As I open my groggy eyes, I look around and find myself to be inside my office. However, I am restrained by a rope which is keeping me in the chair as well as attached to the ground...' and I still can't earthbend...'
"That bi$c4H"...I remember her martial arts style and how after being hit just once all feeling was lost in that area of my body, and my Chi pathways seemed to be blocked. It must be something other than bending and the old Xin Fu had never seen or heard of the like, so obviously, I wouldn't know either after taking over his body...
I can't believe this is happening....' No, I must escape these bindings and run from this city...I can't beat her and I won't let my new life end here!'...
Unbeknownst to me, while I am trying to understand what happened and loosen my bindings before that girl comes back, the netizens who watch my stream are going wild...
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[Netizen 4: That hotty was AWESOME! She was like a dancer or acrobat...I've never seen someone fight like that...]
[Netizen 69: Mmm, she was a sight to see, that was the best fight I've witnessed so far watching any of the streamers... I wonder what that technique is called? Wonder if she's a dom and when she gets back she will de-stress on that lucky Xin Fu...]
[Netizen70: Uhh, the guy above...please leave, we don't want that sort of energy here]
[Netizen 420: Be SILENT! #69 is a man of culture and I will not have you remove a fellow believer!]
[Netizen 40: Ladies and gentlemen, please stop fighting! Here comes the pretty lady now...]
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I walked back into the office after making sure no more of Xin Fu's "goons" were going to bother him tonight. I look over at him and see that he seems desperate....'Hah, the knot-tying skills of Ty Lin are pretty good... what a great skill to have...'
I take a chair and sit in front of him, we are in a destroyed office with a crumbled table to our right with nothing still intact except the chairs that we sit on and the door that I closed and locked behind me.
"Look, I'm gonna be real with you...I'm not a killer and I'm sure that's obvious but I also want you to know that I am aware that you, just like me, are a Traveler...and the very fact that I can say that sentence without something happening to me is proof that we are both bound by the same contract understand?"
The man's eyes open in shock at first and then after thinking a moment, he looks like he understood something and then inwardly berates himself for a mistake...' well, I suppose I would do the same. Now that he let it slip (through the use of the word Jesus) that he is a Traveler, he knows I should have no problem killing him and sending him back to Altissia...'
Finally, he nods, and then with an almost polite smile he says "I see, well if I knew that you were a Traveler I wouldn't have attacked you like that...we need to stick together in a world as dangerous as this..."
If it was before I would have believed him, even with all my experience dealing with two-faced people back on Blue Star, I've never seen someone lie that well but, unfortunately for him, I have Ty Lin's training so it's easy to see that even if he knew, he would've still tried to catch me.
Before I could speak again he politely said "Miss, could you let me out of these restraints now? We can have a civilized talk..."
"No thanks" I quickly respond "all I want from you 'Xin Fu' is for you to answer a few of my questions and then after that, we can separate and go our ways in this new world...do we have a deal?"
He seems relieved and regretful at the same time but finally nodded in affirmation "what would you like to know?"
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After questioning him about all of his experiences thus far in this world and inquiring about local information I was out of questions and am debating inwardly what to do...I know what my training tells me to do but it goes against my morals to just kill him unless he wishes to harm me...after some time in silence I say "Xin Fu, when I leave here are you going to contact another informant and tell them where I am and what happened here in act of revenge?"
....as much as he tried to hide it, it was obvious what the answer was. I sighed loudly and pulled a knife from the pile of wood and debris; a result of the overturning and breaking of his table.
"I'm sorry Xin Fu, I can't have the Fire Nation thinking I'm a traitor...I need them to think I was killed or captured so that they won't look for me. I hope you had a good time here and can return to The Four Nations soon...maybe I'll see you around in Altissia or another of Oscar's worlds, but this is it for you as Xin Fu..."
Steeling my heart I stare into his panicked, scared, and resentful eyes as he said his final words as Xin Fu "I'll find out who you are in Altissia b$t#h, and once I do...well, I'll spend every chance I get making you regret ever crossing me..."
I nod and with a fluid motion of my arm blood gushed out from his neck, he was obviously in pain but he gritted his teeth and stayed silent. He didn't scream for his men or speak at all, just stared into my eyes maliciously. As the bleeding slowed his body visibly weakened but his eyes never left mine as the evil light did not dissipate finally, he closed his eyes and slumped on the chair.
The room was silent and I felt a chill down my back... I killed a man, yes but Ty Lin was conditioned for that, it was those eyes that scared me...' We'll definitely meet again, but now it's time to head to Ba Sing Se...'