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Location: [i]Lower Ring – At the Wall to the Middle Ring[/i]
Interacting With: [color=3eb7bd]Nilak[/color] [@McHaggis]
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Everything was closing in.

There was no escape. 

The press of bodies made too much of a formidable wall and there was no way to get out of this unscathed. 

She always imagined her encounter with the Dai Li to be in the dead of night, awakened in her sleep as they trespassed in her home as they come to take her away. Her family wasn’t there. It was easier that way. Never in her life did Fumiko think that she would be the one to stumble into the Dai Li, not the other way around. 

She felt faint but the sound of a boulder impacting solid rock made her jump, only to see the remaining remains of the boulder and the eyes of a Dai Li agent trained in hers. She tensed, unable to look away in fear of being seen as suspicious. She couldn’t afford any more attention on her. This was too much.

A sharp tug on her sleeves made her jump, Fumiko’s head snapping fearfully in its direction. She expected the person who physically attracted her attention to wear the hat and green clothes of the Dai Li, only to be surprised upon seeing dark skin and blue clothes. [color=3eb7bd] “Let’s get out of here, short-stuff!”[/color] He said, pulling her away. 

Her feet followed the motion and the command, his voice grounding her. She gazed up at him, unfairly tall as he was, and slowly pieced together his identity from her not-so-brief times together with her cousin when their injuries were getting checked and healed. [color=f26522]“N-Nilak?”[/color] Her voice was a whisper and cracked as she said it. [color=f26522]“What are you doing here? Where are we going?”[/color]

Yet, her question was answered when Nilak stopped in his tracks and she did the same. She noticed how his hands motioned near his waterskin and she envied him in that moment -- to have the ability to freely defend himself with his own bending without consequence. Fumiko’s eyes found the commotion once again, only to meet the eyes of the same Dai Li agent, now sporting a bruised face and one hell of a glare. Not even a single passed before Fumiko averted her eyes from the man and focused on anywhere but him.

[color=f26522]“W-we need to get out of here and fast before the situation escalates.”[/color] She cursed her stuttering. It made her look and feel weak. [color=f26522]“If only I can see, then I’ll have some idea where we are and where we can go…”[/color] 

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