open Avatar Bending School RP

[Concerto Dusk 240]

"Kenji. And you must be Mr. Smiley." Lighting a green candle, he sets a yellow and a red one on either side.of it. "I don't really care to know someone with such a lack in manners, probably some spoiled brat, am I right? Seriously, try being polite for once, might make a friend.

[Torrent505 370]

@@Dji @@Alex Kennedy @@Mint Drop @@Bright Bastion @@SpaceOnion @ @@COBLoneWolf (sorry for the double post had SpaceOnion's name wrong )

 

The student Eet Huus'son was escorted into the school by two Republic City Police officers. He was wearing new clothes that were quite nice, the government had deemed his old clothes inadequate for the school; so they had bought him a whole new wardrobe, he had thought it was cool at first now he just felt foolish and like it made him stick out more. The two police officers carried his suitcases of new clothes and few meager possessions, Eet carried a pot with what looked like a small bark covered potato in it. It was his prized possession and now he realized how strange it probably made him look, plus the fact the police wouldn't leave him alone like they thought he was about to run off the first chance he got. Even if he did run where would he go? It's not like he knew anything outside the Foggy Swamp.

 

Mostly as the officers escorted him to his dorm Eet just wanted to disappear, he was so embarrassed. How could he even look any of these other students in the face after entering the school like this? What would they think of him?!

 

The officers finally opened his dorm's doors ushering him inside, they read a small form of rules to him and an oath to complete the classes to the best of his abilities and not to run away... under punishment of incarceration or death. Eet repeated the oath and signed the form. The police turned on their heels and were gone. He let out a huge sigh and slumped into a chair, his head banging against the wall; this was by far the worst day of his life.

 

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Professor Kitska stood within the entrance to dorm 9 tapping her foot and looking at her watch, the students were supposed to be on their way to setup their dorm rooms. Certainly her student were lazying about taking their sweet time to arrive, she imagined the other dorms were already filling up; she'd have to give this students a lecture on punctuality and proper behavior. She would not have her dorm be the worst or laughing stock of the school, she would whip her students into shape right quick. She unfurled the scroll with the students names on it, Vi Heffer waterbender, Sha Jiang earthbender, Rabten airbender... They even sounded like a bunch of troublemakers, then again most student names seemed to sound like troublemakers; funny how it worked like that. Kitska looked at her watch again and resumed tapping her foot.

[The Cynical Lone Wolf 615]

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"No I dont come from the rich. I do loathe them", he said looking at him,"You can call me a ghost, nomad,vagebond. I'll take a guess and say you  must be firebender of sorts."

He then went into the closest and took out his 6 foot long dark sage scarf and wrapped around his neck

Edited November 17, 2014 by COBLoneWolf

[Sekel 692]

@@Alex Kennedy

"I know who you are. Mr. Tun told me to research all the teachers in case they turned out to be members of the Red Lotus or some other cult group. Nice to meet you though, my name is Mah Kin, Saito." Mah replied with a small smile. She looked behind him when she saw some Republic City policeman escort a student in. "Haven't seen a troublemaker like that in a long time." Mah mumbled to herself.

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@@Torrent505

After wondering around for quite some time, Zhi found himself in the Dorm corridor where a teacher was waiting outside one of the dorms. "Why are you stabdibg outside. I'm sure the students would be arriving here shortly, Kitska." Zhi reassured her as he looked up. To him, everyone was taller.

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@@Bright Bastion, @@SpaceOnion

"It's fine. I can carry this myself. I think you need the space more. Anyway, we had better get to our dorm." Vi said and walked towards the Dorm.

[sunne 659]

@@Alex Kennedy, 

 

  Chocolate brown eyes stared up at The Bending School through the grimy window of a rental car as it pulled into the parking lot. A small, thin girl stepped out, carefully taking her bags out after her. A woman that resembled the brown-haired girl got out and beamed at her. 
  "Aonani, I'm so excited for you!" the former said, pulling the latter into a hug. The girl smiled and returned the hug. When they stepped apart again, the girl fixed her name tag - the tag read "Aonani Kiyo"; it made introductions a lot easier - and made motions with her hands, signing to the woman that she was excited. After a few more exchanged words and gestures between the two, they hugged again. Just before the woman left, Aonani waved and signed, [Love you, Mom.]

