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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2015 11:28:07 GMT -5
As the public transport was nearing Earth, Ethar noticed that the ship was trying to steer clear of the planet. He knew why they were avoiding the planet, so Ethar moved to one of the ships Airlocks, and sealed himself in it. Taking a deep breath, Ethar depressurized the airlock, and shot himself into space towards Earths athmosphere. Feeling himself start to feel warmer as he dived into the planets atmosphere, Ethar didnt want to broadcast his energy to anyone who was paying attention to any flare ups of energy, so he let himself freefall closer and closer to the planet. As he recognized the landscape coming up to him, he allowed himself to fall closer and closer until he was just under 1000 feet. He quickly then flared up his aura, and slowed himself down to a non-lethal falling speed, as his feet quickly slammed into the ground underneath him. The flare up was just a parachute to make his descent slower, but he hoped that it wasnt enough for anyone to pick up on. Feet sinking a few feet into the ground, Ethar coughed a bit as he took in some of the planets fresh air once again. As the debris around him settled, Ethar heard something behind him. He turned around, to see that he had landed in his own backyard. He heard the sounds of the waterfall, but something else along with it that sounded like a voice. He pulled his feet from the ground, and made his way over to his small wooden cabin and heard voices getting louder and louder. He opened the door and saw that his radio was on, and it was getting a broadcast from an organization that was all about the Earths resistance. "An Anti-Saiyan movement on public radio? Very bold of them!" he said, as he heard that the organization was called 'Free Radio Earth Enterprise'. He decided to do some research for this 'FREE' organization on the small computer he had gotten some months back (During the Timeskip), and found an anonymous email address that was related to the organization. Typing up the email, it read: To whom it may concern.
You are right about the saiyans. I was there when the Queen first started her invasion. I was present when all those horrific battles took place. I want us to meet, so a proper resistance can be formed, and that we can being the first steps to liberating the planet.
Signed, The Cloaked one.Sending them an Email, wanting to meet up, but while still keeping his own identity a secret, Ethar hoped that he would get a replay soon. But as he waited, he went outside and found an old blanket hanging over the railing of the cabin, and shook it clean. "I will use this as a cloak, so people wont recognize me easily..." he thought, as he made his way back into the cabin and awaited the response...
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Post by Ethan Snow on Aug 30, 2015 19:59:20 GMT -5
It would take a day or so for Ethar's message to reach Ethan, Mr. Brown, the organization's recruiting coordinator, was nothing if not thorough in his methods of background checking and sweeping up any bits and bytes that might be left to trace people's emails. Indeed, if Ethar checked his email account he would notice that the message he sent was no longer even in the sent items folder, as Mr. Brown left no proverbial stone dusted and polished in his job. When the latest batch of messages reached Ethan's laptop, his boat was nowhere near land as he was currently steaming east back towards the island that had been claimed for the organization's headquarters. In the following weeks since Ethan's discovery of the island and the massacre that had taken place there, the little spot of land had been repopulated and in such a way as to seem perfectly innocent. The island was ideally suited to serve as a fishing base and so on the surface that's exactly what is was. Boats would go out daily and haul in a catch of what ever was in the area and people lived seemingly normal lives on the surface, below however was an entirely different story, one that would be detailed at a later time.
Needless to say as Ethan idly watched the controls and looked over the list, it was an extensive one, F.R.E.E. had grown to humongous proportions faster then the boy could have dreamed. There were so many applications in fact that Mr. Brown had been forced into cherry picking only the best candidates for Ethan's approval while less qualified personnel were put on hold until there was enough room and time to thoroughly check them out. This week's list however had one interesting addition, someone claiming to have been at the disaster in the former Central City. While it was true a small fraction of the city's population managed to escape, most had perished at Akassa's hand, Ethan didn't know if anyone in the fight against her had survived other them himself, indeed, he'd not even seen his brother Kit in some time but refused to consider the darker possibility, instead Ethan expected his big bro had just gone into hiding like he had, possibly even back to the family compound, as deranged as that might be. Who knows, maybe this was in fact Kit, though that possibility seemed doubtful as well as his brother had never displayed much of an aptitude for electronics. Making up his mind to meet the sender in person however Ethan drafted a reply to Mr. Brown and from there the recruiting director sent a reply on Ethan's behalf.
"You are cordially invited to the birthday celebration of Mrs. Emma Peel at the dockside restaurant in Appleton at eight o'clock sharp. Drinks to be served after dinner and cake.
Care of, Mr. Brown."
