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"Sandal-shuffler, stone-heart, low flyer, dead-soul..."

You see nothing but an opaque sheen of gray and all but the sound of the muttered words is mute to you. Burial Night is what you are feeling now, dread in your soul.

"Disappointment, runaway, "special", worthless, crawling back, traitor..."

The voice is familiar, yet fading from your mind, like a word you know but can't quite grasp to use.

"Survivor, peasant, dirt-turner, commoner, farmer, non-bender scum, not good enough, treason, thief, arranged..."

The voice is slowly fading away, and you feel yourself being pulled away from conciousness.

"Heavy-foot, coward, alone, nobody..."

You awake with a start, sweating profusely. You barely realized you dozed off after going to your room. You feel like you're forgetting something, but you can't quite place it. To get ready for your next match, you put on the garb you wear as the Flame Spirit and start drinking a lot of water from a bottle by your bed. Using that much steam takes a lot out of you, but you feel it's worth it.

You probably have an hour until your match.

>Warm up
>Rehearse for your entrance
>Get some last-minute rest in
>Meditate
>Write-in

>>42859302
HYPE
>>42859327
>Warm up
Get yourself hyped.

>>42859327
>>Warm up
>Meditate

>>42859327
>Warm up
>>Rehearse for your entrance

>>42859327
>Warm up
>Meditate

>>42859327
>>Warm up
>>Meditate

>>42859327
>>Warm up
>>Rehearse for your entrance
WANG FIRE IS READY!!!!! ARE YOU!?

I have so many notes, you wouldn't believe.

Writing.

>>42859515
Wouldn't be one of my threads if I didn't forget to ask for rolls.

Roll 2d100 please.

Rolled 37, 5 = 42 (2d100)

>>42859530

Rolled 47, 40 = 87 (2d100)

>>42859530

Rolled 90, 37 = 127 (2d100)

>>42859530

>>42859541
>>42859553
How interesting...

I'm writing, this is in my notes.

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You might as well get two birds with one stone, so you start doing stretches while meditating. You get into a good rhythm and start limbering up, stretching your entire body while reflecting on your nature and who you are. It's all very relaxing, but you feel like you're finally reaching a level of understanding about yourself. You are incredibly talented, but you never questioned how you are so adept at Firebending without any formal training. You begin to focus inward...

A burst of fire in the darkness explodes in your mind, a long, almost familiar looking silhouette of flame fills your vision.

"YOU WILL BURN!"

You scramble to your feet with a yelp as the voice reverberates through your skull. Something is wrong, you feel extremely energetic and you're breathing heavily, you begin doing frantic pushups to ty and calm down, but to no avail. Your mind is racing at a mile a minute, and your body tries it's hardest. You feel incredibly invigorated, then you realize something.

You're breathing smoke.

NONONONONONONONONONONONONONO! You can't have this happen now, there isn't even a hint of steam, it's all black, like a smouldering brushfire.

>You gained +1 Speed
>OH NO! STEAM IS GONE FOR NOW!

>QUICK, READ UP ON SMOKE TECHNIQUES
>MEDITATE MORE
>WORK OUT SOME MORE
>WRITE-IN SOME CRAZY SHIT DUDE I DON'T KNOW

>>42859855
Quickly go visit the healer and do your best to clear your mind as you go.

>>42859855
>MEDITATE MORE
>calm the fuck down, let the wind and air circle you and cool you off.

>>42859855
>QUICK READ UP ON SMOKE TECHNIQUES HOLY FUCK CHECK HAIR MAKE SURE IT'S NOT ON FIRE

>>42859855
>>MEDITATE MORE
Calm your tits bro

>>42859855
Calm, caallllm, contain the calamity. That is your mammaries.

>>42859855
>WRITE-IN SOME CRAZY SHIT DUDE I DON'T KNOW
>DECIDE TO TURN OFF CAPS LOCK

Just checked the Twitter on a whim; how late am I?
Fuck, phone's dying too.

