Welcome to Republic City!

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It was a bright and sunny normal day in Republic City. Children were playing, spirits were chirping about, and everything was going along like normal. Well at least that's what everyone seemed to think. That is until so many people seemed to be appearing out of nowhere. For some reason Republic City seemed to be more lively and the crowds bigger.

The spirits have grown restless as if something important was about to change, and to try to fix that change, the spirits with their big long tree like limbs dragged people into the world left and right. Even the vines covering Republic City seemed to help. Although the spirits had the best intentions in mind, some people were more affected by the grab than others. There's talk that people in this city don't even know what this place is. People who have never heard of the words "bender" or "non-bender."

Welcome to Republic City! And to those who already live here: Happy Saturday. Please make yourselves at home and don't mind a little spirit gunk. It's mostly harmless. Go enjoy yourself a classic mover. Maybe you're the athletic type. If that's the case, come watch a few Pro-bending matches or form your own team. Just watch out for any Satomobiles. They can be deadly no matter how pretty the driver is.

Please remember to enjoy your stay and don't cause too much trouble. The Republic City Police don't need more riffraff to take care of. And don't stray too far. To make the the peace is kept, there's a huge spirit barrier around the perimeter of the city. It seems pretty strong, but it won't be able to last forever. Still, it's worrying. Radio signals and telegraphs don't seem to be getting past it.

[ OOC: The game is officially open! From this point on, feel free to make any posts you want or tag into this. Please remember to tag your posts with Canon: Character. Finally, although the game has no real network, you're free to respond with prose or brackets, whatever you're comfortable with. With that said, have fun! ]

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[sanguine]

Nice to meet you, Jin! I'm Ruby! I'm always happy to help. [There was more where that came from...]

[raavashing]

You have a book about the history of another world than your own? How did that happen?

[paishodown]

Sure, I'm not going to let you work and not pay you...

[Asami may be a filthy capitalist, but she's a nice filthy capitalist! Wait...]

I hope it will be! It'll be the first time the company tries something like this, but it should be fun, at least.

[She thumbs through the stack of fliers in her hand and hands Yang a stack.]

[gainedacoupon]

Were you headed off somewhere before we came to a memorable first meeting?

[truestheart]

[Asian writing? So, he was in a place like China? If that was true he was probably in a land like Mulan's in the Enchanted forest. Since, floating sparkly things that looked vaguely like fish were flying all about.]

Great, guessing they don't do exchanges? [How would inter dimensional exchange rates work anyways?

Henry looks down to the money in his hand and then slowly back at the man in front of him.]

Is it that obvious?

[gainedacoupon]

It really would be a shame. That's where I store my heroism's

[savedtheworld]

[Not to mention that both Appa and Momo are in the mix, even more invigorating than Aang to see their own kind once again.

Aang had just set down a baby bison and welcomed a reprieve to the cuddle-fest when he heard the voice calling out. He slowly turned towards the strange man-]

Wha-?

[-And found himself scooped into such a gigantic hug. He tries to speak while muffled against Bolin's chest. Only some of his words make it to the audible phase.]

No - not Jinora! She's - granddaughter!

[truestheart]

[Henry does smile a bit more. As sad as how this book came to be, he can't help but feel a bit excited to talk about his book. It was his most prized possession after all and anyone who took interest in it was enough for him.]

It's a really, really, really long story. It's actually explains it all in here. The short version however? Everyone from the Enchanted Forest was brought over to my world and this book was a way to show how it happened.

[sanguine]

[Ah, how nice! She's actually done a good deed for the day! She's so proud...]

I was trying to find the airbenders in this city!

[paishodown]

[Asami's fingers curled subtly in frustration. She had to get used to this kind of thing. It happened, and it happened a lot. Her father had always brushed it off, but it mattered to her. It made her angry, and she couldn't always place why.]

Clearly, you have never read up on Future Industries' philanthropic history, or the fact that we're already contracted to fund an entire new public railway system.

[But no, she was just another corrupt, oppressive CEO to people like him.]

I can't know if you're actually going to keep your word or not, but I hope you do. I already told you you could take it.

[So just take it and go, already. For her nerves' sake.]

[lavamylife]

Bolin happens to be inside the Spirit Wilds when Lloyd happens to run across him and question him. For Bolin's sake, he happens to be in the sector of town where his old apartment was. Bolin looks rather interruptible as his walk through the Wilds is more nostalgic and reminiscent than anything else. He's going by all the places that he used to know before getting dragged off with Korra. He's a little sentimental, perhaps sniffing a little bit, but it's only because he's reliving good memories.

