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Post by Ren Mai on Sept 24, 2008 20:12:05 GMT -5
"Yeah, sure." Ren rolled her eyes. "Come on," she grabbed his hand and tugged him along. "Let's go outside." she walked briskly to get there faster.
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Post by Hotaru on Sept 25, 2008 13:56:45 GMT -5
Hotaru finally broke into a part of the crowd that was less populated. And as she walked, the amount of people decreased until it was only herself and the road was no longer paved with pebbles. It was now dirt. Hotaru looked over her shoulder at the town and then continued walking. She hummed a tune as she navigated through the trees and their limbs, paying attention not to get whacked with one.
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Post by Zou Tao on Oct 1, 2008 18:21:15 GMT -5
Tao walked alongside Ren. "Have you been to the armories yet? I want to see what things I can try next... just getting ideas though. I doubt I'll buy anything."
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Post by Ren Mai on Oct 1, 2008 18:24:02 GMT -5
Ren groaned. "I've already been around some of those places with Hotaru." she looked at him. "Do we have to go right now? I'd rather be kicking some certain waterbender's butt than go back and stare at some metal." she chuckled.
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Post by Zou Tao on Oct 1, 2008 18:29:31 GMT -5
Tao laughed. " You wanna go to the city border and practice? I doubt I'm as good as her, but at least I wont kill you on purpose."
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Post by Ren Mai on Oct 1, 2008 18:30:54 GMT -5
"Trust me, you couldn't kill me even if you tried." she said. "And fine, let's go." Ren agreed and started heading out of the village.
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Post by Zou Tao on Oct 1, 2008 18:36:46 GMT -5
They both walked in silence until they came past the city walls. Tao walked roughly ten feet away from Ren and faced her. "Would you mind making a boundary ring around us? We don't need it, but I prefer the formality..."
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Post by Ren Mai on Oct 1, 2008 18:40:45 GMT -5
"Oh yes, make the earthbender make everything since she has the power," she rolled her eyes and smiled at him before making a ring appear widely around them both. "Happy?"
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Post by Zou Tao on Oct 1, 2008 18:45:53 GMT -5
Tao placed his hand on his hips, just above his two opened water pouches. "Yes. Thank you. Would you like the first move or should I attack first?"
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Post by Ren Mai on Oct 1, 2008 18:47:43 GMT -5
"Attacking is a bit of a juvenial word even for you to use," she said and thought a moment. "I guess you could try attacking first." she taunted.
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Post by Zou Tao on Oct 1, 2008 18:55:52 GMT -5
Tao bowed and took a relaxed defensive stance. "I suppose I do need to practice my offence, as much as I loathe doing so..."
Tao lifted his hands slowly, taking a large sphere about a meter in diameter from both of his pouches, and the sphere slowly moved in between them about five feet above their heads. He slowly lowered his hands back to their original position, his left hand clenched.
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Post by Ren Mai on Oct 1, 2008 19:02:12 GMT -5
That's when Ren saw that Tao must be planning something. "Alright come on... You're moving slower than a turtleduck so you better not be trying your luck." she chuckled at her rhyming.
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Post by Zou Tao on Oct 1, 2008 19:09:18 GMT -5
"How very poetic." Tao spun his left hand around twice in a wide arc over his head and knelled down and struck the ground with his palm. The sphere divided itself into eight streaks and burrowed into the ground. The only only signs of the movement were eight wet spots in the ground around Ren, Forming an almost perfect octagon around her feet.
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Post by Ren Mai on Oct 1, 2008 19:11:13 GMT -5
"Okay, Tao, I think you were right about needing practice at this because frankly, you suck." she started walking backwards so the wet spots were no longer surrounding her. Then she held out her arms. "Ta-da?"
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Post by Zou Tao on Oct 1, 2008 19:15:05 GMT -5
Tao smiled. "Ta-da." Tao put his other hand on the ground and raised them both up at the same time, palms up in an earthbender-like position. Water sprung from under Ren's feet, and quickly froze over her legs up to her knees.
Tao walked over toward Ren, keeping his hands by his pouches.
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Post by Ren Mai on Oct 1, 2008 19:20:39 GMT -5
Ren folded her arms. "Well, at least you did it quickly." she said trying to loosen up her feet from the ice. She decided to stay there a moment before breaking out. Her eyes darted back and forth, looking at where he was positioned and smirked. She quickly rose up her hands and then flicked her wrists, having the earth sprout up to take Tao's legs as well for prisoner.
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Post by Zou Tao on Oct 2, 2008 15:26:17 GMT -5
Tao took some of the water from his pouch and forced the water in between his legs and the earth that bound him down, freezing the water. He then slapped the earth around it, forcing the ice to expand. Unfortunately the earth did not give, and the ice instead expanded inward, and Tao felt several painful cracks in his feet. He yelled in surprise, and fell over backwards.
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Post by Ren Mai on Oct 2, 2008 15:29:29 GMT -5
"Ahaha!" Ren laughed and then looked at her ice bound feet. She then decided to go easier on him and get out the hard way. She took a rock from the gruond and then started to hit the ice so it would break. Once one leg was free it was much easier to get out of the other one. She walked closer to Tao and stood in front of him with her hands on her hips. "Nice."
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Post by Zou Tao on Oct 2, 2008 15:42:04 GMT -5
Tao's feet were numb, but he didn't want to thaw himself in case he really did injure his feet. Tao blushed and tried to look at the ground, but failed to do so since he was stuck face up.
"Okay... you win. could you let go of my legs now? I think I might have just done something stupid."
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Post by Ren Mai on Oct 2, 2008 15:44:08 GMT -5
"Yeah, of course," Ren pushed her wrists down and the rock went back into the ground without a dent. "I'm sorry about that." she said, kneeling down next to him.
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