Chapter 25: YEET!

The day after Alex was already fine, it was but a scratch after all. He still had a piece of cloth on the wound so it wouldn't open.

Nonetheless Alex was again outside, this time Artemis and Perceus, his older siblings, were with him.

Perceus was 8 years older than Alex, Artemis was 4, but the humans in this world weren't the same as in Alex's old one, they had similar appearences but they were completely different species. This world's humans grew faster achieving full maturity at the age of 13-14 years old, Perceus looked like a 15 year old for Alex, who still had the view of his old world, Artemis looked like 10. Other key differences is that their life span in shorter, having 60 years of age would make people think you are a living fossil, but in compensation their healthspan was longer, meaning that they aged slower when they reached the age of around 25. These humans also had mating seasons of spring and autumn and their gestation period was of 6 months instead of 9, although after giving birth the womens wouldn't be able to get pregnant for another year.

Perceus had long hair colored the same redish brown that Alex had on his own, his eyes were brown and he wore a long light blue robe that went up to his knees with decorations and parterns in white under a red tunic that covered is torso and a cape with the emblem of the Baduk.

Artemis, had curly brown hair with darker stips in some parts and green eyes, she wore a long white dress with a light cloak that protected the upper part of her body.

-So Alex, you said that you made some new friends? Can we meet them?

-That's right, I also want to meet your friends!

Said Perceus and Artemis with enthusiasm. Both of them weren't able to be with their baby brother for much time so they were very happy to take the day to be with him. Perceus had the feeling of someone that was dependable but also a bit of a joker. Artemis had the feeling of a relatively shy girl, but that was normally around strangers, when she becomes confortable with you she is pretty active and enthusiastic.

-Yeah! I want to play with everybody after all!

Alex said with an innocent smile in his face and spread arms on the air.

With that being said they went to the center of the city where Alex had met his friends before, after looking around for a while, he found them playing with peebles.

-Guys! There you are!

Alex said running on their direction, waving his hand. Perceus and Artemis where close behind with worried faces that he might trip again.

-Oh! Alex! How are you? Is you knee better?

Said Antiochius, noticing Alex.

-...Good morning...

Said Moirai in her usual low tone voice while slowly waving her hand in respose.

-Heyo! There you are!

Theodora said waving one of her hands high up in the air with a smile on her face.

Alex met them, answering that he was fine and asked what they were doing.

-We are trying to see who has the better aim, by throwing those stones on that basket.

The basket in question was pretty far away, about 5 meters, even more so considering how strong a months old child can throw, even if they looked like 3 years old. Since even with their size they can only develop their muscle so much in less than a year.

- Can I try a bit?

Alex asked, while picking up a stone from the ground. The three children make way so Alex can aim for at the straw basket. Alex tries to align with the basket, he test the weight of the stone by throwing it a bit in the air. He enter in position, making a stable base, puting his left foot in front and his right foot behind and a bit to the side, making a imaginary triangle with his feet. He puts his weight on his right foot and with speed he moves his his upper body, changing the weight to the front, swinging his arm at the same time. Making a body movement similar to the one a boxer would do when making a jab, although with not as much discipline or training.

-YEET!

*woosh*

Alex shouted as the stone flew into the air before falling into the ground. The stone flew a bit more than 3 meters of distance.

*clap clap*

Artemis and Perceus clapped their hands in a low but rapid tone, as if to comemorate the small feat.

-I guess I couldn't reach it, huh?

Alex said, a bit frustrated but making a picture of about how far his strenght can go without noticing it himself.

-That was a pretty impressive shot actually!

Said Theodora with excitement in her voice.

-Moirai was the only one of us to be able to shoot as far as you did, actually I think yours was a bit farther.

Said Antiochius as he tried to see wich went farther.

Alex noticed that there was four lines of wooden sticks in certain distances, of roughly 1 meter betwen each, although not exactly since it was done with the eye and not with a ruler. Alex's stone went three lines and a bit less than half, the peeble he threw was white, he picked that up mainly because it was the one that caught his attention in the middle of the dirt.

-... Let me try again...

Said Moirai, in a low tone as always, but with a feeling of frustration mixed in. Moirai was actually pretty competitive and didn't want to lose. Noticing that, Perceus tried to intervine with an idea.

-Then let's do this, I and Temi here will judge a competition of who can throw the stone farther!

The three children where good with the idea but they had a question.

-That's fine, but... who are you?

Said Theodora who since the arrival of Alex was curious but said nothing, Perceus on the other hand was feeling a bit awkward just being there watching them but not even presenting himself, Alex also noticed his mistake, since he had kinda ignored them since he met with his friends.

