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 Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:09 am
Avatar #2; The Chronicles of SD Cafe
Oh, I see. Are you all back for more? Alright. Let's see, a year has passed since the Battle of Guenzheng. Sit down, relax, and journey with us into the tale of the fate of the Avatar and friends.
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:14 am
Rules~ All rules in Chronicle One applies. Announcements~10/3/10- The Beginning of a New Chronicle! To come soon. 10/10/10- Start of Chronicles; Updated Characters Map~The map is updated regularly. Check back to see where Darth and the team is currently at.  Characters~ Click on each avatar to find out more about them.┏ WATER TRIBE━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓     
Vane(15) Coff(12) Adren(16) Princess Bonaka(14) Chieftain Caruso (?)┏ EARTH KINGDOM━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓    
Star(15) Bibbles(3) Sky(15) Charmed(16)
┏ FIRE NATION━━━━━┓  Miso(16)┏ AIR NOMADS━━━━━┓  Misa "Teriyaki"(19)┏ SPIRITUAL CLAN━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓    Darth(17) Father Spirit(?) Rosella de NoAi "愛"19** Not Pictured/Summarized -Elemental Guards -Grandmother Wenshun -Lao Len
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Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:07 pm
Chronicle 2 Post 1: Reunion
One year ago......
Adren,Coff,and Miso leaped through the dense forest, away from the library of Guenzheng. The three of them were running nonstop until Adren stopped near a large tree.
"Miso..Coff..." Adren panted. "Stop.. i'm tired."
Miso fetched some water from a nearby stream. "Drink."
Miso reached for more water when Adren gripped his arm tightly. Sweating, Adren muttered. "Aren't you worried about Star and the others?"
Miso nodded. "Yes..but.."
Adren hid his face behind his hands. "We're older, Miso. We're supposed to be there helping and protecting them."
Miso was silent for a while before speaking again. "But Coff..."
Coff raised her head. "I'm fine. Why is everyone so worried about me? I can fight!" Coff stood up and Bibbles jumped onto her shoulder.
Miso looked at both of them. "Well, I guess you are right. But Vane wanted Coff..."
Adren smirked. "Didn't you hear Coff? We can take them."
The three of them flashed a short smile before darting back to the library. When they finally reached it, the three of them were horrified. Blasting jelly laced all around the outside of the library like icing on a cake.
"NOOOOOO!" Adren yelled.
But they were too late. As the three of them ran to the library, Darth commanded to fire the jelly. Suddenly there was a bright, white light. The library exploded, and the impact sent them all flying far away from the library, the city, and the Earth Kingdom.
Back near the library, people gathered around. Earthbenders and rescue teams went into the rubble searching for survivors, but found nobody inside.
One year later.....
My name is Misaki, or "Misa" for short. I am nineteen years old, daughter of Sash Emi and Yahki Sohba. I am a natural born airbender, and has been dedicated to the art for all of my art. I was raised happily in the West World's Northwestern Air Temple, and had many friends there. My happiness ended when the Spiritual Clan attacked my home, destroying the history of the air monks and making most of our people flee into the Eastern World. I, however, stayed. I didn't have a choice; I was young. I was left behind unintentionally, or so I believe. My goal in life? To search for my parents, and to stop the evil that is upon the Spiritual Clan.
I cleverly hid my temple, now known as the Old Temple ruins, in a misty fog at all times. I trained day and night, striving to be stronger. I was for sure I was going to be alone for a long time. But apparently I wasn't sure enough.
I heard the crash early one morning many moons back. When I rushed over, I turned the body over to the face of a young woman. When she woke up, she had forgotten all of her past. No name, no history, nothing. All she had was a bottle of water wrapped around the waist and water tribe clothing. I took her in, and we became the best of friends. We trained, and she regained bits of basic knowledge of waterbending and skills. Her memories of her past were slower though. I wish I could help her, but it seems she is on her own about it.
"Mew....." Bibbles mewed, pawing at the familiar figure.
Star shook the paw off of her. She groaned and her eyes fluttered open. ".....Where am I?"
Star was sitting in a familiar looking forest, full of tall trees.
"Tungsten Glens!" she gasped. She looked around. There was only Bibbles beside her. "But..."
Star started walking and soon was out of the glens and into the clear of Maru Lei. As she walked into the market confused, she bumped into a teenage girl.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Star muttered.
The girl looked at Star and suddenly was tearful. She hugged Star.
Star finally remembered. "Sky...." She hugged back.
Miso walked over, holding a basket of fresh cucumbers. "Sky, what are you...." He dropped the basket.
The four of them were again united, and it didn't seem to matter how long it took.
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:48 pm
Chronicle 2 Post 2: The Ballad of a Humming Swan
"Hey Star, do you remember anything at all?" asked Sky. Star, Bibbles, Sky, and Miso were sitting inside a small restaurant enjoying some Earth Kingdom delicacies.
"Uhh..." Star replied, chewing on a strip of almond jerky. "Not really, there was an explosion, and then...nothing."
Star looked around and focused on Miso's face. "Why.. do you look so different, Miso?" Star laughed jokingly.