There of course was no Emma Peel and no birthday party, in fact the dockside restaurant had been closed for renovations for two weeks now, though this was hardly common knowledge and anyone idling catching a glimpse of the email would likely think nothing of it. The location however was important as Appleton was less then sixty miles from the assumed location of the sender based on the cell tower that had been pinged to send the message. Ethar would have plenty of time to get there, Ethan on the other hand had little, his boat was hundreds of miles away from that location and taking the time to turn around and then sail it all the way up the river to Appleton would put him far out of his scheduled route, he had to be at base no later then the next day and then out again so he could reach the next transmission location in time. In order to make the trip he'd have to fly. Thankfully now that he'd all but mastered his energy suppression ability he could make the flight using an absolute minimum of power, going undetected. and so, parking his boat on a shoal near the home island, Ethan closed up everything tight as a button and leapt off the back of the boat, forming his ethereal surfboard and riding off towards the meeting location.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 20:21:20 GMT -5
Happy to finally get a reply, Ethar had made himself a cloak while he was waiting, which was perfect for a disguise. Reading over the message while he got dressed and put his weights on, Ethar could very well tell that the message was made so nothing would be given away if the message was intercepted. Grabbing a piece of meat from teh fridge to munch on while he made his way over to Appleton, Ethar took flight at a slow speed, but just enough to arrive at the spot at 7:45. And when he did arrived, He say the restaurant was closed for renovations, making Ethar smirk under his disguise. "Clever Mr.Brown...." He said as he smirked. He hoped that this wasnt a trap for him, although Ethar currently lacked the ability to supress his powerlevel. A slight wind started to kick up as Ethar leaned against the building. It wasnt enough to disturb his disguise, as the cloak kept his face hidden from anyone who would come to meet him.
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 1, 2015 16:23:06 GMT -5
Ethar may have had no problem reaching the rendezvous on time, but Ethan on the other hand was faced with the challenge of flying the circuitous route up the river under the most minimal amount of power and so needed almost ever minute of his allotted travel time. The lateness of his arrival and the method of which, however lent a decided dramatic touch as Ethan was using his power to manipulate water to mask his approach. From the outside observer it looked as though a rapidly moving fog bank was making it's way up the riser valley when in fact the blue haired boy was bending the river water to his will, forming a heavy mist that would hang in the air and obscure the view from one side of the waterway to the other. Almost right on the hour Ethan's rolling fog bank reached Appleton and proceeded to blanket the whole of the town, no one would see his approach, not unless they were within a hundred feet and there was only one person who was going to be that close, the potential inductee he was there to meet.
Sailing into the docks, his board hovering just an inch above the water, Ethan cruised towards the closed restaurant and spotted a lone figure on the terrace, leaning up against the building. Ethan couldn't tell much from this distance so he took the time to scope out the figure, making sure to keep his glowing blue energy board below the level of the docks so as to obscure it from view as he circled to the side and around the building where he would then silently hover up and over the structure. Drifting over the side the figure was leaned against, Ethan inverted himself and looked down at the person, they were cloaked so it was difficult to see if they were carrying weapons nor could Ethan see his face yet. Still, they appeared to be alone and the fog was thick enough to prevent visual surveillance of the area so Ethan went ahead with his contact, and if worse came to worse, he could always retreat into the fog before anyone else could arrive to stop him.
"Nice evening... Well it was anyway." Ethan spoke suddenly from directly above the cloaked figure, still hovering upside-down.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2015 17:51:22 GMT -5
Ethar was unaware of who was coming to greet him, but when he heard a familiar voice and looked up, he saw Ethan floating upside down on his board above him. "By the eight.... Your alive Ethan?! I thought you perished in that massive explosion that wiped out all of central city!" He said, smiling under the cloak.
He was very happy to see a friend out of all the mess that had happened recently."You should know me Ethan, I tried to swipe that heavy box you were carrying, but you insisted it was for training..." He said, still smiling as he reached up, and pushed the hood of his cloak over his head, revealing to Ethan, that it was Ethar all along. "Heh, out of all the people I thought Id run into on this planet, I never thought it'd be you!" He added, as he gestured Ethan to come down off of his board.
Waiting for Ethan to come down, He asked "So YOU are Mr.Brown? I would of called ya Mr.Blue. Heh"
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 2, 2015 22:17:57 GMT -5
"Hah! I think you mean Nine." Ethan laughed after the figure below looked up and recognized him, indeed Ethan thought the other young man's voice familiar but seeing as no one could ever be 100% certain in identifying someone by their voice alone, he had to wait until the young man pulled his hood off before he could see that it was his friend Ethar. The brown haired young man was overjoyed to see him it seemed and equally surprised to see him running the organization, although his assumption that he was Mr. Brown and that Mr. Brown was in charge were incorrect, Ethan would have to fill him in on the details later though.
