Love of the Dragon Warrior

Madness in our midst

The next day when Po woke up was pretty typical. Or at least that's how it started out. He got some breakfast just as the Five started finishing up and headed over to train, he had a very nice and pretty relaxed conversation with some of his guests, and he even got the chance to have seconds since the girls had mixed plans for the day. Nobody had planned anything, so most of them were on their own. Po asked as a fruitless attempt if anyone had seen his action figures, but to not avail. Lu-Shi was horrified at this idea and vowed to search high and low for them and immediately left the table to look around in Po's room and literally anywhere else she thought po would logically place them. Destiny joined in as well with the idea that maybe Po put them down in an unlikely spot and began searching everywhere Lu-Shi wasn't. (Which meant starting in the masters' rooms). Po warned her to stay out of their personal stuff, and Song quickly followed saying she'd keep an eye on them. This left everyone else doing absolutely nothing for the day and scattering around the grounds. Po wasn't really sure what to do with his time, but he decided he could use a little break, as Monkey had suggested, and went to the Wu Dan mountains to just lay in the grass and relax for a while. He figured maybe if he rested long enough he could remember where he had put those stupid action figures! No, he couldn't think like that. The action figures weren't stupid. He was just having some issues remembering. His friends were probably right. There had been so much excitement over the past week that he quite frankly felt like he was in a giant whirl. So that could explain his memory not functioning well. Or perhaps if he put them someplace odd, it would explain that too. 

Po decided to hang out by the little lake in the center of the Wu Dan mountains, by some of the many tall pillars of rock that provided some of the shade on the mountain. He laid down in the grass and just let the early summer winds pass over his face. He listened to the grass rustling around him and took a deep breath in and out. He felt his body start to loosen and relax and time started to melt away around him as he eventually fell asleep. He was asleep for about two hours or so before he was woken up by Ordai who had taken to laying in the grass next to him with a grin. 

"Morning, sleepy head," she joked. 

Po rubbed his eyes and sat up, asking her how long she had been sitting there.

"Not long," Ordai promised. "I thought I'd come and hang out with you for a little bit. I couldn't find you, so I had to ask a guard. You know, they're very polite." 

Po yawned. "Were you looking to hang out?" he asked. 

"Among other things, yes," Ordai admitted. "I wanted to spend some time with you before the afternoon. The girls and I were talking about things we could do to get to know each other  better, and we all agreed that a painting session would be fun." 

"Oh, cool. That does sound fun. Or at the very least relaxing. Who came up with the idea?"

"I did," Ordai told him proudly. "And it'd be great for anyone who isn't really good at painting to get some more practice." 

She laid down next to him in the grass and looked up at the clouds with a happy sigh. "It's so pretty out here," she observed. "I could stay out here for hours."

"I know. Especially on a day like today," Po agreed, rubbing his eyes to wake up some more. "It's relaxing." 

Ordai smiled and said, "When I was little, I used to stare at the clouds constantly and make shapes with them. Sometimes I'll do it whenever I remember to actually look up, but work takes a lot of attention to detail, so I don't usually so it unless I have free time." 

Po grinned. "Aw, I love doing that!" he told her. "Sometimes Monkey and I will do that, or Viper. The others not so much. It's a fun way to pass the time sometimes."