Just let me go just let me go or I'll burst in front of your eyes

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Who: Vanille and YOU! Open
When: August 22, after sirens
Where: Sector 4
Summary: Vanille's caught out after dark without a weapon. OOPS.
Warnings: Ugly monster violence? Idk

((ooc: feel free to find her anywhere, I'm not really strict on continuity. Also don't mind the tl;dr, this was my app sample))

Comments

That's one ooglay monstah.

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Katara had risked staying out later than she usually did, but in her eyes, it was well worth the reckless decision. She finally got a positive response from the brothers. It took almost a full month before they had warmed up to her, and with the end of the month coming up, she was running out of time finding a place to stay. Of course, that too contributed to why she had been out.

Apartment hunting, they called it. Those buildings were quite different from the igloos she was used to back home, or the caves, or the small houses provided them in the Earth Kingdom and Fire Nation (the latter while they were on the run of course). On her way back to the Starter apartments, she stopped short at the sound of a squeal of fright, and then the aggressive growl of a monster.

"Oh... Spirits!" Katara sucked in a breath and sprinted down the street herself, heading towards the sound. The canteen at her side was uncapped with a flick of her thumb, her eyes scanning her surroundings. "Is anyone there?" She called out loud. "I'm coming to help

the oogliest

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Vanille really, really wished she had brought her binding rod. Or that Sazh was there with her. He'd have known what to do. But it was just herself, and she'd gotten herself into this mess, so she would have to be the one to get out of it. Unless...

Was that a voice?

"I don't know where I am!" Vanille shouted in a rather panicked way, running along as fast as she could and hoping she was heading towards help, because she was beginning to feel out-of-breath. "Um, there's buildings--and some lovely curbs and things, and--ack! Get away, you ugly thing!"

This at the monster, which had caught up close enough to grab at her skirt.

Its feelings are probably hurt now :I

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Poor Vanille. Katara was relieved to hear a response though, and one that sounded closer at that. She couldn't be that far off. Water slid out of the canteen and rippled across her arms, encasing both in a sort of sleeve, across her shoulders.

Buildings? Lovely curbs? If the situation wasn't so serious Katara would probably laugh. More importantly, just as she's passing an alley she catches sight of a girl dashing by, with a monster hot on her heels. There! That had to be them. Katara skidded and darted after them, bursting out the other end of the alley. Oh man was that creature ugly.

"HEY!" Katara shouted to get the beast's attention, whipping an arm out and sending a whip of water out to snap at the creatures' back. Pay attention to meeeeeeeeeeeeee. "Leave her alone, ugly!"

Well it shouldn't be so nasty :|

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Vanille almost tripped over one of said lovely curbs as she turned to look at the source of the voice, a girl with her arms gloved in rippling water in a very pretty way. Even better was seeing the water snap forward to whip across the monster's slimy face, sending it staggering back with a protesting moan.

"Yay!" Vanille cheered, pumping a fist in the air. "Get it!" The dark-haired girl looked pretty young, but then, Vanille had been fighting for her life on the plains of Gran Pulse at that age, so she knew age was no hinderance. And without a weapon of her own, she would take rescue in whatever form it came.

It just wanted a friend! (to eat.)

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Well. She got its attention. Awesome. It was turning away from Vanille. Also awesome. Only now it was turning to Katara, which was so not awesome - but she could totally handle it. She was a master waterbender - she...still looked a little sick to her stomach at the sight of the thing.

Howevah! Now was certainly not the time to complain about its looks. She'd heard about these things but never encountered one until now, so as the water retracted, Katara shifted into a defensive stance. It attacked, and Katara's arms moved again in a flowing pattern, coming in front of her as the water responded by swirling out of whip form and into the form of a shield, freezing into ice.

The creature's attack connected with the shield, pushing Katara back slightly - she used the momentum to break the shield down into water again, letting it twirl around her and then sent forward like a lance, cannoning straight into - and through - the beasts chest. Ew. Mind you don't stand too close Vanille, you might get a little wet!

Friends don't let friends eat friends

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Vanille was happy enough to stand back and be the cheering section for her impromptu rescuer. Not that helping wouldn't have been better, but the other girl seemed to have things well in hand, and perhaps she'd be able to return the favor sometime. For now though--

"Eek!" She cringed as the watery lance impaled the monster in the chest, splattering slime and dark blood as it collapsed to the ground, and wiped at some of the slime that had gotten onto her skirt with a grimace. "Well that wasn't very pretty. Not that I don't appreciate the rescue, of course!"

He should have stuck to the Atkins diet anyway.

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Fortunately it wasn't one of the really big nasty beasts. Unfortunately poor Vanille gets some grossness on her nice clean skirt. Picking her way around where the beast fell, Katara glanced at the rehead, "Sorry about that. Are you okay? You aren't hurt are you?"

