Just Another Day (Open)

[Lord Tyrone]

Tyrone stood up, recognizing the girl's obvious skill in bending, and her apparent will to duel...Tyrone would instigate the duel right away.

"As you wish young one. I sense a lot of inner power in you, and your demonstration shows your skill. You are a worthy opponent. Going easy isn't something I enjoy, and I expect you can keep up. So let us begin then.

Tyrone stood in an aggressive stance, similar to the ancient dragon stance the fire lord had demonstrated to Tyrone all those years ago. His hands formed a dragon-shaped mouth in front of his face, and with a deep breath he inhaled the molecules of water from the air.

"You'll be surprised of my bending style young one. But I have faith you will hold your own. Whenever you're ready we can begin...."

[Kyana]

Surprised by his bending style aye? For an instant she glimpses into her past remembering the words of her teacher. Water is the element of change. Waterbenders can adapt to change fairly easily, something she had to keep in mind within this duel. Kyana has always tended to think through before she does anything and this was no exception. Luckily her thoughts passed by quickly and she became ready to spar.

"This is certainly a duel I've been waiting for." She speaks, elegantly, and flowingly holding her own stance. With her arms stretching in front of her, and legs steadily holding in place. She begins to make the first move. "Now then, the fun begins!"

With one last confident smile she hastily swings her hands toward the man, summoning two water whips from the snow, approaching the man rapidly as they aim to strike. " First let's check for any patterns as he follows along."

[Lord Tyrone]

Tyrone showed no emotion, only the upmost seriousness, accompanied by the focus and slight confidence which ran through his mind. This girl deserved that at least. Her control seemed to be that of a prodijy child, almost mirroring Tyrone at his age, perhaps better.

He payed attention not on her whips, but on Kyana herself. With hands still positioned in a mouth like stance, Tyrone shifted his footing slightly. Tyrone had made it rather obvious he was about to attack, perhaps to draw Kyana in, and have her attack at his will.


Tyrone blew out a gust of his trademark frostbreath, up and toward Kyana's waterwhips with the intent of freezing them (Although the size and width is not nearly great enough to reach them from the distance the two had from each other). Tyrone's eary shift in footing was in hope she would anticipate an attack, and in turn try to couter with her own.

I will test the girl further, before going to my full. Still unsure of her potential, but time will tell. Tyrone thought to himself while unleashing his blizzard-like frostbreath.

[Kyana]

Within seeing the man's unusual, yet seemingly helpful ability a spark of fascination and curiosity entered her eyes. Something tells me he'll be using this attack often...let's make some use of it.. Then for a quick instant as she watched the water whips take their aim closer to the man, she readied her next attack.

In after sending the whips toward the man, with a deep exhale and inhale, she fisted her hands, with legs walking toward the man, turning the whips into a single gust of water vapor heading toward the man in hopes of him using his technique.

"Remember Kyana, think it through, you may have just given him a chance to use your attack against you."

[Lord Tyrone]

Tyrone's own frost breath technique had merged with Kyana's water blast. She had changed her attack mid-way, and without anticipating this, Tyrone's frost breath only added further power to the attack.

"How resourceful..." Tyrone said as his icy breath merged with her own attack and continued heading toward Tyrone.

Upon apparent contact, the ice formed a huge dome. From Kyana's view, it seemed to appear that it had fully frozen Tyrone, trapping him and freezing him in his place. But within, Tyrone was free to move, as it was his own ice that froze Kyana's attack, he had a level of control of it equal to hers.

With the dome around him, he stood still, breathing lightly to sustain the illusion of his *frozen state*.

Then with a sudden *Yaaaaaaah!* Tyrone shattered the frozen dome and lowered it until it was a mere puddle beneath him.

"Very good child, you've proven that I must not underestimate you. Let us commence." Tyrone said, changing stance, showing he was serious.

[Kyana]

After witnessing that she seemed to be "winning" the man had shocked her as he shattered the ice dome. Ok yet again I underestimated him, he seems to be much stronger than I thought... As she rested her stance she heard the man speak to her. Obviously for the both of them it was just a warm up. And what heck of a warm up it was.

Catching a quick breath as she took a short laughter, she replied to his comment. " I admit. You're much more skilled than I thought you'd be...." With a change into a more developed stance, with her legs entering a back stance as her hands flowed before her with palms toward the man.

Studying the man once again, she thought of possible weaknesses he may have. And once again there were none to be shown. With that behind her she thought maybe possibly catching him off guard would work. Now the fight really begins! Swinging her hands back toward her head had summoned a large amount of water upward into the air, and with a sudden jolt toward the man, froze the water sending dozens of sharp ice particles toward the man.

[Lord Tyrone]

Tyrone studied each attack carefully, this time watching as she sent her barrage of Ice toward him. It speed towards Tyrone as fast as the wind, multiple whistle sounds echoing the area as one harmonic sound.

"Hmmph, nice." Tyrone mumbled, presenting a smirk of confidence. He then stepped into an advanced variation of a water tribe/earth nation stance. Legs planted firmly, while arms swaying freely. A sharp screeching sound suddenly drowned out the harmonic whistle of the ice, and at that moment a large chunk of the icy ground below broke free and floated in front of Tyrone. It's height and width boasted much to be respected, barely any benders could bend such a large object in such a short amount of time.

