After the End: an A:tla RP

[Camleen]

She hears Cian-Ti say her name, but only to tell Kesuk to get her and the other gal away. She narrowed her eyes at him, really really not liking the thought of that. And yes, Kesuk was right.. she does hate to fight. But someone was in danger.. and she couldn't just ignore that. Even if it meant raising arms against others. She didn't like it.. she knows she'll get one, maybe two, lectures about this sort of behavior. From Kesuk, and maybe even from Cian-Ti. To Zirra, the boys see in black and white. There is something they must do, everything happening around them is of no consequence until they know they can be more secure. Until they find what it is they seek. But Zirra's frame of mind is different. And while she hasn't said it out loud yet..

She is the Avatar. The Avatar for this generation of people, this generation of the world.

Her perspective is different, giving that frame of reference. What was it someone once said?

When you can do the things that she can… but you don't… and then the bad things happen… they happen because of you.

Maybe she's being overdramatic about it, but all she knows is to do the right thing. Even if she must sacrifice everything. Even her own safety, her own hopes and dreams. For the collective good.

Zirra now yanks her arm from Kesuk as he slows a little, and she looks over her shoulder towards the scuffle. Well Cian-Ti can handle his own.. I mean… as far as she knows.. she's yet to see him in a major scuffle. But she has faith in him.. she knows he'll be okay.

Her eyes draw to Alicia as she speaks, as she once more apologizes. Zirra's hand comes up to gently rest on Alicia's shoulder, and she speaks in a confident tone, a warm smile on her lips. "No it's not, it's their fault. Not yours. We're happy to be able to he—" her words are cut off as one of the thugs now charge towards herself, Kesuk and Alicia. Her gaze flicks towards Kesuk, and she now puts herself between Alicia and the thug. She discretely pulls the cap off of one of the water skins hanging on her hip, frowning as she stands ready to act.

As she stands ready to do as Kesuk says.

 

[Blue Ghost]

Kesuk wondered why she'd been so foolish to get involved with these thugs but that hardly mattered anymore- the situation had dissolved into an all out brawl. He had her hand in his and she sure was trembling… Blaming herself for what happened… It was sort of her fault just not fully. If it hadn't been her they surely would have targeted someone else instead anyhow.

Before he could say anything on the matter Zirra had stopped them. Assuring the girl. Unfortunately now really wasn't the time for that. "Can't we have this-" He started to speak over her but likewise stopped when he noticed the man charging them. He shared a glance with his sister and then ducked the clumsy swing of the man's club. Clumsy because a rock clipped him suddenly from behind. Baffled the thug made to turn around and Kesuk shoved him over while telling his sister: "use ice." Because she could stick him to the ground when he was down and end this fast.

It was too late not to bend when they'd all already did it.

 

[SolemnOath]

Alicia looked at the water tribe girl and sniffed a bit before nodding as she rubbed her eyes. She was going to thank the girl for her kind words but those were put to a halt when the attack from the enemy's club was coming for her. She barely took a step back in time to move away, while the male, Kesuk ducked like it was nothing. Impressed by the moves of the boy and the willingness of the girl Alicia gulped knowing she had to help out herself. She was scared and had little fighting ability but still! She had to try something! Moving her hand back and going into a terrible firebending stance she gulped a bit and closed her eyes as she looked away.

With that she shot her hand forward in a punch and a very weak flame one that barely went six inches lept form her fist. However despite the weakness of the move and the horrible distance, it was enough. The man was close enough for the flame to do at least something for her. It hit the man in the face and even though it wasn't the hottest of flames it still was enough to surprise the man and make him stumble back a bit. After this Alicia backed up some more and gulped as she hoped the two could finish him off. She certainly couldn't.

The fight seemed to be coming to an end with only a few thugs still up, and one running away...well was running away. He had gotten hit by the rock being sent to his head and was now sprawled out on the ground unconscious. It honestly seemed like this rag tag team of benders would win and be able to part ways soon...however that wasn't the case .

