Martial Arts Madness

Post by **Silver** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:50 pm

((Oh holy crap... I just noticed that! The rubber chickens! Look what Guybrush has in his hand on the cover of the <a href='http://www.ebgames.com/ebx_assets/produ ... 200522.jpg' target='_blank'>EfMI box</a>...))

"Man, what is it with these people and monkeys?" Guybrush asked himself, scratching his armpit. "Wait... flamig ninjas with Rubber chickens? Ya know, I thought the clownifying chimpage would be a little tougher than that... Ninjahs are so weak... they're weak!"

Post by **Celebifly** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:59 pm

"Oi! Why that guy had to knock us all over with that blasted hammer?" Yreka growled as she rushed to get up before the rest of the other people do "I'd like to sign up, so where's my free pepsi!"

"There's no free pepsi!"

"WHAT?" Yreka snarled "No pepsi makes Yreka speak in thrid person...and mad!"

"Please...no more fist of what ever. You're registered Yreka Bakery, something sounds odd about that name...oh well. And while waiting for the fight against ninjas with rubber chickens, or what ever it's called, just read this cause I'm goinmg to get laid off in an hour so I don't give a crap anymore"

"Sounds good. Now, where's the pepsi?"

"There's no PEPSI!"

"Fine, be that way." Yreka took the info sheet and sat near Tizzy who was alseep

Post by **shauni** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 6:44 pm

Ukyo, who was still a child, sat down in order to carm herself down, only after counting backwards from 100 would she return to her true age.

She placed herself gently next to the carmest looking people, who happned to be Yreka and Tizzy, who was alseep.

Yreka spied the look a like 11 year old, breath heavly, cluching her chest
"Thats guy was so gross..." she whispered to herself
"Hay, kid. Are you ok?" asked Yreka, suddenly she spied something on Ukyos person
"Is...is that Pepsi??"
Ukyo looked up at Yreka, then at the offending can
"Yes Miss, its for my special Hidden Weapons attack, Suger Induced Overload!"
She passed it to Yreka
"You can have it if you leave me alone, I gotta carm down, I jsut saw some weird guy eating bugs from his own hair!"
Yreka yanked the pepsi from Ukyos hand, so fast she didnt see her move
"what the...hay!"
"Sorry kid, but Pepsi is my thing"
She crushed the can and threw it in a bin next to Ukyo
"Ahhhhh! Better"
Ukyo looked at the girl cross eyes
"Whatever....ok where was I...88....87"

Post by **golden_sun** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:49 pm

*dehm say down near ukyo,yreka,and tizzy,reading an info sheet.*
flaming ningas with chickens?ten of them,eh?this'll be easy...for NOR RUBBER CHICKENS OR FLAMING NINJAS CAN DEFEAT THE ART OF THE ANGRY CAT!!!
*he yelled aloud,making alot of noise.i should'v mentioned he likes to talk loudly when hes excited.*
"and now i'm bored..."
*he closed his eyes,and started snoring.someone walked over to him,and said:
"yeah,like he fell asleep that fast..."
"hey!why;d you wake me up!?"
*he yelled at the person.*

Post by **shauni** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 4:33 am

Dehm sat down near Ukyo,Yreka,and Tizzy, he was reading an info sheet.
Ukyo glanced at him, and retured to her counting
"4, 3, 2...."
"flaming ningas with chickens?ten of them,eh?this'll be easy...for NOR RUBBER CHICKENS OR FLAMING NINJAS CAN DEFEAT THE ART OF THE ANGRY CAT!!!" 
Dehm suddenly yelled, making Ukyo jump
"hi ya!" she yelled in suprise
"And now I'm bored"
Suddenly the offending person was asleep next to her
"What...what the???"
She looked at him blankly
"O man! I gotta start my counting all over again! Ahh! I'll be competing as a kid at this rate!"
"100, 99, 98, 97"
Suddenly there was another yell from Dehm
"Why'd you wake me up???"
"Hi ya!" she yelled again in suprise
She stood up, her battle aura glowing bright Red
"Ok! THATS IT! THE NEXT PERSON THAN MAKES ME JUMP IS GUNNA DIE!"She plonked herself back down "O foo....100, 99, 98....."

Post by **Simeon** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:02 am

(I wanna play, please. ^^;; Great way to pass the time. If I'm too late... er... please delete and pretend I was not here...*runs away*)

Name: Ohjaz Heetdegong

Color: Teal

Age: 40

Gender: Male

Fighting Style: Fist of the Mighty Precussion Instrument
("The Fist of the Mighty Precussion Instrument" was once called "The Fist of the Mighty Drum" due to the fact it comprised of rhythmically beating the life out your opponent by beating on him and a simple drum at the same time... But the style evolved from just a simple Taiko drum to using all sorts of precussion instuments like Congas, Bongos, Xylophones, Gongs, and... Cowbells... It's not a wonder that you'll see the occasional drumstick or Xylophone mallet flying during a fight. The real curiosity is where do ALL those instruments come from?!)

Major Flaw/ Weakness: Is close to deaf and almost mute. ("Almost" meaning he'll spout gibberish and random phrases instead of speaking comprehensively.) One has to YELL in Ohjaz's ear just to talk to him. (Better learn sign language...)

Physical Description: He's a Wookie! Okay... no. Ohjaz is a furry, six-foot tall, black Cat-Anthro wearing a blue gi ala Picolo from DBZ, complete with nifty shawl/cape. Hands (paws?) are wrapped in gauze and wears steel gauntlets on his forearms. Also has steel greaves protecting his shins and insteps. Eyes are an eerie shade of blue. Has a bushy, gray mustache. Tail is prehensile... like a monkey's. (OOKIE!!)

Bio: Ohjaz Heetdegong is the last living member of his clan and the current Master of the "Fist of the Mighty Precussion Instrument" Dojo... and seemingly the last practitioner of this art for obvious reasons... Students found it a chore to communicate with Master Ohjaz and moved on... and his incomprehensible babbling has been known give people nightmares.

Despite being as deaf as a dead mule, Ohjaz makes beautiful music with his style. The rhythms and tones are loud but easy on the ears and it often accentuates the awesome visuals of combat.

Ohjaz stumbled upon the promo poster for the tournament and thought it would be a good idea to enter to promote his Dojo. Plus, Master Ohjaz hopes that the prize money will be enough for him buy a decent hearing aid or two and get speaking lessons. Teaching his new students might get easier, then...

>>>>>>>

The rundown dojo was often eerily silent in the abandoned part of town.. but if one passed by it at certain times of the day... that one would find that the old dojo is not so abandoned.

A sudden, thundering cacophony of drums and melodic precussion instruments literally shook the building and shot the rickety roof up into the air like something out of a Looney Tunes Cartoon. Inside the jarring noise that resonated through the halls of the aging dojo was a lone and unflinching figure gracefully playing multiple instruments with ease, as if though he were combating many opponents at once... He totally lost in his art.

If only I had a willing studuent to pass this on to, Master Ohjaz Heetdegong mused to himself... and in that one moment of reverie, Ohjaz accidentally smacked himself on the backside of his head with a flying xylophone mallet.

"OOFN! MAH BABY!" He cried and fell unconscious to the wooden floor of his training hall...

He came to his senses a few minutes later, a throbbing bump on Ohjaz's feline head annoying him as he glanced at his wall clock. Reality snapped into his attention. The tournament! He was late!

Master Ohjaz snatched his cloak and scurried on all fours out the door of his dojo and ran toward Suspiciously Evil Stadium, hoping against all hope there was still one spot left on the roster...

He arrived to a mess... unconcious people everywhere... and the line was apparently VERY long... It was his nature to be overly polite, so he sat down and waited for the line to thin out... At this rate, Ohjaz might not get those hearing aids...

Post by **Josiah** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:19 pm

((Well Simeon, since you joined before the prelims started you can stay.))

((Hey GS, your posts are kinda hard to read. Would you mind putting spaces between you sentences and maybe capitalizing the first letter of the first word of those sentences?))

((I'd start of the qualifying round now but I'm running kinda late at the moment so if anyone who wants to have their battle against the flaming ninjas feel free to do it at any time.))

Post by **Celebifly** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:01 pm

(I'll start it off ^^)

"Yreka Bakery?"

"Yes?" The girl sprang up, ready to do anything since she had her pepsi and wouldn't need one for another half hour

"You're up" The man lead her down into the arena where the flaming Ninjas that wields rubber chikens were stored in fluffly pink bear traps

"Ok, let's get this over with." Yreka cracked her hands, knuckles, fingers, back, legs, ankles, head, arms, torso, toes, and elbows before the Flamming Ninjas were release from the fluffly pink bear trap 

"HIYA!" They yelled as they wielded their rubber chickens

"I am the person that goes OI! OI! And Also...FIST OF PUSHING PEOPLE INTO RIVERS!" Yreka lightly tipped over a watering can and soon a whole river appeared. And she oushed the flamming ninjas into them, causing them to go out "Never smoke for it's bad for your health" Yreka smiled as she snatched a pepsi from a bystandered and gulped it down "Ahh, now that's good pepsi!"

"Yreka has qualified for the tournament!" The man yelled as the crowd cheered

Yreka returned to the waiting room by Tizzy as he slept.

"Oi, thanks for the pepsi girl that really gave me the buxx for ther fight"

"...15...14..what? Oh great! I lost my spot! Grr...100...99...." Ukyo growled

Post by **Silver** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:47 pm

"Next up is... Guybrush Threepwood? Interesting name..."

Guybrush walked out, eating a banana. The flaming Ninjas with Rubber chickens were released... and Guybrush dropped his banana peel on the ground in front of him. The first one slid on it, flew up into the air and fell on the ground, then the second tripped over him and knocked the third over. Before long there was one big pile of knocked-out flaming ninjas and a banana peel right in front of Guybrush, who was eating another banana.

"Guybrush Threepwood qualifies also! ...I think..."

Post by **Simeon** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:20 am

Ohjaz finally made it to the registrar and began to wordlessly fill out the application, tilting his head in confusion as the clerk desperately yelled in his ear about the prelim round.

"Inji flabobble shu?" Ohjaz babbled with an embarrased expression.

"FLAMING NINJAS WITH RUBBER CHICKENS!" the clerk screamed in exasperation, "WHAT ARE YOU? DEAF?!"

Ohjaz barely heard the last statement and nodded sheepishly.

"I QUIT!" the clerk shouted, slamming the registry book shut and storming out the door.

"Eggy wanna? Purr...."

Another, more patient clerk was called in to replace the clerk who just left and helped Ohjaz finish his application. The patient clerk then used hand signals to direct the deaf master to the waiting room so he may wait his turn for the prelims.

Once there, Ohjaz glanced about the room looking at the odd assortment of fighters waiting their turns: A sleeping young man, an peeved little girl talking to herself, an obviously caffinated young woman, and a guy perched on the back of a chair acting like a monkey... among others... Not wanting to bother potential rivals, Ohjaz sat next to the door and watched people pass by him, obviously going to face the fiery ninja demons with rubber chickens weapons he saw contained in another room.

Assuming it would be a while before he would take his turn, Ohjaz closed his eyes and waited, meditating in prepearation-- then the angry little, brown-haired girl he saw earlier came up to him and began to scratch Ohjaz behind the ear. She was calming down as she scratched the gentle old anthro-cat's ear, making old Ohjaz purr in pleasure.

"Kitty!" she mouthed.

"Arf!" Ohjaz replied, unaware of what he just said.

The girl just looked at him with a shocked look and mouthed something. "Cats don't bark... What are you?" 

Ohjaz tilted his head, his embarrassament making it clear he also didn't understand her.

Just then, the patient clerk appeared in the doorway and pointed at Ohjaz. The girl mouthed something at the clerk, and the clerk shook her head. The girl crossed her arms in a huff, obviously unpleased. Ohjaz then naiively pointed at himself and the clerk nodded.

Ohjaz then realized the little girl wanted to go first, and he folded down his kitty ears in shame. The gestured to the clerk that he would let the little girl go before him. The girl's eyes widened and Ohjaz thought the girl was going to be happy...

.. Next thing he knew, the little girl was pushing Ohjaz out the door.

"Mama nya?" 

The patient clerk looked quite amused and pointed Ohjaz to the arena where the prelims were being held.

Ohjaz bowed in a respectful thank-you and hurried in. There, ten flaming demon ninjas menaced Ohjaz with their rubber chickens. Rolling his eyes, Ohjaz produced an ENORMOUS gong hammer and smacked a gigantic gong that suddenly appeared behind him. The resulting resounding "BONG" stunned the ninjas and shook the arena to the roof. Th gong and gong-mallet vanished and a xylophone came "poof!" of nowhere and he proceeded to play "In the Hall of the Mountain King" while knocking the ninjas silly with flying keys and mallets and the occasional flying rubber chicken. At the end of the preformance, the ninjas were temporarily deaf and unconscious. The xylophone vanished and Ohjaz faced the crowd, bowing respectfully.

He felt the rumble of applause, but because of his deafness, he failed to hear the announcer declare that Ohjaz had qualified for the tournament... and he absent-mindedly returned to the waiting room.

Post by **shauni** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:56 am

Yreka returned to the waiting room by Tizzy as he slept.

"Oi, thanks for the pepsi girl that really gave me the buxx for ther fight"

"...15...14..what? Oh great! I lost my spot!" Ukyo growled
She closed her eyes and contuied to count
"Grr...100...99...."
A little while later, Guybrush returned to the waiting room
*ewww....its that guy from before....hum....Ahhh! my counting!*Ukyo sighed *o well....*
"100, 99, 98...."
Suddenly an unexpected sighted walked into the room, it was an anthro cat
"Kitty!" she yelled
She mindlessly began to tikkle its ears

"Arf!" it replied

Ukyo just looked at him with a shocked look "Cats don't bark... What are you?" 

The cat tilted his head, his embarrassment making it clear he also didn't understand her.

Just then, the clerk appeared in the doorway and pointed at the cat "Ohjaz, you next"
"hay! I was here first!" Ukyo yelled
"Sorry, its the way the schedule has worked out"
She crossed her arms in a huff, obviously unpleased.
Ohjaz then naively pointed at himself and the clerk nodded.

Ohjaz then realized the little girl wanted to go first, and he folded down his kitty ears in shame. Then gestured to the clerk that he would let the little girl go before him.
Ukyo's eyes widened
*ooo, thats so nice of him! I cant be nasty to a kitty!*

Next thing he knew, Ukyo was pushing Ohjaz out the door.

"Mama nya?" 
"Its ok mister Kitty! You can go first!"
She smiled sweetly at him as he entered
She sat down, grinning to herself, then she realised something
"um...I just ACTED like a child....ahh! Why is it when I'm a kid I cant say no to fluffy things!" she began to tur at her own hair in frustration
A little while later, Ohjaz returned inside
"7, 6, 5....kitty!" Ukyo yelled
She ran towards him to glomp him then stopped as she heard her name shouted out by the clerk
"Ukyo Shaunisa! Your up next!"
Ukyo jumped in suprise
"but..but Im not ready!"
"Sorry, you either come out now of forfeit....hay wait...your just a kid!"
Ukyo sighed and fiddled with her sleeves
"O well...I gotta do it...if I don't win I cant go home..."
She walked past Yreka who gave her a smiled "good luck kid"
Ukyo glanced at her "Dont call me kid"
She left the waiting and entered the arena
Suddenly a bewildered look came over her face
"they weren't kidding...it really is 10 Flaming Ninjas with Rubber chickens..."
A sweat drop formed on the side of her head as she stepped forward
"Ladys and gentlemen, presenting Ukyo Shaunisa for the Anything Goes School of Hidden Weapons! The Fist of the Hidden Weapons!"
Ukyo wearily took a bow as the crowds in the arena began to whispered among themselves
"Hay look! Its just a kid!"
"Wow, shes really cute, are they sure kids should be allowed to compete""
"What if she gets hurt! poor thing!"
Ukyos battle aura was now glowing bright red
*Im NOT A KID!AHHH! Ok....ok...carm down....you need to keep it cool or you will be fighting as a kid....*
"Begin!"
The ninjas suddenly charge at Ukyo
Her eyes burst up and she leapt high into the air
"You wanna beat up a kid!! Then fine! I'll fight as a kid! Anything Goes Hidden Weapons Special Attack! Water Balloon Blizkreg!"
Suddenly balloons filled with water shot out from Ukyos sleeves and headed straight for the flaming ninjas, bursting on contact, putting out the flames
Ukyo landed back down, a grin on her face
"Now the heats off, lets finish this!"
She ran towards the ninjas, held out her arms, and chains appeared, she thrust them forwards, making them rap around all 10 ninjas at one, she let into the air again, dragging the ninjas with the chains behind her
"Anything Goes Hidden Weapons Final Attack! Spinning Wheel Chains!"
She began to spin in mid air, the ninjas at the end of the chains also, 2 solid minutes of spinning later, 10 figures went flying from the spin, and an adult landed down in the middle
"3, 2, 1!"
Ukyo jumped up and cheered "Alright! That spin always cools of my hot temper!"
Ukyo was suddenly met with a gasp
"she...she's and adult!"
"hay! She's kinda hot!"
"Is that the little girl?"
"My don't children grow up fast these days!"
Ukyo sighed as her face came over crimson and she walked out of the arena, her head hanging in shame insted of pride
"well that was stupied"
"Hum...and Ukyo Shaunisa moves to the next round!"
Ukyo appeared in the waiting room and was meet by the stair of Yreka
"And you are?"
Ukyo sighed "Ukyo Shaunisa...but I guess you could call me 'pepsi girl'"
She sat down next to Yreka
Suddenly she spotted Guybrush eating bugs again
"EWWWW!!!" she yelled
Yreka almost did a double take "hu?? Ah! You are pepsi girl! that's a neat trick"
Ukyo sighed "Its not a neat trick...its a damh curse....kitty!"

She glomped onto the anthro cat
"Kitty!"

*******

(In case you end up writing for ukyo if i'm not online, here are her attacks and whats they do, I will be addin more, but this list is a start)

Anything Goes Hidden Weapons Special Attacks (these include anything thats not just a random weapon, which is the main principle of my Fist Technique)
Water Balloon Blizkreg: Water Balloons from her sleeves after she has lanced herself into the air
Sakura Cherry Blossom bomb: Pink Flower Petals form into a tornado, the petals are razor sharp
Toad in the Hole: Similar to Water balloon Attack, buts its live frogs, the attack just serves as a distraction
Okonomiyaki Splatter!: She throws Japanese Pizza mix at an opponent, its just messy, no real damage
Wrath of the Panda: Throws a stuffed panda at the enemy, crushing them
Sugar Induced Overload: Eats and drinks sugary treats to increase speed, but wears of quickly

Anything Goes Hidden Weapons Final Attacks (Finishers only)

Spinning Wheel Chains: Chains appear from her sleeves, she uses them to grab her opponents, then spins them around in the air, it not only cools her of and makes her an adult again, but almost always KOs
Cherry Bomb Blast: throws fireworks (similar to Water Balloon Blitzkrieg, but is deadly)
Spring Flower Power: Is basically Sakura Cherry Blossom bomb but much stronger, and with multiple petal types, that also have status effects like poison and sleep
Zero to Yen Dollar Pound: Like the Spring Flower Power but launches coins instead of Petals, good against armour

(Thats all for now, but I will develop more as counter strategies to appoints)

Post by **Josiah** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:30 pm

((Remember, there are lots of people competing besides us.))

*Tizzy woke up to find an exasperated clerk shouting in his face.* "Oh, you're finally awake." *He breathed a sigh of relief.* "Hurry up, we've had to keep putting your qualifying match off since no one could wake you up."

"Ok, I'm coming." *Tizzy followed the clerk out into the stadium.* "Wow," *he looked at the large pile of smoking ninjas that lay next to the arena,* "where'd you get all the ninjas?"

"Hmm? Oh, we buy them wholesale." *The clerk replied as he walked away.*

"Ladies and gentleman..." *The announcer called.* "Next up is Tizzy Mahn, reprsenting the School of the Fist of the Really Really Really Large Hammer!" *He waited for the applause to die down.* "Ready... Begin!"

*The ten flaming ninjas suddenly appeared, rubber chickens ready.* "Ok, let's do this!" *Tizzy grinned.* "Fist of the Really Really Really Big Hammer Special Technique, Uncontrollable Spin!" *Tizzy pulled his giant mallet out of nowhere and spun it around. It was so heavy is caused him to go into an uncontrollable spin. He managed to knock out five of the ninjas before losing his balance and falling over. One of the ninjas jumped at him but Tizzy jammed the handle of his mallet into the ninja's stomach. Six down...*

*Tizzy jumped up and tried to decide how to deal with the remaining ninjas.* "I know..." *He ran over to the pile of KO'd ninjas.* "Fist of the Really Really Really Big Hammer Special Technique, Flying Corpse Attack!" *He slammed his hammer into the side of the pile, sending unconscious ninjas flying into the four ninjas that were still on their feet and KO'ing them as well.*

"And Tizzy Mahn will advance to the tournament!" *The announcer yelled as Tizzy headed back towards the waiting room.*

*He headed back towards his chair and looked around the room at the other people, most of whom had already passed the qualifying round. The ones sitting near him really stood one. One was a cat man of sorts who was gently trying to fend off an excited little girl. Another young man was swinging around on a light fixture like a monkey, until it broke, sending him smashing into the floor. At last Tizzy reached his chair and sat down next to another girl, who appeared to be close to his age.*

"Hey, who are you?" *She asked.* "I'm Yreka Bakery! Do you have any Pepsi?"

"I'm Tizzy Mahn." *Tizzy replied.* "And I don't drink Pepsi."

*Yreka gasped and stared at him.* "You don't drink Pepsi? What's wrong with you?!?" *She shook her head and turned away.* "Doesn't drink Pepsi, what a weirdo..."

((Tizzy, as you already know, fights with a giant mallet. The First of the Really Really Really Large Hammer has a special technique for just about everything you can think of although Tizzy hasn't used his favorite ones yet.))

((Ok, once GS posts I'll make the first round match ups.))

Post by **shauni** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:33 pm

Ukyo rubbed her head gently into Ohjaz's furr
"Ahh...im so happy....hum?"
Suddenly ukyo opened her eyes, she had carmed right down and was an adult again
She blinked twice as everyone staired at her, glomping thr anthro cat as a adult
She went bright red, slowly let go of the cat and sat back down...silent with embraciment

her eyes where glazed over, her skin pail and she was staring at the floor
"hay...um, are you ok Pepsi girl?"
Ukyos pupils began to shake in her eyes but she was still silent
"I guess shes mortifed...."
"whats her story? Wasnt she a kid like five mins ago?"
"Hum? o, she turns into a little kid for some reason, i dont know the details....cept her name is Ukyo Sahara or something...."
"its Shaunisa" Ukyo added "Ukyo Shaunisa, and dont be talking about me like i'm not here...I guess you already know my weakness...so why dont you just leave me alone...."
Her glare did not move from the floor, but it was clear she was getting frustrated as her aura flickered blue
She stood up and began to walk out of the waiting room, passing the cat
She glanced at him, then bowed
"Pardon my behavior..."
At that, she walked out of the room, her glaze softaned and tears formed in her eyes
"I'm so stupied...."
Moments later, a small child sat weeping just outside the waitng room
"stupied stupied stupied! BAKA!"

Post by **shauni** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:53 pm

(Sorry for Double posting, but here is Ukyo Shaunisa, Adult and child forms))

Post by **Simeon** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:17 am

(Um... Shauni-san? I'm teal... not olive. ^^;;)

Ukyo bowed in apology and respect to the old master and exited the room. Ohjaz silently followed Ukyo to the door, pausing for a few moments before opening it again.

 Ohjaz thought, glancing out the door seeing the weeping Ukyo, <And I can't say one sentence straight, but I can sense things most humans can't... And I can sense that she's going through alot no-thanks to her ailment. If only I could speak straight to offer her some wisdom, but I might just make things worse by saying words I cannot hear. I can only pity her for now, and hope against hope we don't face each other in a match...>

Just then the monkey-man tapped Ohjaz on the shoulder, prompting Ohjaz to react by swatting the hand away and shouting some random phrase. "YOU FIGHT LIKE A DAIRY FARMER!"

Guybrush stepped back, almost choking on his banana. After a hard swallow, Guybrush retorted, "How appropriate. You fight like a cow."

<Whatever he said, I'm glad that I'm deaf enough not to hear it...> Ohjaz thought as he returned to his meditation spot.

The thought of seeing Ukyo crying nagged at his peace.

Despite his deafness and inability to speak a word of sense, his former students acknowleged that Master Ohjaz was very father-like and gentle. It was his lack of ability to communicate that prevented Ohjaz from becoming a very good teacher.

Now, that "father-like" quality was nagging Ohjaz onto his feet. He was 15 years Ukyo's senior... but he decided to go ahead and sit down next to her. 

Next thing Ohjaz knew, he was gasping for air. Ukyo was hugging him tightly around the neck.