I'm Climbing Up The Walls - [Open]

[yabigfurball]

Who: Amaterasu and anyone else!
What: Ammy's got some new Spirits, and wants to teach them some old tricks...
Where: Tram Common area in Twilight Town
When: Afternoon
Warnings: None thusfar


Amaterasu has decided to make two new Spirits as a result of her playing games at the carnival, and at least one of these she felt could help her out in another manner. However, that meant she had to give it a little training.

So, she stood with her two new Spirits -a Cyber Yog she'd named Chu, and a Necho Cat named Lucky- beside one of the tall walls stretching up the Square in the tram area. She sat down next to the wall, considered it for a moment, and then sat up so that she was placing both her front paws against the wall. She turned back just slightly towards her two Spirits, trying to remember the pose that Kabegami always stood in. Lucky tilted her head at her.

She barked back to the Necho Cat: when I ask, stand against the wall like this. Do you understand?

Lucky gave a little head roll and sauntered over to the wall. Was that all? Sure, she could do that. She sat down beside Ammy and placed her paws against the brick surface. Like this? That was easy!

Ammy nodded, and walked back towards Chu. Lucky started to follow, but Ammy barked back to her: no! Just stay that way for a moment!

Lucky looked a little sheepish, and resumed the asked position. Once Ammy had enough distance between them, she pulled up her canvas and tested out her brush. There was purple smoke coming off her brush when over Lucky...first step, good! Once she had that, she painted a line off of the Spirit and up the wall.

Lucky seemed to live up to his name, since once she resumed time, there was a telltale line of glowing paw prints up the side of the wall, starting from Lucky. Just one more test to do! Ammy ran forward, and jumped up onto the pawprint line. She gave a couple experimental jumps, and found her paws sticking to the wall, just as she'd hoped.

Still stuck halfway up the wall like a bug, she turned her head and barked down to Lucky: Yes! It's supposed to go just like this!

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[skysmirror]

New Spirits definitely needed training, and Xion was out in Twilight Town for much the same reason Ammy was. Today she had her new Escarglow and Sudo Neku with her. Speedy and Flare did their best, but they needed a little more practice.

It looked like someone had beaten her to the Tram Common. Ammy had already succeeded in her experiment by the time Xion arrived. After a moment of surprise, she smiled. "Hi, Cloud. What are you doing up on that wall?"

Some of the others might have been even more surprised, but Xion had seen stranger in her life. Speedy and Flare went to greet the other Spirits in their own way (Flare couldn't help wanting to show off his collar and headphones).

[yabigfurball]

Ammy heard a familiar voice, and turned her head around more to see that it was Xion. She gave a bark back to indicate that she was training, even if Xion wouldn't understand that. Lucky kept maintaining her position, a little afraid that if she moved then the catwalk would break. Ammy gave another bark to her that she could move if she wanted...it was mostly important to keep that position when drawing.

Satisfied with that, Lucky slipped away from the wall and stretched out. Phew! Glad she didn't have to stay like that all the time. She wandered over towards the Sudo Neku and Escarglow.

In the meanwhile, Chu regarded Xion's Spirits with a bit of haughty incredulence. Collar and headphones? Sure, that was nice looks, but real Spirits spoke with their actions!

[skysmirror]

Even if Xion couldn't understand what Ammy was saying, it was fairly obvious that they were either playing or training. She did wonder how Ammy managed to do things like climb that wall. That would have to remain a mystery, though, since only Barkley had understood the explanation about Ammy's brushes.

Speedy was happy to meet Lucky, though only managed a shy "hello." The Necho Cat seemed very nice, at least. Hopefully Flare wouldn't antagonize Chu too much...

For his part, Flare was indignant at Chu's implication. He was perfectly capable of handling himself in a fight, thank Chu very much. It just so happened he looked good while doing it.

[yabigfurball]

Since her Spirits were wandering over and she knew Catwalk worked on this surface anyways, Ammy went ahead and jumped back down to the ground to say hello herself. These Spirits looked new for Xion!

Which meant she'd have to see how hers would react. Lucky seemed sociable enough, meowing a "hello" back to Speedy. What a strange, shy Spirit. Lucky sauntered over closer, mostly to see what was happening, but also to see if Speedy was perhaps hiding any munny in that shell.

Chu, meanwhile, just turned up his head and stuck closer to Ammy. In his mind, looking good was a far secondary to duty!

[skysmirror]

These Spirits were definitely new, which was why Xion was taking them out and about. They needed some exercise and practice. They'd done well against the Nightmares on the way here, so she wasn't going to say to taking a break for right now. Xion smiled as Ammy approached and reached out to offer scritches. "How have you been, girl?"

Speedy wasn't hiding anything in her shell, no. In fact, she pulled into it just a bit under the close scrutiny. It's very nice to meet everyone, but she's not used to so much attention.

Oh, please. Flare did his job. He just also took care of his appearance.

