Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25268570-20150216024744/@comment-24901923-20150308010912

Albus and Kieran noticed Aiden didn't seem happy with the new weights, and traded looks.

"Roderick! Hop on over here, will ya?", Kieran shouted out to his best friend, a Red Kangaroo Faunus. Roderick rolled his eyes and started running over, setting up trampoline glyphs and bouncing on them till he came to land, roll, and slide next to his team leader.

"Whatcha need?", he asked as he got up, leaning back on the kangaroo tail he braced on the ground.

"Well, Ricky, Aiden here looks like he needs a better challenge than me and Albus. Hell, maybe we ought to order some tungsten-core wieghts if he starts training with us regularly. Care to toss some tennis balls at him with us and use your Rebound glyphs?", Keiran proposed. Roderick nodded and got in position, then they got started. Roderick sometimes deliberately missed so that his glyphs could bounce the balls back from another direction, and used his glyphs on the other balls Albus and Keiran tossed.

Arcturus meanwhile, had overheard Aizen muttering.

"I hope you know that my training let me hear that. I know they're really young for this sort of thing, but Albus and Balina have known each other for 15 years, and have been best friends for almost the whole time. My family was just surprised it took so long."-He righted himself and pointed to Albus- "See that scar, running from Albus' forehead to just behind his ears? When we were making our weapons at age 12, Albus and Balina were in the workshop when a malfunction caused an explosion. He saw what was about to happen and tackled her. Albus saved Balina's life that day. That's why he followed Grimmslayer customs and packed the wound with ash to make a raised scar. He earned it well, so he wears it with pride. Me and Jory were actually a bit jealous of him when we were studying at Bastion. All the girls wanted a taste of Albus when they got a look at his scar. Scars are looked on as a sign of a strong, enduring spirit. Of readyness to pay the price of defending oneself and others, that the bearer has taken whatever life has thrown at them and kept going, perhaps showing experience for having possibly made a mistake and living to learn from it. So I guess you could say that scars might indicate adulthood and "mate material" in our culture. Albus turned em all down though. He only has eyes for Balina, and her for him.", Arcturus said. When he stopped talking, he started doing some shadow boxing while on top of the Plum Flower poles.