the avatar state / implies emotional pain / or perfect control

[roc_on]

Jun did a show last night, so maybe he's holding it together well enough to do a lesson today. It'd sure help take Beila's mind off things; maybe it'd do the same for him. She can always fly away again if he's not feeling it.

Knock knock?

Comments

[roc_on]

"But it would be a shortcut to doing that bridge across the ocean I vaguely want to build. I could just poll all my past lives and come out knowing exactly how to pull it off and then bam."

[fiery_delights]

"Bridge across the ocean, huh? From where to where?"

[roc_on]

"From here to the Fire Nation mainland, I think. Transit otherwise involves going over a ton of islands or in a boat, which is great if you want the scenery and not great if you get seasick and want to be there in a hurry."

[fiery_delights]

"Seems reasonable."

[roc_on]

"I like to think so."

[fiery_delights]

"It would've been very uncharacteristic if you'd said, oh, 'from the north pole to the south pole, it seems unfair that they have to use boats'."

[roc_on]

"I did consider from the Earth mainland to the North Pole, but the actual borders of the North Pole are complicated enough what with it being substantially composed of ice that building bridges to it is a problem."

[fiery_delights]

"Yeah. And a bridge between the poles seems... like it's answering the question 'where is the coolest place to build a bridge across the ocean', not 'where is the most useful place to build a bridge across the ocean' or 'what's a good way to make travel between the poles easier'; that's why I'd be surprised if you suggested it."

[roc_on]

"Also it would be a structural nightmare. Like, the planet turns! The forces involved in that would probably be pretty significant at a pole-to-pole bridge level."

[fiery_delights]

"That too. But I also wouldn't expect you to let practical challenges stand in your way if you really wanted a bridge between the poles for some reason."

[roc_on]

"True. But it might take more than mastering the Avatar State."

[fiery_delights]

"It might! Even the combined knowledge of all past Avatars can only get you, well, the combined knowledge of all past Avatars, and I've noticed there doesn't seem to be a bridge between the poles. So even if somebody did build one, I'd hardly call it a successful project."

[roc_on]

"Exactly."

[fiery_delights]

He grins.

Yes, the walk is definitely helping.

[roc_on]

Stroll, stroll. Perpetual helpful breeze so she doesn't fall down. Stroll.

[fiery_delights]

And: "That looks like ice cream to me!"

[roc_on]

"It does! Wonder if they have red bean."

[fiery_delights]

"Let's find out!"

They do have red bean. They also have many other flavours, of which Jun tries the three most excitingly-named ones.

[roc_on]

Beila gets some red bean. And some chocolate sauce to put on it.

[fiery_delights]

Jun eyes the chocolate sauce and other miscellaneous adornments speculatively, but restrains himself to just a few fruit syrups.

[roc_on]

Nom.

[fiery_delights]

Jun enjoys his ice cream immensely.

"Yeah, this was a good plan. Thanks for inspiring it."

[roc_on]

"You're welcome."

[fiery_delights]

Nom!

[roc_on]

"Do you wanna keep strolling into further unfamiliar parts of town?"