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Jia Li grimaced slightly, seeing the fighting going on out in the courtyard. The few drops of rain hitting her face didn't do anything to get rid of the chill that remained within her body. She wouldn't be bending again for days, she was certain - though it felt more like an eternity. She needed to get out of this place. The war wasn't taking a break while she was in prison and she had her country's honor to redeem. As her cellmate went over to talk to those involved in the fight, Jia Li went off by herself. She didn't need to give the guards another reason to hit her in the face.

She just kept on walking until she was off by herself and she closed her eyes for a moment, taking a bit of silent meditation to focus her resolve. Her mentor - he had to have contacts in the area right? Her eyes opened and flickered over to the fight. Even if she couldn't bend, that didn't mean she couldn't fight. The real shame was that they were too busy fighting each other to rise up and fight the guards - but perhaps she could come up with an escape plan anyways...Riots were always a good cover.

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@Nallore@Dusty@FantasyChic@Morose The instant Yumiko started bending the rain water, all of the guards stopped and turned to look at her. Those fighting all stopped what they were doing as well, and the few she knocked down were looking at her. A moment later, Yumiko would find herself surrounded by quite a few of the guards. "Don't you remember? No bending!" one of them snapped at her, flames appearing in his hands, though they were weaker and not quite as bright as they would be in the sun and not the rain. Several of the other guards had fire in their hands as well.

"Now, no more bending, or things are going to get a bit nasty," one said, looking at her.

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"Th-th-that was the plan..." she stammered out, making sure that her bangs were covering her forehead. Hiroyuki wasn't doing too bad of a job keeping the water away from her, but even with his help, the rain kept coming and was starting to get difficult for him to be able to keep away. The tattoos on her hands were by now completely visible, but the one on her forehead was still covered thankfully, but even still, she was starting to freak out, hoping no one would notice.

If only she could actually have decent luck for once, than maybe everything would have been perfectly fine, but unfortunately, that is not how things tend to want to go. If something bad could happen, it almost always will.

A guard was racing over towards the fighting, and the water bender who was currently using her powers, when he bumped into Hikaru and Hiroyuki. "Hey, learn to stay out of our way!" he snapped, turning to look at them, but he stopped and noticed what was on Hikaru's hands. Fire appeared in his hands as he stared right at them. "Well look what we have here, thought you lot were extinct," he said, and she was really starting to panic.

She'd been found out, the one thing that had been worrying her ever since she ended up in the prison, and now the guy was about to see about killing her in order to continue with the destruction of the Air Nomads. The guard shot flames at her, and yelled for the others, letting them know she was there, but she wasn't paying attention to him any more, she jumped in the air, flipping around to avoid the fire as she formed a ball of air. A moment later she was zipping around, despite being a bit out of practice with her bending, Hikaru managed to do it and was zipping off throughout the courtyard. "Excuse me, sorry," she said as she knocked a few people over. She was just trying to figure out where the hell she was going, but she just wanted to go anywhere else but towards the guards, who now were no longer paying attention to Yumiko.

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"You say that, but trust me, the fact that he is with the Fire Nation means that I can seek revenge against my brother as well as help out in the war, so it is a win win scenario in my mind," he responded as he glanced over at the fighting that was going on, and the water bender who was doing something she was probably not supposed to be doing. It was understandable, why a water bender would want to try something using the rain, but it probably wasn't the best idea to do it in clear view of several Fire Nation Soldiers.

He glanced over at another group of people, a young girl and a man who was with her, but when the Fire Nation guard bumped into them, he figured that would be a better distraction. "I'd suggest using those two as a distraction, since they seem to be causing some problem..." he commented, before his eyes grew wide when the girl took off into the air and started racing around the courtyard area. So there were still a few air benders in the world. But that likely was going to be a bad thing, considering the guards started trying to hit her with flames.

