Twister!

[lucetimods]

Who: You!
What: WHOOSH
When: The 18th, at 5:23 PM.
Where: Through the village (seen on this map)
Summary: A tornado blows through Luceti! It's loud, windy, and dangerous. React?
Rating: B for Blustery

It had been an unusually warm day for October. Dark clouds loomed in the day and had been accompanied by strong winds. A strange green aura tinted the clouds in the west before it finally happened. It was loud. Deafeningly loud for those near it, like a freight train hurling itself through the sky. Dust and debris whipped up inside it and anything not securely fastened was pulled towards it, sometimes right off the ground. A tornado had formed in Luceti and it was moving fast. Faster than a person could run or follow.

The smart people would be staying inside. The not so smart? Hopefully they could handle it.

((I'd suggest checking this comment out to get an idea for how tornadoes work! A plotting thread exists here as well.)

Comments

[savedtheworld]

[Aang can see the signs in the sky before it comes. For the air nomads, the telltale signs of a tornado was a common caution. Everyone was to stay at House 56 in the basement. But Aang had something else in mind.

It took some convincing of the others that he would be alright, but Aang was soon gliding straight towards the storm. As an Airbender - Ikki was of course to stay behind - he felt he could help to try to play damage control as the tornado occurred. And at the same time, part of him enjoyed the reckless of fun of bending his way through the tornado.

So he'll be making his way with the tornado along its path. At some points, he seems content to drift along the tornado's winds on his glider, enjoying the chaotic thrill, and sometimes stopping to hop between debris. But at other times, he's more near the perimeter, doing what he can to alleviate damage to buildings and to warn/rescue anyone in trouble in the way. He may be a reckless idiot, but he'll stop others from doing the same.]

[calmbeforethe]

[Ororo had met the tornado head-on, even before it came near the village. With the power cap in Luceti, she wasn't sure how much influence she could have over the fierce, spinning winds. At any other time, it would have been a simple matter of telling the wind to shift directions and take a path that would cause the least amount of destruction. Alas, not in Luceti.

She could, however, slow it down as best as she could. At least, until the rest of the villagers were suitably warned (something she would have done herself had her hearing not been tampered with by a Malnosso experiment.) Instead she busies herself with keeping up with the tornado, riding the winds around it as it entered village.

When Aang joins her, she raises a hand in greeting, recognizing his own familiarity with the wind. Whatever she has to say is lost in the howl of the wind around them.]

[savedtheworld]

[Yep. It'd be pretty pointless to check if her hearing's better. But he grins at her and frees a hand to wave back. Good to see another up here fighting the good fight. But he looks at her quickly so that he can keep his attention focused ahead of him.]

[calmbeforethe]

[Likewise, Ororo intends to focus on the tornado. She does what she can to keep the winds from causing too much damage, making sharp gestures with her hands to send buffering gusts of wind to counteract the stronger ones. As a result she's up in the air most of the time, and eventually flies in time with Aang's glider.

She uses the wind to carry her still-recovering voice to him:]

Hello, Aang. How is the weather treating you?

[savedtheworld]

[He laughs back towards her. She really has control over those winds...]

Not too nicely, but it's still fun!

[windandrain]

[From a few dozen yards off, Saori spots Aang and drifts closer. The magical link with the wind she'd established slowing the windspeed a bit while siphoning the energy into a coruscating shell of blue-white lightning. Debris sparked off it as she approached, but she waved all the same, smiling at the young Airbender.

Saori's voice rang out clear as a bell in the roaring wind, a spell shutting out the roar. She had to bleed off the energy somehow, even with Loki pulling it in she needed to expend more.]

Aang! Are you alright?

[savedtheworld]

[It's a bit of shock to be sure, despite what he knows of Saori. The lightning shell slightly spooks him due to leftover trauma, but he tries to focus on Saori - and one watching where he's going.]

Saori?! Y-yeah, I'm fine, but what about you?

[windandrain]

I'm well! Did you come to help manage to storm? Or something more fun?

[Her voice is filled with mirth, and there's a playful note in her voice]

[savedtheworld]

[Well... at least she seems to be having a good time. He glances back at her with a brighter smile.]

You could say a little of both!

[windandrain]

Good! Do you think you can ride it?

[A merry laugh follows the question as she moves towards it]

[savedtheworld]

There's only one way to find out!

[He's gliding forward recklessly but full of excitement and glee.]

[windandrain]

Lets go!

[She follows, an almost manic gleam in her eye. She's riding high on the power she's siphoning from the tornado!]