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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2007 3:00:01 GMT -8
Flames seemed to burn their way across the early morning sky as the sun peaked on the horizon. The sea seemed to glow bright red and orange as the light reflected off the shimmering surface. A gentle breeze was coming in from the sea, carrying the salt air into the city. In the dawn hours, the beach was quiet… the tourists and beachgoers had yet to arrive and the partiers had left already. Out in the ocean a few surfers were getting in an early session before the waters and beach got overrun with people. All in all the scene was quite peaceful, nothing but the sounds of waves, a few distant hoots and hollers, far off sounds of the city and the clattering of the chain netting of the basketball court…
Saint had the court to himself for the most part this morning, which was a relief. Having already completely his two-mile jog on the beach after breakfast, the pillar was now working on his basketball abilities. Given his height when compared to other students of his age, the boy was above average which gave him an advantage in a sport where height matter a great deal, basketball was just such a sport. Most of what he was practicing was shooting from a distant, mid to long range jumpers, threes… that sort of thing, though he followed every miss with a lay-in and made moves and dribbled like someone was guarding him closely. It helped with his ball handling skills and his ability to set up quickly for the shot, which gave defenders less time to react and get hands in his way.
Saint had been out practicing for nearly an hour when the early birds started to show up to get themselves a spot on the beach. The pillar picked up his ball well beyond the three point. He shifted to his left, doing a quick little bounce between his legs before gathering the ball together for a shot. Everything just fell into place, his extension, release… everything, from about twenty-five feet he launched this shot. You know that feeling when you know you’ve done something perfect, time seems to slow as you watch the event unfold, Saint was there. It seemed like a scene from a movie, the last second shot that puts everyone on edge to see if it will fall. The chain netting clattered as the ball dropped through in the epitome of the word “swish”. For a time afterward, Saint just stood on the balls of his feet where he had landed, his right arm still extended fully in the follow threw, his left hung by his side, taking in the accomplishment.
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Post by Ookami on Jan 30, 2007 18:31:40 GMT -8
walking up to him, finaly seeing someone around here that was interesting. he closed the gap a bit "hey, i just transfered here resently, would you mind telling me a bit of this place? like the layout of the building, people to not piss off, places to be, how the general student body reacts?" extending a hand " i saw that shot, perfect. i'm ichimaru, nice to meet you" he said as he thought about who this person was and his standing in the school, he had no way to find out, but he hoped this man would be a friend and he hoped he didnt make the wrong choice by aproching him that way, too late he figured this guy could be violant and attack him. but it was too late to worry about all this now, what was said was said and the deed was done, now he just hoped he would be able to get lucky enough to pick a kind person.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2007 22:36:47 GMT -8
Saint slowly lowered his arm as he turned to the boy who had approached him, they were about the same age. From the guy’s question, Saint could tell he went to 259 and was a new student. Being polite he took the other guy’s friendly gesture for a hand shake with kind smile, as he started to answer the various questions by introducing himself to the new kid.
“Pleasure to meet you, I’m Zachariah Rose, the Student Body President of 259… everyone calls me Saint… thanks for the compliment. About the school, well… there are the four buildings so your class would be like, building 3, class 212... Simple enough. Though about the students… I wouldn’t know, I’ve been… MIA… for a while and have become a less than popular person. Basically, I’d have to say I’m out of the loop, just don’t anger Mr. Asiv, the school supervisor, and you should be fine.”
The pillar said with a shrug, there wasn’t much more he could say considering even before his leave of absence he had been an outsider, by choice. Casually he went to grab his ball and dribble a bit while letting everything he had said sink in for the new student, as well as seeing if he had any follow up questions to ask concerning the answers he had given. After that…
“So who might you be?”
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Post by Ookami on Jan 31, 2007 22:24:33 GMT -8
"just a new person, my name's ichimaru. nice to meet you saint. an interesting name, you have to tell me how you got it some time" smiling after saying this and figuring he didnt need any more questions answered at the moment "i hope i can have you as someone i could call a friend here, i figured theres quite a bit of 'interesting' people floating around the school" he added as he looked at the ball then to the court "you want to try a bit of 1 on 1?" smiling as he asked
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2007 22:43:30 GMT -8
Saint couldn’t help but chuckle at the comment about the school being filled with ‘interesting’ people. That was a kind way of putting it. The guy seemed docile enough, so there was no reason the two couldn’t get along in the future. Besides Saint needed more people at the school who didn’t despise him for leaving when he did, otherwise what would stop them for all ganging up on him and beating the living daylights out of him at once. The pillar casually tossed the ball toward Ichimaru after hearing the offer.
