Post by Deleted on May 5, 2012 14:26:37 GMT -6
((Anyone feel free to join in as I wander the streets))
They never listened, ever. Despite how honest she could be, these people just never listened. Here they were, at the very symbol bending stratification-the statue of Fire Lord Zuko-and yet they just brushed these ideas aside as if they were lunatic or just fridge thinking. But they weren’t all they had to do was to look around, and just take note of the stratification and the glass ceiling above their heads. Looking around with her dark eyes, she saw not intrigued faces, but just people being corralled around like benders’ slaves.
“The stratification caused by the bending elite cannot last forever!” Shouted Bao Yu hoping beyond all hope that someone on their lunch break would pay attention and listen to the truth. “They keep us enslaved because of what we aren’t! They keep themselves together because of who they are! We outnumber them, we should be the ones who own most of the wealth, but instead they do!” Again, this same call to arms; this same moniker, and yet nobody cared. The faces said it all, and Bao Yu’s eyes knew why. The two ladies that strutted by were both firebenders, the man who just dropped his glasses he wasn’t a bender, but the man that paused and helped was most certainly an earthbender. That being said, looking around, the majority of people moved like nonbenders, and they were all still blissfully ignorant of the facts. This society, built for equality was in fact the most stratified and limited one around. Even Ba Sing Se could boast a more socially equal group than this, hell their past Earth King wasn’t even bender!
Oh well, with a sigh, Bao Yu turned to her fellow equalist; he was also passing out fliers, something she had given little effort into doing. Grimly, she looked down at the picture, and read the message. If only she could get people to actually listen. But they never did. That thought made her sneer. At least she wasn’t like the majority of the equalists she knew. In time, she’d be a chi blocker. Hell, she pretty much already was, she knew the points, she knew how to strike, and thanks to her upbringing she knew had the advantage against benders because she knew who was who, and thanks to both her equalist and her grandfather’s teachings she knew how to fight each one. Unfortunately, there was still the final test, an actual fight, and that was one thing that brought nerves to this sturdy young woman, but she knew; when time came she’d take down any bender that stood in her way. She wanted this, and she’d get it.
In the distance, the gong rang; and Bao Yu turned to her fellow equalist. That was it, their permit expired at that hour, and despite the free speech laws in Republic city that crank Bei Fong didn’t like her people preaching past their permitted hours. With a huff, she motioned goodbye to the Metalbender walking up, “Don’t worry, we’re done,” she added, ensuring that now no confusion would arise.
There was another training session tonight, and Bao Yu would be sure to make it. With that in mind, she began packing the papers back into the satchel she brought with herself. Thankfully, her partner was already going around the area picking up dropped fliers. It was always like this.