Book 3: Fire of Rememory [Action / Accidental Voice]

[savedtheworld]

[Action 1 - for Robin]

[The morning. Aang woke up in bed slowly as every memory he ever had filled his head, feeling fresh and vivid yet as if he had lived through it so long ago. And everything from his other life followed by the past week started trickling away. He remembered Robin, pizza, faint memories of a Batman and a butler. What were their names? He felt like he knew so... less. But some memories from the week stuck out. His friends... his real friends, all worried and hurt. There was one particular face that he kept seeing over and over again, each time accompanied by a twinge of inner pain. Now that he was himself again, viewing his memories of their meetings through his own mind, he could see every instance of pain and anguish in her face.

Katara.

His eyes were open. He quickly examined his surroundings. ...This was not his room at the Avatar House. Not a good start. Was he himself...? Aang grabbed his head for confirmation. He was bald. He was himself. But he was not in his room. Still, he decided to test the waters, or maybe he just felt like saying the name aloud in his own voice.]

Katara!

[Action 2 - for Avatar House (plus Winry?) / Accidental Voice]

[Aang sprinted from the community building towards House 56, enhancing his speed by bending the air behind him despite the relatively short distance. He came to a stop outside the door and steeled himself. His excitement burst through his body in the form of a cry - one which was caught by the journal.]

Guys! It's me, Aang! ...Avatar Aang! I'm back!

Comments

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

[The coldness hit him pretty hard. Aang's not used to such a quick detachment who was like a brother not too long ago.]

I... I've forgotten most of it already. I remember a bat and a butler, but not names or faces.

[He pauses and then adds...]

But I do remember being sent to your world. As me. I met your friends and Terra. I... I was able to help her.

[Action]

[teenwonder]

It wasn't real. [He snaps it quickly over the sound of Terra's name. We do not speak of the Traitor.] It was just an extended battledome simulation. We never left this dimension.

[Action - 1/2]

[savedtheworld]

You...you're sure? [It was the most real-feeling thing of the week. Sensing Robin's hostility, Aang begins inching towards the door, and he starts to miss the friend who gave him that pizza stuff and...]

[Action - 2/2]

[savedtheworld]

[Hamburgers.]

I ate meat?

[Action] BAWWWWW AANG. D:

[teenwonder]

Can't be sure about anything anymore, can we?

[But the rigidity softens somewhat when Aang stops to ponder his dietary choices.]

Not much. I spoke to Katara early on and promised her I'd keep it away from you as much as possible.

You've got good friends, Aang.

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

Thanks, Dick.

[He froze for a moment near the door. The name had slipped out without him even realizing he knew it.]

[Action]

[teenwonder]

[His body tightens.]


That's not my name anymore.

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

I'm sorry! I didn't know, it just... slipped out... [Of another lifetime. He reaches for the doorknob.] If you ever need with something... one of your cases...

[Action]

[teenwonder]

[He's upset without any reason. Robin should apologize. Katara will be furious if he doesn't.]

I won't. I'm fine working alone.

[Guess she's just going to have to be furious.]

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

[The door is creaked up as Robin speaks. Aang takes one glance towards Robin, starts to open his mouth, and then he just leaves without a word.

He had to see his friends, after all.]

[Action]

[teenwonder]

[Robin watches him exit, fine with it. Aang is welcome to scramble off and connect with his people and forget this experiment ever happened. It's the function of people to ultimately fail expectations, after all. It's stupid to expect anyone to linger without being a turncoat or up and falling down dead. Equally stupid to think anyone else might understand the distant ache of remembering how much better hot cocoa could be when Alfred made it -- just the right amount of milk, with the really big marshmallow floating in the middle. Stupid little things that Aang understood yesterday. Whatever.

People leave. No sense crying over it. Not when there are other things to be done.]