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[waterdroplet]

This is ridiculous! Whatever brought us here can't just assume that we'll start a new life in this place, when we have important things to do back home.

[Well, this girl sure sounds annoyed and frustrated. That's the best way to hide the fact, that she's about to freak out, right? Her eyes look worried though. No, really, she should be saving a friend from dying, and not -- sit here, talking to some strange device and be forced to plan how she's going to live here.

Katara's been here for an hour, maybe two, and apparently she hasn't moved much from the place where people wake up. It's more that she sure doesn't want to get far away from the water, but you should know her skills to realize that. Or maybe she's waiting to be magically transported back to her world, who knows.]

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[neverfeltthatway]

[Okay, so maybe Armin's a little too used to explaining things to new Travelers. He answers the video before he quite realizes that there isn't much to explain.

Well, even so...] I get the idea that they don't really care if we had anything important back home.

And... time works differently here. Whoever brought us here can pull us from different times back home. Almost everyone else here from my world was brought from my f-future - but they insist I was never missing back home.

So I k-know it's not a lot of comfort, and it's impossible to know for sure - but the t-time you spend here doesn't necessarily mean you're missing anything back h-home. You could be brought back to exactly the same point that you left.

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[waterdroplet]

[Katara sighs. Yeah, she figured they wouldn't really care even if situations back home are Possible End of the World type bad situations.]

I kind of wonder if we can find them somewhere to make them start caring about our ppinions on it.

[Then again, she's pretty sure people have tried that by now. And something in the way he's talking and about the things he says makes her feel like she could at least try to be nice here. It's not his fault, that they're here.]

That ... sounds impossible, but then again being teleported into a whole different world should be impossible too. But timebending, really? Shouldn't that be impossible? [Sorry, she is really confused.] I'm glad you have friends from home here though.

[He is right, it's not a lot of comfort and well, being impossible to know for sure just makes it worse.]

Well, I better not miss anything back there! [...Sorry, still not your fault, that she's here and she really appreciates the efforts and company, but...] That still sounds crazy, but what about everyone else who is in the same situation? Time just stops there and continues if I ever go back?

[She looks really, really worried. Why is she here, she should be saving a life back home. This is even more confusing than Aang's Spirit World journeys, time doesn't stop back in the material world during those either, so sorry if she's too confused about all of this.]

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[lookprofessor]

Lots of people feel this way but there's no way to go back home right now, not that I know of.

[If he did he would be going home himself. Anyway, the blue capped boy tips his hat towards her with a little smile, though cleary uncertain] < / small >

My name is Luke.

Can I maybe help you? It's awfully cold out there right now.

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[waterdroplet]

[Why are there little kids here??!! Okay so Katara is only 14 herself and Aang is 12, like that's any different.]

... Yeah, that's what the lady on the screen said, but I was kind of hoping there'd be one by now.

[ awwww, well she's going to nice to a kid, so no need to be uncertain.]

I'm Katara.

It's not so cold as my home village, at least. But if you happen to know where I could find something warm to wear, that would be nice.

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[energybends]

KATARA!

[ in complete contrast to katara, aang just looks like he won the lottery. he threw his hands up and dropped the device even out of excitement. there's a pause - then it gets picked back up. there's a pause and he almost starts explaining things but he realized he knows where she is. everyone arrives there. ]

I'll be right over!

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[waterdroplet]

[Oh for the love of spirits --- She's really shocked to see him, but then again she's also really happy to see him even if this makes no sense at all.]

AANG?!

[Wait, what are you doing here?!

You should be fighting the Fire Lord, whatever he calls himself right now!

How? ...The explanation about time differences on the first reply starts making a little sense now, maybe. Katara has too many questions, but if he's coming here, then she sure isn't asking them on this device.]

I... I'll be here.

[Waiting more or less patiently, watching everywhere to see where he'll be coming, yup.]

