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Independent rp blog. Suyin Beifong from LoK

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[jadebeifong]

“Lin’s the oldest,” Su said.

“And hmm, she was cranky, protective, and definitely a complainer.” She smiled at this.

“Tell me about yourself. I like to hear it all.”

@zaofubaefong

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Jade laughed. “Sounds like Mom.”

“And there is not really much to know about me… I’m 18…. Yeah. That’s pretty much it…. I don’t know what to tell you, just ask something, otherwise my mind is blank.”

[zaofubaefong]

Su chuckled and started the dance over but much slower.

[jadebeifong]

Jade started to imitate the movements of Su “It’s a bit like bending.. But more fluent”

[zaofubaefong]

“And you’re up in the air,” Su said, as she did a slow flip, so that she was upside down.

[jadebeifong]

“Oh spirits..” Jade mumbled, but did the same as her aunt. As she hung upside down she felt the blod rushing in her face.

[zaofubaefong]

“And you have to be really flexible.” Su reminded her as she stretched her legs out like an upside split and she flipped back over keeping the same stance.

[jadebeifong]

Jade was able to do the split but struggled with turning over. Her face was now bright red from hanging upside-down. “Little help, please…. How did you even manage to do that?”

[zaofubaefong]

Su moved towards her and helped her niece flip over. “Years and years of practice, this is what I did at the circus and before everything happened with me and your mom, I was a dancer at a dance academy. And you have to be really flexible to do even half the things they were teaching us.”

[jadebeifong]

The teen sighted in relive when her blood rushed back into the lower part of her body. “Ok I get it, flexibility is important.” For a second Jade regarded her aunt before she spoke again. “So if you hadn’t turned to the dark side you would be a dancer now?”

She said dark side with a very deep voice, stretching out her hands like claws.

[zaofubaefong]

Su raised an eyebrow, amused. "I mean, technically I'm still one. Dance instructor amongst other things. But yeah, I probably would've just been a dancer and an instructor and Zaofu wouldn't be built."

[jadebeifong]

“Lin’s the oldest,” Su said.

“And hmm, she was cranky, protective, and definitely a complainer.” She smiled at this.

“Tell me about yourself. I like to hear it all.”

@zaofubaefong

_________________________________

Jade laughed. “Sounds like Mom.”

“And there is not really much to know about me… I’m 18…. Yeah. That’s pretty much it…. I don’t know what to tell you, just ask something, otherwise my mind is blank.”

[zaofubaefong]

Su chuckled and started the dance over but much slower.

[jadebeifong]

Jade started to imitate the movements of Su “It’s a bit like bending.. But more fluent”

[zaofubaefong]

“And you’re up in the air,” Su said, as she did a slow flip, so that she was upside down.

[jadebeifong]

“Oh spirits..” Jade mumbled, but did the same as her aunt. As she hung upside down she felt the blod rushing in her face.

[zaofubaefong]

“And you have to be really flexible.” Su reminded her as she stretched her legs out like an upside split and she flipped back over keeping the same stance.

[jadebeifong]

Jade was able to do the split but struggled with turning over. Her face was now bright red from hanging upside-down. “Little help, please…. How did you even manage to do that?”

[zaofubaefong]

Su moved towards her and helped her niece flip over. "Years and years of practice, this is what I did at the circus and before everything happened with me and your mom, I was a dancer at a dance academy. And you have to be really flexible to do even half the things they were teaching us."

[jadebeifong]

“Lin’s the oldest,” Su said.

“And hmm, she was cranky, protective, and definitely a complainer.” She smiled at this.

“Tell me about yourself. I like to hear it all.”

@zaofubaefong

_________________________________

Jade laughed. “Sounds like Mom.”

“And there is not really much to know about me… I’m 18…. Yeah. That’s pretty much it…. I don’t know what to tell you, just ask something, otherwise my mind is blank.”

[zaofubaefong]

Su chuckled and started the dance over but much slower.

[jadebeifong]

Jade started to imitate the movements of Su “It’s a bit like bending.. But more fluent”

[zaofubaefong]

“And you’re up in the air,” Su said, as she did a slow flip, so that she was upside down.

[jadebeifong]

“Oh spirits..” Jade mumbled, but did the same as her aunt. As she hung upside down she felt the blod rushing in her face.

[zaofubaefong]

"And you have to be really flexible." Su reminded her as she stretched her legs out like an upside split and she flipped back over keeping the same stance.