  After the car drove away, Aonani turned and started walking towards the school, dragging her luggage behind her. Once inside, she looked around and pulled a map out of her pocket. She had been told beforehand what dorm room she would be in and how to get there, so as to avoid awkward interactions with the receptionist. Following the map, she set off for her dorm.
  It didn't take her long to find it. Once she was there, standing outside the dorm room, she took a moment to breathe. She knew without being told that she would have at least one roommate, considering how many students she had seen inside. 

  She knocked on the door once before entering, and opened the door slowly. What she saw inside surprised her. There was a boy in the room! She had expected a roommate, yes, but not a male one. Her face immediately went pink and she fumbled with her map, wishing she had the ability to say, "Sorry, I must have the wrong room!"



((Will post as the others in a moment))

 

Edited November 17, 2014 by Mint Drop

[Torrent505 370]

@@Dji

 

Kitska gave the principle a small bow, she always felt it was necessary to afford fellow teacher and staff a proper greeting and respect, her tone was still clip and sharp however, "Principle Tun, good to see you today sir. I felt it was rather crucial that I be her to greet my students when they arrive. The staff dorms are F1-F10 as the student dorms are 1-10 we are having a teacher assigned to oversee each unit and the students aren't we? I was under the impression a teacher acting as the head of each dorm would keep the student in line while helping to create a sort of team competitiveness between the dorms. If we are going to do something of the sort I want to have my students whipped into shape as soon as possible."

 

She smirked and the air around her seemed to chill, "I even have a slogan, 'dorm 9, top of the Line!'. They'll be the best of the best and I won't except any less, I'll tell them as much the moment they arrive." She looked anxiously at her watch again.

[Sekel 692]

@@Torrent505

Zhi smiled even though it wasn't able to be seen under all his facial hair. "You are correct professor. That should give the students moral and all that good ... stuff." Zhi said and sighed when he noticed her looking at her watch for the umpteenth time. "Will you quit looking at your watch? There's still plenty of time before the morning's out."

Edited November 17, 2014 by Dji

[Alex Kennedy 1,228]

@@Mint Drop,

 

Tehret looked up as somebody entered the room, and found himself lost in a mixture of embarrassment and confusion when he saw it was a girl. Were they roommates, then? Did they do things that way here? He did the only thing he could think to do, walking over and introducing himself. "Um... hello. My name is Tehret Oz. I guess we're... roommates? I didn't realize the school was so... liberal about such things. So, um, what's your name?" He noticed the name tag. "Oh. I guess that makes you Aonani, then? That's a beautiful name."

 

((I've already thought about it, and I'm thinking Tehret probably knows enough sign language to get by thanks to his extensive education and the fact that his merchant father is probably dealing with all kinds of people.))

 

@@Dji,

 

"A pleasure to meet you, Mah Kin." He looked over at the student in question. "Poor kid. Must be awfully embarrassing making an entrance like that."

[sunne 659]

@@Alex Kennedy, 

((Makes sense, though he may have to translate to Sanuye ))

Aonani, still blushing, nodded as her new roommate spoke, and blushed harder when he complimented her. She gave him a shy smile and raised her hands to sign something to him, hoping for the best.
Making swift motions with her hands, she signed, [Hello. Do you know sign language?]

 

@@Dji, 

A teenage girl in a red, orange, and yellow outfit could be seen running as fast as she could, her red hair whipping behind her. On her face was a panicked grimace.
I can't believe I slept in on my first day. I hope I'm not too late, she thought, pushing her legs to go faster. She had just woken up a short time ago, and her mother had no car to drive her. She had no idea what time it was; for all she knew it could be well into class time. She hoped she would be lucky enough to get to her new school with just enough time to stop at her dorm before class. 
As she reached the school, she slowed, but not enough to take in any potential scenery. She burst in the doors and, panting, approached the receptionist's desk. She didn't even register that a man was talking with the woman behind the counter.
"Uh... H-hi,," she gasped as she tried to catch her breath."I'm... I'm not too late, am I?"

((I know no classes have started, but Sanuye doesn't Mizuko's post will be here in a second.))