"Ethar, good to see you." the boy replied as he turned himself right-side up and descended to the dock, his board dematerializing the moment he stepped off of it. The blue haired teen wasted no time and barreled right into the Ethar, wrapping his arms around him in a friendly hug. "It's good to finally see a familiar face." Ethan added. "Yeah, I managed to get my hands on a big chunk of cement, it took the brunt of the blast. Broke some ribs and stuff but I'm better, been hiding out and organizing ever since. How about you, where have you been?"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 22:27:33 GMT -5
Ethar was a bit surprised at the hug Ethan gave him, but he returned the hug all the same.
"Cement eh? The explosion knocked me out, but my body took the full force of it. I should of been killed, but my body heals at advantageous rates... So I was apparently knocked out cold, and rushed off world. Stopped off at Namek after waking up, then went to the Omega collective for some advice. I also informed Akassa's Brother about the situation... I am afraid we are on our own in this fight..." He said, explaining to Ethan where he was the entire time.
"We better go someplace where we cant be tracked.... Shall we go to your place, or mine? My place is very remote, but tis self efficient and out of the way. It would be difficult for anyone to find us, unless they knew exactly where to look...."
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 2, 2015 22:47:34 GMT -5
"Wow, that's a bit of an info-dump." Ethan responded, blinking a little to try and take it all in. "Uh yeah, I think your place would be better, it's a few hours flight time back to my boat. I've had to be very careful to use as little energy as possible and that means no fast flying." Ethan continued. He took a few moments before let his hug go and stood back and at that moment it occurred to him, Ethar hadn't really noted the thick fog that had rolled in. Ethan knew Ethar was aware of his capacity to control water but the teen's control had improved vastly in the past several weeks. Ethan could control water at ever increasing distances and was feeling more and more in tune with the liquid the more he utilized the power. He could feel the fluid's presence almost, discern it's shape, quantity, temperature, all without actually looking at it. He wasn't quite that gifted with sensing people though, however perhaps in time his kinship with water would extend to the very moisture within their cells and then on that day he would be a force to be reckoned with. Until that day though Ethan was happy to have advanced to the point where he could manipulate the water into a vapor and felt he had to show that off at least a little.
"Hey, you haven't said anything about my new toy." the teen teased obscurely, giving Ethar a few moments to be thoroughly confused before he held up his hand and gathered some of the mist about them into a tightly packed, swirling ball of grey hovering above his palm. "You like?"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 23:13:22 GMT -5
Ethar was a bit confused as to what Ethan was talking about, but when he gathered the fog in his hand, and condensed it, Ethar smiled. "Power over water?" He asked, as Ethar put his hand on Ethans shoulder and smirked "Im impressed. Even I havent gotten control over my birth element, Im very impressed!" as he let go, and listened to Ethan suggesting that they go to Ethar's place, since Ethan wanted to keep his energy down low.
"You can suppress your energy? Thats great. I cant, but I can sense any powerlevel from a long distance. Perhaps one day you should teach me how to suppress my own energy, and I can teach you to sense energy levels as well." He said, as Ethar start to walk back towards the nearby forest, the same direction as his home was.
"Since we dont want to attract attention, we could walk and catch up on things if you want."
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 8, 2015 19:08:19 GMT -5
Ethan smirked as Ethar guessed he was controlling the water vapor around them, although he could have sworn the other had seen him used his ability to control water to erect the shield dome around the school some months ago. In any case it didn't matter, Ethar knew now and was quite impressed which of course felt great. "Yeah, it actually took me a lot of practice but the more I do it, the more natural it feels. Now I can control really small amounts of water was precision and control large amounts of water of really long distance." the shirtless boy continued as he dismissed the collected ball of vapor with a flick of the hand and started to walk with the other young man.
"Yep, been keeping my power down pretty much all the time since Central. Had a mess of broken ribs but after I recovered I kept a low profile. Gotten really good at it so it shouldn't be too hard to show you how." Ethan went on happily as they strolled towards the wooded end of town, the fog bank following along and filling the whole of the village now. Ethan wouldn't keep it completely gloomy the whole walk though, just long enough for them to get to the woods and then once there he'd let the fog clear on it's own, until then however it was thicker then pea soup, so much so that everything was starting to get wet, including Ethan, which of course the shirtless boy never minded.
"So have far away is your place anyway?" the boy asked as he looked towards his traveling companion.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2015 19:27:38 GMT -5
As the fog remained thick, Ethar was also getting wet, and started to find his shirt restricting him.