When the interruption happens though, Bolin will give Lloyd his full attention. And he won't think it's weird at all that someone's asking about it. After all, there were four other nations after all.

"Oh well, I think it had something to do with the Harmonic Convergence thing that happened a few months ago," he explains... not very well. "There was a huge fight off out in the water between the Avatar and the Dark Avatar, and that's when all these vines came and caused half of the apartments in the city to become uninhabited. Or something like that. I was kind of in the Spirit World when it happened."

[airyopalescent]

[Ah, Bolin! Opal laughs a bit, smile bright.]

For once!

[Not that she minded all of the training or meditation. It was fun in it's own way, given how much she really did like learning. It seemed a shame though to be this close to the City and consequently Bolin and the others without being able to see them much.

Never mind that though, she gets to do some visiting after all!]

How have you been? I heard you stopped by to see me. Sorry about that. We've been trying to make up lost training time.

[gainedacoupon]

Airbenders?

[ She gave her a curious look. She had thought there weren't anymore of them left in the world. ]

Really?

[airyopalescent]

He sounds like the sky bison. They really do eat a lot.

[sanguine]

Y-yeah! [She pauses, fidgeting as she looks down at her hands.] I... I'm kind of one now, too.

[raavashing]

A public railway doesn't feed a child or a sick old man.

[Wan bit back as he leaned forward on Mula, giving her the signal to get moving. She did so, bolting away as he headed away from the factory and in the direction of Dragon Flats Borough. She might not see him give away what he'd gathered, but at least he seemed to be heading in the right direction for the poorer parts of the city.]

[lavamylife]

[Okay, that's not the reaction that Bolin was expecting.]

You don't know what a photograph is? Man, you must have been living in some far off corner of the Earth Kingdom to have not heard them. They're one of the latest things!

Someone has this little box thing with a light on top. You stand there in a pose in front of the box, and the light flashes, and then a few days later, they can print what the box thing saw and put it on paper!

[Depending upon your point of view, Bolin is either the best person to ask about technology... or the worst.]

[creepycyclops]

"That sounds like a 'yes' to me."

Slade takes a steel cylinder from his belt, and concentrates on it. The metal slowly spreads and reshapes until it has become a thin simple mask, which he holds out to Zuko.

"You will find that this world already has a Lord Zuko, and it is not you. You may wish to conceal that crown and that scar for now."

[savedtheworld]

[Aang was facing away from Ty Lee when she spoke, a hat over his head as he was focusing on investigating these strange vines. The voice doesn't even click with him at first, so he turns casually to face her.]

Umm... This place is called Republic City, I think. I'm a little lost, too, but it looks like spiris did things and- AH! [He points and makes that startled shout just as he realizes who she is and takes a step back. Sure, Ty Lee's on their side now, but it can be hard to kick the gut reaction.]

H-hi... Ty Lee.

[savedtheworld]

That would really be a shame. And then what kinda sidekick would I be?

[airyopalescent]

Oh, I'm an airbender. One of the new ones actually. I'm not very good but I'm learning so...

[fallensun]

A man came screaming around the corner, his hair ablaze. Two more followed after him, a bit singed, but in slightly better shape, but that didn't last long when they were hit by a jet of flame from behind.

"Running away so soon? We were just getting started!"

All three men screamed and scrambled over each other trying to cram themselves into the same alleyway to escape, the waterbender of the bunch at least having the presence of mind to douse his compatriot's hair first. Judar poked his head around the corner, pouting a little as he looked back and forth to try to figure out where his latest playthings had escaped to. When he saw Lau approach, he immediately brightened.

"Oh hi, Lau!"

[savedtheworld]

Um... I can get around just fine. Unless you mean directions! I... could kind of use those.

[savedtheworld]

[That makes Aang laugh some more.] Well's definitely no flying lemur!

C ) I leave the rest to you, Bro

[truestheart]

[Henry is actually at the park currently. He'd been pouring over his huge fairy tale book for sometime trying to find a few answers to this place, but nope. None have come. He's just about to leave when he comes across the tattooed kid in the park. Just doing whatever. He's not sure what, so, Henry's going to go investigate.]

Hey, um, what are you doing?