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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[crowover]

Share his likes? Mikazuki first thought was fighting. Maybe the spirit would like to search for worthy opponents together, humans or spirits or both. Heck, maybe it would even want to fight him, Mikazuki didn't mind. He would have to ask it later--it was inappropriate to discuss in front of a kid.

"Yeah, you're right," he told Jinora. "Maybe it would enjoy playing sports, or watching movers." And attending shady back alley meetings, but he wasn't going to tell that to a kid, either. "I wonder if spirits have to buy tickets."

[bookbends]

"Both of those things sound fun! I'm sure it would like them." And she's smiling at him because wow, he has such fun ideas. Back alley meetings and fights couldn't be further from her mind.

"Maybe they have special prices. Or maybe they wouldn't know what to do and would just let him walk right in." She looks a little embarrassed at that last suggestion, though. "But I guess that would be cheating."

[crowover]

"If they see it and still let it walk right, than it's not really cheating, right?" he winks. It wouldn't work more than once, anyway. You can count on business owners to set special spirit prices if they start frequenting establishments. Maybe Mikazuki should just tell it to sneak in or hide it under his clothes before it happens…

"Anyway, whether it has to pay or not, it'll be worth it. And once we hang out more I bet the right name will just pop in my head." He turns to the spirit. "You don't mind waiting a little for a really great name, right?"

It coos and flutters to sit on his head. That's probably a "yes".

[bookbends]

"I guess if they let them go through, it's not cheating." She concedes. Although that would depend on the spirit, she thinks. Some of them looked kind of frightening at first to most humans. "...Unless they're just too scared to charge them." She admits finally, although she does laugh at the image of a mover ticket seller being too alarmed to charge a large spirit whale.

"But I think you're right. The perfect name will come to you once you get to know each other a little more." And she gives a nod, convinced that this will be the case.

"It's just so nice to see humans and spirits being friends. I guess you don't always need names right away."

[crowover]

"Yeah, he doesn't seem to mind not knowing my name." Mikazuki tries to look up at the spirit, smiling. Not being much of an animal person, he's never really had that kind of interaction with another living thing. It make him feel strangely flattered, like it had chosen him.

"Do you have a lot of spirit friends?"

[bookbends]

"Sometimes you don't need names. But I'm sure he'll learn it eventually, anyway." Spirits were smart, after all, and this one seemed to really like him. At the question she nods eagerly.

"Yes! I've been able to see spirits my whole life. So I've made a lot of friends that way. And there are a lot of new ones since the portals were opened. They're all over."

[crowover]

"That's really cool," he says, honestly. "I never thought about spiritual things until the portals opened." And when they did open, his first thought was why can't I those vines out of my apartment. "But you learn something new every day!"

[bookbends]

"A lot of people didn't." She admits, although she laughs as she gestures towards the bird spirit.

"But I bet this one can teach you all about them."

Nevermind that it couldn't even get out it's name- it could totally teach spirity things through action. Somehow.