>>5533944>>5533365“That being said, you are on the right track deducing that the realm here has a special purpose in making you stronger far different from any traditional training. You just have to commit to it. It’s not every day that you get to have a Supreme Kai teaching you. Nor being able to see and experience visages throughout history.” Curling her lips into a soft yet smug smile, Aeos soon turns towards you.
“Hold on, what exactly do you mean by vestiges? And what connection does it have with where you’re taking me?” You ask calmly, remaining stationary despite the taller woman towering over you.
“Very good questions, Douji. You’re certainly not one to jump into a situation blindly.” Aeos smiles, praising you as she starts eying you further. “The place we’re heading is within my inner sanctum. It’s called Room of Time or Time Room for short. Now as I told you, it’s a grievous crime to recklessly travel through time. However, it’s, even more, an egregious crime to actually change the flow of time by interfering with the events associated with that period. It can cause a new timeline to form, splintering itself from the original, correct path. Or it will end up overlapping if not overriding the original timeline altogether. It all depends on the method and the severity of the action.”
“Yes, it was the first thing you told me when you saw my time techniques in action.” You remark, still choosing to be respectful to your latest mentor and partner.
Nodding in approval, the smile on Aeos's face widens ever so slightly. “Luckily, where we’re going won’t cause such a problem. The time-traveling properties of the Time Room do not alter any past events, nor disrupt the events that are to come by jumping into the future. Any interactions within the space are merely a highly advanced simulacrum, a simulated reality based entirely on the past. So, think of it as nothing more but an interactive vision or a physical version of the Image Training.”
“Image training?” You blink, lightly tilting your head. You try to recall the term in your head, but so far it wasn’t ringing any bells. “Is it like meditation or a form of thoughtform?”
“You went through a form of image training without actually knowing the term? How fascinating yet peculiar. “Pausing a bit to ponder, Aeos gently rubs her chin, cupping it as she strokes against her pronounced lips. “To put it simply, Image Training allows you to use the power of both imagination and visualization to undergo a mental simulation. Typically, one uses it to envision an adversary, followed by putting themselves into the ringer against this imaginary foe. Some use it to plan how the actual battle with the foe or rival will go, others use it to gain experience and make combat new strategies. Some through the power of linking themselves with another by telepathic, spiritual, or ki-based means can use Image Training as a form of sparing through the mindscape, a mental landscape; the world of the mind.”
