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Registered in England 02846559
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However, the 4-star prestige hotel also features the renowned Island Grill, open from breakfast until 11pm, with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Hyde Park.
The adjacent Lounge Bar is famed for an Afternoon Tea service that includes white chocolate and raspberry lollypops, pistachio macaroons, apple and honey cupcakes, seasonal fruit tarts and caramel hazelnut tranches.
The Daily Mail's Online Travel guide recently featured the Lancaster London among its round up of the best afternoon tea offerings at hotels across the country.
Hotel guests can also enjoy a takeaway in nearby Hyde Park via a hamper offer that also includes the picnic blanket!
In an exercise that has seen the Lancaster London move completely away from its previous supplier of undercounter warewashing equipment, three FV40.2G GiO machines have just been installed.
Two are used in the Lounge Bar, one for glassware, the other for dishes. The third is directly facing the hot beverage station in the busy Island Grill, where it handles a mixed selection of crockery, cutlery and glassware.
All three machines feature MEIKO's GiO Reverse Osmosis water treatment that provides sparkling clean, spot free results and does not require the use of a water softener, saving valuable floor space behind the counter.
There are enormous benefits in using the most technically advanced warewashing machines for customers such as the Lancaster London. GiO has helped improve reliability to such an extent that MEIKO UK is the only supplier of warewashing equipment able to offer a "No-Bills" guarantee for either three or five year terms, coupled with rapid response to breakdown support calls (MEIKO currently has a first time fix rate upwards of 95%!).
The "No-Bills" guarantee enables customers to fix operating costs with no risk of unexpected or unbudgeted repair bills and Clare Wright FCIPS, Director of Procurement, Lancaster London, commented: "We are delighted with MEIKO's after sales support and it made absolute sense to take up the offer of an extended warranty. Not only does it guarantee we have no risk of any extra bills, it also makes the servicing and maintenance arrangements easier.
"In 2010 and 2011 we replaced our big machines with MEIKO and have been delighted with the results. The warewashing operations in the hotel are now all MEIKO. We have had no problems, the staff find the machines easy to use and, importantly, they are happy with the results."
The hotel spent some £6 million in 2010/11 on a refurbishment of the two main function kitchens. These are located on different floors, one above the other and work in tandem to handle anything up to 2,000 covers.
The upgrade focussed on energy saving and key to the back of house refurbishment was a new M-iQ rack transport dishwasher, fitted with reverse osmosis, for use as a glasswasher in the Westbourne kitchen.
Upstairs in the Nine King's kitchen, a second wide body M-iQ flight dishwasher and a third standard width M-iQ machine, both with integral reverse osmosis, handle the crockery and cutlery. The integral reverse osmosis system has totally negated the need for localised water softening of the final rinse water.
In 2011, the then Director of Back of House Operations Oliver Darwin commented: "The wash quality is spot-on – we don't need anyone for polishing any more. On the old MEIKO machines, we used to have three people polishing; now we just have to check the ware is OK. Up to functions of 350, I now need just one person rather than two to man the machine.
"I also appreciated MEIKO providing the statistics for water efficiency and detergent usages, information I needed to provide for our in-house environmental audits and this proved to be invaluable to us with our – 'walk softly' – philosophy."
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Babatunde Aremu
Without Love - Poem by Babatunde Aremu
As I traversed the earth shores
I heard many say they love
Yet no one bears another's burdens
Each scramble for his own
Where then is the love?
I have slept in king's palaces
I heard kings claiming to love
Yet the estates of the subjects are acquired
The kings get richer
While the masses are beleaguered.
Wither is the love?
I have dined with the rich
Who claimed to love the poor
Yet the measuring scales are adjusted
To make more profits
In order to own the world alone.
Is this the true love?
I have seen couples
Highly entwined in love
Yet when whirlwind blows
Each is blown away differently
Like a shaff before the wind.
Hey! What a love!
Yes, I have seen alot
Once jolly friends becoming harsh enemies
I have seen colleagues plant together,
During harvest period each turned ferocious
And virulently scrambled for God-given fruits.
What love is this?
I have seen soldiers in espirit de corps
But when battle rages, comradeship fizzles out.
I have witnessed nations signed accords
Yet enters in trenches
Shedding the blood of innocent citizens.
Is this love?
Yet, many still proclaim love
No one wants to tolerate
No one wants to sacrifice
No one wants to be the Lamb
No one wants to be like the Master
All is without love
The world craves for real love now.
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Gross Domestic Product of Madagascar grew 3.1% in 2015 compared to last year . This rate is 2-tenths of one percent less than the figure of 3.3% published in 2014.
The GDP figure in 2015 was €8,782$9,744 million, Madagascar is number 138 in the ranking of GDP of the 196 countries that we publish. The absolute value of GDP in Madagascar rose €747$930 million with respect to 2014.
The GDP per capita of Madagascar in 2015 was €362$402, €21$51 higher than in 2014, it was €341$453. To view the evolution of the GDP per capita, it is interesting to look back a few years and compare these data with those of 2005 when the GDP per capita in Madagascar was €221$276.
If we order the countries according to their GDP per capita, Madagascar is in 191 th position. According to this parameter, its population is among the poorest of the 196 countries whose GDP we publish.
Here we show you the progression of the GDP in Madagascar. You can see GDP in other countries in GDP and see all the economic information about Madagascar in Madagascar's economy.


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My hair has taken a huge amount of abuse over the years. It's been a whole range of colours from blonde to purple, and back to red again, not to mention I tend to neglect having my hair cut until it's has so many split ends it would be easier to count the hairs that are still in tact. But recently I've been trying to give my poor, tired hair a bit more love. I love the macadamia range, the oil being the only one I've found that I can use in my hair without it being weighed down. So I thought I'd give another item in the range a whirl, the Deep Repair Masque.
The masque comes in a pretty tub with a screw top lid. I really like the Macadamia packaging, really pretty without being overly girly. It also states on the tub that Macadamia don't test on animals, which is always a massive bonus in my eyes.
The second you lift the lid the scent hits you, just gorgeous, like a more intense Pantene smell. The masque itself is quite thick, but without needing to be melted before use. I was also impressed that the masque was very full, so there's no unnecessary packaging which is always a bonus in my book.
But, most importantly, how did it make my hair feel? The instructions for use are to comb liberally through wet, clean hair and leave to soak in for up to 7 minutes. I combed a small amount (with my fingers) through my hair and left for 5 minutes. The masque felt lovely on, and because its thick there was no dripping whilst it was sat on my hair. I rinsed, and towel dried my hair as normal, and even when it was still wet I could already feel the difference in my hair. For the first time in years it felt soft, really really soft. Once it was dry I couldn't stop running my fingers through my hair! It was so soft it was unbelievable, it felt like non dyed hair!
The instructions state not to use it more than twice a week, I'm guessing because your hair would get used to and you wouldn't notice a difference. I am beyond impressed with this product, and couldn't recommend it enough if your hair is in need of some extra TLC.
