[ ☘ ──── 𝐸𝐴𝑅𝑇𝐻 𝐾𝐼𝑁𝐺𝐷𝑂𝑀 𝑇𝑊𝐼𝑁𝑆 (invite) ]

[baenerys]

x

↪↪ ＭＩＲＡＩ

xxxleader of banata - nonbender // mentions: shou, yura // tags: rikka, cai, lee, zyri

xxxShe could sense the thirst for action in the eyes of her comrades. They needed this. The council hadn't so much as batted an eyelash at their previous stunts, refusing to so much as humor the Banata cause. But Mirai was determined to have her voice - and the voices of so many others - heard above the clamor of any other chamber discussion. Her gaze fell to Cai, who offered to gather further intelligence, which Mirai knew they would undoubtedly need in order for the plan to succeed. She nodded to that, and felt encouraged by Zyri's playful wink and comment, but she became very still at the mention of the other person by the Princess' side. Behind the mask, she tightened her jaw, but it was Rikka who spoke up in response to that. She was all for the plan, and evidently was not concerned about the stranger, who she wouldn't hesitate in murdering right then and there. It was a disturbing thought for Mirai. She did not condone murder, regardless of the group's aims and visions. This movement started out as peaceful protests, and the last thing Mirai wanted was for Banata to be painted as a gang of ruthless murdering criminals all through the press. It would only hinder their progress, if they were so distinctively shown to be the bad guys. They relied on the people of Republic City to see their cause as good, so that it could be supported rather than confronted by the very people that Banata had set out to aid in the first place. The waterbender was always so confident in the gang's abilities, and Mirai had good faith in them all as well - but as Cai had pointed out, it would be worth knowing more before heading blindly into action. With her hands clasped tight behind her back, she watched as Rikka moved to the next room and returned a moment later with a bundle in her arms. The group automatically looked to her with curiosity - as the Visionary of the group, she was the one with the brains to think outside the box when it came to weapons and combat strategy. A small smile curled on Mirai's lips as she observed Rikka's grand reveal of her various experiments - an electric glider for Zyri, a boomerang-switchblade for Lee, a stone sword for Cai, and fans for Rikka herself. Her hand instinctively glided over the pair of glocks in her waistband, stashed from view but easily accessible. Nodding, Mirai looked at each member of the group, feeling confident. They each had their strengths and they were a real team, weaving together seamlessly. Her gaze fell on Rikka and she nodded in appreciation. "Your vision makes us strong, Rikka. Thank you." The statement was simple and clean-cut, but genuine and thankful. She watched as each person tested their new weapon, smiles of satisfaction and twinkling eyes all through the room. As Cai spoke about strategy, Mirai's attention was returned to the map once more as she gestured with her hands.

xxx"I say we split up. I'll enter the apartment with Rikka to ambush them inside. Cai, Lee and Zyri, you can scout up the street and keep us informed on their arrival, making to move in towards the apartment as they enter, but at least one of us should stay outside to keep an eye on the street - we don't want any coppers on patrol to catch us before we get out. We immobilize the skunk. We do not commit murder," her eyes flashed to Rikka as she arched an eyebrow behind her mask in warning. Her index finger traced a circle around the apartment block and up along the street as she spoke, before gliding across the city to a secondary base towards the north. Another empty warehouse, indistinguishable among hundreds of others so similar. She traced another circle about it with her finger. "We take the Princess to this base and hold her there, while we broadcast out across the city's media about her capture and our insistence to speak with the council. Then we come to an agreement about her release and negotiation of the laws involving the Avatar." Mirai stepped back from the map and clasped her hands behind her back once more, her tone serious and cool, as she looked at her comrades - her friends, her family. "I understand that this is a risky endeavor. If anybody feels unsure about it, please speak up. We do this as a team or we don't do it at all."

