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[yangarang]

[ JAN 2, CLOSED TO RUBY, BLAKE & JAUNE ]

The last month had been a busy one for the Xiao Long-Rose sisters. Since the appearance of the Fire Nation portal, the girls had become extremely spoiled and spent as much of their time as possible with their father during his own winter vacation. Even though Republic City stopped them from staying longer than two weeks, it didn't stop the girls from jumping right back in all over again.

The time had been nice, but Yang had nearly overdone it. During the month she had been back and forth between Republic City and the Fire Nation nearly every few days. Yang was exhausted, to say the least between finding a new pace to live with Blake's help, picking up extra shifts waiting tables (to prove that she was a strong, independent woman!) and training with The Fire Ferrets-- not to mention Taiyang's own drills to assure that his daughter had not let up on form.

As much as she loved being home with their father, there was no point sticking around when he was going to be in the Earth Nation on business. That, she she was pretty excited to show Ruby their new home. ]

We're baaaack! [ Throwing open the front door, she She called out to the other two residents as she threw the front door open. ] Ruby, welcome to your humble abode! [ A small black and white dog rushed between Yang's legs, barked a few times before sniffing at the couch and running in circles. ] Oh, you two, Zwei! Hope it's okay that we brought him back, dad's going on a business trip so we thought it would be best if he stayed with us for a while.

[ Around Republic City & Avatar Korra Park ]

[ Dogs needed walks and that was exactly what Zwei was going to get. Altogether, the dog was very excited to be in the new city. Though without a leash, the dog was happy to follow his owner. Occasionally he would stop to offer strangers a friendly bark, hoping for a pet or a bite of food they had just purchased.

Yang showed him as much as the city as possible, pointing out wherever they were going whether the Probending Arena or the statue of Avatar Korra in the park. Zwei took a particular liking to the park, there were tons of trees to pee on and he even took a moment to sniff and take a leak on Korra's statue. Yang sighed loudly. ]

Zwei, you can't pee on that, that's our Avatar. [ The corgi tilted his head at the statue and parked before he pranced back to Yang with a wag of his tail as if asking where to next. ]

[ Ferry & Air Temple Island ]

[ Through their adventures around the City, Yang and Zwei decided to surprise Ruby during her break in training with carry out. As Yang was not blessed with the ability to bend air, she was forced to take the ferry across to Air Temple Island. Both woman and dog enjoyed the nice breeze across the ferry well enough though and occasionally Zwei would run in circles in excitement.

As they reached land, Zwei sniffed the ground and barked loudly. ] Alright Zwei, this is what you're made for! Let's go surprise Ruby!

[ Zwei barked in response and took off... in completely the opposite direction. ] Hey-- Zwei, wait up! You're going the wrong way!

[ But the dog had a mind of his own, rather than taking the quickest way to training location he took the long way around. Running through the kitchens, indoors and occasionally stopping to sniff outside someone's room, only to bark and run off again.

Yang sighed after him, often offering the same apology along the way. ] Sorry, he's just excited.

[ Probending Arena ]

[ Even on days that Bolin wasn't drilling the team, the Fire Ferrets newest fire bender took the initiative to keep herself in shape. Most mornings she could be found doing laps around the arena with the "help" of a corgi. Around the fifth lap or so the dog usually gave up, choosing to watch her and bark his encouragement over joining her. Out of team pride, she wore ferret colors while she ran.

Once she completed laps, she would head inside and work on squats, sit ups, push ups and fire bending forms. ]

Comments

[Avatar Korra Park]

[paybent]

[It looks like a strange commotion is going on by the Avatar Korra statue. The scruffy detective approaches with a confused look to get an idea of what's going on.]

Hey pal, what's going on here?

Probending Arena

[raavashing]

[Wan didn't make many appearances, though he was hoping to once his team got more settled and proper uniforms had been decided on. But he did like to come every so often. And he really liked watching the firebenders that were there practice. He couldn't publicly do so since he was the 'waterbender' of the team. But he could enjoy the sight of others practicing.

He recognized the Fire Ferrt colors on Yang and watched her for a while. She was clearly well practiced, and he wasn't as familiar with pro-bending style, but he could still recognize a problem when he saw it.]

Your feet are too wide.

Avatar Korra Park

[paishodown]

[Asami often spends her breaks unwinding in the Park, so that's where she is this afternoon. A good walk to stretch her legs makes sitting at a desk all day a bit more bearable. She barely bites back a laugh, though, when she sees Zwei lifting his leg to Korra's statue.]

I'm sure he's not the first.

[Avatar Korra Park ]

[gainedacoupon]

[ Hopefully Yang didn't mind hearing the fit of giggles near by. The park was one of Jin's favorite places to go and when she happened across that little scene she just couldn't help it. She just started laughing and she couldn't hide it. ]

Home

[descendsfromshadow]

[Well, Blake had been enjoying a quiet afternoon at home right up until that moment. When the sisters arrive home again, Blake's sitting on the couch with her nose in a book as ever. One good thing about Yang and Ruby going off on vacation was that it gave her a chance to catch up on her reading, since Jaune was far easier to ignore, and the "finished" stack of books next to her was quickly catching up to the "unread" stack in heigh.

Still, she has a small smile on her face when the door opens and she starts to greet the two when... when it happens. A little yapping ball of terror and fluff comes rolling into the house, and makes a beeline right for her spot.

She has only a second to react! Images of precious books falling victim to slavering, savage jaws rush through her mind, pages scattered and destroyed amid puddles of drool! She needs to act fast!

And so, by the time Zwei reaches the couch Blake is elsewhere.

Specifically, standing on the coffee table.

With her books cradled protectively in her arms.

She stares at the rampaging, vicious creature for a second before turning a wide-eyed, panicked look to her roommates.]

A dog? You brought home a dog?

Air Temple Island!

[mercuryadept]

[It happens to be the day that Mia is finally visiting Air Temple Island when all of a sudden a dog just starts dashing by. In fact, for a moment it's actually coming at her. It totally doesn't seem that threatening, but it is circling around her as if she's the most interesting thing ever.]

Well, hey, you, where'd you come—

[And before she can finish her sentence, the dog is off again... presumably because Yang is chasing after it, and the dog must think it's a game.]

Is... he your dog?