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[banishment]

[ aang may look as if he just won the lottery, but zuko looks like someone woke him up this morning by way of ruffling every feather possible. from his point of view, katara still hates him. the last thing she said to him, over half a year ago when he was still residing in their world instead of this one, had been laced with sarcasm and borderline venomous. of course he wouldn't be terribly thrilled to see her, if that's the case. of course he would be groaning on his end before he switches the feed on, because dealing with someone who can't stand him and refuses to see that he's changed and he's sorry is the last thing he needs right now.

but he comes on the line anyway, locking it down tight so azula doesn't see. he could've answered publicly with an affronted waterbender, but having katara actually think he was still the enemy was counterproductive. ]

Looks like Aang's probably already heading your way.

[ lineface. he's fully expecting to be yelled at in three, two, one— ]

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[waterdroplet]

[ Katara has no idea why you look like that, Zuko, but she looks really shocked to see you. Aang being here was confusing in sort of bad way because he should be fighting agains the Fire Lord and saving the world! Not that she isn't glad to see Aang, she's really happy to see him and you actually, but still. How is their world going to survive if Aang is here?!

But seeing Zuko is another thing. She's been here for a while, freaking out about how she can't be here because she needs to help him back home and -- well, there he is! Looking like -- she's not sure how he looks, except he sure don't look like he just got almost killed.

Okay, give her a moment to just stare while her mind thinks back to the moment of seeing him saving her from that lightning.

1, 2, 3 --]

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[waterdroplet]

You're okay?!?

[Sorry, were you expecting to get yelled at? Somehow differently?? She looks and sounds really relieved, actually, so have fun with that confusion. But oh no, wait --]

How?? What kind of healer did you --?

[You better have seen a healer, mister! Well, it's not like he'd survive from it without someone with healing powers around, would he?]

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[waterdroplet]

[Seriously, she's so glad to see him being okay, that after the confusion she even looks really happy and relieved here. And yes, those are definitely some tears of joy too.

Welcome to being one of her best friends, Zuko. Enjoy the confusion of Katara being on top of the world to see you right now.]

You're okay, right?

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[seismos]

[ toph's face is like a quarter in the frame because stupid device and weiss was right she should be practicing more and also STUPID DEVICE. so katara's view is mostly sky and whatever building is behind toph at the moment. ]

Finally! What took you so long, Katara? Jeez.

[ translation? toph totally missed you and this is the most gracious hello she could come up with. ]

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[waterdroplet]

Toph?! [How many people from home are here?]

I didn't know we were gathering here. How long have you been here? Where are you?

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[firefandance]

Or we were brought here for another reason, but I can agree that it sucks being brought here when there are things one has to do back home.

[Well she didn't have to do anything back home herself. Nothing important, but she could understand why someone wouldn't like to be here.]

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[waterdroplet]

Maybe, but we're kind of in the middle of saving the world back home... [So horrible timing, for whatever reason.] ...No one really knows what the reason for this is or who brought us here?

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[kindprincess]

[Yuuki knew that much herself. She was in the middle of doing something important to help someone... Who when he came didn't remember her for whatever reason for who she was and didn't believe that she was who she said she was at the time. That was a confusing time in her life really.]

You must be really mad, but I can understand it. I mean after all if you have something to do back home that is very important, one will get angry and annoyed at this situation.

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[waterdroplet]

I was -- well, I still am because kidnapping people like this is just wrong, especially from the middle of important things. But a friend from home explained a lot of things here. So I think I might be starting to calm down.

[yes hello situations where she can't say the truth about it being two friends, who helped her to calm down. And wow, why is Zuko from time, when she still hates him? This is still confusing, and kind of frustrating since she remembers them being friends now. Well, it's a lot better than many other situations could be, so she's going to just roll with it somehow.]

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[bedeutungslos]

[ Augusta doesn't have anything particularly world-changing going on back at home other than dutifully finishing her education, but she relates to this concern nevertheless. ]

I thought the same when I arrived. In a way, it is unsettling how fast one can settle in here after all, no matter if there is a place one needs to be.

There is no way out though, so adapting at least temporarily is likely the only choice we have.