[♡ Pineapple ♡]

ＲＩＫＫＡ
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════
[ location - BANATA Base. ] - [ the visionary ] - [ nineteen ] - [ tags - Banata ]
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════

Rikka sat back watching the others fiddle with their new weapons, the compliments were a stroke to her ego. What she wasn't expecting was the hug from Cai, the two were close yes, but they were usually pretty serious and not the affectionate type. She offered Cai a small smile in return, it wasn't everyday that someone voluntarily showed affection to her.

She rolled her eyes at Zyri's comment, right her make up. She sat down and took out some make up wipes from her bag and started to wipe off the tear stains and the blue eyeshadow. Listening to Mirai's plan she caught the slight squint behind her mask when she brought up murder. "Fine fine I won't kill him, I'll just make him wish he was dead" she said managing to pull off an innocent smile. She wouldn't exceed her self if Mirai told her not to do something that was it.

She took out the blue eyeshadow palette and quickly fixed her eyeshadow reapplying the dark and light shades of blue. She wondered if the water nation's princess was as conservative as her family was. Once she was satisfied with the way she looked she put everything back in her bag and and put all her attention on Mirai. The plan was good "That works with two of us inside and one outside to attack and distract the other two can take the princess she shouldn't be that hard. Most women in the water nation are trained to heal not fight, so she'll probably just be a healer" She said as she ran her fingers through her long black hair.

ＬＥＥ
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════
[ location - BANATA base ] - [ the warrior ] - [ twenty ] - [ tags - banata ]
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════

Lee was really tempted to throw the boomerang, he knew nothing would come out of it but it was just soooooootempting. You couldn't just give him something like that and expect him to not mess with it. He couldn't help but to chuckle a little as Rikka fixed her makeup. He found her really interesting, although she seemed rough and careless you'd expect her to be a tomboy but really she cared more about her appearance more than she let off.

He listened carefully to the plan it seemed pretty easy, like Rikka had mentioned earlier they were out numbered the plan was basically fool proof unless the stupid animal spirits got involved. That was impossible though, the princess hadn't announced her arrival yet. The only reason they were doing this is because Mirai had managed to spot them.

He nodded along to the plan "I'm down to help kidnapping you don't need two earth benders on the same team" he said and playfully elbowed Zyri "You should come with me darlin' you can chi block her and I can restrain" he said winking at her.

[Aniki]

𝐶𝑎𝑖 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑖
xthe lava bender • banata member • female • twenty-three • mentioned: • tagged: the banata crew
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Cai looked over and Lee and Zyri with a grin. The three of them were used to being put together for scouting missions. While Lee and Zyri were the ones that were better with in the stealth department Cai was the one who would in the back on the line making sure that they were covered just in case. They worked very well together. She looked over the map one more time making sure to memorize where all the possible weak points would be. The fact that they were hitting an apartment was going to be slightly difficult. There was the other residents to watch out for plus setting off any sort of alarms. Cai knew that she would be the one on the street covering for everyone. She was proud to be the one who got to have that role. While some would consider it a crap position Cai knew that it was one of the most important. She could deal with any cops that could possibly show up. Between her newest toy, her own bending, and her martial arts training she would have no problem doing what needs to be done.

The moment Mirai made the comment about the fact that the group didn’t kill she along with everyone else in the room all looked over at Rikka. Cai pressed her lips together to keep the laughter in but that didn’t stop the smile. Rikka promised that she wouldn’t kill. Cai lost it when Lee made the joke or the partial joke about having Rikka come with them instead so Zyri could keep her bending in check. She quickly recovered after earning a death glare from Rikka.
The moment when Mirai asked if anyone wanted to back out Cai snorted.

“You must be joking, right Mirai?” Cai looked over at their leader. “Yes it is going to be a bit difficult but when has that ever stopped us before?”

