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Oh Ai Lin, I was wondering, how are we going to get all the people into the Underground? We can't exactly go around saying, "Hey, wanna join?"

I have a few ideas but not much...
1.) They hear rumors about it at an Inn and decide to investigate
2.) They accidently walk in on us (Lame i know)

And that's it... lol

I see where you're coming from, the Assaiki. At the same time, Suki isn't the type to subscribe to the "ends justify the means" kind of fighting. Singing up a murderer with no real loyalty seems out of her type of tactics.

The first post by Suki is up, which pretty much goes with her and Toru having spent time during the time-shift sneaking around taverns and gathering places and whispering about the Underground to those who looked Earth Kingdom sympathetic. They had to do it real careful to avoid the Fire Nation Man, but they tried to get the word out about the meeting. I imagine Suki talked to some bartenders that were sympathetic to get them to help spread the word as well (because as everyone knows, bartenders are excellent information brokers ). So that leaves it up to everyone who they heard it from.

So now, Suki's looking things over while waiting to see if anyone shows up.

My only beef is that Suijin is currently standing in the middle of Ba Sing Se like a bumpkin so she has; A) no idea what the heck is going on and B) that leads to the fact that I can't yank her into the Underground yet. She's still oblivious! xS

If you can't think of a situation where Suijin could obtain info about the Underground from a bartender (lol) or from overhearing someone talking about it, then after the first meeting I can have Yulan or Mahone tug her in... somehow. XD I imagine they would have to pass into the Middle Ring for job-related tasks anyway... or you can think of a reason why Suijin would wander into the Lower Ring and we can meet up.

Or... i might add another possible solution to your problem suijin.

If you can see any conceivable way of getting your character into the underground meeting, Then have yourself arrested by the fire nation for some stupid unlawful reason (soldier on a powertrip, looking for any excuse to make an arrest) and get thrown into prision. Once in prison you can just wait for the underground to break you out and you can join their ranks then.

you could even have conversations with my character while you wait in prison.

This sounds like just the thing for Shen-Zhu to get himself involved in. Confused, wandering defectee...

He's been wandering about in stolen Earth nation clothes, begging for food and lodging, sleeping wherever he can. It'd be far too easy to find himself arrested for some silly infraction of the rules... and with it being too dangerous to admit he's a wandering Fire Nation Soldier... he'd rather just spend a little time in Jail.

This would be the perfect opportunity for him to explore his loyalties, to learn about the Earth nation, the resistance and to see first hand from teh OTHER side of the war, what is really happening.

If you don't mind, I'd like to drop Shen-Zhu in the prison with everyone else who's supposed to get rescued. If they haven't been already.

currently, i am the only actual person in prision who isn't an npc.
And i have yet to make an actual post in the Ba Sing Se. But your welcome to get your cell tossed in. You can even get yourself thrown into a cell close to mine.

As far as what the cell will look like... the Ba Sing Se ones are completely inclosed in metal with a thick metal door that only has a small slit for viewing by the guards. So prisioners won't actually be able see each, but they can hear each other. Or atleast that what i think the jail cells in Ba Sing Se looked like... maybe i am confusing it with some other city or ships cells.

Suijin, we will have to pass through the Middle Ring on our way to the prison, if that helps you figure out a way to find your way to the Underground. You have several options open to you, so do whatever feels write for your character. ^_^

Sounds just fine, Ti-Nung-Cha. We haven't gotten to the actual mission yet, but we should pretty soon. You are more than welcome to be among those who are broken out. It sounds like a great opportunity to explore your character.

As far as I can tell, the prison itself will be very difficult to get to since it resides on the Royal Palace grounds, in the Upper Ring. The Assaiki is right that each cell is entirely made of metal to prevent any offending earthbender from escaping. I'm not sure how easy it would be to communicate to anyone else around, though. It seems pretty solid.

It will be a pretty intense mission getting into that prison. We got our work cut out for us.

So sorry that it took me so long to post.

I have had so much school work and i have a large project coming up, so i hope my post has made up for it. Also Suijin Ai Lin has a point, but also i was thinking of having Shuai's Uncle Gen live in the lower part of the Middle Ring. If anything Jen and i could meet up with you but if that doesn't work out i would stick to Ai Lins idea.

