Night Work at the Park

    He got the wires he needed out and started to connect them to the ports set up at the center of the cross pathway. Once connected he picked up the fountain and carefully placed it on its side. It was then that he detected Yanwang's powerlevel. 'okay...that's a bit worrying' he thought to himself and tensed slightly, then he relaxed a little bit upon hearing the man's voice. He turned his head slightly, but not leaving his crouched position. "not quite as 'cool' as you might think, just setting up a fountain paid for by the city government. Not quite the most glamourous job, but not only am I getting paid for it," he paused for a moment to connect several wires that required his focus. Upon completion he simply got the sensor for the fountain out of the crate. "but it ought to look pretty nice for any visitors I suppose," he finished explaining as he connected the sensor to the inside of the fountain, set so that when it gets dark the lights in it will turn on to add an interesting effect. And with that, he finally placed the fountain onto its final destination and then got the tethers out to lock it down into the ground so no odd weather messes it up.

    Unfortunately, that was the easy part, the next part required getting water as he did make sure that the pumps would work properly beforehand. He also had to make sure that the lights would give the effect he intended, as well as the other neat features that were ordered. Upon closer inspection of the fountain, Yanwang would notice that the 7 nozzles where water comes out on the sides are shaped like dragon heads with their mouths open, while the center of the fountain was patterned as though there were wings wrapping around a central point, with the tails with dull arrow head tipped tails were sprouting upward but curved in the direction of their respective dragon heads. There was a nozzle of water at the center as well, showing that there will be water sprouting from that as well, though he would be able to see colored, but still offline lights, on the eyes of the dragons. The bowl has seven curved lines that jut out, with orbs at the end of each one. The outer part of the bowl was textured with a scaled pattern, like that of any reptile.

    "so, what do you think?" he asked Yanwang with a slightly prideful expression, a small smirk on his face at the sight of the fountain standing where it is assigned to be, he did forge this fountain after all. The interruption was unexpected, but hey, at least he'll have some interaction while on the job...

    Lionel thought about Yanwang's words, truth be told he's not really had a good spar in a long time. He thought about it as he checked the pumps and tested them. 'Ah good, they're working.' Now he just needs to get water into it. "Trust me, the best part about this fountain is soon to come," he told him with a slight smirk as he got a hose out of the crate and connected it with the nearby nozzle, and turned it on. He filled up the fountain's bowl, once the bowl was full, he turned the nozzle off and disconnected the hose from it, and put it back in the crate. He picked up a remote, time to test it fully. "Okay, time to watch the show." And with that he pressed the button, it was merely a test and he'd only have it on for a minute.

     But what a minute it was, for the water was quickly sucked into the center and started streaming out of each nozzle, and with the lights on one could see the glowing eyes of the dragons, as well as the lights changing the color of the water to make them look as though the dragons were unleashing a golden hot liquid. Once the minute was up, he turned to Yanwang fully. "I thought about your words and...admittedly you're not wrong." He told him as he put the tools away and got them back into a capsule and put them back in his capsule container. "I presume that you're looking for...perhaps a spar?" He asked getting straight to the point. He could use the exercise after such boring work as this. Of course, they'd need to go to another location for the said spar, and he'd need to go put his stuff away first, but still, he isn't against a good sparring partner.

    Lionel smirked at Yanwang's question. "Oh it most certainly is water," he told him as the water stopped flowing. Then he pointed at some well-placed lights. "You see when I was given this job, the rules set for it was simply: Make a fountain, ensure that it set at this specific location, make it eye-catching but also child friendly. So seeing how I was given creative freedom...this is the result." he sounded rather smug about it. "Turns out that when colored lights are activated at just the right areas one can create interesting illusions." He had his arms crossed at this, still looking pretty smug and proud about his creation.

    His mood shifted a bit though upon hearing the 'old man' comment, suddenly getting reminded of his days in the saiyan military. His expression went from smug, to blank as he turned his face to Yanwang. "I'm almost 20 actually, and you can lower your rather impressive powerlevel can't ya? 'Sides, I didn't say we had to spar here." because like hell he's going to risk his payment and his work. Then he pulled the capsule holding the tools and such out. "I also have to put my stuff away first, no need to risk them in a spar right?" He asked though making it clear that the spar would be for after he put his stuff away at the forge.