[onlyrescuesmaidens]

Having decided that he wanted to get out of his room at the hotel a little before it got too late, Jaime and his as-of-yet-unnamed pricklemane had been wandering about Traverse Town for a while before discovering the portal to Twilight Town. He actually thought for a moment that the funny looking doorway might be a way back to the waking world that hadn't been there long, so no one else had seen it, so he was quick to jump through, and then back to Traverse Town for a few moments just to make sure he could get back to where he came from.

This second town was just as strange as the other one, but in different ways. (His pricklemane seemed very amused at his reaction to the tram, which was a very unmanly backpedaling when it came close. The idea that one could move that much metal, that many people, with no horses, no animals pulling it... amazing.)

His pricklemane seemed unfazed by this new place, though Jaime had noticed that it had been twilight for about an hour. Was the sun... stuck?

When he stepped into the tram common and saw the white wolf and her Spirits, he watched them for a moment. Was the wolf... training them? He'd been assuming that his pricklemane would know what to do automatically if they ran into a Nightmare, and all of a sudden wandering around on his own with just one untested companion seems like recklessness of the worst sort.

He watched the wolf and her Spirits for a moment more, then frowned and looked down at the pricklemane.

"That document I got sent said you knew spells, Small One. If we run into trouble... you DO know how to use them, don't you?"

Jaime certainly hoped it did, because he hadn't the faintest idea of how to start training it if it didn't.

His pricklemane looked longingly at the other Spirits, as if it wanted to go say hello, but it didn't leave his side. Its loyalty was oddly comforting, as he wasn't sure if he wanted to be without the creature everyone had told him would help him if he ran into Nightmares.

[yabigfurball]

Ammy was focused on sticking to the wall...she knew the pawprints would fade eventually, but it would be good to know how long. Perhaps it would be good to test on different surfaces, too? She'd really only used Catwalk on stone or earth.

Looking down again, she noticed that both Lucky and Chu had gotten distracted by someone new showing up. She twisted her head around, and saw that it was Jaime, that new fellow.

Lucky pattered over slowly to sniff out that pricklemane, although Chu remained close by the wall, apparently as fiercely loyal has his name suggested. Ammy decided to let Chu let up a little (hopefully), and jumped back off the wall. She barked a greeting to the man.

[onlyrescuesmaidens]

When the wolf barked, Jaime raised his one hand to return the greeting. He hoped he didn't look too goggle-eyed at the fact that she had just been defying gravity. He was just going to have to get used to the fact that he was stuck in a world even more outlandish than the wildest stories he knew from back home.

"I hope I'm not interrupting you," he called.

The pricklemane crouched at his feet and purred in Lucky's direction, as if to say, "Hello! I'm friendly..."

"So... can all Spirits let their companions walk up walls, or is that just yours?"

His pricklemane shot a pained look in Jaime's direction, as if to say, "You COULD have asked me what I can do FIRST..."

"Sorry, sorry..." Jaime murmured, and bent down to scratch the pricklemane behind the ears. It was one of the first times he'd offered it any affection, and the Spirit vibrated contentedly and rubbed its head against his leg.

[yabigfurball]

Ammy shook her head. She had pretty much just wanted to test if Catwalk worked, and this confirmed it did, so now it was just a matter of teaching Lucky to use those moves when asked. She jumped off the wall, and landed neatly on all four paws.

Lucky did a curvy saunter over to the pricklemane, pleased that this little experiment had worked (and that it hadn't required too much work on her part). Yes, she was friendly, too! Chu, on the other hand, stood back proudly and didn't seem too interested in approaching anyone.

Ammy shook her head again. Unless someone else could use a celestial brush, she doubted they could use a Spirit to draw Catwalk. And even then, she didn't think it would work on anything else than cats...

Although speaking of, it looked like his Pricklemane was growing on him. A small smile creased Ammy's features, and she thumped her tail. She liked seeing people get along with their animal companions!

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Normally Edge lurked about the towns (and the MoI) in the shadows, striking out at Nightmares before they could react and reaping the rewards from doing do!

...but sometimes you just saw something that was so far beyond belief you didn't know what to do. That's why the ninja stood against a nearby building, staring up at the white wolf clinging to its side.

[yabigfurball]

Ammy didn't hear Edge approaching, or realize he was there until Chu noticed and started bleating for her attention. Hey, hey, there was someone down here!

Ammy turned and looked around the street below until she spotted him by a nearby building. She gave him a quizzical look, cocking her head at him. Where did he come from, anyway?

[onehandsomeslickninja]

"Whoa!" Edge pointed an indignant finger at Ammy. "I refuse to accept that look from a dog on a wall! How are you DOING that?!"

[yabigfurball]

This kid sounded a little upset about her using Catwalk. Was wolves standing up on walls really that bad? She glanced back down towards her Necho Cat, and barked in her direction. She was doing that with her Spirit's help!

