Dante's Abyss 2007 Sign-Ups

[Tapion]

Tapion squinted as the rush of cold air swept across his face. His body engulfed within a blinding white aura of energy as he propelled himself across the bright skies above like a comet soaring through the atmosphere on its destructive decent down to earth. But the Konat-Jin did not descend. His body balanced itself horizontally with each of his four limbs outstretched to their maximum extent, defying every known law of gravity as he weightlessly maneuvered through puffy white clouds and the brilliant blue essence of the sky itself.

As his eagle like eyes strained to focus in on the tiny spec in the far distant horizon that upon closer inspection was in actuality his younger brother, Tapion felt a twinge of inferiority pass through his consciousness. It was almost hard to remember a time when his younger sibling hadn?t dwarfed him in every aspect of physical competition.

Mercifully, just as he was about to exist the non-transformer?s realm of vision, Minoshia suddenly halted his forward propulsion and quickly descended to the ground below. Shifting his eyes downward, Tapion gazed upon the very same sight which had caused his brother to cease a moment ago. A massive crowd, mostly made up of large overly muscled human?s buzzing with testosterone, gathered themselves around a single small wooden desk. Multiple signs and banners further clustered the sc?ne, all noticeably engraved with the same bold-texted message. ?DANTE?S ABYSS REGISTRATION!?

With a faint ?tck? that went unnoticed amongst the loud chatter of the crowd Tapion touched down onto the street?s cold concrete sidewalk. Looking up ahead he could see his brother already up at the sign up table, obviously having cut nearly two dozen angry onlookers. Minoshia?s assertiveness had always been one of his more primary characteristics, a trait which his brother unfortunately didn?t posses.

Standing now at the very end of the long snake like line, Tapion folded his arms atop his chest and began his impatient wait. Minutes seemed to pass by like hours as the seemingly unmoving line ahead barely managed to change. The annoying banter of ignorant meatheads all around occasionally tempting the growingly agitated Konat to contemplate acts of hideous self mutilation just for a momentary escape from the pain all around himself. Then just as his threshold was at its breaking point, the much appreciated words of the DA registration woman timely salvaged the last shreds of sanity within the non-transformer?s mind.

?Name??

?Tapion?? the crimson haired being quickly replied, his voice sounding more like an animal?s growl then human speech.

?Age??

?Forty-Four??

?Alright, now you?ll just need to demonstrate your strength.? The young worker spoke gingerly as she pulled a small digital camera out from under her desk and looked up at the pale skinned being before her.

?Hmm?? placing his chin between his index finger and thumb Tapion stroked his non-existent beard while trying to think of what he could do. With a quick snapping motion of his fingers the Konat-Jin?s face abruptly lit up as a light bulb flickered on in his mind.

Extending his right arm forward and facing his palm up, a small golden orb of energy quickly materialized in the being?s cupped hand. Momentarily shifting his eyes over towards the young women behind the desk and seeing her less then enthusiastic facial expression Tapion quickly exerted more energy into the ball, nearly doubling it in size.

As the orb of pure energy swirled motionlessly within his palm the non-transformer flashed a quick grin over towards the women. ?Well??? the DA worker retorted with a quick cold reply, apparently still unimpressed.

Nervously fishing through his mind for any idea to salvage his bombing audition, Tapion extended his left hand and formed an equally proportional ball of ki with that hand too. The woman now appeared slightly more intrigued, but still not impressed in the least.

Flicking his wrist gently and releasing one of the spheres of energy a few inches into the air Tapion quickly tossed the second ball into his now free hand and proceeded to catch the previously airborne orb as it descended awkwardly. For the next few moments the Konat continued his clumsy attempt at juggling, his full attention diverted towards making sure he didn?t screw up and ignorant to the humored expression on the young DA worker?s face.

?Ok, ok?that?s enough. You?re in. That was pretty funny, DA needs some more characters like you, usually we only get the show off, muscle riddled, tough guys.?

With his cheeks blushing almost as brightly as his hair, Tapion choose to only respond to the women?s inadvertently insulting comments with a slight nod of his head. He hadn't tried to be funny, he WAS trying to show off?but that didn?t really matter any more, he was accepted.