[Spirit Lights] Walking (Open)

As Zilo was following the flying lemur something strange started to happen around him. The swamps plants seemed to be moving a tad bit. Slightly confused by this the male stopped right in his tracks. It wasn't everyday you saw plants moving on their own. There had been no wind inside the swamp for a while, the fog would of moved and shivered if there had been. And yet right in front of him the plants where dancing as if they had been alive. Taking a small breath Zilo closed his eyes and relaxed his body. If a monster was to come out from the vines he would need to be relaxed, so that he could fight off whatever came after him. As he opened his eye's he saw something else.

Less than three feet in front of him, a woman seemed to be walking out of the thick vegetation. Not only that, but they seemed to part for her, to let her pass with no problem. As for him, he had been covered slightly in torn off vines, and different types of moss that had attached itself to his clothes. The last thing he expected would of been another person inside of her... Let alone he figured he was already going crazy because of the moving plants. Reaching up he pinched the ridge of his nose. "Great... I'm seeing things now.." Zilo stood at his height of six foot eight. Taller than anyone he's meet so far, and wearing his traditional outfit with the shredded white and golden gi. His pants and shoes being the only thing that could relate him to any nation. Yet, he had an odd red tattoo on his stomach.

Looking ahead, Zilo saw that it was a real person, she had spoken out to him. For some reason he felt a sense of relief and chuckled at himself. "I was going nuts talking to a monkey... And then an actual person appears. Thank the dragons I hadn't gone completely mad in this place yet." He looked over at the girl though, asking what he had been looking at. Turning his head slightly towards the trees, a small red tint came over his face. "Well, to be honest I guess I had been looking at you." Turning his sights back to a girl a small smile came over his face.

Though he had no idea who she was, that didn't stop him from taking up her offer. "Sure, I'll be glad to tag along. As it is, I'm not having too much luck finding my way out of this... Swamp." He stated pausing for a minute about to call it something else. He figured now wouldn't be a good time to let his rude mouth wonder. As well, most people didn't like to listen to him when he ranted. Apparently he was fouled mouth when it came to being displeased. Suddenly he began to walk towards the girl to get a better look at her, only as he stepped he heard something let off a light hum.

Looking down at his feet, the taller man froze in his position. Underneath him laid a crocodin. They're like crocodiles, but are twice the size. Each one of them maxing out at least at twenty feet when full grown. But this one seemed to be a baby. Looking over at the girl ahead of him, a soft smile on his face. "I think we've meet at a bad place... Cause there's a baby crocodin over here... and well, I don't know where the mother and father are..." Suddenly he felt a small breath and a hiss behind his head. "Well... I think I found the mother... Not sure where the father is..." Now it was getting a bit uncomfortable.

As Zilo was standing there, he watched as the girl moved forward with her hip, and stuck her hand out. In the next moment, he felt the vines and seaweed move around him and snap onto the mothers jaw. Though this was an interesting thing, he had something more to worry about, the woman had yelled at him to run, in he'd admit a strange way. But she actually made his next move possible by trapping the mothers mouth shut, sure the mother crocodin had been moving around slightly, thrashing left in right. But that didn't stop Zilo's next move, the tall male, spun around quickly, and with his moment slammed his foot down on top of the mothers head. The loud sickening sound of something snapping could be heard, as his foot caught the top of her head.

As he drove it to the ground, the water an mud around him flew up. The mothers eyes rolling back into her head, as he held his foot on top of her. "Whew thank you, now that she's knocked out... I'll take your advice... And run." As soon as he finished his sentence he used his foot to push off the mothers head, as a giant pair of jaws went flying by, merely a few centimeters above his head. Without thinking to much about it,if he was able to pick up the female he would begin running. Due to his strength and longer legs, he'd be able to cover a much larger distance than most could. Finally getting away from where the crocodin. Either way he would stop in a clear opening letting a small sigh of relief escape his lips, looking around wondering where he had ended up.