PS: Is my cloak idea ok? I had thought about it for a while and i hope it isn't too corny ;D ( if you have no idea what I'm talking about, read my post )

No worries, this time of year does tend to become a lot busier for people. End of term projects and whatnot, other obligations that need attention right before the summer season starts.

I think it would be a given that they're not going on their mission in the clothes they're wearing now, but it's always useful to reaffirm such details In-Character. It also brings up Shuai's uncle again, who is a fairly important plot device for us, aye?

A bit late, but I only just received acceptance. I'd really like to get involved in the Ba Sing Se Underground. Kaitou is an older female earth bender who's rather combat oriented so I think she could really help. She's also a sword smith so she knows a bit about weaponry.

She could arrive late to the meeting, and be quite blunt in her assessment of the gathered group, perhaps give them a fright by drawing her sword? Or just be her average stubbornly proud self, enter late introduce herself and not bother even apologizing.

She could also be in the jail , probably hauled in after starting some sort of bar fight or what not and fighting against a few fire nation 'block heads'.

Or possibly join up sometime between? As she might help one of the underground out by taking care of a couple of unexpected fire nation soldiers or just general creeps?

We'd be glad to have you, Kaitou. I don't think we have a single earthbender in the Underground at the moment, now that I think about it.

Because I've have a busy week we're still discussing the plan at the Underground's base in the Lower Ring. If you're looking to get in on the plan before we get to the prison, coming late to the meeting would be the best bet.

If you think it'd match your character better to be in the jail, you can do that as well. It'll take us a little while to get there, but we're all trying to keep the pace as quick as we can so everyone can get in on the story.

Either option is fine really, so just go with what works best for your character.

I just wanted to apologize for the delay, guys. I have been having pain problems that I couldn't pinpoint until recently. It's halted all of my actual work and has made typing more difficult and in the past few days it was pretty bad. Luckily I have found out what's been causing the pain so I'm working to fix it.

I'll see about getting a post done sometime tonight if I can manage it. Once again, sorry for the delay.

For the humans that are coming in later...

I suggest you guys be REALLY ready to post, as in check up on the Ba Sing Se thread daily and what not, cause waiting is no fun and you might miss the opening in which you can slip in.

Just to be clear...
The people in the prisons are
1.) The Assaiki
2.)Shen-zhu

And the person that is slipping in is...
1.)Suijin?

Delicious

Oh don't forget Jen's brother is in the prison as well. And i also just put up my post.

I had another answer to the Guard uniforms and who could play the prisoners. It's all in my post, just have to read. And sorry it took me so long, with school and the site being down.

But I'm back and lets get this show on the road. Oh also i had a question. Would it be ok if Shuai's uncle lived in the lower part of the middle ring?

Well, we always have to remember that life gets in the way of things at times, Toru. I've been dealing with my physical problems while others have had finals. Then there's stuff like Proboards having issues. Checking in as often as possible is the best way to keep the story moving, but we also have to give people time to post. But yeah, I'm anxious to keep things rolling at a good pace, and for my part I'm going to try to be more regular with my posts.

That's true, Shuai. There's also Tao-Lei in the prison, too. It shouldn't be a problem for Shuai's uncle to live in the Middle Ring as long as he isn't a guy who goes around yelling about the war. As Uncle Iroh showed us in the show, with some good business sense and tea, one can move up from the Lower Ring.

Suijin posted in the Returning/Leaving thread to say that she's on hiatus until further notice, so I'm guessing she won't be participating in this arc after all. And ditto on the RL issues that keep people occupied and away from posting. I have finals next week, and it's kind of ironic that today, the day Proboards was fixed, half of campus lost electricity for most of the day (including the apartments where I live). So you never know what anti-posting forces are at work here...

I've just returned from an unexpected week-long flight across the entire nation for a family emergency. Starting tomorrow, I'll be sure to check in and try to find my spot to slip in. ^_^ Shen-Zhu is looking forward to the inner conflict and figuring out which side is the 'right' side to be on .