Out of no where the man on the ground was hit hard with a wave of rocks from an earthbender and someone came from an alley. "Pathetic, I heard a lot of commotion and thought the cowards from the firenation were fighting back or somethin! But its just a bunch of teenagers beating the living crap out of you??" A woman growled in complete distaste as she stomped over to the commotion. She was a tall one wearing short pants and a no sleeve shirt along with no shoes at all. It was evident she was the one that attacked the already downed man with her powerful bending. She wasn't alone however as two men were with her unlike her they wore shoes and had long sleeve pants and shirts. When these three appeared all the bystanders that had been watching the fight bolted and hid in their homes.

These people were not low level street thugs far from it. Only a fool would think they are. The woman got into a fighting stance and it was a earthbending stance, one for a professional to say the least. "You idiots should stomp these weaklings like nothing!" she shouted enraged as her feet pushed into the ground, it was obvious she was getting ready for an attack. "This! This is how you killing kids!" With that she stomped her foot on the ground and sent a huge bolder one at least 8 feet tall and just as wide to the airbender. It rushed over to him at an alarm speed and it certainly wasn't something that could simply be blown away. While that happened the two fire benders jumped into the air with one leg out and sent a arc of fire to two different targets.

One to the earthbending girl, and the other to the group of three not far off. Again these flames were not something to scoff at, as part of the flame his the ground and it was leaving a path way of ruin rock as well as scorch marks. These three powerful benders were not here to play, they were here to end this and they didn't care if their own were caught in the cross fire.

@Everyone

 

[CasketCase]

"Never have I seen so many people devoted to killing kids," Tian-Ci said with some exasperation. Any other bandit would have fled by now, but they just had to come across the one group of roaming psychopaths. Needless to say, if they didn't stop them soon, the entire village would suffer. Of course, he would be even worse off if he didn't address the giant boulder heading towards him. A snap of his arm would loosen the fasteners within the sleeve that held his rope dart in place and he quickly took hold of a section of its rope length. Whirling it around, he allowing the air to gather and concentrate around the dart as it traveled in those circular motions.

Sorry, everyone. I tried...

Seizing the rope dart like a sword, Tian-Ci brought it down before him, sending a thin crescent blade of air to the approaching boulder. With a spray of dust and rock, the massive chunk of earth was sliced in half; air blade's impact proving enough to slow the halves down and steer them to where they would harmlessly crash to opposing sides of the airbender.

"Thanks for the ammunition..."

Picking up a hand-sized rock, he threw it at the bloodthirsty, the wind-up motion preceding its release bending the air in order to make its impact comparable to a cannon.

 

[Pysren]

Anju eyed the loud mouth in a earthbending stance and watched as she launched a huge boulder towards the other bender who shouted to the other three to get away. But she didn't have time to help, whether or not he needed it, she had her own fiery problem to deal with. The two fire arcs bring devastation to the earth in their path were fired at the same time. So she could possibly take care of both but then that would leave her vulnerable to another attack from one or both of the firebenders.

The young earthbender thrust her arms outwardly together and thin to medium sized columns erupted from the ground in a formation birds often use when migrating, a open triangle. Which split the arc in half and sent the halves left and right of her. Before it could get further and cause damage it evaporated due to energy taken by the rocks it made contact with.

Anju lowered the column directly infront of her so she could eye the firebenders ahead of her. She closed her eyes briefly to center herself. She twirled her hands around on her wrist as she brought her elbows into her sides. Meanwhile this was happening, simultaneously the ground beneath the two firebender became so soft they started to sink.

Anju smirked as they realized she sinking them into quicksand. She relaxed her stance and the ground hardened, immobilizing the benders.

 

[Camleen]

With that subtle little glance, Kesuk and Zirra were on the same page. The siblings connected, as sometimes it rarely happens. She takes a small step back so she's more next to Alicia now, not making a move to help her brother. Not yet. Of the two of them, he is by far the better with hand to hand. Oh she can certainly handle her own, especially using her Waterbvending abilities. And while Kesuk has discretely tried to train her, she's been reluctant. For dumb reasons…

So now she allows him to handle the thug coming at the little trio, but she stands ready. She stands ready to aid him, or to aid Alicia should she need it. Zirra's eyes narrow as Kesuk easily evades the man's attack, and when he gives the word.. her left hand whips outwards towards the man. As her slim hand moves, a tendril of water snakes out from the water skin at her hip. Her arms now move left to right in a circular motion, the waster mimicking her movements. It takes only about 2 seconds, but the tendril of water splits into 2 more tendrils and slink around the large man. She looks abruptly to Alicia as the girl seems to send a burst of flame right at the hoodlum, causing enough of a distraction for her to finish things with him. She's a Firebender.. and a really talented one! Of course Zirra would think anyone that could Firebend was really talented.. Zirra's gaze snaps back to the thugs, and her open hands clench into fists, and that water suddenly shifts from its liquid stated to a solid. The man would now find himself with solid ice binding his arms and legs. The ice is solid and thick enough that only the very strongest of men would be able to break free of it, especially from such a prone state. She smiles widely and gives Alicia the thumbs up as she now moves to stand with Kesuk.