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[waterdroplet]

I'm glad I'm not the only one, who thinks so after arriving. Well, the settling in part sounds easy enough, when I kind of have a lot of experience from it back home where we've traveled a lot. Especially since we have no other options, yeah.

[She's so glad she's acted like a mother for the group, and for her brother, for so long by now. That and all the traveling experience going to help a lot with settling in here. Also apparently you hit some buttons, where she has a lot to say about this?]

Calming down after arrival might be another thing though, though I seem to have friends from home to help me with that. But I'm pretty sure that's not the case for everyone.

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[dreamingartist]

It's not so bad. Once you get used to it...it won't be just like your home, but you can still have a comfortable life here.

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[waterdroplet]

Yeah, it does seem like a good place for comfortable life, but kidnapping people like this is wrong. [Even if everyone she's met has been nice, so at least there's that. Not that anyone can do anything about the kidnapping part.]

And well, a lot of places aren't like my home at all, if by home we mean the place where I was born and not the whole world where I'm from. This is more like... Fire Nation or Earth Kingdom.

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[whiteas]

They don't particularly care what we were doing back home, but at least you don't have to worry about missing out on it.

[ She might notice the room Weiss is talking from is the same one that Zuko was talking to her from, but Weiss hasn't figured out who this is yet. Not that she really knows who Katara is besides a couple of vague mentions, but if she did she would've been more careful about talking to her. ]

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[waterdroplet]

[Sorry to say, that Katara doesn't actually pay much attention to the room right now. She's too busy being surprised to see Weiss. Sure sure, the video everyone see first says she's one of the kidnapped people too, but it's still somehow surprising to talk with her now.

Well, okay then. It's not like Katara has anything against people, who seem nice and welcoming and give a lot of useful and good information right from the start.

...Why would Zuko be in the same room with a girl anyway?]

I kind of noticed, that they don't care about it. But I think a mention of the timebending - or whatever you call the ability to manipulate time like this place seems be capable of - could have been very useful on that welcoming video. People probably wouldn't believe it at first, I guess, but at least they'd have one less thing to worry about.

[...She's so good at first impressions today, but yes hello future boss. At least Katara sounds friendly and calmer by now.]

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[alwaysgrounded]

Well uhm.. I know it's not much help but I've been told time freezes back home while we're here.

[Because otherwise Rapunzel would never stop freaking out.]

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[waterdroplet]

[Wow, all that hair...]

Yeah, I heard about that. I'm still not sure if I believe it, I want to even if it sounds crazy... but freezing is a really interesting word for it.

[Does she look amused? Oh yeah, the waterbender definitely looks amused.]

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[frost_bitten]

Unfortunately that's exactly what they assume... Or at least that's all we have to go on about that.

[Hello, Katara. Meet the ice queen.]

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[waterdroplet]

Well, at least they're not making us all fight against each other or throwing something at us to fight against right from the start...

[Not that she couldn't handle the second part of that. Hello ice queen, meet waterbending master, also known as Miss Hope or something else positive.]

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[onlythepinkest]

[Oh uhm... This is going to be interesting... Remember that one girl who has blocked your chi before? Yeah... She's not actually a bad person.]

Oh well... It's not as bad as it would be back home for me, but I know you guys have important things to continue.

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[waterdroplet]

[ ... Wow, Katara is actually glad to see Ty Lee because of events that happened back home. But considering how complicated this situation is, and that she has no idea if Ty Lee is from before or after that...

...Though her words kind of sound like she's from a bad situation like being in prison? Are there more than that for bad situation for Ty Lee back home even? Katara doesn't know, she really doesn't know her that well even if she would like to now if they're going to be on the same side.

You guys have important things to continue. That ... really sounds like Katara should know what she's talking about. She locks this, that way it's going to look as if she never replied to her, right? ]

I think this is just between you and me now.

[... oh spirits, what if she's wrong? Well, then she'll just say she's the master worrier even if worrying about enemies would be ... well, she's done it before too, hasn't she? Sort of.]

So if you want to, you know, tell me more about that bad situation of yours, I'm listening.