[color=bfbfbf][sub][table= //////= POST DESIGN v1=\\\\\\][row][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][img]https://i.imgur.com/k8RU1Ov.png[/img][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/row][row][cell][sup][img]https://i.imgur.com/UxwWcYh.png[/img][/sup] [color=2e2c2c]_______________________________[sub]........[/sub][/color] [/cell][cell][color=white][center][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][img]https://i.imgur.com/DHKvx27.png[/img][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][center][color=2e2c2c]The Core · Inner Chamber[/color]The Core · Inner Chamber[/center][/sub][/center][/color][quote][color=2e2c2c]____________________________________________________________________________.[/color] [color=777777]Jin’s return didn’t register with Nelu until he felt something pressing against his face. Something soft and pleasant smelling closed around his nose and mouth and for a brief moment, quiet panic set in when he thought something very specific was happening to him. When he finally realized that it was only a mask being fixed to his face, he immediately buried the embarrassing thought, forgetting it along with the mountains of other useless thoughts that had been piling up since his mind had been deprived of oxygen. Clean air finally found his lungs and as a clarity set in, he realized a little too late that everyone else in the room had already cleared out. The only people left were himself, a very concerned looking Jin, Hunang… and Katakuri. When the Firebender arrived, Nelu could not remember, but he knew the man was definitely standing there and not a figment of his imagination. [color=bca346]”Kata?”[/color] [color=b64040]”Hello, Nelu.”[/color] [color=bca346]”Wh- what is going on? What are you doing down here?”[/color] [color=b64040]”I’m sorry, but I was forced to choose between my duty to the LSF and my duty to my family.”[/color] Katakuri began peeling off his dinner jacket. [color=b64040]”I hope that when it comes time for you to decide, the choice is made easier.”[/color] [color=bca346]”What the hell are you talking about? What happ-”[/color] Nelu was interrupted by the sound of gunfire erupting somewhere down the hall. Though slightly muffled, Nelu knew almost immediately that it was coming from the dance floor Jin and Nelu had been in earlier. Judging by the way the bodies in the other room were moving erratically and then suddenly stopping, he also knew whoever was in there now was a serious problem for Hunang’s men. Neither Hunang nor Katakuri reacted, but a third man did enter shortly after the shooting began. Nelu recognized him as the man who had been guarding the entrance to the very chamber they were in. A large individual with short hair that had grayed with age and a face etched with his many years of life lived under Ba Sing Se. Despite the appearance of his age, his body had been well maintained and it was no wonder he was still in charge of guarding one of the more important rooms in the Core. The details of the man’s arm were also more clear in the lighting of the room. It was slightly larger than his right and although it seemed the pieces used to create the entire prosthetic were not cheap, the work done to connect them was subpar. Wires protruded from junctions that should have been tucked away and in some sections, the servos under the metal frame was visible. Visible under this tank top, it was clear that his entire left arm had been replaced and some of the metal paneling reached across his upper left chest and shoulder. [color=608d66]”Shao?”[/color] Hunang said without looking at the man as he approached. [color=white]”We’ve sealed the tunnel. Sonam is leading them away right now but the two Lotus agents are cutting through our men. I suggest you-...”[/color] Hunang held up a hand and simply nodded. [color=608d66]”We’ve done what we can. Now we prepare to meet our guests.”[/color] [/color][/quote][/cell][/row][/table][/sub][/color][img]https://i.imgur.com/G7iSrea.png[/img][table= //////= EXIT'S POST DESIGN v5 =\\\\\\][row][sub][h1][right][sub][sub][sub][sub][sup][color=gray]b1.ch03.r03.p01 · v5.2 [/color][color=2e2c2c]_[/color][/sup][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/right][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][img=/// TOPIMAGE \\\]https://i.imgur.com/OzkE6no.png[/img][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][sub][color=0b0d11][sub][sub][color=2e2c2c][sub]...