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ssivinee · 1 year ago

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✧Original Visual✧

Irene x Aespa! 96’ liner! F reader: In the industry, beautiful idols aren’t uncommon. Your beauty was on the next level, all the 4th gen knew. But what if a certain 3rd-generation original visual begins to notice you due to a V-live you did?

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Note: Simple fic since I may not be able to write much today🥲

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Choi Y/n, the oldest member of Aespa, was known for many things. Her dance skills, rap skills, composing, and even music production. She’s even the older sister of TXT member Choi Yeonjun.

But if you were to ask the K-pop community and idol industry what she was known for, it was her visuals. Y/n had a powerful gaze, sharp jawline, plump lips, and currently, oxford blue hair that cascaded down her back, ending right above her hips.

One dull day, Karina and Y/n were in SM’s dance studio. It was their day off, and despite being happy about that, the two members didn’t know what to do with their day, so they just decided to go to the company building and chill there.

The two girls wore similar outfits: grey sweats, a basic cropped hoodie, and sneakers. They lay on the black couch, just staring at the ceiling.

"Unnie~, I’m bored~"

"Jimin-ah... so am I."

The two looked at each other as Karina laid her head on Y/n’s lap, trying to figure out how to make time go by faster.

“Wait, what if we do a live?” Karina jumps into action, going to get the company phone, “you finally came up with an idea after so long.”

“You could’ve thought of it yourself!” Y/n chuckles as the girl sticks her tongue out, returning with another phone.

They take a tripod phone stand, attach it, and begin the V-live. After waiting a few minutes for MY to join, they finally had about 5k viewers, so they decided to start.

“Hello, guys,” Y/n stares at the chat while her and Karina wave.

“AESPA’S VISUAL LINE?”

“What did we do to deserve your guy’s grace today?”

“Y/n and Karina’s duo is something I didn’t know I needed.”

“Clap twice if you wanna leave SM.”

Y/n laughed at the several comments she saw, especially the English ones. “You guys know how to make me laugh.”

“We were bored, so we just decided to go on V-live to talk to you guys,” the younger stated, and spam of hearts came from the chat. The two keep reading and begin to read some questions.

“What song are you guys obsessed with at the moment?”

“Spicy by Aespa,” Karina said, making Y/n look at her like she was crazy, “Okay, self-promo.”

“Unnie, that’s how it should be. We’re idols, man,” Y/n laughs at Karina’s statement, hitting her lightly as it was a habit when she found things funny. “Anyways, for me, it would probably have to be Unforgiven & Fire in the Belly by Le Sserafim. They killed it on their album.” Karina nods in agreement.

“Dance Unforgiven? Guys, I haven’t learned the choreography.”

“She’s lying~ She knows it from TikTok,” Karina exposes her in a tattle-tale tone. “Wha~, no way you outed me like that,” the younger shrugs, followed by a giggle. “Do it, unnie.”

“Fine,” Y/n gets up to go to the computer. She ensured everything was connected before playing a few seconds before the chorus. “You guys ready for unnie to slay?” Karina says, and Y/n begins to dance the chorus. Effortlessly, she jumps with a bunny-like hand, then turns her fingers into horns and repeats, doing the same steps.

Once she finishes, the leader goes, “See, I told you she’s a liar. She knew the dance.” Y/n sits back down next to her, slapping Karina’s shoulder, which causes the girl to act like it hurts.

The live went on for 3 hours, and a lot happened. The girls talked, danced, and even sang songs. Now fans had a compilation of them dancing to ‘Kick It’ by NCT 127, ‘Wannabe’ by ITZY, ‘Hype Boy’ by New Jeans, ‘Hey Mama’ by the SWF dance challenge, and more.

Nearing the end, they decided to take one final request, “Psycho by Red Velvet sunbaenim?” When Karina read the comment, Y/n rushed to the computer and played the instrumental version. “Wait, we’re singing to it as well?”

“Yes! I love this song way too much to not sing it.”

The two got in place, and once the song began, Karina focused on dancing while Y/n did the adlibs perfectly. Comments start to go wild over her voice.

“Y/n drank the SM water again.”

“Ain’t no way she hitting Wendy’s notes????”

“Sub-vocal of Aespa, everyone!”

Y/n joins in on the dance now, and the two begin switching lines back and forth, creating a live vocal performance of the song. The second verse begins to hit, Y/n gets hyped and raps, “Hey trouble 경따윈 없이 오는 너, I’m original visual, 우린 원래 이랬어 yeah.” Karina joins her in singing the iconic one-liner. Then the comments go crazy again.

“4TH GEN ORIGINAL VISUALS YUH.”

“Wha~ the rap suits her.”

“I need a collab with Aespa’s visual line and Irene.”

As the song ends, the two are out of breath and fall to the ground. The echoing dance studio now echoed with their heavy breathing, “Sorry guys, we went a bit overboard,” Y/n tells them as the two drink their waters.

“No, you didn’t. It was amazing!”

“I need a live stage version stat.”

“Joohyun-ssi would be proud.”

“I think that’s it for us, you guys. We’ll do a V-live soon with the other members,” Karina tells the chat, and as fans spammed bye, she ended the stream.

“I’m pooped, man.”

“Same.”

The two get up and prepare to head back to their dorms. Once in the van, Y/n stays on her phone while Karina takes a quick nap. She then gets a notification from Instagram, which she questions. That would only mean an idol was texting her, but it would mean they’re an idol she never spoke to before since they didn’t message her regularly.

Looking at her DMs, shocked was an understatement. The Bae Joohyun had texted her, and once she opened the chat, she wanted to throw her phone out of the car.

Irene texted, ‘Wow, Y/n-ssi, you're a beautiful dancer. Thank you for rapping my lines and doing justice to our song.’

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BEAUTIFUL DANCER?!

Y/n and the Aespa members were reasonably close to certain SM idols, mainly female idols, due to Y/n, Karina, and Winter being in Got The Beat. One specific idol she never got the chance to interact with was the one who was texting her right now.

‘It’s an honor, sunbaenim. I’m glad it got your approval,’ Y/n sends. She was frantic, not knowing what to say, ‘An honor? Your sound so corny, c’mon.’ Before she could even unsend the message, texting bubbles began to pop up.

Oh dear, she saw it. ‘Y/n-ah. No need to be so formal. Just call me Joohyun-unnie.’

If you thought this couldn’t make it any worse for Y/n, it did. She freaks out and has to do breathing exercises to calm herself down.

‘Okay, unnie! May I ask how you knew about the cover?’

‘Ah, the clips circulated very fast, lol.’

Y/n smiled to herself. She was texting someone she thought was untouchable in the industry. The car stops, and she notices they’re in front of their dorm. “Jimin-ah, wake up, we’re here,” she wakes the younger in a delicate tone.

At another dorm, the older woman lay in bed watching the Psycho cover multiple times. “Unnie, do you have my sweater? The red one?” Irene heard Seulgi’s voice.

“Yeah, it’s in here on my chair!” She hears the dancer’s footsteps, and as Seulgi enters the room, she hears the Psycho clip, catching her attention as well.

“What are you watching?” The younger lay on her paid, peaking at her phone to see the familiar girls. “Y/n and Jimin did a cover of Psycho, even singing to it,” Irene shows her the phone, and Seulgi smiles at the two girls.

“I’m not surprised. They’ve always been excellent,” she stands up and takes her sweater. “That reminds me to text them soon.”

Irene says, “You think I can have Y/n’s number?” Seulgi looks at her leader with suspicious eyes.

“Sure,” Seulgi sends your number to Irene, but before she leaves, she asks the latter, “Can I ask why?”

“I just want to get to know her. Is that so bad?” Irene says as she adds your number to her contacts and in a sarcastic tone, “Right, that’s the reason, unnie.”

Irene rolled her eyes as Seulgi left. She wasn’t lying when she said she wanted to get to know you, but Seulgi knew her unnie too well to know that that wasn’t the only reason. Irene thought you were gorgeous, sexy, and very charismatic.

She’d never admit that to her members, though. Maybe she would after she and Y/n establish a bond.

#red velvet #red velvet x reader #irene x reader #bae joohyun #bae joohyun x reader #seulgi #aespa #aespa reader #gxg #wlw #kpop girls #kpop gg #kpop x reader #ssivinee

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copperbadge · 3 months ago

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Hi Sam. I finally bit the bullet and decided to get an evaluation for adhd. (yay!) My test is scheduled in a couple weeks, but I had an intake appointment a couple days ago and the doctor I saw sent me an MMPI test to do online ahead of time. (boo.)

I hate this thing so much. There’s over 500 questions and she said it would take 45-60 minutes to complete, but I’ve spent that long just waffling over the first 75 questions so far. There are so many generalizations and binary thinking type questions, and the longer I stare at this paralyzed with indecision between two wrong answers, the more I start to feel like they are going to come back with some other kind of neurodivergent label for me.

I was told the in person testing is supposed to take 4-6 hours, but I’m getting worried that it’s going to be much worse than that given the rate I’m currently going at. Do you have any advice for getting through these? I do recall that you’ve previously said to always answer as if you didn’t have your current coping mechanisms in place.

Also, thanks for talking about all this stuff so candidly and informatively. It’s been an inspiration and a big part of why I decided to finally get tested myself. Even if this does end up telling me and I’m different flavor of nd, I’m looking forward to hopefully having a little more insight as to how my mind works.

