A Single Tree Among the Sand (Open)

[Thread PL : 33,877, Chinatsu minion : 5000, Mica : 11179]

    As you stumbled upon the paved ground of the massive fountain displayed before you, you could see a multitude of names carved into the side of the marble that decorated the massive inner circle as the water sprung forwards from a multitude of underwater springs, giving a constant surge of water from within the depths into the sky as the six small sprays going upwards were funneled into sideway spouts towards the middle where one large spout is located, constantly decorating the square with the constant changing lights of the gems from the bottom that were struck and reflected by the water caused a mirage play that was constantly depicting hundreds to even thousands of colours.
The seven circles of marble were carved as if they had a innerlinking circle of marble where plants and flowers were grown in the midsts of these innerlinking marble circles.
Yet upon the inspection of the large fountain you would be able to sense four powerlevels from a stall that was selling a rather interesting prospect but found barely any customers.

"Free Northern Spring Water"

    Was located on a sign infront of the ramen stall, a few large gourds located around the building as Ayamu stood infront of the building with his 0 PL, yet it was detectable, a truely confusing prospect as within the stall, handling the customers was somebody as a powerlevel of 33,877 was located firmly in the insides, if a power for it, or the ability to smell the diffrence between humans and plants was apparant you could notice that this creature working inside making cups of ramen for a large slur of customers was somebody made entirely out of moss yet with a thin layer of something that made things resemble humanoid scent and appearance nearly flawlessly, yet it can be figured out still.
Ontop of the stall were two figures, one with a 5000 PL recording and the other with a 11179 PL laying flat out over the top of the building enjoying the scorching heat like it was a soft cooling breeze while softly the tip of her tail laying next to the side of the stall was wagging rather furiously.
Everything was rather relaxed today, but the humanoid called Ayumu would simply walk over to the gourds, start to talk to people and even attempt to bring some to people for free, yet the spring in the middle, the source of water underground made these chances to sell the water a rather hard situation.
He couldn't even dump them on people for free! How would he even attempt to bring forwards deals where he was thinking of paying people.
Unable to really earn a living in this situation that was brought towards him while simply slumping his back against the front of the stall and showing a rather distraught appearance.
Honestly starting to wonder if he should just pack up and leave these gourds here, even when he had custom ingraved every single one with the ancient markings of the northern mountains, of old times with the kami from a hundred years ago, many diffrent images that bring forwards historic moments back to life, unknown moments, wellknown moments, moments some even didn't know about.

    Simply gazing around on your face, you could see the old fellow infront of you starting to bring forwards a quite jolly smile, Ayumu his body springing in life while starting to let out a cracking sound as his body started to straighten itself, holding his body stable while leaning on his cane.
Starting to think on how to sell it before simply shaking his head and answering rather honestly.

"See, i am not somebody who could simply sell water y'know? Yet the water i have brought here is a rather special kind of water"

    Before realizing the implication he had made and furiously starting to shake his head, refusing to make any bad assessements before opening one of the many gourds and starting to show the insides, apart from a slight green hue, it seemed pretty healty.
Yet from a glance you could easily see the vitamin rich water, it should have really come from somewhere north were alot of plants were growing on the side as they used to strive from these kinds of water.

"This water is simply from the north where i used to live with my ex-wife you know? but after the accident, it all went downhill y'know?, Yet i still go around the lands trying to make even the tiniest amount of zenni to rebuild our home in the shape of this portable stall from these bare hands of mine!
But i do notice that you are right on the money there, bu-"

    Simply silencing himself upon hearing your comment, starting to cough loudly before the jolly smile he had before turned into a painfull smile, something pained by emotions as he simply started to shake his head for a mere moment before letting out a thick sigh.
The sight of his eyes would show the sheer blow you had delivered as he had not known that even the caretaker had changed while going through his mind for even a mere second untill shaking his head softly and speaking happily, yet it didn't sound forced, he truely was happy to talk with somebody from the lookout once again.
Yet somewhere, deep inside of him it tore him apart knowing that the entire history he had build up there with those friends of his was all abandoned now.

"Yeah, they used to depict a namekian and his helper, they date a few hundred years back but they say i am pretty good with my hands, so when this old fart heard some descriptions i attempted to make a few mental tries at it, like it?"

