Post by Lin Lua'Kahn on Sept 27, 2020 17:10:22 GMT -6
Lin snapped her fingers and nodded. "Alight I got it. We need to get out fast and there's no time to look for He-Lin and wave them off. We'll just have to trust she knows what she's doing. We'll both head out the same say using the usual sibling cover up. The guards saw me come in with that lady, but I bet they see us going they won't care too much."
"So... what we're just going to walk out of the gate together? What if they have us made by the time they get there?" Jozhou asked.
"Simple, we high tail it. We know these woods better than these Fire Nation dorks, and if needed I can do a rock smacking once we're far enough from town. I haven't seen a single fire bender yet." Lin said, but her last words bothered her even after she said it. She hadn't seen any fire benders amongst the soldiers, or even among the guards. She frowned, and that got Jozhou to groan aloud.
"Oh great, what now?" He grumbled and Lin shook her head, waving the thought away.
"Nothing, we just need to go. Come on." She brushed past Jozhou and grabbed him by the scruff of his collar when he hesitated. Bodily dragging him, yet again, out of the alley way. Once again donning the vision of an angry sibling. Although this time the 'angry' was a bit more muted. What had happened to all the fire benders? Usually even podunk towns like this had a handful of fire benders on patrol. Usually officers or some kind of upper echelon to keep the regular soldiers in check. The only officers she'd seen were normal fire army troopers.
Lin shook the thought from her head, no time to be concerned about that right now. She stalked through the streets with Jozhou just on her heels. Within minutes she was within sight of the eastern gate, and she made a beeline straight towards it. Ignoring the villagers and merchants in the market stalls out beside it. She had to hope the cover story from earlier held up, and that the guards here wouldn't think twice about seeing her again. They skirted past a patrol doing it's rounds through the square before the gate, but beyond the casual glances no one seemed to pay them much mind.
The hairs on the back of Lin's neck stuck up as she strode straight through the gate and out beyond the walls. Waiting for someone, anyone, to say a thing.
"So... what we're just going to walk out of the gate together? What if they have us made by the time they get there?" Jozhou asked.
"Simple, we high tail it. We know these woods better than these Fire Nation dorks, and if needed I can do a rock smacking once we're far enough from town. I haven't seen a single fire bender yet." Lin said, but her last words bothered her even after she said it. She hadn't seen any fire benders amongst the soldiers, or even among the guards. She frowned, and that got Jozhou to groan aloud.
"Oh great, what now?" He grumbled and Lin shook her head, waving the thought away.
"Nothing, we just need to go. Come on." She brushed past Jozhou and grabbed him by the scruff of his collar when he hesitated. Bodily dragging him, yet again, out of the alley way. Once again donning the vision of an angry sibling. Although this time the 'angry' was a bit more muted. What had happened to all the fire benders? Usually even podunk towns like this had a handful of fire benders on patrol. Usually officers or some kind of upper echelon to keep the regular soldiers in check. The only officers she'd seen were normal fire army troopers.
Lin shook the thought from her head, no time to be concerned about that right now. She stalked through the streets with Jozhou just on her heels. Within minutes she was within sight of the eastern gate, and she made a beeline straight towards it. Ignoring the villagers and merchants in the market stalls out beside it. She had to hope the cover story from earlier held up, and that the guards here wouldn't think twice about seeing her again. They skirted past a patrol doing it's rounds through the square before the gate, but beyond the casual glances no one seemed to pay them much mind.
The hairs on the back of Lin's neck stuck up as she strode straight through the gate and out beyond the walls. Waiting for someone, anyone, to say a thing.