-Aham, Let me present myself, I am Perseus fum Baduk, and this is my little sister Artemis fum Baduk. We are Alex's elder siblings.

Said Perceus, while putting his hand on top of Artemis head, after after recomposing himself.

-Nice to meet you, you can call me Temi if you want.

Said Artemis while bowing her head slightly, in a gentle tone. Artemis generally was shy with stranger put I guess children are fine with her. Oh! Also, I kinda feel like saing Temi all the time in a bit weird, and it's not as obvious of a nickname to Alex, so yeah, Artemis it shall be for me.

-Oh! Nice to mee'cha! I'm Theodora, the blondie is Antiochius and that one is Moirai.

Theodora introduced herself and her friends in the same casual of always and with a bit of an arrogant smile.

-Oi! Don't call me blondie! Also I didn't know you had siblings, Alex. It's nice to meet y'all.

Said Antiochius in a bit of an outrage of being defined by the color of his hair while pointing to Theodora.

-Well, no, duh? I literally just met yesterday.

Alex said in a bit of a confusion, there isn't really a way of telling everything about your nine months of life in one day... I think... well at least Alex didn't feel the nescessity of doing so.

-Oh yeah, yesterday was a quite the full day wasn't it? I guess that is why.

Anthiochius said while looking up with his eyes and then giving a smile that is half dumb half happiness.

-Anyway, the rules will be this each of you will have those peeble of about the same size, me and Temi will be seeing wich one went farther, each one of you get five throws, if you get the peeble inside the basket you win immediately. How about it?

Said Perceus, trying to organise the conversation that was about to become a mess, he also picked four peebles of roughly similar shapes and sizes. One was the white stone that Alex used before, Antiochius got a black stone, Theodora got a brown one and Moirai got a half white half brown peeble.

And so it started, Antiochius was first, he standed straight on his two feet, the black stone in his right hand he raised it high above his head and kicked the air using his leg to act as a counter balance to his arm.

*whoosh*

The peeble flew and fell.

-Just above two sticks!

Announced Artemis as she marked the spot where to stone had fallen by planting a small branch. Next was Moirai. She put both of her hands up into the air, her left hand holding her right one, she curved backwards and launched the stone.

*woosh*

The stone flew and fell.

-A bit more than three sticks!

Announced Perceus, marking the spot with a small branch. Next was Theodora, stone on her right hand, she jumped upwards as if she was playing volleyball and shot the rock.

*woosh*

The rock flew and fell.

-Just under two sticks!

Announced Artemis, marking the spot. Finally was Alex's turn, making a guess of just about how far he launched before, he measured the weight of his stone by slightly throwing it into the air and put himself in a base just like last time, left foot in front, right behind, but this time he turned his body, showing the back of his left leg to the front, throwing more of his weight on his right leg and stretching his arm far, with extreme speed he threw his weight to the front, rotating his legs and moving his body with his hips, the stretched arm swung above his head and the stone wos launched.

-YEET!

*woosh*

The stone flew and fell.

-Little under four sticks!

Announced Perceus, again marking the spot. Alex had the lead, but there was still four more rounds to go.

-...Tch...

Moirai clicked her tongue as she bit her nail. In the following rounds rockes flew and fell, with every round each raised their distances bit by bit. By the final round Alex had been able to throw a bit over four sticks, Theodora had thrown to two sticks and a half and Antiochius was able to launch to a bit under three sticks. Moirai was on her last throw she was almost catching up to Alex, but she wasn't sure if she would be able to do it. She looked around and then an idea happened upon her.

-Next is Moirai, for now Alex is winning but she is close. This will be the last round!

Moirai prepared herself, her idea made so she would be able to win for sure, she smiled with a bit of smug, she held her peeble and made her move.

*poof*

Moirai went up to the basket and put her peeble on it.

-Wha?

Antiochius, Theodora and Alex were surprised, there is no way that that counted, right? They looked at Perceus.

-Hahahah!

Perceus laughed, he put his hand on his head and while cleaning a small tear that had formed from his laughter he announced.

-Winner is Moirai! Haha.

Still recovering his breath he announced the winner, Alex and the others were outraged and started chase after Perceus in protest.

-You know, brother really likes to play pranks but this one was a bit surprinsing. I bet he wasn't expecting you guys to think of it. You are quite the clever girl.

Artemis said as she approached Moirai and put her hand above her head and laughed a bit under her breath.

-... Nailed it...

She said with a small smile and making a V sign with her hand.