It's no mystery that Republic City has some less than savory areas hidden away. Here, crime and street fights are common, and so the sight of a crowd gathering around a pair of brawlers and placing their bets is not at all rare.
One of the fighters--a teenager carrying a long piece of piping--bobs and weaves as he dodges chunks of rock thrown by his earthbending opponent. The ones he can't dodge explode into dust and sparks as the makeshift weapon impacts with them. Finally, an opening is spotted, and the teenager swings the pipe overhead to send a wall of flame toward his opponent. The earthbender quickly raises a wall of rock to guard... only for the pipe to shatter it and halt mere inches from his face. The wall of flame had been a distraction; the firebender had followed it to break through his guard.
Defeated, the earthbender backs down and tosses the boy a small pouch full of coins before retreating into the crowd. Grinning, the teen turns toward the crowd and sets the pipe over his shoulders, clearly enjoying himself.
"Hey, who's next? I'm not tired yet."
B: Checking out the barrier
It's been a few days since Nezha's arrival in Republic City via the ferries. In that time, he'd managed to tangle with the police over the open carrying of a weapon (which he quickly learned that if he wrapped the blade in a sheet they mostly ignored it), scrape together a few yuans in street brawls, and find himself a place to crash with said yuans.
Today, with all the strange phenomena, the young firebender is out investigating the barrier. He's already tried smacking it with his spear and throwing fire at it, but nothing seems to gain any sort of reaction. Still, Nezha is far less concerned than others are likely to be. It's not like he has any reason to leave anyway.
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It's no mystery that Republic City has some less than savory areas hidden away. Here, crime and street fights are common, and so the sight of a crowd gathering around a pair of brawlers and placing their bets is not at all rare.
One of the fighters--a teenager carrying a long piece of piping--bobs and weaves as he dodges chunks of rock thrown by his earthbending opponent. The ones he can't dodge explode into dust and sparks as the makeshift weapon impacts with them. Finally, an opening is spotted, and the teenager swings the pipe overhead to send a wall of flame toward his opponent. The earthbender quickly raises a wall of rock to guard... only for the pipe to shatter it and halt mere inches from his face. The wall of flame had been a distraction; the firebender had followed it to break through his guard.
Defeated, the earthbender backs down and tosses the boy a small pouch full of coins before retreating into the crowd. Grinning, the teen turns toward the crowd and sets the pipe over his shoulders, clearly enjoying himself.
"Hey, who's next? I'm not tired yet."
B: Checking out the barrier
It's been a few days since Nezha's arrival in Republic City via the ferries. In that time, he'd managed to tangle with the police over the open carrying of a weapon (which he quickly learned that if he wrapped the blade in a sheet they mostly ignored it), scrape together a few yuans in street brawls, and find himself a place to crash with said yuans.
Today, with all the strange phenomena, the young firebender is out investigating the barrier. He's already tried smacking it with his spear and throwing fire at it, but nothing seems to gain any sort of reaction. Still, Nezha is far less concerned than others are likely to be. It's not like he has any reason to leave anyway.