Smeghead
BLACKJACK!
As Jin kept an ear open, listening in on Miyu’s explanation, he went from interested to downright furious. He was just beginning to feel a little empathetic towards her. She was a victim of firebending here tonight just as Jin himself had been in the past. She was an Equalist too, so clearly they shared some ideals. But by the time Miyu had finished speaking, all of those thoughts evaporated like a droplet over a roaring flame. It was replaced by a burning rage fueled by his deep-seated resentment of benders.
Miyu had come face to face with a bender, her house burning down around her, and she offered them a helping hand? Didn’t she realise that was the enemy?! To Jin, the arsonist who treated her home like it was kindling and the woman she had encountered inside the burning apartment complex were of the same ilk. Miyu had helped the only person in that building who deserved to go up in flames with it. Jin figured it was symbolic in some way. She had helped the enemy with the very thing that was meant to signify her opposition to them. She should’ve given her mask to someone worth saving.
Gritting his teeth rigorously, Jin scanned the area. If this bender was wearing traditional waterbending garb with an Equalist mask on, she should be easy enough to find. Or so he thought. It was dark, and smoke from the apartment complex was still heavy in the air. Between the victims of the arson and those who came to contain the fire, there was plenty of commotion to slip away during. Jin tightly grasped the nunchucks hanging from his waist as he continued to look over the crowd, seemingly ready to draw them at any moment.
It was Hati’s response that broke Jin from his trance-like state. He had to do a double-take. Was she serious? She had just received a report of a bender in the area from a fellow Equalist - if Miyu even really was an Equalist at heart - and she wrote it off as a dream. If that wasn’t worth investigating, what was? Jin’s mind was racing, trying to make sense of Hati’s response. Did they both know something he didn’t? He gave a sideways glance towards the rest of Hati’s team hoping for some kind of reaction, but all he was met with was the gleam of the flames in the pitch-black eyes of their Equalist masks.
“... Shouldn’t we at least have a look around for this waterbender? If it’s true, and she has her hand’s on an Equalist mask, shouldn’t we try to get it back?”
Ultimately, Jin decided to speak up. He wasn’t sure how Hati would respond, but he just couldn’t keep his mouth shut. In his mind, he was either about to get his first real assignment as an Equalist, or he was about to learn a harsh lesson on speaking out of turn.
Karcen Flooferton
Miyu had come face to face with a bender, her house burning down around her, and she offered them a helping hand? Didn’t she realise that was the enemy?! To Jin, the arsonist who treated her home like it was kindling and the woman she had encountered inside the burning apartment complex were of the same ilk. Miyu had helped the only person in that building who deserved to go up in flames with it. Jin figured it was symbolic in some way. She had helped the enemy with the very thing that was meant to signify her opposition to them. She should’ve given her mask to someone worth saving.
Gritting his teeth rigorously, Jin scanned the area. If this bender was wearing traditional waterbending garb with an Equalist mask on, she should be easy enough to find. Or so he thought. It was dark, and smoke from the apartment complex was still heavy in the air. Between the victims of the arson and those who came to contain the fire, there was plenty of commotion to slip away during. Jin tightly grasped the nunchucks hanging from his waist as he continued to look over the crowd, seemingly ready to draw them at any moment.
It was Hati’s response that broke Jin from his trance-like state. He had to do a double-take. Was she serious? She had just received a report of a bender in the area from a fellow Equalist - if Miyu even really was an Equalist at heart - and she wrote it off as a dream. If that wasn’t worth investigating, what was? Jin’s mind was racing, trying to make sense of Hati’s response. Did they both know something he didn’t? He gave a sideways glance towards the rest of Hati’s team hoping for some kind of reaction, but all he was met with was the gleam of the flames in the pitch-black eyes of their Equalist masks.
“... Shouldn’t we at least have a look around for this waterbender? If it’s true, and she has her hand’s on an Equalist mask, shouldn’t we try to get it back?”
Ultimately, Jin decided to speak up. He wasn’t sure how Hati would respond, but he just couldn’t keep his mouth shut. In his mind, he was either about to get his first real assignment as an Equalist, or he was about to learn a harsh lesson on speaking out of turn.
Karcen Flooferton