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Rila looked directly towards Shannuk her cellmate, and gave him a bit of an annoyed look towards him as he spoke, getting the alpha male mentality from him. Then he did something that she told him not to do at all, and went to make his way over towards the group of Earth Benders. "Idiot." Rila muttered under her breath as yet a white haired woman also made her way over towards the group and used her water bending against the fighters. And of course the Fire Nation prison guards quickly pounced and started to surround and warn the woman no more bending.

Rila made her way over towards the fencing of the prison and leaned herself up against the wall, Rila gave the other woman a slight nod and smile, before looking at the scene as it started to unfold in front of her. Then an interesting scene started to happen, a younger girl and a man, the girl suddenly got knocked down to the ground. The young girl suddenly shot up from the ground and into the air, she didn't think that the air benders were even alive anymore as she moved all around the grounds. "You don't see that everyday." Rila said as she stood up and started to watch a bit, the guards would certainly be more preoccupied by now with their new target.

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Tosram sighed and closed his eyes, rubbing the bridge of his nose out of slight frustration at the scene. When it was just other Earth Nation prisoners fighting, starting a riot and finding a way out of the prison was simple. But an Air Nomad? Now it was messy.

Tosram clenched his fists, hesitating as he stood near Ryuu. The suggestion was reasonable... but Tosram wasn't sure that he could live with letting another Air Bender die to the Fire Nation. "Think there's a way we could get the flying one out of here with us? I'd hate to give these bastards the satisfaction." As he gazed over the scene, Tosram tilted his head slightly as he took everything in. "If we move quick, we might be able to overpower the guards. Or we can just use this opportunity to get ourselves out, and hope the kid can bend her way out."

Hiroyuki wasn't one to curse often. And even if he did, he never said it out loud. Though with the current happenings, he couldn't help but utter out a single curse. Despite his best efforts, he couldn't do so much more than deflect a few bits of water droplets which means that Hikaru's makeup was washing away due to the rain which in turn means that she can easily be discovered. As luck would have it, because of course it would, a guard bumped into them and saw the arrows as clear as day. Hiroyuki had instinctively pulled away when he saw the fire burn - and the next thing he knew, Hikaru was gone from his side and was now zipping about while trying to avoid fireblasts.

It took him a moment or two as he ducked out of the way to compose himself. The guards were much too focused on his air bender companion and the others certainly weren't helping. They were more interested in watching them take down Hikaru rather than aiding her. Quickly surveying and taking in the battlefield, he could tell that the firebenders greatly outnumbered them if no one else stepped in to fight. But... but the firebenders were also weakened by the rain. Somewhat. There was a moment of indecision before he decided to do something about it. Hoping that what he could pull was enough, he focused on attempting to solidify the collected water droplets into ice before sending it forward to the guards. No matter what the outcome may have been, he quickly ducked and ran to avoid getting hit.

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Jia Li's eyes widened, spotting the commotion in the prison yard turn into something truly remarkable. She had met a few airbenders in her lifetime, but they were supposedly extinct. She had heard of the plans to set up pretend refugee houses in the mountains, in order to lure the survivors into a trap, and Jia Li had previously held the grim conclusion that they had been successful. The Air Nomads were no more - and now, she saw this little girl and realized that if she didn't act, the guards would kill her.

It was idiotic of her but Jia Li closed her eyes and drew in a sharp breath, attempting to battle her internal feelings of cold. A warm sensation spread to her fingertips and she was able to create a small flame. It wasn't much, but it was a sign that the treatment of the freezer was beginning to wear off. She then inhaled and whistled, trying to get the attention of everyone in the yard. "...Let's riot!" she called out, holding up the flames and she threw them in the direction of the guard, trying to give the air bender a chance to escape.

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Yumiko had expected the guards to take notice of her bending. It was their fault bringing a water bender out into the rain. She also expected the others to notice too. So when the guards surrounded her, she did her best to hold their attention. "Boys, listen, it was your fault. I meant no harm other than to corral those other prisoners. But umm...might wanna check on the rest."