I purchased mine from Buyapowa for £8.50 for 250mls, but you can also buy it from Cheapsmells.com for £9.99 with free delivery here.
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For its second production of the new season, New York City Opera entrusts Britten's sexually charged take on a Henry James ghost story to the hands of director Sam Buntrock, whose interpretation proceeds from modern-day spook shows like Poltergeist and American Horror Story. Among a sharp young cast, we're especially psyched to see the riveting Lauren Worsham as Flora and boy treble Benjamin P. Wenzelberg returning to the role of Miles, a part he played memorably with Opera Moderne last year.
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All eyes will be on Cedar Hill and its slew of top prospects. Wide receiver DaMarkus Lodge leads the charge as a Scout five-star, but 'The Hill' also has super studs like Aca'cedric Ware and Richard Moore who have offers from a wide array of programs.
Pool B: West Mesquite, Wilmer-Hutchins, Wylie, Rockwall
Mississippi State commit Chason Virgil was solid in the spring game and has an array of weapons like Akilian Butler and Dee Anderson to look for. Xavier Castille from Rockwall is one of my top sleepers in the DFW, he is always open as a top playmaking receiver.
Pool C: Mesquite Horn, Sulphur Springs, Mesquite Poteet, Plano
This is a powerful pool with a bunch of top talents. The top-ranked 2015 in the state, LB Malik Jefferson, plays for Poteet as does four-star athlete DeAndre McNeal. You also have Texas A&M commit Larry Pryor. Horn and Plano also have D1 caliber guys to watch.
Pool D: North Mesquite, Garland, Grapevine, DeSoto
DeSoto boasts receivers Kevin Thomas and Akile Davis, who both have nice offers lists in their recruiting profiles. Thomas may be one of the more undervalued targets as he is right on par with almost any talent in the state. Quarterback Tristen Wallace will be intriguing to watch because the 7v7 game will test his reads and quick decision making, he is clearly one of the more athletic specimens in the 2016 in-state class.
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text: ok i did a top soil job about a month ago and the customer called me asking what type of soil i put down and where i got it and a bunch of other questions. so i asked him why he needed to know the dirts history. he then begin complaining to me that the dirt i used is "low grade" and that he can't get grass seed to grow in it. i asked him what type of seed he was using, he tells me "it's some old seed he got for free somewhere years ago"???? i told him i could either plant seed in my "low grade" soil and get it to come up fine, or he could go buy a bag of scotts turfbuilder (current year) and spread that. the soil i used was 3/8 screened top soil purchased for $30/yard, i only used 2 yards for the enitire job (small area) put on about 1" thick am i correct about using "old seed that you have no idea where it came from" could be the reason that it would not grow? thanks kevin


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In this week's podcast, I discuss the concept of Every Soldier A Sensor and how that applies to the Patriot-Prepper community.
I talk about passive intelligence collection and how to get group buy-in for local security projects.
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Since BioShock Infinite has been out for over a week now, it's a pretty safe bet that many players have already finished the game, and are even on their second or third playthroughs. While we wait for the DLC to be released, however, the skyborne city of Columbia is already expanding into other worlds with a brand new floating map inside Minecraft, and the promise of a tabletop game about the different city factions, set alongside the events of the video game.
Playing BioChock Infinite on your PC or console is all very well, but what happens if the power goes out or you want a more down-to-earth way to connect with your friends and family over the story of the floating city? Though it likely won't arrive until after the DLC does, PlaidHatGames are promising a tabletop game called BioShock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia, pitching it to fans of the game with the plea, "Your mother Columbia cries out as foreigners and anarchists threaten her virtue – will you not take up arms and defend her?"
Based on the description and the list of included parts, it sounds like BioShock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia will bear a certain resemblance to games like Risk and Warhammer, with separate dice for combat and Sky-Line use, Action Cards, World Event Cards, and units of troops that can be directed by the players.
"Set during the same series of events as the video game, players take on the role of the Founders and Vox Populi factions, desperately seeking to seize control of Columbia. Players will command mobs of combatants and set them against their opponents, striving to lay claim to the city's bitterly contested districts. Challenging objectives offer tempting advantages, as each side uses their might, influence and resources to claim victory."
The video game's protagonist's, Booker and Elizabeth, are described as an "unpredictable and dangerous" force that cause problems for both factions as they make their way through the city, though it's hinted that players can also turn the interference of the two characters to their own advantage.
BioShock Infinite: The Siege of Columbia won't be available for another 2-5 months, but you can currently pre-order it from the site to get a $25 discount from the RRP. Players who pre-order will also receive a bonus "Enraged Songbird" card that gives them the ability to control Elizabeth and the Songbird within the game.
That's not all. As if the Handyman and the Songbird weren't already enough to handle, how about adding creepers, zombies and Endermen into your BioShock Infinite experience? A player who goes by the pseudonym ilikecutepeople has painstakingly built a map of Columbia in Minecraft, with rails and mine-carts in the stead of BioShock Infinite's Sky-Line transport system. The Minecraft version of Columbia rivals the Game of Thrones King's Landing map that we saw earlier this year in terms of the hours of work that must have gone into it.
The mine cart jumping from one set of rails to the next is a cool touch, and the exploration video is nicely edited, particularly with the accompanying music. According the uploader of the video, the creator of this map is now "working on a new, more exact replica of Columbia," which may be made available for download in the future. Of course, to create a particularly accurate representation of the city it would probably help to lace certain parts of it with TNT, in order to recreate the destruction from the game.
What do you think of these two new additions to the BioShock Infinite universe? Have you seen any other fan creations that are worth sharing? Let us know in the comments.
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World Extreme Fighting: Vol. 1: Road to Glory
There's a world of hurt in the Deep South in this action-packed volume of extreme fighting matches filmed in Rome, Ga., in 2000. Combatants include an impressive lineup of soon-to-be world champions before they earned their titles and made it big, including Matt Hughes, Pat Miletech, Jens Pulver, Renalto Babalu, Rodrigo Nogueira, Jeremy Horn, Jose "Pele" Landy and Phil Jones.
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How can I stream my video through the Internet?
Required software:
Movavi Video Converter
Simple HTML editing software
Required knowledge:
Basic understanding of how to convert files to different formats
Basic HTML knowledge
This article covers the simplest method of video streaming on the internet and different file types used for streaming. Since you're going to publish your files on the web, it's required that you could understand and write a simple HTML code. If you don't know what HTML is and have never written a line of such code, you can use different programs for creating HTML files, many of them are free: 1st Page2000, TopStyle Lite, Arachnophilia, Web-O-Rama, and many others. You can easily find them on the internet, just by searching for them with your favourite search engine.