Miso had a straight face. "Star... how long did you think you were sleeping?"
Star thought for a while. "A couple days? I'm not sure.."
Sky widened her eyes. "Star... you've been sleeping for a year."
Star stood up. "Wait what? But.. the explosion wasn't that long ago..."
Miso patted Star. "I'm afraid you were probably in a coma. There may be side effects, so calm down."
Star sat down, head in her hands. "Where's everyone else? What about Darth? Has it really been a year?" Questions kept flowing out of Star's mouth.
"That's the problem..." Sky sighed. "We don't know what happened to Coff, Adren, Vane, Charmed, or even Darth! Miso and I were lucky enough to be blasted near each other, but we couldn't find anyone else."
Star lit up. "Wait. Where did you and Miso get blasted to?"
Sky looked confused. "Just the outskirts of Maru Lei. Why?"
Star pondered. "You and Miso were blasted in the same place the team first met you. I was blasted to where the team first met me. The rest of them.. they.."
Miso interrupted. "Must be where their hometown was!"
Sky smiled, but then frowned again. "Impossible. Charmed lives in the East World, and the rest of them lives in the Southern Water Tribe. There is no way the explosion could have blasted them that far away. So, as sad as it may be, I call shenanigans."
The room was silent until Star stood up. "Well, wherever they may be, we must go and at least try to find them."
Miso and Sky stood up beside Star.
"I guess you're right." Miso commented. "Sitting around won't help us."
The three of them left the restaurant and began heading north.
A few days ago....
Princess Bonaka woke up to the sounds of the humming swans outside of her castle in the Northen Water Tribe. She stretched and looked outside to the magnificent and shining city.
"Your majesty." a butler appeared. "A warm bath? Hot food? Fresh clothes? Crown Shine?"
"No thank you." Bonaka said sweetly. "I wish to take a short walk by myself."
The butler bowed. "As you wish, princess."
Bonaka walked through the courtyard, pass the fountain, and up onto a frozen willow tree, glistening in the sun. There she laid and daydreamed of the days when she became queen, ruling the oceans of the West World hers. Suddenly she heard a crash nearby.
"My lady! Come quickly! Trouble!" the butler appeared.
"What's going on?" Bonaka asked.
The butler looked frightened. "Two bodies fell from the sky! One male, one female!"
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:46 pm
Chronicle 2 Post 3: Do I Remember You?
"Yahhh!" Misa cried out, sending shockwaves of air through the air towards the waterbender. The waterbender dodged the shockwaves swiftly, and lunged water back in the form of a snake. Misa did a cartwheel sideways and the snake slammed into a wall, collapsing and becoming lifeless again. Misa panted and looked at the waterbender.
"You have a pretty good grip on waterbending." Misa commented.
"Um.. Thanks?" she replied.
"But it's not good enough!" Misa yelled. She raised her arms into the air and without bending them, rotated them in circles, causing a rip in the air to form a tornado. Misa then pushed the tornado towards her.
"Ugh!" the waterbender closed her eyes, shielding them from the pressure. She raised her hands and started to perform the Water Whip technique. Suddenly a shock went down her spine. Somehow she remembered the technique, but didn't remember who she did it with. Tears swelled in her eyes and she sent the half-shaped whip at Misa. Before the whip even made contact with Misa, it was released back into droplets of water that collapsed onto the floor. The waterbender fell to her knees and buried her face into the palms of her hands.
Charmed leaped from branch to branch in a nearby forest in the Bellchime Islands training with the other ninjas from Kuro Kunai. A few days ago she awoke confused in her hometown, in the hospital. The elder of the village described her as injured and asleep in the front gates of the village.
"I can't believe this!" Charmed muttered, throwing ninja stars at a wooden toy, all three piercing the heart of the doll. She didn't know if she was to be unhappy or confused. She felt a little bit of both. A few years ago she left her village to journey the world, but now she was back to where she started! Angry, she leaped to a nearby cliff and sat down, staring into the sea.
"Lonely and unsuitable, isn't it?" muttered a voice that sounded so familiar.
Charmed looked back. "You!!!" she yelled angrily. She took out a sharp kunai and pointed it at the spiritual prince's neck.
Darth stood there alone, grinning and looking at the knife. "Whoa, there. That's not how you treat the person who brought you back to your home."
Charmed raised an eyebrow and dropped to kunai. "What??"
Darth walked towards the cliff. "Yes, because I think fondly of you. You aren't like them. You have power. You are skilled!"
He turned around a faced Charmed. "So I decided to save you, leaving you back in your village to heal before coming to see you."
Charmed grabbed a few ninja stars from her belt. "Your clan killed my parents!"
Darth shook his head. "They engaged in a war against us. I didn't kill them, don't try to blame me."
Charmed wasn't convinced. "What do you want from me?"
Darth smiled slyly. "I offer you a position. Under my apprenticeship, I will offer you professional training... certainly not wooden dolls. I offer you power. I offer you leadership."
Charmed relaxed her position a bit and thought about the offer. "And in return?"
Darth smiled. "You destroy the Avatar and her friends."
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Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 2:57 pm
Chronicle 2 Post 4: Stomping the Frozen Roses 
"WHAT?" Charmed exclaimed, stepping away from Darth.