    Simply turning it around to show the picture, he was partly hoping that your vision would be placed towards looking at the gourd, as the obvious element of his sentence soon became bare, he spoke of this namekian as more than just a person of histories, a sense of respect hanging from it showing his involvement with such a man from the past yet it was also a painfull tone of memories gone by.
Constantly reminded of his past that he tried to place behind him, he also felt comfortable to be able to make their stories reach into a new age, soon to be found under the mighty warriors their tales and even into the history of the world itself.

    Simply smiling upon hearing the name Scargot, he started to remember the kami he had met on the lookout itself just to see if that old bastard was still running around while softly shaking his head and softly reaching out one of the gourds towards you.
His face showing the kindness of offering a fellow comrade a drink, something on the house while enjoying yourself before starting to take soft, controlled breaths as it was obvious that he was containing some sort of emotion while thinking back to the past.
Having to struggle for every step that was placed before him Ayumu took a soft walk inside while carrying out a chair you could possibly use while sitting down on one himself before answering to you.

"Thank you for paying attention to the rambling works of an old man like mine, as i must say, that the man before the so called Scargot had a multitude of kami's before him, the one i know is far in the past and with a few trainees under him, i could give you information but they are rather estimates of what have happened after my absence upon which i lost... everything..."

    Taking a moment to collect his emotions, he simply took a few deep breaths before closing his eyes and starting to aim them towards the sky while simply letting out a soft chuckle.
A gourd in his hand as it had the scent of fruit, some sort of drink for himself as he wet his lips before softly tracing his finger over the exit of this gourd and looking upwards still, towards the open sky before asking softly.

"Yes, i know the people depicted on those gourds, i know the people that came after the friend i had up on the lookout in the past when after a few little challenges he found himself unable to really deny me.
Constantly challenging him to little games, asking him for a drink yet always forgetting that it sears through his body while we laughed through the night.
I found it rather illogical that somebody who had a powerlevel of one was able to even get this far in a relationship as simple as that."

    But upon your comment of the essence, you saw him crack a light smile while pointing one of the fingers holding the gourd towards you.

"Bingo, You are correct, My powerlevel is sealed within another being as i gave my life for another, even when i was placed against the wall and had to pick to save some random creature on another planet after years of torture from that person i just couldn't place my hands down y'know?
I swore that i wouldn't die and gave away all my power towards this creature as it became a fellow comrade, i did not see the sins that this person had comitted, instead i saw that burning desire to life in her heart and simply granted a chance to that burning desire within."

    Bringing his gourd to his mouth while starting to drink rather furiously, veins visible on his hand while Ayumu his expression had darkened slightly, before it all went a bit white and he started coughing rather loudly.
Placing the gourd on the ground as a small bit spilled over, a small bird starting to make its way over onto the shoulder of ayumu while he let his hand go of the gourd and pointed towards you.

"Ugh, ehe, While we have brought ourselves to this point, there are people who say that we do not have much inside of us, any special desires, any details of what we want.
Yet we keep clinging to these words like we are in a trance y'know?
Like we are sleep walking through life, finding ways to cancel out our dreams.
Alot of things you want to do, alot of places you want to go, Alot of things we would like to expierience, yet we stop at but...
But will cause you to hide out behind fear, but will cause you to come up with all type of excuses, that you can validate your inaction and not acting on your dream.
But is a dream killer.
But you know what most people do? They go through life quietly, tip toeing into a early grave.
Yet we have been holding back, we have ideas we don't act on, Things we want to do, but afraid to take chances.
See, alot of people say no to things they dont even know what they say no too! So do not allow but to keep you in the corner.
There are alot of people who say that they tried once, maybe even twice, and it didn't work out.
And so they use that as a excuse to simply never come out again, even if i... Even if things dont work out, even if i... defeat, death or a failure...
That does not make me a failure y'know?
Because i kept to my words and i followed my dreams, i kept on fighting and acting on what i believed to be true and moved on like a dream.
Its why i have abandoned all these chances of my future and shared them with another, its why i moved forwards on my dream like no other.
Its why i gave my life, for my own passion"

    Simply turning silent after that massive outburst he just sat there, his hand slowly sinking down to the gourd while letting out a painfull cough before reaching on the large gourd and grasping it tightly, bringing it upwards in a smooth line and gulping down a drink while simply staring at you, his eyes once filled sorry were now showing determination that has been refined over a multitude of centuries, constantly sat in refinement as he never let go of what he deemed to be justice and honesty.