Hey Anon, apologies this reply wasn't as prompt as it could be! Hopefully it's still posting before your evaluation. Congrats on setting that up, it can be really hard to do.

The personality categorization tests are really dreadful for lots of people, if that helps, but especially for people who are either more literal minded or extremely adaptable, because we all know a lot of behavior depends on context or on comfort level. For what it's worth, the rest of the eval shouldn't be like that. They may put you through The Questionnaire, which is a roughly twenty minute list of questions about behavior, but even then that should be easier because it's asking you mostly to recall actions you've already done.

I would recommend when you have your evaluation, bring up your struggle with the MMPI. Remember that your goal is not to get A Specific Diagnosis, it's to get the correct one, and the more info they have, the more likely that is. Be as honest as you can within the difficult confines of a process that wants to categorize things that are very difficult to measure.

The in person testing will involve much more unambiguous testing -- lots of problem solving, memorizing, clicking buttons when prompted, etc. none of it is hard; some might be stressful but just remember you're there to demonstrate your real skills and abilities. There's no way to pass or fail any of these tests. Think of them as games if that helps. I enjoyed the process as a challenge :)

And good luck! I hope it goes well for you. Bring a snack and a water bottle and if you feel unsure about something remember it's totally okay to ask for clarity. You'll do just fine.

#sam has adhd #adhd

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papaya-queen · 4 months ago

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Soo I was looking at the future line up possibility for Prema… I thought I could share my thoughts.

Ollie Bearman – Announced to drive for Haas F1. Pretty predictable after his performance in Jeddah. Baky confirmed that he is ready for F1 and for the car he’s gonna get.

Kimi Antonelli – Announced to drive for Mercedes F1. It was almost certain with Toto pushing him. I’m kinda worried we’ll end up with a Logan type of situation but I’m still confident in his skills.

Arvid Lindblad – Announced to drive for Campos F2. It appears that Redbull Junior team and Campos have some sorts of arrangements so it’s a logical thing.

PREMA 2025 LINE-UP

Gabriele Mini – Remarkable drive this season, I’m still gutted about the championship. Prema will likely keep him.

Dino Beganovic – I know it’s unlikely, the streets are saying that he’s going to less expensive team because of a lack of fund. But Prema might still try to keep him since they don’t have anyone else to sign in F2. (I’m trying to manifest it)

Rafael Camara – He is absolutely crashing the FRECA championship so it’s just a logical step up for him. Plus, the Ferrati Driver Academy seems to be close with Prema.

James Wharton – He is in a really good position in the FRECA championship and has already made his F3 debut.

Alex Powell/Freddie Slater – Okay so this the complicated part. Freddie is MaxVerstappen2023-ing the Italian F4 championship and should go directly to F3. But he doesn’t have an academy backing… I think it’s by choice and good for him but without an academy backing him, trying to skip a level might be hard. So, my second guess is Alex Powell. Mercedes junior since a long time, he made his debut in single seater this year in Italian f4 and has shown really good results. He has multiple podiums in overall championship, several rookie wins, he is now leader of the rookie championship and 5th in overall. For comparison, Arvid Lindblad had 8 rookie wins, 4 pole positions and 6 wins in the whole season. Right now, with still two rounds left, Alex has 8 rookie wins, 5 podiums and 1 pole position. My other argument is that Mercedes might not want two drivers in the same championship which leads me to the next point.

FRECA

Rashid Al Dhaheri/Kean Nakamura Berta – Rashid had a good performance from him in F4. Good contender for a freca seat. Kean also had a really good performance especially for a rookie and with the help of Alpine he might go up.

This is where it gets complicated again.

Doriane Pin and Maya Weug could continue F1A since they are only in their first season. But they both had FRECA experience (Doriane currently, Maya in 2023 plus a round this year), and looking at their results in F1A this year, they could manage a transition towards FRECA. Doriane is likely to do so, continuing with Iron Dames or maybe switching to Prema. Maya could maybe transition with PREMA also.

And this where my point from earlier could take place. If Doriane continues in FRECA, Alex might not be on the FRECA line up especially if she continues with PREMA. Mercedes might not want two drivers in the same championship.

So third seat, either Alex Powell/Freddie Slater– So for the first two it’s the same argument as before. Freddie might not be able to jump directly to F3 and Alex might go here if Freddie get the seat.

Honestly here guys, I have no idea. Tomass is likely to stay maybe with Kean and Dion. Prema might do the same as they did recently with Oleksandr Bondarev and bring Luna Fluxa in after she turn 15.

F1 Academy

Tina Haussman – Likely to stay for a second season. She hasn’t had the best luck in this season so she couldn’t prove her talent.

Nina Gademan – she’s likely to take a seat in F1A after her impressive debut.

So yeah, that was my little rant about Prema. Feel free to reblog or comment to add your opinion.

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stelladess · 1 month ago

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I feel like using very powerful operators but your own strategy that you thought of takes more skill then copying exactly one to one a low rarity guide with the same exact timings and operators and everything does.

Ive mentioned before I have played a LOT of yugioh in my life and in trading card game circles there is a term called "netdecking". Where basically you copy another person´s deck (usually from the internet, thereby the "net" part).

There are a lot of reasons why people consider it bad, it being uncreative, stealing another person´s work but the one relevant to my point here is that it requires no understanding of *why* the deck is constructed like it is.

In my opinion the best way to build your deck is to decide on what kind of deck you want, build a cheap but solid enough version of that as you can (konami is making the "cheap" part harder and harder of course but still, on master duel it is still doable for many). And then you play with it. You see what works and what doesnt, you iterate over time, removing cards you end up not having use for and adding stuff that will help your strategy or counter things that gives you trouble. A lot of these things you add may also be engines or staples you can then put into a new deck once your old one has fallen behind from power creep or gotten everything banned, although certain themes are convenient in that they almost always work at least (shaddolls, branded, bystials, tearlaments and zombies are all some of my favorite deck types in part because they are very resistant to getting outdated, dragon combo is another one like that I just do not like using it).

This way you understand why every single card is there. You learn how to use them and WHY you use them instead of some other card. The adjustments you make you know the reasoning that went into. So a netdeck might not be terrible as the first version, but you should iterate on it based on your experience if you do that, and try to think about why the person who made this deck made the decisions they did (I also think this might be a risky starting point because it will likely be much more expensive then the approach I outlined since most really good decks will have a lot of cards that either were already pricy or just shot up in price after that).

If you do not understand your deck you cannot play it well no matter how good the deck is.

I have a similar issue with following guides completely. Watching them and trying to understand why the person who made the strategy does what they do is good, but if you just copy them without trying to get the actual thinking behind the strategy you are just gonna be stuck playing increasingly difficult parts of the game without having had to overcome the challenge to get there.

Chapter 7 is one of my favorite chapters of Arknights from a pure gameplay perspective because it really kicked my ass when I first got to it as a new player. It forced me to see weaknesses in my own roster (no levelled shifters, lacking vanguards, etc). And my favorite map is H12-4 because it presented so many little problems to solve and to beat it was this long process of having to isolate each problem and figure out a solution to it, one that didn't step on the toes of a previous solution for another problem. And sure some of those solutions ended up being "pull for Eyjaberry so I dont have to worry so much about elemental damage" but it still meant I was thinking about what the actual challenges of the map were and how to counter those. But a key thing of H12-4 is that it is a map that no matter how OP your roster gets you still have to use your head to beat. It is the the best boss battle in the entire game by a huge margin currently and I really hope we can get more as good as it in the future.

Anyway I think it is just more interesting to actually solve things by thinking about it yourself. Even if it requires you to use more powerful options then someone who does it with like only 3 and 4 stars and a single 6 star. The people coming up with those strategies are like, experts at the game. And it is far more valuable for a new player to actually learn to play on their own and make their own strategies, the basics, before they can work on gaining a deeper understanding and doing more challenging stuff. It takes time to get to the skill level where you can get the prestige of clearing the hardest maps in the game with no 6 stars or only welfare operators or stuff like that.

#arknights #yugioh tcg

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wrenreid · 1 year ago

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Off Limits

Part Twenty-Seven

My freshman year of high school, I was put into a junior level government class. I was only in there because it was the only class that fit into my schedule other than ag classes I couldn’t have been less interested in. I didn’t talk much in the class because everyone was older than me, and they thought I was a kiss up because i always made good grades. I didn’t particularly love the class, but of course, I still did my work and did it well.

Toward the end of the year, we did a mock trial. We drew for positions within the trial, mr flynn the judge. I drew attorney.

The case was a business lawsuit, I was the lawyer who was going against the business for their supposed cruel acts.

Mr. Flynn told us that we would receive extra credit if we dressed up, so me, a fourteen year old with a desperate need for academic validation, borrowed one of my mother’s pencil skirts and a suit jacket from my dad. I looked like a mini Aaron Hotchner, even my mom said so.

I remember preparing for the trial for at least a week, being a little excited about the project. I wanted to win the case, especially since I was, as I believed, on the right side of the law.

My opposing attorney was Noah Kincaid. He was a smart but cocky kid who also cared about winning the trial.

I remember standing up from my desk when is was my turn to ask questions to the kid under oath. I felt as though I had stepped into myself for the first time. It was just a mock trial that lasted half an hour, but I felt proud and confident. I was good at it.