"You heard me loud and clear." Darth smiled, arms opened towards Charmed. "I promise you everything that you want. You don't need those lowlifes. I bet they probably dumped you from their group as well."
"Stop..." Charmed grabbed her head and sunk onto the cold, unforgiving ground beneath her. "I won't.."
"Charmed!" Darth growled. "You don't even know them that well!"
Charmed looked up unhappily. "You don't know anything about me! And so what can you offer that greatly for me to even consider joining the Spiritual Clan?"
Darth walked over, placed his right palm onto Charmed's cheek, and whispered in her ear something so sweet, so bliss, Charmed forgot and forgave her pain the Spiritual Clan caused on her through tears that fell from from her face onto the cold-hearted dirt.
Darth walked past his father on the bottom of the cliff. Father Spirit was meditating, surrounded by a ring of candles all lighted with a delicate small flame.
"Well....?" Father Spirit asked, without even opening his eyes.
"It is done." Darth sat down beside Father Spirit. "Are you sure things will go as planned?"
Father Spirit breathed and exhaled deeply. "My boy, don't worry. Things will go according to plan, and if not, well... let's not think about that, shall we?" Father Spirit chuckled so low that even the humming ants scattered in different directions.
Princess Bonaka was in a hurry that day. So many things had to be done; the transport, the evacuation, and the room placements in the tribe's hospital.
"Princess!" called the butler, who was in the middle of directing the transporters the direction of the bodies. "You're father is calling you!"
"Yes, thank you!" Bonaka yelled as she ran towards Chieftain Caruso, her father and the ruler of the Northern Water Tribe's Imperial City.
Caruso stepped out of his carriage, and walked over to Princess Bonaka.
Princess Bonaka ran up, tired and panting.
"Bonaka!" Caruso exclaimed. "What on the Tribe grounds is going on here?"
"Bodies came flying from the sky, dad. Two, one male, one female."
"Status?"
"Well, the butler says unconscious, but they are to be shipped to the hospital soon."
"Bonaka, are these people from our tribe?"
"......."
"Well? Answer, princess!"
"Uhm.." Bonaka stuttered. "I'm not sure, Father. I only saw them for a quick second. They seem to be wearing water tribe clothing, though."
Chieftain Caruso nodded and motioned for Bonaka to get into the carriage.
"In this war we are having with the Spiritual Lands, charity and forgiveness are hard to come by. We must make sure of the two mysterious people can be trusted."
Princess Bonaka walked into the carriage, wishing for the safety for the teenagers, no matter what their background was, or their current state or position in the world.
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:24 pm
Chronicle 2 Post 5: Where's the 愛?
Coff woke up with her head ringing like someone in band who seems to be playing every night, unable to post in a thread relevant to stars,dust, and cafes.
"HOLY SMOKES!" Coff said with a gasp and jumped out of her bed. She looked outside, but a morning mist of fog surrounded the window, causing nothing but a bright light to shine through. Coff turned around to a snoring and asleep Adren. Coff ran over and pushed Adren off of the comfy bed.
"Get up! Get up!" Coff whispered.
Adren shook his head and woke up, yawning and tired. He then rubbed his head. "Owowow.... What the heck, Coff?"
Coff looked around. "Where are we?"
Adren widened his eyes. "Oh...um.. whoa."
The room was slightly freezing but warming to the injured water tribe teens. Coff shifted her fingers towards the nearest door. "Hurry."
Coff and Adren sneaked out of the door and down the chilly hall, and soon found themselves at an exit. It was a sight to take in.
"Oh..wow." Coff exclaimed in surprise. Snowflakes were falling from the endless sky, buildings and factories were stacked around in a circular formation, a frozen fountain spewed water in icicles, and smoke arose from various homes with the aroma of delightful cooking.
Adren gritted his teeth. "I'm...freezing."
Coff nudged him. "Not the problem. But where are we? Last I remember was the Guenzheng Library..."
Soon then a carriage appeared near the entrance of the hospital, and when the door opened, a tall but old man came out with a young girl dressed in a large cloak, her hair glistening in the sun and snow.
"Oh! You're awake!" the girl exclaimed.
Charmed arrived in Spiritual Lands in a timely fashion from Darth's ship. As soon as she stepped off of the ship and onto the land, dozens of citizens and warriors bowed in her presence. Charmed, shocked, quietly walked down the road with Darth and a few warriors behind her.
"Wow.. It's quite...peaceful here." Charmed commented.
Darth let out a laugh. "What did you expect, a riot in every corner?"
Charmed shook her head reluctantly.
Darth continued. "Here in the Land of the Spirits everyone knows and obliges to the wishes of the spirits, which are quite simple. Peace, Order, and Conquer are the main concerns. And the others, well, they just aren't that important.."
Darth lead Charmed into a large dojo where only a teenage girl was training in. She had dark purple hair with a black bow tie in a ponytail, wore the darkest colors of leather ever manufactured, and her eyes were as blue and startling like a snake. When Darth and Charmed stepped into the dojo, the purple haired girl yanked her whip and attacked Darth. Darth, without showing emotion, dodged the whip and sent shockwaves of air to blast the whip out of her hands.