“Sure… you want warm up and shoot for ball?”
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Post by Ookami on Feb 2, 2007 14:22:08 GMT -8
"sure why not" streaching a bit then tossing the ball at the hoop a few times to warm up, making only few out of them. he smiled a bit "i'm not that good but at least it might be run right?" he said as he tossed saint the ball. he figured aint had a lot of practice, or was naturaly good at the game from the shot he first saw from him, but it was fun to at least try even if you where completely outmatched.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2007 16:14:58 GMT -8
Saint laughed lightly at Ichimaru’s admission of not being “that good” at playing basketball, but it didn’t really matter considering Saint’s best sports was B-ball. Catching the ball from his opponent to be, the pillar took the ceremonial shot for ball from the free throw line. The rubber ball tickled the chain netting as it passed through meaning Saint got ball first. He gathered up the ball and made his way out by the three point line before bouncing it back to Ichimaru with the simple comment.
“I hope you’re ready… check.”
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Post by Ookami on Feb 2, 2007 23:19:12 GMT -8
he smiled "right i hope i'm ready too" he said as he bounced the ball to him, wondering what move he would make next. he wasnt that good at basketball so he figured he'd lose badly, but it was all fun and games to him, so no big loss either way. saint seemed nice enough, and he made a friend in him he hoped, because if he had at least one friend around here he could stand a better chance at surviving around the school
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2007 1:10:21 GMT -8
Once he had receive the ball back, Saint quickly feigned as though he was going to shoot right away in order to trick Ichimaru into attempting to block him. Even if it didn’t work the pillar would begin to dribble as he dashed to the right side of the paint in order to make a shorter shot. If his fake had worked, he could just dribble in for a simple lay up and that would be that. However if it did not and Ichimaru was guarding him closely, Saint would halt his movement with a quick dribble behind the back before gathering the ball for a quick fade away jumper from about six feet. Using his height advantage, he aimed his shot for the small box on the backboard in order to bank it in. If he was able to execute it would be one - nothing, but it would depend on Ichi’s defense.
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Post by Ookami on Feb 4, 2007 1:15:17 GMT -8
he was fooled by his fake out with the shot and he got the lay up. 1 to 0 now, Ookami smiled "nice job, pretty fast, i take it this is your favrite game hmm?" he said as he thought of what he might try next, he wasnt sure how well saint played though either.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2007 1:34:19 GMT -8
Saint collected the ball and tossed it back to Ichi, since they were going by the rule often referred to as “loser’s ball”. Once he had checked the ball to his opponent, the pillar hunched forward in his usual defensive position, waiting to see what exactly his opponent was going to try. However this didn’t prevent him from answering the question that had been asked, it just meant his eyes were focused on torso not face.
“Yeah. I’ve always been tall for my age so it just became sort of natural, you know. It helps to be taller in a game of height.”
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Post by Ookami on Feb 4, 2007 11:12:47 GMT -8
" i suppose so" smiling after he said that comment. he dribbled the ball as he moved to the side, he probrably wouldn't be able to get a clear shot right now so he tried to make it look like he would dash left, but then he would try to get closer by running right quickly, mouncing the ball with him. if it worked he would try and get closer untill saint caught on and then he would try and make the shot, if it didnt work he would shoot anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2007 21:07:26 GMT -8
Saint was able to keep with Ichimaru all right, though it may have been because he wasn’t going to be overly aggressive on defense until he knew how good his opponent was at shooting. If Ichimaru proved to be a capable shooter than Saint would have to get more aggressive, so when he faked left and then moved back to the right, the pillar was right with him. But when the guy went up for his shot the only resistance he got was an extended hand in the general direction of his face, nothing to disturbing. The student body president was more focused on seeing if the shot was made he would simply collect, if it missed he would be in perfect position for a rebound.
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Post by Ookami on Feb 6, 2007 10:24:20 GMT -8
it bounced off the rim, jut a little too weak to get the shot, and he saw that saint was going to get to the ball before him. this didnt look too good on ichimaru's part, he wouldnt win unless a mirical happened or saint went easy on him, possibly needing both. thlogh ichimaru was having fun, and he was learning a bit now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2007 22:07:01 GMT -8
Saint quickly grabbed the rebound and dribbled back out beyond the three point to ‘clear’ it. Though he may have been a nice guy and all, maybe the nicest person you could ever lose to, he rarely went easy on people in sports he was good at. He was just more competitive in that way. Once he had cleared the ball, Saint debated taking the shot but instead drove toward the hoop before quickly spinning in front of Ichi and taking a fade away jumper. The shot had felt funny coming off his hand so Saint was pretty sure he’d miss…
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