Mr. Flynn pulled me aside after class and told me I should consider law school in the future. He said, and I quote, “The way you handled yourself was the most confident and concise I’ve ever seen in a student. You surprised me, Hotchner.”

I didn’t take it to offense that he said my skills surprised him. In his defense, he’d only heard me talk when I turned in a paper or answered a question, which the latter was usually rare since I didn’t particularly like to “show off” in front of juniors who already thought I was a kiss ass.

I did, however, take his first sentence as a compliment. I was confident and my statements and questions were concise.

I smiled, nodded, thanked him, then left. A lawyer was not on my top five career choices at the time. I didn’t want people to think I was doing it because of my father. I was definitely not. But after some research and a few binge watches of crime shows, I knew I actually did want to be an attorney. Not because of my father but almost in spite of him.

My dad quit his job as a lawyer and took the job Agent Gideon offered him at the BAU. I resented him for it, still do, but that’s besides the point. He wasn’t around much in my most influential years, and at fourteen, I decided I would be a lawyer, and if I happened to have a family, I wouldn’t take a new job that prevented me from being there for them.

So now, I’m currently four weeks away from grad school and three years away from the BAR. And I’m going to rock the shit out of them both. Because I can and because I’m determined. It’s also way less about my unresolved daddy issues now than it was in high school and even some of college, it’s a dream of mine.

Spencer has made it his mission to make sure I enjoy the last month of summer as much as I can. He’s taken me out on a million dates like picnics, movies, late night drives around the city and out into the country, and more every chance he gets between cases.

At least now we don’t have to sneak around and lie about our relationship. Though I was prepared to keep this from my dad for however long necessary, I’m pretty glad we accidentally outed ourselves at my graduation dinner.

My dad cooked a big meal for me, some family, friends, and we invited the team too. Spencer and I didn’t even sit near each other. We barely talked the whole dinner just to be safe.

But as love-sick, horny couples do, when we saw an opportunity to take a minute alone, we did just that.

Having your father catch you making out with a guy will never not be awkward, but when the guy happens to be his employee, it’s fucking weird.

Though, I will say, the look on his face was priceless. I’ve hardly seen him have that much emotion on his face.

After a very awkward, flushed-face, and stuttered explanation from Spencer and me, we were able to calm my father down. He was a lot more excepting than I expected; I think he finally realized he can’t dictate my life, and he saw how happy we are together.

The rest of that dinner consisted of a lot of teasing from Derek Morgan, my brother being grossed out by me having a boyfriend, and everyone asking about law school.

I’m excited and anxious to start the rest of my life as a law student. I’ve prepared for this for nearly 8 years now, and I’m getting closer and closer to my dream career. It’s terrifyingly exciting. I’m grateful to have my family and Spencer by my side through all of this.

hey, so this is it for this story! this is also most likely it for my fanfiction in general.

and for a little life update: i started college a month ago, and i’m adjusting to my new life which has been interesting and scary and fun. im also in a healthy relationship and have been for a while which has been pretty amazing. i hope all my mutuals/ readers are doing well. thank you guys for sticking around :)

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twosides--samecoin · 5 months ago

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How do you get your screen caps ??? they’re literally so amazing and perfect and I love them so much 😭

Hey gamer, thanks for the ask~

Prob a good place to mention that I take free screenshot commissions in Fallout 4! Free! Send me a poseprompt/NPC and in my downtime between fic chapters I'll see what I can do! You can browse my photos on my archive with this tag -> Fallout Screenshots. I can pose pretty much any NPC/animal. Long rambly post so there's more below the cut.

I was a film photographer before I ever was artful about game screenshots. I came up in the Ansel Adams school of thought. His whole thing was he'd hike up to a mountain with a large format camera on a heavy tripod. He'd see the resulting image in his "mind's eye" and imagine each and every problem possible he'd have to contend with in the creative process to get there. He was the most low-key, soft-spoken batshit crazy control freak artist who made each photo look easy. You'd never guess at the amount of time and work and travel it took him to take one photo. Even his simplest works make people feel ant-small compared to the arresting grandness of the American landscape's most boring viscera. I have several books of his and four of the official/authorized prints, and I bring AA up because I'm kinda insane in the same ways when it comes to screenshots. In my books, it should never be just an image, it should be the most elevated version of the image you can make given your current skill and tools available at that present moment. My Yeehawgust 2024 entry, Rocky Mountain High, is an example of that. A five image composite stitched in post processing with set and lighting design including hand-placed trees and custom terraforming of a map in Creation Kit.

The easy answer is Photo Mode. I have a 400ish-entry mod list that is built around taking photos, but Photo Mode is really the key because it allows you to rotate the camera and pause game time with a user interface instead of relying on console. I approach screenshots the same as my film cameras.

My simplest game -> upload pipeline are my candid portraits. I will notice the way light creates shadow on an object or a character will be doing something interesting and then I bring up Photo Mode to capture it. I then load the image in Clip Studio and adjust using correction layers; normally levels/saturation/brightness and contrast set to lowish opacity, a sharpness action then a crop and that's it.

My more complex game -> upload pipelines can be as "easy" as posing characters (mine often begin with premade anims/poses but the end result is almost always a custom-tweaked pose; I'm considering releasing a pose mod of my custom work) or as complex as set and lighting design. Sometimes that's as easy as using the settlement builder. Sometimes that's as complex as fixing up a model in Blender/Nifskope, or opening up Creation Kit and making custom tweaks to the world map because the way I need it to look doesn't exist in mods/vanilla. Depending on what I am trying to accomplish, it can take me several days to create a staged scene. Work on Chapter 15 screenshots started two months ago because I knew I would need a lot of time to test and iterate.

Uhhh what else? Most photos take between 10-30 test photos before I get it right. I also use 4k-8k textures; Jack, Livvie and RJ all have unique clothes and bodyslide presets. Shit gets weird when I forget and put RJ in clothes meant for Mr. Bowling Ball Deltoids himself, Jack. I manipulate game time and weather with console. I dislike most ENB and in my arrogance I believe there's almost nothing ENB can do for a still image that I can't achieve in post-processing.

I could go on for hours about taking photos so I will stop here! Thanks for the ask!

#thanks for the ask #game screenshots #fallout 4 #photography #robert joseph maccready #maccready #rj maccready #my oc #olivia dallaire #jack ward #deacon fo4 #preston garvey #fallout screenshots #fallout 4 mods

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greyplainsttrpg · 6 months ago

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5e Villain Arc 3

Sorry for the delay on this. I was working as a bartender for CNN during the RNC here in Milwaukee. Those were like 12 hour days that go well into the early morning, and those consecutive shifts are hard on me. I now have enough brain-space to continue my 5e villain arc.

This is about the Beast Master Ranger, and why it is emblematic of larger problems in 5e.

The Beast Master is truly horrific. At 3rd level, you get a friendo (so long as they are not larger than a medium creature). ONE friendo. Just one. You are a master of exactly one beast. Wow. Truly, I have mastered taming animals. It would be a real shame if this archetype was undermined by a few, easily accessible elements in the game.

So, what does this friendo do? Well, you can tell it to move anywhere within your movement for free "(no action required)". Side-point, if ONLY we had a key word for actions that can be done without costing either your "action" or "bonus action." A "free action," perchance? Image from SRD. Remember what they took from us.

Back on track with the point. Cool, I can send my friendo anywhere within its movement. Once it gets there, what can it do? Oh. I can use MY action to make it either Attack, Dash, Disengage, Dodge, or Help? MY action. The friendo uses MY action to do a shittier version of what I could do. Don't worry, once I get Extra Attack, I can still use AN attack on my turn if the friendo also attacks (not if it does anything else, however). It gets up to 4 times Ranger Level in Hit Points, also known as Wizard HP without a constitution modifier and no spellcasting.

At 7th Level, I can make my pig do two things (again, with my action) SO LONG AS NEITHER OF THEM ARE ATTACK. Now, I can disengage AND dash. Wow. Incredible.

At 11th Level, the beast FINALLY gets an extra Attack. However, again, I must stress--what the hell? MY ACTION?

At 15th Level, if I cast a buffing spell on myself, the friendo also gets it. Cool. Why is this not a 3rd or 7th level feature?

Summary of archetype finished, what the hell were they thinking? How is this class significantly better than just using animal handling on a war dog or a trained bear? Oh wait, young adventurer, Animal Handling does not do what you expect.

This skill is so limited and specific, it nearly never comes up during play. Animal Handling, very specifically, does not let you train animals. The only way to train animals, or should I say AN animal, is through the Beast Master Ranger Archetype. Big lmao. I looked up "Animal Handling" into my web browser search engine to see what GMs think about this skill. I got this result which I find to be indicative and very funny. This was the first result besides listing of Skills, word per word, from the book, so assumedly this might be what the average player encounters if they look up this skill. I mean no ill will to this person, but may I suggest maybe playing a different game?

They capitulate that the rules do not allow you to tame or train animals. However, they suggest that "most GMs allow it anyways." And internet funny people let me do it? Don't you want to be like cool internet funny people? But most GMs should not allow it because that directly interferes with the Beast Master Ranger. It is like, literally, the only thing they can do.

This is a prime example of 5e being ridiculous. On the one hand, they don't want to give martials super-human powers because "that's not realistic." Usually, people point to magic and say "well that's not realistic either." True, but I find a more compelling argument to be that 5e consistently limits what you can do that IS literally possible. Such as training animals.

