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Post by Snowbunny on Mar 9, 2007 16:56:56 GMT -5
"Well, I'm a firebender, but I adore playing my pipa." Lan Shen patted her pipa case and gave Aoi a smile. Once they reached their beds, Lan Shen set down her things and lay in bed.
"Goodnight Aoi," she said, and quickly fell asleep.
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Post by Mashnii on Mar 9, 2007 17:13:07 GMT -5
"Oh, that's awesome!" she gave Lan Shen a grin, slipping under her covers as well. "G'night."
The next morning, her eyes fluttered open, and immediately, she was aware of a hollowness in her stomach, but it wasn't hunger: it was seasickness. Getting up, she shielded her mouth with her hand until she reached a window and puked. I may be part Water Tribe...but this water sure doesn't like me...
Wiping her mouth, she washed her face off with the water from a barrel and combed her hair out. I haven't worn my hair down in awhile now... With that, she strolled up to the deck to see a gray sky, sun shrouded by wisps of cloud.
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Post by Snowbunny on Mar 9, 2007 18:26:20 GMT -5
Lan Shen stirred, feeling the steady rhythm of the waves. She shuddered, hearing the sound of retching. Not exactly the best thing to wake up to...
She turned around, seeing Aoi walking up towards the deck. I hope she's ok. Lan Shen's hair and clothes were in a disarray. Sighing, she changed into her training outfit. Which was simply a pair of gray pants and a sleeveless crimson top. It was a little difficult, for the waves made her stance a little unstable. She giggled, finally understanding what 'sea legs' meant. She delicately put her auburn hair into a topknot, and headed to the deck.
Lan Shen saw Aoi staring at the horizon, and headed towards her. "Hey," she said gently, "Are you ok?" The sun that was once covered by gray clouds slowly peaked from the darkness.
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Post by Escalus (Syn) on Mar 9, 2007 18:54:29 GMT -5
Riyan awoke after sun was up. He could not tell it was up, since he was down in the lower decks. He sat up, and rested his back to one of the sacks. "I guess it is time for me to do some undercover work....." he said to himself.
Moving off the sacks, he gathered up his belongings. His sack was easy enough, but he had to search around for his robe, which he had hidden. "I am sure slow this morning..... That is something that I need to overcome so I can keep a low profile....."
Slipping into his gown and robe, he brought his hands back and pulled his hood over his head. It covered his face in darkness, so that people could not tell whathe looked like unless they where close to him.
He moved toward the hatch, and gently moved it open. He just as carfully closed it, and moved down the hall. "Now where on this bloody ship would they be?" a hint of giddyness in his whisper.
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Post by Mike on Mar 9, 2007 19:28:56 GMT -5
Maiku woke up early the next morning. "Now I know why you liked it out here dad." Maiku said as he listened to the sound that the waves made.
Maiku sat there listening to the waves, for a while. Then he heard Lan Shen and Aoi talking to each other. He decided that he would greet them in a minute, until he Lan Shen ask Aoi if she was alright.
He jumped up from where he was sitting and went over to them.
"Good morning Aoi, Good morning Lan Shen," Maiku said." "Is everything alright?" He asked with genuine concern.
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Post by Escalus (Syn) on Mar 9, 2007 19:39:51 GMT -5
Making his way to the upper deck, Riyan almost feel prey to woman who saw him. She looked at him strangely, as if she was studying him. Then she desided it was just a feeling, shook her head, and walked off.
"That was close" Riyan said. He continued his trek toward the upper deck, letting himself be seen. he had hid on the lower deck because he felt that if he was descovered there, it might turn out badly.
Finnly he reached the upper deck, and the fresh cool air put a smile on his face. "It will get colder...." he told himself, "I'm glad I wore my whole outfit."
He continued walking till he came to the edge of the ship. The smell of seawater filled his nostrels. he spied the "couple" he had cme for, and slowly went closer to see if he could pick up on their conversation.
