I was inspired by my rant during the last episode 'revelations' to write my own fanfiction. At first it was an idea to respond to Amon, but I have bigger goals if I can get the help. I am looking for three or four original characters to add to my story. Keep in mind I will be following the rules of the Avatar world (with one exception). This is not a story about the Avatar though Korra and her group will have their cameos; there will be very little interaction. My goal is to keep along with the series, posting a new chapter every Sunday. I also intend to have the story spaced out with one chapter focused on my character, one on a supporting occ then a third to fit as necessary. The way I will pick which supporting character gets features is by going in order. If character A is posted first and I pick them, they get their dedicated story first and so on till I have cycled through every once and then again.
For potential occ creators, I will ask for a lot of input from you. This includes a partial (or full if you are up for it) collaboration on the story that focuses on your character. I am also a sucker for romance, so if your character doesn't already have someone, they are fair game. Following this introductory chapter, there will be a form and further information on oocs. This chapter will be shorter then future chapters because only my character is so far featured. If you chose to have your character already know mine and possibly have accompanied her, then it will leave room for your character to be added. Since I can't find the best forum for rp, this will be the next best thing. I want lots of input!
This starts focused on Korra just to set everything up.
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Mako and Korra stood among the throngs of anti-benders searching for Bolin. They couldn't believe this many people hated benders so much. Mako also couldn't believe his brother had gotten himself into such a mess in the first place. On stage, Amon was giving his speech about his background and what he intended to do. At the mention of taking away bending forever, commotion started in the back of the crowd.
Unbelievably as it seems, Mako watched in horror as the leader of the Triad apparently had his bending taken away. The show was incredible, lighting turning into fire then nothing at all. He was struck, ice sitting in his gut as he worried for his brother. Korra wanted to take the fight head on, he restrained her. "We need a plan, we can't take them all on." He had to admit, he was surprised she listened to him and asked him what the plan was then. They needed a distraction, and by now that distraction had med its way to the stage.
Leaping effortlessly, a young teen girl with a determined expression turned to face Amon. She had soft brown hair, near the shade of Korra's, held back in a ponytail with a blue flower in the band that held her hair back. The flower had to be fake, it didn't move right to be real. The only other adornment she seemed to possess was a striking necklace. It was a simple brown leather necklace with a pendent of a material Mako didn't recognize. The pendent was yellow on its outermost then turning shades of brillent red before a sharp blue center shaped very much like a flame. Yet no sign of who she was or which nation she hailed, though he was putting more bet on fire nation, or outskirt watertribe. She was far too pale for watertribe, not even close to Korra's lovely skin tone.
Her clothing didn't place her solely to one nation or another. She wore a teal sleeveless shirt, brown pants and shoes he couldn't' see from his position. Her eyes were green, not a clear give away in any direction as to what kind of bender she might be. Who else but a bender would stand up to Amon in an anti-bender revolution rally?
With fists balled, she began to speak in a barely controlled rage, "I have no art talent, an artists makes more money than I do. Will you take away their ability to ever create art to make things equal?" Amon didn't respond right way so she turned slightly look at the crowd to bring home her point. "If you are great at running, Amon will take away your ability to run, just to make it equal. Your satomoblies give you an unfair advantage to those of us that can't afford them, Amon will need those too. Are you great at singing, he'll take that away as well." There were murmers in the crowd; some obviously outraged, and other seeming to see her point.
Interjecting, Amon motioned for his chi blockers to stand down from their primed positions against the interloper. "My girl, I am not suggesting taking away someone's natural talents. I will take nothing from these people." He intended to win the crown back by proving the young girl wrong.
At the same time, Mako snapped out of it and had started to really look around. The girl had bought them time and given him an idea. Turning to Korra he suggested she create a distraction with the steam from the piping around them. Korra nodded and moved off to the side while Mako continued forward hoping the girl kept at it long enough to win them the time they needed.
"You are" she countered, pointing her finger towards Amon in a powerful motion but nothing came of it. There was no earth or fire, water or noticeable air. "Bending is natural, a Spirits given talent just like painting, or singing and just as natural as breathing or seeing! You take away bending today, what next will you take away? Will these people cheer when you take more natural given talents or their precious satomobiles?" The crowd was dead silent now, this wasn't as much as much them verses the other guys, and she was making it sound like it was something that could affect them.
Amon took a step closer to the girl, to her credit didn't back down, "You are taking this too far. I am only taking way the bending that is used to oppress the people and cause harm to them. It is because you are a bender that you do not see it that way." The label he gave her shifted the sea of consensus back to his favor; you could almost see him smile behind that unchanging mask.
"I am not a bender!" Her declaration was not a proud one but was given in the same strong voice she had been using. That caused a gasp from the crowd and even seemed to surprise Amon. "I dream of becoming a bender, it is my life's mission to becoming one. Impossible as it may seem, I will make it happen! An you, you are planning on suppressing the very thing that makes a bender a bender and stealing away an ability as normal as breathing! Satomobiles cause accidents that can kill people or destroy property, gonna take those away too? If you let someone take away one thing there is no stopping them from taking away everything!" There was a slight hesitation after she admitted her dream. She expected people to laugh at her, or lose all the footing she had gained in this argument by admitting to wanting to be one of the 'enemy'. They say it is impossible to take away bending, but Amon seemed to prove otherwise, that display should have given her as much credibility as it lost her.
There was no time to find out, hot steam busted out of the pipes around them as Korrra finally got the full distraction going.
The rally turned into even more chaos as they steam enveloped everything. The girl, Koto, was just as lost in it as everyone else seemed to be, hand no idea what was going on much less where her bearings were. It was a good thing no one could see much, as she backed up, she fell right off the end of the platform.
Mako and Korra were able to save Bolin, but neither had the time to give any thought to the girl who stood up and bought them time. Later they would ask, but none of them had a clue what her name was or who she could be. With the pressing issues at hand, solving that puzzle had to wait.
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Okay, you see the break in the rules? My character Koto dreams of being a bender and the story will focus around her journey to try and make that a reality.
The form:
The Character's name:
The character's age:
The character's description:
Is the character a bender, if so what element?
Does your character already know mine, if so how do you expect they met?
What makes your character follow mine, do they have further goals following Koto around might accomplish?
Where they at the rally?
Tell me their history:
Do they have a pet?
Are you willing to help with the story when it pertains to your character, especially their centered chapter?
I won't kill them but are you alright with other traumas, such as being sick or hurt as well as being defeated from time to time?
Anything else you think of that would make me want to put your character in?