Side note: Did you know that the current pigeon is a domesticated animal (and then let outside without supervision, thus a feral species)? Like, the pigeon as we generally experience it is not a natural creature. That's why they are such "assholes" and take up space so boldly on city streets. They are not assholes. We bred them to be comfortable around people. They are just not intimidated by people like other animals because we bred that out of them. Very funny.

Pigeons are impossible in the framework of D&D 5e because it is literally impossible to domesticate more than a single animal at a time, and only level 3 Rangers can even attempt to perform animal husbandry with a single animal. Cops can train their dogs to pretend to smell weed in my car, and cops do not have a high wisdom score, nor are they at least level 3 rangers (but park rangers with rescue dogs might be). Dogs are impossible. How are there dogs in D&D 5e. Are there just enough Beast Master Rangers that they can manage to breed wolves over hundreds or thousands of years to be best friends with us? Pigs? Impossible. Cows? Impossible. Chickens? Impossible. None of these animals can be tamed or trained in any capacity. You can just calm them down (if they are already domesticated, despite this being fundamentally impossible, rules as written) or read their intentions (hopefully their intentions are "I want my progenitors to be domesticated animals, please").

Not only can martials not do super-hero feats, they also can't do basic, normal things. I know that rangers are not strictly "martial" characters, but their spells are... not great.

Ranger spells that effect yourself that can also meaningfully help the beast (like, that it can actually use the effect):

Jump (niche),

Longstrider (by 15th level, not great)

Speak with Animals (I gues the animal can now speak with animals? that's funny)

Barkskin (you will not benefit from this, but considering how shit your friendo is, it might be worth doing?)

Darkvision (niche, because there's a good chance both you and your friendo can see pretty well in the dark)

Find Traps (unironically, the best spell of its level to slap onto a friendo)

Lesser Restoration (if both you and the friendo need this spell, then you save a level 2 spell slot, and there was much rejoicing)

Locate Animals or Plants (not a good spell, not helped by a friendo considering range is 5 miles)

Pass Without Trace (you have two nodes of this, maybe? That can be useful within the range that you can control the friendo?)

Protection from Poison (niche + better resolved with a potion + same problem as Lesser Restoration + L + ratio)

Nondetection (lmao, now your dog or whatever isn't giving off psychic traces--cool)

Protection from Energy (actually usable. First spell since Longstrider that has a consistent use-case, btw)

Speak with Plants (lmao)

Water Breathing (Demon Slayer is cringe)

Water Walk (niche)

Freedom of Movement (has uses, not as consistent as Barkskin or Protection from Energy)

Locate Creature (same problem as Locate Animals or Plants)

Stoneskin (now we're talking. only consistently useful spell since Protection from Energy, btw)

Commune with Nature (this technically applies to your friendo, however there is no additional effect, except that if somebody cast Speak with Animals, then they could get that information out of the friendo instead of you, for whatever reason)

Tree Stride (this could be useful, actually)

This leaves us with around 6 spells you would consistently consider casting for the benefit of your friendo: Longstrider, Barkskin, Find Traps, Protection from Energy, Stoneskin, and Tree Stride. A couple of spells will see occasional use: Jump, Pass without Trace, Water Breathing, Water Walking, and Freedom of Movement. The rest are terrible. Is this really worth waiting until 15th level?

The key issue here, and why the class is so horrible (to the point of dooming the world to no domesticated animals) is the author's perception of action-economy cheating. All game developers need to consider their action economy when designing their game. I feel that WotC design D&D's action economy with similar consideration to Magic: The Gathering. I am no master of Magic: The Gathering. I tend not to like playing it, personally, but it's a fine enough game (for clarification). Cards in Magic that allow the Player to "mana-cheat" are generally considered to be good. There is a scale to this, of course, but it is a generally powerful effect. WotC seem to perceive action economy similar to how they perceive mana (from my experience playing both games). A Character's level and features are akin to their Mana, and the thing that they are doing similar to the text of a card. Some cards, such as the Bear, are honest cards with attack and health. They are like characters who are not specialized to do that action with various proficiency. Think of a Wizard making a melee attack: that's a bear. Other cards are 3/3 with upside (apparently Mayhem Devil is good? idk enough about Magic: The Gathering to care). Those are characters are specialized in that action. Think of the Paladin using smite, and compare that to the wizard. Then there is mana-cheating, basically being able to play more cards then you are "supposed to" during the turn-number/land on field (which could be considered akin to character level). If the Beast Master Ranger could perform an action and command their beast to make an action, that would be considered akin to mana cheating. The Ranger is cheating the action economy by getting "extra attack" (with downside of the extra attack sucking ass because it comes from a 1/4 at max HD creature) before level 5. "THAT WOULD BE TOO POWERFUL!" Squawked Chris Perkins, perched on his stand, hunched over the WotC writers as he ruffles his wings (for some reason, idk, this is the imagery that came to mind lol). Meanwhile, the Moon Druid could turn into a bear... last level... and get a multi-attack from being a bear. And the effect of Longstrider from being a bear. Plus a bunch of extra health from being a bear. Plus extra strength from being a bear.

I just. I just don't understand. Like, I literally understand what they were thinking, I believe, but I cannot manifest into my brain why they considered an extra attack or action from a 1/4 hd creature to be "unfair."

Side-note: how is the beast companion capable of taking the "help" action? Like, how? What can it do? How is it helping with Dexterity (Stealth), or Dexterity (Slight of Hand)? I can see Help as a contextual option based on the kind of animal and what they are being asked to do, but I feel there are better ways to address this (this will come up later).

The most tragic thing about the Beast Master Ranger is that their special gimmick is largely outclassed by the spell, Find Familiar. Not only is this spell better than the Beast Master Features in several ways (as the level three version, but also into the future for a while), but anyone can access it at Level 4, with upside. If you take the Magic Initiate Feat, you can choose Find Familiar as your Spell AND you get two Wizard cantrips. That's pretty good. Any human can be better than the beast master at Level 1 with their bonus feat.

The major benefit of Find Familiar is that the familiar can act independently of your character. There are other upsides:

You can communicate telepathically, which I do not think you can do as a Beast Master Ranger.

If it dies, it simply rematerializes if you cast this again. You do not have to go find another animal (which can be a serious obstacle).

You can unsummon it, unlike the Beast Master's Companion. In any environment that is not the wilderness, the familiar is simply less awkward to maintain.

The Familiar can CHANGE ITS FORM by casting the spell again.

You can send touch spells to another character via the familiar. This is MUCH better than sharing a spell that effects the user with the animal companion ("in many cases"), and it comes PRE-BUILT INTO THE SPELL. This is not a 15th level feature of the familiar. You get this right out of the box. What the shit? Was the writer of this spell not aware of how particularly cruel this mechanic is to the Beast Master Ranger? It is actually so funny.

"Well, if you're so smart, how what would YOU do to fix it?" a 5e defender might say. I have two fixes to this.

Remove it. Just remove the archetype from the game. It should never have been published. It is bad. Replace it with something better.

Okay, so let's say that the Ranger has a number of "Points" to spend equal to their Ranger Class. These points can be spent on a number of Beast Companions, giving them special traits (like bonus to attack or damage, being proficient in skills, bonus to AC, etc). The Ranger can use their action to make all their companions take actions. There would be limits to this that make sense. For example, say at Level 3, the maximum CR a companion can be is 1/4, but at 7th level this increases to 1/2, at 11th to 3/4, and 15th to 1. I don't know how much each CR monster would cost in terms of Points (2 points per 1/4 CR seems reasonable, but that would require testing), and I don't off-hand know what the various elements you could attach to the beasts are. This basic framework, however, would make you truly feel like a master of beasts. This way, Wisdom (Animal Handling) can also be a real skill that does what you would expect it to do. Training a beast to do certain actions is not nearly as powerful as turning a bunch of friendos into awesome and versatile little fellows.

Okay. That's it for this post. Beast Master Ranger sucks because Wizards of the Coats genuinely does not understand or respect their action economy. That's the TL;DR of it all.

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einsatzzz · 9 months ago

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[OC] Ninomiya Kanako (Kana) - Character Profile

🍎The cold but resolute asocial who's obsessed with her Family! Ninomiya Kanako!🍎

You can go to this link to our Oniyanagi Wiki site for her full character page!

"Kurumi is my twin, so do treat her well. That's neither a request nor a suggestion."

Kana is one of the two 10th generation bosses of the Oniyanagi yakuza family (alongside Kurumi). She is a talented assassin who's fortunately currently under a temporary restriction, so you're totally safe as long as you don't get in her way.

Age: 15 Birthday: December 13 Zodiac Sign: ♐︎Sagittarius Height: 157cm Weight: 46.5kg Gender: ? Country of origin: Japan MBTI: ISFJ Favorite author: Osamu Dazai Favorite food: "Anything sweet will do", Kurumi's cooking

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PERSONALITY: As if she's in a perpetual game of poker, she keeps her cards close to her chest with an unreadable expression.

Kana has a stoic demeanor and her expressions are often devoid of any emotion (even in the face of life-threatening situations). When she does show it, it usually means bad things (not for her). She is also a natural liar and can be very manipulative.