Most pages that you see on the internet are so-called HTML pages, that means that they use HyperText Markup Language for displaying text, pictures and other content in the way they display them. Every page, image or file on the internet has its own address, or URL (Uniform Resource Locator). For example if you want a page to have an image on it, you have to upload the image on the server and then tell an HTML editing software its address to make a hyperlink to it. At the same time, that page will also have its own address. It is pretty simple, and all internet pages are organized on this principle.
In these terms, video files are not much different than the images. It means that to stream a video file you need:
1. Upload your file to a web server
2. Create a hyperlink to the video file.
But first, you need to create a video file suitable for streaming over the internet.
There are several video formats that can be streamed on the internet. We'll cover two of them that can be easily created with Movavi Video Converter.
WMV (Windows Media Video)
This format, designed by Microsoft, has some advantages: Windows Media Player is installed on most computers, files of WMV format have good quality and are small in size.
To create a WMV file:
1. Click ADD to open the files you want to stream:
2. Select WMV as your output format:
3. Now the tricky part: you should decide, who will be able to watch your video. If you think that most people use modems for their internet access, you should choose one of the "WMV for Dial-up Modems" option. If you're going to stream your video in your local network, choose "WMV for Local Network".
Kbps is speed that your potential watchers presumably have. If you doubt that your watchers have fast internet access, choose possibly lower speed values. Remember that video files for slow internet connection have much lower picture quality, so find the happy medium. It is a good form to tell your watchers the internet connection speed that the video file was created for, or include several files for different speeds (e.g. one for dial-up modem and another for high-speed internet).
Streaming a WMV file
Streaming WMV files is pretty easy.
1. Upload your WMV file to your web server.
2. Make a hyperlink to the file. The code for the hyperlink should be as follows (presuming your file name is video.wmv):
My first video
On a web page, it will look like this:
My first video
When a user clicks this link, Windows Media Player will open and download the video file for playing. The playback will start almost immediately.
RM (Real Media)
Real Media was one of the first formats developed specially for internet streaming. RM format has many preferences, which is good in terms of flexibility, but it can frighten an unexperienced user. To playback the RM files, user needs Real Media Player installed. In spite of the first impression, it is free and can be downloaded at www.real.com.
To create a Real Media file:
1. Click ADD to open the files you want to stream:
2. Select Real Media as your output format:
3. Decide what quality will your file have and users with what internet connection will be able to download it. If you doubt that your watchers have fast internet access, choose possibly lower speed values. Don't forget to tell users the internet connection speed optimal for viewing this file. Choose the desired setting in the lower menu:
Streaming a Real Media file
Streaming an RM file is almost as easy as streaming a WMV file, however it has its own aspects.
1. Upload your Real Media file to your web server.
2. Make a hyperlink to the file. The code for the hyperlink should be as follows (presuming your file name is video.rm):
My first video
On a web page, it will look like this:
My first video
However, when user clicks that hyperlink, the whole file will be downloaded before viewing. To stream this file, you have to make a simple text file that will have URL of your video file:
Open Notepad.
Enter the URL for your video file: let's say it's https://www.movavi.com/video/video.rm.
Click File > Save as...
Enter file name: "video.ram". Note the quotes (this way the file will be saved with the extension .ram) and the extension .ram.
Now upload this file to your web server and create a link to this file:
My first video
When user click the link, Real Media Player will open and start playing back the file. Much more convenient for the user!
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- Extract audio from video
- Do basic editing tasks
- Share files online
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This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Cameron Norville, 19, born on September 13, 1995 and passed away on October 15, 2014. We will remember him forever.
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Released: April 27, 2014
It's incredible how HOT these two beauties are together, and with Seth, don't you agree?! Watch as they blindfold him, hold him down and have their way with him. The sucking, fucking and cumming is abundant and real. I think Seth could barely handel the voracity of these two amazingiy sexual women! Man or woman: who wouldn't like to wake from a nap to this surprise? :-)


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Traverse the world's highest mountain range
One of the finest ways to approach Tibet is the traditional way, by road. The road twists and turns as it climbs the narrow gorge cut by the Bhoti Kosi River; waterfalls and steaming jungle give way to the harsh, barren beauty of the Tibetan Plateau. Traveling slowly, as we acclimatize to the thinner air, towards the holy city of Lhasa – a city of marvels – history and art, commerce and religion meld into an unforgettable experience. The exquisite turquoise lake, snow-capped peaks, glaciers, fields of rape and barley, colorful temples and imposing forts… The return journey via Qomolangma (Everest) base camp is far from a repeat of the inward one.
Day 01: Arrive Kathmandu (1300m)
Day 02: Kathmandu
Day 03: Kathmandu to Nyalam (3750m, 8hours)
Day 04: Drive to Tingri (4390m, 4 hours)
Day 05: Drive to Shigatse (3900m, 7hours)
Day 06: Drive to Lhasa (3650m, 5hours)
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Day 10: Drive to Gyantse (3950m, 8 hours)
Day 11: Drie to Shigatse (3900m, 3 hours)
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"For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow."
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Staybridge Suites Dallas-Addison
Welcome to your home away from home, the newly renovated Staybridge Suites Dallas-Addison! Our hotel is ideally located on the North Dallas Tollway minutes away from Bank of America, State Farm, Mary Kay, Halliburton, Lennox, USAA, JP Morgan Chase, Brookhaven College and University of Texas at Dallas. The hotel is minutes away from 170 restaurants, shopping, area attractions and much more.
Designed with the extended stay guest in mind, Staybridge Suites Dallas-Addison offers spacious suites equipped with kitchenettes, complimentary high-speed wireless internet and laundry, fitness center, outdoor pool featuring our new living area with grills.
Complimentary hot breakfast buffet is served each morning. Dinner is on us Monday - Wednesday evenings from 5:30pm-7:30pm with complimentary beer, wine and sodas. Whether you are in town for business or pleasure, we have everything you need to feel at home and look forward to seeing you soon!
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I stayed at this hotel for 5 nights on a business trip. There are SO many positives I could mention about my recent stay, but most importantly the staff is what made my stay exceptional. "S" at the front desk was always very friendly, helpful, patient and efficient. The manager "C" went above and beyond to make me feel like I was part of his family – my needs mattered to him.
The entire hotel was very clean, beautifully decorated and furnished. My room was very comfortable and clean. The room offered me all the comforts of home – a fully stocked kitchen, living area, desk, walk-in closet. Also, the little touches mattered to me like a laundry basket to go with the free washer and dryers, the Palmolive dish soap and paper towels in the kitchen - all were helpful. The grounds and pool were very relaxing and clean. I felt safe walking the surrounding neighborhood.
The complimentary hotel shuttle was a BIG plus and very appreciated! (Note: a local city bus runs behind the hotel, as well). The hot breakfast was delicious and offered many choices – always being refilled with a smile from the cook. The social/dinner hour was an added bonus during the week. By the way, the pictures on the website are what the property actually looks like.
