Hey. Mountain terrace. Awesome. Fun times. Now that the seal is back, maybe I can put some of what I’ve learned into practice.
I hear K* arrive and turn to greet kir.
~suckerpunched~
“What the fuck!” I stagger backwards from the blow. I prepare for kir to follow through, but ke just stands there with a very self-satisfied smirk on kir face.
“Quick question. Whose domain is this?” Kir half white, half black face was all grin as ke asked.
Um. Good question. When the seal first appeared, I assumed it was mine because of what I did here. The longer I think on it, the more I realize I had been given a great outpouring of leniency in the earlier years.
“Oh.”
K*’s smirk broke apart into an expression of sheer delight.
“‘Oh’, indeed.” Ke takes a step towards me, and is suddenly behind me. When ke blinked out of existence, I assumed ke would try and gank me so I also blinked. Ke appeared behind where I was before. I appeared on the other side of the terrace.
“What’s the dues for stepping here, [K*]?” I bowed formally. K* pouted.
“You have your own place. Play with the seal there. While it can appear here, if necessary, you will have to earn the right to use it here. You’ll have to best me.”
“My dear [K*], when aren’t you kicking my ass here?”
Ke laughed deeply. “When you’re doing it for me. There are legitimate reasons for you to be here. There are not many areas accessible to you where you can explore certain aspects of yourself. When you need this place, it will be open to you.”
“But when you want to… how would you put it… “fuck around”? No. You have to earn the right to do that here. I’ve shown you the chamber where your seal waits.”
Ke steadied kirself for another rush, but I fell to one knee and opened my hands in surrender. I accepted these terms. I was not here to play with the seal, anyway. I did have questions.
K* took a hand and pulled me to my feet. We moved to the middle of the terrace, and sat on the wind-swept dirt. We discussed kir and T*, another oft seen (and rarely written) entity of this realm. I learned a few things about K* and kir.
I thanked K* for tolerating me thus far, and left the mountain terrace for my lair. I had things to brood over, and needed deeper sleep before resuming the day.