First Night [Action]

[cowledcrusader]

[In the middle of the previous night, a note will be left under the door of Clark Kent.  It reads as follows:]

Clark,

There are urgent matters to discuss.  Be on top of Community Housing 7 at midnight.

[The note is not signed and not dated.  Mysterious letter is mysterious.  The only question is whether or not Clark will meet him there at the

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[markofthebrave]

[If Batman's anywhere by the Avatar house this evening, he'll see Katara going through some practice forms. She's got a few buckets full of water beside her and is concentrating fully on the precision of her movements. After the recent battle in the square, she's determined not to let any sloppiness leak into her forms; she needs her responses to be automatic.]

[cowledcrusader]

[...As he figured from his research, more than half the town was capable of metahuman or magical feats. This girl was definitely no exception. The movements looked oddly familiar, however. Was she utilizing a form of martial arts to manipulate that water?]

[markofthebrave]

[It wouldn't be at all surprising if Batman recognized the form as the Ku-style of Tai Chi, since the movements are very similar. Just not usually accompanied with spirals of water circulating the body in tight control, or as Katara suddenly moves one arm forward, used as a whip to slice a precise inch off of a log. Katara immediatelly follows up with another whip, attempting to slice that second one in half before it falls to the ground. It's not a perfect half, though it does work. She withdraws, causes the water to coil around her again, and begins to repeat the form.]

[cowledcrusader]

[It seemed... this girl had the power to control water at her will when she performed this form of Tai Chi. He had seen variations of hydrokensis before, but this style seemed unique. For now he'll just keep watching for a short bit. Just what else could she do with this power?]

[markofthebrave]

[He's not going to get much more of a show for a while, as Katara repeats that form and repeats it, until she gradually begins to pick up speed. She's not going to be satisfied until she manages to cut the wood in a precise half. If he sticks around long enough, though, he'll get to watch her return the water hovering above her head and then begin to practice her aim. With numerous ice spikes the size of her forearm, she's going to attempt to hit the numerous targets she's provided with those halves of wood. It's clear that she's concentrating very hard, and is handling a large volume of water - and that the vast majority of those ice spikes strike perfectly true.]

[cowledcrusader]

[The power clearly requires great discipline and practice to utilize properly, she does seem to exude great control, especially given the power cap. It seems she has the power to change the state of matter the water is in, as well. It wouldn't be a stretch for her to turn the water into a gas an be able to manipulate that.

The chemical applications of such powers were potentially staggering. He only hoped that she wasn't able to draw the water out of whatever she wanted.

He will return and observe her practice some other time. But right now, he needs to move on, especially considering she's not doing anything malicious with her abilities.]

[markofthebrave]

[Finishing that form, Katara lets the water return to earth and blows the hair out of her eyes with a frustrated breath. She's reached passed the limit she set for herself, that place of 'tired but still able to fight' and is pushing on towards exhausted. She should have been able to continue practicing for another hour or more. She's been trying to see how far she can push what she's used to being able to manipulate, and the fact that she can't gather and hold that much water anymore is frustrating, as is the amount of concentration and precision it now takes to do a simple water whip.]

There's got to be another way.

[And she shuffles off to sleep, completely unaware of her watcher.]