 

Edited November 17, 2014 by Mint Drop

[Sekel 692]

@@Alex Kennedy, @@Mint Drop

Mah just took the interruption in stride and looked at the panting girl. "Your Sayune. Dorm 8. You are not late to class because class starts tomorrow. Down thatbcorridor, first on the left." Mah pointed to the corridor with a bored exoression on her face.

[Alex Kennedy 1,228]

@@Mint Drop,

 

He nodded, smiling back, and tried to sign back as best he could, although he abandoned that pretty quickly for fear of messing up and signing something vulgar. "Yeah. I know a little. I'm kind of nervous about using it myself, but I can understand what you're saying. Um... do you not talk, then?" 

[sunne 659]

@@Alex Kennedy, 

Aonani exhaled in relief, finding herself incredibly fortunate to be roomed with someone who could understand sign language, even if their gender had bee a surprise to her.
[That's right,] she signed. [i can't speak. I was born without vocal chords. I'm lucky that you can understand me.] 
She took a moment to move her bags into the room, letting him reply.

 

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@@Dji, 

 

It took a moment for Sayune to catch her breath, and when she did, she stared flatly at the receptionist. 
"Thanks," she said, matching the woman's bored tone, and walked away, grumbling about having to rush here for nothing. Instead of heading to the dorms, she headed outside, wanting to get an actual look at the school she would be attending. She debated running back to her and her mother's small apartment a few blocks away to get her luggage, which her mother had promised to bring later in the day, but didn't know if she would be permitted to. Figuring that her mother would want her to stay and socialize, she shrugged and headed back in, this time going for the dorms. 

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Mizuko, while usually coolheaded and laid-back, was brimming with excitement as her father's car pulled up in the parking lot of The Bending School. She took no time in jumping out once the vehicle had stopped and grabbing her suitcase and bags. After a quick goodbye with her parents, she raced into the courtyard and stared up at the building looming over her, a confident grin on her face. 
After taking everything in, she strode through the doors and to the receptionist's desk. 
"Uh, excuse me," she said, noticing the teacher there. "I'm Mizuko Sanaa, a student. Can you tell me where my dorm is?

 

[Alex Kennedy 1,228]

@@Mint Drop,

 

He shook his head a bit, trying to imagine what life would be like if he were unable to use his voice at all. "That must be difficult. But I doubt you really want to talk about it. If you're a student here, you must be a bender, right? What can you do? I'm fire and air." 

[Scribblegroove 565]

 @@Dji, @@Torrent505

 

With a steady pace, a bald and fairly old man walked through the hall of the school. Though he was walking quickly, he was not in a hurry. His hand behind his back, he gave a few polite nods to the new students arriving. Not bothering to go by the reception, he walked straight for the student dorms. He was familiar with the schools’ layout by now, and knew exactly where to go to meet the students he’d be watching over. He recalled quite a notorious figure being under them. A bloodbender, sent here to learn how to control his abilities. To him, it was only fascinating he’d get to teach such a peculiar and exceptional individual. The other was a water and earth bender. Earth was not exactly his area of expertise, but it would allow him to broaden the spectrum of his abilities even wider, so he was quite curious about her too.

 

When he got to the student dorms, he noticed principal Tun and presumably a different teacher talking in the hallway. Since it would still take quite a while before his students had arrived, he reckoned he might as well go and say hello. Walking up to the two of them by the door of dorm 9, he politely bowed to the both of them as a greeting.

 

"Greetings principal Tun. I'm quite glad I happen to find you here. I've got a few questions I wish to ask you..." He started, but then he turned to the waterbender next to him. "But first... Perhaps my memory is failing me, but believe we've not met yet." Again, he bowed in the traditional fashion, the palm of his on hand against his fist. "I am Xin Zi Chuan. A pleasure to meet you. I presume you will be teaching the students waterbending?" He said, assuming it from her clothing and hairstyle.

[sunne 659]

@@Alex Kennedy, 

((Last post for the night. I need to sleep, and we should let the others catch up xD))

Aonani's eyes lit up when Tehret told her he had Airbending abilities. 
[i'm an Airbender too,] she signed. [but that's all, no other elements. My degree of control isn't much either, but that's why I'm attending this school. I used to live in one of the Air Temples.]

 

After she finished signing, she took her bags to one of the vacant beds, setting her stuff down there. She hated to seem like she wasn't paying attention, but she did want to get unpacked, and in the midst of a conversation, the only time she could do that was while she wasn't signing.

