Welcome to the End of Your Life!

[HYUN OK]

It was a rather sunny day, but one could never tell that from the island from the steam that rose and created a heated mist over the prison called the Boiling Rock. "Warden is on the move!" a voice rang out through the First Wall of the prison and echoed from various guards through the Four other Walls that made of the Pentagon of the prison floors. Guard after guard shifted to attention as a rather slim woman walked past them, her black hair brushed to the side yet still a shaggy mess at the ends, her eyes encircled with black causing the violet of the color shine bright. Her uniform was not a regular Fire Nation uniform but one of her own design and it expressed a rather 'royal' vibe... She saw herself as Queen of this rock and expressed herself as such.. and not anyone with a brain cell would act otherwise.

The Warden was Hyun Ok (the Ok is pronounced like oha) and today she was receiving a few new 'peasants'.. pathetic prisoners that would soon either learn their place or die trying to defy it. She smirked as she walked past her Guards who shivered in fear, knowing that she was not just cruel to the prisoners but her employees too. She stopped at a gate and took a deep breath, the air was dry inside the prison and it was better then the moist air outside, she was savoring it for a moment before the gate was pulled open for her.

She held her arms behind her clasping her hands together as she walked forward to the row of men who were now off the gondola. A lowly bunch, but most 'real' threats were killed on the spot and would rather die then go to prison. She rolled her shoulders a bit and took a step starting from the guy at the most left and walking herself to the right, slowly as she spoke, “Welcome to the Boiling Rock!" her voice boomed holding a deep and controlling tone, "This prison is on an island of stone, in the middle of boiling water. I am The Warden, you may call me Ma’am, Warden, or Lady Stone Heart, either one will be fine. I have you here as my guest, but you are never free to go…" she smirked coldly, " BUT! If you try to escape I will help you!" Hyun Ok stopped in front of a rather small and scared looking man and leaned into his face her voice deadly, "By putting stone boots on you and telling you to start walking!" the man squeaked and shrunk away, she chuckled and continued walking to the last of the men, "Now enjoy your stay at the Boiling Rock…” She moved back to stand in front of the men, "Now does anyone have any questions?"

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[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] Raising his hand, Hiro smirked and spoke. "Yes, where do you keep the shackles that aren't easy to pick, and to add to that, where do you keep the food, the guards that brought me here were rather rude and didn't offer anything to me. Even scolded me for picking my lock so many times," he said, giving a little sigh as he lowered his hand and spoke. Hiro was here for one reason and one reason only. A bounty, or pray as he called them. There was one in here that would make his last score look like pocket change, and he was half sure that his family would be back at the peak of their riches with this one. "Oh, and before I forget, Madam Stone Heart, or whatever, are there any boats or air ships that come here on a daily basis, I'd like my escape to be quick and easy once I reach the other side. Rather not have to wait for one to come by. You understand, right?" he asked, smirking at the warden with his eyes closed. Hiro had plotted an escape plan that took him weeks to come up with when he found out his bounty was in the Boiling Rock prison. He was so annoyed by it that he took his anger out on some of the 'dead or alive' bounties he had been hunting. Good thing they were just wanted, he wouldn't have gotten paid if they hadn't been. His favorite sight when he finished speaking of course, was the guards and fellow inmates looks when he talked so highly about escaping and even more so that he was not shackled at the hands or feet and could have attacked anyone at any time had he been the sort to do so. word count: 316 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 2562 notes: Hmm, what a fine day to go to jail... Wait, what? XD

[HYUN OK]

Hyun Ok smiled at the man who spoke up, ah if he was not just the walking definition of a Hot Headed Bounty Hunter! she glanced around her at the guards who were showing a bit of amazement by the man's words, but the warden had heard this before, nothing new. All talk, with ideas of escape, so cute. She thought it was laughable, and she would do what she had to do to break him. Break his spirit or break his bones. "There are no shackles in my prison, only when you're being transported here," she smiled at his hands, "the point of them here is meaningless as you've shown." she laughed a rather sweet laugh. "And you'll be fed like all the dogs later" she shrugged.

