Don't turn around (Loolaalee, Deejer210)

Shigeru shuddered as she looked up at the large city. Though she had no memories of her birthplace, her mother had told her stories about it. Most of them weren't all that happy. Due to an uprising led by her father, Shigeru and her mother fled the city nineteen years earlier, when Shigeru was just a baby. Now, she was returning the city, not only to see her place of birth, but also to find out weather or not her father was still alive somewhere within the city walls.

Shigeru walked through the gates with ease, her earth kingdom clothes allowing her to slip past virtually unnoticed. She looked around the city with wonder at the delivery system. She had read somewhere that the delivery system was hundreds of years old, dating back to before the hundred year war. The same system was still used to deliver mail and packages. Shigeru laughed as she saw a couple of young boys riding one of the mail cars down the track. Distracted, she ran right into somebody. "I'm sorry!" she said quickly with a bow, then continued walking down the street.

Kara was finally here at Omashu. After the long detour to Ba Sing Se, going where you actually need to go is a good thing. The sky was filled with large cumulonimbus clouds. A sure sign of an oncoming thunderstorm. Kara's bag seemed heavier than usual to her but that didn't get her down. She arrived at the gates of the amazing city. Her wooden Bo staff was her favorite weapon and walking stick on long journeys like the trek here. The gates opened, revealing a bustling Earth Kingdom city. Merchant carts and civilians filled the streets to the brim. "Hey Rex were finally here." Kara said shaking her backpack around, waking her pet turtle-duck from its slumber in her spare clothes.

Many people passed through the gates at once. It reminded her of a flood, rushing into the city without stopping for anyone. Kara stopped in her tracks and observed everything and everyone around her. She noticed a very clumsy girl, blindly walked into someone. "Well Rex, this is our new home for the time being. Let's go make some tea, I still have the oolong from two nights ago!" Kara said. Following the same path of the clumsy girl.

Shigeru kept her eyes in front of her, making sure she didn't walk into anybody else. She held the hilt of her dagger firmly in her right hand, ready to draw if she had to. You never knew what could happen in a big city like Omashu. She noticed a few suspicious figures in different alleys, some of them brandishing large weapons, others grinning wickedly. She kept her attention on the street in front of her, avoiding eye contact with any of these figures. As she walked, she noticed somebody walking in the opposite direction who looked somewhat familiar. As they walked past each other, time seemed to move in slow motion. Woah. Who was that? She thought as she continued walking.

Shigeru looked behind herself to watch the man more closely when she realized there was another young woman walking behind her. She smiled at her briefly, then continued forward. She could smell food somewhere down the street, and with luck, she would find a good, high quality restaurant.

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