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[ Oh, look! A new video entry. It starts up and it's… upside down. Actually it's more like the picture is twirling, so even though it starts upside down it's slowly turning until it's right-side up for a moment, revealing a teenage girl staring at it suspiciously before the slow spinning starts up again as she turns the journal around in her hands. ]
If this really is a camera it's the smallest one I've ever seen. [ She finally comments, stopping the spinning so that she is sideways on the screen. ] And what good is it even supposed to do, anyway?! Is this some kind of mover thing? Can anyone see me? Can anyone-
[ The video suddenly freezes as if she'd paused it, then starts up again. ] -like I'm talking to a book. Great. I get kidnapped or lost or whatever and I'm talking to a book. This is just- [ It pauses for a few seconds again. ] -I can't believe- [ Pause. ] -who even- [ Pause. Finally after what seems like a longer pause the video finally starts playing again and Korra is finally facing the right way with the camera. She looks pretty panicked. ]
Okay, this book is weird. It started talking to me and there's all sorts of writing but why do I even have this? Who even are you people writing in here? This is ridiculous. I'm leaving. ...As soon as I find the exit.
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[ Korra's managed to find her way to the actual village now, still wearing the white shirt and pants she arrived in but a little more focused and less panicked. This wasn't the weirdest thing that's ever happened to her after all! Well, it probably wasn't anyway, but she wasn't about to sit around comparing them. She'd woken up in a forest with a weird book and nothing else, not even her own clothing let alone an explanation. Flipping through the pages of the book had given her a few details (although not as many as there could have been considering she wasn't exactly patient enough to sit around and read thoroughly at the moment) but really the BEST way to figure something out was to get up and out and see what it was with your own eyes.
Sometimes, anyway.
Seeing buildings had been a huge relief but the closer she got to them the more she found herself pausing. Of course part of her wanted to run right in and start demanding answers. The biggest part, really. But there was another, much smaller part that was telling her to be cautious and patient about the situation to avoid doing anything reckless.
That part sounded an awful lot like Tenzin.
Sure, she wasn't the best at taking his advice back home but in this situation she had to grudgingly admit that maybe she should at least start out cautious. Which is why she's now slowly peeking around a building, one hand against the wall and the other held up as if expecting a fight at any second- ]
[ Oh, look! A new video entry. It starts up and it's… upside down. Actually it's more like the picture is twirling, so even though it starts upside down it's slowly turning until it's right-side up for a moment, revealing a teenage girl staring at it suspiciously before the slow spinning starts up again as she turns the journal around in her hands. ]
If this really is a camera it's the smallest one I've ever seen. [ She finally comments, stopping the spinning so that she is sideways on the screen. ] And what good is it even supposed to do, anyway?! Is this some kind of mover thing? Can anyone see me? Can anyone-
[ The video suddenly freezes as if she'd paused it, then starts up again. ] -like I'm talking to a book. Great. I get kidnapped or lost or whatever and I'm talking to a book. This is just- [ It pauses for a few seconds again. ] -I can't believe- [ Pause. ] -who even- [ Pause. Finally after what seems like a longer pause the video finally starts playing again and Korra is finally facing the right way with the camera. She looks pretty panicked. ]
Okay, this book is weird. It started talking to me and there's all sorts of writing but why do I even have this? Who even are you people writing in here? This is ridiculous. I'm leaving. ...As soon as I find the exit.
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[ Korra's managed to find her way to the actual village now, still wearing the white shirt and pants she arrived in but a little more focused and less panicked. This wasn't the weirdest thing that's ever happened to her after all! Well, it probably wasn't anyway, but she wasn't about to sit around comparing them. She'd woken up in a forest with a weird book and nothing else, not even her own clothing let alone an explanation. Flipping through the pages of the book had given her a few details (although not as many as there could have been considering she wasn't exactly patient enough to sit around and read thoroughly at the moment) but really the BEST way to figure something out was to get up and out and see what it was with your own eyes.
Sometimes, anyway.
Seeing buildings had been a huge relief but the closer she got to them the more she found herself pausing. Of course part of her wanted to run right in and start demanding answers. The biggest part, really. But there was another, much smaller part that was telling her to be cautious and patient about the situation to avoid doing anything reckless.
That part sounded an awful lot like Tenzin.
Sure, she wasn't the best at taking his advice back home but in this situation she had to grudgingly admit that maybe she should at least start out cautious. Which is why she's now slowly peeking around a building, one hand against the wall and the other held up as if expecting a fight at any second- ]
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[He grins meekly.]
