Book 5: Spirits of Adventure [Video/Action]

[savedtheworld]

[Video]

[The 14-year old monk looks into the video feed with a friendly smile during a break in the rainfall. He's standing on the lawn of House 57, and Appa is chewing down on some hay in the background.]

Hey, everyone! It's me, Aang. It's been a while since I really tried talking to everyone through the book, so I thought I'd give it another try. After all, I really like to make more friends, and it seems like something I should do more anyway now that I work at the Welcome Center! And... in case you only know me from during shifts or something, you should know that I'm not a crimefighter, a little kid or an old man, and right now I'm kinda sick of tea. I'm something that's called an Airbender and the Avatar.

I also want to introduce you to this guy, Appa. He's my sky bison. Say hello, Appa! [Aang moves to the side briefly while Appa gives a lazy bellow.] Isn't he great? So... this is what I have in mind. I wanna take Appa out more and do what I can to explore this place when I have time. And if any of you want, whether I already know you or not, you're free to join me and help me find places to explore. I think I'll do these kinds of adventures throughout the whole week, especially if the weather clears up, so if you wanna come, let me know when!

[There's some chittering noises as a lemur pops out of Aang's sleeve.] You can come too, Momo!

[Action]

[So throughout the week, Aang rides Appa around the enclosure in search of secrets, adventures and such. Before he sets off, Aang stops by the fountain in the plaza with Appa to wait for any traveling companion. He also could be found running random errands at the Welcome Center.

Also, Appa may be familiar to some because of his fur. Appa arrived back in May, and especially in the time following that, he would have been shedding some fur with the coming of summer. So characters are free to have recognize that fur having been dropped throughout Luceti during his flights.]

[ooc: Also, here's a link to his tree rumors if anyone wants their characters to have heard them.]

Comments

oh good

[savedtheworld]

I haven't been on any missions yet. But... but I've been thinking about it. [One thing that has been spurred on by the presence of his grandchildren.] I just don't want to endanger Appa.

[frost_jewel]

Of course you don't. Especially if he does not do well in small spaces as it is.

...Some missions would likely not require anything this large.

[savedtheworld]

Yeah, he really hates caves.

I see. I do know that not all missions involve fighting. But I'd still rather Appa be safe than sorry.

[frost_jewel]

I would rather we all be safe, if the choice comes up.

[savedtheworld]

You're right about that. I wish choices were as simple as that all the time. Some missions sound dangerous, but... I have to try to earn points and protect people from being drafted.

[frost_jewel]

[He speaks of it like it's...like it's his duty. Like he won't be who he should be otherwise.]

Do your friends feel the same way about you?

[savedtheworld]

Of course. We're all doing our best to look out for each other. That's how we made it during the war back home and that's how we'll make it here. And now we have to look out for the kids, too.

[frost_jewel]

It's wonderful to have such close companions, is it not? [Somewhere in the universe, Mia has a set of those too.]

[savedtheworld]

It really is. I wouldn't have been able to do any of the great things I did back home without them. And I don't think be able to hold onto myself here if most of my friends weren't already here. ...But with the friends I've been making here already, maybe I would've been okay. Do you have friends like that too, Mia?

[frost_jewel]

Oh yes. Seven of them. They are very important to me and I don't think we could have done all we did without each other, either.

[savedtheworld]

Seven? That is a lot of friends! You must be really lucky, Mia. Or maybe you're really good at making friends, like Katara. Either way, I'm really glad that you have a bunch of friends like that.

[frost_jewel]

[They were friends by necessity first.]

We needed to work together. It's hard to do that when you are at odds all the time.

[savedtheworld]

[He remembers the fights that broke out when Toph first joined them, and he finds himself laughing.]

You're right about that. And if you can work past your differences, that's a good step towards becoming close friends.

[frost_jewel]

It also helps to get into trouble together. I would not recommend that method though.

[savedtheworld]

[Aang smiles slyly.]

I don't know, getting into trouble is really fun.

[frost_jewel]

We must be thinking of different sorts of trouble.

[savedtheworld]

[He takes this as invitation to launch into his own mildly related story.]

Well at Omashu they have slides going throughout the city that are controlled with earthbending. They're supposed to only be used for mail, but me and Bumi used to ride down the slides all the time. And then when I went there with Katara and Sokka not long after I first met them, I took them on the slides too, and we had lots of fun but we got in trouble too!

[frost_jewel]

...But you are male. What was the problem?

[savedtheworld]

[This causes an eyebrow to be raised.]

Mia, what are you talking about? Do I look like I'm just some mail?

[frost_jewel]

A-Ah...well, I...if you are female then I apologize for the misunderstanding.

1/2

[savedtheworld]

WHAT?!

[savedtheworld]

But... I'm not a female! I'm a man, a guy male boy! It's... the mail I meant was... the kind you send to people, I mean it really! I- I haven't been a girl in two lifetimes!

[frost_jewel]

[Oh dear.]

I'm sorry! I didn't mean to upset you.

[savedtheworld]

It's fine, I'm not upset. I just wanted to make it clear. It was just a word mix-up after all!

[frost_jewel]

[A city that uses slides to deliver letters sounds even stranger than one with slides for people, come to think of it.]

Why do you need to send mail to someone who lives in the same town as you do?