The purple haired girl smiled for a second. "Welcome back." Her tone, deep and lightly accented, was a bit unusual to Charmed.
Darth grabbed the whip. "Oh, your dangerous Lunar Rose Whip. You're still using this, Rosella?"
Rosella sighed. "My signature weapon. Of course, I also use these.."
She took out a few discs, spherical balls, and a lazer encrypted gun from her belt. Each weapon was engraved with a rose.
"Who's she?" the girl nudged towards Charmed's direction.
"Your new partner." Darth smirked.
"Oh?"
Rosella walked over to Charmed. She was slightly taller than Charmed, but was nonetheless scarier than usual. Rosella held out a hand.
"My name's Rosella de NoAi." she said in her accent. "But you can call me Rose or Rosella. Whatever you fancy."
Charmed shook Rosella's hand. "Charmed to meet you. And that's my name."
Rosella smiled. "A clever little one you are. Now, let's see you in combat..." Rosella grabbed her whip and pointed it at Charmed, who reached for her shuriken stars.
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 8:15 pm
Chronicle 2 Post 6: Goin' Nowhere Fast
Every single day seemed to pass like wind through your fingers to the waterbender, who lost and trapped in the ruins. She wanted to get out, to be free, but she couldn't.
She was alone, however, she had company. Little by little, Misa would help ease her remember basic knowledge. She soon remembered why birds sang, how to cook, and even algebra. But she couldn't remember her past. The person she "loved", her friends, her family.
She thought she would be lost forever until one day when the incident happened.
Misa and the waterbender were training as usual on the temple grounds, when the sky suddenly turned pitch black for a second. It wasn't unusual, there were plenty of storms around the area. But this was sudden; it came and soon left. Misa looked up into the sky.
"What the..."
From the skies, spiritual warriors parachuted down at ease and landed on the ground. One by one, the warriors landed and stood in a fighting position. After a dozen of them landed, the last to land was the chief in command.
When the chief landed, the waterbender's head began to throb. There was something particular about this chief that made her uncomfortable. But she stood next to Misa, ready to fight whenever.
"By the orders of the Father of Spirits.." a spiritual warrior spoke, "Anyone remaining on this island is to leave immediately."
Misa gritted her teeth. "We will do no such thing! What do you people want?"
The chief stepped forward. "Personal business." He stared hard at the waterbender, but seemed to have forgotten who she was. But he was certain to have encountered her before.
The waterbender returned his stare. "Leave. We want no trouble here."
The chief smirked and ordered his warriors to attack. "Destroy them!"
The warriors charged towards Misa and the waterbender. The two split into seperate directions and attacked back. The spiritual warriors chased after Misa with their puny weapons, which Misa had no problem destroying.
"Go!" Misa cried out to the waterbender. "Stop the chief!"
The waterbender ran towards the chief and lifted some seawater nearby. Swiftly, she turned them into ice shards and sent them towards the chief. The chief took a deep breath and swung his arms forward, sending a fireball forwards to melt the shards. The waterbender then ran onto the water, creating a ripple of waves to carry her towards the chief. She then twisted her arms in a circular motion, sending a whirlpool towards the chief. The chief, hit, yelled and fell backwards.
"Ugh.." the chief remarked. "Never have I seen such waterbending power!"
"Well." the waterbender smiled, "Take a look at this! Hyah!" She sent a large wave the washed the chief back to his warriors. Together the warriors and the chief were swept into the bay.
"Good job!" Misa called over, giggling over the fact that they just kicked their butts.
The waterbender walked over to the now doggy paddling chief, reaching and gasping for air. When he and the warriors touched the ground, he muttered something under his cold, shivering breath.
"You... all.. of you... will pay.. for this!" The chief extended his arm and grabbed the waterbender's sleeve.
As soon as the chief grabbed her, the waterbender felt a shock. She remembered the man, his appearance in Tungsten Glens.. everything he appeared in to her, her friends, and her sister soon flooded back to her. In one breath, she muttered one word before kicking the chief back into the icy cold waters.
"Coff..."
Coff and Adren were in the dining hall of Bonaka's palace sipping on some hot seal fin soup when Coff felt a little shock and shiver down her spine. She looked down at the soup wearily, and saw the reflection of no one but her sister.
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:38 pm
Chronicle 2 Post 7: Miss Understood
Miso, Sky, Star, and Bibbles soon arrived at the city of Guenzheng. As they walked in, Star turned around and saw the ruins of once the majestic library. She bowed and walked along the rest of the group.
"Hmm.." Miso mumbled. "We might as well ask some of the people around here if they saw our friends."
Sky shook her head. "That's a waste of time. We should keep heading north. They won't be here; if we were all blasted far away from the city, we probably won't find them hospitalized here."
Bibbles mewed into the air. She was anxious to bite Adren.
Star patted Bibbles and spoke. "What if they are waiting here for us? We should look around..."
Miso looked at Star sadly. "I wish that was the cause, but Sky and I don't live that far away from Guenzheng. It's been a year. If they were here, they would have probably found us by now."
