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|Escape from Capital City
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2: Metal
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Water, Earth, Fire, Air, Void.
For 100 years, the four nations were at war and only the Avatar, master of all four elements could stop them, but he vanished. Three years ago, my brother and I discovered the new Avatar. An airbender named Aang. And after finding some allies and mastering all four elements, Aang defeated Fire Lord Ozai and put an end to the war.
But now a new threat has arisen and a fifth element has been awoken. A voidbender named Ithar came with a warning that we were all in danger. An lost past and earlier tale have caught us up, and Aang may not be ready to face it. But I believe, Aang can save us all.
"Did they spot us?" I said, as we peaked around the corners. I ducked back as I saw Shen and his legion follow behind him, black robes with tainted waterbending symbols embellished on their blue steel armours. The sight of which sickened me.
I knew that in our present states that we couldn't take them all, especially while were still dripping from landing in the water. Not the sea, very conveniently placed bodies of water located just within the insides of the city. Zuko was still dry, having the ability to use jet propulsion stopped him from getting soaked.
Zuko had the right idea pulling me back before I could stick my saber at his neck. "If they did, we'd know" he assured us, as the patrol stopped and took very good looks around before continuing their jolly way.
"I sure hope he spots us." I reached into my back in one quick swoop "I really want to go a second round with him. Boomerang is happy to take another swing at him."
I swung Boomerang, but inadvertently knocked at the wall. Zuko quickly gagged me as we all pressed up closer against the wall. "Sshhhhh!"
The patrol moved on and he moved his hand away. "What? It's true." I pulled Boomerang out of the wall, and was about to move out when more footsteps came following out frm in front of us, as I quickly reversed up.
"Well it looks like we're stuck here until we can get to the port."
Impossible" Zuko replied bluntly. His mind was still clearly focused on the situation we had ourselves in earlier. "Unless Daika is truly stark raving mad, the port will be on full lock down and Azulon's gates locked up and guarded at this point."
"Well we can't stay here, they'll kill us on sight."
I was about to open my mouth, but then I felt two big bulking arms grab me from be hind, one of which gagged me. It had been less than a minute. it's like the universe doesn't want me talking. "Gahh! Mmmmm!" was all I could really muster from underneath.
"Will ya' keep it down." A voice from behind told me. "Thera' soldiers everywhere."
Zuko and Suki immediately tuned around, but both stopped as they stared up. "Chit Sang?" Suki replied.
"Whhhh?" I replied as I was dropped and I turned around, rejoining the group. And in fact, it was him. Except not wearing prison clothes for one thing, just normal civilian clothing. He got his freedom along with most other people after Zuko took the throne. All the Fire Nation prisoners received royal pardons, while all POW's were released.
"In tha' flesh" he answered, looking behind him. "Follow me."
"It's a good thing it was you and not one of them patrols" I replied with relief.
"You scared Sokka half to death" Zuko, unjustly might I add, . . . added.
"I wasn't" I protested.
"You was. But we wouldn't be here if we still had our airship."
"I have ta' ask;" Chit Sang said. "If you were on an airship, how'd ya' let your self get caught out of tha' sky?"
Me and Zuko just looked at each other. He believed that it was my fault, but I was distracted by him. Neither of us were going to own up, so I just replied "It's complicated.
Twenty Minutes Earlier
"Not That On-!"
"What Happened!"
"You Blew The Horn. Now Everyone In The City Heard Us! They're Attacking Us Now!"
"Why Do You Have A Horn On An Airship?"
"Why Do You Think? So People Can Hear Us When We Are Coming!"
"Well Why Is It Put-!"
"Stop Arguing And Start Moving, Both Of You! This Thing Is Falling Fast!"
"I Was Distracted By You Having To Mention That You Were Going To Find Your Crazy Sis-!"
"Move Sokka!"
Present Time
"Very complicated" Zuko agreed. "But why are you here? In fact, where did you go after we escaped the Western Air Temple?"
"I still owe ya' for busting me out of tha' Boiling Rock. So, I guess that means that I should help ya' out. Follow me.
"Where are we going?
"Just trust me will ya'. I know a place, but then I'll have to scram. Them black robed guys are everywhere and I really don't fancy another trip to jail.
The whole time we were at the prison, right up to the point in which we started actually co-operating with each other. there was always something that bugged me; "What did you do?"
He stopped, which presumed was because of the question, but then he carried on around the corner before he gave his answer. "Excuse me?"
"You were in prison for a reason" I said to him.
"And considering it was the Boiling Rock, that had to have been a very heavy crime" Zuko pointed out.
We reached another alley, and there we waited, as a patrol was going past. Still waterbenders though. Well, we're near the port so I guess that it made sense to keep them all posted where they can get an unlimited supply of the stuff they use as weapons.
When the coast was clear and we started moving again, he answered "Desertion.
"Desertion? From the army?"
"From recruitment" he corrected, "conscription." He was now talking directly at Zuko at this point, it was obvious when he opened with "I'd seen how ya' dad treated his civilians when they ain't worshippin' 'i'm like a god. An' them lackeys of his they called soldiers who picked on anyone who stepped in their way. Well I wasn't gonna join them, so I deserted conscription. I lasted a while, started a few skirmishes whenever possible, just showin' how much chaos can be caused when ya' don't agree with them."
"Then what?"
He turned around bluntly as he came to a halt. "I got caught, and I was thrown into the Boiling Rock for desertion, among other things." He held out his arm. "We're here."
We stopped and looked up. It looked no different to all the other houses on this street. Which I guess in a hiding sense is the perfect disguise since they are all indistinguishable. Until I noticed one crucial difference when I looked into the windows. "A flower shop?"
"Yeah" was his only reply. "The lady that owns it is a sweet old thing, so she'll treat ya' real nice."
It was getting dark, and with very little option, I must say that this looked like a good place to crash. But I still questioned about staying over in a flower shop. But We didn't have any alternatives. "Thanks Chit Sang."
"Now we're even" is all he replied as he ran off down the streets. I presumed that he was trying to get ahead before any patrols.
Suki chuckled to herself. "He reminds me a little of Ithar."
"Agreed" Zuko replied.
I was now actually feeling left out of this conversation, it made no sense. "Wait, what are you guys talking about?"
"Nothing" they both said as they entered the shop. I would have protested, but looking at how fast Chit Sang had run, I thought that getting into the shop would have been the better option.
As soon as we entered, we were immediately greeted by a very sweet lady, with grey hair tied into a bun at the top. She dressed in long grey robes and her shop was filled to the brim with all shades of colours, though mostly ranging in typical Fire Nation colours like red and orange and yellow. "Hello there, how may I-" she stopped as she looked up at Zuko. It's the scar to be honest. It's not like there are many people who have a left eye that is completely burnt. "Firelord Zuko! This is an honour to have you visit my shop. But it is such awkward times indeed."
Zuko stepped forwards and clasped his fist into his flat palm and took a bow, which we all ended up following to make this a less awkward moment that it already was. "I'm sorry to come on these terms, but a friend brought us here in hopes of-."
We all looked up. Not just Zuko. At the back of the store, behind the counter, the most awkward person to be in the same room with, was there. Awkward for Zuko, as he stepped further forward towards his ex-girlfriend. "Mai!"
The only thought that rolled through my mind, was awkward.
Morning rose, half a day ago, and all I was doing was training. Joy.
It was fun in the first years; breaking in the victims (I'm not correcting myself anymore, or even trying to cover it up, you get the idea by now), hitting them with metal discs, . . . that was it actually. But it was exciting and something new to do after all the fighting was stopped.
But now, it wasn't fun. Maybe if I could see their faces . . . oh wait. I can't; They just complain. And complain. And complain. And complain. And complain. And complain. They are making my ears bleed and my feet sore from how much they whine to me. When I wanted to start a school for metalbending, I wanted an army who would do what I say, and all I got are a bunch yellow bellied babies who can't take a hit. Let alone throw one;
"Attack!" The metal lifted and it awkwardly spun around before landing three feet in front of the target. "I Said Attack, You Lily Livers!"