Soon, chaos broke loose as other prisoners made various movements away. One even bounced around the guards surrounding her. An air bender, it seemed. Yumiko used that confusion to summon more water and managed to attain more than she had previously. She whipped her water around, smacking a guard out of the way as she ran to her (former) cell mate.

"Let's get out of here." She attacked more guards as she ran. Others began to retreat too, but she had a feeling the guards would try to contain them. Her best bet was staying in a small group, either alone or with someone. The firebender traitor seemed better than most.

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"Overpowering them would be somewhat simpler if we had a bit more on our side. Luckily for us however, the girl seems to have them distracted, and I also know that most of the population here has bending of sorts. So, perhaps getting a few more benders to help and we all can break out of here," Ryuu said, glancing over at Tosram. He didn't know who all in the prison even had the ability to bend, all he knew was that if they all could cause enough chaos, or potentially work together, then perhaps things could be different.

"I say we take a leaf out of the fire bender's book," he added, nodding towards Jia Li, hearing what she shouted out loud. Though, it was obvious that he wasn't the only one taking notice to her words. Since they were in the Earth Kingdom, most of the people within the prison were from the Earth Kingdom, and because of that, most of them were Earth Benders. Since the guards were a bit distracted, it was the perfect timing for them to strike.

Hikaru was still zipping around, wishing desperately that she had her glider right now, it would make things so much easier for her in the long run, at least then she'd have more of a place to go. The best she had was her scooter, and with that she couldn't exactly do much to get out, or up. With the guards in her way, and blocking exits, not to mention there was a large crowd between her and the walls of the courtyard, she was noticing that her odds of getting out were fairly slim.

Hiroyuki's attempts to send ice at the guards somewhat worked. Several shards of ice slammed into them, knocking a few of them over, but not before a jet of flame managed to hit Hikaru in the arm. She felt the sting of pain as she kept avoiding even more flames. This was not easy, and things were not going to end well, that was for sure. The rush of wind managed to make it so her sleeve wasn't on fire at least, so that was something.

Several others seemed to take the current situation to heart, not to mention Jia Li's words. Several of them started attacking the guards near them. Most of them being Earth Benders, bits of rock were sent flying around, those not involved had to duck out of the way to avoid getting hit. Everything was in chaos, meaning that the guards were partially trying to take out the air bender, and the other half was trying to stop the other prisons. Bits of flame were jetting out every now and then, to go along with the rocks flying everywhere.

Seeing the chaos, Ryuu managed to slam his elbow into one of the guards who wasn't a bender, and snatched the man's sword before running him through with it, yanking it out and snatching the sheath away as the guard's body fell to the ground. He showed that he had considerable skill with the blade, but he glanced over at the air bender as she weaved her way through the crowd. "Now would be the perfect time to make our getaway, however if we wish to get that girl out as well, that is going to take a bit more work. She has no way to get to an area where she can easily get into the air, however if someone managed to create a pathway for her. Like a ramp of sorts, and we'd be able to redirect her path, up into the air, and potentially away from the chaos that is surrounding us."

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Rila continued to watch as the little Airbender zipped her way through and between the guards, as some of them started to open fire on her, and then looked at the other Firebender and smirked to herself. It was certainly her chance to get a little payback to the guards who had treated her badly. Rila cracked her neck and fingers a bit as she started to rush forward, aiming towards one of the closest guards whos attention was on the Airbender.

Rila summoned up her firebending and shot out some fire from her fists as they hit the closest guards squarely in the chest. Forcing them to be knocked over onto the ground, as her attention turned towards the girl zipping around she needed some protection and would continue to attack any of the guards that tried to attack her.

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A spot of water dampened her shoulder.

Then another.

Then another.

She held out her bare hand to the sky, letting more of the water land upon her skin - it seemed the drips were now congregating more into a drizzle. Even without bending - one could tell from the atmosphere and the clouds that it was going to rain soon. Yet the prison personnel still let the benders out into the yard.