Another quick glance around followed, the water snaking around her and re-sleeving her arms in water in case another beast chose to raise its head before they were able to get to safety.

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"Oh, that's all right," Vanille said breezily, wiping away a little of the ick with her fingers. "What's a bit of slime? It's better than getting eaten, I can tell you that!"

Her newfound friend certainly had some interesting spells, Vanille observed, watching the way she encased her arms in water again. "I feel great, actually, not having been eaten, but maybe we should get inside somewhere." She sighed. "Sazh warned me about getting caught out at night unprotected. I didn't mean to, though!"

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Katara grinned at the optimistic response, and nodded quickly in agreement. "I have to agree with you there, on both counts. Do you live far from here? I'll walk you home - I'm ... not sure if there's a shelter close by as an alternative, but anything will be better than staying on the street."

She shuddered slightly. She knew they were lucky that time- the next time a monster showed up they would probably in serious trouble. "I'm glad I got you in time though. Who's Sazh?"

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"If you're sure," Vanille said bravely. She hated to put the other girl to any trouble, especially after she'd just saved her life, but she would really hate to walk home alone. "I live in the big tower for the new people...in Sector 4, I think? But maybe it'd be too dangerous," she added with a little cringe.

Either way, though, they definitely couldn't stay standing here. Vanille grasped her rescuer's hand--the water was cool and felt pleasant on her skin--and pulled her off in the right direction. "Sazh is a friend of mine. We were together with some other nice people before I came here. I'm Vanille, by the way. What's your name?"

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"I'm sure. I'd feel a lot better knowing you got somewhere safe before I went anywhere else." And then she is tugged, caught by surprise. Quickly falling in step beside the girl, and keeping an eye out for more creepy crawlies, Katara listened with interest.

"I traveled with friends before I came here too - they're not here though." She grimaced a little at the reminder of who was there. "It's good you have a friend with you here though. Oh! I'm Katara. It's nice to meet you, Vanille - sorry it was under rather...stressful circumstances." She added with a chuckle.

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Vanille sighed in undisguised relief. "Thank you. I'm so lucky I met you. I won't be going out again close to dark without my binding rod, I can tell you that!"

She nodded in sympathy as Katara mentioned her own friends. Her hand still gripped the younger girl's, feeling no need to let go. "Most of my friends aren't here, either--I looked for them, when I first came. But I'm so lucky to have Sazh." She sighed and swung their hands, looking up at the sky. "But! When you don't have your old friends about, you can still make new friends!"

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"That's probably a good idea," Katara grinned. "What were you doing out here so late anyway?"

Of course she didn't mind if Vanille wanted to hold onto her hand or even swing it. It was admittedly amusing. The gesture brought more of a grin to her face as she listened to the upbeat girl's words. "You are lucky. You could be stuck here with people from your world who are your enemies." She frowned a bit at the thought.

"Do you think maybe your friends will get pulled here too?" And by that same thought... maybe Katara's too.

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Vanille sighed, her shoulders slumping as she thought of how silly she had been. "I didn't mean to, really! I guess I just didn't realize how fast the monsters would come out once it got dark."

She nodded with sudden seriousness; she knew how lucky she was, and she wouldn't want any of her enemies to be here. Not that she had any enemies, unless of course you counted the entirety of Cocoon.

"Is that what happened to you?" she asked worriedly. "Cause if anyone's trying to bother you, I could help you out. I'm pretty handy in a fight! I mean, when I have my binding rod," she added sheepishly.

"I don't know." She frowned. "I don't know if I should even hope they're pulled here."

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"Yeah." Katara replied, a slight frown overtaking her expression briefly. Just... scowling at the thought. The fact that they were both so quiet did not put her to ease. It took her a moment to realize Vanille was talking again, and she quickly pulled herself out of her thoughts.

"WHat? Oh -nono, you don't have to do that. I can handle them in a fight," unless they tried ganging up on her that is, and she didn't think that was very likely. "I wouldn't want to pull you into my problems."

Another pause, as she considered the latter, nodding slowly. "I know I shouldn't wish for them to be here, especially given that we were in the middle of fighting a war back home... but I can't help but miss them."

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"Well, you were just pulled into my problems," Vanille pointed out in reasonable tones. "Besides, it's not like that. I'd be happy to help out. We're friends now, aren't we?"

She could definitely understand Katara's feelings regarding her friends. All of her emotions were conflicting--wanting them to be here, not wanting them here, thinking it would be better here and not thinking it. All she knew was that she missed them desperately.

"They're in a war too?" she asked, startled, and then winced at her slip. "I mean...mine aren't...it's not really a war, though there's been lots of fighting."