Zirra's gaze is averted to the new arrivals.. and now she feels a great pang of worry in her chest. She really really shouldn't have gotten involved. But.. she knows she should have. And she knows she shouldn't have. Welcome to Zirra's mind. She glances at the thug trapped in her ice once more, then to Alicia and then Kesuk.. and then towards Anju as she moves into her Earthbending stances. She looks towards the group of thugs as the earth works in Anju's favor, and in the group's favor as a whole. She glances towards the ground in front of her.. and she feels the urge to try herself. She has only used Earthbending once or twice, which is about twice as much as she's used Firebending. She looks up, knowing she could probably help. Anju gives her some ideas on what to do, only by her actions. Buuuuuut… she looks to Kesuk out of the corner of her eyes... she just used Waterbending.. if she tried to use Earthbending and was the LEAST bit successful… well she knows that would be bad. Worse, in fact, than things are now.

But of course those thoughts are quickly gone as she realizes.. they're not out of the woods yet. She sees.. no.. she sense… the arcs of fire heading in their direction. Even though Anju has effectively locked down the Firebenders, they were still able to get off an attack. Zirra slides forward abruptly, her arms drawing back and spread out at her side. The cap from her second (and only other) water skin pushes itself off with the sudden building pressure in it.. and the small bit of water remaining in her first water skin starts to stir. For a moment she's tempted to try and using a Firebending technique to get rid of the danger.. but.. well that would also be counterproductive. And probably not work, being fried is counterproductive too. Her palms are facing down as her hands remain spread behind her, and the flips her hands so her palms are upwards. She draws her arms forward… remember that patch of ice that started this mess? It liquefies at the silent command of her will, the water now rushing through the air towards her. Zirra stares into the flames of orange and red coming right at them, but she does not hesitate or flinch away. The water from her ice slick and her water skins form a wall in midair in front of her, and her hands clench into fists. She starts to feel the heat and the pressure wave from the arcs of flame, just as the water solidifies into a wall of ice before them. It won't last terribly long, but well long enough to keep the fire away. The fire impacts against the wall of ice, and it immediately starts to dwindle. First water comes off of it as it is melted, and that water turns to steam. But it's enough to dissipate the fire. She takes a sliding step back as she spins fluidly (literally), her arms drawing back to her sides as the steam and ice revert to water and flows around her like 5 snakes of water circling.

"Cian-Ti! Kesuk! We.. we should get out of here, right? Right?" her voice is unsure, knowing she's going to get lectured for dragging them into this. Her eyes dart to Alicia, and then towards Anju.. kind of hoping they are part of their little group now too. If only for a short time, it would still be enough to express gratitude towards them for their assistance in this mess she made..

 

[Blue Ghost]

Oh no. This was bad news. It was obvious immediately to Kesuk that this new batch of benders were serious just by their stances- anybody could talk tough but they were doing more than that. Not that he'd ever dealt with anything but waterbenders before though... So these thoughts were probably without much to back them up. Honestly he'd been doing his best to ensure his sister and him avoided most other benders during their travels, especially the fire kind. BUT the girl they just attempted to rescue was one of that class and now these new enemies. Furthermore they spread a wide arch of fire.

Of course at this point his sister was wrestling with something internally. An urge to dual bend surely. Did she not remember what they talked about?! There really was no time to scorn her as she drew up the water and snuffed out the fire with a great puff of steam. He wished she left it. It would have made good cover for them to escape by. His gaze skirted over the firebenders partially stuck in the ground and the momentarily occupied earthbender and suddenly wished they had a flying bison in which to make a quick get away. It was a truly absurd thought.

"Yes!"He grabbed Alicia's arm again. She may have been a firebender but they could worry about those details later. He was already pretty invested in helping her given how deep they were into this trouble. "Let's go."

