[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]

"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.

[savedtheworld]

Hey, you don't have to worry about money. Air Temple Island's just in the harbor! There are some ferries that go there for free, and aside from that I'd be glad to give you a ride there myself!

[badday_badday]

Oh wow, really?! Wait.....do you mean a ride on that air ball you were on before?

[Jackie has plenty of faith in Aang and absolutely none in himself, which still comes out at a 50/50 chance of crashing.]

[savedtheworld]

No, no! [He can air scoot other people, but it's kind of impractical when one's going over water.] I also have a glider and a sky bison that're a lot better for carrying people!

[badday_badday]

A sky bison? [Eventually, Jackie's expression is simply going to be stuck in the 'completely awed and amazed' state and it'll be Aang's fault.]

[savedtheworld]

Yep! You ever met one before? [While Aang will just keep treating everything like it's no big deal.]

[badday_badday]

I've never even seen one!

[savedtheworld]

Hm... Then I gotta fix that, right away! [He pulls his bison whistle out from a fold of his robes and blows into it!]

[badday_badday]

Fix that? How do you...[He watches Aang blow his whistle and wonders if he's actually doing what he thinks he is.]