[/sub][/color][sup][b]▇▇▇[/b][/sup][/sub][/sub][color=2e2c2c]_[/color][sub][color=white][sup]The[/sup] L S F[/color][/sub][sub][sub][color=2e2c2c]__[/color][sup][b]▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇[/b][/sup][/sub][/sub][/color][/sub][center][sup][sub][sup][sub][color=555555][color=888888]A [@Exit], [@Fiber] & [@Mistress Dizzy] Collaboration[color=2e2c2c]---------------------------------------------‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 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Behind them, the screaming and shouting and the barking gunfire from before had been replaced by a deathly silence. Ahead of them, the hallway that had been there suddenly rolled away, replaced with another that was made entirely of rock and led straight to a warmly light chamber ahead. At the other end stood three figures: Katakuri, a woman with white hair and striking green eyes, and Shao. [sub][sub][u][b][color=d7d0e7]Mistress Dizzy   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] Deeper into the chamber, Zhen and 141 could make out Jin, who was sat beside Nelu with their hip pressed against his. They were fidgeting, restless, false-blue eyes fixed on what was ahead. Nelu on the other hand had beads of sweat on his head. He seemed slightly taxed, obvious even with the mask covering his face. [sup][color=2e2c2c]__________________________________________________________________________________________________________[/color][/sup] This had gone so wrong. They were all going to die tonight, weren't they? They - [color=d7d0e7][i]No... NO...[/i][/color] Jin breathed in slowly and carefully, savoring the deliciously clean air provided by the mask. [color=d7d0e7][i]I'm alive. Nelu is alive. There's less people… and they think I'm a Bender. I can use this. We're not out of options...[/i][/color] The worst thing that they could do in this moment was roll over and beg in advance. [sub][sub][u][b][color=bca346]Exit   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [color=608d66]”Please. Join us.”[/color] Hunang beckoned the two in the hall and 141 began moving toward her. [sub][sub][u][b][color=a4c2f4]Fiber   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] There was a basic rule from training running through Zhen’s mind, one so basic no one could ever forget it: Never willingly fight an earthbender in a building structure made from bendable material. While the movement of the corridor did not confirm it entirely, her that one of the adversaries was an earthbender sky high. Immediately, she focused on the air supply ducts, those were tempting, but it was important to not let the enemy know their plan. Zhen walked slowly, carefully, letting 141 lead the way and not entering the doorway just yet, having measured how fast the room moved before. She waited until she was close and said [color=a4c2f4]“Where’s Chosah? I was looking forward to welcoming her into the LSF. Maybe I’ll find her to be a better student than her father.”[/color] Was she serious about what she said? It didn’t matter, so long as it served its purpose of agitating Kata. As she spoke, a small burst of data transmitted silently from Zhen to 141, the bandwith was pitiful enough to only allow a few bytes, but it could hold a simple command. [i][color=white]“MUNITIONS” .* QUERY “YIELD” GET_PROPERTY SUM[/color][/i] [sub][sub][u][b][color=bca346]Exit   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [i][color=white]SURVEY “MUNITIONS” YIELD GREN_DISTORT IS:2 GREN_SMOKE IS:1 DISP_ADRENAL IS:1 QUERY “EQUIPMENT” GET_STATUS?[/color][/i] Katakuri deposited a necktie on the ground on top of his dinner jacket and began pulling on the first button of his shirt. By now, his sleeves had already been rolled up past the elbows. His dress pants and dress shoes, however, were still on. [color=b64040]”Now that she is safe, she will be,”[/color] Katakuri replied smoothly. [color=b64040]”I’m only sorry I will not live to see it.”[/color] [color=bca346]”Kata, listen to me. Whatever happened we can fix this.”[/color] The reality of the danger Nelu was in was further clouded by his confusion. Hunang was dangerous enough on her own having the heavy advantage of her homefield. Katakuri however tipped the scales even further in her favor. But the ‘why’ he was down here and siding with Hunang was not something he could resolve. It didn’t make any sense. Then there was 141 and Zhen who had arrived right on his heels. Some small amount of relief found him when he realized that help [i]had[/i] arrived despite everything and yet, he knew he was still missing something. [color=bca346]”What the hell happened? Is Chosah…?”