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E-mail has become a mainstream form of communication, and sending and receiving an e-mail is seamless and so quick, that we don't even think about how a message gets from point A to point B. Google has launched a website called The Story of Send, which essentially shows you how an e-mail gets from say, your smartphone to the recipient's computer and vice-versa. The idea behind the Story of Send is to show you how your virtual information makes its way through the real world - from your computer, to your Internet service provider, to Google's data centers and steps beyond that, till it gets to the recipient. The Story of Send does this by having you press "Send", as if you're sending an e-mail, and taking you through every step, explaining what happens in each step.
As you go through the various steps that an e-mail goes through, you'll also see extras like photos and videos. Many of these include how Google's data centers, particularly the big one in Finland, are kept eco-friendly. Google explains how they regulate temperatures in the server rooms as well as how their employees wear shorts to work to explain how they stay in a green place and are comfortable to work. Other videos show you how Google protects your data. From physical protection like the various checkpoints employees have to go through to get to work to encryption, Google attempts to show you how your data is staying only in their hands. Other snippets, include how Google filters spam from your regular mail. And if you see all the stages, you might also find a vampire or two lurking around.
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Earlier this year, Google announced a consolidated privacy policy from what they said was 60 different privacy policies. With the new privacy policy, when a Google user is logged in to Google through any account, be it Gmail. YouTube or Google+, the new online Privacy Policy makes it clear that they may use information from any of their Google accounts in their other services. So for instance, Google will recommend cooking videos to you in YouTube if you have many cooking related emails in Gmail.
Commenting on the matter, Google said, "We remain committed to data liberation, so if you want to take your information elsewhere you can. We don't sell your personal information, nor do we share it externally without your permission except in very limited circumstances like a valid court order." Have you watched the Story of Send yet? Do you think how Google talks about the privacy and security of your -mail fits with their privacy policy? Let us know in the comments section below.


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The Castle is the seventeenth chapter of Sep0815's A Tale of Rebels.
Previously in A Tale of Rebels
Zoruka, Senqok, Shizon and Kabura arrive in Gaoling, disguised, and locate the prison Ranju is held at. The Air Nomad is tortured several times, which makes her change her attitude towards violence, war, love and alike, before she is broken out by the four comrades of hers. To avoid being captured together, the five fly away on her glider, to head to wherever Noki is, for the sake of safety.
Chapter 17: The Castle
"Waterbending is all about redirecting an opponent's strike. You don't face everything head-on like an earthbender, you don't follow the principle "offence is the best defence" like a firebender, and neither do you avoid and evade like an airbender. You take the opponent's attack and throw it back at him like a 'fuck you' of bending." Senqok stood, just like Kabura did, in knee-deep water, wearing only his underwear. His explanation made their companions, Shizon, Zoruka and Ranju, who all had claimed the beach just above for themselves, growl a bit at the mention of their respective elements. "That's why waterbending is all about fluent, sometimes circular motions. You have to be like water itself, swirling around, able to shape anything, to make anything and everything bow, including your opponent. Water always wins, even if it takes millennia, like when rain carves solid rock."
Kabura could only nod, smiling, as the other Water Tribal explained the nature of waterbending to her. She seemed a bit cold, given they were directly on the shore of the South Sea. Nonetheless, she hid her shivering for the sake of learning.
"Now, you're a healer. What can you do without that, what do you have to do to heal?" asked Senqok bluntly, throwing his water skin to Kabura.
"Well... not much... but... " came the unsure reply, but then the healer decided to show it, opened the water skin, and drew water from it to coat her hand with the liquid.
"Good, then you already have a feeling of controlling water for... ordinary purposes." Senqok returned Kabura's constant smile briefly while nodding, before he assumed a bending stance. "This is the waterbending stance. Not that there'd be much of a stance with all these fluid motions involved, but it's simply the starting point of all these moves. Now- " He stopped one of the many small waves from reaching him, and pushed it away from him, and within the same motion, pulled it towards himself again. " -this is the most basic technique. Pushing and pulling the water, it's called. Not much of a fighting technique, but really just to get used to waterbending."
Kabura observed Senqok as close as she could, before mimicking his actions. She gently stopped a wave, and pushed it away from her, before stopping just for a split second. Almost immediately, Senqok dried the path between himself and Kabura, and when he reached her, he demonstrated it once more, encouraging her, "You can do it, it's just hard to start, well, from the start."
She attempted it again, but again, she hesitated a little just after finishing the "push" part. Senqok laid his hand on her shoulder, instantly making her cease. "Look, it's all about fluid motions. Just imagine your arms' joints were made of butter. Hot, weak butter." She snickered briefly at the explanation, before he demonstrated it once more. "Come on, do it, I'll help you."
The healer sighed just before Senqok laid his arms around her from behind as to guide her motions. She blushed a bit as the fellow Water Tribal signalled her to start. She pushed her arms forward, pushing the water forward with it, before she followed his advice and let her hand hang down before pulling her arms back again, all in a single motion. She smiled ever so slightly as Senqok let go of her again to pat her on her shoulder, stating, "Nicely done!" Her blush didn't cease even as he got the distance of some metres between each other, when he started explaining, "Also, this should give you a feeling for moving greater amounts of water. Practice it until- oh dammit!"
The reason for his dismay was someone he could see approaching along the alternately rocky and sandy coast. Despite his vision's faults, something told him the nearing group of people were no good. "Quick!" he commanded the others. "Get in your disguises!"
"Like they're going to know the difference between Earth Empire and Fire Nation underwear... " stated Shizon sarcastically, rolling his eyes as he played a game of elemental solitaire against Zoruka. Senqok, directly followed by Kabura, had finally made his way up the steep beach when the visitors he had initially feared arrived.
"Hey, look, beach folks!" was the first they could hear from these people, whom Senqok deemed very strange, but not trustworthy. They all wore relatively normal clothing and hairstyles, just from all over the world, in bright colours, relatively loose and in unthinkable combinations. "How ya doin'?"
"We're not, uh, beach... folks, as you call it," stated Zoruka as she placed a tile, briefly looking up at the speaker. The fact he now stared at her, she herself only wearing a loose reddish tunic, from about a centimetre's distance made her grasp his face and push him away so she could continue the game.
"Then what kinda folks are ya?" asked the man as he observed Senqok dry himself and Kabura with his waterbending. "Now I've got it! Sea folks!"
"Listen... we're no 'sea folks' either. Now you haven't seen or heard anything, and you most certainly have never met us. Understood?" Ranju poked him with her staff every time she used a personal pronoun and a negation, making him inch back. "Oh, and before I forget, uh... You wouldn't come to know a way to Wa Castle, would you?"
"Oh, we know some ways, folks!" The man began stroking what he had allowed himself to grow of a beard, while he gathered his companions, numbering five, three women and two men, around to do something none of the five comrades had expected: they started singing. Senqok's eyes widened and so he decided to dress himself in the nearby woods, into whose direction he attempted to walk, but he stumbled over his own foot, so he simply stayed in the vicinity of these strange companions. Zoruka and Shizon finished their game, deciding to continue it later, Kabura followed Senqok's example, while Ranju helped to pack their belongings. The man who had thus far been the only one of the strangers to speak to the comrades noticed these, and interrupted the song. He looked a bit reproachful, his gaze wandering between all of the five comrades. "Were you even listening?" was all he said.