[onehandsomeslickninja]

He was less affronted that the dog was on the wall, and more that the dog had the nerve to give him a look of puzzlement.

"Oh, it's a regular Spirit team-up," he said as he stepped forward, looking back from Cat to dog with a frown. Something didn't seem right about this, though...

The image of a talking horse popped into his head abruptly. Not all these creatures were Dream Eaters after all, were they? But then again, the horses did talk.

...another image popped into his head, of a girl that didn't. "I am officially no longer sure where the line is any more," he mumbled.

[brodakota]

North hadn't really thought of training the spirits for combat. They seemed to know what they were doing most of the time, so he let them. If there was any sort of training, it was of the obedience kind, like one would train a dog.

It was either that or spend more munny on shirts than he planned.

He watched the wolf and her spirits with interest. It was bizarre to say the least, but North was polite enough not to comment.

[yabigfurball]

Ammy didn't much train the Spirits for combat...they did understand how to fight in their own way, and for the most part, where able to handle it without her input. (Susano, on the other hand...well, he was Susano.) But using her brushes on them was something she didn't think the Spirits normally did, so it was helpful to make sure they got it down before having to use it quickly in a fight.

Ammy didn't notice North at first, but did so soon enough when Chu saw him and began bleating in alert. She looked about until she saw him down below, and gave him a quick bark of greeting. Hey, was he feeling all right now?

[brodakota]

North, assuming the bark was for him, waved back and Cactus scampered forward to see what was going on. Tank hung back, observing. His people seemed to trust them but he was wary.

"Hi. I just wanted to say thanks, for the other day. You were a help."

[yabigfurball]

Since North was talking more, she figured it would be much more polite to actually come down and speak face to face, as it were. Lucky was glad to be free of this task, and pattered forward to check out Cactus, too. Chu, in the meanwhile, hung back behind Ammy, carefully checking out these newcomers.

Ammy barked back a welcome...it was all right! She was glad to help. She then looked a little frustrated...she had been hoping to catch the creature while it was there, but it had slipped away somehow. And it was no good having more people get hurt.

[brodakota]

Cactus looked at the new dream eater, before pouncing forward. Tag! You're it!

It took North a minute to figure out what could cause the wolf to get that expression before it finally clicked.

"It's alright. We weren't exactly ready for that thing when it attacked us."

[punsofiron]

Liz had found a cute little shop in Twilight Town where she stopped for lunch between shifts fighting Nightmares for her evening's lodgings. She still hadn't been sleeping particularly well of late, a good meal might make her feel better at least. Lucky for her she'd gotten a good haul of money too, with a new mouth to feed. After lunch she headed for the trams to head back, Kodachrome draped lazily around her shoulders in a food coma while Nicko tagged alongside them.

But she wasn't expecting to come into the common area to see a white wolf hanging off of the wall. Liz stopped in her tracks, unable to help staring.

[yabigfurball]

Ammy was focused on seeing how long the Catwalk brush would work, and didn't notice the approach of someone new until Chu started prancing around and bleating for her to take notice. Hey, hey, she was being watched!

Ammy twisted her head around until she spotted Liz below. She cocked her head down at her curiously. Who was this?

[punsofiron]

And then she was noticed. Welp, not much Liz can think to do but offer a friendly wave.

"Barking up the wrong wall?"

[yabigfurball]

Ammy tilted her head some more, and shook her head no. No, this was the correct wall she'd wanted to use. Did Liz think it belonged to someone else?

Chu continued to trot in a circle and look concerned, so Ammy shot him a look saying that he could relax for a bit.

[salvagedlight]

Ven was... more or less obeying the Master. He still went to Twilight Town, but it was to train under Eraqus' eye more than anything else, and he didn't stick around for long afterwards. And, also true to his word, he flew everywhere he went there - the memories he was slowly, and very hazily, recalling always featured him at ground-level, and being high up didn't seem to trigger anything, probably because he had nothing to compare them to. So there he was, flying back to the portal between worlds on his glider, Wheeler wrapped around one foot and Linka following behind him happily, when he spots a... white dog walking on the wall. Okayyyy.

He's seen the dog around before and knows she's not a Dream Eater, but he's never seen a dog able to walk up walls before. Intrigued by this, he banks a turn on his glider and comes to land on the building she's climbing, looking down with a little confusion. Wheeler peers out next to him and Linka lands on his head, also looking down, so they probably present a fairly comic-looking picture.

[yabigfurball]

Ammy hears the approach of the glider, and looks up in surprise when the boy flies over the roof above her. Oh, it's that one boy who looks exactly like Roxas! She still isn't sure how this works, since she doesn't think they're twins or anything. She doesn't recall ever seeing a flying machine like that, though.

Ammy barks up at him as if to ask, "how are you doing that?"

Meanwhile, Chu is hopping about in circles and bleating. There's someone up there and he can't reach them from down here! Of course, Ammy's already perfectly aware of this, so she's not sure what he's going on about.