Pinjin was panting and his hands were leaning against his knees. I'd pushed him the mostly because he could barely pick his disc up. So what if it weighed 50lbs, that's no excuse. All my students had caught up to this, even Qin the Younger was moving it at the target. "Sifu!"
I stomped my foot, no one gets special treatment in my school. "Attack!"
That push forced him punch the air, the metal disc shot off the ground and bounced off the wall. The force kept ricocheting off all the walls, and all the students ducked as suit came their way. Then the disc came flying at me, last angle tipped me off. I reached down for the wire around my waist. I flicked it out and grabbed the disc, then smacked it to the floor. The ground gave way and the disc was stopped.
His eyes should have been wide, as his mouth was quivering to answer, as well as cuffed over by both his hands. "Oh! I'm sorry Sifu Toph."
I flicked out my wire and reattached it around my waist. "Don't be. That was the best metalbending I've seen all day."
I raised my hand. There was something outside. The earth was shaking, I could feel it in my soles. It was getting louder. "What's with the racket outside?"
"I don't know-"
"It was rhetorical!" I shouted. I rolled my eyes afterwards. I didn't have time to do it before cutting him off.
I had to know who that was. If it was new meat or old, I needed the entertainment. "You stay here and continue work. I'll sort it out."
I stepped out of the halls, just as they went straight back to work. At least they listen and do as they are told when I say it. But when I got outside, I found my entertainment.
"Here it is guys" Katara called out as Appa flew over the first set of walls to the capital city of the Earth Kingdom. "Ba Sing Se."
Aang dropped his arms and sighed with relief. "Finally. I can stop meditating. Good job boy!"
"Well nice to know your taking in what I'm saying at least" I replied
He pulled his head away form the side of the saddle and turned towards me. "I listened about all the stuff about not separating anything."
"After you kept describing every tree and rock you saw in your head."
The upper ring flew right under us and we could see all rich areas of the city. I'd been here before, and it was safe to say that noting changed. I literally mean nothing, all the shops were the same, the structures, well actually the tea shop, the Jasmine Dragon, that was new here. Right where the old Leaves of Green used to be. I wonder if they make better tea or not?
The palace hadn't changed either. I can't really describe if any stone had changed or not considering that the streets were cleaned by the easiest method possible; flipping the ground over. I am not joking, I have seen it happen the many time I have been to this city. In some way it was nice that nothing really changed in this city. It sort of reminds me of how the world could have still looked when I was young . . . (er).
As we landed, however, there was something very unsettling about the company that was there to greet us; To anyone who was obvious enough to have either lived or been to the city before. Dai Li agents were the best known feature of the city besides its walls. Their creepy almost monotone voices were the most unsettling feature;
"Avatar Aang, the Earth King has invited you to Lake Laogi." As soon as those words left his mouth, both Aang and Katara freaked out. I couldn't blame them from their last encounter. Those words that haunt the minds of every citizen in the city since Long Feng became the Regent from Kuei's infancy. The last things they hear before their minds go blank. "Are you okay?" He asked, as his face stopped being solid and actually showed concern.
Aang's eyes were wide, and his breathing heavy. But as soon as he was asked, he relaxed, a micrometer, as he stood himself back up leaning on his staff. "Yes. Yes, I think we're okay. I accept his invitation."
The agents bowed and started walking, as we all departed with him. Appa followed close behind, and I doubted that Aang would leave him alone after what happened the last time he was in the city. Momo clambered onto my shoulders, and wrapped himself around the back of my neck.
"That was weird" Katara whispered to Aang, trying to avoid being heard.
"Tell me about it" he replied, "for a minute I thought we were all in trouble."
"Lake Laogi sounds like a weird place to invite someone" I added curiously.
"You don't know the half of it."
"I do. Weird stuff beneath those waters" I replied, shaking my head.
About a rock plate's worth of travelling and a trip on the private monorail, all decorated in gold nonetheless, later, we were at Lake Laogi's banks, where the sand was being ruffed up by the waves. And where many secrets would surely stay hidden forever.
His pet bear was by his side, dressed in yellow and wearing a large hat to keep the sun off of his face
he turned his head and smiled at the sight of the by who saved the world and liberated his city and kingdom from war. "Avatar Aang! It is good to see you again."
Aang locked his hand in his palm and took a bow, as did Katara, and then me after I paid attention to the fine details. "Earth King Kuei. We are most welcome."
"Katara, Appa, Momo, and" he stopped when he saw me. I had met him before, but then he was still in his less casual clothing crawling through his father's halls. ". . . Someone new I see."
I chuckled to myself, but I was still paying half attention, and I hate to admit that I got a little carried away with myself as my mind wandered back to earlier times. "Kuei, the 52nd Earth King. You've really grown in . . . well, twenty years as it happens."
His expression went into confusion. "I don't quite understand what you are saying."
"I knew your father, the 51st Earth King. Youli was quite stubborn, quite like the earth he used to bend all through his halls" I replied, as I reached for an itch at the back of my head caused by the lemur nested on my back. "Always so agitated by every military action taken. Though not at all surprising since the 50th Earth King, Maode was always active in his campaigns, especially in his youth. Clashed several times with the young Crown Prince Azulon. They always said the Magma Campaign was very heated between the two of them- ow!" For no reason I got nudged by Aang's staff, like I was some adolescent. He may be older, but I am more mature. "What?"
Kuie turned to Aang a little confused by my encyclopedic knowledge. "Is this some form of humour I'm unfamiliar with?"
"Forgive him Kuei. Ithar here has been around for nearly as long as I have, except he lived it all." Aang then licked his lips, as he tried to then explain the reason I appeared to have faults in accordance to my appearance. "He looks like a fifteen, but he's over eighty years old."
The Earth King looked all over me. He seemed really unconvinced. "Are you sure?"
I then took over. there was no point it had to drag on. "I'm very sure. I'm a voidbender you see you highness." I didn't want to leave anything to looks, so I just gave out a quick burst to my right side; placing my hands together and I pushed out, and a wall of golden light shot forth and burst like a bubble.
The sight of gold probably was enough to get him excited, let alone the fact that it was an exclusive bending art that hasn't been seen by a monarch in over 500 years"Marvelous. This is so, intriguing." his bear roared next to him, in what appeared to be happiness, or hunger. I don't speak bear. They're weird creatures. "Bosco seems to agree. Could you show us more? How did you stay so young? How did you learn to voidbend?"
"Ahem" I deliberately coughed, "I believe that we actually had some business here. Aang."
Aang stepped forward, as I stood back from the unwanted attention I now seemed to have. "Earth King Kuei, we have urgent business we need to discuss with you; it concerns the events of what happened while we were at the Northern Water Tribe."
Kuei turned to Aang and went to immediately sit down after all the excitement. "I absolutely understand, but I think this would be better discussed with my war council." And with that, the Earth King snapped his fingers and his agents left to find the generals. "Now . . . could you tell me why your bending is gold? Can I do that?"
"This is a very nice shop you own here" I said to Mura. The room was decorated in all these lovely species of flowers, so many it was hard to count. Zuko had left after Mai, so Sokka and I were waiting in the main shop with Mura. Sokka couldn't help himself but touch every flower petal he could.
Mura was a nice woman as Chit Sang had said, and she wasn't at all bothered by Sokka's itchy fingers. "I have all types of plants that I collected from all over the Fire Nation lands in the war times, and in recent years, I started procuring plants from the north and southern poles, and even from the gardens of Ba Sing Se itself."
She allowed us to look around, and I was amazed at what she had in her shop; "Panda lilies, White lotus', Fire lilies."