"Heh-heh!" Tyrone laughed, as he pushed the chunk of ice forward, stomping into the ice and snow to channel a force of chi powerful enough to move the giant object, while using his hands to guide it.

"Observe, instantaneous liquidizing and re-freezing in less than an instant, allowing me to lodge this chunk of ice from where its rests, now let us see if your attack can penetrate mine!" Tyrone exclaimed with a light hearted, almost humorous tone.

[Kyana]

At this point in the duel, Kyana was sporting a look of small frustration. This great man had great control over his technique, yet observing his stance she was confused. Some of these stances he's using, of my years of training never have I seen them used by another waterbender. He did say to be surprised I guess. Maybe I can surprise him to?

As she took a few steps back she got ready to "try" her attack. She had to keep focus as she looked toward the large chunk of ice.

After a brief moment, she raced toward the block, once shifting her arms circularly to bend the middle of the chunk into water, she jumped entering the middle of the chunk at great speed to get to where the man was bending. With a catch of his eyes, this time she didn't intend to bend, yet go for a quick jab to his face.

[Lord Tyrone]

Tyrone blinked in amazement as Kyana had bended through the ice and out the other side, landing close enough to Tyrone to land a hard jab to the nose. Tyrone stepped back a few steps, a loud *boom* noise echoed the area, (almost deafening its occupants) as Tyrone dropped the large chunk of ice.

"Heh-heh!" Tyrone slid back a bit, then awaited her advance, preparing to bend a diverting ramp of slick ice if she did so.

[Kyana]

Watching as she managed to get in a jab, Kyana thought she now had the upper hand in this duel. What a rush this all was, if only all waterbenders were like this. With a glance back at the man she knew she shouldn't back away.

Back into the action, she went for another jab toward the man's face. She knew it would have been smarter to use bending, yet that would leave her momentarily open for the man.

[Lord Tyrone]

Tyrone stepped forward slightly, moulding the ice block into a ramp-like form with a stomp of his foot. It's purpouse seemed to be to redirect Kyana up and then off to the side. The slick ice provided little traction at all, even for the most experienced bender.

"Heh-heh" Tyrone chuckled, as Kyana approached.

(OOC:Short reply sorry, this will be a one off hopefully)

[Kyana]

(( It's fine!! Don't worry about it.))

With the man within reach, Kyana was lifted from the ground due to Tyrone's move, and sliding rapidly across the slick ramp, clumsily fell to the ground losing her balance. What was that? C'mon you're losing it Kyana!

Picking herself up from the ground, She gave hard breathes trying to regain control. A few of her hairs had been misplaced which had angered her as she took most of the morning fixing it up. Now she was starting to think aggressively, very unlikely upon waterbenders. Maybe she was just getting desperate.

Using her mind, though it be working unusually, she came up with a move on the spot. As she flexed her arms out to her sides, she drew up two chunks of the snow-covered ground, thickening as well as sharpening them and sending them toward the man. An instant later, she drew herself down into the snow, to attack from below ground.

[Lord Tyrone]

Tyrone spun majestically to the side, confidently staring upon the giant projectiles as they passed him. Their size and momentum were far too great to overcome, so Tyrone used his initiative.
Raising both arms, Tyrone quickly added more ice onto the large chunks Kyana had launched. They hurdled into the area behind Tyrone with incredible speed, growing in size as Tyrone added more and more ice to the two masses. Now having enough of his own ice to fully manipulate them, he raised his arms over his head, with his hands tensed into a fist. The large chunks came to a halt, hovering over the water behind Tyrone.

"Now.....wait....where'd you go?" Tyrone said, gazing around to find Kyana seemed to have disappeared. He held his arms in place, keeping control over the two massive chunks of ice and snow, not knowing when or where Kyana would show herself.

[Kyana]

Coming up with the move wasn't too difficult, thanks to travelers entering her tribe. An odd man had been upon the many people visiting. Coincidently she happened to pick up a few words about a technique for stealthy earthbenders. Gaining wisdom from others, whether overhearing or not, will be a great addition to your own. This had just entered her mind as she awaited the perfect time to show herself.

She heard the man say a few words and was sure that he was starting to catch on. Thinking on instinct, she traveled behind him, jumping up from the snow with a short kick to his back hoping to knock him off balance.

[Lord Tyrone]

Tyrone stumbled forwards, slightly dazed by Kyana's rather surprising display of not only bending skill, but tactical maneuvers and melee combat.

"Impressive!" Tyrone said, spinning around to meet Kyana face to face. A deep rumbling shook the area. Then the sound of ice and stone cracking shrieked, a near deafening sound almost unbearable to even Tyrone.

Tyrone stepped into stance, knees bent and hands clenched into fists. The sound grew louder as Tyrone raised his fists. The ground shook with the might of an earthquake. Soon the ground beneath Kyana suddenly shot into the air. If she didn't react fast enough, she would be elevated countless feet into the air.

"Argh!" Tyrone wailed under the immense strain. Half the area was now floating in the sky. And although the place was ruined for now, Tyrone could eaasily freeze the area back to it's former beauty, with the combined power of the two advanced benders, and Kyana's memory of the place, this incredible duel would have no permanent effect on it.