She's an old soul who doesn't like wasting time on things that don't matter. She doesn't have any special interests and also doesn't derive any pleasure or regret from her talent, or so what she says. When in truth, she has a large amount of hidden bloodlust that she has trained to keep under control - for her Family's peace of mind.

One of the very few exceptions that stands out from this dull and empty existence is her love for her twin. Kurumi's safety is also your safety.

SPECIALTY: If it's for her Family, there is nothing she won't cut down.

Kana is a swordsman but she also has a special talent for assassination. She can somehow use any item into a murder weapon, no matter if it's a pencil, a soda can, a piece of twig or even a toilet paper. It's also easy for her to hide her presence because her footsteps has no sound (even when she's running in the rain). Out of habit, she sleeps with her eyes open and it creeps a lot of people out.

DAILY LIFE: Despite certain difficulties, she wants the people that she cherishes to live freely and be true to themselves.

Her Family members are quite the pieces of work - a very lonely, miserable and dishonest bunch looking for a place to belong in this fleeting world. And she is also the same as them. Caring for this Family (in her own way) is a responsibility she took on for herself. She promised, after all. So they should just do whatever their heart desires. Because she's not able to do so for herself anymore.

—Within reason, of course. If Yui were to start causing construction work level noise while working on his robot projects at ungodly hours, she won't hesitate to punch a hole through the wall and tell him to keep it down. If some asshole scum of the earth is trying to court Kurumi? Unacceptable. Fortunately, accidental deaths are a common occurrence.

RELATIONSHIPS: A new school doesn't change anything for her...supposedly.

Reborn: No comment.

Tsuna & Lambo: Don't get ahead of yourselves just because Kurumi is fond of you.

Gokudera: His sister's cooking isn't that bad. Skill issue.

Yamamoto: He's a good kid.

Hibari: This bastard's gonna have to graduate from middle school at some point, right?

Dr. Shamal: There are people in this world who deserve to die. But fellow weeds don't die so easily, don't they?

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Thank you for taking the time to read this! This character...is kindaaaa complicated, so I have a bit of a difficulty coming up with words for her profile. This character can pack so much spoilers lmao. Anyway, I did my best (lol).

Any questions about her or the story is very much appreciated! For credits, all Oniyanagi OCs are by me and @amiahoshi! While for the intro audio, Kana is voiced by erushaVA and I also got the background music here from MusMus! The audio art used above is inspired from En/kidu's April Fools art lmao:

"Kana outright doesn't care and doesn't think about gender or pronouns."

The next one will be Yui's, but that will be for late-July/early-August since I'll be too busy studying in the coming weeks. I think I'll start on the webcomic once I'm done with Yui's ref sheet.

#khr #katekyo hitman reborn #khre #khr oc #oc #character design #einart #original character #ninomiya kanako #kurumi's most important little meow meow (heinous criminal) in the whole wide world 🥺🥺💖💖✨✨#coming up with relationship titles is a pain so tysm pro/ject/se/kai ki/zuna ranks for the inspos #kana-chan ueueueue 🫶🫶#when she finds out abt her entire lore she will kill me on the spot #i would write more tags but need to do my taxes at ungodly hours now 🫡🫡🫡i procrastinated on it enough #character sheet and profile of my beloved oc >>> taxes #i know my priorities #ok tbf it's still not the day of the due date yet so im still safe if i submit it now #einhighlights

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stormdragon23 · 4 months ago

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Question 7 for Baek Yoonho, 3 for Yoo Jinho, 12 for Park Kyunghye and 13 for Sung Ilhwan

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like? (Baek Yoonho)

People mentioning his firefighter past. It's a rather minor detail compared to other things about Yoonho, but it's something I always like seeing, especially when people talk about his firefighting skills affecting his current actions. For example, when Yoonho can stay calm despite the chaos of a situation because he knows how to stay composed under pressure And having Yoonho rescue Jongin with his firefighting skills :3

It's also nice to see people putting Yoonho with his two best friends. They're so cute together <3

3. Least favorite canon thing about this character? (Yoo Jinho)

Oof, this one's hard. I think the biggest thing off the top of my head is that Jinwoo does not consider Jinho his friend

Jinho's contact is put under "Guild" rather than "Friends" like Haein, which always bothered me. Another thing is when Jinwoo told Haein that she was "his only friend"

Like, Jinwoo has known for so long, and Jinho has been by his side throughout all of Jinwoo's leveling up. Jinho has put up with all of Jinwoo's shenanigans and yet, Jinho isn't his friend?? Even Juhee not being Jinwoo's friend makes some sense since they're shown to have drifted apart, but Jinho only got more involved in his life

JINWOO WOKE JINHO'S FATHER UP FROM ETERNAL SLEEP LIKE HE DID HIS MOTHER WHAT DO YOU MEAN HAEIN IS HIS ONLY FRIEND-

I shall take that scene as a translation issue because it just doesn't make sense. The phone contacts scene still shows that Jinho is not exactly one of the first things on Jinwoo's mind though. He should be in "Friends" :< Especially with how he reacted to what happened to Jinho in America

Not sure if this was more about Jinwoo or Jinho, but Jinho's related to it, so it counts

12. What's a headcanon you have for this character? (Park Kyunghye)

I have quite a few for Kyunghye. Trying to think of a favorite but can't off the top of my head. I do think she's the type of person to give someone the benefit of the doubt most of the time. She would likely be like "We could give them a chance :<" Whether that works out in her favor is a different matter, but. Look at her, how could anyone with a heart deceive this face?

She's probably good at manipulating people to do what she wants too. Asks them in the sweetest voice

She would probably get along well with Choi Jong-In... Gotta make a note of that

13. What's an emoji, an emoticon and/or any symbol that reminds you of this character or you think the character would use a lot? (Sung Ilhwan)

I don't think Il-Hwan would use much, but if he did, I think he would use ":D" a lot. For emojis, I think ☀️

I think it suits him :3 Especially if Ilhwan is the sun and Kyunghye is the moon

From the ask game here

#solo leveling #baek yoonho #yoo jinho #park kyunghye #sung ilhwan #ask game

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sweetest-honeybee · 2 years ago

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I'm going to be starting my very first commissions soon! I am very excited but do you have any tips on what I should and shouldn't do?

Oh that’s very exciting! Hmm I have a post somewhere but I’ll just answer anyways 😂 This is gonna be insanely long

- Don’t be disappointed if you don’t get a huge amount of people asking at first. It’s all about drawing people in and growing an audience! If you don’t have an audience yet, it’s always worth it to market and advertise pretty well. Multiple social medias, using common tags, promoting in say, is discord server if you’re in one or something, all that jazz

- Pricing is very difficult and it’ll fluctuate and change over time. You’re not gonna get it down first try, and they’ll change with your workflow and what you realize you can and can’t do/handle! Personally, I took the amount of time I take on each canvas and estimated some average times (I.e. a rendered bust takes me 1.5-2 hours) and multiplied that by ah, $30 I think at first? And then doubled my prices later down the road

- Additionally however, pricing in such a way that you make good money for your time is important but, and I can’t stress this enough, PLEASE consider the people you’re advertising your work to and who follows you, what communities you’re in, etc. For myself, I’ve recently began to aim for higher quality clients who can pay more all at once and so I can get more money with less commissions stacked in my queue. Thus why my lowest price is still quite high. If you want more frequent clients, most often it’s best to keep your prices relatively low but still good value for you. Again, it’s all about finding that balance and figuring out your workflow

- Speaking of workflow, there’s no one right way to do commissions. Your process is your own and from my experience, I’ve gone through a bunch of different processes with different people! Haha, I’ve even signed a contract once to really seal the deal on the terms and conditions. Make it your own! Be as professional as you feel the need to or not. Do whatever makes you comfortable as long as it’s not at the expense of the client, of course

- You may or may not be contacted by spam bots and other accounts about your work. Believe me, it’ll happen once or twice that you might be scammed if you’re not careful (it’s happened to me twice) but if I could say, it’s usually accounts with names that don’t match their icons, using little/terrible punctuation and very automated repsonses, requesting work that’s not what you do usually, requesting work of family members/pets, offering very large sums of money, whatever else. Just be safe!

- Hmmm what else….

- Make sure you have plenty of examples of your work and the style of art/coloring that you’re advertising. If you’re offering something new, just get like 3-4 examples in and have a consistent process before having people pay money for it. I love my current rendering style but I had to wait til I had a few to know how I wanted to go about offering it as a new coloring style and how it’s different from what I would typically do

- Some clients are definitely rude and pester. It’s okay to put your foot down and say you’re not comfortable working with them. Personally, I offer up other artists if that’s the case (within reason, I don’t send rude people generally but sometimes clients get frustrated with you because you’re not the kind of artists they’ll end up wanting to work with) or if I’m just not able to do a commission because it’s, for example, out of my skill level or something. Always good to send people to artists who are open for work

- I’m actually learning this myself but if you’re working with someone who’s well known (I.e. I worked with good ol Xisumavoid), having T&Cs is useful for those larger clients. Xisuma actually gave me his terms and conditions to fill out in the invoices so if the client has that as well, it works that way too! And again, if you have questions or you’re uncomfortable by someone else’s T&Cs, say that! Believe me, they’ll work with you if they truly intend to use your work (bless that man, he was so kind and transparent about the whole process)

- Of courses you are just starting out but you never know!