"Ahhhh" Sokka said as he started at one particular flower in white with red and yellow inside the petals, "Whiiiite dragon bushhhh."
He proceeded to feel the petals as Mura tried to tell him. "Um, White jade bush actually."
Sokka's eyes widened as he flinched his hand back and started rubbing it violently against his shirt to wipe it off his fingers. "Yaah!"
Mura chuckled to herself as she watched him with "Don't worry, the plant is only poisonous if consumed. But I would recommend washing your hands before eating anything, or picking your mouth. And for those curious children, I also sell a bag of bacui berries with each of them."
Just at that moment, Mai's younger brother Tom-Tom came stumbling in. He'd grown up since the last time I'd saw him. Mura picked him up under both arms and lifted him to her chest. "And for those little rascals who have a taste of plants like these, he has his feet eaten off, doesn't he?"
Tom-Tom laughed as Mura reached for his bare foot and pretended to eat it.
"So how long have Mai and this little guy been here" I asked.
I wished I didn't ask it now, as her smile faded to a more concerned look. "A year or two. Their parents weren't exactly too happy with the change in the crown, and that lead my brother to come estranged from them. He was just upset that he was no longer a governor. my brother was very ambitious. The Firelord offered him a position in the palace, but my brother wasn't happy to have lost his claim to Ne- Omashu."
I heard some chomping in the background and turned to see Sokka cleaning his way through a bowl full of bright pink berries. He had eaten so many that his lips were stained in juice. He stopped as we both looked over at him. "Well, who wouldn't want to have their own city" he answered with his mouth full.
"Sokka don't eat those!" I protested as he dived back in.
"What? There's plenty of these bacui berries."
"Sokka, she already said that you're not poisoned by touching it."
"But they taste soooo good." His eyes rolled during the so part of his sentence.
Again, Mura tried to protest, but it was a little too late for her to have stopped him. "That's because they're not bacui berries. Those are maka'ole berries, and they cause blindness when ingested."
Sokka stopped and he leapt back. He ran for the sink and started to spit out what juice he could from his mouth. He probably would have started trying to reach for the berries in his stomach through his mouth. She sighed as she walked towards the door to the backroom. "Don't worry though, I have some ointment for that. In the mean time, I would wipe down your eyes with a wet cloth over a steaming bowl to sweat it from your head and away from your eyes."
"Sorry about this" I apologized as I grabbed for the sink and started pouring water into a pot and lighting a fire.
"Not a problem" she replied. "There are a lot of people who do this sort of thing. But mostly they are still adolescent and they are unable to reach for the bowel. That was also why there was a lid on it in the first place."
"Why do you keep it on the counter if they're not edible?"
"Mixing them with certain leaves neutralizes its poison and creates a sweet aroma for eight days in a single room. Now I'll get the ointment."
The water had boiled to an adequate temperature, and I started to wipe down his eyes, as he sat down on one of the tables. "What is up with you today?"
"I'm sorry."
"First you pulled the horn, now you're eating whatever you find on the shelves."
"She said there were bacui berries."
"So you thought that it was okay to start eating your way through them?"
"Yeah . . . *sigh* no. No. You're right, that was rude of me."
"Have you at all been sleeping well?"
He raised an eyebrow. "How did-?"
"You really haven't been sleeping very well since after the coup ended."
He sighed. "I know, it's the burning in my back, it's really uncomfortable."
"But, we already looked over it, with every healer in the tribe. Some of the best, even Katara, and they all said there was nothing there."
"Well I don't know. Maybe it's like phantom pain. But anyways that's not the weirdest part."
Apart from his fascination for touching plants and enormous appetite, I didn't think it could get weirder. "What is then, apart from an appetite for toxic fruit?"
"You remember when we all told you, me, Aang and Katara, about all the weird dreams that we'd been having. Well, I think mine are coming back."
"Which part of your life were you seeing?"
His started moving his eyes weirdly, I started to worry as the poison could start taking its effect. "That's the strangest thing; it's not like what I had been seeing before, it wasn't my memories altered. It felt like something more what Aang or Katara were experiencing. I didn't see my life. I saw Ithar's."
I stopped wiping his eyes, pausing for a while, and I dipped it back in, then rang it out. "Tell me what happened."
I stood outside her door. The story of my life. What could I say that would make this any less awkward than it already was. Should I even tell her that her father was now a full-time villain? I thought that I should at least give her the courtesy to know.
I knocked three times and called out. "May I come in?"
"It's your country" she replied, "you make the rules on whether or not you can do anything. Yes?"
I opened her door, but her back was turned from me. I could hear scrapping, and I knew that she was sharpening her blades. She didn't bother turning her head, and since she ended it, I couldn't really blame her for not wanting to see me.
I sat down on the opposite side, and I kept my back as well. I didn't want to be talking to her back all through this conversation, and I really couldn't face her if I turned around now. "Is it okay for me to, talk."
"Do you want me to repeat myself."
"I would like a straight answer."
She huffed. "I never got any" she replied, making a deliberately violent scrape.
"This shouldn't-, Can you please answer my question."
"You already answered it yourself."
"Can we please just talk about it."
She stopped her sharpening and sighed. I heard her throw the knife, and was prepared to duck, but I was lucky enough that she threw it at the wall the opposite side of her room. It was a fairly simple room, but very white and blank which I found quite odd; The walls being clean was no surprise, but I didn't think that she liked white. Dark grey would have been more of her colour. "What is there to talk about. It's all over."
"I never wanted it to be."
She shuffled like she was crossing her arms. "You clearly did."
"I didn't."
He pushed both her hands back to the bed. I started turning around at this point. "Then why with the secrets, Zuko."
"I just didn't want-. It's complicated."
She huffed again. "It's not complicated. You just can't think of an excuse for not telling me."
I raised my voice at this point while hers remained at the same tone it always is. "I'm trying to say sorry here."
"Then just say it."
"I'm sorry, okay." I said it. My eyes started watering slightly. "I'm sorry, I was keeping secrets from you. Please don't pin me to the wall."
She looked like she was going to crack a smile, but she withheld the urge to. "I'm not going to throw knives at you."
"Keeping secrets wouldn't hurt as much as being pinned to wall."
"It wasn't that you were keeping secrets Zuko. People always have secrets, that not everyone needs to know. It was the fact that you were hiding it from me. I was walking around the palace every day and I could hear people whispering things I wasn't aware of. Stuff about you seeing your father in prison. All the war talk. I didn't know why I was the last one to hear about your life."
I saw her head go down. "I'm sorry."
"It's too late for sorrys. It's been two years."
I turned back around. "I know."
"You could have at least done me the kindness of sharing what you were doing with me, then letting me find out from the maids, the guards, the messengers."
I sighed, she was right. "I know." Okay, if I was going to tell her. It had to be now. She had the right to know. No more secrets. "Mai. You said you wanted to at least share stuff with you. Well, here's a start; The invaders, one of the commanders, is your father."
"I know."
I turned back around. "You know?"
"A years after we broke up, I found out my dad was leading an underground movement. He called it "The New Ozai Society". He wanted our country to go back to wartime. Not the war, but how the society was."
"They want my father back in power."
"They don't."
I raised an eyebrow as I shuffled back round. "I beg the differ, he's free."
She now actually turned around. I hadn't seen that face in years, but I could see shiny trails that had come across her cheeks. She wiped them off. "Seriously?"
I pointed to my left eye. "I saw him with my own one scarred eye."
She shook her head like it didn't make sense. "That is only a means to an end."
"Are you sure?"
"No, I just happened to have misheard what my father said when he told me the entire plans he had for the society and the future of the Fire Nation. It's sort of like this:"
By the time the afternoon approached, Kuei was still not ready for the meeting to take place; The five generals of his council were still not here, some were still over seeing the city and some of the surrounding places past the outer walls. The cities were becoming more populated as trade flourished with all the nations and travel was common to and from the city.