[jadebeifong]

“Lin’s the oldest,” Su said.

“And hmm, she was cranky, protective, and definitely a complainer.” She smiled at this.

“Tell me about yourself. I like to hear it all.”

@zaofubaefong

_________________________________

Jade laughed. “Sounds like Mom.”

“And there is not really much to know about me… I’m 18…. Yeah. That’s pretty much it…. I don’t know what to tell you, just ask something, otherwise my mind is blank.”

[zaofubaefong]

Su chuckled and started the dance over but much slower.

[jadebeifong]

Jade started to imitate the movements of Su “It’s a bit like bending.. But more fluent”

[zaofubaefong]

"And you're up in the air," Su said, as she did a slow flip, so that she was upside down.

[jadebeifong]

“Lin’s the oldest,” Su said.

“And hmm, she was cranky, protective, and definitely a complainer.” She smiled at this.

“Tell me about yourself. I like to hear it all.”

@zaofubaefong

_________________________________

Jade laughed. “Sounds like Mom.”

“And there is not really much to know about me… I’m 18…. Yeah. That’s pretty much it…. I don’t know what to tell you, just ask something, otherwise my mind is blank.”

[zaofubaefong]

Su chuckled and started the dance over but much slower.

[jadebeifong]

“Lin’s the oldest,” Su said.

“And hmm, she was cranky, protective, and definitely a complainer.” She smiled at this.

“Tell me about yourself. I like to hear it all.”

@zaofubaefong

_________________________________

Jade laughed. “Sounds like Mom.”

“And there is not really much to know about me… I’m 18…. Yeah. That’s pretty much it…. I don’t know what to tell you, just ask something, otherwise my mind is blank.”

[zaofubaefong]

“Hmm, I have to agree on that. Lin must never know.”

[jadebeifong]

“Good. We understand each other.”

[zaofubaefong]

“How are good are you with gymnastics?”

[jadebeifong]

“Spirits, what are you planning?”

[zaofubaefong]

“Hm?” Su asked, looking a little too innocent.

[jadebeifong]

“Ok, I know THIS EXACT FACE from mom. Usually that’s the point where I run.”

[zaofubaefong]

“Hmm, yet you haven’t.” Su said, walking backwards.

[jadebeifong]

“If you say that, I should probably do it.” With that, Jade let the ground swallow her.

[zaofubaefong]

“Kids are so dramatic.” Su said, rolling her eyes but still smiling. “I just wanted to know because, I want to show you the dance room.”

[jadebeifong]

Sticking her head out of the ground Jade pouted. “I’m not dramatic, those are safety precautions.”

[zaofubaefong]

“Agree to disagree.” Su said, waving her hand dismissively. “So are you coming?”

[jadebeifong]

“Oh… Yeah sure.” with that Jade climbed out of her hole.

[zaofubaefong]

Su led Jade to the dance room.

[jadebeifong]

“Nice here… What are we going to do next?”

[zaofubaefong]

“How well are you with flexibility?”

[jadebeifong]

“Not bad. I can do a split and my back is pretty bendy… At least I like to think that”

[zaofubaefong]

“Hmmm good at dancing?”

[jadebeifong]

“I don’t know, I never really tried it… I mean I danced at a club but that’s not THAT kind of dancing.”

[zaofubaefong]

“Want to give it a try?”

[jadebeifong]

“Sure, show me how to do it and I’ll give my best.”

[zaofubaefong]

Su metalbend the cables to her and started the dance routine.

[chiefbaefong]

zaofubaefong:

“Well… yes, not now but maybe somewhere in the future?” Su asked, hopefully. “I don’t think that this fixes everything, I do hope that it’s a start.”

She looked down at their hands. “I want to tell you about everything that you miss, and I want to hear everything I missed. And I know this is my fault, that we’re in this position. I pushed you away when were younger, I scarred your face, I didn’t apologize until I realize mom was really sending me away. Hence making the apology seem like I was only saying it to stay. Lin, I want you to know I never forgave myself for what I did.”

Even to this day, she still had nightmares about it. That day playing over and over in her mind, sometimes going exactly how that day went and others, scenarios of what if the cables hit lower and killed her sister? What if the cables struck her and left her blind? What if, what if, what if.

“I want us to be close again, I want you to trust me, I want to fix this. Please, it may take years but I do want to try.” Su said, her eyes never leaving their hands. “You don’t have to say yes now, I’ll take a maybe or something. Please, I don’t want another 35 years to come and go and then it would be too late.”