[Kotayle]

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

☼─────────(ɴᴀᴋᴀᴍᴏʀɪ ʜᴀᴍᴀᴋᴏ)─────────☼
Age: 20 | gender: male | title: the twin avatar | elements of fire and air | location: the city | tagged: jinpa & Haruto

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
___Mako continued to search the area for any clues, his eyes on his friends to make sure no one was going to be snuck up on. He wouldn't usually be concerned, but they were in broad daylight snooping... almost as if looking for trouble. Coming up with absolutely nothing in the area, he met the pair back where they started, luckily Haruto had come up with something, even if small. "Right," he nodded when Haruto returned to them. His right arm coming across his torso, allowed his left elbow to rest on his fist as he held his face in thought. "Honestly, I think we should wait until dark- suit up and see what we can find-" he suggested, really wishing he could earth bend about now. "If we had an earth bender we could do a deeper search of the area... but I haven't so much as moved gravel yet-" he sighed in dismay. "We can keep looking so long as we stay inconspicuous though," he said lowly, nothing like a bunch of young adults running around with masks on. "Do we split up? Or stay together?" he inquired with the pair, not really favoring the idea of separating, but it would look less suspicious and they would cover more ground.

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

[katsu,]

██ ░ ꧁ 𝑺 𝑯 𝑶 𝑼 — 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒏.
.↳ .[ twenty ] .[ male ] .[ earth (metal) & water ] .[ tagged: yura ] .[ location: noodlery ]
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
yura was more open to eating new foods than shoou was, that was for sure. he preferred his simply noodle concoction, though perhaps it was because it gave him a sense of nostalgia with every bite. he had never tasted the sea prunes here or anywhere, so he couldn't help but steal the smallest one from yura, and he wasn't sneaky about it at all. his soup was gone just before yura had finished hers, though he was surprised considering how quickly she was downing that meal. he enjoyed being away from the responsibilities he held in the northern water tribe, and he was sure that yura felt the same way considering the unladylike way she was slurping, something he had never seen her do around her father. he wasn't disgusted though. in fact, he was actually amused and delighted by her comfort around him. they had been together for about four years now, which was plenty of time for these two to click and become great friends. he looked after her and she looked after him, more than he would like to admit.

"there are so many other places for you to eat, so I wouldn't commit to this one being your favorite quite yet!" a blaring burp followed shou's final sip of his drink, leaving him content, though unsatisfied. there was still dessert in their future, even if neither of them could actually fit it in their stomachs. shou would definitely force a pastry down if he had to just to have a taste of a sweet treat. shou motioned the waitress over for the check, which she graciously offered him. paying for their whole meal was the least the young man could do for the efforts of yura. coming all the way to republic city was not something that shou took lightly. it was a complete scenery and cultural reset, and he was so much more easygoing with a friend to accompany him. it probably wasn't an easy commitment to make for her, but he was certainly thrilled that she said yes. can you imagine shou....alone....in republic city? ha! me either, let's not think about it.

with the bill taken care of, shou stood and looked at yura, saying "time to force-feed ourselves dessert. and we're off!" he rushed out of the restaurant, his nose sniffing the air as if he was a dog following the scent of sweetness. the small barkery wasn't too far down, just a few buildings in fact. "what if we just get it to go? then we can eat it back at the apartment and enjoy the view the city has to offer." and with that, he opened the door to the bakery for yura to enter first. his eyes were immediately drawn to the menu, which emphasized the specials of the day, which included deals on macaroons, fruit pies, egg custard tarts, and various cookies. perhaps succumbing to his past life's favorite dessert, shou's eyes directly shot to the egg custard tarts on the middle rack. his mouth watered as he scanned the tarts for the most delectable one. "I'm not saying you should get an egg custard tart, too, but you wouldn't be disappointed if you did," he said to yura with a toothy grin to follow.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