[/color] Hunang spoke next, the tone of her voice now less than patient. [color=608d66]”I said, ‘join us’.”[/color] Her upturned fist was thrust into the air in front of her and then pulled under her ribs, coaxing a slab of dirt underneath Zhen an inch out of the ground before it began sliding down the corridor and taking Zhen with it. Behind Zhen, a large block of dirt was also torn out of the ground. It pulled up the concrete and metal slabs of the club floor as it tilted vertically to become a wall. It too began to slide forward as Hunang intended to seal the corridor into the chamber and everyone inside it. [sub][sub][u][b][color=d7d0e7]Mistress Dizzy   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] Jin froze in their fidgeting at the sight of Hunang effortlessly bending the solid dirt and concrete beneath them. Yep, this was going to be a problem. [color=d7d0e7]"Damn."[/color] That single word was clearly full of wonder and respect, and no small amount of fear. [sub][sub][u][b][color=a4c2f4]Fiber   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] The corridor was no place to be, and Zhen didn’t waste time staying in it. She ran, with airbending assisted speed, and hurtled into the chamber. Barely in the door, she leapt to the platform above, keeping an eye on Kata and the earthbender. In the middle of her jump, she twisted and flicked her arms to fire off two air blasts. Both were aimed at the earthbender, but one was angled with the aid of her remote bending to come from the side, the other came straight on, but the air wasn’t the only thing it carried. As part of the motion, she triggered the shot from the bolo launcher on her forearm, carrying the projectile forward alongside the airblast. She would need to reload before firing again, but it was worth it if it could disable an enemy early on. Hopefully, she could worry about that when she had a better view of the situation. [sub][sub][u][b][color=bca346]Exit   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] Hunang dropped the block of dirt and leaned over to avoid the air blast hurtling toward her, but the speed with which Zhen moved caught her by surprise. Hunang’s reaction, though quick, wasn't quite fast enough to move her entirely out of the way. However, Shao next to her moved as well, reaching across Hunang with his forearm and into the path of the projectile. It caught some of the dense air but also blocked the bolas. The ball and wire wrapped itself tightly around his arm on contact. Hunang had no time to appreciate being saved, for just as she registered the bolas around Shao's arm did the second blast of air connect with her face. It felt like being punched, the force of which threw her head further to the left and her upper body sharply toward the ground. She immediately threw her left foot out to catch herself, slamming her heel into the ground with enough force to crack it. Her eyes fixed on the airbender, standing now on one of the higher raised platforms. Once upon a time, a most prized possession of hers had been displayed in that very spot. A visage of a man she had once very much admired and yet now that sacred space had become desecrated by an intruder’s very presence. Her wide eyed expression, which had always danced around the edges of unhinged, was seething. [sub][sub][u][b][color=d7d0e7]Mistress Dizzy   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [color=d7d0e7]"This is so not my fight. Cap, how're you feeling? Any better?"[/color] They nudged him in a deliberate way. [sub][sub][u][b][color=bca346]Exit   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [color=bca346]”This is everyone’s fight now, Jin. I have to be,”[/color] Nelu replied, watching the fight unfolding quickly. He observed Hunang; both her arms were tucked under her ribs and both hands were clenched. Despite the anger clear in her eyes, she seemed to be focusing on something rather than reacting. Shao however, moved to react for her, raising the arm not ensnared and pointing a closed metal fist at Zhen. From his elbow, a small barrel appeared, but before he could do anything, his body tensed and he froze. His eyes snapped to Jin and Nelu where Nelu was now on his feet with an outstretched hand pointed in his direction. Katakuri, who was standing a few feet away from Hunang and Shao, turned his attention to who he deemed the more pressing threat. 