She thought for a moment about his other questions and shrugged her shoulders "Well..." she chuckled softly, and rose a head aloft toward the Gondola behind him as it slowly moved away from the platform back to the station at the other end, "That is the only way off this rock, and you are free to take it at anytime.. so long as you can get to it" she chuckled a bit more, "And know this.." she walked up to him her arms still behind her back, "it may take these guards exactly 4 minutes to cut the lines, it takes 5 for the gondola to cross the water... but it only takes me two seconds to cut the lines" she smiled a bit more sweetly at him. "The water is hot enough to melt flesh off of bone, and anything that could float, is welded down."

She straightened herself up and pulled her hands out looking at her nails, "Also no one knows when a new boat comes in, or even an airship, not until the last ten minutes before the arrival that is... All the information on that is guarded in my office by myself." she smirked at him now, her smile gone. "Believe me boy, you're stuck here, and whatever plans you had will be wasted away in this steamy Hell. I make no threats only promises..." she rolled a small quartz crystal in her hand across her palm, "I hope you enjoy your stay, you'll be my most interesting guest i feel" she turned her back to him and motioning for the guards to take them to their cells.

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] Hiro stood where he was as a guard tried to pull him toward his cell, and quickly found out that wasn't the best option to do, now that they were in the prison. Hiro broke the man's hand, and flipped him over his shoulder, quickly pulling the guards handcuffs from his belts and snapping one end off to make it pointed, putting at his throat before speaking again. "Excuse me, I didn't say you could touch, and I don't like it when I'm being put in a cell that I haven't chosen personally. I would thank you to mind your manners, less you care for this to end up somewhere more unpleasant," he warned with a oddly warm smile on his face. Hiro was only here to get his bounty, not make new friends, only new enemies. "Madam Warden, where is the kitchen, I feel rather famished, and I would like to have as much energy as possible, when I prepare my escape. So would you kindly make yourself useful and point the way, I will happily go there now and get out of your hair," Hiro said, dropping the makeshift knife, and letting go of the poor man's arm and looking up at the warden. Hiro had all intention of leaving in the next week or so, but he needed to get those information papers in her office if he had any hope of leaving the island entirely. He hoped that the information he had scammed out of one of the guards that had been on leave was right, and that he could make his plans to work his way into the office and get the information listed when he needed it. word count: 290 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 3095 notes: Poor guard... Well, he did touch Hiro, so I guess he derserved it...

[HYUN OK]

Hyun Ok stopped in her steps for a moment smirking as she glanced over her shoulder. The look on her Guard’s face was priceless and she let out a huff of a laugh. “Heh,” She turned returned to having her back to Hiro, “If you want I can train the guards to ask you before they manhandle you.” She smirked gently with her eyes half closed. Her hands clenched each other behind her back, perfectly visible to the bounty hunter as a sign of frustration, to him anyway. In truth Hyun Ok was trying to keep herself compose from just laughing, and/or launching him off the platform.

She rolled her shoulders turning to him the frill of her outfit’s collar flaring a bit more as she smiled at him. She chuckled before doing a head nod causing five guards standing by to surround Hiro taking standard firebending stances. “You can fight all you want, I have places to put your kind, a few even the regulations team are unaware of due to them being quiet painful and even cruel.” she grinned playfully. She glared at the guard who was assaulted by Hiro, “You’ll be experiencing a few of those places later, Li” she whispered her voice suddenly going from sweet and controlling to acidic. This caused Li to squeak and be grabbed by a nearby guard to restrain him, he shook but did not struggle his flesh pale.