 

[SolemnOath]

Alicia watched in surprise as the other teens around her held their own against these thugs. All of them had some kind of bending, none of them had one like the other which only shocked her even more. The earth bender was not an uncommon sight even though they were in the firenation, she had seen several in her life time. But then there was a waterbender (something considerablely more rare) .........and an...airbender? "I thought they were extinct?" She couldn't help but whisper in surprise before he eyes shifted to Kesuk as he once again grabbed her arm. "H-Huh? Oh ya okay, thank you." She said as she was more than ready to go. However before they could the earthbender wasn't done yet.

The earthbender who had the rock hurl towards her thank to Tian-Ci sadly didn't get hit by the attack. She had been just as surprised as Alicia about the airbending she saw, but it wasn't enough of a shock to get her to stop fighting. She side stepped out of the way making the rock miss her and hit some random home instead. With that she stepped forward and slammed her foot in the ground before raising her arms up in the air before bringing done just as fast shifting her foot forward a little as well the once trapped firebenders were shot out of the ground to a good distance in the air. After doing that she held out her hands like one would for a hug, the palms of her hands facing down. Slowly she rose them in the air and the ground rumbled before several rocks shot out of the ground in an arc creating a half ring. She prevented any escape from running away, and the only way by was if the teens beat her and the firebenders.

While she did that the firebenders in the air were falling, however it seems like this isn't the first time this had happened to them as they weren't panicking in any way, rather they were figuring out a target. And they picked the earth bender girl that had trapped them in the first place. Bringing their fist out several times they sent a barrage of flames at her seeking to over power her with the number of attacks and the intensity of the heat as well. The earth bender at this stopped the ground again sending several smaller rocks in the air each about a food wide and with that sent two punches and kicked twice hurling all the boulders at Zirra.

Spoiler

However before any of the bolders could hit her one slice of wind hit all four boulders perfectly decimating them only letting a bit of dust and harmless pebbles hit Zirra. "Now, I don't know whats more unfair. The fact I left a certain person on a ostrichhorse even though she can't ride to save her life..... Or a bunch of adults picking on kids." A voice said coming from atop a house, one that at first sounded playful but turned into a far more serious tone. "Its rather pathetic."

If they all looked up where the voice was coming from they would see a man, in his late teens, early twenties looking down at them with a light smirk on his face. He didn't wear firenation clothing, or any set of nation clothing to be honest. It was dark attire with pants, boots, and a jacket with fur at the lining. Jumping from the building he gracefully landed in between Zirra and the thugs. Glancing behind him at the water bending and at the others he smirked once more. "Interesting group of people, just sit tight the trash will be gone in a moment." He said before looking in front of him and casually walking forward.

At this time the firebenders had long since landed they glanced at the newcomer but said nothing to him as they were focused on the earthbender who might counter. The earthbender of the thugs narrowed her eyes at the guy that was ever so casually approaching her but stayed in a defensive position so she could see if this guy was a threat or not. Something that was hard to tell as the man looked rather scrawny....so how much of a threat could he possibly pose?

 

[Camleen]

Zirra turns with Kesuk to make their escape.. she really does regret all of this. She does. But as her brother knows.. when she sees something going bad, she needs to act. Even if it's not the smart thing to do. That's mostly inexperience, but also her sense of duty. Being the Avatar and all.. and being a good person, or so she would like to think. This is why her and her brother are such good foils to one another. While Kesuk has no Bending abilities.. he is by far the more intelligent and tactful of them. He acts with his brain, and she acts with her heart. And someday that might get her hurt..

Or hit by a bunch of boulders from some people she's pissed off.

It's as if she can feel the earthen assaults coming at her, though she is facing away from them. Or perhaps her senses are dialed way up right now thanks to adrenaline and her innate abilities. She was moving with Alicia and Kesuk.. and she stops abruptly and starts to turn. Her fisted hands dip down as her gaze snaps to the boulders coming at her. And for a moment it looks like the Waterbender is starting to move into a beginning Earthbending stance.. but she hesitates, Kesuk's warnings once more ringing in her ears. Her blue eyes stare at the oncoming stones… and she then closes her eyes, bracing herself for a world of pain.

Which never comes.

