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(High Casual) An Age Old Feud

You know, cooking canned goods over a candle till the power comes back. Damn hurricanes. Will post again when I can. Trying to conserve phone charge.

@The Valkyrie

Oh no!! I hope you're doing okay and that you and all your loved ones are safe!! Do what you gotta do boo <3

(High Casual) An Age Old Feud

Soooooo, how is everyone doing?

Ba Sing Se

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Location: Lower Ring – At the Wall to the Middle Ring
Interacting With: N/A

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Bare, light-green walls, a small, unmade bed, an empty dresser with clothes piled on top, and a few tea pots and cups with not a single drop inside all resemble the chambers of, none other than, Mei-Li. Amidst all the clutter and disorganization, she sits cross-legged with her face to the window that allows only for a tasteful amount of sunlight in, meditating calmly and collectively. Her hair is unkept and still adorning the bed-head look while her eyes are embellished with dark circles from staying up to late and waking up too early. Despite the rather popular tea shop that she dwells in, the rowdiness of the familiar commute time rush and the clinking of dishes remained faint -- but perhaps Mei was so used to the noises that she ignored them well. Regardless, a loud shout interrupted her serene meditation.

"Mei!" The raspy voice was clearly of an older, aging man. Mei, annoyed by the sudden disturbance, ignored it. "Mei!" It was baffling to believe that the man's voice could get any louder, given that the shout echoed clearly into her room.

Mei sighed and settled into a less straight and a more irritated posture, replying and mimicking the loudness of his voice just after he shouted once again,"What!?"

"We need you!"

Mei let out a loud, irritated grunt before getting up, brushing her hands through her hair and tying up the top layer. She sloppily tied on her apron and proceeded down the long staircase to the untidy kitchen with an understaffed amount of workers that were preparing various tea pots and small treats for tables. Mei rubbed her eyes and let her surroundings settle in. The aroma was a strong mix of berries, herbs, and mints, while the air was hot from the steam of boiling water. The kitchen had shelves with a big variety of different herbs and berries, while the coolers underneath the tables contained snacks that were easy to prepare. A busboy was tucked in the corner trying to wash dishes as fast as he could, while the tea makers were shuffling around each other to properly prepare the teas in a timely fashion.

Mei approached the man with the shouting, burly voice. The voice matched his appearance well: short, salt and pepper hair, a patchy scruff to add to the unpleasant look, various wrinkles on his eyes, forehead, and cheeks, with a growing beer gut to match his former masculine physique. Mei spoke up, her voice still taking on the morning rasp, though her voice was already rather deep and matured,"See Gopan, I told you we should've hired waterbenders. It'd make this place so much easier to manage."

"Yeah, whatever. Just get out there and go help somewhere," he replied, irritated and distracted by the several other employees approaching him.

A young man rushed up to him as Mei was still adjusting into a work pace,"Yo Gopan, table 6 still says that they want more peppermint and verbana in their tea."

Gopan clenched his fist in anger, aching to slam something near to him but there were no suitable surfaces,"Why is everyone asking for peppermint tea today!?"

"Well, they said that they're trying to take precautions to the contagion going around," the young man said in response.

"Contagion?" Gopan mumbled under his breath, doubtfully, as he shuffled through various shelves and cabinets,"Great. We're out."

"What do you want me to tell them?"

"Just," Gopan paused,"Say we're out until we get another shipment." He then turned to Mei as he motioned for the young man off,"Mei, go pick up a whole motherload of peppermint and verbana from the market. I don't care where you get it from, but just get more so we don't lose business today."

Without any second thoughts, Mei ripped off her apron and threw it on some random, open surface and fled the scene with an optimistic smile,"You got it!"

Mei went upstairs, threw on her usual outfit, and went into the crowded streets. Mei stood at the side of all the busy, flustering people, looking around to try to familiarize herself with the direction of the market. "Where was it again? I think this way..." She spoke to herself. With that, she entered the traffic of the people, trying to rush between the slow walkers to have a quicker return.

