“White…red…orange…yellow…green…blue…purple…red!” Beads slid down a string as if it was coated in grease and clacked together as they settled down to form an echelon of colors, and the young girl’s fingers dropped them into, what seemed to her was, a perfect sequence of colors. A few more slid down and joined their brothers and sisters, none of the same two colors next to each other; she absolutely hated that.

Ty Lee’s cinnamon eyes, perfectly matching her braided hair, twinkled as her fingers nimbly tied the loose ends of the string together, making the beaded loop big enough to slip over her wrist. The beads glinted in the lamplight of her room at the Royal Palace, sending small, faint bursts of color all over every time the soft glow hit them just right. Colors, colors everywhere, just like her life. Everyone had a color, even if they didn’t know it. She giggled as her fingers toyed with the beads, each color reminding her of someone different in her life.

While most people found it strange or funny that she could see the colors that surrounded everyone, but she found it strange and funny that they couldn’t. A person’s aura told everything about them, even if the person was a liar…much like Azula. Hers almost never changed, but what puzzled Ty Lee the most was why the Princess’ was the same color as someone who was completely at peace: blue. Sure, Azula used blue fire when she bent, but she was so calculating and…well, there was no other word for it…evil that a murky shade of dark gray or deep, burning red would suit her more. She looked pensively upward as she fiddled with the blue beads on her new bracelet, trying to figure out the reason for this; her face lit up as she realized that, despite the fact that the Princess was so horribly twisted that it scared her, Azula was cold, emotionless, hence the blue fire. It made sense! Her friend’s aura had been blue as long as she could remember and it had never changed, even when Azula got jealous and did things like push her into a pond for doing a better handstand, even though the Princess was good at so many other things. The one thing she was never able to understand was why Azula didn’t understand her need to show off. Didn’t Azula realize that she needed to show off, to prove that she was different than her six sisters who looked exactly like her? No, Azula wouldn’t understand that, not even if it was explained to her face. The Princess only saw Ty Lee’s antics as an attempt to show her up.

The people at the Circus, on the other hand, didn’t. They saw her as one of the best acrobats there, and the audience applauded every time she did something that seemed impossible. She wasn’t Ty Lee, one in a set of seven, there; she was Ty Lee, the star acrobat.

She laughed out loud again as she looked down at her bracelet to realize that Mai’s color wouldn’t be on her bracelet; no, all the beads were too brightly-colored for that. From what she’d seen in the palace kitchens, Mai was the color of dirty dishwater, a murky gray-brown. While the color of the water was almost disgusting, it seemed to suit her other friend very well; it almost seemed beautiful. Mai’s disposition bled through to her aura, and if anyone that knew her could see auras too, they’d agree. Mai was just bored by everything, even if they were going up against the Avatar and his friends…and the people hunting him.

Oh, that fight had been fun! People always seemed so surprised when she was able to knock them down or stop them from bending with a few jabs to select pressure points, but they didn’t realize how easy it was to do when you could see their auras. A lot of people she’d fought didn’t like her because of that, but it was all in good fun, right? Besides, it’s not like she disliked anyone she fought…

…especially Sokka. She blushed slightly when she realized that she’d put more orange beads on her bracelet than any other color, and that’s what he’d been: orange, like the brightly-colored koi in the palace pond. Of all the orange people she knew, his aura had been the brightest. From what she knew of him, he was very dedicated and loyal to his friends, passionate towards anything he did, and just a tad immature. It was a shame he had to be friends with the one person the Princess wanted to eliminate more than anyone else in the world.

As a matter of fact, all of Sokka’s friends had bright auras. Yellow for the Avatar, red for the Waterbending girl; they made sense. He was very mature for his age and at peace among all four elements, and she was overly full of love for the people she cared about. Personally, she didn’t understand why they had to fight, but Azula gave the orders and Ty Lee was never going to disobey the Princess again; still, trying out every battle technique she knew was fun.

She looked up as her room door opened, revealing the Princess with her ever present blue hue; she smiled brightly and held up her wrist. “Look what I made!”

Azula’s eyes narrowed, though her aura did not waver, and made a beckoning motion before turning around and walking away. Ty Lee’s smile relaxed when she realized that the Princess probably had some important news regarding the Avatar. Her body bent fluidly as her hands touched down on the ground, taking all of her weight as her feet lifted into the air; the beads on her bracelet clacked together slightly as she effortlessly walked out of the room on her hands. Azula might not like it, and Mai would find it boring, but she was the only one out of the three of them that could do it that well. Her smile widened again as she made her way down the hallway, thinking about other people she knew that would fit the colors on her bracelet.

Thank you, Haru! Once we get some more applications, we'll give our opinions on it. Thanks again.

As I said in the Toph Application thread, we are not closing the apps. ANYONE is free to apply. I am only responding to the current app, as Toph/Kami and I feel it's time we did.

Haru - Your app is good, and I am not going to say that it's not. However, I did feel that it concentrated too much on the auras and colors, instead of just using "[Insert Name Here]'s aura was [insert color here] and leaving at that, using that line to go into how Ty Lee felt about the person, and you did that, but there was a lot about colors in it, too, and it weighted down your post. Also, I simply do not think that you are at the level we need you to be at. I've been watching your posts, and... It's not where we need you to be. I'm sorry, but your app is DENIED.

