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.

[ 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! ]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

No problem.

[Asami pursed her lips, though, when Wan started loading up multiple packages.]

But... it's one per person. We don't know how many more refugees are going to show up.

[Some people...]

Oh, none of them are for me. They're for some of the homeless people I've met. They need this more than I do.

[And he continues to pack them away with a smile.]

Well, they can come here and get them.

[A bit of firmness comes into her voice. You're just like the several dozen other people who have tried to do the same thing, random guy.]

Well, no. They can't.

[Wan said, a little surprised at her words.]

Some of them are too sick to. And the people that told me about this said it was only for the new people who aren't normally in the city to come pick up. To help them get started. Since they aren't new and they've been here for a while, they wouldn't be allowed to take the supplies. But since I am new, I can take it for them.

[Perfect logic.]

[Asami's frown had become disapproving, but what was she supposed to do, have someone wrestle the packages from his hands?]

Fine. Go. But don't let me see you back here asking for more. We're limited and rushed enough as it is.

[Wan gave her a frown of his own as he finished filling Mula's saddle bags.]

You're mad it's going to people who need it? Wasn't that the point of this?

[He mounted his catdeer with a single, clean leap, only one hand on her back to help guide him as he started to turn her away.]

Or are you only welcoming and supportive to humans who aren't already poor and destitute and easily forgotten?

[Asami has to resist rolling her eyes.]

I'm preserving what little resources we have for the people who have just shown up with nothing but the clothes on their backs. It's not like we can organize an efficient charity in a matter of hours. It's just not possible, and I have no way of knowing that you aren't just taking all of that for yourself.

And how long have you been in this city that you haven't had hours to do the same kind of charity for those who already need it?

[He countered, his own offense rising.]

I've been here a week and there's enough food and water to go around but everyone is expected to pay for it so those who really need it barely get anything. This city has been around for fifty years. Your company has been around for how long? Ten? Fifteen? More? And this is the only time you think about these things? You probably only did it because you thought it would make you look good.

[Wan let out a huff.]

And I'm not keeping it for myself. I know how to survive in the Spirit Wilds. I'll get by just fine there. The people I'm taking this to don't know how. Yet. But this will help them until I can teach them.

[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.]

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.]

No, it just gets him to work and to see his family in the countryside.

[But that apparently didn't matter, and she would only be in the right if she threw all of her time into every issue this city had. Whether the stranger heard it or not, she didn't care.

At least he seemed to be going in the direction of the people who needed it.]

Welcome to Republic City!

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject