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Post by wordbender on Feb 5, 2006 20:02:39 GMT -5
Hoji ate his food slowly, taking his time to enjoy the meal. Kavik really was an excellent cook. He thanked Kavik and his family and then followed the younger boy out to the pond near the house. He watched, his eyes wide as Kavik went out onto the ice on his gliders, bending as he skated.
"You are insane." he muttered, watching the boy stumble and then pick up his speed. The boy shook his head and breathed in deeply, trying not to imagine the sight of Kavik impaled on one of the short spikes he was making in the wake of his gliders.
"Air benders can bend the air to cushion them if they fall. If you fall nothing will stop you from either being soaked or being stuck like a fish on spear." he said in retaliation, still not to sure if he wanted to get onto the ice on the thin bone-gliders.
"I'll show you some bending moves but no way in any of the seven levels of the spirit world are you getting me onto that pond in those thin stick shoes."
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Post by ayame on Feb 5, 2006 20:16:37 GMT -5
Ayame was snapped out of her own trance. But she tried to make it inconspicuos. "Yeah," she said, "Let's go."
She felt as though she had been caught spacing out again. Usually it was by her mother who was scolding her to do her chores, or her weaving teacher who noticed that Ayame frequently stared out of the lone window in the hut.
But now it was Sai. She hoped he didn't think her spacey; she'd rather not lose a friend she just made.
"Lead the way, captain." she said formally, yet in a jocking tone.
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Post by kavik on Feb 5, 2006 20:56:01 GMT -5
Kavik gave a laugh, a rich laugh full engery. "Kyaa, Hoji, you don't need to be scared. If you treat the water with respect it won't hurt you." Kavik turned and began to skate backwards. Move swiftly and gracefully under the moonlight. His eye are keen and sharp. As he bended the spikes to follow him in waves and to follow his motions. He spun a circle the ice spike followed him before melding back into a smooth suface.
"I wanna to tell you story. On how I got my name. You see, when my sister and I were born. I wasn't breathing well. Doctors and healer said that I was lucky that I was breathing at all. So My father prayed that I'll live. I fought on for weeks struggling to live. When I was at good weight and I was breathing well. My father named me...Kavik. It means...'Wolverine'. If you ever since one of those. The don't give up easily. It takes an eturinty to kill one of them. I guess fight like a wolverine. I keep trying and trying." He slid onto the snow. "Soo are you sure you don't wanna try? I mean...it's pretty fun once you get the hang."
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Post by wordbender on Feb 6, 2006 15:18:11 GMT -5
Hoji raised an eyebrow thoughtfully as Kavik slid smoothly across the ice, the small trails of frozen spikes the only evidence of his path. It didn't look to hard, at least not when Kavik did it. The gliders seemed to instantly find the right angle to hit the ice.
He watched and listened as Kavik explained his story. Wolverine. Hoji laughed after he heard the entire thing, Kavik was as much like a wolverine as his sister was like a flower.
"Maybe you and Kokomi should switch names." he said to Kavik who was now seated in the snow. Hoji looked back on the lake, a small smirk settling on his features.
"Alright then Kavik." he said, walking over to the boy. "Let me see your skates, if your so eager to see me make a fool of myself balancing on animal bones and rawhide then who am I to deny you that pleasure?"
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Post by sai on Feb 6, 2006 16:28:22 GMT -5
"Alright then!" Sai walked down a few walkways and the two's journey was a short and quiet one.
Sai's brother had been walking along a canal behind the building Sai and Ayame were in front of. The brother had been running to find Sai, and bumped into him right at an intersection.
"Sai! There you are!" said Brother.
"Yeah, I was just heading home to see if I could have dinner at Ayame's house," replied Sai.
"Well, Mom is pretty mad that you didn't come home for so long. She wants you home right now."
"But, can't I stay with Ayame?! Please?" Sai knew what the answer would be. 'No.' "All right, I'll come home," answered Sai.
He walked over to Ayame, and wanted to say good-bye. "It's a shame that we have to separate so soon. I have to go, and we probably won't see each other again, though, because my family is moving to Shai city. We may be traveling around the world, also, but eventually we will return back to the north pole. I would love to see you again when we come back. Where do you live?"
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Post by kavik on Feb 6, 2006 21:46:28 GMT -5
Kavik took off his skates and gave them to Hoji. "It's simple, left, right, left, right. Just keep doing that over and over." Kavik walked inside, to get a cup of water. Kokomi was on he counter.
"Talking to you boyfriend again." Kavik glared.
"Knock it off. He's just a friend." Kokomi laugh, "I knew that you're gay, and you had to pick the most cranky, tight-assed waterbender in the city don't you?" Kavik's cheeks burned. "Ko-chan. He's just a friend." But Kokomi kept picking on him, with more name calling and insults. Kavik had enough. He ran outside with tears. "Stupid sister...it's bad enough, that I'm not as good as my father or mother in bending. It's worse when you're suffering alone." He looked up at Hoji.."So are ya gonna get on the ice?"
Kokomi walked outside. "Are gonna keep crying welp? Huh..Are ya listeing Kav?" She picked him up by the collar.
"C'mon say somthing."
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Post by ayame on Feb 6, 2006 22:55:25 GMT -5
Ayame looked down at the floor a little. She couldn't say that Sai travelling around the world didn't upset her. Partly because she finally met someone who he could relate to, and partly because she envied the fact that Sai could travel around the world while she was stuck in the North Pole.
"I live up in the city as well," she said, trying to hide her sadness, "In the eastern most part of Shai, where there's a lot of open space before the walls start. It's easy to spot out; it'll most likely have a woman's voice yelling 'Ayame, what did you do now!?'"
Ayame smiled, remembering the time she nearly broke one of the fountains in the city. It was a good memory, yet she was stuck in the house for four days afterward.
"Well," she said, "I guess I'll......see ya around."
She put her hand out, so he could shake it.
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Post by sai on Feb 7, 2006 17:02:25 GMT -5
Sai was very sad... he made a new friend (and he still has a few) and now he had to go... "Bye... I hope everything goes well for you. I actually hope that you, Kavik, and Hoji will all be friends," said Sai. "Well, bye," shaked Sai, and yet another tear fell from his eye. He walked off as the moon was behind him, as well as Ayame. He wondered what it would be like traveling from place to place, even with the war going on. He wondered if he would still be alive when he got back if they run into Fire Nation. As Sai entered his home, he already started to miss Ayame, Hoji, and Kavik. He walked into his bedroom where his brothers were sleeping, jumped into bed, and fell asleep instantly after his adventurous day. His family would probably leave tomorrow, and Sai had dreams about his future adventures, and he new-found friends... }{Sai has left this thread}{ |
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Post by wordbender on Feb 7, 2006 18:35:51 GMT -5
Hoji took the skates from Kavik's hand and stared at them. They were pretty much leather strips held together at a base that anchored the bones-gliders to the foot. He shook his hand and followed after the boy, hoping to get a decent explanation as to how these silly things where supposed to work anyway.
He heard the two siblings talking and rolled his eyes, annoyed at their stupid bickering. He headed back to the lake and sat, trying different ways to put on the shoe. He watched distantly as Kavik came out, followed by his sister.
Hoji nodded. "I'll get on I just need-" he stopped as Kokomi picked up her brother, threatening him. Hoji's eyes narrowed dangerously.
"That's it." he muttered standing up and walking over to the larger girl. He quickly took her arm and using the ice underneath him, bended it to freeze over her legs, up to her thighs, giving her no room to move or fall.
Hoji frowned, shoving himself in front of Kavik to face Kokomi. "I am getting tired of your attitude." he growled, his face in a mask. "You have no respect, show no humility and have to pride in the way you carry yourself." Hoji sneered, genuinely angry at this girl.
"So unless you want to tell me something to my face, right now, I suggest you shut the hell up."
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Post by kavik on Feb 7, 2006 21:16:57 GMT -5
Kokomi bended the water from her legs and turned back into snow.
"So you wanna fight." Kokomi snarled. Her blue eyes turned cold. "I may be a girl but I can make grown men cry." Kavik was thrown aside as she stomped toward Hoji.
"This is none of you business! He's my brother, I do whatever I please with him!" She aimed a punch at his face but Kavik caught her blow by her thick wrist.
"Get over yourself. Stop throwing a temper tantrum! Just because you got supended from the Healing House doesn't mean you can set Hell loose." Kokomi gave Kavik a glare that can cause Admiral Zhao to piss himself.
"Oh now you grow balls and defend yourself. I thought that you were always a wuss. But I guess when you lo-" Kavik cut her off.
