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[ Hey, these are just things that happen to everyone. Waking up with wings in unknown barrier-surrounded nature, finding one of your children playing in the fountain perfectly at ease and getting the majority of your information from her. Very fast-paced, quite nonsensical seeming information at that.

Luceti, thus far, could not make any less sense. This probably shows on his face. Which, depending on Luceti citizens' art recognition skills, may be somewhat familiar. The odds are... what they are.

Tenzin is grateful for the little communications crash-course Ikki so happily provided, though. He passes on writing out a message in pink marker, though. The journal will catch the end of this conversation before he diverts attention to the pages again. Clearing throat and 3, 2, 1. ]

Jinora, if you can hear this, respond immediately. Korra, Asami, the same applies to you. I've found Ikki- [ If the featured airbending child securely latched onto his neck is anything to go by, of course. And the 'please' after that "same applies to you" is implied, all right. ] I would like to make sure everyone else is all right, and hear about what's happened.

[ You know, to see which elements corroborate with what he heard of Ikki's experiences. Especially regarding who she's been staying with. Which he'll be seeing for himself in person later, of course, once his daughter goes through with all plans to march him to Avatar House like a new pet. So there's that much. ]

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Nope. They have a nasty habit of making relaxing pretty tough to pull off anyway.

You're right. [ Oh, there are years' worth of things they could talk about. Which could be good or bad or neither. Possibly both. ] If word of mouth is to be believed, I won't be going anywhere for some time.

[ So why shouldn't they talk about them eventually? ]

[Aang softly releases his hold and steps back a few.]

Yeah, that's how it works. Sometimes... sometimes, people disappear back to home quickly, but others have been here for years. Like your - yuh- Katara, and Uncle Sokka. I've only been here a few months. So you've... just arrived today, right? How are you settling in?

I'd call it... unsettling. Very unusual. Potentially dangerous.

Just, uh... be ready for it to get really strange.

There is quite a lot to say about Luceti, even if few enjoy hearing most of it. Yet it's best to try and warn New Feathers, at least.

[Still with the polite wording. Isn't a lot of that the same as what he said?]

Aa, there's no potentially about it. If you noticed it this early, you should be able to tell.

[And so, dragging her granddaughter with her - might as well let this be a three-way-hug - Katara embraced Ikki's father. Who also happened to be her son. In the future.

...it was a wonder she didn't run away screaming, actually. He's so old. I don't know him at all.

No, she won't think of that. She just knocks viciously on the door of her heart and tears opened the gates that had shut in self-defense because she would at least give him this much consequence.

Circumstances aside, he's part of our family.

She closed her eyes and concentrated on conveying only these thoughts through her hug: I know you're scared. I know you're confused. I am too. But it will be okay, because we're family and we're together.]

[Raine tends to have errands that take her to the plaza, so she'll notice the pair chatting by the fountain as she finishes a grocery store visit. She knows Aang, and recently met Ikki, so there's certainly some familiarity there, so she'll begin to approach.]

[ :{|> !!!! ]

[ Ikki let herself be pulled in without a single complaint. She couldn't reach her arms all the way around either of them, and she was too short to see their faces, but it was a strange, familiar feeling, to be held by both of these people.

Katara looked so much younger next to Ikki's father. It was strange, and jarring, but it wasn't an inherently bad feeling for Ikki.

Without knowing her, without having her in their times, Katara and Aang and Sokka and Toph and everyone had welcomed her in, even if there might have been problems she couldn't see. Whatever they weren't to her, whatever they would become, they were family always, and Ikki held onto that belief, lived it in family dinners and waking up to make breakfast with Aang or Sokka.

And a very big part of her was so, so happy she could introduce these people to someone she loved as much as her father. Even with the problems that might bring. ]

[ Well, there are any number of people milling about in Luceti, of course. Tenzin looks up at her approach. ]

Can I help you? [ Nothing threatening or malicious about it, just a genuine curious question. ]

[ And... Tenzin will return that hug. Of course.

Having Ikki in on it as well makes it a little bit easier, makes him feel a touch less awkward in light of everything. It's not entirely unlike looking at Korra and once in a while being entirely aware that she's his father reborn. Katara, who is not entirely his mother but who holds her family in such high regard, very different but almost the same on some fundamental level.

There have been worse hugs in the world. ]

Anything that removes my children from their home like this could hardly be safe.

A wise course of action. It has a way of... taking one by surprise.

I believe you said it yourself; we are trapped with wings. If things somehow manage not to get stranger, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

I've been here for a few hours. As far as settling goes... everyone seems to be all right. Nothing has tried to eat me. [ Which, hey, sometimes you have to anticipate. ] It could be much worse.

[ He almost asks if she's been all right, then... well, thinks better of it. Kidnapped, coded, winged and trapped, he doesn't think he should expect too much from it. ]

Not surprising. But still very unfortunate.

And you, Sokka. I look forward to discussing what it is you've learned in your time here.

She's right. Bending is a natural part of someone, like their hair color or their eyes- even their spirit. Though we certainly wouldn't mind seeing more of us in the world somehow.

[ Composure, man, composure. ]

Why is that? [ Don't bring my mom into this man this will get REAL. ]

[He knows that tone man. That's your "trying to contain frustration" tone.]

She cornered me, in a way. [BREATH OUT TARRLOK no need to get Tenzin mad. As much as he hates to admit it, Tenzin is one of the more rational people of the current group.] That is the quickest and most adequate way of explaining how I've been fairing, suffice to say. Not that I expect you to actually worry about me.

[As a rule, Katara's hugs are heartfelt and brief, and this is no exception. She pulls away and looks... up.

Gah. Awkward.]

Welcome to Luceti.

[Tenzin.

She can't make herself say the name.]

[He laughs at the part about being eaten even though it isn't funny.]

Yeah... it could be a lot worse. At least you're with family. We... we've been doing our best to take care of your daughters, and I've been giving them Airbending lessons so they can stay safe.

Edited 2012-07-18 05:55 (UTC)

You're from our world and stuck in the same position as the rest of us. I can assure you my concern extends to you. [ You helped in the defeat of Amon and don't have your bending. Trust doesn't necessarily have to go hand in hand with wanting someone not to get killed. ]

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