Suddenly a new smile appeared on her face, “How about we do things a bit different today” she smirked and gave another nod the guards who were in their stances, slowly and even reluctantly, moved back standing straight, “I usually only do this with more important prisoners, but you seem to have a high brow about you.” She walked over to him the guards parting a way for her, “I’ll escort you to your cell, just myself, and I’ll even make sure food is waiting in your cell… Oh about choosing it? Don’t worry you’ll be getting Cell Number 347” after stating the number one of the guards moved into the building; possibly to get the food. “It’s one of the best rooms, about two feet wider then any other cell and you get a lovely view of the sunset,” she placed her hands against her cheek as though one would do to sleep, “it is just beautiful with the steam” she said in a faux dreamy voice.

She stood next to him her eyes burning into his with that smile never touching them. “Shall we?” She held her hand aloft again toward the gate that led into the prison, “and don’t worry your food will actually be something good, I eat the same food the prisoner’s eat so I can assure you it’s nothing disgusting” she giggled a bit and waited for him to walk ahead of her.

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] Hiro smirked, he knew she was only putting on a show for him, the guards and any of the other prisoners that had seen, so he figured he would be a little more cooperative now, than he had been as of late. "Why thank you malady, I would now be happy to go to my cell. Knowing that there is a good meal waiting for me, and that you'll be right there beside me until we reach the room, makes it all the better for me," he said, taking a couple steps forward, then stopping. "Oh, but there is one thing I would like to request, and that is that you lead the way. You have my word as a man that I will not try anything, not even escape. I would much rather have a good night's rest before trying that. Besides, you are being so much kinder than your guards, so I don't see any reason I should try and harm you in any way either. So, if you would, please, do lead the way," he said, bowing his head a little and outstretching one arm toward the prison doors, indicating that she walk before him. He may not be a gentlemen, but Hiro did know about this woman's secret, and he would much rather not have to deal with her being completely mad at him on his first day. There would be plenty of time for him to make her infuriated with him, and plenty of fun to be had with it while he stayed at the Boiling Rock prison. word count: 268 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 3363 notes: Hiro, quite the gentlemen when he wants to be. Again, something you can thank his father for XD

[HYUN OK]

Hyun Ok rose a brow at the man, but smiled kindly. She knew he was full of it... Trying to act sauve to try and get her to relax. But he was a lowly punk. She had everything set up for him, and she had eyes and ears in all the walls. Whatever, or whoever this punk was after, heh... She would find out and well she had not fully thought that out. She smiled at her guards and gave a nod causing them to move past the two taking the other prisoners and Li with them... nothing more pathetic then a grown man whimpering. He would end up in one of Hyun Ok's newer torture chambers. She had a few dug out under the island.


Hyun Ok gave a small chuckle, "Such more class then most of my prisoners..." she cooed as she walked ahead of him her eyes closed, "Such a shock with you being from such a pathetic family, Hiro Tanda" Her voice was a gentle nudge in Hiro's ear. "But as it's seen... you're exactly where your type should be" she chuckled as she continued to walk with her arms behind her, the back of her hands resting on the small of her back. "And no need to fear, there are no big bad waterbenders here". She cooed gently making a turn and walking down a few steps before stopping and looking back at him a cold smile on her pale face.

"How is your family?" she asked before starting to walk again. "Any more of them in this place that i had not noticed? or are they all dead in the street?" she yawned putting on the sweet smile again as she turned another corner.

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] Hiro's smirk vanished as soon as he heard the Warden's words. He had to do everything he could not just attack her from the moment she mentioned his family being low lives. But he was not hear to kill anyone, he was simply here to get a bounty, and get out. At least, that's what he had planned. This new turn of events was a rather annoying surprise to him. "How much do you know Hyun Ok?" he asked, dropping the formalities and standing straight, not moving from where he stood. The other guards had left, and now was as good a time as any to have a chat with her without having to put on a facade of any kind. "Yes, I know your true name, I know quite a bit about you myself. We both seem to be the types to gather information on anyone that may get in the way of whatever our goals are. Do you know my current goals, or are you just going to let me be one of your normal inmates?" Hiro asked again, walking forward a little. His blue eyes cold and hard like they were when he was enraged beyond simply getting his bounty or collecting the payment from said bounty. It had been years since someone had called him by his true name, not his infamous nickname 'The Cold Flame', and he did not like someone else having his information without his knowledge. "Now, I think we should have a little chat here and now before we do anything else. I won't attack you, if you don't attack me. No bending, no weapons, no guards, no fights. Those are all I request for this discussion. Will you agree?" he asked, waving a hand behind him, indicating that a table and chairs be brought out if needed. word count: 311 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 3674 notes: Very interesting turn of events XD Hiro and myself were NOT expecting that XD

