Emrey- Survive || Avatar: The Way of Water

003 || Demon Dog, I copy, Over

edited and republished 16/09/24

quick author note:

The kids' ages (oldest to youngest):

Tarsem - 19

Spider - 18

Neteyam - 17

Kiri - 17

Ri'te - 17

Lo'ak - 15 and a half

Tuk - 10

(Neteyam is 3 months older than the twins.) (there will be some OCs that will interact with the main cast, some of which will become more involved as the story continues, and their ages will probably be added as well)

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This was the second war between the Na'vi and Sky People. Those who remember or fought in the first wish they hadn't, the memories weighing down heavily on them. Never before had they seen death on such a large scale. Never before had they seen so many buried, so many be sent back into the arms of the Great Mother, so much sorrow.

Niri'te never truly understood how the first war had affected the Omatikayan people, only having heard stories her parents, sempu Tsu'tey and Auntie Ninat told her and her siblings. Lo'ak always had a weird fascination with those stories, always wanting to hear more whenever he could.

But she wasn't one to judge as she attentively listened to the stories of injuries and illnesses her grandmother Mo'at told. She listened as Mo'at told her about all sorts of remedies, as well as teaching her how to make a few simple ones for common injuries. Later on, when Niri'te was older, she would train under her grandmother as a healer, learning a great many things from the woman.

Her shawl flapped violently as she soared through the air on her ikran Makita, Niri'te surveyed the sky around her. She was tasked as a lookout along with her brothers. They were supposed to watch over the raid and alert the ground teams below when they saw hostile airships.

The supply train was just derailed, the tracks having exploded a few hundred feet ahead. The train had tried to stop before it reached the ruined tracks, but it was travelling too fast. Once the train was down, the ground teams quickly descended upon it, breaking open the crates and handing out what was inside.

Making a loop around the scene, Niri'te noticed Lo'ak diving down, Neteyam quickly following after him. She sighed, knowing Lo'ak hated being on lookout, rather he wanted to be in the thick of it, shooting at the enemy with the guns taken from previous raids.

Niri'te decided to stay in the air, not wanting to get in trouble when the two brothers undoubtedly got caught abandoning their posts. She still kept an eye on them as well as observing the sky. She saw Lo'ak bounding up to a group of warriors who were unpacking and distributing Sky People's weapons among themselves. One of them gave a gun to Lo'ak, who turned to show Neteyam, unintentionally pointing the weapon straight at his chest. Neteyam shoved the gun away and took it from Lo'ak, scolding him.

Niri'te rolled her eyes at her brothers' antics, gaze returning to the surrounding sky just in time to see an enemy craft rounding the bend.

She let out a hollering cry, alerting those on the ground as the ship opened fire.

She ducked between oncoming missiles as she tried to get to cover, twisting and rolling in the sky as she nimbly avoided the attacks.

She retreated to the cover of the surrounding jungle, hiding amongst the leaves and vines. She couldn't see much but what she could hear painted a very detailed picture in her mind.