How foolish.. Jirani thought. They had protocol for these sort of things - if it was raining, or seemed it was about to - the prisoners were to stay inside. Even if it meant they were deprived of their fresh air for the day.

The short, young woman stood towards the corner of the courtyard, away from most of the other inmates. Being in this prison meant she had betrayed her nation, but she didn't know which of the prisoners would see reason or not - just being associated with the Fire Nation was grounds for being beat in a prison. And she wasn't sure the guards would help her either, if it came to that.

However, with a fight having erupted in the center of the courtyard, and a new flock of inmates arriving to the yard as the doors moved to the side, it seemed like the prime moment for some sort of riot to take place - though there was no way in hell she could start one by herself..

But, it seem she didn't have to.

One of the newly arrived inmates, seemingly oblivious to the rules placed on benders when in prison, caught some of the drizzle, and launched it towards the group fighting in the middle. As you'd expect - none of the guards liked that. She was quickly surrounded by said guards, the men clutching their hilts and calling the art of flame to their palms. If she was trying to distract them even further - it had worked.

Naught but a few seconds later, a swirling ball of air - apexed by a girl about her size - came hurling past her; the force almost toppling the ex-officer. She stumbled to keep her footing, flailing her arms. A-An Airbender?? How has she even survived in here this long?! she thought frantically.

It had seemed the yard had quickly complicated itself - far more than she had anticipated. Perhaps escape would actually be possible! We have to act fast, before they send more soldiers.. she thought as she ran towards a guard that was preoccupied with other inmates.

"Riot!" she heard called allowed. Now the other inmates were stirring. She witnessed the others start to turn on the guards as she ran, the Earthbenders shooting chunks of rock at the outnumbered guards, and the present Waterbenders working to quell the already-suppressed flames of them. The riot was now well underway.

Jirani darted behind the guard she had approached, aiming to slam her foot into the back of his knee, then deliver a swift forearm to the crook of his neck - where his helmet did not protect him.

If only she were that fortunate.

As she made for her attack, the guard moved his leg, causing her to end up kicking him in the calf. Which he didn't like, obviously.

"What the hell are you doing?!" he shouted at her as he turned to shoulder her away roughly, unsheathing his blade.

But Jirani had other plans - she threw herself into him as he tried to draw his weapon, clasping her own hands around the hilt to try and wrestle it from his grasp. He had the strength advantage, but she had the momentum. Hopefully she would be able to topple him, and rip the weapon from his hands, threatening him into submission with it.

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Yumiko merely shrugged her shoulders. She didn't particularly care if the bouncing air bender girl made it out safely or not. She wanted out so she was getting out. The firebender traitor could come if she wanted, but she would not hold her breath. "Look, I don't care about the rest of you. If she wants to bounce around, that's on her. I'm using the chaos to escape. Come if you want to."

Yumiko ran to the side wall, noticing the guards to busy with the others fighting back. She summoned water around her, circling her feet until a pond formed around her ankles. She began to lift herself up towards the top. Soon, she was moving quickly. What she did not count on was that, even with all the rain, there was not enough water to reach the full height. Soon, the water dispelled.

Yumiko grabbed for the wall, yanking herself up over the top. She took a moment to breathe. She was out of it, soon. Did she try to help the others? The firebender? Or did she just escape?

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Mud clung to Shannuk, encasing him in a dirty cocoon of water and dirt as he rolled in violent form with the Earth Nation man. The general chaos, confusion and violence erupting all around them, slowly forging itself into an outright riot was all but ignored by the two battlers as they exhaustedly battered at each other. Each trying to desperately gain the upper hand. Time seemed to melt away for Shannuk, eclipsed by the pain in his abdomen and face, he spat out a tooth at some point, spitting blood into his opponent's face. The man seemed stronger, and tougher, but Shannuk had the endurance, and the drive to come out on top.

