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Ninja fun « Thread Started on Jan 9, 2006, 4:34pm »
I always pictured two out of the three passing students to be Daxon Donalley and Gwendolen Daye. Daxon, of course, would be totally steadfast and not showing any signs of doubt, whereas Gwendolen would be twitching or groaning. The third.. perhaps the mysterious dancer.. that none of you have heard of. ^^ Anyway. Picture this as a kind of ninja school like the one in Batman Begins.
"Self control," said the master. "It can, and will, save your life." The students lined up against the wall stared hungrily at the banquet of food before them, untouched and perfect. They hadn't eaten or drank anything but water in weeks- another one of the master's tests.
"If at any time you wish, you may go forward and eat your fill." One or two of the students shifted. They understood well enough that there was always a catch, but the smell of the food was doing stranges thing to their common sense. "If you do, however, you will be released from your training. You will not be allowed to continue with us and you will be sent home immediately. This is all." One of the students, unable to bear the pains of hunger and delicious smell of the food, sprung forward and dug into the chicken, forgetting the cutlery neatly laid out in favor of his hands and teeth. The other students watched to see what would happen, and when nothing did, two more ran over to join him. The remaining three students stood stiffly.
They waited half an hour. The three students who had chosen to feast were slowing down, pacing themselves. Their counterparts on the wall were slightly slouched, each in some degree of obvious pain, ranging from a twitch to a groan. The first feaster began to gag and instantly all heads turned to watch, but no one moved. Blood dribbled from his mouth and his eyes rolled into his head. Then he was still. One of the other two feasters leaned over and put two fingers to the man's neck. His eyes widened and he stared at the corpse. "Poison," he gasped. Within moments, he and the other feaster began to gag as well, blood dripping from their mouths. One of them tried, in vain, to get to the master in the seconds he had left. He fell a few feet away from the master, who stood still. The last feaster made it closer, managing to grab the hem of the master's robes before he collapsed.
"You are released from my service," the master told the three dead bodies on the floor. He shook his robes free and stepped over the second two feasters, centering himself in front of the three remaining students.
"Congratulations, you have passed the final test."
"I can't control my destiny. I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's only here. Give in to love, or live in fear. No other path, no other way. No day but today." -Mimi, Collins, Angel, and Mark in "Another Day"
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