[Alex Kennedy 1,228]

@@Mint Drop,

 

This perked Tehret's curiosity. "You lived in an Air Temple? I've always wanted to visit one! I'd love to hear about it sometime. But I imagine signing so much gets tiresome after a while, and you haven't even had a chance to settle in yet. It can wait. Would you like some help unpacking?"

[Sekel 692]

@@Scribblegroove, @@Torrent505

Zhi bowed in return. "Greetings to you too Xin Zi. Permafrost and I were just talking about her being impatient for her students to arrive." Zhi said joyfully and stepped to the other side of the hall. "You said you had some questions?"

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@@Mint Drop

"Mizuko Sanaa? You are in Dorm 2 with ..." she trailed off as she compared one of the dorm's occupants with that boy who came in with the police. "A very interesting person. Down that corridor, first on the left." Mah Kin said with a genuine smile and pointed down the corridor.

[sunne 659]

@@Torrent505, 

@@Dji

Mizuko blinked, the receptionist's behaviour striking her as odd. 
"Uh... okay..." she replied, and walked away, following the instructions given to her.
It was rather easy to find her dorm; it was only the second room. She knocked lightly out of politeness, and opened the door. Seeing that her roommate was male shocked her, but she quickly recovered, not upset by it in any way. 
She lugged her suitcase over to one of the beds, and turned to the boy. Noticing that he seemed upset, she said, "Uh... hey. I guess i'm your new roomie. I'm Mizuko. What's your name?"

 

@@Alex Kennedy,  

Sanuye, having found the door to her dorm room, grinned, excited to meet her roommates. She knocked once before entering, and then opened it, taking a step in before fully registering the two people in the room. The sight of the boy surprised her, but she wasn't too bothered by it. 
"Morning," she said, giving them both a friendly grin and wave. "I'm Sanuye. I guess I'm your new roommate. Whtat're your names?"

 

Aonani offered a shy smile, and raised her hands to reply. 
[i would love to tell you about it sometime. As for now-] she was interrupted by a red-headed girl entering the room. The girl introduced herself as Sanuye and asked for their names.

Aonani, having stopped signing to Tehret when Sanuye came in, put her hands down and offered her name tag.

 

Edited November 17, 2014 by Mint Drop

[Torrent505 370]

@@Dji @@Scribblegroove

 

Kitska matched Xin Zi's respectful bow before glaring at Zhi Tun for giving her such an informal introduction. "I despise the nicknames and aliases I've acquired over the years Mr. Tun." She squared herself to face Xin, "My name is Kitska, I teach history and defensive bending. I have mastered both water and earth bending. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance Professor Zi, I reviewed your career profile and I must say I expected you to look... more traditional Fire Nation. But I guess we all respect our heritage and history in our own ways."

 

She stepped aside to give the two men space and not ease drop should their conversation require privacy. She checked her watch once again making note of how long the doors to the school had been open to students; she resumed tapping her foot.

 

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@@Mint Drop

 

Eet had moved to the chair at a desk in the room, he had shifted his potted woody root to the desktop. No one had arrived in the dorm and he began to think maybe the school had decided to room him isolated and alone. It wasn't fair, he hadn't know there was a 'bad' type of bending; he'd only been follow instinct and had been branded a monster for it.

 

To relax he had started using plant bending on the sacred Banyan-Grove Tree shoot in the pot. The true Banyan-Grove Tree was what made up the entire swamp back home and the fact he had been given a shoot to care for showed his bond with the swamp as a future shaman. Now that future seemed unlikely, but manipulating the little plant calmed him and made him think of home.

 

He slowly coaxed it to put out little branches, using plant bending and healing to promote growth and strength. The branches soon formed a complex canopy and tiny leaves filled it out as a it took the recognizable form of a small replica of the original. He was just about to start encouraging it to produce tiny hanging fruit when he heard someone enter the room.

 

He jumped a little instantly stoping what he was doing and putting out his hands in front of it as if he could hide what he was doing. Turning he found himself staring into a pair of brilliant piercing blue eyes, a water tribe girl looking curiously at him; he blushed a bit embarrassed at his earlier response and lack of knowledge how to interact with people from outside the swamp... Should he behave any differently?