          Lin let her head tilt in thought. Zaofu was beautiful, but she did not know that she could spend extended time in it. Besides all that it represented, she was still getting used to the idea of being in the same City as her sister, much less in the same room. Suyin’s next confession made Lin look down at her lap before sneaking a glance up af her sister. She didn’t need her seismic sense to know Suyin was telling the truth. But it didn’t make it any less shocking to hear.

She had already known this, of course - Suyin would include it often in her earlier letters, making less mention of it as she had more to talk about. Her growing network, relationships, family, City. Lin could barely get through the letters.

Lin found it hard to swallow. It really had been that long, three and a half decades, and it was true - they would not last another such spell. But it made Lin feel sick to contemplate it. ❝I can do a maybe…❞ she murmured, looking back down.

❝I’m…❞ she started quietly.  ❝I’m… sorry I let it take that long.❞ Her throat was starting to ache again, so she just shook her head once, closing her eyes for a moment.

[zaofubaefong]

"Okay, okay." Su whispered, she lightly squeezed Lin's hand. "And. . .It's fine? I don't know, our situation hasn't been fine for awhile but I understand."

Su looked out the window and took in a deep breath and slowly let it out. Lin wasn't to talk yet, not to the extent that they needed to it. And it was fine, she knew she couldn't rush Lin. Lin wasn't somebody you could push and hope to get a good result from it. For once she would put Lin's needs before her.

It was a start and a start was hopeful. It was a maybe with endless possibilities, one that Su didn't dare hope for because just maybe after everything, this wasn't something to be fixed. That maybe it would be best if Su wasn't in Lin's life. The thought made her chest ach but if that was the price, so be it.

"I'll leave you to it," Su said. "I'm sorry for being so condescending your whole visit and the fight yesterday. And whenever you're ready, we'll talk okay? Take as much times as you need. I've waited this long, what's a couple more days or months?"

And then Su did something, that she hadn't done since she was a child and she leaned forward to kiss Lin's forehead.

"I love you sis, and I'm sorry for all the pain I caused you."

[zaofubaefong]

@notquiteabeifong

Suyin found herself standing outside the cell of her protege, Kuvira. It had been months since the attack on Republic City, since she last saw the woman. She had been content with never seeing the former dictator again, and yet she had found herself in front of Kuvira’s cell, staring into the convict’s green eyes.

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira looked at her for a moment. “I don’t know how to talk to you anymore.” It used to be so easy.

[zaofubaefong]

“Me either,” Su said. “This is twice since I seen you after everything and we argued for most of it.”

[notquiteabeifong]

“We’re angry with each other.”

[zaofubaefong]

Su rubbed her brow. “Yeah, I figured as much.”

[notquiteabeifong]

“It’s a lot to work through.”

[zaofubaefong]

“Most definitely. Do you want to?”

[notquiteabeifong]

“I don’t know. I think if we don’t….I’ll always regret it.”

[zaofubaefong]

"Okay, fair enough." Su sighed. "Where do you want to start? Do you even want to start today?"

[zaofubaefong]

@notquiteabeifong

Suyin found herself standing outside the cell of her protege, Kuvira. It had been months since the attack on Republic City, since she last saw the woman. She had been content with never seeing the former dictator again, and yet she had found herself in front of Kuvira’s cell, staring into the convict’s green eyes.

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira looked at her for a moment. “I don’t know how to talk to you anymore.” It used to be so easy.

[zaofubaefong]

“Me either,” Su said. “This is twice since I seen you after everything and we argued for most of it.”

[notquiteabeifong]

“We’re angry with each other.”

[zaofubaefong]

Su rubbed her brow. “Yeah, I figured as much.”

[notquiteabeifong]

“It’s a lot to work through.”

[zaofubaefong]

"Most definitely. Do you want to?"

[zaofubaefong]

@notquiteabeifong

Suyin found herself standing outside the cell of her protege, Kuvira. It had been months since the attack on Republic City, since she last saw the woman. She had been content with never seeing the former dictator again, and yet she had found herself in front of Kuvira’s cell, staring into the convict’s green eyes.

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira looked at her for a moment. “I don’t know how to talk to you anymore.” It used to be so easy.

[zaofubaefong]

“Me either,” Su said. “This is twice since I seen you after everything and we argued for most of it.”

[notquiteabeifong]

“We’re angry with each other.”