██ ░ ꧁ 𝒁 𝒀 𝑹 𝑰 — 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒄𝒐-𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓.
.↳ .[ twenty-one ] .[ female ] .[ nonbender (chi blocker) ] .[ tagged: all of banata ] .[ location: banata base ]
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
her suggestion of pink was silently shot down by rikka, seeing as she took out her makeup and reapplied the same shade of blue she has worn since they met. one day I'll put at least green on you, mark my words, she thought to herself as she sat back down on the arm of the sofa and crossed her legs. her eyes scanned the board as mirai moved her finger around. kidnapping someone as high a rank as a northern water tribe princess was definitely risky, she was right about that, and with the lack of knowledge of her ally, the skunk boy, it was fair to even call it deadly. however, banata has not been heard by the council, but instead shot down multiple times and pushed to the back of the crowd. their voice was going to be heard, and though it wouldn't be through murder (@ rikka), it would be through a powerful statement.

mirai suggested that lee, cai, and her scouted the area from outside to ensure that no cops were alarmed of the scene, as well as to alert her and rikka of the targets' arrival. if they were quick and quiet, they could get in and out within maximum of 15 minutes without causing a fuss. her head perked up at the word "immobilize." that was zyri's specialty. chi blocking was something that took her years to perfect, but the effects are fairly long-lasting. placing her staff in her lap, she looked over to rikka as she mentioned the probable healing abilities of the water tribe princess. "I dunno rikka. a lot has changed in multiple nations when it comes to women fighting. the kyoshi warriors made a real impact on that affair. she might be more of a threat than you think. i'd definitely go in cautiously and not underestimate them, just like we shouldn't underestimate that boy. there's no way the leader of the northern water tribe would let his daughter leave her home without sufficient protection, right? and you never know when the animal spirits are going to show their face." it just didn't make sense that she had only one bodyguard. maybe he was like...a general or something...though he is quite young to hold a title like that.

an elbow nudged her arm, and of course it belonged to lee. she grinned a toothy smile and said "oh it would be my PLEASURE my good sir." her eyes found their way to cai at the sound of her voice. she was right, banata never backed down, even when it was perilous. she jumped over to cai and hung her arm over her shoulders. "cai's got the right idea mirai! it hasn't stopped us, and it never will. now if you are all done chatting about the possibilities, I say we go ahead and execute this plan. it would be less suspicious if we split up for now. you two can take the high route via rooftops, and the three of us will head down the streets and linger around the outside of the building. we will text you guys when they are heading in, kay?" she looped her staff to a crossbody strap on her back, grabbed lee and cai by the hands, and dragged them down the stairs and outside the building.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

[Espeon101010]

| 21 | Female | Air | Animal Spirits |
✩━━━━━━━━━━☼━━━━━━━━━━✩
𝐽𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑎
✩━━━━━━━━━━☼━━━━━━━━━━✩
| Location: City Streets | Tagged: Haruto, Hamako |

While the scene didn't make much sense, the information that Haruto procured at least explained that. If it wasn't a planned attack they likely had to make a quick escape and wouldn't have been able to be as thorough and clean-cut as they usually were. "Hm, okay. Well, at least we have something now." If this was BANATA, Jinpa figured they would have blended in as soon as they had the chance. She looked over to Haruto and smiled her thanks for his information. That perfectly faked smile did have its uses from time to time. Mako had been searching on his own, but it looked as though there was nothing to be found over there, either. "If we wait until the sun fully sets, we'll make their lead on us even bigger. We might not be able to catch up to them, but they may have left some clues within a few blocks of here." His comment about earthbending made Jinpa narrow her eyes. "Don't sell yourself short. Earthbending is one way for us to go about this, but we have lots of other options at our disposal." Admittedly, Jinpa wouldn't be able to read the air circulation since they were outside on a street that had plenty of other people passing through. "Judging by the way remaining ice is crystallized, we can be pretty sure of the direction the aggressor was headed. If this truly wasn't planned, then they were likely still heading in that general direction." She paused and thought about the possibilities of splitting up. They would be able to cover more ground, but one of them would be a significant disadvantage if there was more than one BANATA member, and they normally roamed in groups. "I think splitting up would be a bad idea especially if this is BANATA. We'd best stick within sight of each other at least." She lifted her finger to point down the road, closer to the city centre."Our best bet would be this way. The more crowded areas would be easier to slip out of sight and be harder to be tracked." Her grip on her staff tightened and the airbender looked at the others. They were both very skilled fighters, she had no doubts about their abilities, but she still worried that something might happen. These two were like family and she would be beyond heartbroken to lose either them. After a breath to center her focus, Jinpa started down the road.