It was good to see the city become a reflection of the world in whole, but this was taking a bit long. I mean it took us less than five minutes to fly from the outer walls over to the palace. The winds were favorable and Appa is incredibly fast, but still, over three hours shouldn't have been the situation we are now in.
Aang was meditating in the courtyard, you did hear me right. Despite all the complaining he did to Ithar earlier into our journey, he was really focused this time. Maybe it was the frustrations related to Ithar's constant reluctance to teaching what Aang and most everyone would consider "proper" voidbending. He was so peaceful now, but his eyes were really tightly squeezed like he was forcing his concentration.
"Aang" I said as I approached him. He opened his eyes and looked up at me. "Are you okay, sweetie?"
He sighed and replied "No."
I sat down next to him as Momo started climbing over between our shoulders. "I didn't think that you were interested in meditating, especially with all the fuss you were giving Ithar throughout the trip."
"I'm not meditating for him. I'm trying to talk to Roku."
I raised an eyebrow. "Roku? Why?"
"Because I can't."
Can't? No that can't be right. He's talked to him before. "Well, why not?"
Her sighed. "I don't know. I could only talk to them during special times of the year."
I looked around. Aang was still just sitting there meditating. "What about now?"
"Nothing, just nothing."
"How about Kyoshi, Kuruk, Yangchen, Tzenno?"
"No one Katara, I can't hear them."
I thought back to all those times that he has spoken to them. I didn't fully understand the Eastern Air Temple incident, but if Yangchen's spirit was stronger there, then maybe it could have been a special event tied to her, like a birthday. Tzenno was also born in the Autumn Equinox, so that was explained. Kuruk . . ., well the start of the full moon cycle was a special time for all waterbenders.
I thought then occurred to me. "Have you tried to activate the Avatar State?"
"No" he answered bluntly, throwing his head back and laying on the ground.
"Well, maybe y-you should."
He shook his head. "I can't"
"Is that blocked too?"
"No, but after what happened. I can't let it happen again."
"You're not voidbending now you know. Maybe you should try."
"Not yet Katara" he cut me off quickly. "Not yet."
"What are you waiting for?"
He stood up no, and he looked up at the sky. "The last time I tried voidbending, my whole nation was being slaughtered before my eyes in fire." He clenched his fists and screwed his eyelids. "Until Ithar teaches me legitimate voidbending, I won't risk that again."
Then, an earthquake rocked the ground, and a large thunderous shout shook the palace. We both stood up immediately and rushed to the scene, which was closer than expected, just around the corner of the palace. But what we saw was no earthquake or thunder, but one of the generals that we had been waiting for. But his attention was not on the meeting, but focused on the person standing opposite him.
Ithar was standing there, but he wasn't straight faced, his face was smiling opposite the white bearded general dressed in all grey and green armour and his hair in a topknot. The general was also smiling, but cracking his knuckles on each hand as he looked over the voidbender.
"Look who's back in the city."
I walked up as soon as the rocks started sliding. Ithar was standing opposing towards one of the generals. The general was a
"Ithar. It's been a long time."
Something was now different in Ithar; he was more relaxed, he was limbering up and he was . . . enjoying himself. There was like a weird twinkle in his eye. "Zong. I see age agreed with you. How's the backside feeling. Has the years healed or is it still sore."
"Not as sore as it was losing to you. Sure you were helping me up, but it was more helpful to push me to be better than you."
"We were both fifteen. It was fair."
"No we weren't; I was fifteen" He slammed his foot and raised a rock and punched it, shattering into tiny pieces. "But I highly doubt you were even within ten years of that age."
That twinkle light up that moment. "What if all appearances are the true reflection of ones sight. For if all the world looked as if it was, then nothing would be a secret in the faces of men. What you see is the truth."
Zong smiled but shook him off. "Don't try and confuse me with your riddles. I want a rematch. Now."
This was getting ridiculous, there was no time for distractions, we had urgent business. "General" I called out, "you have a meeting to attend to."
He waved me off. . . He waved the Avatar off? No one's ever done that, except Toph, and Zuko, and Ithar. Okay, bad example, but seriously, no one has really done that. "This is more important" he replied, unclipping his cloak from his armour.
"I seriously doubt that."
"Let's make this happen" Ithar replied, pulling his dagger from his belt and throwing it to the ground.
"No smoke sight, no reverse, no sneaky treebending" the general told him as he took off his shoes.
Ithar nodded as he did the same. "Agreed. No digging."
"Is that all?"
Ithar held both his hand together and then moving to his side. "All I need."
The two stood on opposing sides, but the battle didn't take long to start; Ithar made the first move, attacking the general with a couple of quick blasts of void, nothing too impressive. The general then counter-struck the attack with a wall, pretty low on the moves. Then the wall was pushed at Ithar, but he
A volley of rocks were fired into the air and landed all around Ithar like a meteor shower that now entombed him in a minefield. The General had a lot of experience; using the rocks that are littered, he crumpled them into a dust field that cloaked Ithar, and made it hard for us to see.
But then there were glowing hands that died down. The General walked closer and started throwing more rocks into the dust field, only for Ithar to run straight out and leaping forward he came into close combat with the general. Zong and Ithar exchanged punches until Ithar blocked an attack with his open hand and pushed him backwards, using the weight of his attack against the earthbender.
"Hey, what was that?" Zong asked uncomfortably, as the weight of his own attack hit him back.
Ithar stood over him with his hands raised; one in from to the other and flat wide palmed. "Tessenjitsu, the fighting style of Kyoshi Island."
"Where did you learn that?"
"From Kisu."
Zong raised an eyebrow. "Who?"
"Who?" Me, Katara and the whole audience now was asking in unison.
Ithar swung his arms over his head, and his hands glowed gold again. "Tell you later."
Zong stood right up and charged. The rocks beneath his feet giving him extra lift, but Ithar just stood there. The climatic moment was among them, as the old general reached in the hit the voidbender, but that glow of gold that shrouded Ithar's hands was forced into a ball that expanded like a bubble until Ithar pushed it into the general's stomach, where the greater force exploded and Zong was thrown backwards and onto his back.
Ithar stood up and walked over him. "And down you go."
The General wiped the dirt from his armour and fixed his jaw as he looked up to the champion. "No fair. Your eighty years old, and you are still in the body of a fifteen year old. How was I going to win."
Ithar breathed him heavily and exhaled longer. "I prefer to think of it as being fifteen, with sixty five years of experience."
There was clapping from Kuei,l which was then followed by Bosco, and then all the generals were joining in. For polities sake, me and Katara also joined in. "Spectacular. I haven't seen anything quite so exciting. Don't you agree?" Bosco whistled in delight. "Bosco says yes."
"Need a hand."
The General looked at the hand in disgust, but then smiled and took it up. "Still the champ then."
"Like old times" Ithar replied as he smiled back.
"Ahem, could we please get back to the meeting that started seven minutes ago."
"Oh sorry. Of course. Let's meet inside."
The General and Ithar walked towards the hall, but just before I entered in, I saw the friendship between them had never really died for all those years. In some way, I saw what Gyatso might have seen in a way, or how it was with me and Bumi. We may not have seen eye to eye, me and Ithar, but I had seen what it was like through his eyes.
"I could have won" Zong said to him.
I just watched as Ithar smiled back at his old friend as they both walked into the hall. "I know."
It took us many hours of waiting it out, but soon we found our get away; a delivery boat at the harbor. (Oh, and my eyes are fine, thanks for asking. Still a bit itchy though, and sore from all the itching.)
"I have a shipment of flowers that are going to the gardens of Gaoling." Mura told us, wearing a robe over her head, and with Tom-Tom in a sling over her chest. "Some of the most prestigious people in the Earth Kingdom are looking at my flowers. But I can allow you to hide among the shipment to allow you passage out of here. I have arranged for a detour to Kyoshi Island. I hope that I have done enough for you."