"Do you not agree that it is a true man his romance to follow the justice he decided on?!
Dreams are not dead yet in this world of wonders, where wishes can be realized! Dreams will stay alive forever and carry us to the future!"

    Simply opening and closing his hand, he simply looked at the creature that spoke these words before him before simply nodding and starting to let out a bouldering laughter, letting out a powerfull laugh that was like the release of every little amount of stress in his body before simply pointing towards you.

"You see, Have you ever had a moment where you wanted to do something really badly? something like world peace, something like keeping the lookout clean or even wanting to repay a debt to somebody like Scargot who should mean alot to you?
Now that is what i call a dream, a true dream, something that brings forwards the passion and immense fire within our hearts"

    Simply sloshing around the liquids in his gourd of juice while starting deep within it, he could simply feel his excitement having build up to something way beyond him.
Something that would have made him give a rather large slur of stupid answers but soon he contained himself.

"Well, You may sit there scratching your head figuratively and simply awaiting an answer, but instead of doing what people want you to do, do whatever you yourself wish for yourself to archieve.
You didn't just wake up, you have been given a gift that grants you the strenght to fullfill what you desire to be completed.
You have been given the power to lift your body with your very own legs and pave the road infront of you with your very own palms.
The strong find a way to survive, yet the weaklings perish on the path behind us, the people who abandon their determination, their passion always meet a powerfull blow that pushes them down on their knees."

    Slowly forming a fist from his hand, he simply raised his body upwards as it cracked softly, his spine making a long series of popping noises before clutching it tightly.
His hand showing thick veins as he simply continued to stare to what would be the eyes you have located on your head.

"If there is ever somebody in trouble and you want to help them, go help them, not for them, not for somebody else, but because you want to see them alive for another day.
Strive to bring out the maximum potential from this amazing gift you have bestowed upon yourself, just like how i have brought myself on my very own path from sheer determination."

    As the muscles in his hand started to relax, he would simply start relaxing his hand while continueing to keep it reach out, almost expecting you to shake his hand while simply showing you a stern face, one overwhelmed with a hundred emotions all in unison waving through him, determination, sadness, every single emotion had its very own reason, yet from within all this was one fire burning brightly.
It was what he called a dream, what he called beliefs, this was burning so powerfully within him as he truely believed in this man that stood before him, this empty palette able to be filled with the colours of the universe, with the colours of the sentient human being.

"So now listen to me, please, do not forget a single word as somebody who has brushed that large paradise in the sky on his own too, as somebody who has done his best for everything he could do.
Please follow your own path, follow the path that you deem most right and let nobody hold you back, instead become their support, become their guide to the future.
Make yourself able to put the fire of trust, the fire of friendship and the massive tree of foundations that is called life on your shoulders as everything may burn down around us, yet we should always refuse to give up.
Nobody should dare to give up as i see you at a height i have never seen before, some place you will find yourself at home and able to befriend whoever you wish to be with"

    The emotions on the face of this old man starting to gather together while increasing the flame of his passion, constantly radiating a strange kind of knowledge from having sat there on that planet of moss, having to meditate for so many years while forgetting even the existance of time while subjecting himself to the torture nobody would ever grant to anybody else.
How he had granted sentience to somebody far out there and brought its safety back to a carefree planet like earth where everybody was accepted and embraced like one of their own.
Where nobody had to pretend about sentimental bullshit but instead every word they could speak was a honest mark on their lives while refusing to go down at all.
Taking pride in their heritage, taking pride in what they have done and carrying their black marks on their shoulders while simply speaking in a voice of kindness, something with the sense of a father talking to a child.

"If you ever need me, simply call out my name, Ayumu, i may be not the fastest person but if i am on the planet i will jump in to help you at all times with everything i have.
Not just as somebody who wishes to help you but as somebody who considers you a true friend at this moment and for the rest of my life"

    If you were to shake his hand, you would find a small medallion being passed on towards your palm, it looked rather fragile while you could see that it would reveal a signal mentally to somebody if you were to shatter it, giving away your location.
It looked rather primitive and was way too old for real companies, yet for this moment it was moreso a gift that he meant to symbolize that he would be there to help you, wherever you may need it.
Because a real friend would be there to help you, through thick and thin, even if it would cost him his life.