>>42859855
>MEDITATE MORE

It may seem annoying now, but there is a reason for capslock, it won't be common, but it is a thing.

Roll me them breathing deeply rolls, 1d100-10

>>42859855
>>MEDITATE MORE
Hey Lost.

>>42860041

Rolled 59 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>42860041

Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>42860059
Let me try that again without the mod.
>>42860041

Rolled 92 - 10 (1d100 - 10)

>>42860041

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>42860059

>>42860091
The hero we need.

>>42860091
Honorabbu Dispray.

Writing. Feel free to speculate while I do so.

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>>42860091
noice

>>42860041
i meant the turn off caps lock as a joke

>>42860112
we calm down enough?

>>42860108
>>42860118
You are distinctly welcome.

We need to do some serious soul-searching and fix this smoke shit. We're not supposed to tell the Fire Sage about mom, but maybe we can get his counsel on our bending issues?
At the very least we should take some time to learn smoke techniques when we don't have more pressing concerns like our job.

>>42860157
maybe we have a demon inside of us

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You need to calm down, this isn't what you need to do, panicking is bad right now. You continue what you were doing, sitting in a neutral position now instead of stretching, and focus on your inner self. You almost feel as if the room heats up, the vision returns of a long, winding, flame slowly advancing towards you. You feel the world around you burst with pain as a large, piercing voice booms at you.

"WHY DO YOU SPEAK TO ME MORTAL?" The words almost shatter your ears as you listen, they feel as if they are not so much said, but felt.

"What are you?"

"I AM VORLASH, AND YOU ARE MY PRISON!"

"Like that one crappy book the kids at my orphanage read?"

"NO... I... FEAR ME MORTAL!"

This seems kind of fishy, but your breath seems to feel less dry on your tongue and the room seems more humid, even if those are on the periphery of your awareness. This may be the only time to get some answers about this. You hear a scratching noise for a second and then it stops suddenly.

"WHY DO YOU SPEAK MORTAL?"

>"What are you?"
>"Why are you here?"
>"What's with the smoke?"
>"Can you leave?"
>Write-in

>>42860366
>>Write-in
This like those stories. Goddamnit. This some bullshit. Can you leave me alone? Trying to get some money here.

>>42860366
>Why are you here?

>>42860366
>"What are you?"
>"Why are you here?"
>"What's with the smoke?"

>>42860366
>Smack it. "Look man, stop being a dick. Alright?"

>>42860366
This>>42860448

Wow, you like questions, I need you to roll me 1d100 to maintain meditation.

I'll write in the meantime.

Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>42860564

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>42860564
COWBOW IS BACK

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>42860564
not a 90

>>42860599
>>42860573
Well, it isn't a quest I run without inordinately high rolls.

>>42860170
I'll be damned. You were right
>>42860366
This >>42860500
Show that fucker who's boss
>>42860599
>>42860573
It begins...

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"What are you?" This is a question that needs to be answered first, you want to know what's going on. This asshole needs to stop messing with your steam, you need it right now.

"I AM VORLASH, THE SPIRIT IN THE WILD, THE BONFIRE OF THE OLD GROWTH, I WILL-"

"Yeah, why are you here?"

"I WAS UNJUSTLY IMPRISONED BY TERBA, THE BACKSTABBING TRAITOR, AND ALL FOR A TRADE."

"Can you stop with the smoke? I need the steam."

"I WILL NOT, MY GIFT SHALL NOT BE ABSENT FROM THE WORLD." This is the last straw, you don't care who this guy says he is, he doesn't call the shots.

You walk up to the fire and reach your hand in, it is extremely hot, but you made your choice. The fire gives way and you keep reaching in, much farther than you expected. Eventually, your hand touches something, something fuzzy.

