001 // [ video ] backdated to 7/12

[intenz]

[ 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. ]

Comments

[some sort of journal reply (bah)]

[powdersup]

-Tenzin?! You're really here?!

[Not that she like. stalks the journals but she was looking on them because she was taking a break from her interior decorating and-!]

[journal reply works for me]

[intenz]

[ A-ha. One accounted for. Definitely worth a sigh. ]

So it seems. Have you been harmed in any way? [ Why yes, this is his planned first question for more or less everyone familiar. ]

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

Why are you asking about them? [SUSPICIOUS- oh wait, this has a video. It's an old guy with a blue tattoo and a beard. He has basically one guess who this is. So changing gears.] Wait. You must be Tenzin. Right?

[Voice]

[intenz]

[ He will ask about everything he wants to ask about. Well, maybe not really. Tenzin's not quite got the gist of the everyone-is-captive aspect of Luceti, so he'll respond with a measure of his own suspicion. ]

Yes, I must be. May I ask who's speaking?

[spiritblocked]

So they got you too.

[intenz]

Korra. [ Relief: check. Prompt responses from important parties, he's actually feeling a bit lucky in this today. ] I'm afraid so. Are you all right?

[airbound]

Daddy? They brought you here too?

[intenz]

[ JINORA. That makes for his top three remaining concerns checked off. Now there are only... the rest of them to handle. ] It seems they have. But that may be for the better.

[ Who are 'they'? Something to ask later, for certain. ] Where are you? Are you all right?

[ action ] because i like to be different

[markofthebrave]

[So, guess who likes to check up on her granddaughters throughout the day, even though they call in and let her know where they are. This girl.

And anyway, grocery shopping for a house full of this many kids and teenagers is a horrific fact of life.

So Katara's on her way to the plaza - she'll check in with Ikki and get more groceries all at the same time. Win/win!

Of course, she could just be any seventeen year old from the Southern Water Tribe, Tenzin. There's no reason to suspect she's your mother.]

[ action ] and we shall Katara - Tenzin - Ikki?

[intenz]

[ Oh no, sure, nothing familiar about her to catch his interest in the slightest.

...maybe a bit of a stretch, there. She's obviously Water Tribe (which is obviously not a culture in great number here) and obviously familiar- it's just. Hard to pinpoint precisely how and still come out with a conclusion that's somewhat sensible. Which is a ridiculous goal to be aiming for, all things considered, but still one he can't quite give up.

Tenzin catches sight of her from his bench seat and furrows his impressive eyebrows immediately, tracking her path. ]

[Video]

[savedtheworld]

[Aang was flipping through the journal when a video came up, and he froze in place. None of the words the man said reached him. Instead, he was fixated on his appearance.

An adult airbender..

His eyes widened, his pulse quickened. There were many obvious clues to this man's identity - Ikki's descriptions and drawings, the names he was listening, but these were all filtered out by a distant and ancient hope that was beating within him. Aang found himself only focusing on two memories:

A vague shadow of a memory, in which an air nun holds up a baby. A man and a woman stand off to the side. If he focuses on the memory, he feels like that man has a beard.

And he finds himself thinking of Hakoda, accepting Sokka and Katara into his arms at the end of the war.

Aang doesn't notice that his finger is on the record button. He doesn't notice the thought that he proceeds to breathe out into the journal.]

Dad...?

[Video] starting out with all the feelings this is going to be great

[intenz]

[ You do get used to seeing your father's face as it once was on a daily basis, living on Air Temple Island, really. The features, the arrow... a bit different in the flesh than in stone, but that's not surprising.

Avatar Aang.

None of them should be here, any of them, and he's suddenly fiercely sure of it. The past Avatar, living, breathing, young- seeing him is the slightest bit painful. He lived on in so many ways after his passing, of course, in the city, in his family, in Korra, completing his turn in the grand scheme of things, and Tenzin's known for nearly all his life that nobody is ever truly gone when they've moved on. But that doesn't make it very easy in practice. He doesn't imagine there's an age you reach where you see a lost loved one's face and don't miss them. Simply another part of living.

Maybe the deep spiritual aspects of this particular message can be contemplated later. For the time being, he's resting a very cautious hand on the page and staring at it as it deserves. ]

Father?

[ ...oh, that was probably not the greatest way to address him with his age being what it apparently is, but Tenzin and groundbreaking surprises have never quite gotten on well. ]

[Private]

[endgames]

[It's not the picture in the journal that immediately gives away this man's identity so much as it is who he's calling for. All people from Katara's world, from that time in her future, but first and foremost the children.

That's a dad thing.]

Your reputation precedes you.

[Private]

[intenz]

So I'm noticing. [ Ikki, spreader of identities and news the likes of which the world has never seen. ]

[voice]

[paladinlost]

[Tenzin, here's a helpful complete stranger, just for you.]

Should you not find the people you seek, sir, you might want to visit the Welcome Center. They might have left a message for you in the guestbook during a previous stay.

[voice]

[intenz]

[ Well, those are the best kind of stranger. A welcome center, definitely noting that. ]

I see. Thank you, that's very useful to know. May I ask who's speaking?

voice;

[metalbends]

[Oh geez. She's not sure how many more of these appearances from the future she can take.]

You...you know Ikki and Korra? ...How?

voice;

[intenz]

[ The question is how do you know them. But then, she does sound very young, and children have a way of coming together. ]

I'm Ikki's father, and Korra's teacher. [ Of Airbending, but you know. Details are to be shared as they will. ]

[voice]

[alabastatomboy]

You know Ikki? [She blinks at the man in the journal, mentally comparing him to a picture Ikki drew not long ago. Big smile, now.]

Are you her Papa?

[voice]

[intenz]

[ Aaaa, small child. ]

I am, yes- my name is Tenzin. What's your name?

voice;

[pretense]

[Oh...Tenzin...great...]

What's happened is that you're trapped here, Tenzin.

voice;

[intenz]

Tarrlok. [ ...diplomacy... suspicious diplomacy still counts. :| ] I'd heard we were joining you here. How have you been faring?

[action] -if this is okay?

[wise_maiden]

[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.]

[action] sure!

[intenz]

[ 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. ]

[risingwinds]

[Like many of the others responding, Ven happened to meet Ikki and see her drawings of her family. And since Ikki decide to make Ven her brother, it only makes sense for him to say something or other.

So, here, have a blonde, almost-seventeen-year-old on the other end here.]

Wow, there sure are a lot of people from your world showing up! Hopefully it hasn't been too much to take in.

[After all, Luceti is... its own brand of special.]

I'm so sorry for taking this long to get back to you!

[intenz]

[ The family name is clearly one known among Lucetians, then. He will never underestimate Ikki's social tendencies. ]

Thank you. I'm fairly secure in the knowledge that it could be more difficult to accept than it has been so far.