Vlace sat up on the deck along with his other soldiers that were part of his squad earlier in the army. When he was a captain. They were joking and messing around, having some fun, no one bringing up the fact that this might be the last time they saw each other, or that when they were coming back it might be with one less. It was in the back of everyone's mind and you could tell. There was an ominous cloud hanging above them all and there were some silences were there just seemed that nothing would fill and everyone would get quiet for a while.
The air was cooling down drastically and when Vlace looked down into the water ice chunks flew by the ship. He was feeling a little shaky and then a cry came up from the bridge. Vlace ran up to the bridge where the captain stood and Vlace took the telescope from the captain and looked out to the horizon. He could see a big white mass of land and he looked back and forth across the land and saw a group of people standing there.
The first of the water bender casualities... Vlace smiled. Time to execute some people.