Book 10.5: Aang Meets the Fourth Wall

[savedtheworld]

[Aang was not a happy nomad.

Actually he was feeling relatively in good spirits. His depression was curbed for the time being after drinking some unique mix of special calming teas which may or may not have somehow been spiked with just a hint of cactus juice.

It was when he was trying to meditate outside the back of House 56 when his frustrations began. There was just so much... noise. Noise, noise, noise. Like there was a party near his house. Where did all these people come from?

Eventually, Aang had enough. He rushed around to the front of the house and perched himself on the Sokka head statue to address the crowd.]

Hey! What's with all the noise?!

[The fourteen-year old monk clears his throat.]

Sorry. I mean.. Can you keep it down a little?

Comments

[savedtheworld]

He made his pants magic?

1/3

[somebodythatusedtahno]

No, uh.
The swampbender said pants are an illusion.
So, uh. They thought, uh.

...Listen, let's not worry about the pants.

[somebodythatusedtahno]

Uh.
Oh, I know.
Since you're an air acolyte, why don't I tell you an airbending joke?
Just for you.

3/3

[somebodythatusedtahno]

So, the other day, an Equalist said to me, "Amon, how did you manage to capture the last of the airbenders offscreen after such a big deal was made hiding them away from you and every time you've confronted an airbender onscreen you've had your ass handed to you?"
And so I said, "Don't worry -- it was a breeze."
Eh? Eh?

[SO MUCH FOR THAT "THEY COULD HAVE BEEN FRIENDS" BIT.]

[savedtheworld]

A-Amon?

[somebodythatusedtahno]

Huh?
What's wrong, kid?
You look like you've just seen...Amonster.

Amooooooonnnnnnnster. A monnnnnnnsterrrrrrrr.

Because. Because I'm Amon.


Yeah.

[savedtheworld]

No!

[All the horror stories are kicking in, so Aang quickly tries to tip the stage with some quick powerful earthbending and turns to run and warn everyone.]

[somebodythatusedtahno]

[Amon is, for better or worse, a nimble motherfucker, so he tapdances his way off the bucking stage and onto more solid ground. He doesn't give chase just yet, though.]

Woah, buddy. Just because you don't like the joke doesn't mean you should cast the first stone.

Or was it the whole terrorist thing.
I guess that could be off-putting.

[savedtheworld]

You're... you're just bad!

[He panics and fires more rocks at him.]

[somebodythatusedtahno]

[Isn't it annoying how casually he's able to dodge the rocks? Well, maybe not too casually. He does have to pull off some acrobatic stunts. But he's pretty good at avoiding all of them as he begins to follow after him.]

Come on, my jokes aren't that bad.
You really should learn to lighten up.

Though all these rocks remind me. Uh.
Did you hear the one about that popular earthbender?
They say he had a gneiss butte.

Uh. Maybe that one works better on paper.

[savedtheworld]

[Why are you talking about butts?! Aang pops open an air scooter and tries to rush off in another direction without even thinking of anything to say.]

[somebodythatusedtahno]

[Amon continues the chase! ...But yeah Aang is going to totally outrun him eventually.]

Oh, so you're an airbender now.
That's, uh.
I thought only the Avatar could do that.
But, well, okay, I can go back to airbending jokes.

Like, uh.
Did you hear about the bending contest between the waterbender and the airbender?
The waterbender had the upper sand at first, but then the airbender got his second wind.


It's like the upper hand.
Only with sand.
And, uh. Second winds.

[savedtheworld]

I'm - I'm the Avatar!

[As he tries throwing some more rocks back to slow him down further.]