"DO NOT TOUCH ME MORTAL!" The flames enveloping the spirit clear as you continue touching the fuzzy surface you worked out to be fur. You start scratching it and the flames clear, revealing a small Fire Ferret.

"STOP THIS MORTAL, I AM THE DEATH IN THE FOREST, I BURN ALL!" The ferret rolls over involuntarily and its leg begins twitching.

"STOP, I WILL RETURN MY INFLUENCE, JUST STOP IT!"

You fall out of your dream and your breath filters out in its normal shade. Right as you stand up, Utaaq enters the room.

"You're up."

>Go for another slow entrance.
>Try to speed it up.
>Write-in

>>42860927
>Try to speed it up.
We don't know how long the solution will last.

>>42860927
>>Go for another slow entrance.
He's so cute!! Can we keep him?! Please!

>>42860927
>>Go for another slow entrance.
We are the Undertaker

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>>42860927
>Go for another slow entrance.

>>42860927
>Go for another slow entrance.
Hey i'll use smoke but you gotta let me get it into kayfabe ok?

>>42860927
>Go for another slow entrance.
are spirit animal may be a little annoying but you can't deny is cute as fuck.

>>42860984
God dammit, I was just about to post that image.

Roll me those sweet 1d100s hotmen.

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>42861098
critfail

Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>42861098
Wang Fire bless my roll.

Rolled 67 (1d100)

>>42861098

>>42861143
Add Wang Fire to the list of prayable deities in my quests, right next to Tony Stark.

Writing

>>42861143
Hahahaha oh god. This fucking hilarious I really thought I was gonna tank it. Wang Fire blessed that roll indeed.

>>42860927
>Try to speed it up
Don't want to be predictable. Keep the crowd guessing.

On another note, where is everybody?

>>42861335
I'm here.

>>42861335
I've been here. Sucking you off. About to pass out.

>>42861335
It's rather late in the states

>>42861335
Probably sleeping or drinking. It's friday night.
I'm only here because I happened to check your Twitter before resuming work on a project of mine.

>>42861335
im playing an ok/kind of boring mmo and checking occasionally

>>42861335
Pretty good turnout I'd say. Didn't the first thread take a while to pick up more players?

>>42861474
Yeah, but I don't plan on running for 30 hours this time.

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You start to work yourself up for your entrance and the stretches have really loosened you up, you move with renewed vigor towards the entrance and wait.

"LLLLLLAAAADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COMING TO THE RING RIGHT NOW, WEIGHING IN AT 250 POUNDS OF PURE MUSCLE, HAMMERSTRIKE!" A man dressed as an Earth Kingdom General walks into the hall, drawing a boo from the crowd as he hefts a hammer with a hearty grunt.

"Give me your worst Fire Nation, I'll knock him down like the rest!" He shouts at the crowd and they boo more. He doesn't seem like a crowd favorite.

You snuff the lights and the hall fills with darkness, then you start filling the hall with steam, and a large bell rings in the distance to signal that it is sundown, the timing couldn't be more perfect. You light up your mask as the bell rings out in a chorus of solemn tones, the mask is illuminated in ghostly green light. The crowd watches in awe as you light the candles in blue flame, one by one. Your tonfas light up with an eerie red glow. The final peal of the bell rings out.

"The flame hungers, Hammerstrike."

The sun sets in perfect harmony with your words.

Hammerstrike hefts his hammer, "Then you damned well feed it you ash-face."

>Take the initiative and launch a barrage of fire.
>Run towards him and try to get a decisive blow.
>Shoot him with the largest blast you can.
>Write-in

>>42861602
>>Take the initiative and launch a barrage of fire.

>>42861602
>>Take the initiative and launch a barrage of fire.

Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>42861602
>Take the initiative and launch a barrage of fire.
Big blasts are for the finale, silly
Be high speed on this shit, spirits are light and never touch the ground. Gotta be all over the place, run circles around him, YIP YIP YIP.

Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>42861645

>>42861602
>Take the initiative and launch a barrage of fire.