"Uh... we were supposed to?" This time, Kabura answered him, genuinely confused.
"Yes. I mean, if you want to get to Wa Castle," stated he, and soon began to trail off. "We know a way there, you walk beneath cherry trees, and they're still blossoming, so- "
"We want the fastest way there. No cherry blossom." Zoruka shouldered a knapsack as she voiced the group's intentions.
"You're far too focussed on the "where to" instead of the "going". The way there is its own destination." The man's dreamy and yet rough voice slowly got on the comrades' nerves.
Again, it was Zoruka who replied to him, slightly annoyed. "I'm sorry, but we have a bit of- "
"-unpleasant experiences with focussing on the way," finished Senqok decisively.
The man rose an eyebrow at first, but then gathered his companions, who had been conversing all the time, around. After a minute, he announced, "We don't know a fast way to the castle, but to Wa Village. Just follow us and our song's tune, it'll make the time pass like... "
The annoyed sigh the five of them let out simultaneously was loud enough to drown out the man's voice as the merry band of his set out to journey onwards.
"Well... I guess my suspicions were unfounded," stated Senqok, receiving a look from Shizon non-verbally saying, "Told you."
"No, no, you were right. Now we're going to bleed to death. Or rather, our ears are going to, at least." found Ranju, covering her ears as far as possible. Thus, the five comrades followed the merry band on their journey to Wa Village.
"I'm not sure what you think, but I expected this village to have a kind of... harbour." Shizon looked around, somewhat disappointed. The village they had arrived at didn't consist of much more than two rows of houses, one at each of the central road's sides, and a small residence for the head of the village at the end of it, the beach laying about a kilometre into the road's direction. "And frankly, for what I heard to be one of the most secure Liberation Alliance holdouts, this is kind of... a joke. The greatest underground army of all time's greatest stronghold is a backwater village."
"Shut up, moron. Do you want to get us into trouble?" shushed him Zoruka, smacking him on the back of his head. She took a few copper pieces and headed to a vendor's small booth. She took a look at the goods the man displayed, and decided to purchase them. Noticing this, Kabura handed her a bag, and so she wordlessly began to pay for whatever she stuffed into it. As she was about leave again, she found it to be wise to find out where the castle they were looking for was, exactly. "Uh, sir, sorry should I bother you, but I've got a question... "
The vendor looked under the brim of his rice hat, and spoke in his rough and hoarse voice. "What's on your mind, miss?"
"Well, we're kind of looking for the castle, Wa Castle, and failed to find it... Could you please help us out, sir?" Zoruka made sure to sound as polite as possible, but her voice decided not to let that happen.
"You can't be serious... " stated the vendor falsely with an unbelieving tone. After the firebender opposite to him had shot him a sincerely inquiring glance, he continued, "Everyone who comes to Yamato- er, Wa Peninsula sees the castle. Are you blind?"
"Well, no, but we're looking for someone who is... " muttered she under her breath, before resuming talking aloud. "Well, we travelled here at the eastern shore. I suppose the cliffs blocked the view."
"Oh well... " The vendor stood up from his seat, and pointed towards the beach. "Go to the beach and take a careful look around. If you haven't found it then, come back. Good day, miss."
Zoruka passed the bag, now full of provisions, to the person nearest to her, who happened to be Shizon, as she went away, with a risen eyebrow. "Well... Let's give it a try, right?"
The others, except the unhappy Shizon, nodded. She made her way down the road, and then followed it through a small forest. After that, they already had arrived at the beach, which stretched, considering the peninsula's size, rather wide. Senqok, who had arrived second, as the first to take a look around, and instantly, his expression changed to one only Skado could else have worn - it combined the expression of annoyance and shame as if he had just been ultimately twitted.
"People... " He got the others' attention almost immediately with his annoyed-sounding voice. " ...I guess that guy was right. We ARE blind!"
As the Water Tribal gestured around, partly to clarify the castle's location, partly to express his shame and annoyance, Ranju was rather unimpressed. "So the Earth people can build fortresses on mountaintops too? Look how big that fundament is! For us Air Nomads, one or two pillars to stabilise it would've been enough. And we would've built it taller and- "
"Only that your version would've been easy to topple, maybe unconquerable, but very easy to destroy." Shizon's statement was only met with agreement. The castle was built on the rocky, almost rock-pillar like peak of a mountain, or rather, hill, overlooking the bay the beach was at, its fundament serving as its defensive walls, and therefore rising up one and a half dozen metres above the peak. It had a big, tower-like structure where its walls were highest, which also was the approximate location of the peak, overlooking what seemed to be a courtyard, or rather, bailey, with structures which were intermediate between houses and defensive towers on its corners, and a similar building, only of lesser height and only one storey, forming a kind of a gatehouse, as it was positioned atop the gate, which seemed to only open to earthbenders. Everyone stared in awe, and also shame for not finding it right away, except for Ranju, who thought practical.
"So... shall we get there or not?" spoke the Air Nomad as she opened her glider to reconnoitre the castle they were soon to enter.
"I've got good news and bad news." The Air Nomad landed right in front of the four of her comrades as they made their way up the mountain through the forest of the peninsula.
"Good news first," stated Kabura as she leaned against a pine to rest briefly.
"Alright then, the good news is: there's a proper, cobbled way up to the castle." Ranju let her gaze wander between the comrades of hers before she delivered the rest of her reconnaissance's fruits. "The bad news is... well, the castle is manned by Earth Empire soldiers."
"Not a problem. We broke out of and into and out of enough Imperial institutions, this shall be no match." Shizon was, for once, truly optimistic, which earned him not only his comrades' agreement, but also their surprise.
"This isn't some prison you can sneak into, nor is it some kind of camp. This is a proper fortress, built to actually keep people out. It won't be easy, but we'll manage." Ranju sat herself at the base of the tree Kabura leaned to, and began cleaning her glider. "We need a plan. I think I even have one... "
"Does it involve explosives?" Senqok's face basically consisted of a smile then, before he was cut off mid-sentence. "Because that'd be my- "
"No, and it also doesn't involve tunnelling into it, nor does it involve enslaving badgermoles." Kabura, Zoruka and Shizon all laughed as Senqok's face shifted to the one of annoyance and shame, while Ranju was herself annoyed by how little thought her comrades put into the plan. "You know what? Once you're finished laughing, we can conduct my plan. It's simple, really. The gate can only be opened by earthbending, so we can't break in there. We don't have time to climb the walls either, I believe. So, we'll just fly there like we flew out of Gaoling. We fly just far enough to land on the wall safely, and from there, we fight our way to Noki. We don't have to kill the soldiers, because they'll let us go, simply because we'll take Noki hostage, threatening to kill her should they not comply. How about that?"
