Welcome to Republic City!

[cyclicalitymods]

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! ]

Comments

[savedtheworld]

[Aang laughs as the handshake occurs.]

Hey, that's pretty neat. Can we try it again?

Not a wizard. It was Monk Gyatso! But he's as good as a wizard.

[truestheart]

[Henry just looks amused himself at the fact that something as a handshake is that fun for somebody else.]

Sure.

[And three more good handshakes.]

A monk? You mean like, the kind who shave their heads and mediate a lot?

[Because Aang does certainly look the type to be one of those Buddhist monks he saw around New York.]

[savedtheworld]

[More handhshakes?! Aang will make sure each one is increasingly exaggerated and silly.]

That's right! [He points to his bald head.] We're the monkiest monks you ever did see!

[truestheart]

[Henry can just feel his arm going the highest it can before dropping right to the lowest point it can get to with each shake. If people were seeing this the motions looked like a worm wriggling about wildly.

Henry can't help but laugh a bit to those words.]

You're certainly the first monk I've ever talked to at least. I don't get to see a lot where I'm from.

[savedtheworld]

Really? But there are monks where you are from... Can they fly?

[truestheart]

Maybe in airplanes but how you were flying? No one can do that unless they have magic.

[So that's a hardish no, Aang.]

Is it important that monks fly?

[savedtheworld]

I have airbending! That's better than magic. It's important for telling whether or not they're air nomads...

[truestheart]

[Henry has to silently agree. Magic for the most part has only caused a lot of problems back home, but also has done some good...

those are just semantics. Henry just shakes his head.]

Than there's no monk like that back where I'm from.

[savedtheworld]

Oh... That's okay. From what I hear, new airbenders just started showing up recently. But we air nomads, I like to think we're pretty great monks!

I think this is going to go to a dark place

[truestheart]

Just started to? You mean there weren't any before?

[That sounds...odd.]

If air nomads have that much fun that we just did I'd have to agree with you.

Darkplace

[savedtheworld]

N-no, I mean... before these airbenders appeared, all that was left was- was one family... but that's a long story!

[He tries to wave it off.]

You're right, that's exactly the kind of fun we go for!

Not even Disneyland could help. Also sorry for the lateness school. We can wrap this up if you like

[truestheart]

Oh.

[He's not going to ask more about it, at least not now. It sounds like a very uncomfortable topic. Maybe go back to the airbending thing.]

What else can airbenders do? You have to be able to fly, am I right?

I'm fine with whatever!

[savedtheworld]

A-all kinds of things! [He stumbles right into that offered transition.]

We can fly with our gliders. It's not the same as the way birds fly, but it's close enough when you're a good airbender. And we can do all kinds of other neat tricks, too!