141 had by now left the corridor and was moving swiftly toward all three in the center of the room. Katakuri knew full well that if 141 wasn’t handled now, not only was there little distance between them and it, it alone could possibly finish the fight faster than it had begun. By the time the Zhen had perched herself up on her platform, Katakuri had finished preparing his attack. [color=b64040]”Now!”[/color] Nelu heard Katakuri's familiar voice before he saw what was happening. Whatever confidence he had found was quickly drained from his body as he watched in dazed confusion Shao’s left arm begin to move. As if it were not attached to the frozen body it belonged to, the metal fist and the barrel connected to it turned toward Nelu. Shao struggled to smile and then closed his eyes as behind him, light streaked from Katakuri to 141 and the chamber they were all in flashed a deafening white. Katakuri had detonated the two distortion grenades and one smoke grenade on 141's chest. When the smoke finally cleared and the bright white glare faded from the eyes of those less prepared, Jin would find Nelu unconscious on the ground, a blood covered and barbed tipped wire sliding back into the arm of Shao. Zhen would see 141 buried with its arms up to its chest and Katakuri walking up to it, a thin beam of plasma or a highly concentrated blade of fire not unlike that of a blowtorch. [/color][/cell][cell][sup][img=//////SIDE IMAGE HERE\\\\\\]https://i.imgur.com/3bhGl68.png[/img][/sup] [sub][color=bfbfbf][table=bordered][row][/row][row][cell=active][color=303030]Location.[/color] The Core in The Underground, [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4593910][color=404040]Ba Sing Se.[/color][/url] [color=303030]Time.[/color] Late Night, SE+3 [color=666666]____________________________[sub]....[sup]......[/sup][/sub][/color] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/users/fiber][color=303030]Fiber[/color][/url] as [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5598941][color=404040]Zhen[/color][/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/users/mistress-dizzy][color=303030]Mistress Dizzy[/color][/url] as [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5599001][color=404040]Jin[/color][/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/users/Exit][color=303030]Exit[/color][/url] as [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5599864][color=404040]Tarnelu,[/color][/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5599002][color=404040]Katakuri,[/color][/url] Hunang and Shao[/cell][/row][/table][/color][/sub] [color=2e2c2c]_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _[/color][/cell][/row][/table][color=bfbfbf][sub][table= //////= POST DESIGN v1=\\\\\\][row][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][img]https://i.imgur.com/cLkYtGQ.png[/img][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/row][row][cell][sup][img]https://i.imgur.com/KsvNwVJ.png[/img][/sup] [color=2e2c2c]_______________________________[sub]........[/sub][/color] [/cell][cell][color=white][center][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][img]https://i.imgur.com/DHKvx27.png[/img][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][center][color=2e2c2c]|@Fiber] & |@Exit] Collaboration[/color][@Fiber] & [@Exit] Collaboration[/center][/sub][/center][/color][quote][color=2e2c2c]____________________________________________________________________________.[/color] [color=777777][sub][sub][u][b][color=a4c2f4]Fiber   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] Zhen was disoriented by the blast, like everyone else. The smoke filled the room but she remembered where Hunang had stood, and then she decided to try something bold. With her head still ringing, she jumped off the platform, and started spinning in midair. She focused her mind only on the motion, and calling up the wind around her, enveloping herself in a vortex and guided herself through the air, seeking her target. When the smoke cleared, when the disorientation went away, she had one goal and one plan: Grab Hunang by the neck and then, with the aid of vortex and gravity, send her feet off the ground and her head straight into the hard floor below. [sub][sub][u][b][color=bca346]Exit   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] Hunang had been too focused on burying 141 that when the smoke cleared and she turned back to find Zhen, the airbender was already nearly on top of them. Hunang instinctively threw an arm up, drawing a spire of dirt out of the ground and into Zhen’s path, but the reaction was too slow. Zhen flew right over Hunang’s defense and wrapped her arms around the woman’s neck. Suddenly, Hunang’s world was spun upside down. Her feet left the