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[Rico de Arroyo]

Just let me liberate you.

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It was a fine day in Republic City. Rico could feel it in his bones that something good was going to happen today. The male walked down the street bustled with many people. It was apparently saturday and a day for people to do shopping at the street market. Rico had taken it upon himself to visit the lovely city which had integrated so many different benders into one place. Rico haven't noticed all of the looks he was getting in the streets. It wasn't because he was such a intimidating man, it wasn't because he swore loyalty to the fire nation. It was because he was walking shirtless. Most of the females were about to swoon at the sight of his nearly perfect sculpted body. Rico was definitely a unique one. His body alone turned heads. His body and his charms made women fall at his feet. Rico knew he looked good and he wasn't ashamed to be this conceited. He accepted his flaws and perfections all together. He was merely content with himself and the way his life was going. The male ran his fingers through his wild tangles on his head before stuffing them into his pockets of his dark blue cargo shorts. He strolled on through the streets, ladies trying to stalk him unsuspiciously. The male's crimson eyes observed the surroundings, looking past all of the people and more focused on the products that were being sold at the market. Then he came upon something. Many metal sculptures adorned a part of the street. Rico observed the strange artwork. They were quite beautiful as if it was made with thought and feelings. Rico smiled and asked, "How much for this?"

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[Radu Zhao Lee]

    Radu walked about the streets with Howl by his side. The young wolf seemed to be happy to spend time with his thin human friend. Although, Radu often wondered how the wolf thought of him. Was a friendship they had? Or was it a brotherly bond? Who knows. Radu was just thankful the place he lived in allowed pets, otherwise he'd be living on the streets and wouldn't have his job.

    It felt like Howl was the one leading this little walk. Considering Radu didn't even think about where to go and that Howl seemed to be walking a paw step or two ahead of him. But that was fine. He just didn't see a reason to be in this part of Republic City. True, Radu was very new to the city still even though he had been here for a year almost. So he didn't know of many places.

    Howl came to a stop and a sound left him. Radu's bright hazel gaze turned to the wolf only to follow in the direction he was staring at. A rather large and intimidating person had the wolf's attention but....it was probably due to the fact the guy was shirtless. Radu shook his head and looked at Howl.

    "What is it?" Radu asked Howl, only for the wolf to look at him and twitch his ears.

    

[Jinshu Huli]

“How much for this?” A small crash was heard from behind one of the larger sculptures, followed by a string of quiet cursing. Jinshu had just been finishing up with her weekly process of setting up shop for her Saturday sale in the market, and she really hadn’t been expecting anyone to stop by so soon. The sound of someone nearby talking had startled her a bit, and she’d lost her balance and fallen, dropping a smaller sculpture in the process. As she quickly stood up she could see there was some slight damage to the piece from the fall. Luckily it wasn’t badly damaged, just bent out of shape slightly; so as she walked toward the front of her stall area she used her bending to get it bent back in shape. She was a tad startled by the person who was standing there examining her sculptures. He was a very large and intimidating man. Above all that he was shirtless. Jinshu certainly hadn’t been prepared for someone of his stature to be there, and she started feeling rather nervous. “Th-that one i-is…uh…” Jinshu’s nervous nature began showing through even more as she began to speak. She could feel her cheeks heating up as her face turned red from a nervous blush. “F-Five hundred yuan…” Quickly she darted behind another of the sculptures, busying herself with setting the smaller one onto a stand. As she did she was trying to focus on the sculpture so the redness in her cheeks would fade. It was rather hard to sell anything when her face looked like a tomato and she couldn’t get three words out without stuttering.

words: 276 tag: Rico, Radu, Open notes: Managed to get a post done before work~ Whoo~

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[Rico de Arroyo]

Just let me liberate you.

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Rico was surprised to hear a small crash after he had spoke. He turned into the direction of the sudden crashing sound. A female emerged from behind the mass of large sculptures, working on her small piece in her hand with bending. Rico instantly flashed a smile, his wide white teethed grin that was enough to coax a woman into a trance. By reading the expression on the blonde's face he could tell that she was startled. That was the most common reaction that he got when someone took a look at him. “Th-that one i-is…uh…” stuttered the female. This woman was just so adorable and beautiful. “F-Five hundred yuan…" spoke the nervous woman her cheeks now colored a beautiful shade of crimson. Just as fast as she had appeared, she disappeared behind one of the sculptures. Rico only smiled more and followed the lady. He was interested in her greatly. "Es un placer estar en tu presencia mi señora1." said the male.  "I was going to buy it so I could take it home and admire its beauty. But I have found something that is far more beautiful than the sculpture. You, mi señora... are divinely stunning. I would love nothing more than watching your beautiful beauty." said the male, reaching out to grasp her hand gently and bringing it up to his lips where he planted a small loving kiss. "My name is Rico de Arroyo... I would love to find out the name of this beautiful señora." said the male in his thick spanish accent as he smiled down at the female.  1. Es un placer estar en tu presencia mi señora - It is a pleasure to be in your presence my lady.

