Horizon | Choi San

18

[Day 38 in the other dimension/38 hours and 31 minutes in Mirinae]

Gaeul was tired of being thrown around by Yeosang- especially when he was doing absolutely nothing.

Well, absolutely nothing was what it looked like at plain sight. He was lying down, eyes closed, absolutely relaxed and you would think he was sleeping if it weren't for his constant scoffs reminding Gaeul of what a failure she was right now. What was happening, really, was that his spirits, his warriors, were playing with her.

"How the hell am I supposed to sense it?" Gaeul muttered, looking at Mingi who was clearly enjoying the show with Yunho. "Ears? Nose? At least give me something!"

"It's not that," Yunho helped. "It's about sensing the energy-"

"Wrong," Yeosang spoke, unmoving. "Spirits don't have 'energy'. Can you feel them, Yunho?"

"Oops," Yunho grinned and she gaped at him- even he was playing with her.

"So basically I can't feel them?" She scoffed, getting pushed from the back and almost falling on her face, fighting the urge to scream every curse in every language she knew. "I'm supposed to stand and take the beating?"

"Wrong," Yeosang opened one eye, finally deciding to guide Gaeul after hours. "Firstly, you're learning balance. You're being pushed-" As if on cue, she received another shove from the left side and this time she tripped and fell on the thankfully soft sand. "But you can't figure out who or where or when. You need to be steady on your feet, Gaeul, before you learn anything else."

"Geez, so much for confidence," Gaeul sighed. "I admit that I'm clumsy but we could have started somewhere else."

"As long as you're clumsy, dear, you can't be trusted with the dealings of your magic," said Yeosang. "You need to have the sharpest senses and the best aim before we move on to magic. And the trick to fighting my spirits would be agility. As soon as you're pushed- the very moment you come in contact, that's when you need to stay steady and fight back."

"Oh," she could see Yeosang's point now and she had to admit, he was smart. "Thanks for the tip, though it won't make things easier, will it?"

He simply snickered and went back to sleep, leaving Gaeul to deal with invisible forces- she was pretty sure they weren't even 'warriors'- just normal dead mean people.

"I swear if one of you pushes me from the back again, I'll kill you," she said when she received another shove and fell on her knees.

"There's only one of them, Gaeul," Yeosang sighed and Mingi and Yunho burst into laughter, leaving her cheeks pink with anger. "At least, for now."

"If I accidentally end up damning you, Yeosang, forgive me." Gaeul straightened and shut her eyes- she couldn't see the spirit anyway so she might as well focus. She didn't see Yeosang turn his full attention to her this time- he was going to take advantage of her heightened senses to train her.

It took uncountable hours, but Gaeul was soon able to 'feel' the spirit before it touched her. That was strange for the others since they relied on sensing energy, but they figured that since Gaeul was half dead anyway, she could probably sense the spirits.

"Why can't I sense the dead," Yena said with a pout. "I'm related to Yeosang. You'd think I'd be better at that."

"Maybe you need a little one-on-one training with me too," Yeosang offered casually but Yena saw right through him, throwing popcorn at him.

"Who's teaching me how to fight back though?" Gaeul stood near the fire that Mingi had lit, warming her hands- it wasn't cold but oddly, she felt like she wasn't warm enough. "Wooyoung didn't get to teach me everything."