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

[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!

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Don't be sorry.

[And here's when she pulls back, still keeping her hands on his shoulders.]

It happens more times than you think, here.

[...and then she has to hug him again, and so she does.]

I'm so glad you're back.

[Aang goes with the flow of the hugs and welcomes that long-missed warmth.]

I'm glad too, Katara. ...Really glad. You all warned me about the Malnosso and everything, but I had no idea what they could do until now. They made me... live that other life. Where I ate meat. And... at least until the very end, it was a life without real hope. Without you.

[Sometime before Aang started talking, Katara had pulled away, though she kept her hand on his shoulder.

Ate meat.]

I'm sorry that you had to experience that, and especially that you have memories of something that violate your principles, but... Aang, you're never without me. I'll always be your friend, even if Luceti finds a way to separate us. No matter where I am, or what they do to us, I will always, always care about you.

[Even a more regular Katara may have said 'love.' But this is a Katara who is in love with someone else, and a Katara whose Aang had disengaged from his affection for her - and is therefore settling on a more neutral word.]

[He could have almost believed that he were back with "Sweetie" Katara if it were not for those last actions. Even though he was fine with it, it still stung a bit to be more distant from Katara than he remembered. Still, the usage of the word "friend" didn't prevent her words from warming his heart.]

I know. You've saved me so many times by now, in so many ways, that I know. Even when I wasn't me. And I can't be thankful enough, Katara. I'll always [l-l-luh] care about you too, no matter what. I don't know if I can make promises anymore, after what they did to me last week. But I want to, I want to be able to be there for you always.

[What if both their memories are erased next time? A mental wind angrily blows that thought away.]

[Katara is both gratified and embarrassed by Aang's words of praise - but she's touched by his offer of friendship most of all.]

There's no one I'd trust more to make that happen.

[Simple affirmation and truth.]

[What do the details of their connection matter? Katara is Katara.]

I'm glad to hear that. For now, I'm glad things are back to normal. [He rubbed the back of his head, glad to feel it was still bald, and then he continued with a smirk.] ...Luceti normal.

Me too. I can't wait to tell Masaomi. [They had been so worried - for nothing.]

[Aang isn't quite sure why he's the first person she wants to tell.. He did seem to be a pretty close friend when they met, though.]

Masaomi? Was he... worried about me?

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Of course he was. We all were.

[And they we worried that what they felt for each other was a lie, but... since she woke up feeling the same, it can't be, right?]

And I guess we should check on Winry - she'll probably be moving back to her house today.

[Sokka will be so mad that I'm right.]

[He simply nods at this.]

He is a nice guy.

Winry? Oh right, she works with Sokka at the smithy. She was affected too?

[He hadn't put much thought to others affected by the experiment. It was hard to sort out most of the memories from the last week that didn't carry such emotional baggage. He could almost feel like he did talk to Masaomi at some point during the week.]

[She nods.]

She thought she was from Omashu and that she lived here with us.

[She glanced towards Winry's door.]

She's probably still sleeping.

[He takes a look at the door himself.]

Wow. So there was someone who thought they were from our world. [Wasn't that one of the people who tried to contact him last week? Even if she was affected too, it was another person he had let down that week.] They must have had someone for each world.

I don't really understand how it worked.

[But Katara is bubbling over from excitement because Aang is back and she's still in love and all is right with the world. She needs to go find her boyfriend and share in the good news right away.]

We'll all set down together and compare notes during dinner or something, okay?

[She glances towards the bathroom, signalling her intention to soon leave.]

Oh, okay. Yeah. We'll talk later.

[He smiles brightly and steps to the side in order to allow her passage.]

I'm really glad you're back, Aang.

[And off she goes!

Though she may return in a very different mood.]

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