He quickly removed it, and slung it over his shoulder, letting only his Silver Chainmail that were his training weights be visible in what light there was, giving Ethar a rather mystical appearance. Even as the sun started to slowly go down, Ethars pale skin seemed more natural then anything in the pale light, as if he was born for the darkness.
"How far away is it? Hmm, Im not entirely sure. I built my home just at the base of the Mountain Paozu, near one of the small waterfalls. It took me roughly 10 Earth minutes to get to the closed off restaurant from my place. So it might be an hour or so on foot... You dont mind walking do ya?" He asked as he smiled.
"It might give us a chance to get to know eachother a bit more? If that is alright with you that is..." He said, not really looking at Ethan, but mostly stared straight forward. Occasionally glancing up to the sky, as if he was checking for something in the sky.
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 13, 2015 23:24:57 GMT -5
Unlike Ethar who seemed to be doing everything he could to avoid looking at Ethan as they walked, the blue haired boy made no disguise of his shifting attention after the older young man pulled his top off. True Ethan still couldn't see most of Ethar's physique, but he remembered from their sparring match some months ago that the other male was almost as fit as he was and the view of his arms was reinforcing that memory nicely. If Ethan didn't know better he'd almost suspect the way Ethar was starting to act was shy, especially the way he trailed off when he suggested they get to know each other on the walk to the young man's cabin.
"Hah! I'm no stranger to walking so I don't mind, but if you'd rather get there a little quicker and without using your own energy, I could fly you on my board." Ethan replied and folded his arms up behind his head as they walked. "And yeah, sure, what do you want to talk about?" the boy added and maintained his relaxed stride as he awaited answers to both his offer and question.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2015 23:48:24 GMT -5
"Well, if you want to use your board, we could. My house isnt exactly...Visible during the night, and I didnt leave any lights on." He said, giving an odd look to Ethan. He wasnt sure why Ethan was constantly eyeing him, but it made Ethar a little bit uncomfortable. He was a bit used to Women eyeing him like that, but not another guy, let alone a good friend like Ethan.
"So, How did you learn to control moisture and water? Did you know that when we went to face off against the Saiyan queen?" He asked, a bit curious about Ethan's water abilities. IF Ethar had just gotten them, Ethar wanted to know how he learned it. If he had known about his water abilities before fighting the Queens goons, he was curious why Ethan didnt use his abilities to make Toa drown before the huge explosion that separated them all.
"So When did you join FREE? I didnt take you for the kind of guy would join a resistance group..."
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Post by Ethan Snow on Sept 14, 2015 22:13:01 GMT -5
Continuing to talk as they walked, Ethan answered Ethar's questions a little out of order so that he could end with instructing the other young man on how to get onto his board. "Well, two go with number two first, I've been able to manipulate water for some time now. Figured it out months ago. From then on it's just gotten easier and easier, it feels so natural now that it's almost like all the water around me is a part of me, I just will it to do something and it does it. Granted I do have limits, in order to control really large amounts of water, like the shield I put up over the school, I need to channel a lot of energy. It's also difficult to control water at long range, like miles." Ethan explained at length, bringing up the battle of Central City. He remembered Ethar being there but wasn't exactly sure if the brown haired young man arrived before or after the first blast obliterated the school. If it was before then he couldn't have missed the giant water shield.
"As for F.R.E.E., well this is really going to blow your mind." Ethan started and then grinned, pausing for dramatic affect. "I founded it." he added with a smirk and waited for that to sink in and any emotionally explosive reactions Ethar might have.
"Now, if you want to ride..." the blue haired teen moved on, stopping in his tracks and raising one leg, then a moment later the electric blue form of his surf board phased into being. Ethan then held his hand out to Ethar and smiled. "Take my hand, it'll charge you so you can step on the board, otherwise your foot will go right through it. Then all you have to do is put an arm around me and hang on to stay charged while I fly it. Oh, you'll of course have to give me back my hand once your arm's around me though, kind of need that for balance." the boy stated, still beaming his world brightening smile.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2015 21:14:56 GMT -5
Ethar was dumbfounded when he mentioned the water shield around teh school. He didnt see that part of the fight, but was very much impressed that he had such a complex ability.
Although it kind made Ethar a bit... Jealous. Being a Duke of the Water Court on Nor, you would think Ethar had his own water powers, but did he? Nope. Not yet anyways.
When Ethan told Ethar that he founded FREE, He went a bit wide-eyed, but not as much as Ethan might of expected. "Oh really now? Colour me impressed! I didnt take you for the leader type." He said as Ethan stopped and explained to him how to ride the surfboard which he conjured up beside him.
Giving Ethan an odd look, Ethar asked "Are you attempting to court me Ethan?"
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