    Lionel just sighed, this wasn't the first time he was mistaken for an old man. "I was born with it, it's a rather common trait in my clan." Was all he stated rubbing a palm on his forehead in exasperation, making it clear that this isn't the first time he's had this conversation. Then came the part about sensing ki, apparently Yanwang doesn't know how to do so. "It's not easy to learn, but once it is it becomes instinctual, so sure, I'll help you with this as best I can." He starts, trying to figure out how to explain it. "From what I gather, it's something that few people know how to do, I honestly stumbled upon it by accident." He began to pace, his hand stroking his beard in thought. "Now do understand that I've never been in a teaching position before so, I apologize if my teaching isn't exactly the best," he told Yanwang looking a bit sheepish about it. "The ability sense ki can be best described as sensing the life-force, location, and power level of any living creature around, the stronger and closer said person or creature is, the more powerful the sensation." He decided to start with the description of it, after all, it can do more than just sense people, why even now he can sense random squirrels grabbing walnuts at nearby trees, or even the birds flying above. "Truth be told, I sometimes use it to relax and just sense the wildlife around me, rather relaxing. Helps break the monotony as I work." He explains with a smile.

    Honestly, the reason why he wants to teach Yanwang is so that he knows to be careful around normal folk, might as well do some preventive measures right? Besides, he seems to be a good man so he figures that upon teaching him he'll know how much to hold back around other people...unless they are 'bad guys' anyway or people who are able to match him. Another reason is so that the man can be a good sparring partner for Lionel, and the best way to do that is to make sure that he knows how much to lower his level to whenever they spar...at least until Lionel catches up that is, so he is most certainly not just doing this out of some whim. "All that said," he sat down on a bench. "maybe a story should help?" he thought out loud, then continued, "I honestly figured it out after I tried, and failed to make an energy shield technique, see the shield technique idea that came to mind was one that would surround me in a sort of bubble shield, so I figured that it would require concentration right?" he paused to let that sink in.

    "So I started meditating on my ki, it took a few hours but instead of a shield technique I ended up sensing just how much ki I actually had." He shrugged at this, the things that happen by accident. "Upon realizing what I had done, I started expanding on it, let this new sense that I had to look outward, and low and behold, I could suddenly sense my old teammates among others. Damn good timing too since we were getting deployed for battle the next day." He had a proud smirk on that this. "It sure as hell saved our lives that day since our Scouters got sabotaged by infiltrators. I may not have gotten the shield technique I wanted, but I did get something a hell of a lot more useful in the process wouldn't ya say?" He finished rather proud that his accidental discovery ended up saving both him and his comrades.

    Lionel was just glad that he didn't have to talk more about the white hair, still, he had a point. He stroked his beard in thought. "Honestly, step one of the concept I had was to focus my ki all over my body, up to, and including my head, then have it expand out from there into a large bubble. In the end that just resulted in ki outlining my body, which I quickly dispelled upon realizing that it was all somewhat explosive." he told him with a sheepish look on his face, looking a little embarrassed about it. It was a stupid experiment since he didn't even know how to make a basic ki shield at the time. "Yeah turns out that one shouldn't try experimenting with shield techniques without knowing the basic barrier technique. ANYWAY," He continued quickly wanting to move on to the next part.

    "Now as I found out later from my squad leader, the brain actually adapts pretty damn fast upon ki energy being near it, in which it will memorize the energy and begin sensing it." He explains as he realized that he needed to give a little bit of a warning. "It can be disorienting at first so don't be surprised if you get dizzy from sensory overload. I imagine that for you it will likely lead to one hell of a headache due to the sheer amount of power you got." He tells him with a serious expression remembering the damned headache he got when he first started sensing energy, by the kais that was a painful moment. He honestly feels sorry for Yanwang on this front, still, he warned him.

    Lionel listened quietly as Yanwang spoke, nodding at certain points, but then at the end after Yanwang asked his question, "yeah, gotta be careful to not let the ki flare out upon the sensory overload, I recall a scorched wall and floor upon my experience." Lionel paced quietly for a moment trying to figure out a safe location for Yanwang to do it at. "A mountain range perhaps? The desert, or maybe in the tundra..." he was stroking his beard in thought as he spoke aloud what he was thinking. Either way, he had all his stuff in his pockets so he supposed that it was soon time to go as he looked upon his wristwatch. "Damn." he muttered, then turned his head back at Yanwang.

    "Wish I could chat more, but I got a long day of work tomorrow." He began to float in the air, he really did want to chat more, but time constraints freaking suck. "When you want to talk to me, come to Whitemane's Forge." He got a card out of his pocket and tossed it to him. "This has the address, was nice talking to you. Name's Lionel by the way." He'd wait long enough to hear Yanwang state his name, and if he does so, then he'd reply with "See you later." before flying off into the distance.

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