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#Post#: 411322--------------------------------------------------
Re: Capital City
By: Demonreach Date: September 28, 2020, 2:28 pm
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'Lightning? Simple enough.'
Wan took a few steps back, his body falling into the rehearsed
steps of his teenage years; he could feel his chi traveling
through his limbs, through his stomach, lightning crackling
between his fingers as he gathered the chi. Ropes of lightning
wrapped themselves around his hands and, as Wan ended the form,
the first and second finger of his right hand pointed up and
away to the sky. The lightning displayed itself briefly before
dissipating.
He could still feel the thrum of energy in his body; Wan enjoyed
conjuring lightning, had found plenty of uses for it for his own
projects. The skill was beyond his parents, his grandfather knew
the forms but struggled with it as well. It had taken some time
for himself to master it, himself. He did not mind showing the
skill off.
'Food or other supplies would be welcome, moreso than perhaps
coin.'
Wan was an experienced welder, having made many metal constructs
for himself and his family. He wasn't a metalbender by any
means, but apply enough heat and metal will do just about
anything asked of it.
He wasn't sure about his course of action, but he had dug
himself this deep. Maybe digging deeper would allow for a way
out? He allowed a small smile to tug his lips upwards, hoping it
looked friendly enough.
#Post#: 411349--------------------------------------------------
Re: Capital City
By: Kiru Date: September 28, 2020, 6:11 pm
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Projecting her spirit back into the city she floated above the
crowds, watching as the water bender worked to heal the injured.
The announcement came to usher the women and children to air
temple island. There were perhaps 2 Air bending teachers at the
Western Air Temple. The violence of their way of life tended to
clash with the very principles of air bending. She had found a
way to find an escape through the hallucinogens. Death was
simply her nightly nurse who sang her lullabies.
'Let go your earthly tether. Enter the void. Empty and become
wind.'
To follow in the footsteps of Father Zaheer. She was the air
bender who survived, adapted and now...
...Escaped
"Kaze has found your body and is waiting at the city's edge."
whispered a firefly, zipping through her apparition. The
Airbender smiled extending her pointer finger. The insect lands
on the tip and glows, revealing to her a golden path to her
friend. Closing her eyes, the image shimmers out as she returns
to her body. With a great gasp, the woman shoots upright,
startling her beast.
"Kaze, you're faithful to a fault." she laughed, pressing her
face to his. She could smell the residuals of sulfur on his
coat. She had trained him to battle through her defenses, were
she ever to lose control, it was her spirit companion whom she
trusted to bring her to reason.
Stroking his flank she bid the beast adieu. "Stray not yourself,
my earthly tether, lest my mind take flight." she muses, pulled
her hood tighter to her face. The skin of her fingers were
charred black from the toxins. Quietly she attempts to meld into
the crowd of women. Perhaps she could find that water bender she
saw earlier. The smell of sulfur stung her eyes as the permeated
her clothes. "Perhaps they'll think i'm a fire-bender." the girl
would giggle aloud to herself.
'BOOM!!!' came the crash of thunder as lightning suddenly shot
off in the distance. Instinctively her hand shot to the platinum
baton on her hip. She was hunched in a defensive stance, stormy
grey eyes searching for any sign of attack. She had nearly
forgotten she was being hunted. When nothing more came she
furrowed her brow. "Flashy firebenders..." she grumbled, signing
a fake name onto the sheet before heading to the carriages.
The Lt. in front of her had a few rounds between them once or
twice. Said he had a thing for rebels. Taking a lavender bud
from her satchel she plucks its petals. Chewing the plant into a
paste she blows sweet smelling air over his shoulder. He stops
briefly before spinning around. Nitara mirrors his movements,
taking the paste from her lips. With ginger touch she smears the
paste onto his coats before falling into step with a passerby.
She couldn't have anyone knowing who she was, just yet. She
wasn't sure if this lot were friends or foes of the balance.
With the scent smeared into his amour she would be able to tell
him a mile away.
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Re: Capital City
By: Pokemon World Date: October 9, 2020, 1:01 pm
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It was difficult for Kuro to hide his surprise at Chief Talla's
question. Lightning? What a bizzare ability! But he was even
more awestruck when he saw it in person! A brilliant display of
lights firing off to the sky, the very opposite of what you saw
in nature! He showed little reaction outwardly. But his silence
was definitely out of speechlessness, not boredom.
But Talla simply nodded his head in approval.
"So here's the thing. We only have two Lightning Benders on the
force. We need to charge three Airships in order to carry the
entire clan to Zaofu. It takes about three hours to charge an
Airship, but if you'll take the job, I'll pay you for a full
day! And then maybe you'll be able to do some business with
Chief Kuro here as well. "
Chief Kuro had gotten over his initial shock at this point, and
nodded his head. "Yes, I'm sure several of my men would be
willing to trade food for maintenance on their equipment." He
smiled and took a step back, allowing for Kuro to take the lead.
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Meanwhile, the Airbender was drawing some strange looks from the
refugees as she worked her way into their ranks. While her skin
tone could allow for her to blend in as a member of the Light
Clan, her attire stood out like nobody's business! But despite
this, no one called her on it. Her clever thinking got her past
the observing Lieutenant and into the carriage. But her
companions maintained a suspicious eye as their journey to the
Island began.
