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 Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:26 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:30 pm
One - Toshiro and his Ability Bars
Two - Navigation
Three- Toshiro-Qi
Four - Worldly Goods
Five - Relationships
Six - Journal
Seven - Role Plays
Eight - Photo Album
Nine - Reserved
Ten - Reserved
Eleven - Reserved
Twelve - Reserved
Thirteen - Reserved
Fourteen - Credites
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:31 pm
 Name: Toshiro-Qi
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Occupation: Archer in-training, strong candidate for the Yu Yan Archer division
Birth Place: Hiyama
Origin/Bloodline: Fire Nation
Residence: Hiyama
Personality: Toshiro is a very serious young man. Being raised by a career military man and his dutiful wife, Toshiro knows the meaning of honor, hard work, and obedience. He's a quiet boy, with the thought of upholding his family's honor and traditions by becoming a distinguished member of the military. More comfortable on the practice field with his bow and quiver in hand than with his peers, he isn't so much shy as socially incompetent and deprived. Toshiro has been raised to expect the best from himself, and is often hard on himself- much harder than he should be. A thoughtful, watchful boy with more skill than perhaps is best for him with a bow and arrow, he's lonely without realizing it.
Family: Atsuko-Qi, his soft-spoken mother, and Atsushi-Qi, his strict, distant father
Background: Toshiro, since he was a small child, had great expectations placed upon his small shoulders. Not only was he to be in the military- there was, of course, no question that he would be in the military- but he was to be the best of his chosen profession. When it became apparent that he had an aptitude for sighting and targeting specific things, a bow was pressed into his tiny hands, an arrow notched into that equally tiny bow, and lessons drilled into his young, but agile mind. It soon became apparent that he was rather agile in body as well, and he passed the basic martial arts tests that gained him admission to a rather prestigious military academy.
The shift from living at home to living nearly full-time in school only served to further strain the already distant and cordial relationship young Toshiro kept with his parents. His mother, Atsuko, was loving, but all too devoted to her husband. In turn, Atsushi was as devoted to his job as his wife was to him. The raising of Toshiro became nothing more than an extension of that job. And while Atsushi takes pride in his work, and makes sure it's done well, Toshiro becomes less and less of a son to him, and more and more a project, a pet thing to be honed and utilized.
At school, Toshiro is recognized not only by his teachers, but by his fellow students, as gifted. Perhaps not the best there ever was, but certainly one of the best of their class. And while none of his peers out and out resent him, neither do they go out of their way to include him in their friendship circles. In turn, Toshiro never truly actively sought to be a part of those groups, and so he was isolated, looking in, but never quite grasping the fact that he wasn't part of that which he was observing, never quite grasping just why it was that he felt a pang of envy echo low in his belly as he observed.
After his second year at school- having just turned twelve- he is allowed a small amount of leave time to visit his parents, who had written a few weeks before saying that his honored mother was now expecting her second child. Secretly thrilled with the idea of having a sibling, even one so much younger than he, it is with high spirits that Toshiro sets out for home, which is a two-day Ostrich-horse ride from the portion of the capital city he lives in. Of course, no one could have foreseen the quick twist of events that led to young Toshiro's kidnapping.
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:32 pm
Curved Bow - Perhaps his second most prized possession, Toshiro's curved bow is nearly always with him, and it isn't just for show.
Journal - His journal is his most important worldly good. With few that he would call acquaintances, and none he would confide in, he pours out all the many thoughts he has onto these pages.
Fire Agate Bracelet - A small, thin bangle with a fire agate stone set in the middle of it, that his mother gave to him before sending him off to school on his own. He keeps it in his pocket.
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:34 pm
Tingzhe - A boy from the Fire Nation, just like me. However, our personalities couldn't be more different. He's very... loud. Perhaps it comes from being in the circus? I'm not quite sure what to think of him.
Edit: Tingzhe, from what I have gathered from others, is very loud and obnoxious, but my time with him during the kidnapping has told me that there is more to him than that. He seems very loyal to his friends.
Shen-Ru - A very quiet youth from the Earth Kingdom. He speaks in a very odd rhythm. I don't know anything else about him.
Edit: Shen-Ru is a poet, and indeed very shy. He also proved to be very stead-fast and trustworthy.
Ayla - A young Air Nomad girl. I've never met an Air Nomad before, but beyond that, I don't know anything about this seemingly cheerful girl.
Edit: I still don't know much about her, other than she is very young. Tingzhe, Shen-Ru, and myself have been unable to contact her since our rescue.
Ina- A young woman from the Fire Nation that showed me around the harbor, and her favorite spot up on the cliffs.
Qiao- An Earth Kingdom girl that travels in the same circus as Tingzhe, and Shen-Ru. She's very talkative and not at all shy.
Gui Hong- An older boy from the Earth Kingdom. I met him while he was delivering a shipment of weapons for my father, who was out. I do not want to make a quick judgment, but he seems very... shady, at the least.
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:36 pm
 Journal Entry # 1
I was given my letter of acceptance today.
Even as I pen these words, I still cannot quite believe it. It is something I've worked so hard to obtain- something I've been pushed towards- and now that I have it... What am I supposed to do? Go through the training, of course, obtain my archer's tattoos and become part of the most deadly and accurate branches in the Fire Nation military. And after that? What am I supposed to do with my life, now that I've reached my goal? It's disheartening, to realize that I've reached the projected pinnacle of my life at just twelve.
And yet... Perhaps I won't let this be the beginning of the end. I do feel a certain sense of... accomplishment. Not happiness, but a sort of self satisfaction that I was able to achieve this. I've become something that few ever will- a Yu Yan Archer. I can be proud of that, and I know that somehow, my presence in the military will help our nation, it's people. My people, I suppose, now that I've been charged with protecting them.
Will I be able to travel, as I planned? Or will I be forever bound to this country, now that I serve it? I can only hope that I will gain some clout, some sort of ability to move as I wish. I will have to apply for traveling papers, when I'm old enough, and have served long enough. It won't do, to get too ahead of myself, to day dream too far ahead. But I can quietly plan, as I've been doing, though perhaps not just by myself now, since I've found myself with a small circle of friends.
Life is infinitely more complicated now than it was, but maybe it's not all that horrible.
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:39 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:42 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:48 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:49 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:49 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:51 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:54 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:56 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:57 pm
Toshiro © Graphophobia
Official Art © Beat Fu
Avatar: The Hidden Ear © Noyama
Avatar: The Last Airbender © Nickelodeon
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