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The Spirits Within

I'm so sorry for my absence guys (especially you Rockette) I've been focusing on midterms and forgot about the game. I will be getting back on the pad ASAP Rockette to finish the post

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Im still here, I was just waiting for you and Merc to finish. Although every time I got on to check the pad you made there was no one on...playing "phone tag" as it were lol

The Spirits Within

I'm gonna be a dumb-dumb but I can't tell

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The trek through the sewers had actually been more fun that Yan had anticipated. As the two traded leads for a considerable distance, it brought him back to his early years at the Temple and how the monks tried to integrate fun along with the teachings. For the first time in at least a decade he was actually having fun and it showed by the smile on his face. The trip, which seemed like mere moments, ended when Kalani brought them to the rotting iron door, when she took a moment to introduce herself,

“Before we go any further I think it’s time I properly introduce myself,” Raising her hand out, a toothy grin sat along her features, “Name’s Kalani, and if you’re the person I think you are, then I’ll be your guide to the resistance from here on out.

Returning her grin and handshake, Yan added a slight nod of his head in a mock bow,

"I am Yan Tao, airbender of the Eastern Air Temple. It is a pleasure to meet someone with a passion for bending."

Following his lead and giving her own bow, Kalani stared up at him in awe. Other then Krane, and Rabten, there were no other airbenders within the resistance, so Kalani couldn’t help but feel a little pride she was the one leading him to the Underground Omashu. Turning her gaze and to the the door, she pulled out a large key from her pouch, before proceeding to unlock the large door, “Well, Yan Tao,” Opening the heavy door with a loud creek, Kalani motioned with her arm for airbender to step in first, “Welcome to the Rising.” A loud bang echoed through the dark tunnel as she shut the door behind them, making sure to lock it before she took the lead once again.

“A little anti-climatic, I know, but it’s just a little further since we took a detour from the city entrance..” Like the iron door, the walls of the tunnel looked recently new as unlit torches marked the pathway. Grabbing one of the many from it’s handle, Kalani lit the torch and began walking calmly through the tunnels, leading Yan Tao through the labyrinth like passage ways. The journey through the beginning of the sewers had been long, and confusing, but the young woman knew it would only take a few minutes from here to reach the Underground City. So rather then growing comfortable with the silence, Kalani spoke up trying to spark up conversation in an attempt to get to know Yan Tao. With a light smile on her face the water bender turned her head, gazing up at the old man as her voice echoed softly through the tunnels, “So, did you come here from the Eastern Air Temple?”

The mention of the Temple brought a quiet sadness to Yan's face. It had been many years since he had been to the Temple and his stubborn act of defiance against Teyri-yhama had, at least in Yan's mind, left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. With hushed words Yan replied,

"Actually I haven't been to the Temple in at least a decade and a half, I have been living in the outlands of Omashu for the last few years and only heard about the Rising a fortnight ago."[b]

The sudden thought of his arrival to Omashu had brought to mind Jampo which he had left a safe distance outside the city walls. At some point, Yan figured, he should probably go find him again.

[b]"By the way, would there be a place to allow my sky bison to rest here within the Underground? The last I had checked Jampo was flying away into the morning sun and I want to make sure that he will be safe."

Frowning, her eyebrows knitted together in concern as she listened to airbender. There was more to his story, and she could hear it in the tone of his voice. Shame, longing, regret. Kalani knew what it was like to be away from home, and while she had made the decision to leave, there were times that she did feel home-sick. With those facts in mind, she knew she could not relate and her advice was limited, so with with nothing to say she addressed the question about the bison, “I’m sure we can find a place for him here, but you’ll have to talk to one of the earth benders about making a path.”

From the darkness, a large iron door came into sight, lighting up as Kalani and Yan soon stood before it. Digging around in pouch and pulling out the key once again, the lock clicked open and with a heavy groan, Kalani swung the door open. "Welcome to Underground Omashu, Yan Tao."

The vastness of the underground city stretched out before him in a grand spectacle of earthbending prowess, to which Yan had to stand in awe of. He had heard of the skill and strength of the legendary benders but had never had the pleasure of seeing it first hand. As the duo walked through the streets of the underground city Yan's glance passed over the countless teenagers that made up the Risings members and Yan couldn't help but ponder the effectiveness of children, benders or not, in combat. Upon second thought, however, he was just recruited by a waterbender with amazing skill so he supposed that one couldn't judge by looks alone. Having an odd thought in his head, Yan brought up something that he had pondered for a while,

"By the by, how many other airbenders do we have here?