They rolled again, snarling as the fight switched from a brawl to the two trying to murder each other. No one interfered, if any of the guardsmen even would have inclined to keep the fight from spilling into such dangerous territory, they were far to occupied to bother now. Shannuk could feel his strength waning even as the man took the top, pinning Shannuk beneath his bulk. Grabbing the earth nation man by the collar he jerked hard to the left. By some fluke the man was off balanced, rolling away his arms flailing. In a flash the young water bender took the advantage, snagging the man’s arms and setting his legs in hooks before thrusting his hips savagely upward, all while pulling away.

The end result was a sharp pop, and a pained scream from the earth bender. Grinning victoriously Shannuk stumbled to his feet and kicked the defeated man in the face, only to lose his balance fall to the mud once more. Laughing Shannuk gathered himself and stood, for the first time taking in the chaotic scene unfolding about him.

Momentarily confused Shannuk cast about for Rila but couldn’t pick her out from amongst the rioters. “Women,” he muttered, waving his hand and gathering a few droplets of water to press against his sore face. “End a fight for them, and they run off without so much as how-do-you-do.” Irritable, and aching Shannuk limped nonchalantly through the riot occasionally stepping around brawlers or ducking a flying stone. He emerged mostly unscathed at the other end. He was more or less uninterested in the battle, just miffed that no one would have noticed his close victory against the earth bender. Stopping by the door, Shannuk examined the cold, rolled steel behemoth designed to keep them from escaping, or at least to keep them from escaping back into the prison’s interior.

Tapping it Shannuk pressed his ear against the iron, listening for any commotion inside. Surely reinforcements would be arriving soon for the hard-pressed Fire Benders already fighting the prisoners. When he heard something, that sounded similar to running from within he pulled away, pressing his back against the wall, gathering a large ball of water in his hands, freezing it, and waiting for whomever the unfortunate soul that dashed through.

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Jia Li glanced at Yumiko and she nodded. Starting the riot as a diversion was about all she could do for the air bender, if the girl didn't manage to get herself out. Once they escaped from the prison, then that was another matter. She herself was Fire Nation - she could get the air bender tips. Maybe - and Jia Li grimaced at the thought - she could give her burns where the tattoos were, in order to mask them.

Jia Li took off at a run, taking a deep breath and she jumped, flexing her muscles to get the fire to burn in her hands and allow her to fly - but the freezer did a work on her and nothing came. She flew head first into the wall and her already gushing nose took another hit and she fell down, coughing and unable to breathe from her nose. Her face was filled with pain. "...I hate freezers..." Jia Li mumbled, trying to get up.

There was little joy to victory in a momentary battle with guards who aren't even focused at him. He was pretty sure that Hikari had been hit as well, but he couldn't do much about it right now. Nevertheless, he weaved through the chaos - occasionally ducking down to avoid blasts of fire and other prisoners who were just throwing fists at everything that moved. Couldn't blame them really. The chaos made it hard to focus even if the main enemy had an entirely different uniform and were blasting fire at each and every one of them.

He watched a waterbender blast herself up the walls - for what reason, he didn't know - and a firebender attempt the same thing only to slam into said wall. He collected more water and lashed out at the guards that were rushing around, knocking them aside and momentarily incapacitating them. Well, it would be a short lived moment but he'd take every second. He jogged towards injured firebender and then extended his hand - intending to help but exchanging no words. They were all prisoners. She may be a member of the Fire Nation, but right now, it was them against the guards.

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Chaos was definitely going on all around them, and Hikaru was trying to come up with some sort of plan to get out of there without her shirt catching on fire or something. As long as she kept moving, the air hopefully would quickly knock out any flames that actually appeared on her clothes, as it has proven thus far, but she was running out of ideas, and quickly. It took her a moment to realize that someone had burst up onto the wall using water bending, and a fire bender prisoner trying the same thing, but she hit the ground. Hikaru thought for a moment, before she landed on the ground right next to Hiroyuki and Jia Li, recognizing that the fire bender had been trying to help her out.