But maybe you're right! Maybe the two of us can solve things together here. I'm really glad to meet you in person again, too!
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[ No, no no. That couldn't be right. Because if Aang was stuck here for two years, what hope did she have of getting back home?! She looks a little concerned at this, suddenly looking around her and thinking that she might have underestimated this place. ] That's awful. I'm so sorry, Aang. I promise I'll do whatever I can to help. [ Although yet again, if HE couldn't do it…
Something else catches her attention and she turns back to him. ] What do you mean, meet me again?
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[ But she doesn't look as sure as she sounds, and as she crosses her arms some things click into place. ] ...You did know me.[ She concedes. ] I didn't think about it because I thought you were, you know, all spirity.
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This... this would be the second time you forgot.
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But that's awful! All those people we don't remember. And then we get back home and we have no way of avoiding getting caught again because we don't remember it in the first place!
[ But she's getting a little worked up again, so she takes a breath. ] Sorry. I know it's not your fault, and I really appreciate you telling me about all of it. I wish I could remember. [ Silence for a moment. ] Have you ever… forgotten? Or left?
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Well... I've kind of done both in the past. When I first got here, to Luceti, I as told that I have been here in the past. Twice. Just like you, I didn't remember it at all. But I also wasn't around for long those times. [It was like toying with the emotions of Katara and Sokka, who were stuck there through all of that.]
And- and once, a few months after I got here... I did go home. It was weird. I lived through a few more days at home, but then I was back here in Luceti the next day. And I remembered this place still. Aside from that... I've been here in Luceti this whole time.
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So you didn't forget every time. I wonder what decides whether we'll remember or not? [ Whoever it was, she was totally gonna have some words with them. Very strong words. She shakes her head. ] I'm sorry you've been here all this time. I've never heard any stories about you being in a place like this, and I wanted to hear every story.
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[ A good attempt at an optimistic smile. ] I mean, we've gotta get out… eventually, right?
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I just know we gotta find a way out. [He tries his own optimistic smile, even if the length of time he's been here makes it a little harder.] After all, we have to get home so that the people in your time can be born!
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You know uh, everyone! Yeah.
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Right. For everyone! But... I do know that I'll have kids. Someday. And grandkids! Jinora's here too, by the way.
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Jinora! Here! Her dad's gonna flip if he ever finds out.
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But now, Sokka and Zuko had gone home and returned without as fresh newcomers. Only Katara has been here longer than him. And he's seen so many friends come and go, and felt the joy and pain of each time.
He softly smiles.]
He probably would. He- he kind of was here for a little while...! But that was a long time ago. I... I'm doing my best to take care of her, like he would.
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I'm sure you're doing a great job! Tenzin would be over the moon if he knew you were taking care of his kids. [ Well the fact that they were kidnapped and all might put a damper on that, but she decided not to mention that part. ]
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[He does miss him dearly. And he misses Ikki dearly. But he also can't help but chuckle.]
He did look kind of silly with wings.
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And I'm sure the kids love getting to see you, too!
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If an Avatar's that sure, than I just know I have to believe her!
I- I'm sure, too. I never imagined kids as great as them. Getting to know any of them, even for just a little amount of time... it's a blessing I never could have seen coming. [There's a mix of fondness and sadness in his tone. He does know he won't be alive when they're born, after all. Their time here is - in Ikki's case was - all the time they'd ever have.]
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They are great kids. They're smart and funny, and they've been really helpful. I guess… even as awful as being brought here has been, at least you've gotten to see them. [ She nods eagerly. ] Maybe we can even find a way for you all to remember each other when we get out of here.
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You're right. They're - they're the best kids I know. I really hope there's a way to hold onto these memories without messing up the past. I know there's just gotta be a way!
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We'll figure it out for sure. I just wish you could see them back home with all the new airbenders, too. I've heard they're pretty good teachers. [ She's sure Jinora's told him all about that, though, since it hasn't occurred to Korra yet that Jinora might also not be from her exact time. ]
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Wait... what? [That doesn't sound right.] Oh- you mean, new air acolytes. Right?
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You... don't know about the airbenders? But Ikki and Jinora were here! [ Unless... they got here before the airbenders started showing up. That wasn't that long ago for her, after all. A look of understanding hits her face suddenly and a smile starts growing. ]
Oh, man. Have I got some new from the future for you.
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