Ba Sing Se

I think Mei and Fumiko could be acquainted. Maybe Fumiko is interested in Mei's background as a Kyoshi Warrior and they have good talks whenever she visits the shop for tea~

Ba Sing Se

@McHaggis

That works perfect for my timeline!

(High Casual) An Age Old Feud

Oooooooooooooooh yeah. Take your time~!

(High Casual) An Age Old Feud

Who are we waiting on!? :)

Ba Sing Se

... Okay, so I was writing up the bio for Fumiko and a flash of genius idea hit me. What if Fumiko is the ancestor of that cabbage guy? Maybe not the direct descendant, considering she doesn't really want to be a farmer forever (maybe she'll make a cabbage enterprise and her cabbages would be the best cabbages and have a monopoly of them). I'm actually serious about this premise, no matter how ridiculous that sounds. And if it's weird, that's because I am tired but I feel it important enough to ask.

If not, that's okay, too. I have questions, though: what lessons are there in the University? Nevermind I looked it up and Ba Sing Se University have its wiki: http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Ba_Sing_Se_University. I'll have her learn about mathematics for accounting and science to have the best cabbages.

Edit: Actually, a legit question this time and I have no idea if this is in the wiki. If it is, I apologize for asking (I actually have not finished ATLA (heresy, I know) and only LoK so my knowledge isn't at tip-top shape) but are farms outside of Ba Sing Se or in it? I don't think it's in it, since it is an enclosed city so would that mean Fumiko's family would have to get out of the city and do the farming then haul it back in to sell the goods? Or would Fumiko's family not own a farm (they live in the Lower Ring) since those in the Middle Ring / Upper Ring would be rich enough to hold one and her family would only be hired help?

@Elle Santiago

Honestly, I totally feel like you can take this to a very serious level. Your character could start lower ring and then maybe your character moves up the ranks throughout the roleplay and ends up owning the business and then all of a sudden BOOM -- We have our rich, money tree friend that will help us all financially by selling cabbages.

Ba Sing Se

@McHaggis, I am as well. If the character discovering a family history of sandbending via bending is too much for this RPG, it's not one I'd like to join.

@Regitnui

I don't think it's the discovery of a family history of sand bending that's the problem. I think it's the fact that you're trying to make your character become self-taught through a natural talent of sand bending. You compared your concept to the early stages of Katara, but even Katara was a novice until she received proper training. On the contrary, sand bending is like another form of earth bending, thus the concept of having a very slim ability to manipulate sand is applicable to all experienced earth benders(from my understanding). This concept brings me back to when they went to that underground library and Toph was annoyed that she could only faintly bend the sand and we all know that Toph is a hella good earth bender

In all honesty, I think you should just go with someone that originates from the Si Wong desert to allow for a sand bending upbringing. Or perhaps your character started as an earth bender but resided in the desert somehow and ended up needing to learn sand bending for the sake of survival. A simple change in the character history could fix everything.

Sorry to butt-in to this, I'm just trying to clarify. Unless I'm wrong as well then I'll edit this all out hehe.

Ba Sing Se

@Lionhearted

Mei is accepted. A very believable balance of youthful naivety and hard-working warrior woman, and I also like the canonical inclusion of Kyoshi Island being more apolitical (before the invasion) - I love it :) You can go ahead and pop her in the tab. (Though as a head's up - you've still got the guiding, "At least three of each. Consider more than just likes 'good things' and dislikes 'bad things'." in the Likes & Dislikes section. Might wanna remove that.)

PS - No surnames is fine! I imagine very few characters will have them. Potentially only the firebending nobility dude, if he so chooses. Titles like 'of the Southern Water Tribe' would also count, I think, but they are completely not mandatory to put in. I also think Kyoshi Warrior weapon skills are fairly self-explanatory - thanks for putting them in separate sections :>

I gotta now add the state of Kyoshi Island to the OOC. Will get it done at the weekend and probably tag you in it just to make sure everything's kosher.

@McHaggis

Awesome! I'm glad you like her! I fixed that bit and moved her to the Character Tab! I look forward to the Kyoshi Island OOC tab~!