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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Sept 27, 2014 15:02:06 GMT -5

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Post by Aang on Sept 27, 2014 15:02:06 GMT -5

Eventually, Aang had ended up here. Near the edge of the walls of the great city of Ba Sing Se. In the distance, he could actually see the city, looming and glorious. The air bender much preferred the Air Temples with their remote surroundings and beautiful architecture but it had to be said that Ba Sing Se was impressive and wonderful in it's size. There was not a thing to rival it. So why was Aang here now? That was the question. And it was a question that could have multiple answers, depending on what was wanted and how clued up one was.

The obvious answer was that he was on the run. The run from what? Ironically, from himself one could say. Barely any time ago, he had found out that because of what he was, the Monks were going to remove him from Gyatso, his tutor and friend. Because of the fact that he was the Avatar, they were going to try and spare him freedom and enjoyment, the things that only Monk Gyatso now treated him to. Aang was not ready to face that. He was not ready. He wanted to laugh and play and be a child!

So what was the reason for being at Ba Sing Se? The winds of fate and fortune had blown him thus far. Aang had considered catching up with Bumi and Kuzon but fear had driven him away from his friends. He would have to confess the whole story to those two and he had begun to realise (or perhaps fear) that the two of them might try to convince him to return to the temple and do what the Monks thought best. And that he could not face. Now was not a good time to loose all the fun from your life. Especially when everyone else was just gaining it.

The sound of rumbling filled the sky, heavy and low. It was threatening and Aang could feel the vibrations. It made Appa nervous, the boy could tell and his mind was on the storm that he had faced when he left. This one seemed to be of a similar ilk. Flying would be dangerous and Aang could see no way around this. The storm clouds were coming in fast and furious and lighting shot across the sky with creeping fingers, searching out any airbenders that might be enjoying a nice flight.

Right below him was a valley, filled with trees and open lands and a river running through. One end was closed and the other was open were the river flowed through, although the land moved in with a stone bridge over it. Probably carved by earth benders to make easy travel. Aang was just heading down when lightning streaked down. The bridge fell, the stones crumbled and a blockade was formed. Appa bolted straight down and just in time as a streak of lightning was heading for the air. They crash landed outside the forest and then the rain struck.

Torrents of water poured down from the sky and the two took shelter under an overhanging branch. This was definitely not as fun as the beautiful sunny weather that he had been dealing with since he escaped that first storm. Aang leaned against Appa for warmth. The sky bison let out a rumble.

"Yeah, I know," He said, stroking his fur.

"It's not nice and we'd be a lot warmer back at the air temple." Aang's face was dejected in the face of this horrendous weather. Should he go back? Should he give up and go with what the Monks wanted of him? His gaze hardened. No, he couldn't. Not yet.

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Sept 27, 2014 21:29:57 GMT -5

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Post by Wei Shen on Sept 27, 2014 21:29:57 GMT -5

"That's odd...there wasn't a single cloud in the sky and now it's starting to pick up and get even worse outside."

The young earth bender had spent quite some time within the walls of Ba Sing Se and had finally decided that his touring of the sights had reached its end. He had enough of exploring the Earth Kingdom and decided it might be appropriate to visit his home in the Si Wong Desert, he had been away for so long, he wondered if everything was okay with his uncle. The boy had packed his things and readied himself for the journey back, he had to admit that he was going to miss being out on the road like this, it was the first time he had been away for so long and it was more than what he expected.

Now however, it seemed that nature itself was against his plan to head out, the rain was beginning to come down hard, the skies had darkened and the rumble of thunder shook the very earth itself. Wei watched the darkened clouds light up, streaks of lightning crackling along the horizon, wild and untamed he began to second guess his choice to head out. The boy was lucky enough to have bought a large brimmed straw hit, the water would trickle off of the edges, leaving his body otherwise dry, he was prepared for just about anything. This however, was not what he had prepared for.

"It's no good. I have to find a way out of this rain, it's just gonna get worse."

The boy looked to the hills lining the walkway, on the left side was what looked like a valley, the trees could make good cover from the heavy rain. With his walking stick in hand, he began to hike his way down to the valley, as he made his way in, he heard an awful crackle behind him, before he knew it, massive piles of stone began raining down over him, the boy panicked and darted forward, being careful not to slip on the muddy surface, he could hear the thundering impact of rock crashing against stone, until finally it fell silent, naught but the rainfall was present. The boy panted slightly and turned, a massive bridge had collapsed, blocking the way he managed to get into the ravine, he approached the pile of debris and concentrated, swaying his arms from side to side.

No matter how hard he tried, the incredible weight of the stone pile was too much for him to even budge. Wei strained himself, as if trying to force more of his chi to flow through into his earth bending but it was a useless attempt, the wall of grey stone endured. He gritted his teeth angrily and looked up, there were no people near by but he had to do something to draw attention to himself, if he was lucky, his voice might fall upon some stray ears.

He cuffed his hands around his mouth and began to yell as loud as he could.

"Hello!? I need some help! Anyone there?!"

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Sept 28, 2014 17:59:20 GMT -5

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Post by Aang on Sept 28, 2014 17:59:20 GMT -5

Aang was sheltering from the storm when he heard the voice calling through the impending darkness. It was a cry of help, however faint it sounded. There had to be a fair distance between them, Aang could tell that. Grey eyes looked at Appa barely sheltered beneath the branches of the forest. The young bender could easily see that his companion's fur was getting sodden, even with what protection that the bison could muster. To take Appa out into the full blow of the storm would be foolish yet Aang was loath to leave him alone. But there was that cry for help...

Grey eyes closed, uncertain what to do and Appa let out a gentle rumble. Aang looked towards what many would consider a beast and he smiled at him.
"Thank you boy," He told the sky bison who settled down beneath the trees and closed his eyes. Aang rushed to get his staff and to take the air, the fastest way to travel. The air blew around him but rain was flung into his eyes. Aang tried to rise higher but then fingers of lighting seemed to head towards him, striking fear into the young lad's heart. Today was a bad day for flight, whether by sky bison or glider, it seemed.

There was no choice but to head down and towards the ground level. Almost diving down, the boy pulled up as he neared the ground and decided to fly along close to the ground. Rain still got in his eyes but the lightning didn't appear to be searching him out with it's wicked fingers and for that Aang was grateful.
"I'm coming!" The boy called out as loud as he could into the artificial darkness that was created by the clouds that covered the sun and poured down the rain.

Within what felt like seconds to Aang, he arrived at the stone blockade, which almost seemed to be nature's equal to Ba Sing Se's wall in the gloom. In actual fact, it could not compare to the splendour of the carefully created walls but they did seem equally formidable. Aang had thought the sound had come from around here. Perhaps some unfortunate walker was crossing the valley?
"Where are you?" He asked, feet touching the ground as he glanced around for the voice he heard, jumping suddenly to look elsewhere for what he could only assume was a poor, unfortunate soul.

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Sept 29, 2014 15:07:20 GMT -5

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Post by Wei Shen on Sept 29, 2014 15:07:20 GMT -5

In this moment, Wei was panicked, he knew that his calls for help would most likely go unheard due to the raging storm above, the best thing to do for now was to get out of the rain and find somewhere where he could hold up for the remainder of the storm. He stopped for a moment, taking in a deep breath as he tried to clear his mind, the continuous patter of the rain hitting his straw hat helped him to recollect his composure as he thought about his next move.

A few moments had passed and he knew what he had to do, the next logical step would be to move to the other side of the valley and see whether or not there was an exit he could escape through. More importantly, he couldn't let his clothes get wet, the last thing he wanted was to get sick in the middle of a storm, luckily his hat was large enough to keep his torso and legs dry, his feet however were drenched, he couldn't let them stay that way for too long. He turned his back to the collapsed bridge and started walking away, he saw the large amount of trees and forestry in the middle of the basin, hopefully he could find somewhere that was relatively dry.

After a few seconds of walking, Wei suddenly heard a calling, he stopped in his tracks, his eyes widening as he heard the voice of someone else nearby, responding to his call for help from earlier, it seemed he wasn't as alone as he had first thought. The boy ran forward, his walking stick still in hand as he looked around, the dark skies and clouds had made it rather difficult to see anyone from a fair distance and the continuous thunder, coupled with the blinding flashes of lightning made it that much harder to pin point exactly where the sounds were coming from. He had not entered the forestry yet and decided that it be best to wait a second, perhaps this person would have a better chance of spotting the lone wanderer if he was out in the open.

"Can you hear me?! I'm over here!"

The boy called out as loud as he could, he waved an arm, in hopes that it would make presence easier to spot. That's when he saw something soaring in the air, to his surprise, it was another boy, this boy was dressed in what looked like traditional air bending garb which would explain how in the world he was able to soar through the air with little to no problem. Wei was happy to see another face.

"I see you!! I'm over here!"

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Oct 1, 2014 15:17:53 GMT -5

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Post by Aang on Oct 1, 2014 15:17:53 GMT -5

There was silence for a few seconds after Aang had called out. Silence; plain and simple. Well, if you disregarded the fact that the rain was still thundering down and claps of actual thunder echoes after lightning had innitially illuminated the ground below the great sky. Then there it was! The reply that Aang had been looking for. He turned around, grey eyes searching in the gloom as he looked in the direction of the voice he thought he heard calling.
"Where axactly is 'over here'?" Aang called out into the gloom, leaping towards the sound of the voice anyway, hopeful that he would stumble across the person as long as he headed in the correct general direction.

Leaping through the trees, staying beneath the tops of the great branches, Aang made slow gain towards the voice in the storm. It wouldn't do to rush, otherwise he might miss the person, who Aang assumed was a boy about his own age from the sound of the voice. It was so tempting to move with more speed but Aang controlled himself as best he could. Better to take his time and get some company sooner than rush.

It was at this point that Aang considered how useful it would be to have Kuzon here. The light that a firebender could create would be very useful, mostly as a way to show the other where you were but it would't do any harm to add some more light to the storm cast shade. Then he heard the voice call again. A lot closer and Aang turned his head, pausing as he saw another boy below him. It was the voice! With a light leap, Aang flew down from the branches of the trees and his feet lightly touched the ground without making an audible sound.

"Hello!" The cheerful airbender greeted the stranger, eyes glowing with friendliness as he considered the other boy. It was good to have company, Aang had decided while trying to find this person. It would help pass the storm away. Appa wasn't exactly the best of conversationlists in the world. Not that Aang would tell the bison that.
"The name's Aang!" He introduced himself cheerfully, not worried that anyone would be looking for him after he had run away from the air temple. He just assumed that they were going to wait for him to return some time.

"Appa, my flying bison is just a few minutes walk that way," Aang said, gesturing in the direction that he had come, which was along the edge of the forest.
"You're welcome to come and wait out the storm with us," He offered, cheerfully and blissfully unaware of the fact that the river had become blocked by the fall of rocks and so the water levels were beginning to rise with the rainfall and water that naturally fed the river.

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Oct 3, 2014 1:08:33 GMT -5

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Post by Wei Shen on Oct 3, 2014 1:08:33 GMT -5

Wei kept his arms wrapped around himself, he wanted to retain as much of his body heat as possible, if he didn't he would freeze in the storm, it would make his situation even worse. A bolt of electricity tore through the sky, a flash of light allowing Wei to see the voice he had been calling out to, it was a boy who seemed to be about his age, from the look of his garb he seemed to be an air bender. Wei smiled back as he was greeted by his new acquaintance, he moved forward, approaching the air bender and heading into the forest brush, he wanted to get out of the rain as soon as possible.

"Hey Aang, it's nice to see someone else down here!"

Wei let out a relieved sigh as he moved under the tree branches, he reached into his bag and offered a second straw hat to the tattooed boy. His head was shaved so that could not have helped his situation while he was being drenched, aside from that, it was starting to get cold as well, the hat would help him keep dry. As he handed the hat over to the air bender, Aang told Wei about his flying bison who was also seeking shelter from the storm. The boy asked whether or not Wei would like to join the two in waiting out the heavy rainfall, he had never seen a flying bison before though he had heard and studied them whilst learning about animals. As a guide, it was his responsibility to know what to do if a certain animal attacked while he was leading a group.

"You have a flying bison? That sounds awesome, sure I'd prefer waiting this nasty rainfall out with you two."

Wei let out a soft laugh as he began to walk off into the direction where Aang had pointed, he made sure to stay at Aang's side and surprisingly this took a great amount of effort. He was so used to leading people constantly that it was new for him to be led, he was careful and paid close attention to the surrounding forestry. He decided it would be better for him if he introduced himself to Aang more thoroughly, that way there was an extension of trust between the two that would make him feel more comfortable travelling with someone.

"Being from the Si Wong Desert, I've never seen a flying bison before! Well actually there's a bunch of things I haven't seen before other than the normal stuff while guiding people through the desert. What brings you to Ba Sing Se, Aang?"

The conversation would keep his mind occupied while they were walking to meet up with the sky bison, Appa.

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Oct 3, 2014 16:27:27 GMT -5

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Post by Aang on Oct 3, 2014 16:27:27 GMT -5

The boy was visibly relieved to see him and Aang was glad for company. It was something that he missed since leaving. It would be nice to spent some quality time with someone for the duration of the storm.
"Yeah, this storm came on pretty fast!" Aang said, gratefully taking the hat and placing it on his head. While Aang thought it would be worse to carry around a headful of wet hair than let the rain run off his scalp, having some protection against the weather was a good idea, there was no denying. And it helped to keep the rain from rolling down his neck and under his clothes.

"Thanks for the hat," Aang said gratefully, re-adjusting it on his head for a few seconds before looking up into the straw above him. It was also kind of warming. A pleasant feeling to say the least. When the other boy accepted the company, Aang beamed, delight spreading across his face.
"Cool! We can start a fire to keep warm. If we can manage one in this weather. I've never had to make a fire before," The air bender said, rambling almost as he started to lead the way, this time on foot rather than skimming the bottom of the trees. He doubted that his new companion could move such as he and now was not the time to split apart, so soon after meeting.

"The Si Wong Desert?" Aang repeated back as his new friend mentioned where he came from.
"I've been there!" He declared happily, having found a joint location with this stranger. Living with the air nomads had taken Aang through a vast array of places and the child always thought more of as sight seeing rather than going to places for ritual or education. It was a good and fun life for a young air bender.

Then Aang relised the question that he had been asked.
"Oh, what brings me to Ba Sing Se?" He grinned, almost embarressed in light of ignoring the question and rubbed his head. This displaced the straw hat which fell forward and Aang had to quickly jump forward to catch it, nearly falling forwards into the mud if it wasn't for the fact that he let a large breath that pushed him back into a standing position. Hurriedly, the boy set to putting the hat back on his head and making sure that it was in place.

With the hat crisis now mostly over (Aang was back to positioning it perfectly on his head), the boy had time to answer the question that had been put to him.
"Sightseeing, really. I couldn't pass up the chance to visit the legendary walls of Ba Sing Se! Although I haven't had a chance to go into the city. I'll save that for another day," Aang answered, arms dropping to his side now that he had placed the hat back in it's original position.
"What about you?" He then asked, with natural curiosity in his young voice.

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Oct 4, 2014 17:26:54 GMT -5

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Post by Wei Shen on Oct 4, 2014 17:26:54 GMT -5

Wei nodded his head, letting a smile tug at the corner of his lips as the young air bender thanked him for the hat, it was the least he could do after Aang offered him some company. As they continued on, Aang cheerfully thought up the idea to make a fire, he explained that he never had to make one before which was fine, Wei had the tools to make it easier on the both of them. He looked to Aang laughed softly, pointing to his bag that was slung over his shoulder.

"I've got everything we need to make a fire in here, though I wish I were a fire bender, that would make things a lot easier!"

As the two continued, Aang explained how he had visited the Si Wong Desert as well and then paused for a second as Wei asked what he was doing in Ba Sing Se. The air bender explained that he was there to sight see, Wei couldn't blame him, the Earth Kingdom was incredible, it walls were massive and the inside was impressive. Ba Sing Se was the first city that Wei had ever seen before that was this massive, he couldn't have picked a better one to start with. Aang smiled and then returned the question to Wei, what was the harm in sharing, he had been honest with the earth bender so he had nothing to worry about.

"Oh well you see, it's kind of a long story."

Wei laughed to himself softly and scratched the back of his head as the two continued walking, he was trying his best to remember how it all had started off. He had a perplexed look on his face as he brought his finger to his chin and started tapping. A loud clap of thunder suddenly brought him back to reality, he looked to Aang and began to explain how he ended up in Ba Sing Se.

"Well you see, I am a tour guide. I get paid to lead people through the Si Wong Desert to where they want to go in exchange for some coin. One day, my uncle and myself were in Omashu, we were having a few drinks and were approached by two fire nation guys."

Wei smiled to himself a bit, wanting to explain the story in an entertaining enough fashion that it would make the time fly by quickly. He had some experience knowing about story telling from one of the fire nation men he had escorted.

"One of these guys were huge! I mean like this big!"

Wei jumped as high as he could, unable to reach the height he was talking about. He scratched his head lightly and then looked to the air bender.

"Well, maybe higher than that..."

He laughed as he could barely get a few feet off of the ground.

Last Edit: Oct 4, 2014 17:42:20 GMT -5 by Wei Shen

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Oct 6, 2014 17:08:10 GMT -5

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Post by Aang on Oct 6, 2014 17:08:10 GMT -5

A small chuckle escaped the young boy as the other wished that he was a firebender, a thought that Aang had entertained only minutes earlier.
"I had the exact same thought! It would really help with finding people and simple be nice to be able to make it easily. I mean, I assumed that it's easier for a fire bender to make fire than anyone else," Aang said with a small smile, hoping he hadn't at all offended the fire making skills of his new friend. Maybe it was as easy to make fire without being a fire bender. Benders had to learn how to make fire, after all.

With the telling of visits to Ba Sing Se coming, Aang was curious as to what the guide might say. Usually there was a story in everything and from the first few words from this boy, Aang knew he wasn't going to be disappointed.
"I love long stories!" He declared, delightedly, eyes glowing with happiness at the idea of having such a story. He honestly looked like a child waiting around the campfire for their favourite story that they knew would come soon. Of course, Aang knew that one of his problems with long stories was he often got distracted but he was going to do his best to focus.

There was a long pause as Aang waited for the story and as lightning lit everything up, the air bender was about to ask again but thunder drowned out any chance of speaking. And it seemed that this reminded the boy of his tale to tell as the Earth Nation kid began to speak, talking about Omashu at first and this made Aang smile, remembering Bumi and the fun they had with the postal system there. That was lots of fun. He wished he had stayed to visit Bumi.

The topic of height was brought up and Aang watched as his companion jumped a height that was inconsiderable to air benders but Aang felt was probably a good height for those who didn't have bending on their side. But apparently that height wasn't even high enough to describe the length of this great man and Aang looked thoughtful as he considered this.
"Do you mean this..." Aang shot into the air, going past the point that the other boy had reached and higher still. Then he passed the height of what anyone could reach and realised it moments later.

Starting to fall, Aang slowed his descent and chose a spot that he thought was likely for the unachievable height for his friend to get. He held out a hand.
"...high?" He asked, withdrawing his hand as he passed the point and light touched back down on the ground. Details were important and Aang was only too happy to try and help out when it came to descriptions about things. Especially if it was within his power to do so. Jumpiing around, after all, was a lot of fun. And giants were also great in any story.

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Oct 8, 2014 9:05:41 GMT -5

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Post by Wei Shen on Oct 8, 2014 9:05:41 GMT -5

Wei's eyes widened in surprise as he watched the airbender leap into the air, for a moment, the boy had lost of sight of him by the incredible height he had managed. After a brief moment, Aang finally began to descend, as he reached the seven foot high mark, Wei nodded his head in agreement.

"Yeah! Right there!"

As they continued to walk, Wei continued on with his story, explaining how he meet two men that were native to the fire nation while in the Omashi tavern. He went into detail, explaining that one was a very powerful warrior with no bending, regardless of his bendingless combat, he was still a very dangerous warrior. He then looked to Aang and explained how his second companion, Uyarak was a story teller and that admittedly, Wei was using a few of the story tellers tactics.

"We managed to make it through the desert and to the great divide! It's this huge canyon in between the fire nation colonies and Ba Sing Se. We were attacked by these big freaky monsters that we nicknamed Canyon Crawlers. They had four legs, a big snout with rows of sharp teeth and they were fast!"

As he continued on with his story, a crack of thunder caused him to pause, the dark of the forest was lit up by a stray bolt of lightning and that's when Wei noticed the mass of white fur hidden underneath the trees. He had caught his first glimpse of the sky bison and was surprised at just how large he was, he hadn't expected it to be this big, it dwarfed the platypus bear in comparison.

"Woah! No way! Is that your flying bison? He looks so cool!"

Wei was envious of Aang, not just because Appa was an exemplary animal in both size and stature but in the fact that the airbender always had a companion with him wherever he went. Wei usually traveled alone, he could see how befriending an animal could be beneficial.

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Oct 8, 2014 19:08:30 GMT -5

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Post by Aang on Oct 8, 2014 19:08:30 GMT -5

Hearing that he got the right hight for the man, Aang grinned, glad that his estimate had been right.
"Wow! He's really tall!" The boy exclaimed in shock, neck cranning up as he thought about the height that he had reached. Aang didn't think any of the monks were that tall! That was massive! He could understand why his new friend had made a point about the height considering that. Aang wondered if anyone he knew would ever be that tall. He doubted it. This Fire Nation guy seemed to be a giant amoung men.

The rest of the story continued to be explained and Aang listened, enraptured with the picture that was being painted before him. It was fascinating finding out about other cultures and such interesting cases was even more interesting. A friendly and relaxed smile came naturally to Aang's face as the other boy admitted to using story telling tactics from the traveller.
"If we don't use what we're taught, how can we do anything?" The boy said lightly .
"And it really is working! It all seems fantastic so far!" There was honest interest in his voice.

Hearing about the Great Divid and the Canoon Crawlers, the boy's grey eyes widened with shock at the whole ordeal. Everything had been tame for Aang. Apart from the first night and today, there had been clear flying and not once had he met any dangerous creatures, although he generally landed near towns and villages (although Villages more often as he was trying to keep a low profile).
"I'm glad I haven't met any of those cralwers," Aang said with a small shudder, imagining the creatures a lot more worse than they actually were. He hadn't heard of the creatures before and it was easy to make up horrifying images of them.

There was a flash of light and Aang noticed that Appa was not very far away at all. His face shone with delight seeing the sky bison again.
"Appa!" He declared loudly, rushing forwards to hug the bison who gave a good natured rumble as he raised his head in time to get a large hug from the air bender. Appa had managed to him some more shelter by leaning against the trees and slightly bending them with his strength. The bison was warm and his fur had a homely, hay smell. Turning to look at the earth bending kid, Aang motioned him over.
"Come and say hello, Appa's very friendly," He informed the child

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Oct 9, 2014 7:28:42 GMT -5

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Post by Wei Shen on Oct 9, 2014 7:28:42 GMT -5

Wei stood in place as he watched Aang run over to his flying bison Appa, the airbender hugged the massive bisons' face, prompting the young Earthbender to laugh softly. Aang motioned Wei over to say hello, he promised that Appa was very friendly. The boy inched over, and let himself bow slightly in front of Appa, he wasn't accustomed to having any interaction with animals really, so he wasn't exactly sure what to do.

"It's nice to meet you too Appa! My name is Wei."

Wei noticed how the sky bison was using his weight to lean against the trees to keep himself drier than he would be if he was just standing normally. Wei knew he could help provide shelter with some assistance from his bending, though it would take a bit of time. He approached the bison and placed a hand on his side, curious as to what the fur felt like, it was warm and partly soaked, though it was every bit as soft as he had imagined.

"Wow, I've never gotten a chance to see a Flying Bison in person before. Appa is just about the biggest travelling companion I've ever seen!"

Wei smiled to himself, even if he had been trapped in this small ravine, he got a great experience out of it. After a moment of just becoming familiar with Appa, Wei turned his attention to Aang, he knew that if they stood outside for too long, it would begin to get cold, they needed somewhere to make a fire as well.

"I have an idea on how to get us out of the rain, though it might take me a bit of time."

The boy slid his bag off of his shoulder and set it under one of the trees, he stretched his arms out a bit and got himself loosened up. He planted his feet in the ground and curled his right hand into a fist, his left hand moving out forward slowly as he concentrated.

"I'm an earthbender and I think I can make us some shelter to keep this rain off of our heads completely! With these trees nearby, it'll be easier to keep Appa dry too since he's already done a great job of making a roof for himself."

He looked to Aang and relaxed a bit, wondering what the Airbenders opinion would be. If he thought it wasn't necessary, he would take Aang's word for it, Wei simply liked to er on the side of caution.

