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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! ]

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Thanks. You're a really nice guy.

[He ponders.]

I hope he's okay... Opal. I did meet her earlier! So maybe Tenzin is somewhere.

Awwww, thanks. You seem pretty nice too. Then again, the stories have always made you out to be this really amazing, great guy. Chief Sokka and Lord Zuko too.

You've already met Opal? What do you think, hmm? Great gal, huh?

Gee, thanks! I'm just a simple monk... [He rubs at his head sheepishly.]

Yep, Opal's great alright! Isn't she nice and friendly? Not what I'd expect Toph's granddaughter to be like! Then again, I never thought about her having kids at all!

Yeah, she is a lot different from what all the stories say about Toph, huh? Like, I can imagine Toph being a lot like her daughter, the Chief of Police. She was... actually kind of mean at first and didn't really like us a lot... but I think she's finally gotten used to us and now looks over Korra, Asami, my brother, and I because she's really not that bad of a person underneath.

[He pauses.]

Her daughter's the Chief of Police? Huh... Well, that kind of does sound like Toph a lot! Underneath, she really is one of the nicest people I know. She just usually doesn't show her inner Opal!

[Bolin supposes that makes sense; it would make sense that Toph was a lot like Lin. Though at the same time, Suyin was sooooo unlike Lin, it was amazing to know that they were in fact sisters.]

Well, I'm glad at least half of Toph's family shows their inner Opal on the outside at the very least. But I'm glad I'm on Lin Beifong's good side.

You two must be really good friends then. Like me and Toph!

Lin and I?

Er, that's... one way of putting it?

And it's a good way of putting it! You're lucky to be friends with so many Beifongs...

Hey, what's your name?

[Whoops, did he really not introduce himself? Oh yeah, that whole mistaken identity thing is what caused that...]

Yeah, I guess I am. [Even if most of the Beifongs are a little... different.]

Whoops? I guess I forgot to introduce myself, didn't I? Sorry about that; the name's Bolin. I'm an earthbender.

Nice to meet you, Bolin the earthbender! Guess you fit in even better with all those Beifongs!

Yeah, I guess I really do.

Though I can't really metalbend though. I always have been a little jealous of that. Well, until recently at least.

Ooh! Did you find out how to?

Naw. I actually tried to learn while meeting all of Toph's family, but... I can't metalbend to safe my life! [Quite literally!]

But I did learn how to lavabend!

L-lavabend?! [Aang makes an impressed gasp.] ...People can lavabend?!

[He thinks he saw a vision of a previous Avatar doing that once, but it was kind of unclear.]

[Yup, Bolin can keep secrets real good...]

Sure can! I didn't realize I could do it until this bad guy who could also lavabend tried to bury us in a volcano. We were escaping through this cave, but the lava eventually came down the passageway, threatening to burn us alive! And I went up to it, held up my hands, and then... hissssssss! I was able to turn it all back to solid rock!

Wow! I never even imagined that was possible! [If Roku knew that, maybe he would have been able to live longer...]

That's really neat, Bolin! Are you a... some kind of a professional volcano fighter now?

[Please don't actually become one, Bolin, for your own safety.]

I... don't... really... want to be a professional volcano fighter? I mean, that sounds kind of dangerous. Even more dangerous than hanging out with Team Avataaaaaaaiiiiiii mean, well, all the people who've wanted to do bad things to Korra.

But you'd probably save a lot of lives that way! I think. ...Are there lots of volcano problems these days?

Not... really? At least not any that I've been in... that weren't also the result of someone causing the volcano to erupt?

Oh, okay. So... maybe you'll be fine sticking with what you're doing, I guess!

You're probably right about that one. After all, being a mover star and a pro-bender are likely going to keep me busy enough as is!

Um... What's a mover star? ...And a probender?

Oh yeeeeeah, you wouldn't know about all of that since you're... well, from the past. Even though you might have been around for the start of pro-bending by the time you died, but you being your earlier self certainly wouldn't know about it. [Cute Bolin. You just met the prior Avatar, and you've already mentioned that they die at some point. Spoiler alert.]

Anyway, pro-bending is this great amazing contest between teams of earthbenders, waterbenders, and firebenders. It's like a sport where you have to knock the other team back into this pool of water to show off your bending superiority! It's really fun; you should try it one day!

And movers are these really great moving pictures that tell stories! And I got to be the main character of one of them. The Adventures of Nuktuk: Hero of the South!

[Aang knows all too well about that 'spoiler'. It's hard to be around this place for more than a few minutes without seeing a sign that he's gone. A new Avatar running around. He does frown a little at the mention of his death, but then he listens attentively to what Bolin says.]

Probending sounds like a pretty neat sport! I think I prefer games that have less superiority... but maybe I'll try someday!

Moving... pictures. [He repeats to himself to try to visualize it. It's not easy, however.] Nuktuk... Never heard of that guy! Is that South like Southern Water Tribe?

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