Team FLME Volume 8

Follow Up Appointment

After the opening, Tempus is seen slowly waking up from his bed. He yawns and smacks his lips together slightly and rubs his eyes. He cracks his neck and back and slowly stands back up. He kicks with both legs and cracked them. Tempus then grabbed his walking staff and slowly made his way out of the room. Down the hall, he peered into another bedroom to see it empty with a few books laying around. He cocks and eyebrow and begins to walk throughout the temple.

He adventures down into the library. Next is some of the live stock he has scattered around the temple in pens with some sunlight. As Tempus continues to look around, he is far more confused than anything else. Finally, he walks into a small study near the front of the temple. Once again, nothing is there. He cocks an eyebrow and hears some yells and grunts.

He then slowly begins to walk outside of the temple and looks around. He hears some fire go off and sees what looks like a small explosion go off behind the mountain. He hears more grunts and bangs. He turns his head and sees Fred is leaping from rock pillar to pillar, running an agility course. Fred leaps onto one pillar and begins to climb up it, and back flipping off of the top. Tempus nods a bit as Fred leans to a mountain face and runs along side of it, slowly descending down. Fred leaps onto a pillar and swings around, catapulting himself around.

Tempus smiles slightly as Fred moves from pillar to pillar. As he keeps moving, Tempus walks over to a pillar and stands beside it. Fred launches himself from a different pillar to the one Tempus was standing next to. He smirks and slams his cane against the pillar, destroying it. Fred's eyes widen and he spins through the air, slides along the ground and back flips and lands along the side of another pillar. Fred glares down at Tempus as the old man has a smile on his face.

Fred: What was that for?

Tempus: Just seeing what you can do. Not being able to see the straight path ahead of you can always be a pain.

Fred: Which is why you adept.

Tempus: I take it that was a lesson.

Fred nodded. Tempus chuckled a bit before he looked at his cane.

Tempus: The Burn it.

Tempus' tattoos lit up along his arm. He smirked and threw the cane at the pillar and crushed it. Fred landed on some rock and flipped around and slid along the main plateau of the temple. Fred side stepped from his original position as the cane threw through the air and back into Tempus' hands. Fred looks at him and smirks slightly.

Fred: Those aren't real, are they?

Tempus: Synthetic. Got 'em back in the day. Make fighting far easier.

Fred: Good to know.

Tempus leaps forward and slams his cane down onto Fred's forearms. Fred pushes back against the attack and gets Tempus away from him. Fred runs forward and throws a punch. As Tempus goes to block, he quickly pulls his fist back and goes in to knee the old man. Tempus slaps Fred's knee and jabs his cane into Fred's neck. Fred grabs his neck and Tempus slaps him in the face with his staff.

Fred goes to the ground and does a break dance maneuver and tries to get Tempus off balance. Tempus backs up a little as Fred gets to his feet. Fred flips forward, going in for a summersault kick. Tempus blocks it with his staff but Fred stomps onto the ground with his other leg and causes some fire to flare up at the old man. Tempus leaps back a little and looks at Fred.

Fred: Been reading up on some combat moves.

Tempus: Evidently. But you should always be prepared for the unexpected.

Tempus' tattoos light up and the cane launches outward and bounces off of the rock and shoots towards Fred's head. He ducks backwards and Tempus runs up and jumps. He grabs his staff and slams it down onto Fred's chest. Fred is sent onto the ground and Tempus flips backwards. He chuckles a little as he watches Fred.