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Oct 10, 2014 17:13:37 GMT -5

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Post by Aang on Oct 10, 2014 17:13:37 GMT -5

At the greeting from the other boy, Appa lifted his head and opened his mouth to emit a friendly greetings to Wei and Aang laughed as he was displaced from the bison's fur. Getting out of the mud, Aang cleaned himself off with airbending, sending the mud falling back to the ground after a burst of air. It also dried him off after the expedition in the rain and with the branches over him, the air bender was now relatively dry. He knew that if he ventured out of cover, though, it wouldn't take long for him to become soaked once more.

Smiling at Wei as the Earthbender petted Appa, Aang gently stroked the giant creature as well, fondness glowing in his eyes as he looked at his friend. Appa was always there for him, no matter what. A pang of guilt went through the boy as he remembered that it was his own fault as to why they were here in this rain. Sometimes it really felt like Appa did a lot more for Aang than Aang did in return. In his heart, Aang knew he should turn back for Appa. How could he make sure that they got enough food. He was just one boy alone. He didn't even have any money.

At Wei's words, Aang smiled at the other boy, grey eyes focused on the Earth bender instead of the giant and furry creature.
"He's great fun." Aang said with a smile, looking positively glowing with happiness to be talking about Appa.
"If you want to, we can fly you out when this rain lets up," Aang offered, wondering whether he should offer more. He could. The idea of travelling around was appealing and he was still worried about going back and facing that... He wanted a childhood! He didn't want to have to be the bridge between worlds.

Shaken from his thoughts by Wei's announcement, Aang smiled at the knowledge that they might be able to get out of the rain. Despite being under the shelter of the trees, the train was getting through and so instead of becoming instantly wet once more, he was slowly getting damper and damper with the eventual outcome being that he would get soaked.
"Great!" Aang exclaimed, delighted at the idea.
"I can keep the rain off our necks for a bit if needs be too!" He added, hoping that it would be helpful. It involved airbending throughout of the period of time, but if it helped Wei to concentrate, it should be useful, Aang hoped.

"So how would you like to do this, Wei?" Aang asked, looking to the other boy as the leader. Wei was much more knowledgeable about living in the wilds than Aang was. For the most part, the airbender just stopped off where he could make sure that Appa would get some hay. After all, Appa had many stomachs compared to Aang's one. So it was more important to make sure that the sky bison got fed.

Meanwhile the water from the stream was steadily rising, spreading out from it's banks. Water that came down from the sides towards the low point of the stream found that it could not flow and was forced back out horizontally. The lightning showed no sign of letting up but if one hazarded a look towards the stream in the flash of light, they would have seen the glint of water that should not be visible on a normal day.

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Oct 13, 2014 16:39:46 GMT -5

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Post by Wei Shen on Oct 13, 2014 16:39:46 GMT -5

"I'd really appreciate a ride once this is all over, I have no idea what it's like to be so high up."[/i]

Slowly the boy got into his bending form and relaxed, Aang asked how they would carry this out, he knew that the airbender would be a great help if he could just keep the two of them dry while he preformed.

"I'll get started! I need your help to keep us dry with your airbending, the last thing we need is to get sick out here in the middle of this storm. Ready?"

Wei smiled as he planted his feet, he shifted his legs so they were a little more than shoulder width apart, he brought both arms out in front of him and inhaled, knowing that his bending was strongest if he could perfect his breathing technique. He closed his eyes and kept them closed for a moment before re-opening them, he swung his right arm up, his hand clenched into a fist as a triangular shaped piece of earth shut up from the ground on a slanted angle. He did this same action again but with his left arm, causing a piece to shoot up on the opposing side, the tips of the triangular shaped walls touching. Finally, Wei did this one last time but from behind, creating what looked like a tipi made out of earth with one side open so they could enter in.

"Hey that's not too bad, what do you two think?"

Wei looked over to his two new friends, a cheerful grin on his face, he had been practicing his bending for quite some time but never before managed to make something as large as the shelter just now. It was about 11 feet high and wide enough so all three, including Appa, could fit inside and still have room for a camp fire to get dry. A bolt of lightning crackled in the sky, this caught the earth benders attention as it was much brighter than usual, it almost seemed to glitter as it traveled up. Wei paused for a moment, his eyes catching what the cause for the brightness was, he noticed that there was water seeping down the side of the walls of the ravine, he didn't think much of it at first, perhaps it was just the rain dampening the walls.

"That's strange, we should get inside before it gets even colder out, we can worry about it later."