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Post by Mashnii on Mar 9, 2007 23:08:18 GMT -5
She nodded weakly at Lan Shen. "Eh...kinda." Turning to Maiku, she did the same. "Just sea-sickness...I may be part Water Tribe or something, but their element sure doesn't like me..." She let out a weak laugh. "So how far away are we?"
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Post by Snowbunny on Mar 9, 2007 23:21:03 GMT -5
"Well, if there's anything I can do to help, just ask." Lan Shen said sympathetically. She turned to Maiku and said good morning.
"Maiku, I was wondering if maybe you could help me with my firebending. You're a firebender, right?" she asked, smiling.
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Post by Mike on Mar 9, 2007 23:42:20 GMT -5
"I have good news, so far the winds and water have been on our side, so we have a about a week give or take a few days." Maiku said to Aoi. "And as Lan Shen said if I can be of assistance, just ask."
"Yes I am a firebender, but I am also a very good archer, It would be my pleasure to work with you, but we must be careful when we practice so we don't damamge the boat." Maiku said to Lan Shen.
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Post by Victim ~*of *~Circumstances on Mar 10, 2007 1:14:55 GMT -5
The sun was overhead for hours now, it was a little pass noon after all. Riko's eyes fluttered open as her stomach began to rumble.
"Wow, what a night. If I knew I'd be in this much trouble later on I probably should've ran away from home when I was little." exclaimed Riko as she yawned
The cage was moved since last night but where she was Riko didn't know. All of her surroundings were made out of ice and there was an open hallway but other than that she didn't have much to look at.
"I could be in anywhere by the looks of this."
On closer inspection there were guards standing by....Waterbending guards. Before her Riko spied a plate of seal jerky, a lump of bread, and a cup of water. She wasted no time in eating and in a span of minutes her cup of water was drained and the jerky was no where to be seen along with the bread.
Yawning once again Riko stood up. To her surprise the guards quickly formed the water they were carrying in a pouch into a whip.
"Geez! For the love of Agni relax! I'm not going to do anything!."
All that met her were bewildered looks.
"The chief has informed us that you are a very sly Firebender. Don't think your mock show of innocence will get you any favors." replied one of the two guards
"Well, can I at least entertain myself?"
"Very well then, know this though. We have taken all your supplies INCLUDING those knives of yours."
He pointed to a table Riko hadn't noticed till now which, sure enough, lay her butterfly knives.
"Pfft, this is preposterous. I AM a FIREBENDER! I bet I could get myself out of this anytime and take the both of you down. However, I've acknowledged my defeat and so if you'll excuse me I'd like to entertain myself by bending."
The guards let out bosterous laughter but were apparently irked. Using graceful motions that defined the art f Waterbending they made an icy moat around the cage.
"If you try anything other than lighting a palm's worth of flame you shall be properly doused."
Rolling her eyes Riko once again positioned herself into and indian sit and lit a fire in the palm of her hand.
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Post by Mashnii on Mar 10, 2007 1:16:42 GMT -5
"I have good news, so far the winds and water have been on our side, so we have a about a week give or take a few days." Maiku said to Aoi. "And as Lan Shen said if I can be of assistance, just ask." "Yes I am a firebender, but I am also a very good archer, It would be my pleasure to work with you, but we must be careful when we practice so we don't damamge the boat." Maiku said to Lan Shen. She nodded. "Oh, hey, do you guys mind if I watch? I'm not a firebender, but I'm just wondering if I can..."
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Post by reasonable on Mar 10, 2007 4:52:54 GMT -5
"IDIOTS!"
Kirijin cast a look over to his left and saw the officer who had spoken so strongly smash his fist against the table. What had started out as a simple briefing for all the high ranking officers had been thrown into chaos when the messenger arrived.
