Book 4: Winds from Tomorrow [Action: May 30th-June 1]

[savedtheworld]

[Action: Days 5-7]

[It's odd for Aang, waking up in House 56. What is this, some sort of bunked bed? He can't remember whatever led him to sleep there. Doesn't this violate his decision to maintain some distance from his younger friends? He slips out of the house early in the morning, or tries to. It's possible that anyone else in the household could have caught him before he was able to leave.

Aang spends the rest of the day and the next two days going back to his daily routine. He meditates in the forest near Avatar House. He goes through town, either casually strolling or zipping through on his Air Scooter, to stay social. On Day 5, he also has to set up his tent near his meditation spot again. Where could his old tent have gone?]

[ooc: Aang is aged up (kinda)-canonically to around his 40s. He also remembers Luceti in an alternate way where he was brought here at this age. The shift has also caused some memory fluctuations (who's that Yakone fellow again?), although the possibility always remains that he's actually from a somewhat alternate version of canon (aka my handwave if my few assumptions get jossed)

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Comments

[herotypical]

[ the pain in her toe is quickly forgotten. ]

Air nomads?

[beardofbalance]

I guess you never heard my whole story. The air nomads are my people, the Airbenders. They were known for living lives of freedom and introspection. Back when I was young, I... became the last Airbender. [But then he smile a bit warmly.] That has changed since I started my family.

[herotypical]

Wait wait wait. So -- all air nomads are airbenders?

[beardofbalance]

Yes, they are. We were a very small people, but all capable of Airbending.

[herotypical]

And that's...different from the Water Tribe folks. Right? Katara said...

[ well. katara could bend; sokka couldn't. wasn't that proof enough? ]

[beardofbalance]

Yeah, the business of who can bend and who doesn't is kind of complicated. I don't get it all, myself. I just know there hasn't been an air nomad that couldn't airbend, while the other nations which are larger have more sizeable populations of non-benders. Like trusty old Sokka. Yet among my three children, only my youngest is an Airbender. The others are a non-bender and a- the same type of bender as his mother.

[herotypical]

Oh? What type is that?

[beardofbalance]

[He laughs nervously.]

I do trust you, Buffy. But I'm not sure if it's wise for me to go around giving everyone an idea of who I end up marrying, especially if I'm going to be swapped with my younger self by the time this experiment ends.

[herotypical]

[ then it's a good thing that something he says...distracts her. ]

Trust me, do you?

[beardofbalance]

[He nods.]

Yes. That may be another thing we remember differently. In, well, I guess my version of my past here, I set up a campsite not far from the Avatar group's house. I recall many fond conversations whenever we crossed paths during your patrols.

[herotypical]

And we get along?

[ this seems to please her. ] Fabu.

[beardofbalance]

That we do, Buffy. [A laugh.] You're always a good source of fun new words. Fabu! Sounds like it'd be a pet name.

[herotypical]

Hmm? It's short for, uhm, fabulous.

[beardofbalance]

[He nods.]

Pretty clever. I'll check that into the Buffy dictionary.

[herotypical]

You know what? I kinda like the thought of having my own dictionary.

[beardofbalance]

Who wouldn't? It could make a nice legacy and save a lot of people from confused glances.

[herotypical]

Most people? Complain.

[beardofbalance]

They're just not so open-minded to fun new words.