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, 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!

[happyberry]

Kyaaa, this must be so exciting for you~! You get to watch your first movie, and hear new music, and see new kinds of clothes — all these cool, alien, modern things! A lot of this is foreign to Miwako, too, but a lot of it is familiar — nee, is it weird I'm kind of envious!

[all_the_aangles]

[He laughs, freely]

Of course not! I'd feel the same way, getting to see it through someone else's eyes - I'd be so curious how things would go, what their favorites would be...so not weird at all.

[happyberry]

You're in for so many treats, hehe~ If you ever need suggestions, ask Miwako! I know a lot of music and movies and stuff to get you started~ I go to art school back home — it's part of my studies... Even if indirectly, hehe. In my world, in moderntimes, music and fashion can't be separated. Nee, in fact, that guy I mentioned earlier, David Bowie, he's a great example of that. Iconic rule-breaker and trendsetter across the board~!

[all_the_aangles]

[She shrugs]

Sounds like a place to start, then. And I'll take any recommendations you've got!

[happyberry]

What kinda stuff do you like at home, I guess? I mean— not that I'd recognize any titles or anything but... Describe your aesthetic!

[all_the_aangles]

Umm...

[And they're back in unfamiliar territory again]

I like the air? And flying? That's always fun. Oh, and dancing.

and my favorite game too grhjnsk spch5 is a whole experience including Space Michael Jackson no joke

[happyberry]

Heeee~ Space Channel 5 is the game for you.

Miwako will try to find a console someday so we can play it... I know that doesn't make sense right now, but I'll let you know when I find it. Think of it like— like an interactive play at home, a game about music, but with a fun story and cool vibes. It's a rhythm game about a news reporter in outer space named Ulala who has to save the Space President who's been kidnapped by aliens who are forcing everyone to dance, and you've gotta fly through outer space to beat the other journalists to the scoop, solve the mystery, while defeating the bad guys in dance battles with your groove gun in time with the funky beats they serve you to copy in perfect rhythm, and rescuing all the people who're dancing themselves crazy! It's my favorite game~ Here, look!

[ She even attaches a link to a video of the trailer for the game she found on AOL... So convenient being from a multi-multiverse like modern Tokyo and not some weird special one-off alien planet that has no fancy technology. References are easy-peasy. The fourth wall in Paradise Kiss is more of a thick veil... But truly, words cannot describe this game; it must be explained with visuals. ]

[all_the_aangles]

[Those words just all wash over him like a tidal wave. He looks down at the screen when the trailer comes over.]

Uh. Right.

[happyberry]

...Haaa. Not your tastes.

Try this instead.

[ She sends a David Bowie video instead. ]

But understand— most men didn't look like this back then. He was novel!

[all_the_aangles]

[He'll just quietly watch the whole thing, head tilting back and forth while he listens to it. It's not until after that he thinks to answer what she said.]

I mean, I always figured people would look all kinds of different in the future.

[happyberry]

How did people dress in your world? And how did you expect them to dress? Like if you could see into the future~

[all_the_aangles]

[He has absolutely no idea even where to start with that question.]

Umm...well, kinda like me and Zuko, or Katara and Sokka, if you know them?

[happyberry]

Hehhh, no... [ She pouts. ]

Wait! Sokka! Yes! I think that name rings a bell! That cute boy with the punky haircut who'd never had vodka before! Right? Miwako taught him how to make emoji! We met on my first day — in the caravans... He had this like— um— I don't know what it was, it wasn't a monkey, it had big ears with stripes inside... But it was cute!

[all_the_aangles]

[He grinned]

Oh, that's Momo!

[happyberry]

Momo? Like a peach...?

[all_the_aangles]

No, Momo as in the winged lemur.

[He shrugs.]

Though a peach sounds good right about now.