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Appointments Post ( II )

This post here is for personal conversations which should happen but one or both of us doesn't want to put up a new post/log and thus we will just thread it out here. This can be used to thread with Masaomi anytime and anywhere. This can either be in person (with action), or via the journal's call feature (voice and/or written).

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[Action, March 11th]
[Voice, September 8th]
Written, June 10th]

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[But the friendliness is definitely a good sign.]

Oh - sure! I can head over right away!

Thanks, we'll be waiting!

[And he closes the book. Seeing as how they're done using this room he turns to the girls and-]

So, to the lobby, ladies?

Edited 2012-10-19 05:01 (UTC)

Alright - I'll see you there.

[And Aang closes the journal, then starts gliding his way over.]

[To the lobby]

[ Ikki would have asked Katara to check on Soren's injuries, if any. What is the difference between people healer and bird healer?

Otherwise just chilling with Soren and maybe Linda on the floor here. ]

[And Katara would have taken care of any injuries she found. They shouldn't have too long to wait in the lobby. Aang can move quickly when he wants to.]

[He does indeed arrive. In under ten minutes maybe? But rest assured he steps into the lobby with his freshly retracted staff and gives a friendly wave.]

Hey everyone! [And he looks up to the bird.] That must be Soren!

Sir, yes sir. [He is, by now, petting Linda and sitting on the ground himself. He didn't get a good work out there, nor did Linda, so he's pacifying her a bit]

[ Benches are for chumps, clearly. Ikki waves at her grandfather before he comes over, and nods cheerfully. She's talked about Soren and Chien often enough that Aang's heard all the stories. ]

Yep! Grandpa, meet Soren - Soren, this is my grandpa, Aang! [ Soren, newly looked at by Katara, offers Aang a greeting. Sup. ]

[...yup. Meet Soren.

You know. A violent animal for your granddaughter to train to become more violent.]

[It's a bit odd. But although Aang might have learned some of Soren's fighting prowess through Ikki, he so far doesn't have any reason to think Soren isn't being kept like a normal pet by Ikki. So he walks over and gives another wave to Soren, patting Ikki's shoulder as he passes her.]

Hi, Soren! It's nice to meet you.

[ He'll very shortly have a reason to think that, though. ]

Sifu Masaomi called you to talk about Soren and I being partners. [ She says the last part pretty firmly, but she's smiling now, unlike how she was that morning after she'd figured out Chien was gone. ]

Ikki [Katara offered] told Soren he could always come to her if he needed help.

{Here, Aang, have the whole of the tangle.]

Partners, huh? Kinda like me and Appa? That's great! [And he listens to Katara.] And he's gonna protect you? He's gotta be real skilled from everything you've told us. [He nods at the bird.] Thanks, Soren.

Protect each other, actually.

[You know, if someone's going to hammer it in, it might as well be him. He pats Linda once, and the girl Magnet Rises up to the top of his head as he stands] You see, Pokemon are creatures you choose their trainers, and work with those trainers to grow stronger together. The bond between them, one which transcends friendship and loyalty, I'm not sure I can describe. Soren, having lost his trainer, extended and offer to grow that bond to Ikki. Ikki's accepted it and I've accepted to help her grow as a trainer.

Edited 2012-10-19 05:55 (UTC)

[He pauses here. Falters, really. He's much more loathe to be emotionally open to Aang than he is to Katara... but.

I forgive you.

He closes his eyes, breathes in, and then nods]

But Katara suggested, and I agree, that you play a part in the choice that she's allowed. Pokemon are creatures of battle, and while frinedship and trust are of paramount importance, they will also invariably feel the need to compete and grow stronger. Soren is no exception to that rule.

[Or... so he's projecting.

Linda can't go a day without a good fight, tbh. And she glances over at Soren from the top of Masaomi's head to say "yeah that's right when Ikki's up to snuff, we're rematching and I'm kicking your butt again, cool?"]

[ Soren's always up for a fight with Linda, but he's also pretty capable of finding other entertainments. Not fighting at all would wear on him, but outside of his rivalry he's capable of being a lot less combative than the always-competitive Linda.

The look he gives Linda in return doesn't convey any of that nuance, though.

Ikki stands up now, and puts a hand on Soren, just enough that he stops paying attention to Linda for the moment. ]

We practiced a little, and it was hard, but I think we'd do better next time! Well, Soren did really well, but I didn't know enough to help him except at the end.

I watched. [Katara said simply, her stomach churning.] It was a lot, but Ikki did well.

I... I see. [There's less of a smile now as he takes this all in. And it's not going down smoothly. But he still has a light smile for Ikki when she talks. Except he's a bit uneasy about what they could have been practicing.] But what do you mean... they have to fight?

Battle, anyway...

[...He'll need to explain this again] A trainer, ideally, assists their pokemon in battle. She relays commands to them, helps them see strategies to follow, and assists them in binds. She makes sure that they come out okay, and really, in the ideal world, runs alongside them to the finish.

Pokemon don't fight for the sake of violence. They battle to grow stronger, for the sake of their honor, and to strengthen the connection to their partners.

[Or so he's been lead to understand it. Ikki might have her own insights.]

[ Her own insights are pretty simple. ] It's like they're all pro-benders, and we're a two-person team.

[Just listening now.]

Like probenders. [He glances between all of them, still filled with some uncertainty, but trying to grasp the situation. He'd tried to understand the nature of the Pokemon trainers and respect that he didn't fully understand their culture. Why Silver had a crow Pokemon that got hit by a lance. There was nothing he could do to change it - but now that it was part of his own household, he felt a need to understand this as completely as possible.]

Or... or like normal bending sparring. This is... They're supposed to be safe, right?

In a real battle, no one ought to die. But it's still a contest of power and skill, so there is not a problem no one will get hurt, particularly the pokemon.

[You were at Gold and Silver's battle. You saw?

That said, to pokemon, "hurt" is very relative. Linda can take blows no one should be able to take and keep going]

But I can promise you for Ikki's training, should this go through - I'm always going to be with you and I'll always ensure she's safe for that.

Soren wouldn't let me get hurt, either. [ Not unless he wasn't able to stop it - Ikki's as certain in that as she is in Katara and Aang's ability to protect her. ]

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