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Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

So I just read through the IC as it is and I must say, wow. Amazing start to the game and I really have some work to do, introducing Sang (I just realised that I've written her name in the tradition asian style of surname before name, sorry about that). Anyway, I have a few ideas about what to write and hope that I can live up to your greatness.

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

I'm sorry guys! I'm working on the post as we speak but my neighbour set fire to his kitchen and so my apartment building is currently being vacated. >:C Imma continue to type it up on the sidewalk though i brought my laptop

My life is a play

@Lunaeria

For a second there I thought we might be neighbours. Yesterday my downstairs neighbour somehow managed to get his stove to explode, shattering the kitchen window and burning half his kitchen. The guy put out the fire with powder, which he left all over the place. He then got all his stuff together (student, so not much) and bailed. Haven't seen the guy since...
However, we weren't evacuated, so...

Anyway, still here, still waiting... Still super-hyped.

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

That sucks. Anyway, don't worry about it, we want to start but not at the expense of the GM's sanity.

Star Wars: A Stormtrooper's Tale.

Lowering the training rifle a hairs breadth, MK219 peered down the range at his target. It was far away but he had good eyes, it was kind of a prerequisite to become a scout. The target was a vaguely humanoid hologram coloured blue to make it easy to aim at it. A small red dot had appeared in the chest-area and marked the spot where MK's shot would've hit if he'd been using a regular rifle and the hologram had been able to take damage from energy shots. He was slightly off target, the tiny white dot he'd been aiming at was still visible right at the edge of the red dot like a sun or white moon eclipsed by a bright red planet.

MK219's right hand moved almost on it's own, found the adjustable sight and turned a small knob on the side twice and an identical knob on top once. He aimed the the target again and gently squeezed the trigger. No recoil, no drop, no projectile that could be influenced by air flow, stationary target. No way to miss.
Again he looked down the range at his target. Another red dot had appeared and the previous one had become slightly more translucent. The bright red dot now perfectly encompassed the white dot. His sight was perfectly attuned to his eyes.

MK219 removed the adjustable scope and got into a sitting position, resting his practice rifle on his left hand and his left elbow on his left knee, left foot on the ground. The full weight of the rifle, which wasn't much, was channelled straight into the ground. On a good day he could sit like that for hours, only occasionally taking a break to flex his right leg which took the brunt of his own weight. Without the scope he could only use the rifle's built-in iron-sights it was a lot harder to aim, especially on distant targets, but it was good practice for a bad scenario. The scope was one of the most sensitive pieces of the rifle, a million things could happen to it in the field that would break it or make it less-than-optimal.

There were five white dots on the hologram...

Four...

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

Fixed:
Added char to char-tab.
Format is now the same as other chars.
Added stuff to appearance to make her more similar to the Avatar.
Added stuff to the fighting style to make her more similar to the warriors of the show.
Added funny gifs of Sokka getting his ass handed to him.

Not fixed:
Wasn't sure which colour to use so I went with pure white (I'm not a teacher so I thought we'd better differentiate the two non-benders).
Makeup-free pic (still looking).

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

Saitong Sang

Master of the five fists. The Avatar’s Bodyguard. Watcher of the Avatar’s ass.

”Pain now, or pain later? Choose.”

Full Name
Saitong Sang.

Nicknames
Satin.

Age
29.

Gender
Female.

Sexuality
Homosexual.

Abilities
Sang is a master of the five animal styles of his school - Monkey, Panther, Crane, Snake and dragon, as well as several traditional martial arts weapons such as the wooden staff, long sword, spade, metal whip, tonfa, daggers and of course the dual fans.

Apart from her mastery of the forms, Sang has already acted as master for young children in the noble art of fighting. Her place in the Avatar’s cohort was secured because she would be able to protect the Avatar, as well as work with the different bending masters to teach bending, form and discipline more efficiently.

Fighting Style:
Each style is different and suited for different opponents.
Monkey is a low grappling and acrobatic style suited for slow-moving people who can’t turn quickly or have a limited field of view.
Panther is a fast and offensive style that aims to take out an opponent at super-close range.
Crane uses lange movements and power-circles to turn the user’s limbs into unstoppable weapons, best used at some range and may easily break bones.
Snake is designed for speed and precision in both attack and defence. Used to take out defensive or highly skilled opponents.
Dragon is a fierce style where every attack can become a grapple, otherwise it takes traits from both crane and Panther.
These styles all build upon the general Kyoshi-style of fighting which is influenced by Aikido, tessenjustu (fan fighting) as well as (i presume) some sword fighting disciplines.



The different weapon styles are also designed for different things, but each weapon should be fairly self-explanatory.