>>42861645
I'm using that roll. It would be tragic otherwise.
>>42861657
AHAHAHA

They cancel, nevermind.

>>42861674
Isnt a perfect hundred better than a four in terms of the crit?
Come on, do it for the crowd, cowboy! Do it...FOR WANG FIRE.

>>42861697
Fine, but it won't be perfect, and you still have to roll the three. waiting for more votes.

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>42861727
Inb4 100

Roll now, 1d100. I will use the 100 for something.

Rolled 95 (1d100)

>>42861796

Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>42861727
>>42861796

Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>42861796
Lost cowboy, you seem to be my good luck charm. Send me one of your feet so I can make a necklace out of it, like a rabbit.

Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>42861796

>>42861818
Where did I go wrong?
At least Wang Fire smiles upon y'all

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What is it? I swear, well... I... dammit.

Writing

>>42861830
Be reasonable, Anon. Feet are handy for walking, and heavy around the neck. Settle for a toe.
>>42861487
How long you running? I'm not running on fumes yet, but I will be soon.

>>42861875
'bout an hour more, I have to work in the morning

>>42861830
I will add feet to the list of creepy fetishes my players had.

It includes sea serpents.

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>>42861908
>sea serpents
Good taste.
Amusing that a foot on a string could count as either kind of fetish.

Another hour sounds good; I can put shit off that long. Thanks for running this dice-blest quest.

>>42861979
It's all because of Wang Fire, Hero of the Fire Nation!! has blessed us with good rolls.

>>42862023
>>42861189
WANG FIRE
TN
Domains Fire, Subtlety, Luck, Strength, Surprise

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You go for a more swift approach to the battle and start unloading a barrage of flame at Hammerstrike, but he keeps hitting them with his hammer in a rotating dance of swings. You start to get annoyed and try to go faster. The blasts start speeding up and you notice that your arms are leaving a trail of fire. They slowly start moving so fast they become a blur with a tail of flame. The blasts eventually start hitting him, a few in the hand, knocking his hammer out of it, then a few at his stomach, colliding with his armor and sending him sliding back, still standing up. Finally, you push him onto his back out of the hall. Strangely, you feel like you're on fire, but no flames surround you.

>Technique Possibility: Burning Blur
>Technique Possibility: Heatwave

The crowd is silent, then they roar in extreme happiness, the same cry you remember hearing at the last match, but double the volume. You slowly snuff the flames and your mask dims. The crowd waits in solemn silence for the lights to come back on, then they cheer and clap some more. You walk into the waiting room and Kim is waiting.

"By Sozin's Comet, that was amazing kid. You really have a talent for this sort of thing. I might have to pay extra, your fights are raking in the gold. You're going places, get some rest. We have a day to roam tomorrow, then we set sail for Ember Island, wait until you see the arena there." He nudges you and pats you on the back, handing you a bag with 20 gold in it.

You make your way to your room and start chugging water, as you feel really overheated.

>Try to talk to Vorlash again
>Read up on Pai-Sho and rest
>Go work out
>Go shopping
>Write-in

>>42862200
>Try to talk to Vorlash again

>>42862200
>>Read up on Pai-Sho and rest
It's chillaxin time

>>42862200
>>Read up on Pai-Sho and rest

>>42862200
Find the coldest place to take a bath, and chill out.

>>42862122
Forgot pic
>>42862200
>>Go shopping
Let's go pick up the whistle and some rice balls, then come back to read and train Dragonfire.

>>42862200
>>Read up on Pai-Sho and rest

>>42862200
>>Read up on Pai-Sho and rest

>>42862200
Huh, what do those techniques do specifically, pro vs con wise

This is a pretty sweet gig we've got here, good pay plus room, board, and travel.
>>42861908
I would like to see this list.
>>42861979
And seduce the next sea serpent we meet. Possibly with a mating display of Dragonfire.

