Beep-Beep-Beep! Frederick woke up to an explosive reminder of his alarm clock.
“Time to head to the dojo then,” thought Frederick.
He headed to the kitchen just to find out he was out of bread. “I guess I will just have to go buy some later,” he sighed. He proceeded to make scrambled eggs. The smell of his “wonderful cooking” permeated the air, to everyone it was equivalent to smelling vomit, but to him it smelt like well.. who am I kidding it smelt like crap.
He headed to the dojo hastily, too embarrassed by his own cooking. He smiled as he just remembered that the shifu (chinese not japanese so no sensei stuff) was going to teach him to use a weapon this time.
Frederick walked into the dojo and my shifu greeted me, whilst holding four wooden short swords. He bowed to a 90 degree angle, and pressed his hands together with one fist and one palm.
“Ahh Frederick,” his shifu chuckled, “how many times have I told you that it isn’t necessary to bow to me? I appreciate it, but we’re friends.”
The shifu was called Chen Fa. To be frank, he was quite old, wearing a long, grey beard. He had a chubby face, with wrinkles here and there. His martial skills are, nonetheless, remarkable. But as people always say, “don’t judge a book by its cover.”
“Master Chen, we must still be respectful, as you are my uh --shifu,” Frederick said. Frederick insists on this because shifu gave him lessons half price due to his current family situation.
“Oh please, there is no need,” Chen pressed. “Now, let’s do some warmup,” Chen said, not giving Frederick a chance to talk back.
They ran around the dojo for 10 laps. Frederick’s chest heaved by the time they did 4 laps. He was used to doing laps, but he was too excited to learn to wield a new weapon.
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Today shifu explained he was going to teach Frederick the art of dual wielding two swords.
As the weeks went by, Frederick became more and more fluid when switching between different sword forms. Eventually when Frederick wielded his swords like they were extensions of his own arm, the shifu started sparring with Frederick (with blunt blades). Thanks to this, Frederick has excellent reaction times and has learnt the importance of dodging, parrying, and counterattacking.
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News about Magic Mirror Industries began circulating once more about how beta tests of Ignition has ended and the new products will be released in a matter of weeks. Preorders are available on the official website. The forums for Magic Mirror and Ignition already created guides and tutorials on how to get started, and some tips to keep in mind.
Magic Mirror Industries is a big company, and the news of this has influenced the city greatly. Advertisements were hanged on walls of big buildings. Stores for Magic Mirror Industries were being built. Many, many people posted on various social media with #HypeForIgnite or #MagicMirrorHype
Magic Mirror is hosting a lucky draw to award the first 25 names they pull out of a box. A long queue of people assembled to put their names in the box, within 15 minutes of notice. Frederick decided not to participate, since this will interfere with his routine.
The lucky draw will take place at January 20, 9:30 in the morning, on Worth Street, New York. In fact, it was only one day away.