"Wow thanks" Zuko replied. "This is, a lot. We are really grateful."
I was still pondering over the whole situation though. It made no sense why we couldn't have left earlier. "But, I don't understand how you can get a shipment through. If every vessel in the capital was kept under lockdown, then how can a small shipment of flowers get through so easily."
"It's simple; Daika doesn't want to alert too many people, and when shipments don't arrive, people get curious and they'll start investigating. The best way to make the attack last like an illusion is to pretend that nothing happened."
"That actually made a lot of sense" I replied. I made no more protest and boarded the boat, there were three empty pots with a set of large flowers set on the tables behind them. They were arranged in a row which made it the perfect disguise.
I looked back and helped Suki onto the ship, but I noticed that Zuko had stopped in his tracks, halfway between the boat and the shore. "C'mon, Zuko" I called out.
Zuko started walking, but then stopped. I was going to protest, but I realized that there were something's that were needed to say. Zuko turned back around to speak back to Mai. The awkwardness was very high, but sometimes a man has to say something before he can leave it at that. "I still love you, you know."
We all looked at Mai, who just lowered her head. "Goodbye Zuko." Zuko sighed and walked. I looked back up and saw Mai mouth something. I hadn't really known her that well, but I could see what she was saying. "I love you too."
Zuko climbed aboard as the captain called out that we were departing, the boat started moving and we looked out into the water. Zuko then tapped the pots and stuck a leg in. "Inside the pots. We'll emerge when the opportunity is right."
I followed this example, and Suki did the same. I grabbed hold of the white plant with red and yellow areas on the petals, avoiding to tough the flowers itself, as I already had a bad telling between the Dragon and the Jade Bushes and getting poisoned now, in the dark would not have helped us any further.
I sat inside and covered my head, waiting until we were safe, and away from the Fire Nation.
"Keep it down! I'm trying to have a-" I stopped when one of threw rude intruders attempted to attack me with a pathetic excuse of a rock throw. It barely hit my feet and it took me little more than a step to avoid it.
There were at least three of them, a little short by seven in my opinion. They were definitely what Twinkle Toes and everyone else would have called the "bad guys"; the familiarity to their flapping robes they were wearing made them stand out even to someone who can't see their faces."We're here for you, metalbender. And your school, we want them to be a part of our armies. The Overlord will be pleased to see that he has a new army at his disposal."
I cracked my fingers and held them up. "Tough luck, you and your toy soldiers are gonna be a part of my morning routine now."
"A smart mouth on a blind girl." I could hear steel being drawn. Shame, I was hoping for benders, but these guys would do as an early snack. "You don't see that often."
I smiled and rubbed my right foot into a circle. "You'd be surprised what this blind girl can do."
They stepped forwards, and I slammed several rock walls into their faces. Two from the left came running forward, as I kicked a set of rocks to knocked them back in their stomachs. The right side stood up as I reached for my new belt and I grabbed one of them by the wrist and I picked him up and knocked him at the other guys by his side before letting the wire drop him on the leader.
The next guy actually came running at me, which I stopped in the instant with a good old fashion three finger pillar strike, the same move I used to beat the Boulder in my Rumble days as the Blind Bandit. I used my whip and grabbed him in mid flight and threw him at my feet. I stood on him as his coughed up the dirt from his mouth.
"What the heck are you" he replied in pain.
I cracked my neck and kicked a pillar to raise his upper body up as I grabbed for his robes around his neck. "I'm Toph Beifong, and you just got served." I felt some of the men start to run. let them run. "Your not going anywhere either." I stomped my foot and then came flying back and crashed into the roof.
That was when my students came running outside, to see what I had accomplished. "Sifu Toph, we heard a- " They stopped in front of the sight of groaning bodies and one with his robes grabbed in my fist.
"What just happened out here?"
I held my wire in my other hand as I flicked the air with it. "Just a small exercise."
"Where did they?"
I grabbed the other end and tied it back to my waist. I enjoyed that a little too much, and now I wanted more "bad guys" to bust. I also had a new lesson I needed to teach my students all through the colonies, and now I have the perfect excuse for some fun. "Not important. Time to pack up."
"Could you repeat yourself, Sifu Toph. I don't think we heard you right."
"You heard me just fine!" I yelled back. It's good to be the boss. "Pack your things, after a new lesson. We're going to keep guys like these all tied up."
Production Notes
Series Continuity
- Earth King Kuei was last seen in "The Promise Part Three".
- Mai, along with her younger brother and her aunt last appeared in "Rebound".
- Chit Sang last appearance was in "The Southern Raiders", where he then inexplicably vanished after that.
- Aang's damaged connection with his past lives was made in "The Promise Part Three".
- It would later be readdressed in "The Rift Part Two".
- Ithar's hand-to-hand combat was learnt from "The Eastern Air Temple", "Autumn Equinox Part 1: Winter Comes", and "The Two Faces of Ni".
- Aang last made connections with his past lives in "Autumn Equinox Part 1: Winter Comes", "Auitumn Equinox Part 2: Avatar Tzenno", and "Battle for the North Part 1: The Commander".
- The release of the Rift Trilogy has began influencing certain ties in this series to make them better fit.
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Apple iPad 4 shockingly official: double the performance with A6X chip
0. phoneArena posted on 23 Oct 2012, 12:57
We came to see the iPad mini, but Apple has shockingly stunned us with a new 4th generation 9.7-inch iPad…
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46. nofear (Posts: 151; Member since: 22 Jun 2012)
Nobody make you buy any product every 8 month. Maybe you did not use it the right way. Just stupid people will do that. Electronic device goes obsolete in one year after manufacture warrant ended.
18. devildlm1 (Posts: 71; Member since: 12 Sep 2012)
it would be so funny if they introduced the iPhone 6 today lol
70. devildlm1 (Posts: 71; Member since: 12 Sep 2012)
well somebody went on a dislike spree...
19. yowanvista (Posts: 341; Member since: 20 Sep 2011)
But can it run Crysis?
21. theoak (Posts: 324; Member since: 16 Nov 2011)
How does it have "faster" WiFi?
23. pkiran1996 (Posts: 166; Member since: 22 Oct 2011)
I was genuinely expecting a retina display. Would much rather keep my sharper Nexus 7. I'm sure we can agree the iPad 2 and iPad mini's screens are horrific.
24. mrllano (Posts: 91; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)
My ipad is 3 weeks old.. I should have known they will announce the 4th gen.. I just wasted my money for this slower 3rd gen ipad
30. nwright94 (unregistered)
It still runs fine doesn't it? It didn't all the sudden die because of an announcement of a new one did it? Yes, it sucks, but you've still got a fully functional tablet that'll be supported and updated for years to come.
80. mrllano (Posts: 91; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)
Yeah.but it really makes me feel outdated.. Anyways. I love my jailbroken ipad.. I wont get that now on ipad 4 because of ios6..
81. nwright94 (unregistered)
Don't feel outdated, the A5X still has loads of power and performance :)
25. noim1 (Posts: 297; Member since: 15 May 2012)
I cant wait for 29th its going to b more innovative than this... Apple isn't catching my curiosity any more...
26. korean411 (Posts: 85; Member since: 04 May 2009)
i don't know what is more dumb apple shooting their customers who bought the ipad 3 with retina display or releasing the ipad mini about 6 months after ipad 3. the tech on it is good the price is ok but the nexus 7 is still cheaper with about the same configuration if the ipad mini was like same price as the nexus then sure it a go by but it isn't is priced at 329 for 16gb. At this point apple is getting really arrogant cause they will know people will buy an ipad mini. Some apple fans like my friends i know are getting really mad on the direction that tim cook is taking them and literally saying what in the hell is apple doing but we will see. leave comments on what you think and take on this.
