revenance_rpg | 1. This is the House that Bolin Built

Characters: Bolin, Ping (his Meow Wow) & YOU
Content: Bolin decides to save munny and build his OWN ~~house~~ earth tent. Although he needs to clear the area of some Nightmares first.
Location: Traverse Town, Backstreets
Time of Day: Evening? Hard to tell with no sun.
Warnings: Abundance of cute? IDK

While a few people had mentioned the First District as a good place to set up camp because of the fewer Nightmares about, Bolin felt that it would be better to set up in a place a little less crowded. He needed to find a spot that wasn't so open and that wouldn't be a hindrance to others. Bolin was a city boy himself so exploring Traverse Town and keeping an eye out for such a place wasn't too difficult. How often and he and Mako done the exact same thing in Republic City when they were younger? Looking for empty alleys and abandoned back streets, where an earth tent would hardly be noticed and out of the way of police that might have hauled them back to an orphanage somewhere.

Bolin's wandering had taken him through a few of the districts and had certainly taken him across the paths of a few of the Nightmares everyone had warned him about. His first encounter with them had caught him off guard and he'd almost gotten hurt, just because he wasn't used to attacking small creatures. Ping had been a big help then and Bolin had quickly picked up the slack, slamming boulders and earth disks to cut through the Hebby Repps and Komory Bats that tried to ambush them.

It was honestly by pure accident that Bolin stumbled into the backstreets of Traverse Town, but as soon as he saw all the waterways and canals streaming through the area, he knew this was the place he was looking for. A little ways in he found a small alcove that was off the main path and surrounded by walls. The perfect alcove.

Bolin put his hands on his hips and looked to Ping, "Welp little buddy. I think we found our new home."

Ping tilted his head as if to ask 'I don't see it.'

Bolin took a step forward, ready to get to work, when several dark forms emerged from the air: Meow Wows, Hebby Repps, and Pricklemanes. Bolin frowned but brought his hands up, "Great. Looks like we have to clean this place out first." Ping jumped forward, his large butt wiggling in anticipation of the fight. The Nightmares sprung on them and Bolin and Ping started fighting back.

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Riku stood back and watched as the structure took shape. Once it was finished, he was visibly impressed, moving closer to get a better look. It looked safe and Nightmare-proof enough, almost like a cocoon made of rock.

"That's really something. I know magic, but only for combat -- nothing with other uses like that. Where'd you learn to do it?" Maybe if this "bending" stuff was close enough to magic, he could learn it, too.

"I'm mostly self-taught. I never had a Master or anything, though a few other people on the street have shown me some earth bending moves. I got a little bit of a formal teacher when Mako and I moved into the ProBending circuit." He finished circling the structure and then moved inside, gesturing for Riku to follow if he wanted. It was still flat ground on the inside but a few movements and Bolin had pulled up a few rounded pillars to serve as chairs. Now all he would need with his munny would be to buy a sleeping roll or something to that effect.

"But this stuff was stuff I learned out of necessity. Mako would make us a fire but Republic City got pretty cold during the winter so I would usually be in charge of making a shelter. It took me awhile to get it right and we always had to be careful of where we set up." Things were pretty territorial in Republic City. Triple Threat Triad territory was the safest, surprisingly, especially once they started doing odd jobs for them. The police usually only went after vagabonds in the parks and busier streets so if you hid in an alley you were usually okay. Of course, if other people wanted your spot there would be a fight...something Mako had done more so than Bolin who was forced to usually just watch.

Bolin shook his head. His current situation was sure bringing up his memories of the past.

Riku ducked inside after Bolin, looking around. Bram promptly took wing from his shoulder, flapping up to the roof of the earth tent to hang upside down. Riku laughed softly, amused at his Spirit's antics, and Bram gave a pleased squeak, wrapping his purple wings around his body to take a nap. Talk about making himself at home, Riku thought, taking a seat himself on one of the stone pillars.

"That must have been tough," he replied, expression turning back to a serious frown. "I know what it's like to have to survive off your own back like that." Riku didn't know the kind of things Bolin had been through, but he had an idea -- he'd been through a similar thing in the realm of darkness, trying to survive, look out for Sora, and stay hidden from Organization XIII all at the same time. It had never gotten easier. "At least you had someone looking out for you."

Bolin took a seat himself, eyes moving over the walls and landing on Bram as he hung upside down like a weird ceiling fan. Bolin smiled slightly and then took a seat. Ping lumbered over and with a huff flopped down at Bolin's feet. "Yeah...it was rough...and I know I never would have made it without Mako." Bolin then noticed Riku's frown and quickly added, "But, we did make it, and things are a lot better for us now. For one, we don't sleep on the street any more."

He nodded, "Yeah, I did have that. Sounds like you didn't," he glanced up at Bram, "But hopefully that's changed for you too."

"I was... on my own out of choice," Riku said. And it was true -- he and Mickey had gone their separate ways, Riku looking for some way to get rid of Ansem while he watched over Sora, Mickey having his own business to take care of. And after Sora woke up, Riku had disappeared into the shadows, not wanting to be seen or heard from ever again, aside from to help his friends.

Well, things hadn't exactly worked out that way. Riku nods, brightening a little. "Yeah, it has changed. I'm back with my friends -- like Sora." And sure, he still had some issues to figure out on his own, but things were definitely looking up. "Who's Mako? A friend of yours?"

Bolin wondered why he would chose that, but also realized it was probably none of his business. He didn't know this guy well enough to feel like he could ask. Bolin reached down at scratched behind Ping's ears instead.

"That's good to hear. Sora talked to me on the communicator so it's good you can be here with your friend." Bolin shook his head, "Mako's my older brother. We're...kind of opposites, but that works to our advantage sometimes. He must not have dreamed his way here or maybe he's not even asleep yet. It's hard to imagine doing this without him though."

"Just because he's not here doesn't mean you're apart. Could be that right now in the real world, he's still with you, trying to figure out a way to wake you up."

His brother worrying over him was small comfort, but at least it was better than the thought of being completely apart. To Riku, the knowledge that Kairi, Mickey, Yen Sid and all the others were probably around to help them from the other side was some reassurance as well... even if they couldn't do much.

"Besides, you're not on your own. Everyone here seems ready to help each other -- and we have our Dream Eaters on our side, too."

The boy chuckled, "That would be just like him. He always has to drag me out of bed in the mornings for practice and training and stuff." Bolin was never a morning person, although once he was awake he was never grumpy or difficult to get along with. It was just impossible to get him out of bed without a lot of shaking him and yelling in his ear...two things that Mako had learned to do very effectively.

"It's good to hear you say that. I felt pretty lost when the moogle was telling me about this place, but everyone who spoke to me on the communicator made me feel better about the circumstances." Bolin rubbed Ping's head, "This guy helped me a lot too." Ping made a happy noise and rolled over onto his back to expose his stomach.

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