 

He stuttered a little, "oh... Umm, yeah sorry, I wasn't certain when others would... I mean, we're probably roommates and..." He sighed giving up and sticking out a hand stiffly, "My name's Eet, Eet Huus'son. Good to meet you Mizuko..." He was constantly darting his eyes to and away from her face trying to avoid staring into her eyes; best not to accidentally insult her, some nobles visiting Foggy Swamp were very strict about respect.

[Zhooves 843]

Zoho let out a yawn as he used a little airbending to practically float over to the end of the hallway, and begun walking a bit more normally as he entered the reception. He noticed a few adults standing there talking, as well as a few younger people walking by.

 

@@Dji,@@Scribblegroove, @@Alex Kennedy

"The students have begun arriving, I see?" he asked, greeting them with a light bow.

[Alex Kennedy 1,228]

@@Mint Drop,

 

Tehret looked over at his newest roommate. Another girl? It occurred to him that a lot of guys would probably be pretty jealous of him right now, but he wasn't like that. Sure, they were both very pretty, and Aonani had a certain charm even without her voice, but it wasn't like... really, he'd never even... well he'd never even had any close friends who were girls, really. He hardly had any close friends period, which was part of why he had wanted to come to a place like this. At any rate, he smiled and offered his had for her to shake. "I'm Tehret Oz. This is Aonani, like the name tag says. but I'm afraid she can't speak. I know enough signing to understand her, though. You'll probably pick it up too if we're going to be living together." His last words made him blush slightly. He'd never even had a sister or anything, so this was totally foreign to him.

[Bright Bastion 241]

@@Dji,

Sha Lumbered after VI with his suitcase awkwardly in tow. He looked her over with a raised brow and seemed to force himself to ask Vi, "He, uh you're -- well, I'm obviously and earthbender and you're obviously a waterbender... I was wondering if you were one of those benders. You know the special kind..." 

Edited November 18, 2014 by Bright Bastion

[Sekel 692]

@@Bright Bastion

Vi slowed down when she hear Sha say something to her. "Yeah, I'm a waterbender ... oh. No, no, I'm a pure waterbender. No dual bending here." Vi replied as they rounded the corner. "I'm definitely waterbender only. Why are there teachers in front of our dorm?" Vi asked curiously when she spotted the bunch of teachers standing in front of Dorm 9.

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@@Scribblegroove, @@Torrent505, @@Zhooves

Zhi looked up at Zoho and grinned behind his moustache. "Morning Zoho." Zhi said with a bow. He looked at Xin Zi and was going to ask him something when he noticed a couple of students standing near the corner. Most likely waiting to go into Dorm 9. "Xin, come with me please. Sorry to cut this short Zoho, but I think a couple of students are waiting to go into their Dorm. And Xin Zi, you can ask me whatever questions you want to in my office. If you'll follow me please." Zhi said kindly and lead the way to his office.

[sunne 659]

@Torrent505

 

Mizuko was confused by his reaction, but still shook his hand and gave him a friendly grin, assuming his reaction was from being caught off-guard.

"Nice to meet you too," she said, walking to the bed she had claimed and sitting down on it. "So. You've gotta be a bender, considering this is The Bending School. What do you bend? I can do Earthbending and Waterbending."

 

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"Nice to meetcha, Tehret and Aonani" Sanuye replied, shaking Tehret's hand, then Aonani's. "So. Obligatory question: what kind of benders are you?"

She went over to the last vacant bed and sat, setting down the only bag she had brought beside her.

[Scribblegroove 565]

@@Torrent505, @@Dji,

 

"Likewise miss Kitska..." Xin Zi replied to the professor, a light smile on his face when he heard Tun Zhi address her with a silly nickname. Though being respectful as he was, he forgot about it since it seemed to bother the waterbender. "My attire is indeed somewhat peculiar for my heritage, indeed. Perhaps I will get to elaborate it in a future conversation." He concluded. With yet another bow he bid her goodbye.

 

Even though he didn't show it, he was quite surprised he even had a carreer profile. He hadn't kept it in his years of travelling and teaching in his own small donjon. Someone else must have made one on him. Deciding he would question that further later, he followed Tun Zhi who lead him towards his office.

Edited November 18, 2014 by Scribblegroove