[Speak]

ｙｕｒａ ☁︎ ｎａｑｉ

[gender] female [age] twenty [nation] water [alliance] none yet [ location ] noodle house ->streets [ tagged ] shou

Letting Shou's thievery slide Yura smirked "I guess, but we'll just have to try everything then." she said, this wasn't exactly part of their mission but why not? Though she'd only been here a few hours Yura could feel her excitement bubbling as she began to realise just how much freedom she'd acquired. Even better no one here knew who she was, though partially for her own safety she'd insisted that they travel without a big entourage and no announcements, it wasn't like her face was widely known either as she didn't accompany the chief on business. Glancing up Yura was too late to fight Shou for the bill as he had paid for their meal, smiling in thanks Yura made a mental note to pay for dessert when they got to wherever they were going.
"I'll follow you" Yura grinned standing with her friend all of a sudden ready for dessert as she followed the avatar out of the restaurant and back onto the chaotic street. Maybe it was the way that Shou moved through the streets that gave Yura confidence but Yura felt far more comfortable walking through the street after her friend than she had when they'd first arrived and she'd been bombarded by the noise and crush. Their destination wasn't far "Sounds good to me, but are you gonna be able to hold off till we get there?" she teased passing her friend as they entered the small shop. With less room to sit the walls and display counters were piled with delectable mouth-watering sweets. The bright colours of the fruit tarts caught Yura's eye, living so far away from the earth kingdom the fruits that arrived on her shores were never quite as vibrant. Her eyes landing on her companion Yura watched amused as he practically drooled over the egg custard tarts, it was times like this where Yura couldn't believe that this man was really the Avatar. He could be goofy at times and yet Yura had to admit, even to herself, that he'd picked up water bending far quicker than even she had, not only his ability but his desire to protect others made Shou a worthy Avatar in her eyes. Locking eyes Yura echoed the smile on her friends face " As I said, I trust your dessert choosing abilities," she added before turning to the cashier, "We'll take two of the custard tarts to go, please." she told the boy behind the counter. Handing over the money Yura received a small box with their tarts placed inside, holding it carefully Yura smiled and thanked the boy before heading back outside with her prize.
Feeling triumphant Yura pushed on the door with her back and leaned against it so Shou could pass through this time, after which she followed him back onto the street. A little more comfortable heading back Yura fell in step with Shou as they passed signs and shops she recognized from their walk here. Careful to keep the box in front of her and secure in both hands Yura could feel some of her energy slipping away. As excited as she was they'd spent a long time travelling and hadn't stopped much since they got here, even if it was a strange bed Yura couldn't wait to get back to the apartment and finally put up her feet. "Is there ever a time when the city's quiet?" Yura asked her eyes flickering towards Shou briefly. As they'd travelled Yura'd found it difficult to fall asleep without the soft lapping of the waves, even though they were within walking distance of the ocean Yura couldn't hear waves. It was probably just something she'd have to get used to but maybe tomorrow she'd walk along the bay and breathe in the briny air she was so accustomed to.

ｈａｒｕｔｏ ❦ ｋｕｒｏｄａ

[gender] male [age] twenty-one [nation] fire [alliance] animal spirits [ location ] crime scene -> streets [ tagged ] jinpa, mako