[zaofubaefong]

Su rubbed her brow. "Yeah, I figured as much."

[chiefbaefong]

zaofubaefong:

“You do and should,” Su said, quickly jumping on this. “And maybe you can do that here? Lin, I meant what i said, I want you in my life again. There’s so much to talk about, so much to…I don’t know, it’s so much to do.”

And it was on the tip of her tongue to ask. Whether or not Lin ever got her letters, and if she did, did she even read them? She decided not to, as she reached for Lin’s hand to squeeze. Su wasn’t ready for that answer.

          Her eyes snapped toward her sister as she plead with her to stay in Zaofu. Her brilliant, green, familiar eyes begged silently as she bluntly asked them to be family again, and mend severed ties. Her breath caught, Lin noted, as if she bit back another question or comment. But Lin was done pushing her sister for anything.

❝Suyin, I…❞ she sighed heavily and glanced away again. On one hand, after everything that happened in the past few days, Lin knew she needed to slow down. She had worn herself to a thread, physically and emotionally, and all stemming from the very woman in front of her now begging her to stay. But on the other hand - how could Lin find rest here? Among practical strangers, in a foreign City, with so much to be done, and the Red Lotus still a very real threat. So no. She would not - could not stay.

❝I can’t afford to stop right now. This isn’t a vacation - and… you don’t just get to decide that everything is ok between us. A little “heart to heart” might do it for you, but it doesn’t… fix me.❞ The words tasted bitter in her mouth. But it was easier to pin this on herself.

[zaofubaefong]

"Well. . .yes, not now but maybe somewhere in the future?" Su asked, hopefully. "I don't think that this fixes everything, I do hope that it's a start."

She looked down at their hands. "I want to tell you about everything that you miss, and I want to hear everything I missed. And I know this is my fault, that we're in this position. I pushed you away when were younger, I scarred your face, I didn't apologize until I realize mom was really sending me away. Hence making the apology seem like I was only saying it to stay. Lin, I want you to know I never forgave myself for what I did."

Even to this day, she still had nightmares about it. That day playing over and over in her mind, sometimes going exactly how that day went and others, scenarios of what if the cables hit lower and killed her sister? What if the cables struck her and left her blind? What if, what if, what if.

"I want us to be close again, I want you to trust me, I want to fix this. Please, it may take years but I do want to try." Su said, her eyes never leaving their hands. "You don't have to say yes now, I'll take a maybe or something. Please, I don't want another 35 years to come and go and then it would be too late."

[zaofubaefong]

@notquiteabeifong

Suyin found herself standing outside the cell of her protege, Kuvira. It had been months since the attack on Republic City, since she last saw the woman. She had been content with never seeing the former dictator again, and yet she had found herself in front of Kuvira’s cell, staring into the convict’s green eyes.

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira looked at her for a moment. “I don’t know how to talk to you anymore.” It used to be so easy.

[zaofubaefong]

"Me either," Su said. "This is twice since I seen you after everything and we argued for most of it."

[zaofubaefong]

@notquiteabeifong

Suyin found herself standing outside the cell of her protege, Kuvira. It had been months since the attack on Republic City, since she last saw the woman. She had been content with never seeing the former dictator again, and yet she had found herself in front of Kuvira’s cell, staring into the convict’s green eyes.

[notquiteabeifong]

As Su left, Kuvira turned her face away as she struggled not to cry.

[zaofubaefong]

Su closed her eyes and took a deep breathe, and turned around. She moved her bang out of her hair and walked back to Kuvira’s cell.

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira glanced at her. “I thought I asked you to leave.”

[zaofubaefong]

“Yeah, well, I’m a stubborn bitch that let my mouth get the best of me.” Su said, she rubbed her brow. “My intent coming here was making amends and being understanding. Which was never my strong suit when it came to you. Even I know that what I just said was cruel.”

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira looked away for a moment, thinking carefully about her next words. “No one has ever been able to get under my skin the way you do. I’m known for having control of my emotions, but you just make that impossible.”

[zaofubaefong]

“I could say the same.”

[notquiteabeifong]

She closed her eyes. “I feel like no one really knows how to hurt me like you do. No one can. Even if someone else said those same words to me, they wouldn’t hurt. Only from you.”

[zaofubaefong]

“Well you should be careful who you love,” Su said. “Sorry, I mean…” Su was unsure how to finish.

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira turned away from her. “Do you just enjoy hurting me?”

[zaofubaefong]

“No,” Su said. “I just… I don’t know.”

[notquiteabeifong]

“Where I am right now, and what I’ve shared with you….I’ve never been more vulnerable.”

[zaofubaefong]

"Right, yes, sorry." Su said, she move closer to the cell. She looked into Kuvira's eyes, hoping to convey sincerity in her own eyes. "I'm sorry."

[zaofubaefong]

@notquiteabeifong

Suyin found herself standing outside the cell of her protege, Kuvira. It had been months since the attack on Republic City, since she last saw the woman. She had been content with never seeing the former dictator again, and yet she had found herself in front of Kuvira’s cell, staring into the convict’s green eyes.

[notquiteabeifong]

As Su left, Kuvira turned her face away as she struggled not to cry.

[zaofubaefong]

Su closed her eyes and took a deep breathe, and turned around. She moved her bang out of her hair and walked back to Kuvira’s cell.

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira glanced at her. “I thought I asked you to leave.”

[zaofubaefong]

“Yeah, well, I’m a stubborn bitch that let my mouth get the best of me.” Su said, she rubbed her brow. “My intent coming here was making amends and being understanding. Which was never my strong suit when it came to you. Even I know that what I just said was cruel.”

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira looked away for a moment, thinking carefully about her next words. “No one has ever been able to get under my skin the way you do. I’m known for having control of my emotions, but you just make that impossible.”

[zaofubaefong]

“I could say the same.”

[notquiteabeifong]

She closed her eyes. “I feel like no one really knows how to hurt me like you do. No one can. Even if someone else said those same words to me, they wouldn’t hurt. Only from you.”

[zaofubaefong]

“Well you should be careful who you love,” Su said. “Sorry, I mean…” Su was unsure how to finish.

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira turned away from her. “Do you just enjoy hurting me?”

[zaofubaefong]

"No," Su said. "I just. . . I don't know."

[zaofubaefong]

@notquiteabeifong

Suyin found herself standing outside the cell of her protege, Kuvira. It had been months since the attack on Republic City, since she last saw the woman. She had been content with never seeing the former dictator again, and yet she had found herself in front of Kuvira’s cell, staring into the convict’s green eyes.

[notquiteabeifong]

As Su left, Kuvira turned her face away as she struggled not to cry.

[zaofubaefong]

Su closed her eyes and took a deep breathe, and turned around. She moved her bang out of her hair and walked back to Kuvira’s cell.

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira glanced at her. “I thought I asked you to leave.”

[zaofubaefong]

“Yeah, well, I’m a stubborn bitch that let my mouth get the best of me.” Su said, she rubbed her brow. “My intent coming here was making amends and being understanding. Which was never my strong suit when it came to you. Even I know that what I just said was cruel.”

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira looked away for a moment, thinking carefully about her next words. “No one has ever been able to get under my skin the way you do. I’m known for having control of my emotions, but you just make that impossible.”

[zaofubaefong]

“I could say the same.”

[notquiteabeifong]

She closed her eyes. “I feel like no one really knows how to hurt me like you do. No one can. Even if someone else said those same words to me, they wouldn’t hurt. Only from you.”

[zaofubaefong]

"Well you should be careful who you love," Su said. "Sorry, I mean. . ." Su was unsure how to finish.

[zaofubaefong]

@notquiteabeifong

Suyin found herself standing outside the cell of her protege, Kuvira. It had been months since the attack on Republic City, since she last saw the woman. She had been content with never seeing the former dictator again, and yet she had found herself in front of Kuvira’s cell, staring into the convict’s green eyes.

[notquiteabeifong]

As Su left, Kuvira turned her face away as she struggled not to cry.

[zaofubaefong]

Su closed her eyes and took a deep breathe, and turned around. She moved her bang out of her hair and walked back to Kuvira’s cell.

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira glanced at her. “I thought I asked you to leave.”

[zaofubaefong]

“Yeah, well, I’m a stubborn bitch that let my mouth get the best of me.” Su said, she rubbed her brow. “My intent coming here was making amends and being understanding. Which was never my strong suit when it came to you. Even I know that what I just said was cruel.”

[notquiteabeifong]

Kuvira looked away for a moment, thinking carefully about her next words. “No one has ever been able to get under my skin the way you do. I’m known for having control of my emotions, but you just make that impossible.”

[zaofubaefong]

"I could say the same."