Roleplay:Main Forum/General/Flight School:Training a Star

Introduction
A new camper seeks training from one of the campers who have been here a longer time than himself. Of al the people he could have met, he met the one least likely to teach. Though he will learn a few useful things if he is able to keep up.

Roleplay
Rylus: Rylus is hanging upside down from a tree near the dining pavilion and staring intensely at an apple. He breathes in deeply before directing a gust of wind at the apple, sitting on the archery column, through its center. It doesn't move and he sighs thankfully before focusing again while still upside down.

Eli: Desperate to escape the encases of his mind, Eli finally ventured outside of his cabin, fumbling with one of his daggers. He knew the best way to distract himself from the monsters inside his head was to train, but he didn't know where they trained or even how it worked here. He remembered the leader of TES told him Camp trained a lot differently than they did, so he needed to adapt to it if he ever wanted to get used to this place. It was a one in a thousand chance that he happened to look up and spot a boy hanging from a tree in front of the dining pavilion. No comment, no words, he just stared at him perplexed, but it only showed in his eyes.

Rylus: Rylus focuses and sends another gust of wind at the apple and again it stays perfectly still. This time however, Rylus starts laughing and clapping his hands; flipping out of the tree before rushing over to the prone apple. He stands there in awe of himself not touching it just yet.

Eli: Eli blinked in what he might call awe when the boy leaped from the tree in excitement. The apple the boy had focused himself on was of no interest to Eli besides a target, and that's exactly what he used it for. With a use now for his dagger, he launched it at the apple horizontally and watched as it satisfactorily sliced the apple into many pieces and stuck itself in the bark of the tree. Ignoring Rylus, Eli walked up, retrieved his dagger and picked up the slices of the apple. He was hungry anyway, so he took a bite out of one.

Rylus: Rylus is taken aback for a moment seeing his hard work destroyed before he has the chance to mess it up. He does the only reasonable thing and jumps aiming for the other boy's back planning to play the same trick on the boy he used to play on the monks.

Eli: Chucking another apple slice into his mouth, he stuffs the rest into the pocket of his jacket and then jumps and grabs hold of the nearest branch of the tree. With ease, he swings himself into the tree where he comfortably sat on the branch and continued to eat the pieces of the apple.

Rylus: ''He ate my apple! Who is this guy?!'' Rylus catches himself on a ball of wind and ponders this for a moment. I wonder if I should cut off that branch...nah he jumped to high up for that. An idea pops into Rylus's head and he grins Yep that's what I'll do Rylus calls down whoosh, the little cloud still in cloud form, and hops on it before flying up to the kid and floating just about his head without a word.

Eli:  One look at the ground told Eli the boy was longer here, but he wasn't stupid. This was a camp for demigods, and the guy looked a bit pissed off when he ate the apple, so he assumed the worst and coughed before he set out his words, "There are plenty of apples in this tree. Unless this specific apple is special, I see no need to get frustrated over it."

Rylus: With a coy smile Rylus gives whoosh the okay to flip upside down, his hair hangs off his head brushing against the top of the other boys. "Ahh, but you see. That apple was mine." he nods sagely "Where you see no need my young friend. I see another perspective." Rylus closes his eyes in pondering the turn of events "What to do now is the question."

Eli:  "Child of Aeolus?" He mumbled in question before eating another apple slice. "I had no knowledge you could have ownership over a simple fruit. I apologize since this specific apple I am consuming right now had value to you." He tried to ignore the whispers of Lance's sarcasm at the edges of his mind. Not right now... he thought. To keep himself from gritting his teeth, he ate another apple slice. He refused to show discomfort to the stranger.

Rylus: Rylus moves in front of the stranger still upside down but now with his hands behind his back trying to look professional. "Yes. I am a child of Aeolus. Rylus skywalker. Pleasure." Rylus hides his laughter by curling his fist behind him squeezing his hand tightly. "You are grumplestilskin I presume?" he balls his fist harder Play on words check.

Eli: "Elijah Liao. I ask you now not to call me Eli or any sort of nickname." He shifted around to make his sitting position more comfortable. He did not look up to meet the boy's eyes and found no need to. "Son of Astreaus," he added, as if the fact was relevant. "And I have no knowledge of this grumplestilskin. The name sounds familiar so I assume this must be a european fairytale."