47. gallitoking (Posts: 4721; Member since: 17 May 2011)
why not motorola did it with the RAZR and the RAZR MAXX
73. eli577 (Posts: 84; Member since: 29 Jun 2010)
Yeah, but the didn't call it the "RAZR 2".
27. tusshharish (Posts: 342; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
apple is under pressure ....because compitition increases tooooo much .....that is why they announced it..............
40. korean411 (Posts: 85; Member since: 04 May 2009)
i agree apple is facing the most pressure they ever have. i believe in my mind and will put on money on it is that apple is legitimately pressured and scared because the nexus 7 and maybe the kindle hd are serious competitors so in a way it is an answer the competition in their minds.
28. prd2bsrb (Posts: 11; Member since: 01 Oct 2012)
Surface Pro all the way. Cannot come soon enough. IPad is such a useless device. I have the iPad 2 and barely find any use for it except my 3 year old son watching cartoons and after the iOS 6 update poor kid got confused because he can't find the Youtube app anymore. Oh and Lumia 920 Hurry up please. Soooooo bored of the iPhone i feel sick every time i look at it.
56. StreetNerd (Posts: 836; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
haha true story :D
93. nofear (Posts: 151; Member since: 22 Jun 2012)
You strikes on the rotten fruit's genes
29. zvioocge (Posts: 26; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
nice one apple,2 ipad's in 6 month,hahah
it'll be nicer if they named this Ipad 3f**kING-GS
IPAD mini,sucks,similar ipod touch 5g with bigger screen and lower resolution,same chipset,gpu and others
31. Aeires (unregistered)
It's official, Apple now releases products faster than Android OEMs do. Seriously, the iPad3 just came out and now they already have it's replacement.
33. nofear (Posts: 151; Member since: 22 Jun 2012)
It's still the same looks, iOS and without expandability. I'm sure 100% that I'm not going to buy it.
55. Twisted247 (Posts: 282; Member since: 12 Oct 2012)
You know you just put "expandability" and "iOS" in the same sentence?... = oxymoron
34. tusshharish (Posts: 342; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
cant they launch iphone 6 instead of this......
35. xtremesv (Posts: 298; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
How the heck people are going to know which iPad are they buying? They look the same. Will they have to trust the seller? Will they have to start memorizing serial numbers? Apple is out innovating ideas.
36. nbringer (Posts: 180; Member since: 11 Sep 2012)
With the arrival of W8 tablets (also with new x86) and the Nexus 10 on a market where exists already Nexus7 and Kindle the iPad mini is just too late. Apple is losing traction. Few will shed a tear.
37. superguy (Posts: 309; Member since: 15 Jul 2011)
"The new tablet also adds a Lightning connector instead of the (not so) good old 30-pin connector. It also has faster Wi-Fi connectivity and expanded LTE. Otherwise, the device is pretty much identical to the iPad third generation."
Which was pretty much identical to the second generation which was pretty much identical to the first generation.
I love how Apple manages to make incremental updates the "next big thing." Probably maximizes profit my keeping actual design costs to a minimum.
39. structureman116 (Posts: 141; Member since: 14 Sep 2010)
I was thrown off by them calling it the ipad 4. I was definitely expecting The New Ipad 2! When is the ipad 4 available? Is the ipad 5 going to be released just before the Christmas holiday?
43. rabeck (Posts: 5; Member since: 06 Sep 2008)
I can't beleive your all complaining about getting a new Apple iPad so soon,,,,,you get new Android devices every month

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- Physical attraction. She doesn't need to be a 10, but I have to find her physically attractive. What that means exactly will differ from person to person, but most people are attracted to a wide range of types and sizes; not many have a super narrow focus.
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Only after a couple of dates, when we've covered my list of compatibility issues and I've determined that we are compatible (meaning, we'll be able to find compromises in the areas where we clash/disagree), do I open myself up to letting my feelings for her grow. It's also much safer to do that at that point, because you aren't likely to have any nasty surprises come up later. She'll feel the same way, and that will make her much more secure in the relationship, because she'll have learned by then that I'm honest and open, and that she can ask me anything.
It does you no good to meet and fall in love with someone if you aren't going to have compatible lives. If I want to live in the US, and she wants to live in Europe, it won't work. If I want 5 kids, and she wants none, it won't work. Etc. You need to know that stuff before you get attached.11|00|0


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January 29, 2010
Quick and dirty cram sessions for the non-recruiting-obsessed as signing day approaches on Feb. 3.
Not all the new faces are freshman -- many, in fact, did the "hyped freshman" thing a year or two ago, took a mulligan, and are taking another swing at it after a year or two in junior college. Count on a few of the more season rookies to enter the conversation right away:
• QB Cam Newton. A huge, athletic, five-star recruit out of Atlanta in 2007, Newton was greeted at Florida as the heir apparent to Tim Tebow in Urban Meyer's spread scheme until he was charged with stealing a laptop and tossing it out of a dorm window in November 2008. Charges were eventually dropped in exchange for probation, but Newton was quickly bound for Blinn College in Texas, where he led the Buccaneers to a junior college national championship and emerged again as a highly-sought scout's dream.
Newton is the most immediately promising of several gems in Auburn's surprisingly strong incoming crop, a JaMarcus Russell-sized behemoth (6'6", 247) with the straight-ahead speed of a running back and two full seasons at an elite I-A power already under his belt. The question as he competes with another hyped athlete with flaky tendencies, redshirt freshman Tyrik Rollison, for the Tigers' starting job this fall is whether Newton comes closer to dominant LSU JaMarcus or bloated NFL JaMarcus.
• DT James Carmon. Colossal Baltimore native failed to qualify out of high school and landed at Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C., where he filled the enormous void left by Alabama-bound Terrence Cody in the middle of the MGCCC defensive line -- literally, Carmon filled every inch of it, matching Cody for mass at 370 pounds, on a much taller (6'7") frame, and emerged as a higher-rated prospect than Cody was when the future All-American was airlifted out of Perkinston two years ago. Carmon's already enrolled for spring practice at Mississippi State and could easily have an instant, Cody-like impact on one of the worst defenses in the SEC if he can keep himself from ballooning above 400 pounds.
• DB Jakar Hamilton. Originally a middling prospect from South Carolina who didn't make the grades to catch on with the Gamecocks, Hamilton blossomed immediately at Georgia Military College and committed to Georgia after an All-American freshman season; he eventually landed as Rivals' No. 2 JUCO prospect after his sophomore campaign. Hamilton is enrolled for spring practice, and with Reshad Jones and Bryan Evans both en route to the NFL, "Hit Man" should have a starting safety job waiting for him right away alongside Bacarri Rambo.
• DL Scott Smith. Initially a three-star California commit out of Hawaii in 2007, Smith wound up at Butler College in Kansas, where he was the conference Defensive Player of the Year as a sophomore and the top-rated JUCO pass rusher in this year's class. The hitch: Since faxing his letter of intent to Texas Tech just days before the Mike Leach Ultimatum broke out in Lubbock last month, message board rumors have swirled that Smith wants out of his commitment to the Raiders, and he hasn't enrolled at Tech for the spring semester as expected. Arkansas would love to snatch him away.
• QB/Athlete Randall Mackey. Ole Miss lost its starting quarterback (Jevan Snead) and most electric playmaker (Dexter McCluster) to the draft, but has a chance to replace both in Mackey, a prolific passer who last year accounted for 600 total yards and seven touchdowns in one game to lead East Mississippi C.C. to a ridiculous 75-71 win over Gulf Coast C.C. for the Mississippi JUCO title. The Louisiana native will get a shot to replace Snead in the fall, but at his size (6'0", 190) will probably be restricted to taking over McCluster's role in the Wildcat if he lines up in the backfield at all. More likely, Mackey's a receiver who may turn some heads on the side as a return man.
