video: Avatar Arrival --> In person

[all_the_aangles]

[When the feed comes on it's clearly accidental. There is a close up of a pair of eyes, and a tattooed blue arrow on his forehead.]

Ok, so, screen towards me. Check.

[They glanced sideways and there was the sound of paper rustling.]

So the apple...no, app is open, ok. That's what they said. Wait, is it on?

[He steps back suddenly, revealing a sixteen-year-old in orange and yellow robes. He's smiling, and waves.]

Oh, hello. My name is Aang, and I've just -

[It's then that it turns out the camera was not t all securely placed, as it tumbles off of it's place, with there only time for a 'uh-oh' to be heard before the video feed cuts out. Technology isn't his forte, really. And he's a bit...discombobulated, really.]


But, in person...

But he's actually very easy to find, given his garb, and the staff at his side. The miniature skybison flying around him in a slow circle hardly hurts. The pixie sitting on his shoulder might be a little more familiar to the local population, though.

He's had some encounters, of course - and as he wanders he city, taking in the sights...he is bound to have many more.

But for a little while - just a little while - he isn't the Avatar. He's just a (relatively) normal teenager, who draws very little attention. For the moment, at least, he can just be Aang for the first time in his life.

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[all_the_aangles]

Oh, ok, right.

[He fishes out a small piece of paper he'd acquired, and writes that down, just in case.]

But that's true...I like that part of all this.

omg i love the image of aang walking around town with a note in his pocket that says "david bowie"?!

[happyberry]

Heh~ Right? It's interesting! Miwako met a famous warlord from centuries before I was born in my country, someone I learned about in history class in school, I mean...! He's much more handsome in real life than I'd expected. Not that I expected I'd ever meet him, you know, but — it's interesting!

[ Another "interesting" idea occurs to her. ]

I also met a duck!

[ Miwako... More explanation, please... Crazy, most fascinating cosmic encounters: Oda Nobunaga and a duck. ]

Well now it's canon

[all_the_aangles]

[He looks at her a bit curiously.]

Wait, just a duck? Not a turtle-duck?

lol is he gonna look him up!? what david bowie music will aang find/like?! so funny, i'm dying rofl

[happyberry]

Heh?! No, a duck-person, like! I'm gonna make her clothes...

[ An important question remains on her end, too, though. ]

What's a turtle-duck? Is that like a Lil Rabbear? Miwako had a Lil Rabbear as a kid...

I'm thinking Major Tom and Life on Mars. Maybe his Nature Boy cover from Moulin Rouge...

[all_the_aangles]

Oh! Oh I met some of them!

And yeah, you have the - you know - duck head, but then they have a shell for protection as they swim around the ponds and stuff.

excellent choice oohlala~ aang watching the video to life on mars is a whole aesthetic in itself lol

[happyberry]

...So it's like a duck with a turtle-shell on it? That sounds cute! Weird but cute...!

Re: excellent choice oohlala~ aang watching the video to life on mars is a whole aesthetic in itself

[all_the_aangles]

Well, yes. But it's one thing, so. Turtle-duck. And yes! They're absolutely adorable!

[happyberry]

Hehhh, we just have ducks and turtles in Miwako's world... No turtle-ducks... Quel dommage.

[all_the_aangles]

Oh, well. Um..

[There is one overriding concern.]

How do they make it without their shells?

[happyberry]

They just swim around in ponds, hehe... Ducks and turtles don't live very dangerous lives, I don't think.

[all_the_aangles]

Yeah, but...all they'd have is their four little paddly legs. It's not like they walk very good.

[happyberry]

They can swim and walk! Ducks can fly, too. They have wings and two legs. Turtles have four legs and no wings. They're reptiles, not birds.

[all_the_aangles]

.....They can fly?!

[Because that's clearly the takeaway here.]

[happyberry]

Yup! In flocks! They even migrate! Nee, do you know how to look up photos on AOL? You can look up "duck" and find pictures! Like so~

[ She attaches a picture of a duck. Just a duck. ]

[all_the_aangles]

[And he just beams at that.]

Wow! Will you look at that!

[happyberry]

And here’s a regular turtle!

[ And likewise, she attaches a photo of a turtle. Just a turtle. ]

I don’t know about turtle-ducks, but there are many different kinds of ducks and turtles in my world... They all look different but they’re all pretty cute!

[all_the_aangles]

Oh, that's...that's so neat. Hang on.

[It takes a few minutes while he pulls up the sketching app and...well, produces a not-bad drawing of a turtle duck]

[happyberry]

Ah! So it really is a "turtle-duck!" Cuuute~ Hey, y'know, that's pretty good — especially for being new at this technology! Bravo!

[all_the_aangles]

Heh, thanks. I mean, that part makes sense, because it's just like a piece of paper, I guess?

[happyberry]

Right, right! Maa, maa, you’re gonna have a lot of fun learning all this new technology~ Not even mentioning the magic!

[all_the_aangles]

Yeah! I mean, it might take a while, but I'll get there.

[happyberry]

Have you heard about movies yet? Or video games? You're in for a treat!

[all_the_aangles]

[He shakes his head]

Nope, not a clue. Are either of them like shadow puppets?

[happyberry]

Shadow puppets?! Ahaha! No, no, no!

[ She can't help but laugh at this. She lives with a three-year-old. She's no stranger to shadow puppets. ]

Nee, you know how we're talking in videos right now — these moving pictures? Imagine a play made like this! Plus music! But you can watch it at home in your own time, it's not live! That's a movie~

A video game... is harder to explain. Let's start with movies, eheh~

[all_the_aangles]

[He slaps a hand to his head, turning a half circle]

This place is so neat!