Zilo was deep in thought when he heard the girl, after a few blinks he looked over at the girl he held on his shoulder. Surprisingly she wasn't heavy at all, she was almost like a feather. And yet at his touch, considering she wasn't wearing a middle piece, her skin had been smooth. Reaching around, he picked her up and sat her down on the ground. Clearing his throat, it seemed that he was turning a bit red. "Sorry about that... I didn't think to clearly on what to do for you... It was a instinct..." He said referring back to his training. Looking around the open area though he turned back to the girl before letting out a smile.

"Well, it seems this place is clear of anything that seems to be dangerous, and what a close call back there, if you hadn't of been able to close her mouth, I think I'd of been eaten the moment I tried that little spin. Though I've never seen bending like that... Most of what I've seen is fire and waterbending..." He said amazed slightly looking her over, it seemed that he trying to figure out how she did it, by walking around her slowly. Anyway he looked at it, he couldn't figure out how she had bended the vines and plants to work for her. Though now that he was paying closer attention to her, he couldn't see her other arm, which made him wonder slightly how she was bending them.

But the more he tried to figure it out, the ruder it got, and it finally sunk in to him as he thought about it. He was basically starring this girl down trying to figure out how she had been bending the plants. Turning his head slightly away from her he cleared his throat. Walking around a girl and looking at her from every direction was indecent and rude. "I'm completely confused on how you where able to do that... Even with looking over ya, I couldn't figure out anything that would allow you to do that..." He said his voice becoming serious. "It's a strange ability indeed..."

He didn't seem to be completely fazed by what he had just done, though he didn't really care on the same hand. She was another girl, one that had impressed him at that, but in the same motion, he wasn't trying to make a move on her, nor did he express any intentions in that... Well maybe the stare down and walking around would give someone the wrong inclination of what he was thinking, but to him he didn't think anything about it. Suddenly he spoke, "By the way, I'm not a dog... I'm just a wild bear... I don't know better." He said with a half ass smile, he was being serious though, and he still had that tone in his voice. One in which he knew he was an (Insert un pg word here.), but he had come to accept that.

Zilo looked at her as she continued to walk away, and it seemed that she was uncomfortable about something. Deciding to stop his investigation, he began to walk behind her as she spoke about it being a while since she been here. And she had told him he was near a water tribe. "Alas, I think I know what ya mean by the wind changing you... I've been away from my tribe for nearly fourteen years... Not that it matters much." He said thinking about his past. He missed his grandfather, but he didn't miss those in his village. Turning his attention back to her, he noticed she was actually ina fairly decent mood and she had laughed.

Then she suddenly asked what his name was, Looking over at her, he smiled softly. "Names Zilo, no last name sadly." He said walking behind her. He had given up the last name once he had to fled, it wouldn't be good for people to know that he was the sun warriors chief grandson. Though if there had been more people here, with the type of bending she did, it'd be interesting to figure out what it was exactly. "Though... I guess I can say in those winds, I became what you'd call a storm..." He said looking down at his body, his arms completely scared for life, and he seemed to be worn out lately. He needed to train some more, he was getting soft.

Zilo watched her for a moment when he noticed that she had begun to go straight into the air. She let a small surprised argh escape her lips which had given him enough time to dodge the incoming vines. They shot past him as he quickly back pedaled. A small sigh came from him as he began to move around the trees, and back against one. "Whoever you are, I wouldn't suggest trying to attack me..." Suddenly a pair of vines wrapped around his feet, a small growl came from the man as he literally ripped through them. He was tired of this swamp, he had been in it far too long.

His eyes never meet those in front of him, all they saw was a being tearing through things as they dodged his blows. Each strike that hit a tree or rock made it explode into shards, each time he had something wrap around him it was shredded as he pushed forward regardless of his bodies condition, but what stopped him was what they said. "Stop, or we'll drop the girl..." Looking up. Zilo saw the small woman being held high up in a tree. A small grin appearing on his face, he snapped back into his right mind. "Alright, just don't do anything fancy..." He stated as the vines began to wrap around his body. He couldn't let them drop her from above.