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[Radu Zhao Lee]

    Radu was close enough to hear what was going on. Truth be told, he didn't understand it. He even raised an eyebrow to the strange words that Rico had said. But quickly lowered it, closed his eyes, and shook his head slowly. Must be a romantic guy or something. Howl seemed amused by it, going to the extent of barking at Rico. This caused Radu to open his eyes and look at his canine companion.

    "Hush Howl, what's got you so worked up?" Radu asked as he bent down and stroked the wolf's fur.

    Howl was a normally quiet wolf despite his name, why would he be barking at someone? He then turned to Rico just in case if the man had turned round when he heard the barking.

    "I apologize for him, Howl normally doesn't do that." Radu said, that is if Rico turned around to begin with.

[Jinshu Huli]

Jinshu let out a startled squeak when she heard Rico speaking behind her. She really wished she had a hiding spot; but her stall was bare of any nooks she could squeeze into. Feeling rather trapped, she glanced around quickly for an escape route. Unfortunately she was indeed trapped for the moment. She was feeling very much like a mouse caught in a corner by a snake. Her heart raced as she began to hyperventilate slightly, her thoughts buzzing through her mind too quickly to grasp. When the man grabbed her hand she had a twitch reflex to pull it away, but his grasp was firm. Her mind was basically deaf to the words he was saying; which was a small blessing as his words would likely have given the poor girl a heart attack. As he pressed his lips against the back of her hand her mind went blank. The lack of conscious mental activity was apparent on her face for a moment as well. Before her mind could even begin to restart her thought process she fell to the ground in a faint. It had been a bit too much on her poor psyche for her to remain conscious. Her faint was a fairly deep one as well. The barking of a nearby wolf didn’t even come close to rousing her from her stress-induced stupor.

words: 227 tag: Rico, Radu, Open notes: And cue the fainting

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[Rico de Arroyo]

Just let me liberate you.

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Rico only flashed his wide grin at the female before her. He had noticed that she was a bit... jumpy. So she was an innocent one, the kind that knew nothing of being around men who treated her right. He had also noticed that the female's expression was blank as soon his warm lips made contact with her smooth skin. Rico knew the kind of effect that he had on many countless women. But this was new. It was as if she couldn't speak in his presence alone. Rico furrowed his eyebrows as if he was thinking deeply within his mind. Then it happened. The female's body began to drift away. Something snapped within Rico that caused him to react rather quickly. He instantly reached out and caught the girl in her midfall. His massive muscular arms wrapped around the female's slender body. Then Rico realized that she had indeed fainted. He quickly pressed his ear against her chest for signs of a pulse. The male found one and quickly scooped it up. Then he heard barking. Rico let out a beast-like growl at the irritation of the barking. He was busy with more important things. Like this woman. Rico placed the fragile woman in a chair located in the booth under some shade. Rico glanced around to find some sort of a rag. The he found one. He snatched it up and took a water bottle that was luckily cold and poured it over the rag, making it wet. The male folded the rag and placed it directly over the girl's forehead. Rico pulled up a stool-like chair up to the chair and waited for the female to wake up and he will gladly be quick to give her any kind of help.

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[Radu Zhao Lee]

    That was rude. Radu thought in his head when Rico growled back at Howl.

    That of course caused the wolf to growl back. Radu stood up and scratched Howl's ear. There was no reason to stay here. True he saw that the person Rico was talking to had fainted, but the man seemed to be trying to help her. So, why stay? Clearly they were unwanted as the apology went without notice.

    "Come on Howl, drop it." Radu said to the wolf as he started to walk away.

    One last growl at Rico and Howl followed along. The wolf nudged Radu's hand as they walked away. Glancing down at his friend, Radu smiled and put his hand on the wolf's head. Gently stroking the fur.