She flinches as only pebbles hit her, and she stumbles back as one of her eyes peek open. She looks down at herself and pats herself down, as if to make sure all of her was still there. She then looks around herself clueless, wondering what happened. Did one of the Earthbenders act to help her? No.. no that doesn't feel right. Her gaze snaps towards the source of the voice up on that house's roof.. and she just stares at him wide eyed.

He.. is really cute..

She stumbles back again as the newcomer lands between herself and the thugs, and she can't help but stare at him. Ken speaks with such confidence.. almost arrogance. But it's that kind of confidence born of.. well it's not bragging if you can back it up, right? But something else seems to have the young Water Tribe girl fascinated.. he's an Air Bender.. another Air Bender.. She looks passed Ken towards the thugs, who now seem to be reconsidering their immediate actions.

"Thank you.." Zirra says softly, as if only wanting Ken to hear. As if embarrassed if Kesuk would hear her. Oh Kesuk! Forgot about him! She looks over her shoulder, making sure he's okay. Yep he is, and back to staring at the dreamboat once more.

 

[Blue Ghost]

It took him a moment to notice -he'd scorn himself endlessly for it later- that his sister was in near peril because he was busy seeking a solution to the rock structure that barred their immediate path just then. Then movement caught the corner of his eyes, a shift in stance. "Zirra!" By the time he turned she was just standing there, hands at her sides. What was she doing?! He rushed towards her and though the boulders had scattered into pebbles and her gaze had flicked to him and back to her savior before he got close enough to do anything, this didn't stop him from tackling her to the ground. Though now with the immediate threat out of the picture it was more out of anger than a need to push her out of the range of the attack. How could she have behaved so stupidly?!

He rolled the two of them and pinned her under him to shout: "Zirra! What were you thinking?!" That was an answer he knew already, honest, she WASN'T thinking and that was the problem. She let her emotions guide her body. It was going to get her killed. "Forget it, don't answer that... Just get up." With that he pulled her to her feet to sulk away from the fight with her in tow. Paying absolutely no mind to the stranger that stepped in and saved her life right then. It should have been him. He left the tribe knowing he'd have to protect his sister and instead he let himself get distracted by some girl who should have stayed out of trouble in the first place.

 

[CasketCase]

What should have been a brief visit to town had spiraled into madness. Not bothering to see if his projectile had done its duty, Tian-Ci used the confusion to run, seeking out Zirra and Kesuk. Showers of dirt and rocks sprinkled over him with each impact, the chaos providing the much need diversion he needed to find the others. At that point, another had joined the fray, although Tian-Ci was uncertain of his role, but it appeared this man would be able to hold his own.

With his cover blown and the amount of damage inflicted on the town, he couldn't help but feel the need to disengage from this situation; a feeling he should have had earlier. He had been too arrogant in his plans and had underestimated those they might face, prompting him to question himself. For the time being, however, he knew they should probably leave before everyone found out about Zirra, "I'd hate to be rude to our new friend," He said in hush tones to his companions, "But I don't think we'll be getting supplies here, so we should probably leave before they start asking questions."

 

[Lusterine]

Jia had finally made it to the rooftop overlooking the action. (After struggling to tie up an Ostrichhorse. She was not about to let it just go free). She couldn't help but sigh. It was not much of a surprise that Ken had already joined on the action without her. The situation was fairly clear. There was two groups of combatants. One was more than likely the group they were sent to deal with. The other was.. unknown. Youth, for the most part, who looked like they were out of the league. Ken probably stepped in to help, she thought to herself. Given the surrounding chaos, he probably did something flashy with his air bending, as per usual. The Red Lotus leader was too dramatic, too much of a show off for Jia's taste. Rolling her eyes at her leader's antics, she leaped down from the rooftop effortlessly and strolled up and stood next to Ken.

Facing Zirra and her group, she evaluated them again, this time up close. The little brunette girl's body language as she addressed Ken was cute. Crush, maybe? Either way, none of them seemed threatening considering both Ken's and her own talent. Tch, they look like they should be home with their parents. At face value, she was unimpressed, to say the least. But then again, maybe this would be better than just staying in bed. Jia glanced over at Ken, "I hope this will be worth the effort it took to get here," Jia deadpanned. The thugs looked even more confused by the growing numbers, but still, they remained relatively confident. Jia held back a laugh. She made the mistake of underestimating Ken originally but knew better now.