Senqok had, like the rest of them, resumed his seriousness. He narrowed his eyes, determined. "Let's do this."
"The castle's about a kilometre ahead." thought the Air Nomad aloud, continuing with a plan. "If you climb the trees and jump to land on my glider, I can take a good run-up, and start right away once Shizon and Zoruka start flaming it up. Still okay with that?"
The other four exchanged glances, before nodding. Ranju was quick to choose a position from which she would have a clear way, while her comrades climbed up two trees to either of her runway's sides. She started running, enhancing her speed with airbending, while holding her opened glider. Reacting almost too slowly, Senqok and Kabura jumped from the trees to land on the glider, holding on for their dear lives, while Shizon and Zoruka had to propel themselves forward to catch up, and once they had grabbed onto the glider and their comrades, Ranju thrust them off the ground. The glider was hard to steer with such a weight, and even harder when two streams of fire thrust it straight forward, and so, the airbender could do little about the branches in their way, which made them simply break through, much to her comrades' dismay. Once they were above the treetops, they got a clear sight of the castle that lay ahead. All of sudden, after an ascent of less than ten seconds, Ranju found it appropriate to nose-dive, and neither Zoruka nor Shizon reacted fast enough for them to change their course with their streams of fire. A group of soldiers assembled on the castle's parapet walk, preparing to stop them from ever reaching the castle, but the glider was too fast.
"NOW! OFF!" were all the words uttered during the brief flight, shouted by Ranju at the top of her lungs shortly before her impact. Obeying, Shizon, Zoruka, Kabura and Senqok leapt off the glider, each of them striking down one of the soldiers doing so, while Ranju used her kinetic energy to throw three of them away at once. Kabura took her crossbow, Ranju closed her glider, Senqok and Shizon both unsheathed their respective swords, while Zoruka clenched her fists, bending fire daggers, all of them ready to fight. They took a quick look around, and soon realised that the bailey and the lower walls were at an equal level, separated only by some kind of walled stoa that completely surrounded what lay beyond. Without thinking twice, Senqok broke through the wooden sliding door that opposed him, and set his eyes upon what this act of violence revealed to him. A garden, with a small artificial creek and pond, as well as numerous boulders resembling glacial erratics, perfectly trimmed grass and a cherry tree in full blossom, was what the stoa enclosed. In its middle, right next to the cherry tree, stood a girl in a simple, emerald kimono, her straight raven hair flowing down her back, her feet bare. A bell was rung somewhere in the castle, and more soldiers streamed to the parapet walk, hurrying after the five comrades, who now themselves bolted towards the barefoot girl, not daring to set a single step on the grass. They all ran in one group, with Senqok in front, and right before they could reach the girl, he tripped, all others falling on him. The soldiers streamed into the garden as well, but the girl's quick gesture made them stop. She turned around to the fallen intruders with a wide grin, and facing them was rather a courtesy than a necessity, for her eyes were unseeing.
"So... you've arrived, at last. I already expected you." The girl's - Noki's - smile didn't vanish, if anything, it only intensified, before she broke out into laughter, confusing everyone around. "You should've seen your faces! Priceless! One moment you're all like 'I must exterminate all the humans' and the next you're 'Oh no mummy please help me!'. Priceless!"
"What do you mean, 'faces'?" Shizon was utterly and completely confused. "What IS going on here?"
"Well, like you can read expressions to tell about someone's emotions, I do the same with... heartbeat and all that stuff. You know me long enough to know that, I mean, seriously." Noki waited for the five comrades to get up. "Next time, be more careful with my guards. They won't get replaced, so don't hurt 'em. It was hard to make sure I - and not you - struck them first, really."
"You WHAT!?" Shizon had just started boiling with rage.
"I made the guards trip and hit them with small rocks and all that so you wouldn't hurt them," stated Noki, not entirely understanding why Shizon was enraged.
"YOU DID WHAT!?" Shizon turned away from Noki briefly, before continuing shouting at her, poking her into the chest hard enough to make her fall at every word. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!? WE DIDN'T BREAK OUT OF PRISON AND GOT OURSELVES INTO REALLY DEEP SHIT SO YOU COULD PLAY YOUR SILLY LITTLE GAMES WITH US! YOU'RE JUST- "
"Stop it, Shizon!" shouted Senqok. Noki was shocked, and fell to the ground, Shizon helping her up again only so he could continue, ignoring Senqok.
"DO YOU THINK WE RISKED OUR LIVES FOR THIS KIND OF TREATMENT!? WHAT DO YOU THINK WE HAD TO ENDURE TO GET HERE!?" Shizon's pokes slowly became punches.
"STOP IT, SHIZON!" screamed Senqok as he separated the two. "She probably had no idea what we've been through! Just leave her alone!"
"NO! I WANT TO HEAR WHAT SHE THINKS WE HAD TO DO TO GET HERE! I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER SHE KNOWS WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH!" Shizon pushed Senqok aide, while with each poke, or punch, the spot he was poking, or rather, punching, slowly began to genuinely hurt. "SO!? WHAT DO YOU THINK!?"
"Shizon, no. Stop it." Zoruka had joined Senqok's vain efforts to keep Shizon from doing any worse, trying to pull him away.
"I, WE ALL WOULD'VE AND DID RISK MY, ALL OUR LIVES FOR YOU, AND HOW DO YOU REWARD US!?" Shizon's screams and punches had done it. Noki burst into tears and she ran away. Slowly, Shizon's expression of rage, and the emotion itself as well, morphed into shock. "Oh, spirits, what have I done!?"
"A great accomplishment, Shizon, really great. You've made Noki cry. Not many people managed to do that, but you did. Great." complimented Senqok Shizon sarcastically, before he too took off, to follow Noki, screaming, "Wait, Noki! Please, I'll help you!"
The floor was wooden, much to the blind earthbender's dismay. She ran, tears running down her face for a reason she couldn't completely fathom. Behind her ran someone else she thought to be her comrade, someone who claimed to merely intend to help her. She cursed violently under her breath, she was angry at herself for not standing her ground like she should've, and angry at the castle's keep for not being built from wood. However, she was soon convinced that the latter reason was more appropriate, as she hadn't seen the stairs right before her coming, and therefore stumbled, hitting her head and basically every other part of her body, except her feet, which slid out of the way. Warm blood now joined her tears, as the waterbender chasing after her finally caught up.
"Oh damn, Noki! Are you alright?" rang Senqok's concerned voice as he had reached his comrade, helping her back on her feet without hesitation, and answering his own question immediately afterwards. "Of course you're not... come on, sit down, I'll heal these... "
Noki wordlessly obeyed, and let Senqok seal the minor injuries on her forehead, lips, chin and shoulders. The healing water had an oddly soothing effect, and Noki calmed down, her tears too slowly but not completely subsiding. After three minutes of utter silence, Senqok pulled away his water as he couldn't do much more for her, and bent it back into his water skin. Noki was about to stand up when his rough hand stopped her.
"Just because I'm done healing it doesn't mean my job here is finished," stated he as his earthbender comrade found resistance to be futile. "There's still a lot to do... " Although he knew she couldn't see it in any way, he looked deep into her eyes with a stern yet concerned expression, his voice assuming a fitting tone. "Why did- why do you cry?"
Noki's unseeing eyes widened, and tears rolled down her cheeks again, in number not unlike those from before. She attempted to explain something, but the words were drowned in sobs as her crying intensified. The earthbender then fell to the ground, sobbing, or would have, had not Senqok caught her, and pulled her in for a hug. Noki, blinder than ever, simply let it happen, and cried into his shoulder.
"It's going to be okay... " spoke Senqok, almost stereotypically, then adding, "Shizon was a huge idiot overreacting like this... I'm sure he didn't mean all of what he said."
Finally, Noki responded, her sobs briefly ceasing. "You don't know him as long as I do. He meant every word of it. And he's right." Her eyes teared up again, accompanied by sobbing. "And I wasn't earthbender enough to stand my ground!"
"Even if he was right... We would risk our lives for one another anytime, wouldn't we? And we used to make fools out of one another all the time, right?" Senqok held Noki opposite of him now so she could understand him better, despite her continuous sobbing. "We only wanted to get somewhere safe together. And we, especially Kabura and Shizon, had to endure very much so far... He's just, we're all just really exhausted and short of patience. If I were in his position, I don't think I would've reacted all too different, and if you were in his, you would as well, I'm sure. Now... why did you cry?"
Noki gulped and raised her head just barely enough for Senqok to see her eyes, in which tear after tear still formed. "I did- I do cry because... because I should've known better. You were prisoners, and I should've known you wouldn't get treated kindly, I should've known I shouldn't fool you like this, order you around after all of this... And most of all, it hurt to get that brutally shown by a friend of mine." She seemed to feel better already, but still, she cried slightly. "And of course that I didn't stand my ground like an earthbender."
"I see... sorry." sounded a voice from down the corridor. Footsteps came closer through the partially obscured hallway, the wooden floor chirping with each step. As he had arrived directly before the two, he revealed himself to be Shizon, his voice's tone indicating true regret. "I should've known better than to overreact like this."
"It's me who should've known better, who should've refrained from infuriating actions... sorry." Noki had risen from her seated position, and, although having no actual knowledge of his current location, looked Shizon in the eyes, nodding. She then turned around, holding out a hand to Senqok, asking him, "Could you please aid me? Besides, there's something I think we need to discuss."
Shizon's expression was quick to shift from a regretful to a confused and surprised one, and as Noki dragged Senqok away, the waterbender could only answer it with a shrug. Hurrying up the flight of stairs Noki had stumbled at before, the earthbender led her Water Tribal comrade through the corridors with surprising light-footedness and sense of direction, no set of stairs surprising her, not one turn being taken inconsiderately, and not stopping until they were through a door to a room at what seemed to Senqok to be the top of the keep. It was a bedroom, with a massive bed in its centre, with various accessories, ranging from simple chests to a painting depicting a battle scene, being lined up along the walls, except one chest that seemed to serve as a wardrobe. What surprised Senqok the most was, however, that not the huge bed seemed to be where Noki slept, as a dust layer lay upon it, but a simple mat on the floor. Senqok thought he had gotten enough, that was before he could lay his eyes upon the view the windows revealed. However, his mind didn't allow him to enjoy the view of the peninsula, the sea and the slowly setting sun, instead, it found several questions he had come to have in the past minutes more important.
"So... what was it you wanted to tell me, oh and how in Koh's bloody realm can you move around this place without seeing at all?" burst the waterbender out, speaking almost too quickly to distinguish between the words, then adding somewhat dreamy, "And spirits, has anyone ever told you what view you're missing?"
Noki turned towards him, only to rise an eyebrow. "Everything has to have its order, we'll come to that later... " She then turned away again, walking the few steps towards the chest she used as a wardrobe, and opened it. " ...as for the second, well... My mother was born here, I was born here, and I lived here for some years. Explained sufficiently? Good. And yes, I've been told that it's quite something I'm missing out there."
"You have an explanation for everything, don't you." claimed Senqok sarcastically, rolling his eyes. "Just so you know: I'm rolling my eyes."
Noki only let out a kind of annoyed sigh, before she took off her emerald kimono. As she tossed the garment into the chest, Senqok redirected his attention towards her out of boredom, only to realise she now stood there, completely naked. He couldn't help but stare for a few seconds, even if he only saw her back, before he shook his head, blushing, and forced himself to look away.
"I know you were looking," stated the currently disrobed earthbender as she bent down to fetch some piece of clothing out of the chest.
"Well... " Senqok's cheeks approximately were the colour of the Fire Nation's flag by then, and he generally was rather embarrassed. "...yes. I mean... who... wouldn't?"
The slight chuckle Senqok let out did nothing to ease him, while Noki was completely calm. She took the two garments she had chosen out of the chest, and covered the areas of her body that would attract the most attention if left uncovered with these. Then she slightly turned into Senqok's direction, smiling slightly. "Exactly."
"So... what is... the purpose of this?" Senqok slowly won back his ability to speak as his nervousness and embarrassment decreased. Noki faced him with a risen eyebrow as she put on a pair of leg warmers, immediately afterwards covering her lower legs with a combination of greaves and gaiters. She refused to answer Senqok as long as she clothed herself. Next, she put on a long and wide kimono, one that was not unlike the emerald one she had worn before and that, despite its size, didn't hinder her agility, before she put on a kind of armoured sleeves on her forearms. Then came the final part of her attire, a kind of armour in the form of a robe. It was sleeveless, of a dark bluish green colour, stretching down to her knees, and, despite the fact it technically was armour, very flexible. As a last finish, the earthbender took a simple band of black colour and bound it around her waist as a belt. Then, she turned to the waterbender who still awaited an answer.
"Well, you said you merely wanted to get somewhere safe, and to be together with your - our - friends." recalled Noki as she headed for the door again, stopping right before opening it. "This castle isn't safe, in fact, the Empire's sent out a force to conquer it. I know where to go to for all of us to be safe and to reunite with the rest of our not-so-merry band - Whaletail Island."
"Whoa, who thought fish could be this good!" The sarcastic-sounding but indeed frank remark came from Senqok. It earned him confused glances, and so he had a need to explain himself at the dinner table. "Well, in the Water Tribe, we don't have fish too often, actually. Well, we do, compared to the Earth Empire and the Fire Nation, but when we do, we usually have stockfish and clipfish... Not comparable to that!"
