Post by Solid Snake on Jul 1, 2008 6:14:32 GMT 1
We continued on our journey to the water tribe. There was an awkward silence in the air. Or we just weren’t talking to each other. “So”…She said. “So”…I said back. “Well the quietness is killing me. I guess I’ll have to break the ice. I realized that we never introduced ourselves. What’s your name”? She asked. I turned my head away. It may seem weird but I felt embarrassed to answer. “Come on, don’t be shy, I just asked your name”. She said. Again I kept silent. “Ok if you don’t want to answer that question then how bout answering me this. Where are you from”? She question again. I put my head down. Truth is, I don’t know my own name, I don’t know where I’m from, and I don’t know where I’m going. But, how could I tell some one I don’t even know. I am a blind straggler who is wondering around with no purpose. “Look I can see you look uncomfortable with all these questions so I’ll start us off. My name is Yue. Yue Bei Fong”. I picked my head back up and smiled. “Nice to meet you Yue”. “Meh don’t mention it”. She said. Even though I couldn’t see her face I could tell she was smiling back at me. I took a deep breath and introduced my self to her. “(Coughs) Well umm my name is umm…Look the truth is Yue, I don’t know my name. I don’t know who I am or where I’m going. I’ve been lost for as long as I can remember. If I hadn’t come across you I don’t know where I’d be now”.
After I told Yue my little story I heard laughter. “Are you laughing”!? I asked. “Well you got to admit that is a bit funny. I mean you’re blind and don’t know where you’re going? That’s a little funny and ironic”. She said. “Nothing is funny about that”. I said fiercely. We continued walking to our destination. It was closing in on the evening time. I could tell because the hot sun wasn’t beating down on my skin like before and there was a cool air breeze that made everything feel better. I turned my head in Yue’s direction and asked her a question, “So why exactly are we going to the water tribe anyways”? “I’m on a journey for my mom”. She said. “Your mom huh? What’s it all about”? I questioned back. “My mom wants me to go to the water tribe and find the avatar”. She answered. “So you’re going to capture the avatar for you mom”? I questioned. “No! My mom wants me to find them so that she can teach them to earth bend”. She explained. I rubbed the back of my head and asked another question. “So you’re going to go to the water tribe and find this avatar. One question; what is the avatar”? “WHAT IS THE AVATAR”!? She yelled. “You mean to tell me you don’t know what the avatar is”? I stood silently. “You really don’t know”? She asked. “Well if I knew I wouldn’t have asked now would I”? I responded. “Oh man; I don’t know what skunk monkey hit you but every one knows about the avatar. Lets set up camp for the night and I’ll explain what the avatar is”.
Yue pitched a tent for us, even though I told her I could just sleep on the ground. We sat down and she explained to me the story of the avatar. “Well the story goes like this: The avatar is the spirit of the planet manifested in a human form. Their duty is to keep order and balance between the four nations. They are able to bend all four elements, water, earth, fire, and air”. “So why does the avatar need to have to keep order and balance”? I asked. “It’s the duty”. She said. “Yeah but, why”? I asked. “Well no nation should rule over others, like the fire nation once tried”. She said. “Yeah but what’s the point”? I asked. “They just have to ok”. She said back. “Yeah but, why”? I asked again. “THEY JUST DO”. She yelled. “That’s bogus”. I said. I lay down and put my hands behind my head. “So; one more question”. I said “If it’s about the avatar I told you all I know”. She said. “No not about that. You said your mom is an earth bender right”? I questioned. “Yeah so what about it”? She asked. “Well can you earth bend”? I asked. “Well”… She said hesitantly. “I tried to. My mom tried to teach me but, I couldn’t really get a hold of her methods so I stopped trying”. She said sadly. “Oh”. I said. “It’s okay. I’m kinda more into making gadgets and things like that. My dad and I have more fun coming up with new things”. She said happily. I reached over and felt around on the ground for Yue’s boomerang. “So this on of those gadgets that you and you’re dad made”? I asked. “No that boomerang belonged to him; he just gave it to me as a gift. It got him out of some tight situations and saved him on a few of those too”. She said. I felt the craftsmanship of the weapon. Sleek, small, compact. I put the boomerang down and resumed my position. Yue picked up. “Well we better sleep now; we have a long journey ahead of us for tomorrow”. She said. Too late though, I had already fallen asleep.