>>42862296
Burning Blur increases speed when used, but increases your body temperature, not a good thing to use at length.

Heatwave allows you to increase the temperature of the air around you, no downside other than it's hot.

Roll for learning, 1d100+10

Rolled 93 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>42862353
Nat 1

Rolled 59 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>42862353

Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>42862327
Heatwave seems like it could be pretty good, if you dont need serious movements to use it. No telling if thats the case or not, though.

Rolled 79 + 10 (1d100 + 10)

>>42862353
WANG FIRE, HERO OF THE FIRE NATION

>>42862353
Lost I cannot stop rolling high for your quest. Maybe you should do a roll under quest?

>>42862365
>>42862369
>>42862374
Good job guys, you just fucked the bell curve.

Writing last update.

>>42862379
No, I endure.

>>42862379
Nah, he'll just have us roll for our enemies too.
We rolled pretty well for Hammerstrike, but still beat him handily. Made for a great show.

>>42862460
In any other situation but the crits, you would have not hit him. He was a defensive fighter, no rolls required. You guys chose the wrong option, but made it work.

Like shoving the square peg through the round hole.

>>42862519
Maximum flashiness.

We seriously need to train Dragonfire, but Hearwave and Burning Speed are definitely worth considering.

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You decide to get a bath and read, you are really hot. So you get an idea. You go to Utaaq's room.

"Hey Utaaq, I've been overheating lately, could you do something about that, like a cold bath or something."

The old woman puts down the book she was reading rather quickly, covering the title before you enter.

"Yeah sure just go now." She stammers out quickly and hands you a bucket that had water in it, then it becomes ice.

"Thank you." You quickly leave, you don't want to think about the implications of what you just saw. So you go to the bath,more of a bin really, and put the ice in. You get out of your costume and get into the water while wincing. You brought your Pai-Sho book with you so you could read while cooling off. The water relaxes you while you read through the book.

After a few hours and finishing your bath, you close the back cover on "Pai-Sho for Dummies" and put it away. After you got into it, Pai-Sho is a game that takes an hour to learn, but a lifetime to master. After a few hours of studying strategies, you think you have a grasp on it. At least now you understand the theory. The bell rings for midnight, so you decide you should get to sleep. You enter your room to Jui snoring in his bunk, then you head to your bed.

Today was a good day.

>Thread end. Will be around to answer questions and comments. Twitter is @xLostCowboyx.

>>42862566
Thanks for the run.

>>42862566
Thanks boss, good run. Any timeframe on a pastebin for which techniques have been unlocked/trained so we can start training them?

>>42862595
In the pastebin up in op.

>>42862566
Thanks for the run.

>>42862566
Thanks for the run boss

>>42862595
We need to start training dragon fire stat

>>42862566
Was she reading "Fifty degrees of hot"?
Or maybe its "Fifty grades of steam"

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>>42862653
No, it was Burning Passion

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>>42862606
Huh. Totally missed that in my rush to catch up.
>>42862638
Oh good, I'm not the only one pushing for Dragonfire.

>>42862747
It's literally the best technique we know and is the thing that helps Aang and Zuko become great firebenders. It's pretty great

>>42862770
That was actually just the Dancing Dragon style. Technically speaking, being bound to a spirit allows you to circumvent some stuff. The dragons did the fire because it looked cool and gave them insight into firebending.

>>42862791
We need to make a pilgrimage to the Masters when we get a chance

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>>42862808
Might be hard doing that if you don't know about them. Don't worry, I have plans...

>>42862829
Sweet, any idea when you're running again

>>42862883
Maybe next Saturday, schedule might even out soon, but work's been screwing me.

>>42862906
I know your pain

How surprised was the hammer guy at being overwhelmed by worst choice against him?

>>42862951
Very, very surprised, very upset, lot's of strong emotions.

>>42862970
We'll have to watch out for him and Rhino seeking to reclaim their...
ahem...
HONOOORRR