savedtheworld | Book 10: The Holiday Spirits [Video/Action] Dated to 12/21

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[Aang addresses the journals before heading out that day, upon recognizing the date.]

Hey! It's the solstice today, right? Has anyone checked to see if that door in the tunnel opened by itself yet? In my experience, those kinds of things tend to happen on this day!

But, other than that? I'm really glad that it's winter! What are your favorite things to do in the snow and for the winter? I want to have as much fun as I can with the snow today, so let me know!

[And Mordecai the elf chimes in with a "Snowmen are my favorite!"]

[Action]

[And so the fourteen year old monk spends a portion of the afternoon playing in the snow while following suggestions from his elf. Feel free to join him during light-hearted shenanigans. For most of them, he's even wearing a funny hoodie hat. And he'll also seek out Toph at some point to consult her on something. Or...

You can catch him while or after meditating. At a certain point of day, when the sun is in the right point in the sky (and his elf is taking a nap). Aang is practicing some type of deep, deep meditation. You might even think he's fallen asleep, with the goofy hoodie hat slumping off of his head. Until he opens his eyes, and...

glowing eyes. His elf is startled into awakeness and proceeds to hide.]

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[~~That's because being Yamato is the definition of suffering.~~

Shikamaru looks up from his journal. The elf waves from where it sits on the end of his bed. He looks back to his journal.]

Yes, I was just so fortunate.

[Both Aang and his elf wave to Shikamaru's elf.]

Wow, great! What's his name?

["He never asked!" The elf sounds indignant and Shikamaru frowns.]

You didn't bother introducing yourself either.

[Aang's elf shakes his head in disapproval.]

They are kinda weird like that. I had to ask this guy here before he told me his name's Mordecai.

If someone's gonna make demands of me, I expect them to at least tell me who they are first.

[The elf sounds so disappointed he has to go about it this way, but he gives. "It's Susan. Susan!"

Yes, that is a male voice.]

["But the value of helping strangers..."]

It's nice to meet you, Susan! I'm Aang!

[Well gosh, who said he wouldn't help? Most of the elf's requests have been impossible for him to do from here, is all.

He does lower his journal without a word though, so the elf has better access to it, missing his surprise at the action. He quickly moves on, however, asking what Christmas things Aang and Mordecai have already done.]

Oh! We made a bunch of decorations, and we gave out candy and everything, plus we made snowmen!

[And Moredcai nods along, seeming somewhat exhausted. It seems the energy of Aang (and likely Ikki as well) is a bit much even for the elf.]

You really seem to be getting behind this. This isn't a holiday in your world either, is it?

It isn't! But it's really neat, isn't it? I like all the decorations and pretty-looking trees and treats, and the spirit of giving!

I guess that's part nice. It's just kinda funny, coming from you... given the other thing I think I heard and all.

What's that?

Well supposedly some messiah was also born on this day, so the rumor goes.

Wait, what? Mordecai, you never told me anything like that. [Mordecai looks away sheepishly, muttering something about "separation of church and workshop."] It's... a different person, right? It's definitely not my birthday.

It's more irony than anything.

Oh, okay. Like a coincidence?

More like you accidentally celebrating a messiah who isn't yourself. Though if you by those elves, it wouldn't be a problem.

Well I definitely don't mind that - honoring any other messiah sounds like a great idea! And I'll make sure I do it right. It's just kind of funny that everyone else gives gifts to each other instead on someone's birthday - maybe that's how mine should be!