At first there was the word and letter of " I" . Faint fragments of pointless thoughts entered his head and were quickly replaced by countless others .
Was there any point in losing yourself in neverending train of unguided and joyless thoughts.
So on his fifteenth birthday he made a personal vow, to keep centralizing himself and never to loss his way , foolishly thinking the path to personal strength was a straight line, and there was only one right way , " My way ".
Thinking that late at night after heading to the sleep quarters in the boys dormitory, and secretly glad that no one knew of his birthday , he thought to himself , " I have the right mindset , I can do it , I don't need anyone but myself and myself is enough "
Entering the room c43 he found his other two room mates already in their beds laughing about this and that , ignoring their pointless chatter and what he thought was demeaning remarks he went straight to his desk beside his bed and began his daily meditation session before sleeping
" Like a .. it's like he is a robot dude " said Nigar of moon isles, " it's like he is living on his own universe or something... Nothing gets to him " he sulked into his bed playing a leg game by himself, " I mean.. what is his deal , right ? " " What's your deal Nigar , the guy wanna play it secret type , we can do the act too." Said Jack of United , with a laugh, " talk about yourself Jackie boy , I can never be like that , I mean, come see this " said Nigar moving towards the meditating lad ," what in the name of the seventh h... Never mind that, what is he doing now in this weird posture ? You can't possibly be trying to meditate here and now ?"
In all honesty Jack didn't care much about Nigar schematics that he considered quite dumb but poking at a meditating person was considered very rude in Jack's eastern culture , so he reluctantly moved towards his room mate position while waving his hands, " just leave him at that bro , there are all sorts of people around the world."
Nigar looked at the lad's closed eyes and noticed his deep and steady breathing.
(Is this how am I supposed to center myself?, amidst all the ignorance and doubt, of mine and others , weak and pathetic, stop .dark thoughts are demons fuel , focus and breath ) thought the lad to himself.
Nigar being typical Nigar just went out and poked him in the middle of his forehead . " Poke , poke , Terra to you , you there ?" Noticing the breath rhythm a bit disturbed , the young teen smiled to himself gleefully and continued to mess with the lad's supposed meditation .
" Didn't you hear me ? We should leave him alone , in our culture it's of great offence to mess with others rituals " said Jack , taken a bit back by the kid's appearnt indifference, " you know what , I am actually doing him a favour , if you would believe me , and i kid you not , in one of our classes they teach us all of what we would consider distractions, with the right mental fortifications you can make it enhancers instead of inhibitors " said Nigar taking note that the lad breathing went back to normal.
" And besides... If he really wanted nice and quiet place to meditate , he wouldn't keep doing it here , you know ?" Laghed Nigar.
" Leaving aside Ashmal's daily dull routine , can we talk about the big , excuse me , giant elephant in the room, real palpable soul's powers" said Jackson with a big smile, " you said it brother , after about a week of being admitted to the world's best .." " Arguably best , mind you , me, whoever." Interrupted Nigar .
"Show a bit of gratitude , will you ? " " Yes , I am thankful for myself and my Soul's strength , you know how that you enter here , remember , you enter this exam .."
" Yes I remember , thank you , let's do something fun , like .." Jackson was trying to nice and Nigar wouldn't miss the chance.
" I accept your duel challenge any day of the week Jackie boy."
" Soul's duet , not a duel Nigar , I know you have a musician heart , don't let it go to waste."
"If you have that heart you claim to have you would know that talent don't really go to waste"
Said Nigar surprising Jackson, Jackson looked at Nigar then threw a glance at the meditating ladd , Ashmal, then said quietly " it's true that talents don't go to waste , but it does stagnate , a fate far worse "
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Ashmal opened his eyes and clapped his hands once signifying the meditation ending and was trying to lessen his aura or outer chi when he saw Nigar staring at him eyes open wide , sparing him a glance he went to bed , feeling perfectly relaxed due to the prior relaxation exercises and meditations exercises he thought he would sleep fine tonight, but he couldn't be further from the truth.
In all the past week when he was admitted to this perfect place of growth for spiritual seekers Nigar was presenting this smug ignorant persona Infront the of the others , so no one would suspect a thing, decieve the others , its all about Deciet , and many other foolish ideas, after the fourth day he completely believed that he had the grandest soul of all the new spiritual seekers , ( how could it be otherwise? He was the son of the most powerful shaman in the history of kallabah clan of moon isles, trained and taught in the ways of spirit ,he always thought his parents withheld alot of information from him, he suspected, and when he asked them why the answer was always the same , " the answe comes when you are ready to hear it "
After completing an amazing duet soul song with Jackson he was like a living torch of human passion and energy, at that time , late evening on the sixth day of admission into TerraSoul , he challenged " the meek " Jackson United for a soul's duel , and he wouldn't take no for an answer.
In these friendly sparring no harm or foul can reach the sacred spirit it's almost like an inpentrable fortress to the invading forces , but when most friendly soul's duels takes place in the whole of Terra, it's either of two things , they astrally project to predetermined battle astral zone or they cocreate it.
The astral projection has a simple truth to it .. you create an astral copy of you , all your powers and experiences, every thing that makes you who you are , a perfect copy.
Jackson and Nigar went to c43
Astral zone leaving their bodies safely in their beds.
One of the obvious truths about the astral world is the truth and reality of ot that hit you the first time you realize you projected , which is very weird considering that all the humans in Terra astral project at daily basis.. when they go to sleep , they simply forget about it .. " what dreams can do for you ? Excuse me but questions like these that keeps us from progress " said Jackson flying around like an excited kid .
" When I first met you , you seemed like the kind that would ask them, and stop wasting your energy , I wouldn't want this to end too quickly "
Jackson thought about ending it then and there to wipe that smug smile clean of Nigar face but decided against it , for only a fool would show their cards even to friends .
It began at a high speed clash of astral energy explosions what would seem like punches packing a whole lot of power.
Two mountains were destroyed.
After what seemed like a long time to Nigar , his astral movement began to dull and his powers visibly weakened .
" Do you concede now ? I don't wanna end your sweet dreams "
" To tell the truth it stopped being sweet when you stopped my fourth strike, but here I am ! Being the merciful me ..I hereby giving you the choice! Do you want to loss or to win ? "
Jack was confident he would have won, so he laughed and said to Nigar :"defeat me if you can "
"You asked for it" Nigar said he vanished from the spot and shredded jack's astral doppelganger, at the cost of his own .
"Obviously I won , I destroyed you , that what happened " said Nigar , holding his arm up in a triumphant pose while raising his chin proudly.
" I am not arguing with you . This is beneath me " said Jack , feeling cheated out of his victory somehow . Nigar rose up from his bed and heard a single clap from Ashmal's location , by reflex he knew it , tremendous energy levels coursed through him at the briefest of moments, Ashmal face looked dangerously innocent like usual .
" What did you do just now ?" Said Nigar , looking at the area where he was poking him earlier , in the middle of forehead.
Did he imagine it or .. was it glowing ?
"I finished my meditation , and was preparing to sleep."
Ashmal thought about their fight but said nothing of it.
( Big day tomorrow, better sleep early ).