[Zian Chen] Teacher, Meet Reluctant Student

[Peng Biao Nuan]

"Grr...come on. Come on!"

Peng huffed softly as he tried to concentrate. The small bunch of rocks before him shook violently as he fought to keep control over them. Though he was frustrated. Very much so. As evident by the scowl on his face and such other things. This was ridiculous! He was an Earth Kingdom native for pete sake's! An earth bending child. He should be able to do this! This should be easy for him! He shouldn't be having any problems!

And yet he was. He was having so much trouble! It made him so mad at himself. And mad at his situation. And mad at the firebending gang who took his family away from him. Took everything away from him. And before his dad (or anyone really) could really teach him the art of bending the earth. He had no lessons. No one to teach him. All he had was his practice. And to be frank--he sucked at this!

His anger showed in the rocks and as his fists curled up and his teeth clenched together. And as the pebbles were seemingly flung out in all different directions. Peng gasped as the small rocks hit the walls beside and in front of him. Luckily it was all stone and metal type structures. And no windows. And so nothing broke. A sigh of relief. That was one disaster he didn't have to worry about facing.

Specially considering he was in an alley...and probably looked all sorts of weird, odd and suspicious right about now. He just didn't know where else to go. What else to do. And so this had to do...for now.

A soft and questioning meow hit his ears and he sighed softly as he looked down at Aya. The Pygmy Puma's eyes looking up at him with a soft and reassuring look. Peng couldn't help but smile softly. As always with Aya around. He bent down and scratched her behind the ears, smile growing ever slightly as the feline purred. "I'll get it one day I suppose Aya." he spoke as he sighed....

Maybe he would. And maybe he wouldn't. Who knew?

[Zian Chen]

Boy was it ever hot today. Usually he could stand it, but it was especially humid today. But spending the day in the city seemed like a much better way to spend the day then just hanging out on the island. He didn't have any work to do, was all caught up with his lessons, and didn't have any commitments. The day was his. It didn't happen a lot, but when it did, he didn't know what to do with himself. Usually he wasn't allowed to come into the city alone, so he was stuck on the island, but had recently become old enough to venture on his own, apparently.

The streets were pretty barren, everyone was taking refuge inside. Walking along he decided to follow everyone's example and headed into the local theater. There was a play going on, he didn't know what about, but the air acolyte always loved a play, no matter what the subject. They were usually entertaining. Paying for his ticket, he found a seat near the middle, sitting down, greeting the people around him with a friendly smile. The play started. It was a musical. It was fairly short, but all in all very good. The songs were catchy, and the simple love story was cute. The audience gave a standing ovation and cleared out, the next show was apparently starting soon.

Squinting in the light as he came out, Zian held up his hand to block the sun from his eyes. What should he do next? A nice snack would be refreshing. As he walked by an alley, some rocks flew out of it unsuspecting, bouncing off his side. They had lost a lot of their propulsion by the time they hit him, so it didn't hurt him at all. His brown eyes looked up to see a boy in the alley. He was with some sort of feline. Looked like a Pygmy Puma. Curiosity getting the better of him, Zian made his way down the alley. "Hello there! I couldn't help but notice... were you trying to earthbend?" it was a pretty bold question, but he was pretty good at judging people.