Physical Appearance
As she has since she was a young child, Sang is most comfortable in her Kyoshi uniform with her face painted as tradition demands.
Without this she is a beautiful woman with surprisingly fresh skin (for one who walks around painted seven days per week). Her hair is a red and is cut to be held back by her “mask” and fall to the shoulders, her eyes are hazel brown.
Her body is well trained, not to the point where she would be considered muscular, but at the point where the size of her muscles does not interfere with her agility. Her training has made her very agile, and stronger than most people would expect. This means that her body is still very much a feminine one that will attract a certain kind of attention. The least feminine thing about Sang's body is her height, which is slightly taller than your average woman. Sang herself only sees it as an advantage as she can see over the heads of her peers and has a longer range than her fellow Kyoshi warriors.

Equipment and Personal Belongings
Sang carries her uniform as well as a pair of fans and also a small bag that contains sleeping and hygiene equipment, face paint and battle rations of dried food (green to match her uniform).

Goal
To serve the Avatar, uphold the honour of the Kyoshi and to see the world.

Secret
Sang’s sexuality.

Habits
Sang has never really been out in the world for real and doesn’t really have a lot of social experience. She has a habit of smiling a lot, nodding and letting others decide for her. Anything from where to go to that to eat, if someone speaks up she’ll accept it.

Other
Anything about your character worth mentioning

Likes
o Colourful birds.
o Sweets.
o Passing out from over-exerting oneself.

Dislikes
o Rain.
o Anything reptilian or with tentacles.
o Hot weather (the uniform is like five layers of clothing).



Strengths
o Martial arts. (I’ll kick your ass!)
o Approachable. (I’m sweet and innocent)
o Quick uptake. (I’m smart, dumbass!)

Weaknesses
o New to the world. (Excuse me, where is… Everything?)
o Out of touch. (My style might be a bit old…)
o Hydrophobic (I HATE water… And everything in it”

Personality
Sang is a very sweet girl that easily makes friends with people. Her methods might be a bit…. Physical, but she believes that a good training segment is the best way to bring two people really close. In a way she’s right since her training uses other people as “weights” and once you’ve climbed another person like a mountain, you literally have very few secrets left.

Sang’s sweetness can be a bit deceptive, when she’s the master she is a very ruthless teacher that enjoys pushing her students to the absolute limit of what they can do. The only acceptable way of stopping is to fall to the ground because you cannot keep yourself up, then you may drink and catch your breath before rejoining the other students that have waited for you to come back.

This whole deal with the republic has really made Sang appreciate the Avatar as a keeper of the peace. In her little mind, minding only her little island, peace shouldn’t be harder than everyone not fighting. But as soon as Korra disappeared, a whole bunch of trouble arrived. She respects the Avatar greatly and will do whatever she can to help restore the peace.

Brief History
What state would the world be in if there was no place for the Kyoshi warriors?

Sang started out as an apprentice when she was five like many other girls. At age five the body is still agile and the mind able to be moulded into pretty much anything. They’d train like beasts for hours at a time (which can be quite taxing for a five year old) and learn about stuff like philosophy, reading and writing and other basic forms of education once they were good and tired.

Sang never really stood out to the masters as a fighter, but she was tenacious enough to get a reputation among her peers as one who would keep going no matter what. Her arms and legs would be bruised, lip split, she could be bleeding, dazed and half blind and still get back up to take another punch. Before long this made her advance in the grades and eventually reach the highest grade, where she would be able to teach.

The white lotus and the Kyoshi warriors had a close bond ever since the incident with the fire nation when Avatar Aang was young, and when the word came that a team was being assembled to protect, serve and teach the new Avatar to stand up to president San and his goons she wished to be sent and cornered the grand master about it. Surprisingly she believed her talk about “To be the best teacher I can I must teach the best students, and there can be no better student than the Avatar” and signed her name on a scroll and sent young Sang to the secret base later that day.

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

I stand behind the GM on all of this. Fan will make a great companion/teacher to the Avatar, and I foresee only great things for this RP.

As for Sang, I will grab any chance I can get to play her, and with this crew I will probably laugh all the way.
Just a few things, ideas and stuff to clarify.
Bodyguard, not teacher - ie not primarily there to pass on skills. I will have a closer reading of the Avatar's appearance and try to match it a bit better to open up the possibility of also being a "body double".
Profile format, are we only talking colours or is there anything I have missed? I skipped that on purpose while I made the character (faster that way) but can have it up and running like the rest shortly.
I will try to find a good picture of Sang's appearence without the uniform and makeup. Whether or not she'll take her off... We'll see :)

Thank you for this chance of participating in the game. I'll do what I can to make this a great one.

Avatar: The Cycle of the Seasons

@Dawnscroll
This, I love it.

Star Wars: A Stormtrooper's Tale.

I'm fine with anything to start us off. I was even fine with the other idea of planning to retake an outpost or imperial base of some kind.

I assume we will get the chance to get off that planet and start fighting the rebels eventually?

@Ollumhammersong

Maybe the planet has a base or outpost on it? That way we combine both plans into one.

Star Wars: A Stormtrooper's Tale.

That sounds amazing. I like it.

Just a heads up, corporal. The new recruit will be on your ass 24/7.