From what Kirijin could tell, some brain dead spy had gotten herself captured. Of course daddy was a general and had some how commandeered an army regiment and a fleet in the hopes of bringing little miss precious back. Kirijin snorted in disgust at the entire situation. Such stupidity wouldn't normally happen but most of the more reasonable generals were either on Ku'Yei to give the summit some legitimacy, or with the Fire Lord while he meets with an Air Nomad. He snorted again, just for emphasis.
"What's the matter", inquired the same officer who had bashed the table earlier.
"Nothing", Kirijin replied in a rather bored monotone voice," just that if a bunch of idiots want to attack the North Pole during a waning full moon, I wish them some happy last days before they get slaughtered."
A few officers chuckled at the non-joke, but the generals at the far end of the table began to whisper with one another. Kirijin couldn't hear what they were saying, seeing as they were at the opposite end of the room and their whispers were being drowned out by idiots laughter The generals seemed to reach an agreement and one, a fat and somewhat shaky old man, rose to address the ranking officers.
"Colonel Kirijin has the right idea. All reports are that these forces are all green soldiers. There loss will not be missed. Furthermore, if we were to inform the Water Tribe that a rogue group was planning to attack it would certainly keep them from leaving in anger over it."
"That will be your job to tell them that", General Ashi cut in, his eyes staring right into Kirijin's, trying to get the seriousness of the situation across, "If you screw this up it'll mean not just war before our secret weapon fills the sky, but also that those Air Nomads that are so nicely packed together right now will be blown to the wind", he paused for dramatic effect, "and the Avatar with them."
The briefing resumed much as it had, but Kirijin's mind that had been moments ago mocking the situation was now frantically sorting through all the facts and how he would present them to the Water Tribe officials. Then something caught Kirijin's attention, a detail that had started the whole event. As the briefing adjourned, he grabbed General Ashi and pulled him aside.
"Something is bothering me", Kirijin whispered harshly, "if the Northern Water Tribe captured a spy how did that knowledge reach the Fire Nation at all?"
The general only laughed. Then a few moments passed as he once again collected himself, "Our glorious Fire Lord has wealth and power enough to convince an Air Nomad to betray his peoples secrets, do you really think it would be any harder to convince a member of the Water Tribe?"
Puzzled, Kirijin began to turn away. Then he felt a hand force him to lean over just a bit as the White Shirshu whispered a name into his ear. Awe and confusion flooded Kirijin's mind as he recognized the name as belonging to a very prominent member of the Northern Water Tribe.
Walking away in a daze, Kirijin couldn't help but reflect on the events since he had arrived on this island. A group of Fire Nation soldiers had gone off to pick a fight and were now being sold out to keep the invasion from falling apart. On top of that, Kirijin had learned about how far Fire Lord Sozen's reach was. What else, he wondered as he began to jog towards the quarters housing the Water Tribes nobility, what other scandalous event is their left to deal with?
So lost in thought was he that he didn't see the soldier and woman who had just rounded the corner until he crashed into them, sending himself, along with them, tumbling to the floor.
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Post by Escalus (Syn) on Mar 10, 2007 10:40:48 GMT -5
Riyan was intrigued. They seemed very mellow for Fire Nation. His hood up, he edged away from them, and went down to the lower decks.
"I'll continue spying on them till we make port."
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Post by Snowbunny on Mar 10, 2007 13:07:45 GMT -5
"That's excellent knews though, I'm glad this'll be an easy voyage. Of course, the last thing I would want to do is burn the boat," Lan Shen said giggling.
"But before practice, we should all have breakfast first. I have some noodles we could make..." Lan Shen clearly remembered Lanyi stuffing in all kinds of healthy foods in her bag. It was quite comical, but the memory of her mother made her feel homesick.
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Post by Mike on Mar 10, 2007 13:14:39 GMT -5
"Of course you can watch us Aoi, but let us eat first as Lan Shen said." Maiku said.
"Noddles sound great Lan Shen," he said as he got the pot to cook them in.
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