That’s pretty much he main stuff. Just make sure it’s seen and clear, you’re valued and understand your value, and that everything you’ll be doing is all up to you. If you have artists friends (or myself) that you’d ever need input from, give them (or me) a holler! This is all just me, other artists have more or different ways they’d suggest going about things so if you don’t agreed with anything I’ve said, that’s alright 😌

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the-wip-project · 1 year ago

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SloMo WriNo: Q & A

A few questions about how the SloMo WriNo challenge have come in, so here's the answers to a few of the easy ones. (Don't worry, more complicated questions will be getting their own posts!)

When does it start? The official start date is November 1st.

However this challenge is about you finding your own long term writing rhythm. So if there’s some reason why you can’t begin for a week, a month, or even until next year, that’s fine. Feel free to jump in at any time, and even if you feel like you can’t ‘officially’ start your novel just yet, perhaps you can still begin trying out writing in a SloMo way. You may find yourself easing into things anyway!

Is this plan/event supposed to be just for novels?

Definitely not! I’ve had one person express their intention to write a series of novellas, another to do a second draft, and others plan on writing fanfiction. It’s for whatever you want to write but have been struggling with.

Do those min/max brackets apply for everything one would write in the year? Ideally yes! At least when it comes to writing you’re doing for your own self. (Writing for work and school obviously need to get done at whatever pace you’re required to do them!) The goal here is to establish writing as a long term sustainable habit. Now as time goes on you will probably want to tweak your minimum and maximum word counts, as you get more familiar with your own process. Please go ahead and do that, and then keep on writing within that adjusted ideal zone.

I’m kinda burned out. Should I even try to attempt this? That’s a tough one, and really something you need to answer for yourself based on your current situation and emotional state. If you do decide to attempt the challenge, I recommend keeping your goal word counts (at least initally) at a level that feels ‘too easy’ and taking at least two days each week off writing. If it starts feeling like too much, dial it back even further, or take some time off. This challenge will be going on all year, so you can hop in and out whenever you need to. No guilt needed!

Who are you and why are you claiming to be an expert on this stuff anyway? Actually no one has been so mean as to say that, but there’s been a little confusion about who I am and why I’m posting here. My name is Maree, and Barbex (the one who actually runs this blog) was kind enough to help me out with this challenge and let me post on the WIP blog and the WIP discord. (you can find my own blog at mareebrittenford.)

I completed my first novel in 2015, and since then I’ve written 8 novels, as well as assorted shorter stories and a few (okay maybe more than a few) fanfics. I have managed to publish 4 of the novels and a few short stories have made their way into magazines and anthologies. Now I don’t claim to be a great writer, but the one thing I’m confident of is that I’ve become very good at is Finishing My Stuff. (And finishing stuff with ADHD is a very special skill!)

I created this challenge to share all my tips and tricks, and hopefully help other people also Finish Their Stuff.

If you have any other questions about the challenge (or for me personally) you can reblog with comments, send an ask, or hop onto the WIP discord

#slomowrino #questions about the challenge #writing

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empressofthesunwriter · 8 months ago

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Yin and Yang: Book 1.18

Balance is a key aspect in the world, so why shouldn’t the Avatar have an opposite?

In a world where Raava and Vaatu merge with humans, the Avatar and the Daimon try to keep the peace between the four nations.

Aang and Hua are the current incarnations, but wake up 100 years in the future.

How will these two learn all four elements in one year and defeat the Fire Lord?

Book 1.18: The Firebending Masters

Water.

Earth.

Fire.

Air.

Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony.

Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.

Only the Avatar and Daimon, masters of all four elements, could stop them, but when the world needed them most, they vanished.

A hundred years passed, and my brother and I discovered the new Avatar and Daimon, an airbender named Aang and an earthbender named Hua.

And although his airbending and her earthbending skills are great they have a lot to learn before they’re ready to save anyone.

But I believe Aang and Hua can save the world.

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The next day an excited Hua sat before Zuko on a rock as he started their first lesson in firebending.

They had decided to train a bit further away from camp, not that they accidentally lit some of their things on fire!

Jaiyi was also with them, yawning cutely as Zuko began: “I know you're nervous, but remember, firebending in itself is not something to fear.”

“I’m not nervous, I’m excited!”, corrected Hua, jumping a little up and down on her seat.

For this Zuko gave her a serious look.

“Hua if you don't respect it…”, he raised his word at the last parts, which made Hua and Jaiyi jump. “it'll chew you up and spit you out like an angry komodo rhino!”

Scared Jaiyi jumped onto Hua's lap and hugged her tight.

Jeez, Zuko could be scary when he wanted!

“Now show me what you've got. Any amount of fire you can make.”

So Hua put Jaiyi back on the ground and showed Zuko her fire blast.

“Good, good.”, nodded the banished prince. “You have a solid basis. We will together go over your scroll, and do the moves you know before I teach you the next level.”

“Alright, Sifu Zuko!”

Getting called Sifu made Zuko turn a bit shy. He was far from a firebending master, he just hoped he could teach Hua what she needed.

They turned in the direction of the river and performed together the fire blast.

Well, this was the idea, however, Hua made a perfect one, while out of Zuko came just small flames and a puff of smoke.

Stupefied Zuko stared at the weak flames he made, while Jaiyi could be heard making a fox laugh.

“Erm, are you okay?”, asked Hua, also stupified. “That was not how you normally made it.”

“I know Hua! I don’t know what’s wrong!”, he grumbled, before he tried the fire blast again.

Again nothing.

“What is going on?! That was the worst firebending I've ever seen!”, shouted Zuko.

Hua shrugged and Jaiyi rolled around the ground from laughter.

“Jaiyi that’s not funny!”, turned Zuko his anger to the kyuubi. “How should I teach Hua firebending if…if I produce something so weak?!”

This made Jaiyi stop.

She gave a little apologetic whine and rubbed herself against Zuko's legs.

Signing Zuko patted the kyuubi.

He shouldn’t take out his anger at Jaiyi.

“Maybe it’s your shoulder? Katara and I worked on it yesterday, but it’s not like it’s completely healed.”, gave Hua her theory of what could be wrong.

“Maybe. Maybe it’s something with my chi-paths.”

“Let’s go back to camp. Katara and I will work on it again and pay special attention to the chi-paths.”

They did just that.

Together Katara and Hua waved the water over Zuko's shoulder wound, while the other looked on.

Well, Sokka ate loudly his breakfast, Aang played with Momo and Jaiyi, and only Appa looked on.

“I don’t know what to tell you Zuko.”, signed Katara. “From what I can feel your chi paths seem alright.”

“I agree, but they feel kinda cold, don’t you agree Katara?”, asked Hua.

Katara hummed and inspected the chi paths deeper.

Huh?!

“Okay, this is strange. The centre of the chi paths…it feels like a small flame…not like a burning fire you would expect from a firebender.”, diagnosed Katara.

The girls retired the water.

Zuko looked at them worried.

“What does it mean?”

“I’m not an expert Zuko.”, reminded Katara. “But if you ask me…your inner fire got smaller, that's why your bending is so weak.”

A loud laugh escaped Sokka, which made all turn to him.

“I just find it ironic. As he hunted us down he was all angry Jerkbender, now he is part of the team and can’t jerkbend anymore!”

“Sokka, that’s not funny that’s a huge problem!”, chested him Katara. “How should Hua and later Aang learn firebending if Zuko can’t anymore bend?!”

No one saw how Aang made a face because everyone expected him to learn firebending later too.

“What should we do now?”, asked Hua in the round.

“My uncle is still near us with the ship.”, told Zuko. “I will visit him, maybe he can help me. Also, I can bring the rest of the stuff to the camp.”

“That’s a good idea.”, agreed Katara.

The others nodded.

Before Zuko just walked all the way to his ship Hua told him he could ride Jaiyi.

The kyuubi didn’t have a problem with this order, turned big and Zuko mounted her.

He promised he would be back soon and Katara told him they would wait here for his return.

With this, he was off.

***

Katara and Aang trained together in waterbending, Hua her earthbending, while Sokka fished, as Jaiyi and Zuku returned.

“You are back!”, greeted Hua and walked up to them.

Zuko jumped down from Jaiyi, petting the kyuubi, having a pensive look in his eyes.

“Could your uncle help?”, asked Aang.

“Well, he told me it’s a common reaction for a firebender to lose their Spark when they make huge changes in their life. Me joining you, made all the anger vapoured which with I filled my bending with.”

“So you aren’t angry enough to bend?”, summarized Katara.

Suddenly Sokka leans towards Zuko and points a finger above.

“So, all we need to do is make Zuko angry. Easy enough.”

He starts poking Zuko with his club’s hilt in the head and waist several times, laughing.

“Okay, cut it out!”

Unamused Zuko takes the club from him and throws it somewhere on the side.

“Well, did your uncle tell you a way to get your Spark back?”, wondered Aang.

The face Zuko made would be funny if the citation wasn’t so dire.

“Yes, he told me he should go back to the original bending form. No more hate and anger. I’m all for not relying on anger and hat, but…”

“But…”, chorused Hua, Aang and Katara together.

“The original firebenders were the dragons, and they're extinct.”

“What do you mean‌? Roku had a dragon, and there were plenty of dragons when Hua and I were kids.”, said Aang surprised.

“Well, they aren't around anymore, okay?”, yelled Zuko.

All took a step back, staring at him.

Frustrated Zuko rubbed his head.

