User blog comment:Guildmaster Grovyle/JLE Role Play, Fall 2015/@comment-7562999-20151127071514

Goldenheart looks back at HQ. She backs up to the edge of the cloud layer...and then dives off the edge. She nearly hits the ground, but then teleports herself fully to the ground as not to be flattened on impact. She begins to make her way to the end of town. After much walking, she has reached the hill at the edge of Maretropolis. She scours the hill in search of a cave opening. Eventually, she comes across a small crack in a rock. A strange aura seems to be radiating from the crevice. "Here...it's here..."

Goldenheart squeezes through the crack and falls into a large, round cavern. She hits the ground with a less-than-impressive grunt. A voice erupts from the dark corners of the cave. "Interesting technique...Not what I would have done, but still effective."

A hooded figure walks out into the faint light of the fracture in the ceiling. "Yes...you are interesting. A half-changeling...Daughter of light and shadow. Spawn of my Acolyte. A nightmare of nightmares...You shouldn't be alive, much less exist."

GH: "Thanks...I've been trying..."

???: "Mmm...Well, as you know, I am the Sensei. I taught your father and many others before him. He was my favorite student...Until he...tainted himself. I promised myself, that if I was ever allowed to teach his offspring, I would not fail a second time. You are a mare with great potential. Evil could easily corrupt, but you could be righteous. That is not the point here...You are here to find peace of mind, control your emotion, and be able to vanquish any evil! Now, shall we begin?"

GH nods. The Sensei remains steely. "Follow me."

The Sensei leads Goldenheart through another large crevice. The two find themselves in a...forest...? Goldenheart looks at the trees in awe. "How is this here?"

The Sensei shrugs. "That is irrelevant. Follow me."

The Sensei leads GH again, this time to a pool of water with a thin vertical pole in the center. The Sensei wades into the water slightly. "You are strong, agile, and quick, but you let your emotion control you. You let anger flow too freely. You are filled with avarice, gluttony, lust, and wrath. This pole is a symbol for balance. Balance on it by controlling your breathing and mental state. The pole is magic. It follows your mental state. Let your mind grow too irrational and emotional, and you fall off. You must learn the pole before we begin."

GH: "How long do I need to balance?"

Sensei: "For as long as I see fit."

Goldenheart snarls at the Sensei. She walks up to the pole and attempts to climb onto it, but it shakes violently, forcing her off. She curses under her breath..."This is going to be a long day..."