"Warning, this likely will feel weird, and you might have to catch yourself, but it'll be alright in the long run... I hope... Course could accidentally overshoot it but we have got to get out of the main area, on the wall we'd have a better shot at defending ourselves... I'd tell you to hang on, but that seems to be a bit pointless all things considering," she said, before there was a strong gust of wind and Hiroyuki would find himself up in the air and managed to land safely on top of the wall. "Not waiting to ask if you want a boost, up you get," she said to Jia Li, before she'd also find herself up the wall.

Up on the wall, several guards noticed the group now up there, and fire started getting shot their way. Blasts of flame that were quick, and some of them were quite powerful despite the rain, and hit Yumiko, knocking her backwards and burning her slightly. The other two, since they still had a slight wind around them, were uninjured from the fire as it died out before it reached them.

Ryuu recognized what Hikaru was doing, and wasn't wasting anytime, using his sword, he fought his way towards her. He definitely was pretty skillful, even without any sort of bending abilities, and after a few moments, he managed to reach her, taking a few deep breaths as it was a little bit tiring. "Mind giving me a boost up to? Think we could use all the help we can get to get out of here don't you think?"

"Sure, give me a moment," she said, before a gust of wind knocked him skyward, and he landed perfectly on his feet behind one of the guards, and ran the guy through with his blade, before tossing him off the wall. This was not going to be easy. They still had to make it off the wall, safely to boot, and make it as far away from the prison as possible. This situation was looking to be more impossible by the minute the more that he thought about it.

Hikaru was still on the ground below, and she was sending gusts of wind at the guards and the fire they sent at her, keeping them at bay for the most part as chaos reigned around them.

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As Rila looked around she spotted her idiot of a cellmate over by the doors from where they were let in, before letting out a loud shout towards him. "Shannuk get over to the wall if you want to escape!" Rila yelled towards him, but she was certainly not going to go after him, she wanted to escape from the prison. As Rila looked around she watched as a water bender girl used her bending to get herself up on the wall, and then a fire nation girl who attempted to use her bending to propel her up onto the wall. Seeing the airbender girl who was still on the ground fending off against the incoming guards. Rila started to make a beeline over to the wall ducking and dodging out of the way of other guards and prisoners.

"Time to go." Rila said as she kept running, she didn't care if Hikaru was going to protest or not, the girl would certainly need help if they were all going to make it out alive somehow. "And up we go!" Rila said as she used her bending to propel herself up onto the wall landing easily on her feet as she set Hikaru down. She eyed the group that was there on the wall itself as well as some of the guards that were there, getting ready to defend herself if needed.

Hiroyuki looked at Hikaru as she landed beside them. She began to say a warning about what she was going to do. It took a moment for him to process what exactly she was talking about and by that point, he had no time to worry about any accidents that might happen while Hikaru blasted them off - because at that moment in time, he was already up in the air and shooting straight for the wall. You have to understand that the shock that settled into him was a little late in coming so the man had no reaction when he landed and fire was dispelled thanks to the remaining air around him and the firebender.

"That was different." He mumbled to himself. He took a moment to reorient himself and convince his body that there was now ground beneath his feet. Of course, it only took a second. He then looked up to the guards who were attacking them - and one of the other waterbenders there had been knocked backwards by them. That was danger number one. Someone else was on the wall and he saw a guard tumble down. Hiroyuki moved and collected as much water as he could. He growled in frustration when it took a while before he could get enough that would actually be useful in offense but he eventually did. As soon as he was able, he sent the water whip towards the guards and sendin three of them down.

The waterbender barely acknowledged the arrival of the other two - a firebender and Hikaru. He spared a glance at them as he raised his water in front of him so that it might fend off some fire blasts. He nodded at them because they all had the same objective - get off the damn wall and get the hell out of here.

