12-04-2004, 05:42 PM
Tapion stood from his seat. He looked around the crowded room as they all stood up and started to walk out the door. He was amazed. This type of thing, he never participated in. He was a little worried now, he needed to use his speed to get to these "bunkers" if he didn't want to die. He still didn't know all of the details to the tournament but this already was enough. He didn't want to die so he had to make it. But no items? That means he couldn't use his new LENS or his battle charger. His battle charger was the only thing he had to power up to a stronger level. He had to use his intellegence then.
As he thought about all of this, the konat shuffled out of the doors with the rest of the crowd who were grunting and seemingly not liking the whole event now that they couldn't use thier items. Tapion disliked that as well since he would be weaker than a lot of people but his base ki was still higher than most. He decided to take one last look at the people.
"LENS....activate. Scan ki of all people within fifty yard radius."
The LENS contacts changed the colors of his pupils as numbers flooded the tiny screens, filling up his eyes and mind. Numbers flashed into his retina so quickly, Tapion was almost amazed.
"Organize ki from the most to least."
Then Tapion's eyes grew wide. There were such high levels of ki. He looked around, trying to find them. But he couldn't tell. He just knew that this would be one hell of a tournament with such high levels. His LENS had detected close to their maximum powers as well.
"Find me."
He said. He was basically whispering to hiself and one of the people next to him gave him a funny look. Tapion disregarded him and continued to stare forward as the list scrolled down a lot. Tapion couldn't believe how far he was down but he was still higher than a lot of people. At least that was good. He realized he would most likely die in this tournament because so many people were stronger than him. Tapion was almost frightened to even participate, but he couldn't pass up a chance like this!
Finally, the konat found his way outside of the doors and followed the crowd to where the boxes were to put his items in. He waited in line patiently as he thought to himself and looked around for anybody he knew. He foiund nobody, just hundreds of warriors that looked so strange and others looked like normal humans. Tapion never saw so many people that were stronger than him like this. He had his encounters with stronger people but not this many. It gave a bad taste to the konat's mouth. He despised the fact he was not as strong as a lot of the people here.
Finally, his place in line was up front. His thoughts betrayed him back into the darkness of his mind as the person was talking to him.
"Please place your items in this box. Failure to put your items in here or you do not take something off, or out, from your person will cause a lot of trouble. We do not like cheaters."
The guys rambled on but Tapion just nodded and pulled a small container from his pocket and opened it. It was a small, cushioned box. Tapion reached to his eyes and took out his contact LENS and placed the advanced technology into the container. He then put the container in the box and then he untied the brown bag from his waist and placed it in the box-it was his zeni. Tapion finally raised his hand and pulled the battle charger off from his wrist and placed it in the box. He sighed at doing that but nodded, reasurring he had no other items on him.
"What type of lock would you like on the box?" Asked the creature.
"May I have two?"
The creature nodded.
"Then I want an eye scanner and a finger print."
The creature titled the box, "Now stare into the green horizontal bar and it will take a scan of your pupils."
Tapion did so, a flash of light made Tapion blink but his pupils were copied onto the box.
"Now put your finger on the clear square."
Tapion placed his right index fingeron the square and in a second, a green light ran from the top to the bottem then went all green.
"You may removed your finger now."
Tapion complied.
"Now I need your name so we can find the box for you when you return."
If I return... thought Tapion. But he responded with "Tapion."
The creature nodded and added something on the back of the box then put it on the belt behind him so it would carry the box along with others, to another area. Tapion nodded, turned to his left, and walked out of the area and went to the waiting room to sit in a chair alone in a corner watching the other participants in the tournament as they strolled by...
As he thought about all of this, the konat shuffled out of the doors with the rest of the crowd who were grunting and seemingly not liking the whole event now that they couldn't use thier items. Tapion disliked that as well since he would be weaker than a lot of people but his base ki was still higher than most. He decided to take one last look at the people.
"LENS....activate. Scan ki of all people within fifty yard radius."
The LENS contacts changed the colors of his pupils as numbers flooded the tiny screens, filling up his eyes and mind. Numbers flashed into his retina so quickly, Tapion was almost amazed.
"Organize ki from the most to least."
Then Tapion's eyes grew wide. There were such high levels of ki. He looked around, trying to find them. But he couldn't tell. He just knew that this would be one hell of a tournament with such high levels. His LENS had detected close to their maximum powers as well.
"Find me."
He said. He was basically whispering to hiself and one of the people next to him gave him a funny look. Tapion disregarded him and continued to stare forward as the list scrolled down a lot. Tapion couldn't believe how far he was down but he was still higher than a lot of people. At least that was good. He realized he would most likely die in this tournament because so many people were stronger than him. Tapion was almost frightened to even participate, but he couldn't pass up a chance like this!
Finally, the konat found his way outside of the doors and followed the crowd to where the boxes were to put his items in. He waited in line patiently as he thought to himself and looked around for anybody he knew. He foiund nobody, just hundreds of warriors that looked so strange and others looked like normal humans. Tapion never saw so many people that were stronger than him like this. He had his encounters with stronger people but not this many. It gave a bad taste to the konat's mouth. He despised the fact he was not as strong as a lot of the people here.
Finally, his place in line was up front. His thoughts betrayed him back into the darkness of his mind as the person was talking to him.
"Please place your items in this box. Failure to put your items in here or you do not take something off, or out, from your person will cause a lot of trouble. We do not like cheaters."
The guys rambled on but Tapion just nodded and pulled a small container from his pocket and opened it. It was a small, cushioned box. Tapion reached to his eyes and took out his contact LENS and placed the advanced technology into the container. He then put the container in the box and then he untied the brown bag from his waist and placed it in the box-it was his zeni. Tapion finally raised his hand and pulled the battle charger off from his wrist and placed it in the box. He sighed at doing that but nodded, reasurring he had no other items on him.
"What type of lock would you like on the box?" Asked the creature.
"May I have two?"
The creature nodded.
"Then I want an eye scanner and a finger print."
The creature titled the box, "Now stare into the green horizontal bar and it will take a scan of your pupils."
Tapion did so, a flash of light made Tapion blink but his pupils were copied onto the box.
"Now put your finger on the clear square."
Tapion placed his right index fingeron the square and in a second, a green light ran from the top to the bottem then went all green.
"You may removed your finger now."
Tapion complied.
"Now I need your name so we can find the box for you when you return."
If I return... thought Tapion. But he responded with "Tapion."
The creature nodded and added something on the back of the box then put it on the belt behind him so it would carry the box along with others, to another area. Tapion nodded, turned to his left, and walked out of the area and went to the waiting room to sit in a chair alone in a corner watching the other participants in the tournament as they strolled by...