To Meet the Salt Lord

[Thread PL: 78,483] [UT] Liquid Ki - Mist Active! Ki suppressed to 10000]

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Having recently visited East Capitol, Defrosch decided to simply have a good old walk for a bit. Sure, flying was a great way to get around, but there are some things that you miss seeing if you're all the way above it. The Arcosian had also purchased a nice selection of foodstuffs, much like every other time he did whilst visiting East Capitol, but he asked his friend Cerci to take that all back to the Lookout.

In the end, he only had his MP3 player with him, and he was singing along to whatever it is that was playing. He followed the clapping and drum beats by letting very tiny grape sized ki balls burst with various pop sounds. Now, he wasn't the greatest, but he didn't sound all that inexperienced... Even then, he made up for the faults in his singing with spirit! He even did a silly dance a few times as he walked along.

Of course, he wasn't unaware of his surroundings. His ki senses were sharp as ever in detecting other presences and there was one nearby, but it wasn't strong enough to warrant much attention beyond outright noticing it.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfeDEES5TEE song is here~

Defrosch was getting a fair bit into the song, getting increasingly more inclined to dance a bit more to it. While he did notice the foreign ki signature was coming this way, he didn't exactly expect them to stop and greet him. Not many people tend to do that. So, the Arcosian's thought process stopped quite abruptly in the middle of his song, with a comically blank expression on his face he looked over at the nosy redheaded teenager.

"Uh, thanks kid-" Defrosch paused, actually registering that she had apparently heard him singing. "... You heard nothing. It was the wind. Magic singing wind. Yep." He blurted out. An altogether shocking and embarrassing attempt at a lie. Someone's a little self conscious about his singing capabilities, it seems...

Defrosch started to whistle innocently, as if nothing happened while resting his arms behind his head. Of course it was a stupid (yet comical) lie. Even he knew that. He just panicked, and that much was more plain to see than any bizarre last minute fabrication of facts he could pull from the ether. "Yeesh, you must got to some kinda hard-ass school if something that goofy cause that kinda reaction... My bad."

"Yeah, I dabble. Its not like I can attract birds by whistling or something-" The Arcosian shrugged, only just having noticed several new arrivals perched along his arms. Several local songbirds. "- Oh come on." Though their presence might not be a result of any harmonious sound he created, but more the aura of peace he had, that he seemed entirely ignorant of.

Defrosch blinked a few times, this kid was part demon? Indeed, her ki felt like something more than a typical human, that much is certain. "Well that sounds like a big heapin' load'a their problem. S'unhealthy to be close minded like that."

"Y'know I really don't get it. A vast majority of Earth's population are Zoanthropes. They've got tails too. Horns as well maybe." Defrosch rolled his eyes, and the birds that perched upon him tilted their heads to the side, as if imitating the Arcosian's eye-roll. He didn't understand the need for such stupid judgemental mannerisms. Even so, he could relate, being someone that also has horns and a tail even if such features were fairly different.

"Uh... Yeah. They make a sizeable portion of the Earth's population; what with being native to the planet like Majins and Humans- well, that one's obvious, but you get it." A long time ago, Defrosch might have asked if the teenager had a sheltered life under a rock, but now, the thought didn't cross his mind.

After all, knowledge was the cure for ignorance; be it intended or simply due to lack of experience.

Defrosch looked up towards the birds, and gave them a quick whistle for their attention. "Alright you lot, go on. Go talk to Walker or somethin'." The birds began to fly around the two before landing near a bush and began to chirp among each other. In reviewing the situation the Arcosian wondered if Walker had birds perch on him before, he thought it would be a funny sight to see.

"Hm? Sure, I suppose I'm fairly strong, it isn't something I really think about often." Defrosch shrugged freely, before properly turning off his paused MP3 player and putting it away in an armor compartment. "Besides, what even is true strength?" He chuckled, having grown fond of silly metaphorical questions recently.

"Mhm. That's a good call." Defrosch nodded, the hybrid had a good response to the question. He couldn't tell for sure if she believed it or if she simply borrowed the ideal from someone else, but in some bizarre way it was refreshing to hear someone unexpected say what she had said.

"Pff, how should I know? I can't read bird-minds." At least not as long as he refrained from learning the art of telepathy... Last time he tried to figure it out he created an abnormal kiai technique. Defrosch did note the hybrid's curiosity, and he wondered how she would react if he would answer said curiosity as literally and as bluntly as possible. "Ah, Walker is a tree."

"Who knows. Without the ability to read bird-minds, I'll never know." Another bird had landed on Defrosch's shoulder, a little silver one with green feathers on its head that looked to big for the bird itself. It was yet another rare bird, an Emeraldine Lark. "So, until I have conclusive evidence of either outcome, I shall remain neutral on the subject. They are, however, quite clever."

Defrosch gave a snort as the hybrid teenager jumped a right over the chasm of conclusion and into the abyss of abrupt assumptions. Now, she wasn't exactly wrong per se. Either in her assumption that said tree was sentient or that they could not physically speak. "Perhaps you are being a bit hasty? For all we know birds can speak to trees, and for all you know, Walker is but one with a name." The Arcosian folded his arms, rather amused at the situation right now. "Though, lets say hypothetically that your guess was spot on. What then?"