[HYUN OK]

Hyun Ok smiled softly at him her eyes narrowing as she let her arms fall to her side. "I have better things to do then talk to you, Tanda" she chuckled. She reached up and adjusted the collar of her uniform. "Tanda Tanda Tanda" she mused softly picking a piece of lent off her arm. "A family name that's laughed at in most circles, even here on this island" she smirked at him. "A noble family of Fire Benders reduced to..." she laughed softly, "Well reduced to the likes of you... so cute" she purred flipping a bit of her short hair from her face.

Hyun Ok glanced around seeing that no prisoners or guards were around, the two were in a corridor rarely visited and it was why she wanted to take it.. less chance of this punk getting a hostage or a way to distract her. "You claim to know about me, and i can tell we both hate it when someone knows things they should not or found out without their permission." She sighed and then swiftly slid her right foot forward and made a quick gesture with her right hand causing the stone slabs on the walk away to suddenly form into little stone stools. "Have a seat" she smiled taking a seat and crossing one leg over the other.

"Whoever told you about myself will be killed, i know exactly what guards know what.. it won't be hard to weed them out" she smiled coldly, "thank you for bringing this to my attention" she spoke coolly, no one of class knew what she was, no one of her army knew what she was.. it was a dirty family secret and a tool to strike fear amongst the rats in this hell hole. She rested her hands on the knee of the crossed leg, "so tell me, Hiro Tanda.." she purposely made a Face at saying his name, " tell me what you want to talk about.. I'm all ears" she smiled.

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] Sitting down, Hiro watched the woman, he knew she was an earthbender, but being willing to use it so openly in her prison he hadn't expected. From what he had heard from the guard that he had bribed, she kept it a tight knit secret. It was obvious that this was a lie or the man obviously didn't know she had changed her opinion on her skills. "Well, for starters, do you know what really happened to my family? Because you seem to know, and I will not take you mocking me very lightly, however, as I am a gentlemen, and a man of my word, I won't attack you, here," he said, stressing the last word out of his mouth, indicating that he would do so at a later time if she said too much. "Also, please do know, that I am only here for one reason, and one reason alone. I came because there is something, or rather, someone, here that I would like to collect before leaving. I'd have come under better circumstances, but I figured that this would be the fastest, and my family name would not do much good, unlike the past," he said, closing his eyes and crossing his arms. He had willingly left all his weapons on the mainland before even reaching the destination he had planned to commit the crime that he was sent here for. He was unarmed for the most part, all he had was any makeshift weapons he could create, his firebending and his wit. He opened his eyes and practically glared at the woman from his seat, waiting for her to speak and knowing that she would chose her words carefully if she knew anything about him. word count: 293 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 3967 notes: WOO! Things are getting rather interesting, even if Hiro had planned on this... Which he didn't, but you know XD

[HYUN OK]

Hyun Ok chuckled softly. "So you're here.. in a prison to get a bounty?" she rose a brow, "So are you a lunatic?" she cackled flipping her bangs from over her eyes. "Your family name is the shit from an Ostrich-Horse that's true, but if you could just bribe the right person you could have gotten your bounty without any of this ludicrous scheme." She smirked at him. "Also whoever you're after..." she got a twinkle in her eyes, "You won't get them off this rock with you." she rolled her shoulders, "I can guarantee that"

