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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[He knows how that goes.] Welcome back.

Thanks, it's great to be back! Also, do you have time to make me some tea?

... You want tea?

Yes please. I haven't had anything since I've been me again.

Okay, fine. [He can be nice.] Come in and have a seat. I'll heat up the water.

Yes! Thanks Zuko.

[With the eventual Fire Lord convinced to make him some tea, Aang steps into the house. He had not lived there long before the experiment, but it still had that feel of "home". Probably helps that even in the old world, home was wherever he and his friends were at the time. Aang takes a set at the table and quickly finds an apple to chew into.]

[He can't believe he's doing this, but off he goes to the kitchen to make tea. He doesn't say anything while he putting it all together; what is there to say? He's never been much for idle conversation.

It doesn't take long -- advantage of being able to warm up the water in no time flat and all -- before Zuko sets a cup down in front of Aang and pours a fair cup of tea from the kettle.]

There. Tea. Don't say I never did anything for you.

[Aang is kept busy during the tea-making by the arrival of Momo, who gleefuly skitters over to Aang and crawls onto his shoulders while he giggles. Aang reaches over to pet the lemur.]

Hey Momo! Sorry I haven't been around.

[And almost instantly Zuko returned with the tea. Aang accepted it with a smile while Momo sniffed at it.]

Thanks, Zuko. This'll go down in Avatar history.

Yep. [Sure it will. It had better. Zuko sits across the table from him, his own cup of tea in hand.] So. Everything's good now?

[He thought for a moment as he took a sip of his tea.] Yeah, things are good. I just have... a bunch of memories of this other life swirling around in parts of my head. It's weird, but... nothing to really complain about. I guess I prefer it this way... like the other me is still alive in some way.

[He takes a second sip. Zuko isn't up to his uncle's caliber, but comparing anyone's tea-making skills to Iroh's is unfair.] Good tea.

It's a common enough problem here, believe it or not. Lot of people get memories that don't belong there shoved in their heads.

[Zuko shrugs.] I had a good teacher. [...Yeah, he misses Iroh.]

Anything weird like that ever happen to you? [Aang only nods at Zuko's statement. They had only met a few times (as not-enemies that is), and Iroh always knew how to lighten the atmosphere.]

[Another shrug.] They once had everyone here thinking we were native to Luceti.

Wow, that sounds like a really strange one. So they can make all of us thing we're different people.

Yeah, they've been known to mess with us. Seriously, one time? I couldn't stop acting like a frog. I couldn't make any sound but "ribbit." That was fun. I ended up dunking myself in the river.

[Aang can't help but laugh at this.] Sorry, I would have loved to see that! Frog Lord Zuko! Imagine if that happened when you used to chase us? That would be even more hilarious!

[Flatly, but if Aang looks there's a hint of humor somewhere under that dour expression:] Yep. Would have been absolutely ridiculous.

[His laughter has died down, but Aang is still in high spirits.]

And why just a frog? They don't have any animals here like the ones back home. They should have made you a badgerfrog or something! That's the kind of funny experiment I'd prefer.

[Shrug.] It had something to do with a story I had to act out. It was about the strangest thing ever.

A story? That sounds even weirder. [teasingly] Don't they care for the dignity of Fire Nation royalty around here?

I don't think they know what dignity is.

[The remnants of Aang's laughter are now gone.]

Yeah, I don't think they do.

But at least we're all still together and ourselves after everything they've put us through. [He smiles fondly] And we're all still friends.

Yeah, they always seem to put us back all right. Nice to have that. [And he means the friends. It's nice to still have those friendships.]

[Aang knew that if he had one thing to be thankful for the Malnosso for, it was for a Zuko from that point in time. The time when they were still friends. Before the promise, before the Yu Dao controversy.]

It... makes things easier to deal with, when there's a piece of home waiting for me here.

That's true. Those false memories can be hard to deal with though.

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