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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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[He tenses up just slightly until he helps himself to the pies. Then he grins softly as he tries to carry on with the conversation.]

W-well, bravery's a big part of being a bender! And I guess I've been through my fair share of danger in the past. Helping people who need it makes it all worth it!

Danger? What kind of danger?

[He'll just eat his pie and wait for an answer. Or eat his pie and keep talking. No one's ever bothered to teach him manners.]

Sounds like there's a story in that, so I'm pretty jealous. My life's been boring lately.

[Aang understands him on the manners; if he was eating any of these, he'd like be talking with his mouth full as well. As if is, he just goes on.]

Oh, you know... a bunch of kinds! Mostly being chased by firebenders... and one time pirates! Plus, riding lots of giant animals... I'm not sure which story to tell!

The one about the firebenders!

[Admittedly, that would probably be his answer regardless. He's a firebender, after all, and you can never rule out ego. However, out of the three, it's also the option that sounds the most intriguing.]

Anyone can hang out with giant animals, big deal.

Lots of people are scared of them! And not everyone's ridden the Unagi like me...

But - sure, sure, a firebender story! Gimme a second to think of the best one to tell. [He has to hide his identity after all, so he's trying to think of something that could make sense outside of the Hundred Year War. He does think it's probably best to avoid one involving Sparky Sparky Boom Man...]

The Unagi?

[That was some serious stuff. You'd think if some kid pulled that off, it'd be in all the papers. Yeah, he's reeled in a real interesting one here. He's looking forward to that firebender story.]

You seem awful busy for a little bald brat. I think I really am starting to get jealous.

[Aang chuckles, his ego huffed up for the moment.]

Yeah. The Unagi. I guess I do, um, get around a lot. You know, I could tell you a story about the Unagi and firebenders at the same time!

Do it! I wanna hear that one!

[He clambers back up on the vine he was sitting on and parks himself there for the story. He would have just taken a seat on the ground, but he'd mess his hair up that way and it would take forever to get it sorted out.]

Okay then! Sooo it started on an island near the Earth Kingdom. Not an important one! Just... an unimportant one. [He says meekly as he leans against a wall to tell the story.]

There was a village there where I was staying, where I was trying to ride the Unagi. The first few times? I almost got eaten. But then the village got attacked, by firebenders. Fire...bending bandits!

What did firebending bandits want with some dinky little Earth Kingdom island?

[Details, yeah, but the story doesn't have many so far so he has to ask. He's already finished one pie and he'd kind of hoped the story would last longer than it would take for him to finish the second.]

Well... um... they got lost on their way back to the Fire Nation and were looking for a way back! You know, some of them can be really bad with directions.

Who's gonna give them directions if they attack the place?

[Flaw in the logic? A little bit of dishonesty? Who knows, but he's not going to let go of this. Making the kid squirm is more entertaining than the story itself.]

Y-you see... [Nervously rubs at neck!] They actually managed to get the directions! They found the map, s-so... they thought they'd burn down the village to take their boats!

How'd they get there if they didn't have boats?

[Wow, this is just getting worse and worse!]

Well... You see... to get there! They rode eel hounds! But when they got to the island, the eel hounds wound up running away! It happens sometimes, especially when you're a mean firebender?

For something that's supposed to have happened to you, this sure does sound a lot like you're making it up as you go along. Or...

[He toys with the end of his braid idly, not even bothering to hide his smirk.]

Are you trying to hide something?

No no, nothing's being hidden here! [A very nervous smile appears.] It's just... such a big story, it's hard to remember!

Uh huh. You'd think if it was such an exciting thing, every last second of it would be engraved in your memory. It sounds a bit like you're trying to trick me. Did it not happen?

[He tips his head to the side.]

Did it happen to someone else?

[He tips his head to the other side, smirk widening.]

Or could it be...no, that's not possible at all...

[It's really just bait. He doesn't have a definite end to that sentence yet.]

Wh-what do you mean? [He frets!] N-no, it's all true, a hundred percent, I'm definitely from this time!

Oh, are you? Cause, you know, I didn't say anything about that, so it's pretty interesting that you brought it up!

[Well, there's the answer then. Dumb bald kid.

Of course, if he's talking to a dumb bald kid from the past, that raises a few more interesting questions...He won't ask them right away, though, because it's too much fun watching him squirm.]

I... I did! I must have been thinking about... um... something I heard! That's all! Nothing weird going on here - how are those pies doing? Really good, huh?!

Oh, yeah. Really good. So how far in the past are we talking? I mean, you came from there so you must be able to give me a year, right? Some current events?

[He thinks with his stomach approximately 40% of the time, but unfortunately, he's way tuned in on this now.]

Um... Uh... Those are good questions! [He rubs at his neck nervously.] Let me try to think over... the answers to some of those! [He has spilled his secret to a few people so far, but all these questions are making him just slightly uneasy.]

Wow, either you're really stupid or you're hiding something good.

[He shoves the rest of the second pie in his mouth and hops back down. He doesn't bother to wait until he's finished the pie before3 he starts talking again.]

Better think of those answers quick, or I'm gonna find a way to jog your memory.