• LB Lavonte David. One of the less hyped members of the celebrated Northwestern (Miami) High senior class that stocked the hometown Hurricanes with eight signees in 2008, David committed to Middle Tennessee State instead before bouncing to Fort Scott C.C. in Kansas. If he catches on Nebraska, the detour was a smart one: David added 25 pounds to his undersized prep frame in Kansas and drew the attention of most of the Midwest as the top JUCO linebacker in the country. He'll be in Lincoln in the fall with an equally hyped Fort Scott teammate, hulking offensive tackle Jermarcus Hardrick, who's already enrolled for the spring.
• CB Mike Harris. Another Miami native comes home to Florida State after two years in California, picking the 'Noles over offers from a slew of powerhouses -- most notably Florida, Alabama and Michigan -- that have no reason to dip into junior colleges unless they see a talent big enough to move into their blue-chip lineups right away. Harris fits that bill, although given FSU's wretched secondary last year, locking down a position from day one shouldn't be that tough.
• QB Matt Simms. Best known as the 420-friendly son of Hall of Famer Phil and younger brother of former Texas starter Chris, Simms the Younger bailed from Louisville last January when it was clear he wasn't in line to become the Cardinals' starter in the spring, opting for a stopover at El Camino (Calif.) College instead.
Vol fans are more excited about El Camino teammate Kenbrell Thompkins at receiver, and Simms is rated about where you'd expect for a guy headed for career backup status at Louisville -- as a nondescript three-star -- but Li'l Phil is already enrolled at Tennessee with a legitimate shot at competing with returnee Nick Stephens and incoming freshman Tyler Bray for the Vols' starting job this spring, a fact that probably says more about the ugly quarterback situation new coach Derek Dooley inherits in Knoxville than it does about Simms' chances of emerging as a viable SEC starter.
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I mean would you go on a date with a guy you met 15 mins ago or do you need some equivalent of time?
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Well how old are you that has some to do with it. But I would get to know her for some time get her # and stuff I personally wouldn't go on one I met within 15 min tho
It depends if you have found out a lot about this girl in the 15 mins if you really enjoyed your time with her I say go for it, if you hadn't done that it's best to ask her if you guys can be friends and give her your number
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Basically, my best friend of 4-5 years has been having problems with her housemates, so has been spending a lot of time in my house. We live next door so its really easy for her, and I realised that I like her as more than a friend. The next time I saw her after this, when I was actually going to ask her out, I found out that she had agreed to go on a date with my housemate, who is one of my other best friends. I'm not going to describe how I felt when this happened, but it wasn't good, and I have no idea how to handle this going forward. I mean, I just know I'll feel so awkward around them from now on, and my main problem is that if they stay together, she'll be over a lot and I won't be able to get over her like that, but if the date doesn't go well, I still have no idea how to act. Like, is it still acceptable for me to ask her out at that point? Knowing she went on a date with my best friend and housemate? Basically, if anyone can give me some advice on how to handle this, it'd be great.
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Oh God. This sounds horrible.. I gotta admit, you've been put in a really awkward and difficult situation. So, your roommate doesn't know you like her, right?
Well, there's nothing you can do now, now that he already asked her out. And if it doesn't work between them, I suggest you talk to your guy friend and tell him what happened and how you wanted to ask her out first. Tell him if it's gonna bother him, you won't ask her out (cause you're a good friend).
If they become in a relationship, there's nothing you can do then :/ cause if you act on it or say sth it's gon get super awkward.. so, in order for you three to be "ok", as hard as it sounds, keep your feeling to urself.
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No, he doesn't know, or at least I don't think he does. Thanks for the advice though.
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Unfortunately, your are basically screwed... Even if it does not work out, she will likely feel awkward going out with someone in the same house... and if she accepted a date from him, she likely does not see you as more than a friend to start with...
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Yip, I'm aware of that. Any advice on how to move on from a girl when you'll have to see her every day?
Now that is the tough part... either find a new crush, or realize it is not going to happen between you two, and put in some serious time to seeing her just as a friend again. It can happen, I have done it very successfully and I would say it is better int he long run, but harder and longer to accomplish. Where as finding a new crush basically sweeps your feelings under the rug until that passes... but it is over night fast lol


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The Glass Castle Project
"Walls has joined the company of writers scuh as Mary Karr and Frank McCourt who have been able to transform their sad memories into fine art."
Rex Walls always has a hope for the future of him and his family, and the building of the Glass Castle. Rex has a hope to one day create this castle and be able to provide for his family and also himself. Rex keeps his children believing and hoping in him through this entire book, that one day they will have this Glass Castle and they won't be struggling to survive their entire life.
Self- Sufficiency
Self- Sufficiency is another huge theme in this book. No matter how poor or desperate the Walls family is, never once do they go to a charity or ask other people for money. They always live off of their own money and they way that it is made, whether a child of theirs has to go find a job so they can eat that night or not. Never in this book does the Walls family seek out help from others. When there is an injury they don't rely on the doctors to fix it, they fix it at home. They are solely self- sufficient on clothing, food, housing, transportation, injury, money, everything.
Introduction- The introduction starts out in the present life of Jeanette Walls and it then sets the stage for the book to be written about Jeanettes childhood life to then by the end of the book you are back to Jeanette's present life.
Rising Action- The rising action of the story is the whole talk about the future and the better life the Walls family will have one day when Rex gets the money to build the glass castle from his blueprints he has created with Jeanette. This idea keeps the family occupied with the thought of one day having a life with food, proper clothing and housing, and just the better life.
Falling Action- Lori is the first one to move to New York and start here carrier and life on her own. Jeanette then follows and starts her career writing for different newspapers in New York, she also was the first Walls child to go to college and graduate. Brian also moved up there and joined the police force a little while later, doing what he has always dreamed of doing and becoming. Maurrean was the last of the Walls and she also moved to New York City, she went to high school and soon after moved in with her parents who decided to live in New York along with their children even if they were homeless, like they were.
Resolution- Lori, Jeanette, Brian, and Rose all lived in New York City. Lori continued in school. While Brian and Jeanette started their own lives and families on there own. Maureen lived in California, where she had always wanted to live. And Rex died of a tropical disease that was incurable and that he got from a fight he was involved in. Rose became head of the squatters.
- Jeanette- Jeanette is the narrator of the story, she is the secong oldest in the Walls family and is the only person who has faith in her father, Rex Walls. What motivates her for most of the book is the faith that she has put into her dad that one day he will build the glass castle and that they will no longer struggle to live life. She carries the baggage of her family, and the weight of living life with her family that never knows what could be happening next. Jeanette struggles with the fact that she wants to make it through life and come out of it not struggle. She doesn't want to constantly be fighting her parents trying to convince them to stop spending money on themselves whether it be alchohol for her dad or art supplies for her mom. She carries the baggage of always feeling like it's her providing for her family. Jeanette always told her parents that they were choosing the life for their family, and that they could be going out and finding a job and making their families life a whole lot better than what they are offering to them. She is important not only because she is the narrator of this story but because she is the only one who has faith in her dad and gives hope to the other people in her family.
- Mom- Rose Mary Walls is the mother of Lori, Jeanette, Brian, and Maureen. She is also the wife of Rex Walls. Rose is motivated by her art. She is focused on being an artist for her job and does whatever it takes to get her there. That is all that Rose cares about. Her art is what gives her meaning in life. She is constantly painting and evulating other peoples paintings/drawings to hers. She expresses herself through her art. She carries the baggage of her entire family, mostly because of her husband Rex. She carries the baggage of never being able to provide her family, whether that be food or housing or the proper clothing, whatever it may be she carries the baggage of not being able to help her. Rose is a significant part of the family because no matter what her husband does, she refuses to leave him.