ground and her head was forced down into the dirt. Contact with the ground was anything but gentle. As Hunang's head met with rock, the sound of her forehead’s impact made a sickening crack. However, her hands made contact with the floor too. The ground fragmented violently, breaking apart as both women landed in the center of what appeared to be a small crater. Hunangs body coiled into itself, her legs tucking into her chest as she rolled out of Zhen’s maneuver and into a knelt position facing away from Zhen. Again her arms were immediately tucked into her ribs, but this time there was a visible reaction in the room. Cracks in the newly formed crater, those positioned directly under Zhen, began to glow red. Then, Hunang thrust her hands up into the air, coaxing out of the ground a pillar of lava. [/color][/quote] [/cell][/row][/table][/sub][/color] [center][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKgL_xyyRzA]♬[/url][/center] [color=bfbfbf][sub][table= //////= POST DESIGN v1=\\\\\\][row][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][img]https://i.imgur.com/XUtkKkP.png[/img][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/row][row][cell][sup][img]https://i.imgur.com/tUSe9xD.png[/img][/sup] [color=2e2c2c]_______________________________[sub]........[/sub][/color] [/cell][cell][color=white][center][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][img]https://i.imgur.com/DHKvx27.png[/img][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][center][color=2e2c2c]|@Exit] & |@MistressDizzy] Collaboration[/color][@Exit] & [@Mistress Dizzy] Collaboration[/center][/sub][/center][/color][quote][color=2e2c2c]____________________________________________________________________________.[/color] [color=777777][sub][sub][u][b][color=d7d0e7]Mistress Dizzy   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] The flashbangs had been a surprise. Jin had enough time to turn their head against the closest cover - Nelu himself. It wasn't quite enough to fully prevent their vision from getting distorted. Hell, their ears were still ringing. A glance told them that the Captain was still breathing. That would have to be enough for now; Jin didn't know the first thing about medical aid aside from making people need it. [color=d7d0e7]"Ooh, big scary cy-man."[/color] Their eyes locked onto the bruiser who had hit Nelu, cold and focused. [color=d7d0e7]"Thanks for showing your hand. How about I show you mine?"[/color] Hunang's crew weren't the only ones who knew how to use chaos. It had taken a bit of work to loosen it without moving their arms to actually retrieve the emergency weapon hidden under their disguise. A folding knife, with an off-white blade that gleamed in the light. The hilt was tucked neatly into Jin's palm. This was going to be difficult, but the Roach in them refused to show fear. [color=d7d0e7]"I coulda been home by now."[/color] They crouched low, ready to use their petite size to their advantage. And then, without hesitation, they darted forward into the fray. [sub][sub][u][b][color=bca346]Exit   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [color=white]”How about I send you home now, little frog,”[/color] Shao said, his smile widening as Jin began to close the distance. [color=white]”That’s right… Sonam told me who you ARE!”[/color] The last word was screamed as he swung his metal arm downward at an approaching Jin intending to crush her like a bug.[/color][/quote] [/cell][/row][/table][/sub][/color][color=bfbfbf][sub][table= //////= POST DESIGN v1=\\\\\\][row][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][img]https://i.imgur.com/2ktIlYe.png[/img][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/row][row][cell][sup][img]https://i.imgur.com/ljCXUh1.png[/img][/sup] [color=2e2c2c]_______________________________[sub]........[/sub][/color] [/cell][cell][color=white][center][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][img]https://i.imgur.com/DHKvx27.png[/img][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/center][/color][quote][color=2e2c2c]____________________________________________________________________________.[/color] [color=777777]Opposite the chamber, Katakuri approached a half buried 141 and pointed his palm at the struggling beast. The small blade of fire in his hand grew rapidly, turning into a searing torch of heat perfectly shaped like a blade nearly five feet in length. Katakuri yelled in exertion, his voice drowned amidst the roar of the fire and the sound of metal splitting. Then 141 began to scream too. For the first time since any of the LSF agents had begun working together, 141’s pain could be heard as clear as anyone else's, echoing endlessly against the walls of the chamber and loud enough to be nearly as disruptive as the grenades.