"Don'y you even start. I don't see men that way..get it?" Kokomi shut her mouth. "Now do us a favor...and go back inside."
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Post by ayame on Feb 7, 2006 22:06:39 GMT -5
Ayame watched her new friend walk into the house, and couldn't help but feel sad. as she jinxed or something? One of the few times she makes a friend, he leaves. She sighed.
Her, Kavik, and Hoji friends? As unlikley as it was, it was possible. Anything was possible, right?
Ayame walked home, into the small house where her younger brother was standing at the door.
"You're in so much trouble," he said teasingly. She pushed his head a little, "Shut up, I'm not in the mood."
Ayame walked past her parents, both asking her where she was all day and how she should be more responsible. But she didn't want to hear it. She wans't hungry anymore, and she just wanted to sleep.
Ayame has left this area
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Post by wordbender on Feb 8, 2006 17:38:08 GMT -5
Hoji smirked and was about to send Kokomi off her feet when Kavik intervened. The elder boy backed off and let Kavik take care of his own sister. He watched, slightly amused as Kavik told off his sister.
Hoji turned back to Kavik, holding up the skates, a half-smiling smirk plastered on his face. "Now I really hate to keep you from the intense amusement you will receive from seeing me fall flat on my butt, so will you please explain to me again how to stick these infernal contraptions on my feet, much less balance on them." he said, eying the gliders warily.
He really didn't feel comfortable trusting Kavik with anything. He seemed so graceful on the ice and yet was completely balance-less while water bending, or even walking.
Hoji sighed and resigned himself to getting on the ice. Even if it meant letting his mother heal his (inevitable) scrapes and bruises afterwards.
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Post by kavik on Feb 8, 2006 21:24:36 GMT -5
Kokomi snorted and backed off, she dicide that she'll watch Hoji make an ass out of himself. Instead of ragging on Kavik.
Kavik showed him how to put them on, "You slip the leather over your your boots and tie the leather cords tight. Balance youself on the blades and go right, left, right and left."
Kavik rushed inside and retrived his old skates. They were a little snug but they were still usable.
"Ok I'll be on the ice too. So if you need to fall or lose balance you can lean on me." Kokomi laugh, "This is gonna be amusing." She watched Kavik slided on the ice once more, she gave a interested grin.
"Despite common knowledge, my brother is pretty adapt on the ice. I kinda cool to watch him spin and bend on the ice...girly but cool." Kokomi acknowledge as she watched her twin to a few laps before sliding back in to the snow. "Ok, are you ready?" Kavik said reaching out his hand.
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Post by wordbender on Feb 11, 2006 14:49:27 GMT -5
Hoji rolled his eyes and sat down on the snow, swiftly tying the leather laces of the gliders. He took a deep breath and got shakily to his feet, hoping he wouldn't fall down in the first first minutes of trying out something new.
Looking at the frozen lake he sighed and stepped out onto the ice, painfully aware of Kokomi's gaze boring into the back of his head. Frowning he began the shaky journey onto the pond, trying to mimic some of Kavik's less complicated maneuvers.
He smirked, this wasn't so bad, he thought. He glanced back at the snow bank he had just skated away from. It was five feet away. Hoji sighed. This might take a bit longer than first expected.
Straightening up, Hoji slid his feet back and forth, moving at a decent pace. He made his way slowly forward, pushing himself forward carefully, praying to all listening gods and spirits to let him not make a fool of himself.
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Post by kavik on Feb 12, 2006 16:02:08 GMT -5
Kavik smiled and encouraged Hoji. "Thats it! Thats the way!" Kavik let go of Hoji's hand and skated around him.
"Just follow the rhythm, right, left. It's pretty simple." Kavik skated away from Hoji watching him carefully.
He's getting the rhythm. I won't take long for him to get really good. Does this mean were friends now? Doesn't he ever wanna be my friend? Kokomi might be right... Kavik weaved to and fro not watching he was going. Infact he was skating to a patch of thin ice.
I wonder if he ever considers me an equal, but I doubt it, I can barely stick up for myself.. Kokomi think I was better off being born as a- Kavik's thought were cut off when a loud crack echo the cold air.
"Kavik Watch out!" Kokomi called out as the ice was breaking from under his feet. He tried to bend it, but it was breaking to fast. He was going under. "ACK! HELP!"
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