He adjusted his position to put the tray onto the dresser at the foot of the bed and went in the middle of the bedroom to kneel closing his eyes. He heard the sound of the door to his bedroom opening followed by an electronic throat clearing noise. He jerked open his eyes to find the butler an automated machine humanoid that was looking skeletal in color grey there.
The butler spoke in an electronic monotone like voice "Exercise requirements is needed in the gym room as ordered by your doctor."
He frowned getting up walking out into the hallway following the butler. The following done despite knowing where the gym room was from previously staying in the apartment by himself.
It was soon after his Mother passed away as willed in her legal documents for him to have the apartment.
He went to the gym room a small padded room having hologram images of himself flare up whenever he faced a wall. He did his karate movements along with doing movements of acrobatic exercises rare for Human males to do despite training.
There were some exceptions of males able to do the movements and were valuably used for stunts in movies. That along with as coaches for training females to do those movements in competing in a sport dubbed gymnastics.
Jinx kept up the movements till he felt like he had an enough to kneel on the padded floor. He wound up to hear chanting noises in some soothing voice tone words not understandable.
He recalled the sound while on the space station of being in Mahaliatown. It was in some temple after freed from a cot room after recovering from being sick. He recalled of going through corridors pass doorways till he reached a large doorway. He saw a large room with ten people all kneeling in rows of two each person having backs to him. All were in front of a large statue of a male figure sitting crossed legged. He recalling felt a compulsion to kneel which he obeyed.
He shut his eyes finding his mind too cluttered to ghost walk. He heard a clapping sound followed by silence then heard a throat clearing noise. He had opened his eyes to find the kneeling people were gone and one of them a male was standing next to him with a frowning look in his face.
He stood up as the male spoke “You can leave and I will show you the way out.”
He recalling the memory automatically put a hand on his neck to feel his necklace with the ring attached around it. He frowned as no memory of it getting there flashed in his mind. He continued to recall that he without a word followed the male to the temple’s entrance as the hallway lights brightened signaled a new day.
He walked out walking aimlessly wandering among people who paid him no notice. He felt a compulsion to walk into a hallway which he obeyed walking into it. He walked down it till he saw a pink signed door on his left with a hanging sign above in foreign language symbols on it. He frowned as he reached the door and pressed the doorbell.
He heard voice in male tones from inside speaking loudly “Come in its open.”
He opened the door and walked inside to see a large room appearing to be a karate studio judging by the karate style weapons hanging on the walls along with multiple colored belts. He saw an older man with grey streaks in his hair some familiarity standing staring at him while wearing a black karate uniform belted by a black belt.
He stared at the old man who spoke in a familiar voice “Ah Robert O'Neil, so we finally meet again.”
He frowned hearing the words with confusion running through him as the male continued speaking “I know you and you know me as Tan Lee from your past.”
He stiffen of shock he realized why the male was familiar to him as Tan added speaking “The Lotus Order recommended you to me with some specific instructions I’m not to say what they are. I’ll teach you what you need to know. Please take off your shoes for I request you to fight me karate style. I like to know your defenses and offensives moves.”
He shrugged figuring out that the Temple and its inhabitants were the Lotus Order and obeyed taking off his sneakers. He went to Tan who held up his hands. He attacked with legs kicking and fists swinging along with throwing his body into acrobatic moves. He felt himself easily knocked to the floor.
He heard Tan speak as he lay on the mat “Please get up. Don’t let yourself easily annoyed by being defeated each time you fight me.”
He got up and again attacked Tan and once again found himself lying on the mat with annoyance running through him. He angrily swung himself up and charged towards Tan a full body attack. He found himself flat on his back with Tan leaning over him with arms folded a frown in his eyes.
He stared at Tan with his anger simmering who spoke “You have much to learn, Robert.”
He frowned at Tan’s words as his anger left him which the male offered him his hand. He gripped it to find himself lifted up easily to a standing position.