"You see," she looked at her nails and then back at Hiro, "You see the Boiling Rock has no one leave it on their own accord. And there is no way you'd get off of this rock without outside help.. and again, the only way off physically is the Gondola, and i can detach it in two seconds." Hyun Ok looked at him with a smile, "So seeing as you aren't getting off this rock why not tell me the name of whom you are after, maybe i'll mess with you and have you bunk with him instead" she smirked coldly, "It would just be fitting"

The warden uncrossed her legs and stood up with her hands resting on her hips, "And you can threaten me all you wish, fight me later, you can burn your fire all you want... this is a Fire Nation prision, we have ways to deal and deflect fire benders... and you're on a rock, with stone floors.." she took a step and gently tapped her finger tips against his cheek, "You don't stand a chance" she purred standing back her arms crossed. With a sharp tap of her heel the stone stools pull back down reforming the stone floor cover.

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] Hiro stood up as she spoke and nodded his head, knowing full well that he could have bribed his way into getting his bounty, but he smirked and looked over at her as she made the stools return. "Madam, that would be no fun what so ever to tell you whom I'm after, or to simply waltz in here, bribing people to get what I want that is not information," he said, walking over to her and looking her in the eyes. "Money only goes so far when it comes to things like this. The thrill of the chase, the fun you have when you watch your pray struggle to find a way out that there isn't, and the most exciting part, is always when you out smart someone that sees themselves superior to you, isn't it?" he asked, knowing full well that she was just like him when it came down to the way he hunted bounties. "As for my bounty rooming with me, I think that would spoil more of my fun, being able to tell them what I know about getting out of here, and my plan. You understand, don't you? Spoiling other's fun like that is just too cruel, even for someone like you that... Well, I'm sure you already know," he said smirking before walking past her. Taking a few steps to get far enough away from her that he could tell what she was doing before she did it, he stopped and looked back at her. "Oh, I apologize, would you like this back?" he asked, holding up the quartz crystal she had normally hanging around her neck. "It seems that I have acquired this just a few moments ago and I do believe that it belongs to you," he added, smirking at her before looking at it closely. "This is your warning, princess, even things you think are secure, can be the most insecure thing in the world," with that, Hiro tossed the crystal idly toward the warden and started walking again, his back to her. word count: 350 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 4317 notes: Gee, I wonder how Hiro got that? Must be a rock magnet he has in his hands or something XD

[HYUN OK]

Hyun Ok just continued to smile at the man as he spoke. She liked his attitude actually. He was brash yet did not yield anything and held himself sure. But Hyun Ok knew a few things he would never know, things about the prison system, about the building, and if he wanted that information he was out of luck. She looked over the crystal he had taken and then returned. It was a useless memento..Purple quartz with no special properties. She smiled at the simple item and put it back on. "So silly" she whispered following him.

"I've changed my mind about you..." she declared reaching out and resting a hand on his shoulder, nothing threatening just a way to stop him and slightly nudge him to turn a corner instead of going down the stairs. "You are a smart man, Tanda... despite your name and whatever stupid nickname you have been given.. But you are forgetting your place" she sighed softly a with her hand still gently on his shoulder she stopped at a rather heavy metal door. "Don't try to fight me, you would lose and I'd have to big of a mess to clean, this is your room" she smiled opening the door as a chilled wind blasted out, "Enjoy it" she laughed as she shifted her weight sliding her foot forward suddenly the ground that was under Hiro would have sent him flying into the room headfirst.

Hyun Ok closed the door and locked it. "Like i said, EVERYthing on this rock is welded on, there are no bolts to pull, believe me an idiot tried that last week so we had that taken care of" She laughed in a rather demonic way as she knocked on the door, "Just relax.. this is our new Cooler.. not only is it cold...but" she smirked as she heard the sprinkler system kick on which caused it to sprinkle waterfrom hundred of little holes that were all over the walls of the cell on top of Hiro causing the chill of the room to get to his flesh twice as fast. "That will happen every ten minutes.. I'll send someone to check on you when i see fit" she laughed again and walked off leaving the boy to his fate of coldness.