 

[SolemnOath]

When Kesuk let got of her arm and raced over to his sister Alicia eyes followed in confusion before she gasped at what she saw. Expecting to see the rocks crash into them she closed her eyes and covered her face. However shortly afterward there was only the sound of rocks being destroyed but not the sound of a girl screaming in pain, rather another's man's voice was heard much to her bewilderment. She moved her hands away and looked now only to see another player enter the field, one that looked older than most of the others here. She had never seen this man before but the way he carried himself, it was evident something about him gave him a great amount of confidence in himself.

Good news was he didn't seem to be on the of the thugs, well that was obvious since he did help the water bender girl after all. She watched as he started to approach the thugs only for her eyes to race over to another newcomer. A female this time, one that seemed familiar with the male. She didn't look to happy to say the least, but she seemed to be here with a purpose just like the man was even though she didn't do anything other than stand there. Surprised by what she saw Alicia said nothing and instead looked back to the group that originally helped her out and moved over to them. "A-Are you okay?" She asked before looking at Tian-Ci a bit confused not understanding why questions would be bad. After all its not like they started the fight, no one could place blame in them for what had happened......right?

"U-Um if you need to leave now you may want to wait." Her words were soft as she looked around. One way to leave was by passing the new man and the thugs, which honestly didn't seem like a wise idea. And the other way was by climbing up a rather tall and dangerous looking wall that the thug had set up. "We didn't do anything wrong, as long as we just sit back they won't attack us... I think. Unless they are part of a rival gang th-then we may be in a bit of trouble." She sounded nervous as her eyes darted back to the new pair before looking at the trio once more. She wanted to help them out but honestly was at a loss on how to do so since currently they seemed stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Spoiler

As Ken walked ever so casually to the thugs who were getting a bit defensive he heard the words that left Zirra. Blinking a few times at this he looked over his shoulder and gave her a simple smile. But the moment he did this, the earth bender thought it would be a great time to attack the unknown man as he was looking away. With no hesitation she shot her leg and arm forward sending several spikes in a row right at him with the complete intention to impale him.

The very second she moved however Ken's eyes and all of his senses were focused on her and the moment the attack was made he reacted by...simply standing there. He waited till the very last one before he side stepped to the right floating just a bit using his air bending, so rather than moving just a foot he moved a good two yards to the side completely avoiding the attack. The dodge was surprising quick, especially seeing as he waited till the very last moment to dodge the move. His hands in his pockets and his eyes on his teammate he gave her an ever so friendly smile. "For me maybe~" A light chuckle left him, he wasn't taking the situation seriously in the slightest, much to the firebenders frustration. "Hey, do me a favor and get rid of that damn wall in the middle of the road. Its very unsightly~" He hummed before turning his attention to the enemy.

Once more focused on them he closed his eyes as he walked to them. "Now to business, I don't get why a bunch of thugs are attacking some teenagers but I don't really approve of it~ Kinda pathetic, it should be a rule of thumb. If you are like...what 30 years older than the person you are attacking and you can't off them in a few hits... Well you should go back home and contemplate on your life choices~" He hummed obviously teasing the enemy at this point feeding their anger.

And boy! Did they fall for the baiting. The two firebenders let out a yell of anger. One shot their hand forward sending out a stream of fire to the man while the other kicked the air sending out a ball of fire right for him. Ken still had his eyes closed at this point and a smirk on his face as he slowly moved his hands out of his pocket. "If I take longer than two minutes to beat you... I'll give you my favorite knife. Promise" He said cooly as he opened up his eyes his hands now in front of him. Soon both attacks were close and that's when he did his move. Swiftly moving one foot in front of him he moved his arms out as well hitting the fire with a blast of air which pushed it back a bit but then he started to move his hands to him and out again. Much like a water bender would do if they were trying to make waves. As he did this the fire started to spin and soon there was a tornado of fire in front of him. One that was under complete control as he didn't allow any flames to touch the buildings nor did he let any bits of building fly into the tornado.

He continued to control this and soon the fire was gone as he snuffed out the flame only leaving a tornado there. A second later he sent that tornado rushing to the enemy. It wasn't big in the least, no more than ten feet tall and five feet wide. Even so it certainly could damage one if they were trapped in it or even send them flying if they were not careful. Right away the two firebenders ran for it while the earth bender stomped her foot on the ground creating a wall that would keep her safe from the furious winds.