“I’m sorry, I’m actually angry at my uncle, he told me this, even if he knows CLEARLY why there aren’t any more dragons.”

“You wanna talk about it?”, offered Katara kindly.

He just shook his head.

“He told me, I should go to the place where the Sun Warriors, the first people who learned from the dragon's firebending lived.”

This made Hua and Aang listen up.

“Where the Sun Warriors lived?”, repeated Hua. “Long ago when Aang and I visited Kuzon we stumble across their ruins. It’s there that I found Jaiyi. A little cub, barely weened from her mother. She was all alone so I took her with me.”

“Besides the dragons, kyuubi’s and also phoenixes were sacred animals for the Sun Warriors, since they all could firebend. No wonder you found her there.”, explained Zuko.

This shocked anyone, even Hua.

“Jaiyi can firebend?”, she turned to her kyuubi. “I never saw you do some fire.”

Her kyuubi just yawned.

Well, this was also an answer.

“My uncle explained Kyuubi generate a special kind of fire, it’s called Fox Fire, it’s blue, burns cold and can apparently create illusions.”

“Wow, I’m not messing with the Fluff Ball again.”, mumbled Sokka.

“There is more.”

“Of course, there is more!”

“The Sun Warrior civilisations are in the Fire Nation, it would take weeks on Appa to get there. We can’t do that if we are this close to the North Pole.”

“True.”

“That’s why we need Jaiyi’s Fox Fire.”

All just stared at him.

***

“So let me get this straight.”, began Hua. She was riding Jaiyi, Zuku behind her. “In their prime time, the Sun Warriors built a system of shrines around the Nations devoted to the Kyuubi’s, called Inari Shrines, after the All-Mother of all ninetails. When a Kyuubi sends his Fox Fire in it and jumps in they get transport to the Sun Warrior capital, where we hope to find something to get your fire back on.”

“Yes. And you asked this a few times already.”

“Just because it sounds insane! Are you sure your uncle isn’t pulling your leg?”

“Uncle Iroh is a lot of things, but that’s not the kind of jokes he makes.”

Hua signed tired.

“And you sure if we jump back in the one we come out, we will return here?”

“That’s what Uncle Iroh said.”

“Did he ever travel boy Kyuubi Fox Fire?”

“Not that I know.”

Now Hua groans.

“Hey, it will be okay.”

Softly Zuko patted her head.

“I trust my Uncle, he wouldn’t send us on a wild goose chase…I hope.”

“You HOPE?!”

That’s when Jaiyi let out a yip.

The humans saw an old and giant statue of ninetails.

It was overgrown, but you can still make it out.

Like the way behind it.

“We have found one of the shrines.”

“Okay, then we will follow the way and hope the shrine still stands.”, thought Hua aloud.

She let Jaiyi run up the way.

After a while, there really was a shrine!

Overgrown with plant life, but seemed still alright.

Together the humans and kyuubi ripped the plants away to clear the entrance.

As the entrance was free, Hua shivered staring down at the dark ominous entrance.

Inviting was something else.

“Okay Jaiyi, do your thing!”, said Zuko.

Jaiyi just titles her head.

“You know…”, he waved his hands around. “Make Fox Fire!”

The Kyuubi just yawned.

“Hua…help me.”

“I’m coming Zuko.”

Hua took Jaiyi's face in her hands and stared into her blue eyes.

“Girl I know you never have done it, but I need you to firebend like me, look.”

The Daimon turned in the direction of the shrine and let out from her mouth a fire blast.

“See? Like this!”

Curious Jaiyi titles her head.

She stepped before the shrine.

Her mouth opened.

Zuko and Hua were tense.

Would she do it?!

Incredible, a little blue flame came out of Jaiyi's mouth!

“Yes that’s good!”, called Zuko.

“Bigger Jaiyi, girl, you can do it!”, motivated Hua.

It took a while, however, a big blue flame burst from Jaiyi's mouth.

Hitting the shrine bullseyes, it lights up like nothing they have ever seen.

“Fast, let’s get in it!”, shouted Zuko.

They jumped on Jaiyi's back and raced into the shrine.

And they vanished.

***

“I can’t believe we are really here.”, whispered Hua in aww.

Zuko and her were walking around the majestic ruins of the Sun Warriors.

Jaiyi had decided to stay at the shrine they had come out of.

“Even though these buildings are ancient, there's something eerily familiar about them.”, declared Zuko. “I can tell the Fire Sages' temples are somehow descended from these.”

“That’s cool, but I hope we find more than just buildings, Even a scroll would help!”

Out of nowhere Hua trips!

Spikes spring out of the ground, but thankful Hua earthbends the ground again above the spikes and rolls over it.

“Oh Spirits, what was that?!”, she shouted, holding a hand on her fast-beating hand.

Zuko kneels down to inspect the tripwire.

“I can't believe it. This booby trap must be centuries old and it still works.”

“How is this possible?!”

“I know you are scared, but Hua people don't make traps unless they've got something worth protecting.”

“Uurgh so we go on?”

“We go on.”

A whine escapes Hua.

So they walk around, climb a stair and find an interesting building before them.

“Look, this seems promising.”

She points at a mural of a person being surrounded by two dragons who are breathing fire at him.

“But it doesn’t look like a bending pose, wonder what this means.”

“They look pretty angry to me.”, pointed Zuko at the dragons.

“Wasn’t you who said Dragons and Sun Warrior were friends?”

“Well, they had a funny way of showing it.”

Without looking at her, Zuko moves away. Hua frowns, something is wrong and calls out: “Zuko, there is something you are not telling me. Something about the dragons, I’m right?”

“My great-grandfather Sozin.”

“What’s with him?”

They walked together over a bridge as Zuko explained: “He started the tradition of hunting dragons for glory. There were the ultimate firebenders. And if you could conquer one, your firebending talents would become legendary and you'd earn the honorary title, of Dragon.”

They approach a path which has one dragon's statue on both sides and stop walking.

“The last great dragon was conquered long before I was born by my uncle.”

A shocked gasp comes out of Hua.

“That’s why you were so angry with him, telling you to go find the dragons. He is the reason they are extinct! I’m lost for words… your uncle doesn’t seem the type.”

“He had a complicated past. Family tradition, I guess. Let's just move on.”

They do so.

Soon a a vertical column with a sunstone in the center was before them.

A wall with two gates, with the both walking toward them. As they both come closer, Zuko stops walking, and Hua runs to the gates and unsuccessfully tries opening the gates.

“It won’t budge!”

Thinking Zuko rubs his head, and looks behind, before quickly going aside to see the sunstone from the column in front of the gates beaming light.

“Wait. It's a celestial calendar. Just like the Fire Sages have in their temples. I bet that sunstone opens the door, but only when sunlight hits at just the right angle. On the solstice.”

“Well, we can’t wait for the next solstice!”, points Hua out, raising exparted her arms in the air.

However, she doesn’t need to worry since Zuko has an idea. He uses his sword to direct the light to the sunstone and after a few seconds the gates open!

“Amazing Zuko!”

Happy Hua gives him a short hug.

“I’m so glad you are part of our team!”

This makes Zuko smile happily.

They enter the room, where an angry statue stares down at them.

Both split up to look around.

In the room are a lot of statues in different positions forming a circle.

Hua read the inscription on one of the statues: “It says this is something called the Dancing Dragon.”

Thinking Hua puts her hand under her chin.

What could this mean?

She takes a step back to look at the statue better, before copying its stance.

A button on the ground gets pressed.

Surprised Hua comes out of the posture and examines the button. She looks around at all the statues, they all have these buttons behind them.

Maybe…?!

She runs toward Zuko, catches him by the hand, and pulls him.

“Zuko, I want you to dance with me!”

“Erm, wouldn’t you prefer Aang and why suddenly?”

“Huh? Aang? Whatever, I think these statues are actually firebending forms, if we press the buttons while we copy them, maybe we will get a scroll or something.”

“This better teach us some good firebending.”, grumbles Zuko, but he moves to the other side.

Together they follow the steps of the statues till they reach the last two statues, who are bent by their waists toward each other, and their arms in the direction of their twin.

A collum with a golden egg rises from the ground.

“An egg, I’m disappointed.”, murmurs Hua sad.

She had hoped for a scroll!

“It's not an egg it’s some kind of mystical gemstone.”, corrects Zuko and tries to touch it.

Hua slaps his hands away.

“Hey!”

“Don’t hey me! Don’t touch weird glowing eggs, this could be a trap like the spikes from before?!”

Zuko ignores the Daimon and picks the sunstone, as Hua's eyes twitch.

“It feels almost alive.”

He tries to put the sunstone back but yells in surprise as a geyser of viscous slime erupts out from the pedestal and pushes Zuko toward the grates in the ceiling, sticking him there.

“I told you it was a trap!”, shouts Hua.

The Daimon try to bend Zuko down with air, but it just changes his position.

In the end, both of them are stuck on the gate of the ceiling.

“At least we have air.”, tried Zuko to be positive. “Maybe if we stay calm, we can figure a way out of this.”

For that, he gets the mayor's side eye from Hua.

Hours pass and it’s night.

“You had to pick up the glowing egg, didn't you?”

“Well, who made us do the silly dance?”

“So it’s my fault?!”

“I think, I shouldn’t say anything more, the look in your eyes is scary.”

“Good decisions….oh spirits what should we do?”

“Think about our place in the universe‌?”