Star looked down. "I just hope they are alright."
Charmed gripped her kunai tightly as she stared into Rosella's cold blue eyes. Rosella smirked and whipped her whip in the air, signaling the beginning of their combat practice fight.
"Yahhh!" Charmed yelled and she leaped into her air. In a flash she tossed a few shurikens at Rosella's torso.
"You will need to do better than throw stars." Rosella smirked. With a flick of her wrist, her whip danced and snapped at every shuriken, which fell lifelessly onto the ground.
Charmed gritted her teeth and pulled out her kusarigama, a long axe with two balls chained on opposite sides. Charmed twirled the axe in the air and flung it at the whip. Once the kusarigama made contact with the whip, Charmed let both weapons trap each other, and tossed it to the side.
Rosella stared at Charmed, with a debating smile on her face.
"Try this!" Rosella tossed a half-dozen of her rose-ingraved discs at Charmed. Once the discs were about to make contact with her, Charmed pull out a scroll which unrolled across her face to shield the attacks. The discs exploded on contact, with Charmed unharmed.
Charmed smiled and nodded for more. Rosella cocked an eyebrow. "Hmm... very good." she spoke in her accented tone.
Rosella then jumped and tossed her spherical balls. When they landed onto the ground, the balls exploded into a purple smoke, blinding Charmed's eyesight.
Charmed coughed and looked around.
"Hyah!" Rosella fell ontop of Charmed, with her whip in one hand, and Charmed's kusarigama in the other.
"I win this round." Rosella boasted. "Come. We shall eat first and practice later."
Rosella got off of Charmed and leaped towards the door, nodding as she went out.
Charmed stared at her reflection from the sharp blade of the axe, and saw the confused girl inside of her, anxious to jump out.
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:05 pm
Chronicle 2 Post 8: A Little Too Not Over You 
"Please." Princess Bonaka bowed before her guests. "Sit, and drink some hot soup."
Adren and Coff bowed back and sat into their respective seats. The dining hall in the palace was laced with colored ice and paintings, a chandelier hung from the icy cold ceiling, the table crafted from the finest of refined ice.
"Oh my.." Adren commented. "It's much colder here than the Southern Water Tribe."
Princess Bonaka giggled. "Yes, isn't it? I knew you were from the Southern Water Tribe, because I had a hunch. But why do you arrive in such a... unique fashion?"
Adren scratched his head. "Ah.. this was an unplanned visit. You see..."
Adren told Princess Bonaka and Chieftain Caruso their journey, their encounter with the Spiritual Clan, and how they ended up blasted in different directions.
"But I think.." Adren mumbled, mouth half-full with soup, "They'll find us soon. Nom.."
Chieftain was very interested in Adren's tale. He was a chief, of course. He knew all the details and places they have been to.
"Yes.." Chieftain Caruso nodded. "But wouldn't you think, since it has been that long, they would have found you by now? Wouldn't you think they might have... left you behind?"
Adren looked down at his soup. "My friends are not like that. I believe in them."
Caruso shifted his gaze from Adren to Coff. "And you, young girl."
Coff light up. "Yes?"
"You haven't spoke much."
"Oh...oh. Sorry."
"Ahaha, nothing to worry about."
Princess Bonaka hummed. "Well, it is swell to have visitors from our sister tribe. You may stay as long as you like, and is welcome to everything we have to offer."
Adren and Coff thanked her and resumed eating.
Aden whispered to Coff. "What's going on with you?"
Coff replied solemnly. "Oh... nothing."
"There's something."
"Huh?.... Yeah."
"What?"
"Well... It's gonna sound strange."
"Coff, we have been blasted unknowingly to the Northern Water Tribe. That's probably really strange already. I think I can handle it."
"Well, I saw Vane in my...soup."
Adren choked on a potato. Caruso and Bonaka looked at him, but Adren acted like it was nothing and smiled.
"What are you talking about?" he whispered back at Coff.
"See? It's strange."
"Noo... It's just different. How?"
"Well, I was staring at my soup, thinking about her. And then I saw her, like a vision, fighting Spiritual Warriors somewhere old and full of bricks."
"Uhh.. Okay. That's strange."
"I know! Ahh... I wish I knew what was going on as well."
"We'll find her soo-.."
Chieftain interrupted their conversation. "Coff, Adren, I wish to ask you a favor."
Adren nodded. "Yes?"
Princess Bonaka smiled. "Tomorrow night is my sixteenth birthday. Please come and enjoy the feast, we can celebrate your arrival as well."
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Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:54 pm
Chronicle 2 Post 9: What's My Name? x2
Misa rested her hands in her lap. She had drained most of her energy, blasting all of the warriors into the air, sending them far away. She sat with her legs crossed, her facial expression blank, eyes closed, resting.
The waterbender threw a stone at a wall in the ruins. She had a name. A face.
"Coff..."
She had no idea who Coff was. Was Coff her when she was younger? Or was Coff a sibling? Or someone she didn't know? All she knew was that Coff looked really similar to her, but it was the only thing that crossed her mind when she contacted the chief of the Spiritual Warriors. Confused, the waterbender threw another stone at the wall.
"What's my name?" She muttered underneath her breath. "Oh... nah. Nah, it can't be that."'
The waterbender stood up and walked towards to Misa. Misa eyes fluttered.
"Alert." Misa mumbled.
The waterbender looked into the sky. A man flying on an airglider was slowly descending towards them and the Old Temple Ruins.
"Destination?" the old woman croaked.
Miso stood in front of the Guenzheng ferry booth with Sky, Star, and Bibbles. They decided to continue heading north as planned a year ago. Perhaps there they decided they could find some clues to where the others were.
"Three tickets for the ferry to the Northern Water Tribe please." Miso stuttered.
The old woman looked at Bibbles. "One animal carriage?"
"Yes please."
"Identification?"
"Here."
Miso slid his and Sky's identification to the woman. The woman looked at their pictures and looked back at Star. Star smiled uneasily.
"And hers?"
Sky slid the old woman a bundle of kingdom dollars. "Enough?"
The woman took the money and hid it in her coat pocket. "Three tickets, verified."
Star looked amazed at Sky. "You can do that?"
Sky shrugged her shoulders. "A little persuasion. As long as you aren't part of the Spiritual Clan, they'll let anyone aboard the ferries."
Miso took the tickets and the four of them boarded the ferry. Miso took an information brochure and read it.
"Our cabin is 3B. Pool's on the second, shuffle-boarding on the upper sky deck, entertainment downstairs, and traditional fire nation buffet tonight."
"Sounds good." Sky commented.
Star walked over the back of the ferry as it departed from Guenzheng. As Miso and Sky walked over, Star turned around and looked at the floor.
"I hope we made the right decision." she mumbled.
Miso placed one of his hand onto Star's shoulder. "We searched. Perhaps we need to try other places."
The three stared as the ferry swam deeper into the vast ocean, the Earth Kingdom fading from their sight.
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:49 pm
Chronicle 2 Post 10: We R Who We R (For One Night)
Adren was tugging at his pants. After the stubborn pants finally gave in, he stood up and looked into the bedroom mirror. He was taller, his thick hair was longer, and he soon would need to start shaving.
He sighed to himself, grabbed his coat, and soon left his room.
Coff wore a bright shining ocean themed dress, laced with an elegant blue ribbon. She then accessorized her ears with antique earrings of the tribe, slipped on her heels, and stumbled a bit. She gazed into the mirror in her room, and saw how much she changed. As she grasped her water pouch, thoughts of her sister poured in. Coff sniveled, stood straight, and walked out of her room.
Adren met Coff in the hallway with a grin on his face. Coff did her best to smile, the two of them locked arms, and walked into the meeting hall where the party and feast was held.
When they arrived, Princess Bonaka rose, and all the other guests rose as well. In a harmonious tone, Princess Bonaka spoke.
"A little quiet please."
The other guests quieted and stared at Coff and Adren. Coff blushed, and Adren scratched his head. Princess Bonaka spoke again.
"Welcome to my sixteen birthday, dear all. But this feast is not all about me, for we have friends who arrived in an interesting fashion from our sister tribe." Bonaka smiled and pointed at Coff and Adren.
The whole room clapped as Coff and Adren bowed before them.
"Please! Enjoy yourselves." Princess Bonaka signaled to the entertainers to begin.
The room was soon lit with bright flames on towering torches, and the room lit with tribal delicacies and foreign food as well. The entertainers sang and preformed as the guests ate, chatted, and danced away.
Coff was sitting at a table eating some imported food from the Fire Nation when Princess Bonaka walked over to her. Coff looked up and stood.
Bonaka smiled sweetly. "Oh, no need to stand. Are you enjoying yourself?"
Coff nodded. "Yes! Thank you."
"Where's your boyfriend?"
"EH?"
"Your boyfriend."
Coff stared at her with an awkward glance on her face.
"Um, he's not my boyfriend.."
"What? He's not your friend?"
"Oh, I didn't mean it that way.."
"He's not a boy?"
Coff screamed on the inside. "Oh, nothing. He's fine."
Princess Bonaka looked confused. "Well.. good! Please have fun."
As she walked away Adren ran over to Coff.
"What were you guys talking about?" he questioned.
Coff rolled her eyes. "Nothing."
The night seemed endless with fun and dances mixed with tunes and performances. Soon the DJ spoke out.
"We will be having our slow dance soon. Boys, grab your girls and get ready on the dance floor~"
Coff and Adren sat around awkwardly as other guests met up with their loves and started to dance on the dance floor. Even Princess Bonaka was asked by a noble to dance.
Adren spoke out quietly. "Well."
Coff looked at him. "Well."
"Uhm. Fun night."
"Yeah."
"Mhmm."
Coff whistled as Adren fixed his tie. After he was done, Adren looked around to see everyone else dancing.
"Um.. Coff?"
"Yeah?"
"Er... We're the only ones not dancing. Funny!"
"Haha... yeah.."
"Yeah..."
Adren looked at Coff and lost his gaze in her eyes. He then breathed in and out softly.
"Coff?"
"What is it?"
"Do you... want to dance?"
"...."