[/color][/quote] [/cell][/row][/table][/sub][/color][table= //////= EXIT'S POST DESIGN v5 =\\\\\\][row][sub][h1][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][sub][img=/// TOPIMAGE \\\]https://i.imgur.com/4BujVdC.png[/img][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][/sub][sub][color=0b0d11][sub][sub][color=2e2c2c][sub]...[/sub][/color][sup][b]▇▇▇[/b][/sup][/sub][/sub][color=2e2c2c]_[/color][sub][color=white]C H A E - W O N [/color][/sub][sub][sub][color=2e2c2c]_[/color][sup][b]▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇[/b][/sup][/sub][/sub][/color][/sub][center][sup][sub][sup][sub][color=555555][color=888888]An [@Exit] & [@KillamriX88] Collaboration[color=2e2c2c]----- ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎[/color][/color][/color][/sub][/sup][/sub][/sup][/center][/h1][/sub][/row][row][cell][sup][center][b][color=0b0d11][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][sup][h2][sup]█[/sup] [sub]█[/sub][/h2][/sup][/color][/b][/center][/sup][/cell][cell][color=888888][color=2e2c2c].[/color] [sub][sub][u][b][color=bca346]Exit   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [color=white]”So I told ‘em I do! I wanna help! Help mah frends! I mustuh dun a real gud job cus thur all bettah now and naht here anymore. Iiit’s just you! Yur mah frend, right? Caaus mah frend from before isn’t here eithur. He was mah best frend. His name wus…. Huuuuu… Huuuuooong! Hu. Ong. I think. What was yur name agen?”[/color] [sub][sub][u][b][color=f1c231]KillamriX88   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] [color=f1c231]“Chae-Won,”[/color] she told him. It was the most she’d gotten out of him since meeting him. Not that she’d been interrogating him or anything, but… still. This was her best chance yet to learn about him and this place. [sup][color=2e2c2c]__________________________________________________________________________________________________________[/color][/sup] [i]’The uh… the hotel… the [/i]Duster Hotel[i]... it’s not a place.’[/i] That was what that bastard waterbender had told her. There were too many things that could mean, and all of them were beyond her to try and figure out without a better hint. It left her wondering, though. If this wasn’t a place, then was Peng not really a person? She could imagine a dozen theories, most of which made her shudder with dread or disgust. She needed to know, though. Apparently it was the only way out. Would getting out matter, though? How much could she really accomplish even if she did? [color=f1c231]“But what about you? If you helped all your friends, isn’t your job done? When do you get to leave? Do you… [i]want[/i] to leave?”[/color] she asked him. [sub][sub][u][b][color=bca346]Exit   [/color][/b][/u][/sub][/sub] Peng seemed to think really hard about the question before giving Chae-Won an answer. He turned to look at her and simply shook his head. [color=white]”Naaaope! I think I like et here. Et's mah home! Et takes care of me.”[/color] He then walked over to the island counter. [color=white]”Apple!”[/color] He yelled. The depression in the center was empty one moment and the next, there was a plate with an apple. Nothing had moved. Nothing had shifted. No one had walked in and placed the food where it was now. It was simply there when only a moment ago it wasn’t. Peng walked up and confidently plucked the fruit from the plate as if the whole exchange was normal and then held the apple up for Chae to take. [color=white]”Yuh hungry yet?”[/color] Before Chae could refuse or accept, the apple suddenly slipped from his fingers. Whatever focused excitement he had before was replaced by a concerned look. His eyes, still on Chae, began to focus on something past her as if he were looking through the woman instead of at. He pressed a hand to his chest. [color=white]”...Uh... So-... sometheng's happuhning...et hurts.”[/color] [/color][/cell][cell][img=//////SIDE IMAGE HERE\\\\\\]https://i.imgur.com/gjqpVEh.png[/img] [sub][color=bfbfbf][table=bordered][row][/row][row][cell=active][color=303030]Location.[/color]The Duster Hotel, ??? [color=303030]Time.[/color] ???, SE+3 [color=666666]____________________________[sub]....[sup]......[/sup][/sub][/color][/cell][/row][/table][/color][/sub] [color=2e2c2c]_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _[/color][/cell][/row][/table]