stick.
[2018-08-03 07:14] *[user]KumiChan[/user] watched Kayel with some curiosity, seeming a bit curious as to where she was going... and why before returning her attention back to Pikan. This power up, if it qualified as one, certainly seemed odd to her. "Mane-tane...? What's that?"
[2018-08-03 07:17] *[user]Pikan[/user] slowly answered, after what felt like five seconds too long. But just the right number, if you asked a turtle and expected a response. "[b]Maintaining. You know. Continue doing. If I stop focusing, I'm going to lose it.[/b]" Left eye twitching. "[b]This feels weird. It's not like pumping it into your flesh at all. It's like.. breathing. Or drooling.[/b]" Clearly new territory in poor Pikan's sensory range.
[2018-08-03 07:19] *[user]Kayel[/user] searched about for a bit before finally finding one that would work. It had to be long because of her height, but she also had to be able to hold and carry it, and it had to be semi-sturdy. Kayel returned with a stick held in both hands almost like a fishing pole. It was more of a small branch really. She walked around Pikan, giving him a good look over. “Focus brother!” Similar to how Broly would flick her and call her girl, Kayel poked lightly at Pikan’s forehead with the tip of the stick in annoying fashion.
[2018-08-03 07:42] [user]KumiChan[/user]: "Oh... OH! Okay! Um... Kayle, what are you doing?" [i]Kumiko just sort of... blankly stared at Kayel. Was what she was doing really going to help Pikan focus? It seemed like an... odd method.[/i]
[2018-08-03 07:45] *[user]Pikan[/user] blinked suddenly. Tough as he may have been- and even tougher, in a form many times his normal size and mass, it was jarring to have someone prod you in the forehead with a stick. What the puke? Eyes shutting out of natural preservation instinct, he glanced down at Kayel with a confused, amused snort. His other hand went and covered his crotch.. just in case. [sub]Never trust short people with long sticks.[/sub] "[b]Quiddiiiiit.[/b]" the oversized kid with a reverberating giant's voice complained. Still, he soldiered on! The antagonized, pinpricks worth of ki manifested flickering and shrinking like a candle in the breeze, but he soldiered on.
[2018-08-03 07:47] *[user]Kayel[/user] indeed stood there, poking at Pikan’s forehead with the branch as she replied to Kumi. “Broly flicks me sometimes. And when Rei had to focus to keep his control and not hurt me with his ki, Broly poked him with a stick.” She understood this because she had been the one to throw rocks at her siblings back home, and Broly’s flicks were very similar. “Focus!” Poke. Poke. Poke. Any time she felt he was slightly comfortable was too comfortable, so Kayel gave him a stick-poke at his forehead to try and jar his senses and his ki.
[2018-08-03 08:04] *[user]Pikan[/user] "[b]But. That'd mean movinnggg.[/b]" He rumbles. Like a tiny flickering flame, barely too hot to register as light and presence to the naked eye, that focus energy struggles to stay lit. Obviously, he's capable of it... Obviously, just minutely more capable of it than he was a mere few minutes ago (relative to them now). But the idea of letting it go just felt like.. a waste! Humph.
[2018-08-03 08:07] *[user]Kayel[/user] continued to poke at Pikan’s forehead with the branch now and then, her gaze over on Kumi while she focused what she could sense of ki on Pikan’s own. “I dunno if he should move just yet. I mean, it’s all quiet here right now. And distractions should be good. Broly always distracts me. Unless... oh! Kumiko! Are you thinkin’ of meditations??” Poke. Poke. Poke.
[2018-08-03 08:12] *[user]Pikan[/user] immediately lost what little he had to maintain. Any with ki-sense would note, like a flame being snuffed, that tiny pinprick of manifested energy on the back of his hand from which ki was seeping out, closed. "[b]It would... improve ki sensing?[/b]" Gazing at Kumi, as his other hand closed around Kayel's pokey stick at the tip. Very slowly, he shrank back down- clothing again becoming more baggy as a dramatically larger being shrank down into them. "I think I need that more than I need to shoot energy bullets, at this point. I'm open to it."
[2018-08-03 08:14] *[user]Kayel[/user] hadn’t thought of that and pursed her lips. “That’s a great idea!!” As Pikan shrunk down, she finally let go of the stick to lay to the ground with a thunk. “Yeah! Let’s do that!!” The girl was back to bouncing on her toes excitedly.
[2018-08-03 08:31] *[user]Pikan[/user] looked around. "I.. dunno. I've never done it before."
[2018-08-03 08:35] *[user]Pikan[/user] studies the way Kumi fell, then sat. Wanting to get in on this good stuff, he soon followed suit- even sitting down the same way she did. When in Rome!