"Oh, so, like, uhm, we aren't left out."
Coff smiled. "Sure."
The two of them got up and walked over to the dance floor awkwardly. Coff slowly waved her hands closer to Adren, and soon placed them onto his shoulders. Adren then hugged Coffed weirdly; his hand on her waist, his body far away. When Coff looked at him weirdly, Adren grinned.
As the music played into a while, the two of them got more comfortable around each other. Coff smiled and looked closely at Adren. She blushed and soon began to feel him pull her closer metaphorically. Adren looked at Coff and lifted her hair out of her face. It was the first time he ever felt with a girl. It was different, it was the first time he felt that way. Perhaps it was the romantic tunes that hypnotized him, or the rose petals that flew around the guests. Adren couldn't avert his gaze from Coff. It felt so different than before.
As the lights began to dim as the chorus of the song began to play, Adren felt a tug towards Coff. She smiled sweetly. Adren began to lean forward towards Coff, his body almost touching hers.
Outside doves flew into the lights of the moon, and the turtle seals began to sing in a harmonic tune for once.
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Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 7:54 am
Chronicle 2 Post 11: Thanks For Everything
The man on the glider swoop down and landed promptly on the grounds of the Old Temple Ruins.
Without raising an eyebrow, Misa questioned the man. “Your name?”
The man raised his hand to his heart and smiled. “My name’s Darth. I come in peace.”
Misa had a puzzled look on her face. The name sounded so familiar, but she was on the island far too long to remember faces.
“Why do you come here?” Misa asked.
“No reason, actually. Only to warn you of the Spiritual Clan.” Darth smiled evilly to himself, for his plan was working.
“Oh, them. We dealt with them already.”
“We?”
“Yes. There's waterbender over there.”
Darth looked over at the waterbender. When the waterbender looked back without any sound or concern, Darth was puzzled.
“How do you know this place?” Misa asked again.
Darth shifted around and observed the ruins. “I am… a lone traveler. I go around places to warn people of the Spiritual Clan attacks.”
The waterbender walked over and spoke. “Thank you for your concern, but we are fine.”
Darth was confused, but maintained a straight face. “What’s your name?”
“Excuse me?”
“Your name.”
The waterbender stood there looking down. “I…I don’t know.”
Darth thought to himself. It was wonderful. She had forgotten her name, a perfect time to manipulate the both of them.
“Do you remember anything… of your past?” Darth questioned.
The waterbender sat down. “Well, when I grasp one of the Spiritual warriors, I had a picture in my head… a flashback. I saw a bunch of people in Tungsten Glens. I also had a name. Coff.”
Darth smiled. “I know where Tungsten Glens is. Would you like me to take you there?”
With no clues and only an ounce of hope, the waterbender looked at Misa. Misa nodded.
“Go, my friend.” Misa spoke. “I hope to see you again someday.”
The waterbender ran over to Misa and hugged her tightly. “Thank you for everything.”
With a quick goodbye, Darth grasped the waterbender, threw his glider into the air, and the two of them soared in the sky. Darth looked down at the ruins and smiled at Misa.
Coff woke up in a pleasant mood. As she opened her drapes, she finds a freshly frozen rose planted on her desk. Coff picked it up and placed it in a vase. She wore her fur coat and slippers, and walked into the hall.
Down a flight of stairs she found the mess hall loaded with pastries, delicacies, and the smell of roasted native coffee that increased her happiness as well. Coff poured some coffee into a cup and found a place to sit down. She daydreamed of last night, for she hasn’t had that much fun in a long time.
Princess Bonaka waltzed over to Coff and poured herself some coffee.
“Did you have fun last night?” Bonaka asked.
“Loads!” Coff responded.
“I saw you dancing with Adren.”
“Yeah…” Coff spoke, absent-mindedly daydreaming again. But she soon gathered up her act.
“Princess Bonaka?”
“Yes?
Coff remembered her vision of Vane. “Are there any… ruins or places made of bricks around here?”
Bonaka pondered for a bit. “Well, my father did tell me of the Old Temple Ruins.”
“Old Temple Ruins?”
“Yes.” Bonaka smiled. “There was said that there was a lively Air Temple west of the Northern Water Tribe. But after the Spiritual Clan attacked the temple, it crumbled and turned into the Old Temple Ruins.”
Coff nodded and thanked Bonaka just as Adren walked over towards them.
Adren waved and started to speak when Coff grabbed his arm.
“What?” Adren yawned.
“Pack your stuff. We’re heading to the Old Temple Ruins.”
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Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:09 pm
Chronicle 2 Post 12: Staying and Going
Charmed sat by herself at her now favorite ledge in the Spiritual Lands.
The ledge faced towards the ocean, as it reminded her of the cliff where she met Darth. She was utterly confused. Why had she joined the people who turned against her clan? Obviously, the Spiritual Clan promised her power and strength, but was the price worth it?
After her practices with Rubella, Charmed would sit at her ledge for hours by herself. It helped clear her mind, and the sound of the waves crashing onto the shore wasn’t bad at all.
But this time she wasn’t alone. Charmed was sitting on the ledge when a rustle went by in the bushes.
