cyclicality | Welcome to Republic City!

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.

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Yeah, I have.

[Thankfully. He's glad to have found his Uncle. If there's one person he can rely on, it's definitely him. Among a handful of other people that have shown up.]

I've also found Jin and Suki.

[Or rather they found him. Do you remember them, older self?]

[That's a relief. The last thing he'd want is for his uncle to be worrying about him, at any age.]

Oh? [Suki he remembers, of course, but...] Jin? You mean the girl from Ba Sing Se...?

Yeah, she's here. I couldn't believe it.

[That had really been a surprise. And while it had been kind of a strange blast from his past, he wasn't unhappy that she was here. No matter how awkward it was. ... Actually that's probably kind of how his older self feels about him, though its a lot weirder.]

Careful you don't tell Uncle she's here, or he'll never let you hear the end of it.

[Sorry, Zuko, even your older self likes poking a little fun at your expense. His amused smile quickly grows into a more serious expression, though:]

Joking aside... If so many here are showing up from the past, I hope the consequences will not be too dire. The world has only just begun to reestablish balance after Harmonic Convergence, but this could threaten to topple that all over again...

[Oh no. There's a sudden look of horror on Zuko's face, eyes wide, as he takes in his older self's words. Joking or not, he knows that he's right. He effectively brought a girl home, and he was never going to hear the end of it. Zuko put his hands to his face and groaned loudly.]

It's too late.

[He mutters this. She's already there, and he didn't have it in him to kick her back out onto the street anyway. But as the old man continues, Zuko looks up again.]

What do you mean?

[Lord Zuko just gives his younger self a sympathetic look. Poor kid. Iroh was always nothing if not persistent about these things.]

I mean that it makes absolutely no sense for you, Uncle, or any of the others to be here. If time itself is being disrupted, what does that mean for the world as a whole?

[Zuko stares at his older self as if a light just switched on. Yeah, it makes absolutely no sense for them to be here. But he had been so wrapped up in just figuring out how it happened and why, and just trying to get by in Republic City that... the long term consequences hadn't even crossed his mind yet.]

I... don't know.

[He then looks at the ground, his eyes wide.]

What if something happens to us... or me. That would mess up everything.

Precisely. [Good to see his younger self is keeping up.] As you might have noticed, you're more well known here than you were in Ba Sing Se. Hiding your identity won't be as easy as changing your name. Have you told anyone yet who you are?

[He's guessing not, given the cloak he's wearing, but still...]

"I haven't told anyone but..."

But he's pretty sure there are people out there who have put two and two together. Most of them he wasn't really worried about... except one.

"There was this one guy who pulled me out of the street when I first got here. He figured it out, and was asking me questions. His name was Slade."

Slade... [Lord Zuko muses over the name, but doesn't come up with anything. He's pretty sure that's not anyone he's met before.]

What did you tell him?

[Zuko frowns as he thinks back on it. It had happened so fast and he'd been really confused at the time.]

That I had last been in Hira'a and I had been Fire Lord for a year and a half.

[Not huge details really.]

But then he started asking if anything supernatural had happened. I only told him there had been a spirit, but nothing that could cause this. He then asked if anyone else had been there. I told him, no.

[There was no way Zuko would tell that guy who he had been with. He wasn't about to let that guy start harassing his friends and family if he could help it.]

You were wise to stay quiet. I don't know why he was so interested in those details, but his reasons are irrelevant. Those are your own very personal affairs.

[If his younger self discussing the incident he's sure he's referring to, anyway... which he's sure he is, if it involves Hira'a and a spirit.]

If it becomes common knowledge of who you are, there are those who might try to take advantage of that information. Exercise the utmost discretion.

[Zuko's brows furrow and his mouth turns into a deep frown. He doesn't like this, not one bit. All of this makes him feel vulnerable.]

I will. But... what am I supposed to do? Hide?

It would be unfair to ask you to hide outright. You're here, and it could be that it's for a reason, one that we have yet to understand. But you should at least lie low and avoid making your presence public knowledge, at least until we have a better grasp on the situation.

[It might be unfair to ask him outright, but that's pretty much what it boiled down to. Zuko knew that, and he knew he would have a hard time explaining it to himself also, so. He can't really blame himself. ... That's just a weird thought right there.]

Right.

Welcome to Republic City!

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