[Feihong Shou]

Feihong decided he would meet the girl again, visiting her stand at the local weekend market. So, he walked, his jacket protecting him from the slight chill of the wind blowing, the faux tail blowing in the breeze. As he walked, he hummed a low tune, stepping along with the rhythm and skipping slightly. He was in a strangely good mood, and he was anxious for some reason he couldn't quite understand, but he just brushed it off and continued toward the stall, following the instructions the old woman had given him, before seeing a tall, muscular, and somewhat hairy man, standing over an unconscious Jinshu. Feihong didn't bother to take the time to consider possibilities, and just rushed over, flames dancing at his fingertips, and jumped over the man, landing between him and Jinshu and pointing his flamed hand at the man's face. "Who are you, and what have you done to her to make her faint?"

[Jinshu Huli]

Slowly, Jinshu’s mind began to reboot from her fainting spell. As she began to do a mental check over her condition she found her joints were oddly stiff. It was also obvious she was in a chair now, but she had no idea how she got into it, though the chair was the likely culprit of her stiff joints. She didn’t bother to try and figure out how; instead she just let out a small groan as she started to stir. Her forehead felt cool and moist, and as she came to a bit more she realized there was a damp rag there. She wondered who put it there and blinked her eyes open so she could assess what was going on. What she saw was a bit shocking to her as she sat up a bit straighter in the chair, taking the damp rag off her forehead and setting it aside. Feihong was standing there, hand ablaze and confronting the big man who had caused her to faint. She vaguely remembered his name being Rico, or at least she thought that’s what it was. Either way, she was surprised to see Feihong there, and a little scared too. He had caused her to faint multiple times after she’d invited him into her apartment. Despite that, she was relieved to see him; though he seemed to be acting rather protective for the short time they’d known each other. It had her a bit curious as to his reasons, but she knew she was too skittish to ever consider trying to ask what his reasons were.

words: 265 tag: Rico, Radu, Fei, Open notes: Yay finally had muse!

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[Rico de Arroyo]

Just let me liberate you.

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Rico wouldn't care less about the male that had suddenly left after rico gave out a growl. He was too preoccupied with the lovely woman before him. However what happened next was clearly unexpected. A man suddenly had appeared between Rico and the woman with his hands obviously ready to attack. "Who are you, and what have you done to her to make her faint?" demanded the man. This elicited a defensive response out of him. Rico did not recognize him as one of the fire nation soldiers but it was obvious that he was from the fire nation. Rico's mouth let out a terrifying growl. His hair raising slightly as a wolf would do when ready to fight. His hand were also out and placed in an offensive position. flame dancing along his hands and fingers. He gave off an aura of a terrifying beast. "I'm Rico. Rico de Arroyo. An admiral, loyal servant to the fire nation. The woman had fainted not too long after meeting me. It's best for you to get out of my way. Admiral's orders." growled the shirtless beast. Then over the man's shoulder, he saw the lovely woman had come to. He instantly diminished his flames, taking a calmer stance once the concern of the woman's condition took over. He barged past the intruder, kneeling down at the ground near to the woman. "Mi senorita... are you feeling alright? Do want any water mi cariño?" asked the male, obviously very concerned about the sudden fainting of the woman. Did she not eat well this morning? Overworked herself?

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[Feihong Shou]

Feihong's eyes sharpened, and his hand immediately slipped down to his sword, drawing it in a sharp motion and setting flames through it. "Did you just order me? Do I look like one of your military mutts? No. And you'd do well to remember it. Nobody orders me." He snapped, his flames flickering just the slightest hint of blue before he regained composure long enough to get them back to red.

Feihong quickly decided the man wasn't worth his time, and turned his back to him, sheathing the sword and walking over to Jinshu, making sure to get between her and the larger man. "Are you alright? Any injuries?" He said, speaking very softly and gently, looking her over with his sharp, intense eyes.

[Jinshu Huli]

Jinshu scooted back in the seat a bit, sitting as far back as she could, feeling rather uncomfortable with all the attention she was getting. Between the two fire nation men she was feeling overwhelmed. She could hardly think straight, let alone get any words past her tied tongue. Trying to get her thoughts straight caused her to start feeling a bit dizzy again. She felt more inclined to respond to Feihong’s inquiries. Despite how easy it was for him to startle her, his voice wasn’t as harsh as Rico’s. Swallowing the lump in her throat, she stuttered out a reply, “I-I’m f-fine…” Staying at the marketplace after this seemed like a bad idea to her. All the confidence she’d had for dealing with the strangers buying things today had been drained. Going home would also get her out of the current situation, which seemed to be heading toward two fire benders fighting over her. If she weren’t so timid the thought of that would be utterly amusing rather than frightening.

words: 265 tag: Rico, Radu, Fei, Open notes: Yay finally had muse!

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