Ken couldn't help but smirk at this as he leaned forward a bit, both his heels off the ground and his arms in front of him as he got in a posture that one would when they are about to start sprinting. And that's exactly what he did shooting forward at a shocking speed he didn't even seem to touch the ground as he shot by the earth bender and ended up next to the fire bender. "I wasted a minute so far. Less than one left." He whispered so only the closest firebender could hear. The man barely had a chance to react before Ken's fist connected with the guys face sending him crashing hard into the ground as Ken used the speed he had to give it so much more power.

After he did this his feet landed on the ground. Barely a second after they did his right leg went back up and he did a round house kick and a slash of air left him hitting the firebender who attempted to defend against the attack. However Ken's wind was far stronger than the flame. So not only did it hit the attacker, but it also send the thug flying into a pillar knocking the poor thing unconscious.

Again his foot landed and as soon as it did two rocks were coming in his direction aiming for his face and gut. Leaning back pretty much doing a bridge he dodged the attack before letting his feet go in the air as he did a handstand. "30 seconds~ I could play with you a bit...but lets face it. You are far too dull to entertain me for that long~" He hummed as he placed his feet down on the ground. As he stood straight up he threw three knives at the earthbender. Two pinned her leg to the ground by getting stuck in her clothing. While the last stuck her hand in the wall she had created, though there was no blood shed as the blade just pinned her clothing there.

Putting both his hands in his pocket he walked to the earthbender with his normal smirk. "And with 24 seconds to spare. I'm out of practice~Such a shame you couldn't put up a better fight. Because you couldn't keep your head down you are now going to be spending such a long time in prison, isn't that grand? Knowing such a stupid mistake cost you your freedom?"

Walking by the earthbender not paying any mind to whatever comment she had he looked around at the village. "What a mess~Meh, I'm sure it'll get cleaned up soon enough. Though I got to admit....I think I'm a bit disappointed. From my understanding I would have to deal with several thugs... Though it looks like a good portion of them were already taken out by hmm a unique group of individuals~" He hummed his eyes now on Zirra and the entire group.

 

[Camleen]

A smile alights Zirra's face as she is standing (momentarily) after the diverted attack. A sharp cry of surprise escapes those lips, though, as Kesuk tackles her out of the way of the immediate danger. With a grunt she lands with him on the ground, her wide eyes staring up at him as he shouts his question to her. "I.. I was.." she stammers, staring up at him as he pulls her to her feet. She does scamper to her feet, clearly angry, and pulls away from him, looking around herself. She leans down and scoops up a small rock, and she draws her arm back, as if she's about to throw it at the back of Kesuk's head. Her arm stays in that position though. She draws it back a little further, as if thinking about doing it.. but she doesn't of course. She'll just have to drop a bigger rock on him later. She throws the rock down at her feet as she calls out to him. "I was doing what you told me to do! What you told me not to do, little brother!"

She lets out another huff, and she brushes herself and now takes a few jogging steps to catch up to him. She then looks over her shoulder, first towards Cian-Ti to make sure he's okay. The Air Bender might be right.. now might be a good time to make haste out of there. But… well she would like to explore the little village a bit more, but only if they wouldn't be in danger. But then, being who she is and who her friends are, is there really every going to be a time when they aren't in some kind of danger?

But her eyes fall to Ken as he proceeds to take out the remainder of those bullies.. and he does it so casually and coolly. Wow.. she can't help but grin a little as she continues to walk with Kesuk now, clearly her head in the clouds. But she looks towards Kesuk and the others around her (presumably Cian-Ti and probably Alicia) as she speaks in a soft tone. "Hey why don't we ask him to come with us? I've never seen anyone fight like that.." She nods as she smiles. Clearly his fighting ability isn't the only reason she would want Ken to accompany them. It's about that moment a little white ferret head pops out of the upper flap of her back, Snowie squeaking softly as he peers out to see what all the commotion is, and why it was necessary to wake him from his nap. "Hi Snowie." She says very very softly, having felt him stirring in the backpack. It's a good thing the backpack is stuffed full of supplies, nice and cushiony for her little Snow Ferret friend.