What a happy baby, the acrobat thought as she watched little Nikuro play with the end of her long sepia braid. "And to think he's the product of two banished traitors." Giggling she watched him place her hair in his mouth, but before he had the chance to bite down on it, she swooped him up in her slender arms and gently tickled his tummy. He was a cute thing even though Zuko was his father. "But you're not a sour puss like him are you? Are you little Nikuro?" Again she tickled his tummy hoping to place a small smile on his dimpled face, but as of late he was resisting the urge to smile. Ty Lee didn't blame the poor dear, he was after all miles away from his mother and father. Ty Lee couldn't tell if he truly missed them or not, not because he rarely ever smiled with her but because his aura was a bright, steady orange. Happy, fun, content. Just like Sokka! She wondered what he was doing now. Maybe he was already on his way here! Their last two encounters hadn't ended quite so well, especially with the capture and the Hunt and all. The bubbly fourteen year-old was sure that Azula would have her head if she knew that she was still thinking about the goofy water tribe warrior. Sometimes it was hard to remember that she was loyal to one person and one person only.

As a child, Ty Lee always knew who was in command and that of course was the girl with pale, blue aura. Azula always seemed to remind Ty Lee of ice. She was just cold, even to the touch and with so much ambition and drive you'd think that she'd have just a tinge of red on her, but no. There was nothing pink or red about her. I'm sure I've seen some pink on her, the cocoa eyed girl thought, I'm, sure something's made her happy even in the eenciest of ways. Of course she wasn't as happy as the circus performer, but even her happiness had taken a lifetime to create and most of it she felt out of fear more so when she was in the Princess's presence. Having been part of a matching set with her six other sisters, excuse... six other zombies, Ty Lee knew she could have never settled with being just like them even if her noble bred parents wanted it that way. Man did she hate the thought of being cooped up with those aura-less beings. It was icky to think of and it was a very sensitive subject of hers, one she disliked venturing into.

She stopped for a moment beside one of the palaces' pond to watch the fish and turtle ducks. Ty Lee like animals very much. The circus probably had a little something to do with that and although the teenager couldn't see their auras, she was sure that they were there. It was a little weird she admitted, to see people in their-no pun intended- true colors, but the brown-haired girl counted it as nothing less than a blessing. So what? People could describe themselves in words right? Fat, skinny, air-headed, blunt. Ty Lee just used colors. Brown, yellow, red, gray. It was as natural to her as breathing was to the little bundle that slept in her gentle grasp. She watched him for a moment the same way she watched the koi fish in the pond. Ty Lee's eyes were genuine and kind even though her mind was troubled. She was still doubting some things she had done in her past, but she was sure that she had made the right decision to leave the circus and join Azula on her quest to capture the Avatar. What other choice did she have? It was either that or live in even more fear! "That doesn't sound like fun," she whispered to Nikuro as he nestled himself closer to her heart, "but at least you don't have to worry about those things." With her faint pink hue, the girl moved closer to the pond and sat herself down, crossed legged with the baby securely in her lap. Cocking her head to one side she wondered if she had just heard Mai calling her name.

Oh Mai, her mind sighed. What a boring display of brown-gray. Things always seemed to consume the girl; her father, Zuko even Azula, but no matter what she always remained stoic even if something really got on her nerves. Mai was always just one, big, bored blob. At least Azula got excited over little things. Nothing ever excited Mai. "It's not good for her appearance," she told the little kidnapped baby, "she'll most likely develop wrinkles soon. Eww." But these were her friends, her best friend and although she treated one more as an enemy than a friend, Ty Lee knew that she could never betray them. She loved them more than she loved her infuriating sisters and even more than her uncaring parents. They were Ozai's Angels. She looked around her, at the palace walls that separated her from the outside world and she knew that here, in the presence of her friends, she actually belonged. "Oh what a bright sun," she muttered as she shielded her wide eyes from its harsh rays. "I wonder what's taking Azula so long? What did she want to talk to her father about again?" And where the heck was Mai? Probably slouching on some extravagant couch, tainting it with her icky colors.

Before getting up, Ty Lee took one last look at the baby before thinking: What if he's a bender? If he didn't turn out to be one, she was sure that she could teach him how to be a chi blocker, like herself, but this wasn't the time to be thinking about those sort of questions. She needed to find her friends. She wanted to know what the heck was going on between Azula and her father. She also needed to change Nikuro; he smelled like poo. "Eww."

Okay, I have looked over both applications and they're both good. However, Haru, overall I feel that yours was a bit more by-the-numbers. It covers the essentials of Ty Lee, but lacked a certain connection to her personally. I don't know. It's a bit hard to explain. I just didn't quite get the feeling of Ty Lee in your post, even though it was written well.

Karena Edit: Yuna approval removed, due to her deleting her own account.

Since Yuna has deleted her own account for reasons unknown, we need another Ty Lee - again.

Remember, if you're interested, please say so here first so we know to expect your app.

Ayumi - I know from what you told me how hard you worked on this post. Honestly, I wasn't sure what to think when you told me you were going to apply for Ty Lee. However, I respect a lot the fact that you put so much work into this. Not many people do who apply, and you know what? It shows. It really does show in this post how much effort you put into it. As for your portrayal, I feel you did pretty well. Ty Lee is a very excited person, and you did a good job of capturing that. However, I did feel that it was a little too excited, as there's a lot of !'s in your post. You went a little over the top. Also, there's one thing:

What a glorious, wondrous, splendid feeling of euphoria that filled her young body! The body of Ty Lee! <—- the second sentence is completely unnecessary, as no one talks like that. It would be better if you'd said "filled Ty Lee's young body" or put Ty Lee's name in the next sentence.

Other than that, I think if you worked on being a bit more concise, yet still descriptive you'd be great. As long as you work on that:



Two more stamps and she's yours.

I have to echo what Karena said here. You have a definite grasp of Ty Lee's essential happy-go-lucky attitude, enthusiasm and showmanship but went a little over the top with her enthusiasm in certain places. Overall, though, you are descriptive and capture what makes the character who she is. That's the most important part. So, because of that I'm giving you my stamp too.