Rylus: Rylus rolls his eyes because of how uptight the boy is "You know this is not a meeting right. However, I think I should tell you my real name. I am Rylus Monk." He flips so that he is upright and faces the kid "Hey are you new to camp? I hope not because this attitude would suggest a really hard past or some tragic story getting to camp."

Eli: His eyes hardened but he made no attempt to answer Rylus's question. There was no doubt even talking about his past could trigger his PTSD, besides, the whispers were already acting up anyway. "Hello Rylus," he deadpanned, completely ignoring the question later asked.

Rylus: "Sooooo you are new to camp then?" he smiles "That makes you a junior. Wanna be a good new camper and help your big bro Rylus out with some practice?"

Eli: He shrugged listlessly. He had nothing of importance to do anyway, and it would be a good distraction from the demons that lived inside his head. "One, assuming by your looks, you are not older than me. You look 17, 16? I'm 18. Two, what type of practice?"

Rylus: Rylus narrows his eyes through a smile He's good....tooo good but he laughs it off in a sing song voice. "Stttiiilll ccaammpp seenniooorr" Rylus sings while Whoosh lowers him to the ground "We are gonna do a lil of this lil of that but we starting with target practice. Rylus bends his knees and Whoosh takes off for the dining pavilion; Rylus returns less than a minute or two later with a bag of apples. "Off to the training area!" he looks back at Eli "Wanna ride Whoosh? He turns into a horse."

Eli: He raised an eyebrow and stood up, balancing on the tree branch. "I'm also going to assume Whoosh is a wind spirit? Therefore, no. I'll walk." He performs a back flip, landing safely on the ground feet first. "Where is the training area? Or did you mean Arena?" he quipped as his hands rest in his pockets.

Rylus: Rylus looks at him with a knowing smile "I meant what I said. Off to the area we go." Rylus steps off of Whoosh and sends his friend off before stepping besides Eli. "Come on pal. We are off to see the area."

Eli: ''Why is he so... hyper? ''Eli thought. ''Was I ever like that? Before they got to me? Before mother died? ''He quickly shook of the thoughts and internally reprimanded himself. ''Don't think about that Eli, keep walking. You know what happens'' He followed Rylus to where ever they happened to be going, keeping his eyes focused on the path his mind focused somewhere else. ''What if he tries to attack you with ill intention? What do you do Eli? ''the whispers hissed. ''Shut up, it's just practice. ''He reassured them. ''What if he wants to hurt you? Like Lin did? Like Connor did? ''

''Shut up, I said shut up godsdamnit! ''The whispers recoiled but not without concluding threats that piqued Eli's suspicion further. ''Lance said trust no one... Demigods are never safe. ''He pushed the thought backwards and cleared his throat to get rid of the lump in it.

Rylus: Because of who Rylus is he could tell something was wrong with the boy he was walking with. He could feel it in the steps he took and the way the atmosphere felt around him. Even Rylus knew about boundaries however and decided not to push for now because thy had reached a dense cropping of trees and foliage. "Eli this is near where the jungle arena is. I have come to call this place my sanctuary away from sanctuary while at camp. You're the first I have ever showed this too so before we enter; clear your mind and watch your step. Rylus steps through the foliage easily, not waiting for Eli, and let's out a whoop as he plummets for around fifty feet. He lands on the ground lightly before looking up and shouting to Eli "Come on!! The view is always breath taking!!! Like I said watch your step!!"

Eli: With no complaint as to why he was being taken to a jungle, he danced and flipped over ferns and branches, swinging his way to where ever this kid was taking him. He wanted to say he was probably much more cautious than this kid who seemed to go where ever the wind takes him—no pun intended—but kept his comments to himself. He had lost sight of the guy awhile ago, but the whoops and yells were his guide so he put his hearing training to use. ''Wait... Is this territory not in Camp? What about monsters?'' suddenly popped in head which caused him to almost miss a branch hold that could've had him plummeting to the ground if he had not grabbed it at the last second. Focus Eli, the likelihood of those here is low.

''{{Post|Rylus| Rylus glances up and sees Eli hanging from a branch. WIP''