Determining One's Values

Alyza's expression deepened into an angry frown and creased eyebrows. She watched with annoyance as Umar started shooting Fire punches at them. She reflexively raised her arms up to cover her face as she sidestepped swiftly away.

Unfortunately, she wasn't quite fast enough. One of Umar's attacks hit her right in the left knee, and the other in the right arm. She clenched her teeth and held back a screech of pain, stumbling backwards a bit. She seemed to have just gained back her strength from starvation, and now she had two most likely third degree burns. Well this day was going well.

Of course, Lyza really should have expected this. But her idiotic confidence in herself was eventually going to get her into some shit, so, guess what that shit was? You guessed it! She got burned. Literally. But that wasn't going to stop her, for long. She stood weakly one on foot, her left leg lifted off the ground, holding her right arm with the left. Still wincing, she hopped backwards a bit.

"I gotta take a sec," She mumbled, flinching. She pressed her hand against the wound on her arm painfully.

Alyza watched helplessly as Kei finished Umar off. She was still cradling her injuries, wishing she was a water bender so she could just heal the burn. Oh well, she liked her fire bending abilities anyways. She observed with wide eyes when Kei seemingly burst directly through the fire, though she'd been at an angle where she could see he'd thrown something that dispersed most of the fire ball.

It was quite an amazing trick though, in Alyza's opinion. She wasn't much of a magician or trickster, merely a teenage run-away with a few skills to call her own. Oh that and a Red Elk. She looked over at Kei as he approached her, Umar lying unconscious on the ground. Her violet eyes glanced between the two, finally realizing how powerful this man was. Any normal person would be scared, but the very word wasn't in Alyza's vocabulary. She refrained from speaking for a moment, instead regarding the man in front of her.

"Well that was.....impressive." She finally admitted after a moment, then winced when she remembered her lovely new burns. Well that's going to leave a scar....

"Thanks." Alyza growled rather ungratefully. She wasn't one to accept help, really. But it wasn't like she had any burn cream laying around. So she took it, angrily, but still. She set the jar on the ground and opened it-with some struggling-with one hand. She dipped two of the fingers on her good hand into the cream and smoothed it onto the burn, sighing with relief as she did. She then did the same with her leg burn.

Upon finishing, she stood weakly. Alyza limped over to wear Kei was talking to the people of the village, though she tried to hide her injury. She stood, slightly slumped, beside Kei and faced the elder. When she realized what he was saying, she cocked an eyebrow and wore an expression that was a mix between confusion and a scowl.

"If I might cut it in," She said quietly, stepping forwards, "This man just did as you asked, Old man you shouldn't take his reward away just because he won't kill someone? Do you know how fucked up that is? You don't have to kill just to prove you won. It's not like this 'Umar' did more than steal. That's not all that harmful, you greedy bastards. Something is clearly wrong with you. You should be thanking him! Once Umar's been locked away, you and your crops will be safe and you won't be starving anymore! Kei has just saved all of your ungrateful asses!" Alyza was breathing hard now, her little speech having taken up quite a bit of her energy. The burns were hurting her more than she thought they would, and winced visibly. After taking a few deep breaths, she said "Just give him his damned reward, you worthless cowards."

Alyza stuck her tongue out childishly at the villagers before turning and running to catch up with Kei. She slowed to a walk when she reached him, hunching her shoulders up and sneering angrily at the ground.

"You're just going to let them get away with that? You did what they asked, you should demand a reward!" She was quiet for a moment, but before Kei could respond she realized something. "Hey! You just ordered me around like some sort of dog!" She complained, referring to when he'd called to her to "come on, let's go."

She folded her arms and scowled, staring straight ahead as she walked. Now she was just pissed off. This was the exact reason she didn't like travelling with other people. And so, she put two fingers in her mouth and whistled a piercing whistle. Off in the distance, Evelyn stopped grazing and looked up, before she began to run towards the sound.

A galloping Red Elk cantered into the village, running right past the Elder, and continued on till she reached Alyza. Lyza, in turn, pulled Lyn's reins from where they rested on her belt and swung them over the elk's head. She then clambered up onto her back, with some difficulty due to her burns (which still hurt a bit).

Kei

On their way out of the village, Alyza had told Kei, “You're just going to let them get away with that? You did what they asked, you should demand a reward!" Kei knew that she was right. Oddly enough however, Kei didn’t have any desire for a reward and felt contempt with the choice he had just made. Before Kei said anything else, Alyza had realized something. "Hey!” She complained, “You just ordered me around like some sort of dog!" Kei plainly told her, “You listened didn’t you?” His comment only seemed to anger her. Alyza had called for her Elk and hopped on her. They had left the village and headed toward Shu Jing. There, Kei had given up Umar to the people and both he and Alyza received a small payment from the village leader. Kei and Alyza had then shortly separated paths afterwards.

Mood: Contempt Condition: Hungry

Character Info Link: https://lastairbender.rpg-board.net/t1576-kei-heiwajima#16933

[OOC: This was a fun thread, if you ever want to start up another one with me, let me know.]