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Re: Capital City
By: Demonreach Date: October 9, 2020, 3:20 pm
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Wan was not so vain, nor insecure, of his abilities as the two
men watched him to need applause or a pat on the back. The
firebender was here to do business, and he had a life of his own
to start now. He would either be able to do the tasks set before
him, or he wouldn't. Be it charging an airship or helping an
unknown group of men outside his city. Wan had a world to see, a
life to make for himself; perhaps, he would see his city again.
'Of course, sir, consider it done,' Wan bowed once again,
dismissing himself as he took his position on the unmanned
airship.
Three hours...
Admittedly, Wan looked at his fellow lightning-benders, watched
them for awhile; one had seen and offered some tips, breaking
from his own duty before resuming as Wan claimed his
understanding.
Just like the models, only much larger.
He took a few breaths, clearing his mind into a void of nothing,
save a pinprick of light-- a small fire that burned his
emotions, thoughts, attachments, away until it too was snuffed
out.
Planting his feet firmly in the ground, Wan began to gather his
chi much like before, but held it, gathering it from his stomach
to move into his right hand. His hand was poised above the
battery, and as the chi was released, small streaks of lightning
struck the battery from the points of his fingers. Loose strands
of hair sprung to life at the ionized particles. As he worked,
his body heated up; he channeled that heat into the ionized chi
flowing from his fingers.
Despite this, it would be at the two-hour mark that Wan would
feel the strain; could feel his void cracking. There were blue
jagged lines stretched across the impenetrable sense of nothing,
like gnarled fingers trying to shatter that nothing. Wan could
feel the sweat starting to gather, beading along his forehead.
While he was conditioned to spend long periods of time bending
fire and lightning, lightning was still lightning.
Still, that sense of self held out until Wan was given the all
clear. The void would shatter as he stopped his bending, pieces
crumbling away from the protective sphere rather than just
falling away. He felt cold, arm and hand numb. He looked at it,
flexing his right hand and turning it during the inspection.
Satisfied nothing was wrong, he breathed out a soft breath.
Job well done.
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Re: Capital City
By: Kiru Date: November 5, 2020, 3:38 pm
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Nitara tucks herself into the corner and pulls her hoodie tight
to her face. A few odd glances were par for the course, she was
more concerned with shelter at this moment. Paranoia slipped
into her thoughts. She hadn't heard the bells again. Had she
lost them? Her eyes scanning the group, taking in as much detail
as her brain could retain.
The carriage jolts to life, breaking Nitara's focus. Her head
slammed into the carriage wall.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A young Nitara, no older than 12, with copper brown skin and
cognac brown eyes; stood at the edge of the cliff. Peering over
she watched red clouds swirl up and around, covering any hope of
a bottom to this mountainside. The sweet smell of flowers
followed by a suffocating grasp of sulfur. Her lids flutter as
she stumbles a bit. A gentle hand is placed on her shoulder,
steadying her and turning her away from the edge
"If i didn't know better i would think you wished for death,
flower bud." said the boy. He himself could be no older than 17,
although the sulfuric rasp in his voice aged him a few years.
Nitara frowned up at her master.
"I've seen death, sifu. It's no less peaceful than a day's
training with you." she would retort, snarkily.
The boy laughed and looped his arm around her neck, locking her
in a playful headlock. "Oh yeah? Then call me your grim reaper"
he teased, giving her neck a little squeeze. Nitara grabbed at
his arm, mocking a choking sound.
"Sifu, i.. i can't breathe"
The 2 tussled for a while. Nitara, being much smaller, would
fall into his shadow, flowing with his footsteps.
"Airbender trickery" he laughs.
"Sounds like a sore loser." she snipped back
"Ha! Aren't you counting your coins before the kill?"
"No, just reminding you, you have a handicap"
"Woah! And just what would that be?"
"These stinking bells!"
Kick for kick, blow for blow. Watching his movements, feeling
for the change in air patterns as he swipes for her. Slowly
other students began to gather, watching their duel.
"Keep this up, you can probably copy MY bending style"
"Which you're careful to NEVER show me"
The master smiled down at her and for a moment her heart skipped
a beat. Was that pride on his face? Their battle to her was like
a dance. All others sounds, figures and forms; faded into the
background. She could feel his body heat rise from him, causing
a slight steam in the mid-autumn air. Closing her eyes the
young girl would lose herself into a trance, stepping on air
like it was stones in a river. The faint sound of bells growing
louder in her ear.
"Nitara...?" her master's voice, choked out behind her.
"...behind me?"
Her wild and impassioned dances had pulled with it the red mists
from the valley. Students crumpled to the floor around her,
hands clasped to their throats. The more experienced sat in a
meditation pose, scarves pulled tight to their noses and mouths.
"Sifu.." she calls out to him. Her heart racing, having lost
sight of him. What had she done? Her breath hitches in her
lungs, drawing in a cloud through her mouth and nostrils. Her
mouth filled with the taste of iron as her eyes rolled into her
head. She couldn't think, the constant chime of the bells made
her head pulsate.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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