Considering Mako's words Haruto knew he was right, at this time of day if the three of them suddenly donned their masks and started running around they'd be way more conspicuous. Playing hero wasn't something Haruto had ever seen for himself, true he was a soldier but that wasn't even close to hero in his books. Yet here he was trying to go undercover in Republic City combatting a group that threatened the welfare of others. Glancing down at Jinpa Haruto nodded his head in agreement, at this point, there was no point in waiting as there was probably already a large gap between the groups. His brows knitting the fire prince wanted to reach out to his friend and assure him that he'd get there but that, even in his head, sounded condescending to him. True enough it seemed Mako had made quick work of fire bending and under Jinpa's tutelage he was also progressing in air bending but that was only half of the elements. Letting Jinpa take the comment Haruto knew that she'd be a better confidant anyways, it seemed she always knew what to say in earnestness. Even besides that Jinpa was a skilled individual, he agreed with her assessment his eyes moving over the crowd that they'd be heading into. Nodding Haruto couldn't help but note Jinpa's worried expression, yet another thing the young fire prince felt totally unequipped to help with, especially as Jinpa was already nervous around him. "I agree, make sure to keep in sight of each other." he added softly locking eyes with the other animal spirits.
Making sure to keep the others in his peripheral vision Haruto began to move through the crowd. It was easier to spot the fire prince due to his height and thankfully Jinpa was carrying her staff which made it easier to spot her in a crowd. The only one who was most likely to get lost was Mako, but he could take care of himself and would hopefully be paying enough attention to the other two. When he wasn't keeping up his mask Haruto found that people tended to avoid him, useful for when he didn't feel like getting approached. So far his search hadn't yielded any results and they were getting closer to the edge of the city, this had been a longshot at best so didn't really disappoint Haruto too bad. However, something in the distance caught the prince's eye, with the temperate climate and recent warm weather it was odd to see a gnarled tree that hadn't yet bloomed. Recalling the traces of ice at the crime scene sparked a memory, something about water benders, though at that moment Haruto couldn't perfectly recall. Catching his companions eyes' Haruto gestured and began walking faster towards the oddity knowing they'd get the message and follow.

[Aniki]

𝐶𝑎𝑖 𝑋𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑖
xthe lava bender • banata member • female • twenty-three • mentioned: • tagged: lee & zyri
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Cai gave Mirai a little salute as Zyri dragged her out of the room along with Lee. They made their way down the stairs and out onto the street. Cai paused to take the time to quickly braid her hair to make sure it would stay out of her face. Once done she put her hands in the pockets of her cargo pants As they walked around they were spotted by a few of the kids that lived near the base. They walked along with the group reporting all the things that they have seen throughout the day. Cai couldn’t help but love the little tykes. They were useful to get information from around the city, but it was more than that for her. She was once one of those little ones, always wanting to find a way to get a little extra food money or just to get away from her family.

“You saw what?!” Cai came to a dead stop. It seemed that Rikka’s ice stunt caused some interest in someone other than the police. A group of three people – a woman and two males – were very interested in what happened. Cai groaned. That was the last thing they needed. There were whispers about a group that were calling themselves the Animal Spirits. That name made Cai snort the first time she was told about them. While the kid couldn’t remember much about what they looked like they did say something about the female having a staff of some sort. Cai fished out what left over coins she had in her pocket and handed it over. It wasn’t a lot, but it was still something.

She jogged up to where Lee and Zyri were. ”We may have a little problem.” Cai filled them in on what she was told. While it could be nothing it could also harm the mission. ”This may mean we’ll have some company tonight. Zyri, you would be the best at taking the roofs. You are the most agile out of the three of us. Be our eye in the sky. I’m sure Lee and I can be big enough distractions if it comes to that. Plus that will give us time to try out his new boomerang!” Cai bumped Lee with her shoulder.