Morning broke; I knew it was because the sound of and ostridge rooster yelling woke me up. I stretched my arms stood up and stretched my legs. I turned my head towards Yue…who was still asleep!? I bent down and called her name. “Yue. Yue wake up”. I said. She turned to me and said; “The stink and sink is funny dad. Ha, ha, ha”. She said. What the heck is a stink and sink I though to my self. I told my self that if the ostridge rooster won’t get her awake then I will. I started to pull her feet; nothing. I poked her with a stick; nothing. I yelled as loud as I could “YUE”! Nothing. I layed back down form all the yelling then all of the sudden she turn and put her arm over my chest. I may be blind but, my eyes were open wide. She jumped up and yelled “what are you doing”!? She screamed. “Me? It was you who started to get all frisky”. I replied back. “Oh yeah right. You put my arm on you”. She said. “Why the heck would I do that”!? I answered back. “Probably had some dream about me and thought you could fulfill you’re weird fantasy”. She said. “Not even. You would be the last person I would want”. I said swiftly. “Well you would be the last person I would want”. She answered back. “Look all I was doing was trying to wake you up so we could get a move on before nightfall but, you sleep like a hog cow”. I said. “Look I’ll help put away the gear. Can we please just forget about what just happened”. I said. “I’m already trying” She said angrily. We continued on our journey to the water tribe in search of the avatar. “Hey a small village; lets stop there and get some more supplies. We walked towards the village and made our way to a small shop. Yue walked up to the shop owner and asked for supplies, while I just stood by the door. It was faint but I could hear people saying “did you hear” and “who could have done such a horrible thing”. “Hey I got some neat stuff and look meat. Oh right can’t see”. She said. “Is something going on”? I asked Yue. “I don’t think so why”? She questioned. “Look at the people. Are they going in a certain direction”? I asked. “Yeah they are”. She said nervously. “Guide us to where their going”. I demanded.
We walked until we were stopped by a large gathering of people trying to see what had happen. “Yue what is every one look at”? I asked. “I don’t know”. Yue responded. I turned my head to my left and tugged on a person’s arm and asked what was happening. They responded by saying “there was a murder last night at this small merchant stand”. “Murder”? I said. “Yeah, the poor owner was killed. Horrible death; got an ice dagger right in their jugular”. Yue grabbed my shoulder and clutched it tight. I turned my head towards her and tapped her hand. The person continued on “not only that but, he had a smile craved right on his face with his own blood smeared on his mouth like a bloody smile”. “Who could have done such a thing”? I asked. The person said “a water bender did this”.
Until next time…..
After I told Yue my little story I heard laughter. “Are you laughing”!? I asked. “Well you got to admit that is a bit funny. I mean you’re blind and don’t know where you’re going? That’s a little funny and ironic”. She said. “Nothing is funny about that”. I said fiercely. We continued walking to our destination. It was closing in on the evening time. I could tell because the hot sun wasn’t beating down on my skin like before and there was a cool air breeze that made everything feel better. I turned my head in Yue’s direction and asked her a question, “So why exactly are we going to the water tribe anyways”? “I’m on a journey for my mom”. She said. “Your mom huh? What’s it all about”? I questioned back. “My mom wants me to go to the water tribe and find the avatar”. She answered. “So you’re going to capture the avatar for you mom”? I questioned. “No! My mom wants me to find them so that she can teach them to earth bend”. She explained. I rubbed the back of my head and asked another question. “So you’re going to go to the water tribe and find this avatar. One question; what is the avatar”? “WHAT IS THE AVATAR”!? She yelled. “You mean to tell me you don’t know what the avatar is”? I stood silently. “You really don’t know”? She asked. “Well if I knew I wouldn’t have asked now would I”? I responded. “Oh man; I don’t know what skunk monkey hit you but every one knows about the avatar. Lets set up camp for the night and I’ll explain what the avatar is”.