[HIRO TANDA]

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[atrb=background,http://i54.tinypic.com/qovfkh.png] As the warden made him go into his cell, he was a little surprised at the cell's new look. Though he hadn't been to the Boiling Rock before, he had gotten a plan for the Cooler a while back. When she walked away, he sighed, his breath easily visible even without firebending. He could feel the chill, but he had planned that something like this might happen. The first thing Hiro did when she was gone, was check the door. Locked, just as he had hoped. He looked up as the rooms walls and ceiling slowly sprinkled water on him. If he hadn't thought ahead, he'd have been a dead man for sure. "Heh, this is what I wanted, you obviously don't know me very well princess," he said to himself, bending a bit of fire into his hands to keep himself warm and focused. He hunched forward and shivered to pretend that he was cold whenever he heard footsteps, and continued to keep himself warm. He had to wait for the guard that was going to be checking in on him, and he had to keep himself warm to do what he had planned. As the water continued to come on and off, Hiro wondered if the warden had laid about a guard coming to check on him or not. He remembered what she said, every ten minutes the water would come on, and he had counted them coming on at least twelve times now. He was starting to get colder and colder, knowing that he could only keep himself warm for so long. Hiro eventually curled into a ball and huddled closer to himself and started bending fire around his lap and feet. Doing everything he could to keep himself warm that wouldn't waste his energy. word count: 304 Hiro's Color Code: A00000 total count: 4621 notes: Hiro isn't completely stupid XD Granted, he could have done other things first, but meh, no challenge there I suppose XD

[HYUN OK]

Hyun Ok sat in her office; a cave like place dug deep into the earth that she created when she first made rank of Warden. The entrance was from the old office of the former Warden and it was a panel of the floor that one had to move and take a ladder down. The Above office looked perfectly neat, even having fake informational papers scattered around on the desk. But all the real papers were with her in the cave. She was looking over the information she had on Hiro Tanda... Bounty Hunter, Fire Bender, and disgrace along with his whole family. "Hmmm Interesting.." she muttered rubbing the crystal around her neck before placing the file away. She had a few other files on her desk of other prisoners, but was unsure of whom he was after...

A bell dinged that dangled from the ceiling of her office. "..." she smirked and stood up and descended up the ladder into the Above office. NO one knew of the real office, she locked herself in her office whenever she went in and the only way to get her attention was by ringing the bell. "Yes?" she asked as she opened the door, "Ma'am it's been about two hours" a guard informed her, "And?" she asked coolly her arms crossed. "Well A few of use were curious on when we could move the new prisoner to his cell?" Hyun Ok could hear the concern in his voice, not for caring for Hiro but for anyone who stayed so long in the New Cooler. One prisoner was sick from the experience and one had nearly died from the experience.

Hyun Ok sighed acting as though she was clearly disappointed which only caused the guard to pale and start to sputter a retort to his statement to try and make her seem like the right one but she held her hand up, "I understand the concerns.. and i appreciate you bringing this to my attention, i actually forgot about the little bastard" she chuckled pushing her hair from her face. She smiled at the guard who then sharply stood to attention, "Move him" she said and watched the guard scamper off.

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The guard ran to the cooler opening it to see a rather pathetic looking Hiro on the ground, icicles were forming off the ceiling and if it wasn't for his firebending they would have been on Hiro too. "Come on" the man said grabbing Hiro roughly shackling his arms behind his back quickly, before pushing him along to his cell. It only took them two minutes to reach the cell and the guard shoved Hiro in. The room had a scent of food to it and on the floor next to a bed was a plate of now cold rice and some type of meat. No utensil was given. The door shut tightly behind behind Hiro and locked, at the bottom of the door was a hatch for the foot to slide in and another hatch at the top for a guard to look in.