The boy entered the tipi and began to empty out his bag, creating a makeshift fire pit with the rubble inside, he also began to place pieces of coal and stack a few pieces of cactus (which he learned burned better than wood) leaning atop another for a medium sized flame.

"Hey Aang, want to try and start the fire? Since you're an airbender, you can actually feed it oxygen once you start it. First, you'll need these."

The boy handed over a small rock, it was gray in color with small patches of black and a survival knife. These were the tools he used to create a fire when out travelling.

"First you take that flint rock, hold it over the fire and use the back of the knife to strike along it. When you do it hard enough, you'll create sparks! The cactus will catch these and start to smolder, that's where your airbending technique comes in handy, you need to slowly feed the fire air."

Wei motioned, showing Aang how to strike the flint rock with the back of the knife, not knowing that as he spent more time here, the water was beginning to fill the ravine, the storm was blocking out the noise.

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[Outside of Ba Sing Se] Trapped (Wei) Oct 15, 2014 14:28:02 GMT -5

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Post by Aang on Oct 15, 2014 14:28:02 GMT -5

Aang was delighted when his offer was accepted. The boy enjoyed having company to take his mind of things and Wei seemed to be really nice and interesting. As well as being a great story teller and knowing about how to live in the wilds and such!
"Up in the air is great! It's so clear and everything is so far below!" Aang declared cheerfully, happy to talk about the air and flying.
"Where are you heading? And what about your Uncle?" Aang asked suddenly remembering the more serious stuff, such as the fact that Wei had mentioned having an Uncle and it would be useful to know which way he was heading.

Delighted that he could help, Aang quickly started to airbend, pushing the water back with the power of air currents, making what looked like a dome of water over them. Aang imagined that water benders would be able to do something similar to this although he had never got the chance to meet one yet. The South Pole was close to his home but there weren't many journeys to either Pole and Aang usually found such trips boring unless he could meet people in the other areas.

Eyes widened as he saw Wei create a shelter with earth bending, pulling two large slabs of rock out of the ground and forming a large shelter. Wei closed one end and Aang almost faltered in his bending, dazzled by the earth bending which was to a degree that he had never seen before.
"That was amazing!" Aang exclaimed and Appa rumbled his agreement, getting up from the shelter that he had created and moving into the large and drier shelter that Wei had created. The massive creature reversed into the make-shift building and gave the earth bending boy an affectionate lick as he settled down, leaving room for the two children.
"Appa says thank you," Aang translated, grinning ear to ear.

The air bender did not notice that the water was rising as the lightning illuminated the world in a flash of bright light. His grey gaze was on the newly moved rocks and his attention was focused on keeping up the protective dome of air as neither he nor Wei had made a move into the more permanent shelter. Then he saw Wei make a move inside and Aang hurried in after him. As soon as he got inside, the dome of air that was keeping the rain from hitting the ground disappeared and the water fell down with a loud slosh! With quick thinking, Aang sent a blast of air out to push the sudden rush of water away from them so the inside of their shelter wouldn't get wet with the flood of suspended rain that had suddenly been released from the air.

Having seen to this, Aang turned his attention back to Wei and saw that the boy had already started to create the fire, forming a pile of what appeared to be coal and cactus. Aang had first seen a cactus years ago. He remembered how much fun he and the other airbenders had seeing whether they could touch the spikes without getting pricked. That had been a lot of fun to play but the Monks had moved them on, not wanting anyone to actually get hurt.

As he was offered the job of starting the fire, Aang's face lit up with excitement! He could show Kuzon this when he next saw his friend.
"Sure!" He readily agreed, taking the stone and blade carefully in his hands and examining them with much interest. He had never been around to see the start of a fire. Whenever there was need for a fire, it was already made. So Aang thought that this was going to be rather exciting. It would be like he was a fire bender!

Watching the demonstration, Aang looked back at the tools in his hand and remembered that he would need to feed the fire air to make it grow. Just at Wei had said. With the stone in one hand and the flint in the other, Aang repeated the movement that Wei had shown him, striking the blade to the stone, clearly uncertain about his movements but doing the best he could. Aang hadn't realised that he had closed his eyes in slight worry as he tried to create the spark, but he had felt the metal and stone connect and his eyes peaked open to see whether the spark had created a fire that he would need to feed.

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Aang: That's good. ^^ Nov 11, 2014 12:29:56 GMT -5

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