Making Waves

[Ethan Snow]

Ethan had spent much of the morning restocking his boat as he often did when he stopped by Metropolis Island. The mega city was one of his favorite spots, with it's pristine beaches occupying the rest of the island, the generally pleasant people and the warm climate. It was one such a picturesque day that the blue haired teen had just finished loading the last of the frozen foods down in the hold freezer. With only refueling left to do, the shirtless boy decided to take a break on the upper deck since he didn't have to be under way until that evening. He'd only made it up the spiral stairs at the rear of the upper deck when the rushing sound of a spacecraft careening through the atmosphere momentarily caught his attention. The boy only really noted the sound because it wasn't like the other spacecraft that arrived and departed fro the city's spaceport. still it wasn't anything too out of the ordinary so the teen was about to dismiss it when the sound was accompanied by loud, booming explosions. Casting his gave upward and shielding his eyes from the sun with his hand, Ethan could make out the fiery debris of the craft raining down over the ocean.

"Holy hell." the boy commented and ran to the conn to take out his binoculars, then back to the open rear deck where he could get a clear view of the debris as it fell. A quick survey of the descending wreckage told the boy two things, the craft wasn't all that large and who ever was in it must have baled out or been incinerated by the explosion because he could see anyone falling with the craft's remains. Ethan followed the wreckage all the way to the water where it splashed down but still could find no sign of any people who might have been aboard the vehicle. It was only when he took the binoculars away from his eyes that the shirtless teen spotted the large shadow that was gliding in over the water. Looking skyward once more, the boy was surprised to see that the shadow was being cast by some sort of anthropromoidal lizard man and more interestingly so, the lizard man was descending directly towards his boat.

Not exactly sure of the alien's intentions nor if the upper deck of his boat could support the weight of the hulking man, Ethan thought is best to meet him in the air, at least there he'd have mobility and his boat would not have to be put to such a test. Setting the binoculars down on one of the lounge chairs, Ethan jumped up and in an instant his immaterial surf board materialized beneath his feet and allowed the teen to continue to ascend up towards the approaching alien.

"Heck of a way to make an entrance. I hope no one else was on that thing." the boy called up to the lizard man as he approached.

[hunter93]

Takris's eye ridges rose in surprise as he saw the human materialize some sort of hoverboard out of thin air and ride it up. He stopped his descent as the human reached him, following his gaze up at the still-dissipating smoke cloud that had once been his faithful ship. "No, fortunately. Just me." He shrugged. "It was a hunk of garbage by this point anyway, so it's not like it was any big loss."

He flicked his eyes down at the surfboard and then back up at the human again. If what he was riding wasn't a clue that he was different from the other humans on this planet, the power radiating off of him was a surefire way. Where the other humans were simply fireflies, this boy was a torch.

[Ethan Snow]

Hovering up closer to the lizard man, Ethan could no get a real idea of just how big the guy was, estimating him to be at least ten, twelve feet talk, maybe even more, positively gigantic. The blue haired teen couldn't miss the fact that the other was looking at him strangely as he explained that he was the only person on his ship. Ethan knew that look, that and the fact that this guy could fly under his own power told him that the big alien knew something of ki manipulation and likely with that, combat, and that look meant only one thing as far as the boy was concerned, he was being gauged. Still, there was no reason to be rude, Ethan was used to it after all and carried on the conversation.

"Well that's good that no one else was onboard, but sorry you lost your ship though." the teen started. "I guess that means you're stuck here until you can get a new one then. What brings you to Earth? Oh, and my name is Ethan by the way." the boy added, coming up to eye level with the alien.

[hunter93]

"Takris," Takris replied in return. "And yes, I appear to be stuck here. Not my intention, but your world was in fact my destination." He looked down at the city below him. "I've come becuase of your planet's reputation. I've heard a lot of tales about the warriors of your world being powerful warriors with a great deal of potential." He looked back up at Ethan, giving him a friendly smile. "So I thought I'd come and see how much truth there was to that."

[Ethan Snow]

"Ah, well good to meet you Takris" the boy replied and the listened to the big lizard man explain why he'd ventured to Earth. It was a story Ethan had heard a few times before and it didn't seem any different this time except in that this guy didn't go blowing up city blocks to get his attention. Thankfully Takris had come strait to him, although he guessed it was a one in three shot, he could have gone for Ohkara or to Ethar's house. In any case he was here now and Ethan would have to find out if his intention was honorable or not, although from what the big man had said so far he seemed nice enough.

"Haha, so you zeroed right in on me eh?" the boy chuckled, folding his arms over his chest and smiled. "Well I guess that's a compliment then. Were you looking to learn at one of our martial art's schools? I used to run one with my brother. Or were you just looking to pick a fight with one of the natives?" the shirtless boy went on, half joking. If indeed Takris wanted a fight, Ethan would try to give him one, although the size difference between them would make it interesting to say the least.

[hunter93]

"Heh. Well, I wouldn't want to intrude on anyone. A fight with someone would be interesting, but I think for now I'd be content to simply learn from others." He raised one eye ridge as he looked at Ethan. "Unless you're asking for a fight?"

[Ethan Snow]

"Hah hah, well I don't know about asking for a fight, I wasn't the one that locked right onto the strongest energy signature around and went right to it." the blue haired teen replied with a cheeky smile. "Seems to me your approach had quite a bit of meaning behind it. I know that if I were only here to learn I wouldn't start by finding the strongest guy around, I'd do a bit of scouting about first. You though, you went right for me, so tell me, are you looking for a fight or aren't you?" Ethan went on, unfolding his arms from over and chest and spreading his arms out to the sides. "If you are I'd be happy to oblige you, just as long as we understand that we're not looking to kill each other."

{Sorry about the length, it's mostly dialogue.}

[hunter93]

"I can understand that." Takris nodded. He looked up at the still-clearing cloud of smoke that had once been his ship. "And...not so much meaning beyond the old rustbucket finally breaking down." He looked back down at Ethan. "All the same it does appear I'm stuck here now."

[Ethan Snow]

“Mmmm. Well if you’re not in fact looking for a bout, you’ve certainly got a funny way of saying hello.” Ethan responded a little skeptical about the other’s motives for flying strait to him following the destruction of his craft. Perhaps he was playing coy because of the proximity of the city and if that being the case, Ethan had it in his mind to change that, a tour of the island would give them some space and perhaps let this hulking lizard man loosen up.

“Anyway, if you’re going to be here for a while I might as well show you around the island. How’s that sound?” the shirtless boy asked as his hovering surf board started to slowly carry him backwards the beaches beyond Metropolis City.

[Ethan Snow]

{Been a month, I'm fairly certain this one is dead.

Requesting power level increase. My weights are in effect.}

[Ohkara Minamaru]

Graded.

2,352 PL rewarded