He formed a frown on his face as Tan continued “I should have known better not to reject you when you asked to be one of my pupils. Perhaps things would have turned out different but can’t change the past but I have the future to change.”
He kept the frown on his face as Tan added “Please kneel and close your eyes.”
He obeyed and found his mind too cluttered to ghost walk. He wound up hearing Tan instruct him on breathing techniques which calmed him down. It helped to clear his mind but the urge to ghost walk wasn’t there. He found himself relaxing from the breathing to mediate as Tan went silent.
He saw clearly in his mind himself wearing the familiar clothing of tunic leggings and slipper shoes on feet.
He saw himself spoke to a male wearing identical clothing “Henry go to King George of Lionel. Go deliver my message of meeting at Camden as soon as possible. I expect this done now.”
He heard from the male Henry he assumed was the male's name who spoke “As you wish my King.”
He watched as Henry got onto a horse and road away.
He frowned as himself paced back and forth before kneeling. He appeared to be kneeling on grass as if mediating with a horse was nearby eating from the ground from the looks of it. Jinx saw as a ghost form of himself came out of his body. That began doing movements that suggest he was sparring with a sword not seen in his hand.
Jinx continued to watch as himself jerked his head in a direction and darted towards his body ghost form disappearing. He watched himself cock his head jerking open his eyes and getting up in a fast move with sword out facing a direction.
Jinx heard in his mind “Hail I’m friend not foe!”
He heard the male voice sounded familiar frowned as himself put away the sword.
A male he recognized as Henry on a horse arrived speaking “King George has agreed to your request for a meeting at Camden. It will happen soon as possible. He'll send a messenger of when he has arrived to there.”
He saw himself smile a smirk with a head bob then went to the horse eating the grass to get onto it and road away which the memory stopped playing.
Jinx frowned but found himself in a better mood opened his eyes.
He recalled Tan added “Please fight me again.”
He had nodded his head and got up to stand sparring with Tan while shrugging off his defeats of being knocked to the mat repeatedly which he got up each time.
He fought till Tan spoke “Enough sparring, I think you have learned enough and you can leave. I expect another visit sometime in the future from you.”
Jinx recalled during his mediation of nodding his head in agreement and went to his shoes putting them on. He walked out sighing which he walked out of Mahaliatown going to his apartment several hallways away going inside to hear his computer voiced alarm blare its noises.
He sighed loudly of the memory of going to the alarm clock and turned it off. Then he went going to his dresser next to the bed on the right side next to a bed stand.
He heard the familiar butler's electronic throat clearing noise sounding behind him.
He opened his eyes and got up from kneeling while eyeing the butler who spoke "You're required to attend to your
body's hygiene by having it washed and cleaned. It's from whenever you do your required exercises which must be done after a certain time period of exercising."
He frowned but didn't protest instead went into his bedroom after entering the hallway to go to there.
He went into the bathroom to the shower this time using water and soap.
He once done picked up a comb combing his hair while shaking it dry. Jinx found folded clothes on the sink counter along with a pair of dressy shoes in black on the floor nearby. He put on the clothes that seem smooth and richly felt clothes that seemed fancy.
Jinx left the bedroom going to the wingback chair to sit letting himself think of his thoughts.
He recalled his life on the space station was after he left Tan Lee he went to his apartment to hear the alarm go off indicating it was morning hour.
He remembering instead of sleeping exchanged his clothes to put on his janitor uniform that was blue and felt itchy on his form from the harshness of the material all over him. He pocketed his key into a zippered pocket while walking out of the apartment.
He wound up walking an Egyptian planetary standard mile. It was broken up by corridors and elevators till Richardson Industries’ doorway loomed in his eyes sight which he went inside the lobby.
Jinx stiffened from the memory as he recalled feeling a hand touching his arm in an ironclad grip. He jerked his arm out to stare at a woman with brown hair and brown eyes that seemed familiar