“Who goes there?” Charmed said, alarmed.
A tiny old man with a long beard emerged from the bushes.
“Who are you?”
“I am Lao Len. I am the Spiritual Lands head master weaponry.” Lao Len walked closer and set down a wrapped package a few feet front of Charmed.
“Excuse me for the rudeness.” Lao Len continued. “Rosella wanted me to upgrade your current weapons with some of the latest Spiritual Lands technology for best combat.”
Charmed unwrapped the package and found a bunch of weapons that replicated her old ones. She first picked up the weapon that looked like her kusarigama. She observed the piece carefully.
“Ah..” Lao Len spoke. “The kusarigama. Quite the weapon, correct? This one is made of titanium and steel for a strong attack when the weapon makes contact, it’s three times lighter then regular ones, and the chain creates a steady momentum for more then one attack at a time.”
Charmed then picked up when appeared to be red ninja stars and kunais.
“And those, those are the newly improved shurikens and kunais. Coated with a bright enhanced paint, these weapons will fly faster and land more accurately.”
The last weapon Charmed picked up was a steel rod.
“Looks like nothing but a stick of steel at first, correct? But when you give it a flick, the thinnest sheet of bulletproof steel will burst out to shield you from danger.”
Charmed picked up all of the weapons and bowed. “Thank you, Master Lao Len.”
Lao Len smiled. “No, no. Consider it as a gift from the Spiritual Lands.”
When Lao Len walked away, Charmed frowned and flop back onto the ground. She threw the weapons to the side and resumed staring deep into the sea.
Star flicked her hands in the air in a firebreathing dragon fashion. As she copied Miso and practiced her firebending, Sky and Bibbles splashed around in the pool of the ferry.
“Whaaat?” Star complained. “This dragon move looks so similar to the swordfish movement in waterbending!”
Miso smiled. “What did you expect? All the nations learn from each other, that’s how they improve.”
“Still!” Star whined. “I want to take a swim as well.”
“Alright.” Miso sighed. “After a few more rounds of practice, okay?”
“Yeah!”
A few hours later the captain of the ferry blasted the horns. “Attention, all passengers! Please gather up your belongings, we’re about to dock into the Northern Water Tribe kingdom!”
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:09 pm
Chronicle 2 Post 13: Lost, Found, and Lost Again.
Princess Bonaka was very busy. She had to direct a tour ship to the Old Temple Ruins to become private for Coff and Adren. She was coming along, after all. A public transport would only cause unnecessary problems for them all.
“Ready?” Coff asked Adren.
Adren was busy stuffing his last coat in his package while brushing his teeth.
“Uhrmmum..” Adren mumbled.
Coff walked down the hall and met Bonaka.
“Thanks a lot for doing this for us.” Coff thanked the princess.
“No problem, Coff.” Bonaka replied.
“Is your father okay with this?”
“Oh, he will be. I am bringing ten guardians with me, under his command.”
“Oh! Anyways, I’d better see how Adren’s doing.”
Coff wandered back into Adren’s room to help him pack. They were probably coming back to the Northern Water Tribe as promised with the group, but it would depend if Coff’s vision was correct.
“Lez go!” Adren mumbled, munching on a piece of jerky.
Princess Bonaka met Coff and Adren at the small ship. Coff took a deep breath and grabbed her luggage. She was ready to leave to find her sister.
Star stretched when she met the cold earth of the Northern Water Tribe. As the others soon stepped down, the chilly air in front of the gates of the Northern Water Tribe met them. Bibbles yawned and crawled onto Star’s shoulder.
“We’re finally here, Bibbles!” Star exclaimed.
Sky and Miso followed behind Star as they approached the guardians of the gates. The guardians tossed them each a native fur coat. The three of them slipped into their proper attire and entered the kingdom.
The inside of the kingdom was beautiful. The rivers flowed throughout the city, down waterfalls and separate streams and into different homes. The kingdom was lined by rows of houses and markets, streets bustling with commoners.
The group wondered aimlessly throughout the streets, marveling at the markets lined with gifts and delicacies.
“Perhaps we can try to communicate with the kingdom chief.” Sky spoke.
“But he’s probably busy.” Star added.
“No, but we have someone special. The avatar!” Miso exclaimed.
The four of them ran to the main hall in the center of the kingdom. The guards stood in front of the hall stopped them.
“No one allowed in at this time.” One of the guards boomed.
“We’re with the Avatar.” Miso spoke out.
“What?”
“The Avatar!”
Miso pushed Star forward, who lowered the hood of her coat.
“She’s… for real!” the other guard exclaimed. “Please! Do come in.”
The guards escorted them down the hall and towards a table.
“Chieftain Caruso will soon meet you, Avatar and friends.” The guards nodded.
As the four of them waited, Bibbles began to wonder around. Bibbles soon ran into a room that had a familiar scent. There he found something he recognized and grabbed it. He ran out of the room and back to the main hall.
“What is it, Bibbles?” Star exclaimed, taking the item from Bibbles.
Sky and Miso walked over as Star observed the item.
“What is it?” Sky asked.
Star exclaimed. “It’s….it’s Coff’s water pouch!”
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