002 - [Video OTA]

[12goingon113]

[Aang takes a slow measured breath before speaking.]

Hi. I'm Aang. I don't know if we've met yet, but...I'm hoping we do.

[He manages a small, hopeful smile that lasts for a fraction of a second. If you blink, you might miss it.]

Chances are good though, that you know some of my friends. General Iroh, Sokka, and Katara. They know a lot more people than I do, and so I want to make sure that all of them know that they went home.

[This is a lie. Aang doesn't know that they actually went home, but he's choosing to believe in the reality that they did. Because the thought of any of them being stuck in the void for who knows how long is...no. They're home. They're just home.]

Anyway, I know I'm not much of a substitute, seeing as I'm no where near as wise as Iroh, or mechanically inclined like Sokka, and I can't heal like Katara, but...I'm still an Avatar and I'd like to help.

So if there's anything that they were doing that you'd still need help with? Or that just needs doing? I'd love to try.

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[wolfstrike]

[Wow this kid sounds really down, but Yuri can't blame him if all his friends went home.]

Hey, I know Katara, she helped me out when I got here. Sorry to hear she's gone.

If you're looking for something to do, Brave Vesperia could use some more hands. I don't know what an Avatar is but we're in the business of helping people too.

[Video...ongoing.]

[12goingon113]

[Truth be told, he has had better days. Also worse ones. In fact, it's the latter that have kept him making this announcement sooner.]

Yeah...me too.

[That is the voice of a love-sick 14 year-old feeling the pang of love-lost yet again.]

The Avatar is the one person who can bend all four elements, and who's tasked with keeping the world in balance. Who's Brave Vesperia?

[wolfstrike]

[Yuri could hear it in his voice and it brought a wince of sympathy.]

Sounds like a really big job for one kid.

Brave Vesperia is a guild, and we do jobs for people. It's a way to get a little pay and help others at the same time.

[12goingon113]

It is, which is why I'm really glad I have good friends to help me.

[Insert the reprisal of the small, hopeful smile here.]

I don't know about accepting payment for helping people, I'm a Monk. But...I'd still help when I could.

[wolfstrike]

It's not to get rich or anything but everyone's gotta eat.

[Yuri would be more than happy to do things for free if it wasn't for that, but sometimes he still did anyway.]

It's a good way to make friends too, especially with the Kedan. So feel free to tag along sometime.

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[redlightgreenlight]

This...this is becoming too much of a trend.

[She sounds concerned and a bit sad, but then she perks up a bit.]

You're an Avatar?

[Video...ongoing]

[12goingon113]

Agreed.

[Aang allows himself to pout for a moment...or three. But then she asks about being an Avatar, and...then on goes his game face.

Yeah...that lop-sided grin? That's his game face.
The fate of the world is in the hands of this goofy kid.]

I am! Just like Wan and Korra.

...

Did you know either Wan or Korra?

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[redlightgreenlight]

Yes...I knew Wan.

[A long pause.]

He was my closest friend.

[She's trying very hard to not let the conflicting emotions enter her voice.]

We had a bond between our souls. He could sense when I was near...feel what I felt. He was the kindest, most sincere person I've ever met.

[He'd faced her darkness when she lacked the strength to do so and had helped Anton carry her out of the Void.]

He was my Frelser and I trusted him unconditionally.

[12goingon113]

[The more she talks, the more surprised his expression becomes. Not because he doesn't believe it, because he totally believes it, but because...]

...

I'm Wan's reincarnation. And Korra is mine.

[redlightgreenlight]

[Wan's reincarnation...She has to ask, has to know.]

Do you...think that Wan's bond with me still exists?

[She almost doesn't dare to hope...She knows that this isn't truly Wan and she needs to treat Aang as his own person, but it was a bond that she missed desperately]

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[pushtheboundaries]

Iroh? That's a shame. [good company near his age is hard to find, here - especially one that can make such good tea.

Sokka he's quite fine with being gone. that's besides the point.]

I'm not quite sure what's meant by 'Avatar' - would you care to elaborate?

[Video ... ongoing]

[12goingon113]

[It would probably not be helpful for Aang to mention he's 114 years old...]

It is. General Iroh is a good friend, and gives the best advice.

[Aang doesn't mention how he also makes the best tea, because that really goes without saying.]

Did you know that Iroh is a firebender?

tmw i can't remember if that ever came up

[pushtheboundaries]

I don't recall him mentioning it, but- from what I do know, I take it that's a sort of pyrokinesis?

Welcome aboard the S.S. Make Sh*t Up!

[12goingon113]

[That's not exactly a word that Aang knows, mostly because...why use that when there's already firebender? And so rather than ask, he shows.]

[Aang holds up one hand, snaps his fingers, and a small flame forms on the end of one thumb.]

In my world some are born with the ability to control one of the four elements. Air, Water, Earth, and Fire. One person in a generation can control all four, and that's the Avatar.

HELL YES

[pushtheboundaries]

[...that just raises a few more questions. he's impressed, yes, but-]

What about things that don't fall in to those categories? Are those just uncontrollable?

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[purered]

I am truly sorry your friends have gone.

Though there's no need to compare your strengths to theirs. I am sure you have plenty of your own to cultivate.

Though I beg your pardon if this is an inappropriate question - what precisely do you mean that you are an Avatar?

[Video...ongoing]

[12goingon113]

No no, it's okay...and um...thank you. For what you said about my friends. I appreciate that.

Normally, I would be the Avatar, but...this place is kind of weird. Um...the Avatar is the one person in a generation that can control all four elements. Normally, some people only have the ability to control one of them. We're then tasked with keeping the world in balance. The Avatars, I mean.

[Video...ongoing]

[purered]

That's quite an achievement, especially for someone so young. In my world, there is a master of the Blood Arts who is able to control wind and fire, though it's taken him years and years of training. You seem to have a true talent there.

[12goingon113]

[His eyes widen with shock at the mention of Blood Arts. Then they narrow in wary confusion.]

We have masters of blood arts in my world, but...it's got nothing to do with air or fire.

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[ruinsprofessor]

Iroh and I were suite-mates, for some time.

[In some ways, he looked out for her even after that, and she still enjoyed taking tea with him occasionally.]

I'll miss him. Thank you for telling us all.

[Video...ongoing]

[12goingon113]

You're welcome.

[He offers a small smile.]

He's a good and very wise man. Plus he tells the greatest stories.

[ruinsprofessor]

[Raine smiles back. It's not wholly cheerful, but it's an attempt.]

Stories never came into it much, regrettably. We spoke of magic and bending, often, or how to prepare for the problems of the future.

I'm... glad to have had the opportunity to know him.

[12goingon113]

Me too.

He's a complicated man, who had a complicated history, and my life is so much better for having gotten to know him.

Do you know magic?

[akito]

Ah... Katara is gone?

[ unlike with Alayne, this is easier to accept... Katara seemed to want to go home whereas Alayne didn't. ]

I'm sure she must be happy where she is now. Thanks for telling me.

[12goingon113]

I don't doubt for a second that she is. I'm sure she'd have said good bye if she'd been able.