[OPEN] Intro

[badday_badday]

I.
After eventually finding his way to Dragonflats and managing to secure a place to stay, Jackie put away his few belongings and decided to go out and see more of this massive new city that was now his home. He made sure to make note of his address in case he got lost finding his way back and had to ask directions.

As he moved through some of the nicer areas of the city, buildings used by government officials and other impressive feats of architecture and ingenuity, Jackie had the wide eyed, gawking stare of a tourist. Before coming to Republic City, he mostly saw buildings that were two stories tall. He even saw the occasional one with three stories but nothing as grand or as breathtaking as what he saw now.

With his preoccupation with his sightseeing, he's far more likely to run into someone or stop dead in the middle of a busy sidewalk. In either case, he'll respond by apologizing profusely.


II.
"Excuse me! Oops! Sorry! Oh, sorry again!"

Jackie's running along the sidewalk as quickly as he can all while dipping, ducking, jumping and otherwise trying to avoid running into people and things as much as possible. When he'd seen the message appearing in the newspaper about jobs, he knew he had to get to the city council office as soon as possible. The message hadn't really had a lot of information but that much was clear. Hopefully, all the good jobs wouldn't be gone before he arrived out of breath.

[He'll be arriving before the actual start of the event.]

Comments

[badday_badday]

Jackie was unaware that he'd picked up a pursuer in his hurry, so focused on getting to his destination as quickly as possible. While he definitely is showing skill, his moves aren't exactly what you'd describe as graceful. There's a lack of finesse, like he's pulling these movements on the fly rather than really concentrating on them.

The odds are very high that Aang will catch up to Jackie before he reaches the city council office.

[savedtheworld]

It definitely doesn't look like the gracefulness that Aang associated with airbending. But he's still moving fast, so Aang does what he can to catch up. The Air Scooter's moving very fast itself - if Aang manages to pass Jackie, he'll turn to flash him a wave and a cheeky smile.

[badday_badday]

Jackie notices the movement of something in the side of his vision and glances over in time to see Aang zip ahead of him with a wave and smile. The fact that he's zooming by one a ball of air has Jackie's eyes widening in shock...a shock that distracts him enough that he's not able to avoid the next obstacle.

Stumbling forward off of his own momentum, Jackie flailed about wildly before coming to finally land in a wagon full of, what else, cabbages.

".....oooow."

[savedtheworld]

Cabbages. It always has to be cabbages. Aang looks on in surprise as the man falls over, and then he zips over towards the fallen cabbage cart to try to help him up. "Sorry!! Are you okay?"

[badday_badday]

"Iiii'm....okay..."

He's just a bit dizzy, but he's fine. After a moment, he's accepting the help to his feet and waiting for the stars to clear. When he does, he sees Aang standing there and he recalls what caused him to stumble.

"That thing. How were you doing that? It was amazing!"

[savedtheworld]

Aang chuckles slightly as he helps the man up, cabbages tumbling everywhere.

"My air scooter? Oh, that was just some simple airbending! Nothing special."

[badday_badday]

"Really?! Wow, I've never seen airbending before! Well, except for that time Quan said that he could airbend, but that was just farting. Can you show me more?"

You've got yourself a bit of a fan there, Aang!

[savedtheworld]

Now Aang just laughs at that. "I guess that technically counts! But yeah... If you're really sure, I can show you one of my best tricks!"

[badday_badday]

"Yes, I'm sure! Please show me!"

You've got his full, undivided attention.

1/2

[savedtheworld]

"Alright! Watch carefully..."

So he slowly reaches into his robes, pulls out his hands closed together, and then he opens them to reveal...

[savedtheworld]

Ta-da!

1/2

[badday_badday]

[He slides a hand between Aang's and the spinning object.]

That's.....

2/2

[badday_badday]

AMAZING!

[savedtheworld]

[The marbles keep on spinning! And he laughs at the reaction.]

I'm glad you like it! Pretty neat, huh?

[badday_badday]

It's super neat! Benders are so incredible!

[savedtheworld]

We're okay, I guess! [He says as meekly as he can.] But non-benders can do lots of incredible things too!

[badday_badday]

Oh, like what?! [Give him something to aim for, Aang!]

[savedtheworld]

Well, like... almost anything! Inventing things, being real flexible, telling funny jokes or dancing well... there's lots of things you don't need bending for! And your running was pretty impressive too!

[badday_badday]

Oh that? I got a lot of practice running from bullies back home.

[He's not used to getting praised for things, especially not something as mundane as running without running into things and he blushes a bit.]

[savedtheworld]

Bullies? [He frets slightly.] Well you sure must've shown them! Some good slipping away is always the best way to deal with those kinds of guys!

[badday_badday]

Yeah! They hardly ever caught me. [He smiled proudly before a question comes to mind.]

Do you live here in Republic City too?

[savedtheworld]

Kind of! I really live all the way over on Air Temple Island, but I come over here all the time!

[badday_badday]

Oh wow, I've never heard of Air Temple Island. Is it a pretty place? Are there a lot of people there?

[savedtheworld]

It's s really pretty place, and it's filling up! That's where all we air nomads live, and the air acolytes!

[badday_badday]

Sounds wonderful! I'd love to travel there someday! Unfortunately, it took most of what I had to get to Republic City.