[Kotayle]

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

☼─────────(ɴᴀᴋᴀᴍᴏʀɪ ʜᴀᴍᴀᴋᴏ)─────────☼
Age: 20 | gender: male | title: the twin avatar | elements of fire and air | location: the city | tagged: jinpa & Haruto

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
___The reprisal of Mako's put down on himself had his gaze shooting to the ground quicker than he had risen from bed when he realized he was late. "I know-" he sighed. Mako wanted to go on to justify his frustration with his failure, but he knew it wouldn't help, especially not the situation. "I think you're right Jinpa," he agreed, looking at haruto for his input. "Should we take to the trees? Or stay on the main roads?" he asked, knowing both options were risky. Taking to the trees, meant following that trail while masked, they would be out of the public eye but the BANATA would be looking for that... it could potentially make them a target. If they stayed on the main roads, and got into a bad spot- it would potentially lead them to a vulnerability later. But a bunch of hooligans in masks in broad daylight was almost more concerning. "Maybe just take our chances since it's broad daylight?" he offered, looking between the two.
___"Got it," he nodded to Haruto as he made it clear, the vote had been unanimous. At jinpa's next suggestion, Mako nodded and quickened his gate. Having been newer to air bending, he wasn't a professional, but he used the air's path as a guide to navigate, watching the flow in and out of the crowd- he knew Jinpa would be doing the same, but how would Haruto manage to be so graceful in this process? Perhaps he was more the 'punch your way to the front' kind of guy? Mako smirked at the thought, but he too was excited to finally make some progress in the case.


────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

[baenerys]

x

↪↪ ＭＩＲＡＩ

xxxleader of banata - nonbender // mentions: shou, yura, animal spirits // tags: rikka, cai, lee, zyri

xxxMirai looked to the group - her comrades, her friends, her family. They all seemed satisfied with the plan, and aware of the dangers involved. They never let her down. Behind the mask, a small smile of warmth eased over her lips with a sense of relief. Cai's words of certainty were echoed by Zyri, and that made her feel more sure of their capabilities. Of course, Rikka brushed aside the comment of skunk boy's disposal, as she fixed up her make up with a practiced flourish, all innocent smiles. At the mention of the water tribe woman, Mirai shook her head, wary, in solid agreement with Zyri on the matter. "The Princess will have been taught to be a warrior as much as a healer. The northern tribe is not as backward as it was a hundred-odd years ago." Though often Rikka's confidence was a boost for the group, Mirai was cautious of the situation - they weren't certain who the skunk boy was, but no doubt the northern tribe's chief would not send his only daughter to Republic City without some decent level of security and protection. She was glad to hear that Zyri wouldn't be underestimating their targets.

xxxWith everybody seemingly settled in agreement on the plan, Mirai nodded as Zyri continued to plot their movements. At the back of her mind, she thought on the Animal Spirits. If she had been able to spot the water tribe princess arriving into the city, she did not doubt the possibility that the Spirits may have spotted her as well. Besides, the Spirits were a consistently looming threat over Banata, foiling their plans on occasion. They would simply have to react quickly and efficiently in this mission in hopes of avoiding the Spirits. With Zyri already making a move to leave the base, Mirai nodded and watched as she trundled down the stairs with Cai and Lee to travel via the streets. "Be careful," she called after them, mainly referring to Lee, who was most likely to land them in bother for lack of tactical thinking. The non-bender took one last glance to the map, before moving across the room to a loose part in the wall's brick work. Shuffling six bricks free from the wall, she pulled fresh ammunition from her stash - 9mm bullets, glinting in the dying sun beams streaking down through the roof space. She stowed away her goods and slid the bricks back into place, as if they had never been removed. Satisfied, she turned to Rikka, sensing the thoughts that were hanging in the back of her head - but they had a mission and an aim now, and she knew that she could trust the waterbender to set other thoughts aside in favor of achieving their goal. "Let's go," she murmured, casting one last glance at their usual base before scaling a beam and swinging across to lunge up through the latched door on the roof. She broke through into the open air and started out on a steady, light-footed walk across the corrugated roof, coming into a sure and seemingly effortless run. No matter how many roofs she ran across, Mirai always found even a brief moment of freedom in the leap of faith from one building to the next, her heart racing as the wind would tug at her hoodie's drawstrings, threatening to rip back her hood. She always got a flash sense of vertigo on the first jump, but then it would all become one rush of adrenaline. She glanced over her shoulder to ensure that Rikka was close on her tail.