The waterbender took another slice of the fish he had been served between his chopsticks and rose it to eye height, marvelling how a simple piece of flesh could develop such a taste. Without a further thought, he shoved it into his mouth, before he decided it was time for the rest on his plate to follow the same path, and shovelled it the same way. Noki too found her meal rather delectable, but didn't express it verbally nor by action, but kept her etiquette and ate slowly, sure to still be able to survey her entire surroundings. The table had been set up in the pavilion in the middle of the castle's garden, with the setting sun's rays tinting the table crimson. Like Noki, Shizon ate slowly, but that had different reason - he distrusted the food, and so was careful about everything, fearing it to be poisoned. Zoruka, however, displayed a different attitude, which consisted of half-heartedly poking into what she had been served, before it had gotten cold, when she had to warm it up herself, and finally decided to eat it afterwards. Kabura originally intended to start a conversation, and had waited for the right moment, but with everyone focussing more on eating, she waited in vain, resulting in her too indifferently poking her food, taking a bite from time to time in a silently angry manner. Ranju had briefly prayed to the spirits before starting the consumption, which was over faster than it even had begun - she wolfed it down at a rate that put Senqok to shame. Once the Water Tribal had noticed this, his jaw dropped, but nevertheless he continued chewing soon thereafter, convinced to do so by the taste. As he had devoured everything that was put on his plate, he emptied all the cups that were in his reach and not directly declared to belong to someone else. That also included a cup full of hot sauce, as he then found out, much to the amusement of his comrades. While Senqok's mouth's inside felt as if the entire worldwide population of firebenders unleashed their power at it, and the waterbender had to somehow cope with it, his comrades, except for Ranju, whose food's mysterious disappearance remained a mystery, finished their respective meals. Just as they were about to do so with the drinks, Noki rose from her cross-legged seat and cleared her throat.
"I thank you all for coming today." Noki had to clear her throat again. "As this place is in no way safe, I fear that, together, we can't stay than one night. Tomorrow, we'll sail to- "
"Madam Noki!" A soldier approached the blind girl, bowing. He then whispered something into her ear, which made her drop the cup of tea she had held. The cup shattered as her unseeing eyes widened and her jaw dropped a bit.
"I fear we can't stay much longer! Get provisions, get your stuff together! We need to leave as fast as possible! The Earth Empire's forces are only an hour, if at all, away now! Hurry!" Noki was quick to pour down the cups' contents into her mouth, Kabura, Zoruka and Shizon mirroring her action, while Senqok and Ranju jumped up to get provisions and basic equipment. Just after they went off, Noki walked out of the pavilion and shot herself up with an earth column, right to the keep's highest storey, where she made a rather harsh landing. Only two minutes later, the six comrades had gathered in front of the pavilion again, all carrying a knapsack each with their equipment. Noki nodded as all had arrived, and, after briefly leaping up, thrust downwards with all her might, forming a tunnel that led down several metres. She jumped in first and deepened it only a few centimetres more, until light was visible for the others, who too entered now. The castle's soldiers hurried to the defences, and sealed up the entrance into the tunnel again once the six comrades were inside. While Zoruka and Shizon let flames hover in their palms to make up for the insufficient light source in the masterly carved tunnel that lay ahead. With Noki leading the way, the comrades made their way through dark corridors directly carved into the surrounding rock, walking around in patterns that Kabura found difficult to memorise.
"Where are we, exactly?" asked the waterbender-in-training, "What is this place?"
"The castle's builders - my maternal ancestors - were very paranoid, apparently." Noki started explaining, "The castle is not exactly a vast, strong fortress, nor is it a lavish palace, it's something in between, on a small scale. And for that last fact, it's hard to defend - only a small force can hold out for long in this castle. Sure, it can only be entered by earthbenders through the gate, but that's exactly who we've been fighting for the past centuries, so my ancestors decided to build a tunnel network stretching from beneath the castle half the way to Gaoling, or so some say at least. The tunnels were built to flee in the case of a siege, and well, one tunnel happens to lead to the harbour, and that's the one we're in now."
Kabura was satisfied with the explanation, and Noki had explained long enough for them to pass beneath half the peninsula. Noki stopped and turned to her right, where a short tunnel shot off, whose end she simply blasted off. She jumped out, while the others simply climbed out onto the grass, only to find themselves on a small cliff, with a small wooden pier built a far metres into the sea beneath, a boat anchoring there.
"Not much of a harbour, but it's something... " remarked Noki as she went to the pier, but stopped right before leaving earthen material, waiting for her comrades to climb out of the tunnel, which she then sealed shut again. Once her five companions were with her, they made their way onto the narrow pier, only Senqok, as the last to reach the wooden structure, returning to help Noki across onto the small junk that was anchored there. Just as they had reached the boat, a soldier, his uniform denoting him as one of the castle's, ran up to the pier, waving his hands and shouting.
"But you can't leave yet! The ship's not fully prepared and- " rang his concerned voice as Senqok cut the ropes binding the ship to the pier.
"It's okay, I can sail... " cut Senqok the man off, just as he had done with the ropes. As he began bending the water currents around the boat for it to drift away, three other of the companions replied to the soldier.
"As do I!" shouted Kabura, adjusting a sail so the gently blowing wind would steer them away from the cliff instead of smashing them against them.
"Me too!" screamed Shizon, only his quick reaction preventing the ship to shatter upon collision with some rather minor rocks between the slight waves.
"And me, to some extent!" Ranju amplified her voice with her bending, and, making use of the same gift of hers, she also accelerated the boat.
Other than these four, and Zoruka, who enjoyed the slight, salty wind, Noki already had begun hating the voyage. She vomited, thanfully overboard, and then sarcastically ordered, "Set course for Whaletail Island...!"
Zoruka led Noki under deck for her to recover somewhere where the ship was more stable, while the others continued sailing the ship, away from the peninsula, where a loud crashing noise could be heard.
"Lads, look... " was all Senqok could mutter, watching a massive cloud of dust rise and boulders fall en masse where only an hour ago, the proud Castle of Wa had stood.
"The castle has fallen... " stated Ranju, and upon recognising a part of some tower-like structure, she added, "Quite literally... "
"Well, no turning back now... " remarked Shizon, then bitterly continuing, " ...as if that were something new... "
"Then stop whining! You heard Noki! To Whaletail Island!" shouted Zoruka in an attempt to motivate them, but failed. Still, Whaletail Island was their destination, and on their voyage, they wouldn't let anything come between them and their destination.
Notes and Trivia
- "Elemental solitaire" is my name for the recurring card game.
- Wa Castle and Wa Village were named after the first recorded name for Japan, and is meant to be located on what later becomes Kyoshi Island.
- A merry band playing songs wherever they go. Yes, this is a pun, and yes, this is a reference to the nomads from The Cave of Two Lovers.
- Wa Castle is basically a motte-and-bailey castle based on Kumamoto Castle, with a keep much alike the one of Himeji Castle.
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|Last Date For Receipt Of Application Form
|within 21 days
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