“Sorry, but what the fuck?!”

Before Zuko can chest her for using such foul language a man wearing a loincloth, an important hairpiece, jewellery and sandals steps to them.

“Who is down there?”, growls the stranger.

Shocked Hua and Zuko stare at the man.

***

As it runs out the Sun Warriors are not dead, they just hide from the world.

They got them out of their prison and currently aardvark sloths lick away the slime from them.

“For trying to take our sunstone, you must be severely punished!”, says the Sun Warrior Chief to them.

“We didn't come here to take your sunstone. We came here to find the ancient origin of all firebending.”, explained Zuko.

One of the Sun Warriors Ham Ghao doesn’t believe them and tells his Chief how the two are clearly thieves here to steal their treasures.

Finally, Hua and Zuko are free from the slime.

“Please listen to us. I’m the Daimon. We came here because we wanted to learn not to steal. Just hear us out.”, begs Hua.

Zuko takes over: “My name is Zuko, Crown Prince of the Fire Nation. O-or at least I used to be. I know my people have distorted the ways of firebending, to be fueled by anger and rage. But now I want to learn the true way the original way. When we came here, I never imagined the Sun Warrior's civilization was secretly alive. I am truly humbled to be in your presence.”

Both bow before the Sun Warrior.

“Please, teach us.”

The chief stays still for a second before he says: “If you wish to learn the ways of the Sun, you must learn them from the masters, Ran and Shaw. When you present yourself to them, they will examine you. They'll read your hearts, your souls, and your ancestry.”

He takes a step toward Zuko and towers over him, who looks worried.

“If they deem you worthy, they'll teach you. If they don't, you'll be destroyed on the spot.”

Worried Hua and Zuko look at each other.

Since they can meet the master only in daylight, the Sun Warriors give them a hut to sleep in.

After a bit of a rough night's sleep, Hua is worried about the destroying part, the Chief picks them up and leads them to a large fire, the Eternal Flame as the Chief calls it.

The very first fire, given by the dragons to men, which they had kept burning for a thousand years.

Zuko and Hua were in aww.

The chief tells them they need to present to the masters a piece of the flames.

So he bends and gives each of them a little flame.

“It’s like a little heartbeat.”, tells Hua fascinate by her flame.

“Fire is life not just destruction.”, explains the Chief. “You will take your flames up there. The cave of the masters is beneath that rock.”

So they begin their pilgrimage with their flames.

After hours they reach finally reach the top of the mountain and see that Sun Warriors are already there, with the Sun Warrior chief, Ham Ghao, and another Sun Warrior standing before them.

“Facing the judgment of the firebending masters will be very dangerous for you. Your ancestors are directly responsible for the dragons' disappearance.”, explains the Sun Warrior Chief to an ashamed Zuko. “The masters might not be so happy to see you.”

“I know I wouldn't be.”, tells Ham Chao smugly.

Sad Hua looks at her little flame, at this little sun and heart in one.

“Then I believe they won’t be happy with me either.”, she says distressed. “I vanished for 100 years and didn’t stop the Fire Nation.”

“You are wise, young Daimon and it’s true.”

The chief roots his staff on the ground.

The other two Sun Warriors get into a kneeling position and the chief walks toward Zuko and Hua, taking a small portion of their flames and giving the flames to both of the Sun Warriors, who go to each of the sides.

The chief turns back and walks.

Some Sun Warriors are standing or sitting, alternately, as the two Warriors stand to create a circle made of fire.

“Well this is it, either we learn firebending from the masters or your Uncle needs a new successor when he becomes Fire Lord and the world has to wait for me and Aang to be reborn.”, giggles Hua nervous.

“Oh true, I forgot. If one of you dies, the other dies shortly after. You can’t live without your other half long.”

“Yeah, that’s why Sozin only killed all Air Nomads and didn’t attack the big Earth Kingdom, since killing Aang would have killed me.”

Her flames start to flicker.

“Stay calm Hua.”, tells her Zuko in a reassuring voice. “We will manage it. And if the masters attack us, we can handle them. We are the Fire Prince and the Daimon. I think we could take these guys in a fight, whoever they are.”

He gives her a smile, which she shakily copies.

Zuko tells the Chief they are ready to meet the masters.

“Chanters!”, shouts the Chief.

The chanters play the music.

Sun Warriors, who are sitting down, beat their drums in a synchronized rhythm.

Other Sun Warriors holding the fire circle in their crouched positions.

Zuko and Hua walk toward the stairs.

On the other side of the circle, the Warriors alternatively rise and bow. As they reach the stairs the chief and the other two Warriors, step aside to let Zuko and Hua pass.

The two look at each other and take a deep breath before climbing.

They reach the top as the setting sun shines at them.

The music stops playing as soon as they reach the top.

Both of them look at the caves on each side of the bridge.

“Those who wish to meet the masters, Ran and Shaw, will now present their fire.”

Hua and Zuko turn toward the caves and bow down with their hands stretched out.

“Sound the call!”

The sound from the horn sends a flock of birds scattering, as the cave begins to shake.

Two eyes glow inside a cave and a red dragon comes out, roaring, circling the bridge. A blue dragon came out of the other cave.

It joins the other dragon as they circle the bridge.

“These are the masters?!”, whisper-shouts Zuko.

“Yeah, you still sure we can take them.”, whisper-shout Hua back, her flame shaking.

“Sshh. I never said that.”

The dragons circle the bridge in familiar forms, as Hua gets an idea.

“Zuko, I think we should do the Dragon Dance with them!”

“What‌? What about this situation makes you think they want us to dance‌?”

“I don’t think standing around and showing them the flames is it. They want us to see bending.”

“Fine!”

Hua and Zuko get into the first posture of the Dancing Dragon and change their postures to the next.

Hua spreads her arms out, her fire following along, as the blue dragon flies behind her following the shape of her arms.

Then she turns her arms to her side as the dragon turns as well.

Zuko pushes his hand up as the red dragon behind him goes up as well.

He dips and the dragon dives down accordingly.

The dragons fly above the bridge as below the two performing the Dancing Dragon.

They end in the final move, their fist touching, their flames gone.

Hua and Zuko look to either side.

The dragons have stopped moving and are hovering on either side of the bridge.

“Judgment time.”

The blue dragon stares Zuko down, while the red one Hua.

Scared Hua grips Zuko's arm.

This was it, wasn’t it?!

Then the two dragons breathe fire at them.

They are encircled in a beautiful flame vortex made out of multicoloured flames.

Hua gasped and has tears in her eyes.

She had never seen something so beautiful!

Zuko is touched by this too.

“I understand.”, he whispers quietly.

The vortex slowly dissipates and the dragons curl their bodies, fly up, circle one time and go into their caves.

Changed from the experience Hua and Zuko go down the stairs.

“Their fire was beautiful. I saw so many colours, colours I've never imagined.”, mutters Zuko still thinking about it.

Hua wipes away her tears.

“It was otherworldly beautiful. It’s like it lit a fire in my soul.”

They came to a stop before the Sun Warrior chief who heard them.

“Yes. They judged you and gave you visions of the meaning of firebending.”

“I can't believe there are still living dragons. My uncle Iroh said he faced the last dragon and killed it.”

“He lied, obviously.”, said Hua, still sniffling a bit.

“Actually, it wasn't a total lie. Iroh was the last outsider to face the masters.”, revealed the Chief. “They deemed him worthy and passed the secret onto him as well.”

“He must have lied to protect them, so no one else would hunt them.”, guessed Zuko.

Hua smiles: “I already felt close to firebending, but this…this energy, this harmony…it’s life in its purest form. I never again want to bend in another way!”

“Yeah. It's like the Sun, but inside of you. Do you guys realize this?”

Zuko turned with his last sentence to the chief.

He smiles amused. “Well, our civilization is called the Sun Warriors ... so yeah.”

“That's why my firebending was so weak before. Because for so many years, hunting you and Aang was my drive ... it was my purpose.”, realizes Zuko. “So when I joined you, I lost sight of my inner fire. But now, I have a new drive. I have to help you two to defeat my father and restore balance to the world.”

To show how he found a new and better inner fire, Zuko performed two powerful fireblast.

Smiling Hua makes one too.

“Now that you have learned the secrets, and you know about our tribe's existence, we have no choice but to imprison you here forever.”

Shocked and scared Hua and Zuko stare at the chief.

“Just kidding.”, laughs the chief, which relaxes Hua and Zuko, only to jump when the chief practically yells. “But seriously, don't tell anyone!”

***

Like Iroh said the Inari Shrines worked in both directions and Hua, Zuko and Jaiyi were back where the other waited for them.

As a greeting, they performed before them the Dancing Dragon.

“With this technique, the dragons showed us, Zuko and I will be unstoppable. Also one day Aang, when it’s time for him to learn.”, tells them Hua, as she and Zuko come to the end pose.

Their friends applaud them.

“Yeah, that's a great dance you two learned there.”, said Sokka.

“It's not a dance. It's a firebending form.”, corrects Zuko.

“We'll just tap-dance our way to victory over the Fire Lord.”

“It's a sacred form that happens to be thousands of years old!”

Katara cheekily raised an eyebrow and asked: “Oh, yeah‌? What's your form called‌?”

Zuko cringes.

“The Dancing Dragon.”

The three and the animals laugh, while Hua pats an embarrassed Zuko back.

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