K-5 (Full)

Reptile Brains

In the dojo, Ariana and Talia were training each other in the art of Seoe Nage as Sage was watching them near the large tree. Talia stretched confidently as Ariana set herself up in her offensive stance and ready to come at her younger sister. But this time, they are training each other without using their powers. As soon as Talia was done stretching, Ariana charged forward and swung her leg at her younger sister. But Talia dodged swiftly with a backflip. Ariana delivered several rapid kicks at Talia, who kept backflipping on each kick that her older sister had provided. With a few neat flips, Talia landed on the floor with a smirk.

"Uh, what do you think you're doing?" Ariana said with an exasperating scowl. "You can't defend Seoe Nage with backflips!"

"And why not?" Talia grinned. "They are very defensive."

"Because you're supposed to follow Seoe Nage the exact same instruction of how to do it." Ariana explained with a stern look on her face. She turned to Sage for support. "Mother, what would you do if someone tried to throw you with Seoe Nage?"

"With the training you two did, I don't know." Sage said simply. "But if you think too much of what it's coming, then you will lose focus to your sight. You must learn how to fight without thinking."

"And why would I do that?" Ariana questioned.

"You'll see." Sage replied. "Just remember when you are in a hard battle, fight without thinking. Because you thought someone makes their move, try not to think of it as possible."

As Sage walked into her room, Ariana felt deeply confused as Talia stood next to her with a cocky grin.

"Hey, do you know what would've worked there?" Talia told Ariana. "Backflip!"

Ariana sighed as she rolled her eyes in annoyance.

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Inside the lab, Ariana was mapping her lilac touchscreen with her fingers. She stopped typing on the touchscreen when shockwaves were traveling up her body towards her brain that were moving out from Kirana, Camilla, Talia, and Ezra's walking steps.

"Hey, guys." Ariana greeted as she continued typing on the touchscreen.

"How do you know we were walking in?" Talia asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Because of my seismic scenes." Ariana replied.

"Oh, yeah." Camilla said in a low tone.

Kirana, Camilla, Talia, and Ezra looked over Ariana's shoulders to see that she was making a flowchart of multiple plans and ideas on the touchscreen.

"So, what'cha up to, Ariana?" Kirana asked.

"Just finishing my master plan." Ariana answered as she continued typing on the touchscreen.

"For what?" Camilla said.

"To get Casey to hang out with me." Ariana replied.

"Ariana, just ask him if he can hang out with you. That's the easiest thing to do." Ezra said.

"It it, Ezra. But, as you can see, it's not that simple. That's why I'm making an elaborate flow chart plan to maximize my every possible responses for success." Ariana said.

"I detect confidence in your voice and also nervous systems in your brain. To help, I will give you a hug for emotional support." Norbit said, walking over to Ariana.

"Don't worry, Norbit." Ariana said as she signaled she is fine with her hands. "I got this. No problem."

Ariana expanded her touchscreen into a large size as Kirana, Camilla, Talia, and Ezra stared at the flowchart with collective laughs.