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Air Temple Island:

A. Aang starts off his morning with airbending training. Some meditation, some rounds through the air gates, some general practice of forms and some balancing upon pillars. He'll be glad to tutor anyone else in need of instruction. He is a master, after all, even if he's claiming not to be Avatar Aang. Just a random prodigy airbender who happens to be named Aang! At least, that's the cover story he's trying this week.

B. This young monk has commandeered the kitchen! His goal? To make some fruit pies! Feel free to stumble across him while he's in the act of baking them, while some doting air acolytes try to help out.

Republic City/Spirit Worlds

C. And so Aang makes his way through the city atop his sky bison, Appa, who has a large batch of the fruit pies kept on his back. Aang may stop to check in on any number of his friends if they're around, with personalized fruit pies for new friends and old.

D. Aang will also spend time down exploring the Spirit Wilds. He'll use the rest of his batch of fruit pies here, distributing them to those who need it. He'll also try to investigate the spirit vines and wandering spirits some more, puzzled about all of the odd things he's heard about so far.

E. Finally, he can be found near the barrier, meditating in an attempt to commune with the spirits. He better be careful with all those stray spirits wandering about...

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B

[paishodown]

Asami was a frequent visitor of Air Temple Island, even if it wasn't her home anymore. The airbender home would always hold a special place in her heart.

So upon her first visit since this whole mess began, she wasn't surprised to see Aang hanging around. She slipped into the kitchen with a small smile, taking in the scent of whatever it was he was making.

"Hi, Aang! It's good to see you again." She briefly glanced over his shoulder at his workstation.

[savedtheworld]

It's a fruity smell, and a bit of a messy workstation. Aang may have remembered Monk Gyatso's lessons on pie preparation, but that did not mean that he could do it perfectly neatly. He meekly smiled at her as he looked towards her.

"Asami! I'm really glad to see you too." Then without any further to-do, he extends a spoon towards her that has a piece of the blueberry pie on it. "Here, taste this!"

[paishodown]

Asami raises her eyebrows when she's suddenly offered blueberry pie, but takes the spoon and tastes it. It's certainly not gourmet baking, but it's pretty good for a kid who's... what, around twelve? She nods as she swallows.

"This is pretty good. When did you learn to bake?"

[savedtheworld]

He gives a very proud smile. She likes it! Then at her question, he takes a swift look around to make sure no acolytes are in earshot. Then he leans in to give a very loud conspiratorial whisper. "I learned it from the monks! Monk Gyatso taught me himself!"

[paishodown]

Asami crouches down to listen to Aang.

"Was he your airbending teacher?" She isn't quite a hundred percent on her Avatar Aang history, or on how Air Nomad culture was structured. All she knows is what she's picked up from Tenzin, and while he is Mr. Traditional, Asami imagines things were much different when there were more of them.

[savedtheworld]

He nods. There's a very warm, very nostalgic smile there, as he recalls Monk Gyatso. "That's right! And... and I guess you could say he was my piebending teacher, too!"

As happy as being in the future and meeting all these new airbenders makes him, he's still sad whenever he remembers that Monk Gyatso isn't around to see any of this.

His friend Asami's here, so he doesn't think about the sad part right now.

[paishodown]

Asami's own smile is soft when she sees Aang's expression. It's hard to imagine what must go through his mind, when talking about things like this.

"Maybe that's one kind of bending I can do," she says with a note of amusement as she peers into the oven. "Anything I can help with?"

[savedtheworld]

He chuckles slightly at her retort. "Um... sure! I mean, if it's no trouble, I can think of something for you to do. We can set up another bowl that you can mix, so that way we can have one extra pie!"

Disclaimer: Whenever a nonsensical instruction comes up, please mentally replace it with something else that makes sense in actual pie making.

[paishodown]

"If you want! I... used to help Pema around the kitchen, some when I was living here." Her smile fades slightly. It's a tricky situation that they've been caught in. But at least she knows where everything is.

Disclaimer disclaimer: Asami is a mediocre chef at best, this is what servants are for.

[savedtheworld]

"O-oh. Pema. I've heard of her." He's a little sad to think of it, too. He never met Pema, but that makes her disappearance even sadder. It sounds like she's a good wife for his son, and a good mother for Jinora and those precious children he's heard so much about.

"I'm sure you'll do fine then. It's... kinda like being her apprentice!"