After putting out the torch and securing the door behind them, Kalani lead the airbender down the main path as he admired the cities structure, and interior. His question made her a little uneasy, since he still had yet to be ‘officially’ initiated, but Kalani was sure a bit of information wouldn’t hurt, “Just a few. To be honest, I wasn’t really sure any air benders would join the cause.” Her mind immediately drifted to Krane, and Rabten. “Then again, the resistance has opened my eyes to a lot of things, I suppose.”

As they rounded about the corner, Kalani caught sight of the rec center up ahead, watching as people entered and exited the main entrance doors. “Looks like we got here just in time.” Hurrying across the street and halting at the entrance doors, the young woman smiled broadly as turned to face the 'recruit', “Since you’re not officially apart of the resistance, I can’t show you the rest of the city or answer anymore questions, but luckily today is the day of the coronation ceremony.”

“Once you’re initiated, I can answer anything that comes to mind, so save all of your questions for after.” Grasping the handle of door and revealing the crowd inside, Kalani encouraged the airbender to walk in with a motion of her arm, “Better yet, you’ll probably be meeting someone who can answer your questions far better then I ever could.”

The Spirits Within

Its just occured to mr that Aaron and Kim have never actually had a conversation...we need to fix that at some point JJ

The Spirits Within

Aaron stepped in front of the massive blade pointed at Olivia and kept one hand on his sheath, finger on the trigger, and the other tightly gripping the handle.

"Well that just proves that your not Sam...Sam wouldn't even think about SUGGESTING about hurting Liv..."

A false bravado emanated from Aaron as externalized by the over confident smirk as he stared down friend from once upon a time,

"...I don't know who you are, but no one threatens my Liv without consequence."

Samuel chuckled: “Your Liv? What makes you think she is yours? What makes you think she’d want a short, pathetic excuse for man like yourself, Aaron?”
Olivia placed a hand on Aaron’s shoulder, standing behind him; in an attempt persuade the boy to back away. “Aaron, please don’t do this.”

The choice of words he chose hadn't occurred to him until Sam had called him on it, he hadn't meant to say his Liv but in the depths of his heart he knew that was what he really wanted to say. The stinging barbs of Sam's words only succeeded in making him even angrier when a calm hand grasped his shoulder, Olivia called to him to stop which only hurt him further. He knew what she meant, but he could see in her eyes that she didn't really want to have a confrontation with him because of her past feelings for him. After years of keeping silent about the whole thing, Aaron finally snapped and unfortunately, it was at Olivia,

"Liv, whatever you had for Sam is pointless here, this isn't the Sam you knew...that man is dead..."

Pointing at "Sam" standing at the platform he called out to him while he was addressing her,

"This is not Sam...he is just another enemy that stands in our way and needs to die!"

Olivia’s eyes began to swell and induce shades of amaranth and auburn coloration, just as her lips beyond their otherwise already inflated nature, as a tear or two burst into the atmosphere. She retracted her hand and stared at the boy with disdain: “What makes you think that you know anything about what ‘I had’"

"Oh come on Liv, I've watched you for years with him...it was plastered all over your face...this isn't Sam anymore. Your life revolved around him and now he's here you can't bring yourself to truly admit the fact that the Sam that you once knew is a madman that wants bring about the end of the world with a fairy tale!"

Olivia remained silent, agitated as she was, while staring at Aaron with despair. She glanced at Samuel, who decided to be mute, and then addressed the boy in front of her: “What is it with you and disappointing me, huh? Outside Doral you did it, and on the boat; why can’t you listen to me or stand to see me happy?” she said.

Aaron stood in wide eyed shock, Olivia's words struck a deep wound in him the likes of which he had never felt before. He could feel tears well up in his eyes which seemed to steam as they touched his cheek. The fire was building deep in his belly. This wasn't fair, Aaron had cared for Olivia for as long as he could remember, done everything that he could to ensure that she could be happy, and as long as he could remember her heart had always belonged to Sam. As the tears began to fall from his eyes staring at the woman he cared for the most he wasn't able to bring his voice above a trembling whisper,

"Y...Y..You don't really m...m..mean that Liv. I've spent the whole of my adult life trying to make you happy, you can't mean that Liv."

Turning slowly to stare at the visage of everything that despised, this impostor who claimed to be Sam.

"You...your the cause of all of this. You are going to die here and now!!"

Aaron charged with blind fury, his new blade already unsheathed and wind already swirling in massive currents.

“Aaron!” Olivia shouted, as the boy flung himself into his iconic rage. He would be no match for Samuel at this point. She could feel it in her bones and her veins, as he was something else entirely. Olivia had to react fast to preserve the peace, to protect Samuel or Aaron. She was unsure of which one of them she actually cared for or attempted to defend; perhaps both, perhaps neither.

Olivia vanished in a thunderous flash and appeared behind Samuel, who did not even flinch, and then she instantly blinked again to catch Aaron’s rush. The impact caused a bright display of lightning that reached for the conductive railings and treading of the catwalk, and when it died down, Olivia was sitting on top of Aaron, who was flat on his back. She grabbed the boy by his neck and pulled him close, “Stop! Just stop it, right now! I’m sorry, okay? You’re going to get yourself killed if you engage him,” she said.

Olivia's grip was surprisingly strong but Aaron's rage was stronger, as he pulled away from her and charged towards Sam once again brandishing baleful heated wind only to see Sam turn and dismiss an attack with little more than the batting of an eyelash, this didn't deter him. Continuing his charge, Aaron began to bring down his sword but was swiftly sent flying by a backhand from the monstrosity that was Sam. Before he could get up to continue his assault, Aaron felt a firm tugging at the back of his neck pulling him towards the platform and the odd sensation of the device working. Sometime passed when finally stood up to see the Tree and stood in awe of its beauty. The sudden realization that he was in the middle of "fighting" Sam brought Aaron back to his sense of anger when he turned and saw Olivia coming back from where ever she esacped to.

"Where is he...Where did Sam go?

— Tree of Life —

The boy of rage and fire’s muttering caught Olivia’s attention, and she left her musings concerning her newly found sword behind to sit herself beside Aaron, who seemed disoriented and unable to remember what had happened. She looked at him calmly, no longer agitated by his previously reckless behavior. “Did you smack your little head on the pavement or something? He used that machine and teleported away, which made the whole place come down on our heads, so we had to use it ourselves,” she said. Olivia glanced at her sword that was still rammed into the ground next to the tree, and then at the tree itself. “Would you believe that? — The Tree of Life. I always thought it was fiction, but there it is. Clear as day,” she continued.

Aaron's initial reaction was to look at the Tree and revel in it's beauty once again, although something about him was in the process of changing, even if he didn't know it at the time. He could FEEL ancient words coursing through his mind and terrorizing images of great beasts that soared through the sky spitting hatred and fury with every breath. The feeling was too much to bear. Grabbing both sides of his head Aaron lurched away from Olivia, the sensation of rage forced him to speak what was truly on his mind,

"WHY DID YOU STOP ME!! I COULD HAVE KILLED HIM, I COULD HAVE BURNED HIM TO CINDERS BUT YOU HAD TO STOP ME WHY??!! IS IT BECAUSE YOU STILL LOVE HIM? HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY LOVE THAT MADMAN.....!"

Dropping to his knees Aaron arched his back and raised his head to the sky and unleashed an unfathomable and intense spout of fire from his mouth. As the flames reached the top of the Tree of Life Aaron's eyes glassed over as he could feel his spirits of Fire become stronger, angrier, and more intense. The shift in the balance of his spirits was completed the spout of fire died down causing Aaron to drop to all fours and begin pant as if he ran a marathon.

Olivia hastily, clumsily stood up and backed away from the boy when the display of immolation erupted. While absorbing spirits was usually a delight, there was no guarantee that their effects would be. The girl remained where she had moved to, a few steps away from Aaron, as the boy’s and the spirits’ anger and rage somewhat settled and he was forced to recover. “You’re the one who would have died, Aaron, and I’ve already told you that I can’t lose you or anyone else here. I mean, you saw what he turned into… that monster. It would have ripped you to dust,” she said and folded her arms across her stomach.

Aaron felt as if he was burning up from the inside out as the spirits seemed to be settling into their new arrangement. Aaron so desperately wanted to cry out to Olivia and beg for help, but the memories of their argument in the depths of their pseudo prison kept playing through his head and when he stopped for a moment to really think about everything that happened, he was still reeling from he comments. As Aaron wobbly rose to his feet he gazed at Olivia with the same hurt look he had given her back at the platform, but spoke with just enough resentment for the words to be felt like venom,

"Yeah, wouldn't want to dissipoint you by dying now would I?"

With that he walked away leaving Olivia to be stunned by his words. Aaron tried to make himself turn around and explain himself to her but for the first time since he had learned about his Guardian nature, he heard his spirits "speak" to him and they kept telling him to walk away.

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I vote team Old Man Airbender be paired with Kalani

The Spirits Within

You should check the pad Prisk >.> <.<

The Spirits Within

Aaron would have similar colors to Maggie, although maybe not black just different shades or red

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Im here...just had to deal with daddy duties but Im working on my next post now