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Not concerned about the others, Yumiko looked over on the other side of the wall to plan for her escape. She hadn't realized the guards got up there too and began to attack her. She stumbled backwards, falling to the ground. She wasn't hurt severely. She stood up and brushed herself off. "Really guys. I love the attention, but you need to cool down a bit." She moved her hands in a quick side motion, summoning a torrent of water that splashed the guards, sending them careening off the wall.

Yumiko shook her head. Amateurs. It was then she noted that the others seemed to follow her lead and climbed up the wall. She would be annoyed, but it was the smartest thing the lot of them had done since getting outside. "Great, more people to draw further attention. Well we are nearly out of here. Who wants to leap first?"

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Jia Li would like to say that she didn't let out a bit of a squeak as she was boosted up onto the wall, thanks to the air bender girl's powers. Instead, she flailed her arms slightly before she landed and she let out a bit of a huffy breath. As to be expected, they started taking enemy fire. With her abilities to bend fire being weakened, she wasn't able to just run out in front and dispel the flames as she would have liked to. "Little one, get up here!" Jia Li ordered, looking at the little girl still down on the wrong side of the wall.

She then looked at her cell mate for a moment. If she could summon enough flames to stabilize her fall, then the leap would be relatively painless. "I'll go," Jia Li said. At the very least, she'd be able to combat any guards waiting for them below. She then took a deep breath, looked at her companions, and she jumped, hoping that her natural abilities would keep her from a miserable death.

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Hikaru did not expect a random fire bender to grab her and take off onto the top of the wall. Though she had a fairly easy time getting back to normal when it came to balance and orientation. Landing skillfully, since she was used to taking off in a glider, she sent blasts of air at the other fire benders as well, throwing the blasts at them and knocking several others off the wall. Looking over at Jia Li as she jumped off the wall, her eyes widening slightly at the sight of her jumping, it was just plain insanity!

Ryuu was of the same mind set about that as Hikaru was, who in their right mind without any sort of plan would just jump off and see what happens. This was not going to end well, that was for sure. He used the sword that he had snatched from before to cut some of the fire benders down to size, swinging it around to stop the flames from hitting him. It was getting a bit tiring, and a bit difficult for him, but he was able to hold on, for now. Who knew what was going to happen in the next moment or two.

Glancing over at the others, Hikaru caused a giant gust of wind to surround Jia Li, slowing her descent and she'd find herself landing safely on the ground without any sort of injuries, which was likely a good thing. She didn't want the fire bender to just go splat or anything like that. Letting out a bit of a sigh of relief, she glanced over at the others, wondering who'd be the next to jump off the edge and hopefully not go splat on the ground. Since that in her mind was likely a horrible way to die.

He was still keeping several of the guards distracted, but he knew that unless they jumped, they might as well be dead, or sitting ducks. Either way, they were in a very bad position, and it was likely not going to end very well. Having been distracted for a moment, he got knocked backwards by the flames right to the edge of the wall. Glancing down at the ground below, where Jia Li was, he knew that if he rotated his body correctly and rolled, even without the help of the air bender he should be able to avoid breaking any bones. It only took a moment to decide, before he sheathed the sword, turned, and lept off the wall. He managed to maneuver his body to the point where he rolled and was able to get back on his feet quickly when he did that, stopping himself from getting seriously injured.

The guards kept sending blasts of flame at the group, to the point where Hikaru got knocked off the wall completely. She managed to get herself upright mostly and slow her decent when she was about a foot from the ground, but in the end it didn't really matter, there was a slight crack in her right leg when she hit the ground and she winced in pain from it and ended up kneeling on the ground. However, she wasn't the only one who got knocked off.

Yumiko was blasted off, getting a few burns on her arm when she fell. She'd be able to maneuver her body slightly, but that wasn't really going to matter too much. However, thanks to Hikaru trying to break her own fall, Yumiko was slowed slightly before she hit the ground, landing on her side, her right arm getting broken when she landed on it.