Yue pitched a tent for us, even though I told her I could just sleep on the ground. We sat down and she explained to me the story of the avatar. “Well the story goes like this: The avatar is the spirit of the planet manifested in a human form. Their duty is to keep order and balance between the four nations. They are able to bend all four elements, water, earth, fire, and air”. “So why does the avatar need to have to keep order and balance”? I asked. “It’s the duty”. She said. “Yeah but, why”? I asked. “Well no nation should rule over others, like the fire nation once tried”. She said. “Yeah but what’s the point”? I asked. “They just have to ok”. She said back. “Yeah but, why”? I asked again. “THEY JUST DO”. She yelled. “That’s bogus”. I said. I lay down and put my hands behind my head. “So; one more question”. I said “If it’s about the avatar I told you all I know”. She said. “No not about that. You said your mom is an earth bender right”? I questioned. “Yeah so what about it”? She asked. “Well can you earth bend”? I asked. “Well”… She said hesitantly. “I tried to. My mom tried to teach me but, I couldn’t really get a hold of her methods so I stopped trying”. She said sadly. “Oh”. I said. “It’s okay. I’m kinda more into making gadgets and things like that. My dad and I have more fun coming up with new things”. She said happily. I reached over and felt around on the ground for Yue’s boomerang. “So this on of those gadgets that you and you’re dad made”? I asked. “No that boomerang belonged to him; he just gave it to me as a gift. It got him out of some tight situations and saved him on a few of those too”. She said. I felt the craftsmanship of the weapon. Sleek, small, compact. I put the boomerang down and resumed my position. Yue picked up. “Well we better sleep now; we have a long journey ahead of us for tomorrow”. She said. Too late though, I had already fallen asleep.
Morning broke; I knew it was because the sound of and ostridge rooster yelling woke me up. I stretched my arms stood up and stretched my legs. I turned my head towards Yue…who was still asleep!? I bent down and called her name. “Yue. Yue wake up”. I said. She turned to me and said; “The stink and sink is funny dad. Ha, ha, ha”. She said. What the heck is a stink and sink I though to my self. I told my self that if the ostridge rooster won’t get her awake then I will. I started to pull her feet; nothing. I poked her with a stick; nothing. I yelled as loud as I could “YUE”! Nothing. I layed back down form all the yelling then all of the sudden she turn and put her arm over my chest. I may be blind but, my eyes were open wide. She jumped up and yelled “what are you doing”!? She screamed. “Me? It was you who started to get all frisky”. I replied back. “Oh yeah right. You put my arm on you”. She said. “Why the heck would I do that”!? I answered back. “Probably had some dream about me and thought you could fulfill you’re weird fantasy”. She said. “Not even. You would be the last person I would want”. I said swiftly. “Well you would be the last person I would want”. She answered back. “Look all I was doing was trying to wake you up so we could get a move on before nightfall but, you sleep like a hog cow”. I said. “Look I’ll help put away the gear. Can we please just forget about what just happened”. I said. “I’m already trying” She said angrily. We continued on our journey to the water tribe in search of the avatar. “Hey a small village; lets stop there and get some more supplies. We walked towards the village and made our way to a small shop. Yue walked up to the shop owner and asked for supplies, while I just stood by the door. It was faint but I could hear people saying “did you hear” and “who could have done such a horrible thing”. “Hey I got some neat stuff and look meat. Oh right can’t see”. She said. “Is something going on”? I asked Yue. “I don’t think so why”? She questioned. “Look at the people. Are they going in a certain direction”? I asked. “Yeah they are”. She said nervously. “Guide us to where their going”. I demanded.
We walked until we were stopped by a large gathering of people trying to see what had happen. “Yue what is every one look at”? I asked. “I don’t know”. Yue responded. I turned my head to my left and tugged on a person’s arm and asked what was happening. They responded by saying “there was a murder last night at this small merchant stand”. “Murder”? I said. “Yeah, the poor owner was killed. Horrible death; got an ice dagger right in their jugular”. Yue grabbed my shoulder and clutched it tight. I turned my head towards her and tapped her hand. The person continued on “not only that but, he had a smile craved right on his face with his own blood smeared on his mouth like a bloody smile”. “Who could have done such a thing”? I asked. The person said “a water bender did this”.
Until next time…..