- Dad- Rex Walls is the father of Lori, Jeanette, Brian, and Maureen. And the husband of Rose Mary Walls. Rex is motivated by his blueprints and idea of building the glass castle for himself and his family. He lives with the hope that one day the blueprints will one day become in actual glass castle. Rex deals with the baggage of never being able to stay in one place for a long period of time and never being able to provide for his family. He deals with this baggage by drinking away all his worries, problems and issues. What is significant about him is that he never ever gives up on his plans for the future no matter how bad it gets or how unrealistic it becomes, he always has faith even when no one else does.
Mohjave Desert is where the Walls lives temporaryly to look for gold that is going to one day help them build the Glass Castle.
Bronx, New York is where the Walls family all ended up by the end of the book and at the beginning of their adulthood.
Phoenix, Arizona is where the Walls move to live in the house that Rose Mary inherited from her mother.
Blythe, California is where Marueen is born.
Welch, West Virginia is where the two filmmakers come and tell Lori that she has a talent and suggest she move to New York City.
Important Quotes
"You know, it's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do." - Brian Walls; pg 288
This means that if you really want to eat and have food that night, it's not hard to do. This quote came up at the very end of the book when Brian and the rest of the Walls family had come over to Jeanette's for Thanksgiving dinner. Rex, their father had died just a few years ago and was not there with them to celebrate. Brian said this when they were all sitting down at the table to begin their Thanksgiving feast. Brian said this because having food at night or at all for the Walls was huge as a kid. Because growing up their dad always took the money that they did have and used it to buy his fair share of alcohol. So, Brian was pointing out that really having food on the table is not hard at all if you really want it.
"Things usually work out in the end." -Rose Mary Walls; pg 259
"What if they don't?"- Jeanette Walls; pg 259
"That just means you haven't come to the end yet."- Rose Mary Walls; pg 259
This means that when things don't work out or they don't go how you planned, you aren't at the end. This quote came when it was pouring rain and Jeanette was concerned. Her mama, Rose Mary was trying to tell her that something worse could be ahead, and it won't be the end when they do, because things usually work out in the end. This quote is significant because it gave the Walls family hope in time of chaos.


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At least two people were killed and more than 100 injured on Sunday in Japan, which is witnessing record snowfall.
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I know that this sounds simplistic but if you are a pack rat (and who isn't?), try to root through your things on a regular basis. I put away items into a "safe" place and then I cannot find them. I am in a store and I "think" I need pens when I have dozens of them, if I only knew where. I have been going through some of my things for spring cleaning and I found that I have three different packages of whiteout because I put each one in a different place for storage. This goes for food. And seasonal clothes. Do not buy new clothes before you take out the clothes that you have stored and really know what you need (or can fit into). I believed that, as a pack-rat, I was always prepared for an emergency, but the emergency was tieing up my money on things I did not need or already had.
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Wow, you hit the nail on the head. Even when I am organized there are times I can't remember where I put something. It depends on where my mind was in the organizing of something. Now, I try to keep a list of where I have stored things. Maybe, in a box in the basement marked... or in the closet in the spare room. Yes, I have misplaced the list but now I keep in on the back side of my refrigerator.
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text: CINCINNATI, May 27, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LSI Industries Inc. (Nasdaq:LYTS) reported today that it has been selected by Shell Oil Company to participate in Shell's National Wholesaler Co-op Program to make available LED technology lighting products to their network of wholesalers and dealers that brand Shell across locations in North America. With this program, Shell announced to its network recently that they have teamed up with LSI Petroleum Lighting to "bring an enhanced Shell LED lighting program that now includes one of the most recognizable brand names and requested lighting products in the petroleum industry." Commenting on this relationship with Shell, Scott D. Ready, President of LSI Industries, said, "We are excited to be included in this new and expanded program for Shell and expect to begin servicing their network immediately. It is rewarding to be recognized for the innovative technology and the unparalleled service resource that LSI represents to the Shell team. Building on our industry-leading Legacy canopy fixture released to the market last year, we continue to expand our LED product solutions to provide a faster payback for the Petroleum retail and convenience store operators as they convert to LED lighting." "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 This document contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to numerous assumptions, risks or uncertainties. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "estimates," "anticipates," "projects," "plans," "expects," "intends," "believes," "seeks," "may," "will," "should" or the negative versions of those words and similar expressions, and by the context in which they are used. Such statements, whether expressed or implied, are based upon current expectations of the Company and speak only as of the date made. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in or implied by such forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of risks and uncertainties over which the Company may have no control. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the impact of competitive products and services, product demand and market acceptance risks, potential costs associated with litigation and regulatory compliance, reliance on key customers, financial difficulties experienced by customers, the cyclical and seasonal nature of our business, the adequacy of reserves and allowances for doubtful accounts, fluctuations in operating results or costs whether as a result of uncertainties inherent in tax and accounting matters or otherwise, unexpected difficulties in integrating acquired businesses, the ability to retain key employees of acquired businesses, unfavorable economic and market conditions, and the results of asset impairment assessments. You are cautioned to not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. In addition to the factors described in this paragraph, the risk factors identified in our Form 10-K and other filings the Company may make with the SEC constitute risks and uncertainties that may affect the financial performance of the Company and are incorporated herein by reference. The Company does not undertake and hereby disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.


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Spammer by M. Harrop
Read the pages here.
I got hooked into these pages fairly quickly, due to the well-rendered suspense at the beginning: there's a guy with C4 strapped to his chest walking into a high school, who just lit his car on fire and is being directed by a guy talking in his ear via a remote earpiece.
Now that's a damn good open.
The next sequence is visually interesting, jumping through the wires and visualizing the bits and bytes and flashes and human interactions that make up Tango's profession, but could use a bit of NEW information as well. Just to up the ante and keep the interest level high.
That is, anyone coming to see this film will likely know all the traditional spam tactics and topic (viagra, satellites, weight loss, click here, click there, etc.)… And you cover all those very well, but I suspect to most of the audience, that information in your sequence will feel like "Yeah, yeah, I know that already," and, while not a speedbump, definitely drags down your momentous, fast-paced open.
The solution: give us just one or two NEW spam tactics real quick that we've never heard of. Quickly educate even the most jaded of us internet experts in that sequence with a fast cut of something this spammer does that makes us go "Oh wow." You can even make it up. But you kinda owe it to us, as the writer of a script called "Spammer" to not, well, SPAM US with stuff we probably already know.
And don't worry about educating the uneducated about the basics of spam. They're not coming to see this film. They're at home writing letters. With pens.
The only other note is: trim down that exchange between Tango and the girl getting ready.
Otherwise – great hook, great open. I'm aboard.


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Whither Colby Rasmus?
Two weeks ago we released a preview of possible late-round minor league outfield prospects. Every team has their stud outfielder, and every fan wants to see their five-tool star featured in the world of fantasy baseball.
That said, we admittedly left one high-profile prospect off our last post – Colby Rasmus of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Cardinals fans can now rest easy. The top outfield prospect suffered a sprained knee injury last season and only played in 90 games. Still, Rasmus batted .251 with 11 homeruns, 36 RBI, 56 runs and 15 steals. In 2007, his 5×5 stats in AA were .275/29/72/93/18.
Rasmus spent his off season getting significantly bulked up. For 2009, Rasmus' fantasy value is directly tied to whether or not he can earn the starting spot in center field. Keep in mind that spring training has yet to start, but Rasmus' current average draft position is 270. In standard 10-team mixed leagues, Rasmus is likely not going to be drafted. NL-only leagues and larger mixed leagues should definitely see Rasmus drafted as a late-round flier.
If Rasmus wins the starting the starting center fielder job (which he probably will) his ADP will gain as much as 10%, making him a late round flier in 10-team mixed leagues. There is definite 20/20 potential with Rasmus assuming he can play a full 162 schedule.
Even if Rasmus doesn't make the big league squad out of spring training, keeper leaguers should definitely draft him if available. All fantasy baseball players should be watching Rasmus in the next few months, much like Evan Longoria in 2008.