[Voice / Action]

[selfhelp]

[Okay, so. Several things need to be dealt with here, one way or another. First being the fact that he has a facetwin hanging around who is pretty damn hard to explain, though Tommy being more or less okay with the "brother" title helps with that. Second is that he knows the truth about his heritage now, which is, in short, a huge weight off his shoulders. Third is that his strength is mostly back in his arm as long as he doesn't bend or twist it in a way that stresses his brace too much, which admittedly doesn't mean much, but it does mean that he's able to finish the sketches he'd promised to Pepper's art gallery.

Thus, since it's so warm and dry today, he'll be heading out to deliver a set of hefty-sized rolled sheets of drawing paper to Pepper's art gallery, and then to swing by Tony's house to catch up on some work and maybe fill his... sort-of employer in on the recent developments. Mainly the kid with Billy's face who is probably going to hate him for a while. Tommy's not as keen to forgive as some people.

His last stop will be the plaza, armed with a miniature sketchbook, and props himself up against the side of the fountain to draw whatever comes his way. Occasionally he might have to stop and give his hand a frustrated shake, but hey, there's no physiotherapy like a good work-out, right?

At some point while he's out, though, he'll be doing what he told himself he'd get done: a journal entry that is better late than never.]

[Voice, locked from Tommy]

Hey, it's Billy. Just wanted to get it out there that if you see anybody with my face - or hear my voice, I guess - that's Tommy, my... brother. Kind of. It's complicated. He might be a bit tough to deal with sometimes, but he's not a bad guy, so just try to put up with him, if you can. He could use some friends.

[....]

Just don't let this get back to him, I'd never hear the end of it.

Comments

[Voice]

[savedtheworld]

That there's lots of things here in Luceti that aren't possible at my home? Yeah. Stuff like... magic and... Pokemon. Those would be fantasy, right?

[Voice]

[selfhelp]

Oh man, yeah. That's... definitely fantasy for me, too.

[Though Aang calling Pokemon fantasy is kind of hilarious, considering the animals they've got in his series. Not that he can say as much.]

[Voice]

[savedtheworld]

Neat! Do you think the library has any good fantasy books about Pokemon, then?

[Voice]

[selfhelp]

They might, sure. I'm pretty sure a comic about Pokemon exists on my world, so you should check the library and see if it shows up one day.

[omg is Aang a Pokemon fan. That would be pretty awesome.]

[Voice]

[savedtheworld]

That'd be pretty cool. Thanks for the tip! Pokemon are really interesting, so any fantasy stories about them would have to be really fun! But wait... if you got a comic about them on your world, does that mean some worlds that don't have Pokemon still have them as fantasy?

[Voice]

[selfhelp]

Maybe! I think fantasy between universes is flexible like that. My world's had a lot of experience with alternate realities, so I've heard a few things about it. It's pretty much parallels on top of parallels.

[This is edging on dangerous territory, but Aang did ask, so...]

[Voice]

[savedtheworld]

Wow, that's really weird. But I guess it's like that with different types of animals. I know I haven't been able to find any other worlds that know what a sky bison is, but maybe there's at least some world where they know it as a fantasy. That'd be pretty neat.

[He has no idea what he's teetering on.]

[Voice]

[selfhelp]

[Okay.









Okay. He has to ask. EVEN IF HE ALREADY KNOWS.]

Sky bison?

[Voice]

[savedtheworld]

They're the companions of my people! They're big and furry and they have six legs and an arrow on their heads like my tattoo! We ride them around all of the time. Mine is named Appa. I can take a video of him if you need a better idea of what he looks like!

[Voice]

[selfhelp]

A video- he's here?

[OMG IF APPA IS HERE

IF APPA IS FUCKING HERE

THEY NEED TO BE FRIENDS FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS RIGHT NOW]

[Voice] -> [Video]

[savedtheworld]

Yeah! Hold on just a moment.

[So he switches over the freed for a minute or two. When it's back on, he's sitting on the lawn with Appa behind him.]

Billy this is Appa. Appa, Billy. Say hi, Appa!

[And Appa gives a warm growl towards the boy in the strange book.]

[Video]

[selfhelp]

[o m g

new favourite animal ever]

H... hi, Appa! Ohmygodhe'shuge.

[Video]

[savedtheworld]

He is really big and really huge! He's the only sky bison I know whose left, but I heard that one day I'm gonna find a whole colony of them! That'll definitely be a day to remember.

[Video]

[selfhelp]

[Aaaaaaaaaa that's so cool. So cool. Appa's not the last one!]

That's amazing. We don't have anything like that on my world!

[Video]

[savedtheworld]

That's a shame. I wish more worlds had sky bison. [It would give them a less endangered feel, regardless of what he knows about their futrue repopulation.] If you really like him, you can ride him sometime, too!

[Video]

[selfhelp]

[Please pardon him while his head explodes with fanboy delight for a while.]

A-are you kidding!? Seriously, I can? That sounds- it sounds amazing!

[Video]

[savedtheworld]

[Wow, this guy's really more excited than most of the others he's made offers to. He'll definitely have to pencil him in for a ride.]

Of course! I like to let other people ride him, because Appa loves to make new friends, and he also appreciates the exercise! I'm sure he'll like you, too.

[Video]

[selfhelp]

[omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg]

O-oh... well, thanks! I'd love to meet him, too. For real, I mean.

[Video]

[savedtheworld]

Yeah, for real. Just seeing him on a screen doesn't do him justice! [Talking about the journal video screen of course. What other type of screen could he be watched through...] After all, he can't lick you through the screen!

[Video]

[selfhelp]

That I believe. [Appa licks, though... should he be afraid of drowning 8| He's not a cartoon.] He's not going to try and eat me, is he?

[Video]

[savedtheworld]

[This makes Aang laugh.]

Of course not! You can get in his mouth if you won't, but he won't eat you. He doesn't really eat meat, like my people.

[Video]

[selfhelp]

Oh, you're a vegetarian? I could never pull that off.

[Video]

[savedtheworld]

It's... it's not for everyone, I guess. Katara and Sokka like their meat, too. Especially Sokka. But I gotta stick to what the monks taught me about valuing life.

[Video]

[selfhelp]

Sounds kind of like Buddhism. "Don't eat that cow, it could have been your uncle!"

[It's said playfully, even with how it sounds; religions can be pretty cool even if he doesn't follow them. And he can't knock reincarnation, considering it's sort of how he even exists.]

[Video]

[savedtheworld]

[This causes some laughbending to be sure.]

You never know! But what's this Buddhism thing?