Hi! I really appreciate what people've said, even if it hasn't been a lot of people. So the moment you've all been waiting for, ladies & Gents, Skoochy! Sorry it's taking me so long. I had the toughest time figuring out how to get him in

Silk. Furs. The smell of Moon Peach and Jasmine perfumes and of course, the underlying smell of things they knew didn't come easy or without a price.

Skoochy didn't have to experience things first hand to know what they were. After all, he was a man of information, so he had enough to know what all of it meant. Even from the early works, before anything was officially set up, he could easily tell that this was some kind of gathering, but not just for any old person. Naturally, as they came closer to the scene, the smells were getting stronger, specifically the smells they were looking for. The smells of food.

It wasn't often that Skoochy saw so many people, and smelt so much perfume in the air to mask the edible gold it hid. But obviously, this would be something to hide, or else they would just leave all of the food for whatever this was outside.

The news of a party always meant easy picking as far as people to raid that party. Unfortunately, when there were a bunch of kids willing and able to raid a party for food, there was a good chance that most of those kids would be running their yappers about how things would go down. And that yapping would stop most of the time when they got closer. But of course, there was that one kid who couldn't hide his excitement as well as others. In this case, it was a kid about six or seven years old with big brown eyes, a missing tooth and baby skin. "Ya, shut up already." Skoochy said, flicking the kid's nose until he got quiet again.

He couldn't really blame the kid though. He knew for a fact that the kid, Pavo, hadn't eaten for a while. His parents weren't any help with that. They had long factory jobs and would rather invest their time in the latest pro-bending bets than their own kid. Things haven't gotten to the point of no return for him like they had for many other kids, Skoochy included. So this made him believe that if he gave some of the food his parents did manage to remember to get, he'd get some back. He learned that the hard way, and that wasn't just from the other kids. Rumor had it that he had to watch them eat when they ever decided to remember about him. "You remember going on here anyway?" Skoochy suddenly asked. He already knew the answer to the question, but he was kinda feeling bad about shushing him so harshly earlier.

Pavo nodded. "They're havin a party for the new Avatar or something" He said.

A look of feigned surprise came onto Skoochy's face. "No kiddin? I saw her 'n Mako bout a week ago or so. Looking for Bo' after he went to do somethin for Shady Shin's guys." He said, not caring about the looks he got from some of the other kids. He was gonna talk to the kid now ; what was the point of not having at least one person talking? But that was one kid, and as soon as Mako and Bolin's names were spoken, ears perked up like crazy. Great. Bring up the two guys they knew who made it out and did well none the less. "Their team's going into the championships ya know." He said.

"Still the dumbest name for a team I've heard." Tack, a kid with too many freckles and a look that made people angry, complained. What the hell's a fire ferret anyway?" He asked.

"That monkey-rat thing Bolin found a while back. The one you wanted to turn into stew" Skoochy said, suddenly getting quiet again. They were here, and there wasn't any real need for words in case it was emergency or something. It wasn't like their main goal ever changed, and all they had to do was avoid security guards. Even the metal bending police force wasn't exactly a threat to them. That was the kind of threat that people who had something to lose, feared. Pointing out directions to certain members, it didn't take for the group of say, ten to twelve kids to dissipate into the kitchen area. With an armful of what seemed to be Komodo Rhino sausage, he found that he was one one of the first ones to make it back to the outside. They shouldn't be taking so long. They've hit bigger places than this in less time. What was taking them so long?

Taking a tarp - that he stole from the party - he wrapped up the sausages and tied them up. The last thing that anyone needed was something like a lemur or a flying raccoon getting into the food. That didn't take long at all. Looking around and leaning against the wall of what seemed to be cardboard boxes, Skoochy was officially bored. Even though it had only been a few seconds since he wrapped up things, it seemed like a long time for someone like him. And that wasn't just from growing up the way he did, Skoochy just wasn't entertained that easily. Unless there was money involved but that was a different story altogether.

More seconds passed, and they kept adding to Skoochy's frustration. This was ridiculous. They were taking too long! Why didn't he assign someone on guard for something like this? More importantly, why didn't he gather older kids for this? Wait, he was one of the oldest anyway, and he wanted to be able to boss people around without any real complaint or questions. He looked at the boxes again. He thought about using one of those boxes as a place to carry all the food, but then remembered that these weren't the most stable of boxes and they probably had holes or something. Having food spill everywhere was almost worse than having critters get in them. Plus what would people really think if they saw a bunch of kids with big boxes full of food.

"Stupid boxes." Skoochy frowned, rearranging them for the sole purpose of entertaining himself.

That's when he saw her.

Cliffhanger? Yay! And It takes time for people to meet, none the less fall for eachot-oops! :P
R & R please!