☯ 1. The barrier has fallen and the entirety of the Avatar world is open for exploration. If you're going to the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom or any of the Air Temples, you might have a few days to travel. Stuck on a boat, airship or flying bison; yeesh! Those headed to the Fire Nation have the option of taking an ominous-looking portal located on Air Temple Island which will zip them straight there! No matter the destination, the population of each nation seems a little... thinned out.
☯ 2. Do you have an OU counterpart somewhere? Does that counterpart have some kind of bending-related ability? Then today is your lucky today! Gone are the days of bending (or non-bending); today, you get the powers your OU counterpart has! Alternatively, you thought you were out of the woods when everyone else had their bending messed up; not so anymore!
☯ 3. The city is in desperate need of vigilantes. Maybe. Vandals are ruining the city. Some are destroying property while others are making inappropriate graffiti on the walls and streets of the city.
☯ 4. Fresh off the boat? You know, now that all the barriers have dropped? Well you better find yourself a place to live and a place to work; otherwise you might as well make yourself home in Avatar Korra Park or ask for help on Air Temple Island.
Some places. It's not anything in most people's homes though.
[Varrick looks uncharacteristically serious as he takes a log sip of tea.
The South got pretty devistated during the Hundred Year War. I mean I don't have to tell you that. Meanwhile the North was hiding between their nice little walls keeping their economy running tickedy boo. When the war finished the North promised to help rebuild the South, send money and help rebuild. But there was never really anything in it for them and they need did more than the bare necessity. Most people back home in the villages are living about they did probably when you were last there.
I have never been to the North, but I know they turned their back on us a long time ago.
[He doesn't really have any interest in going there, either. They'd probably look down on him simply for being from a poor village in the South, and it sounds like it wouldn't be any different in this time.]
[yes. Certainly not any kind of war profiteering would happen with him EVER. What a ridiculous idea. Varrick goes at his own dinner with a little more delicacy, but he does appreciate a man with a good appetite.]
Well I am a bit of a rare case. I started out my business with a single canoe, and now I run the world's shipping! But I m a genius, so not everyone can be at my standard.
It is true. Honesty is often better than false humility.
[He raises an eyebrow at the nudge, and considers Varrick's question. He hasn't been asked all that often before, so he tries to summarise it in the briefest way possible.]
My story is not so different from any other in the war. My village was attacked by the Fire Nation when I was a young boy. Many were taken away, or else murdered. After that day, I swore I would become stronger to help protect everyone, and that I would find the ones who were responsible.
[And end them, is the unspoken implication. Although Connor is usually calm and doesn't often show his feelings, there is a raw edge to his voice as he recounts these particular details. Even if the war might be ended in this time, that won't stop the rage he feels towards the Fire Nation.]
My village, on the other hand, did not want to fight back. They preferred to stay in isolation, and to hope the Fire Nation would forget about them. What I feared more than anything was that the past was going to repeat itself, so when I was thirteen, I left the South Pole and travelled to the Earth Kingdom. I found a teacher who taught me everything he knew in how to fight, and how to think. Years later when my training was finished, I left, both to fight the Fire Nation on my own and to lend support to any rebels where I found them. It was a difficult and often fruitless battle, but I was at least able to liberate a few villages and small towns.
...That is what I was in the midst of, when the spirit world decided to bring me here.
I am still no writer... I do not think I would have the words.
[Even if he's flattered a fellow tribesman would think his story was worth passing on. Traditionally in their tribe, that was generally only reserved for great myths about heroes and spirits.]
[Well if he's flattered at least his plan is slowly working. Very slowly.]
Well, keep thinking about it! I'm trying to get started making movers again, I had to stay out of the city for a while for... certain reasons, so I haven't had a chance to get back in the directing seat for a while. Luckily my old mover star is back in town, too. Bolin, nice kid. You should meet him some time!
Oh, mine's probably the biggest one down there. Way better than anything they got in the Fire Nation. I bet those don't even have their own tennis courts!
[Varrick finishes off the last of his noodles and waves the waitress over.]
C'mon, I'll settle up and we can go take a gander.
[Connor nods and finishes eating. Usually he'd wolf down his meals in no time, but conversation with Varrick had been interesting enough to distract him, on this occassion. That done, he busies himself gathering up all his weapons again.]
I will repay you later for the food, you have my word.
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[Varrick looks uncharacteristically serious as he takes a log sip of tea.
The South got pretty devistated during the Hundred Year War. I mean I don't have to tell you that. Meanwhile the North was hiding between their nice little walls keeping their economy running tickedy boo. When the war finished the North promised to help rebuild the South, send money and help rebuild. But there was never really anything in it for them and they need did more than the bare necessity. Most people back home in the villages are living about they did probably when you were last there.
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[He doesn't really have any interest in going there, either. They'd probably look down on him simply for being from a poor village in the South, and it sounds like it wouldn't be any different in this time.]
What about you? Do you live in this city?
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[Ah, here's there food. Excellent!]
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It is good that at least you have prospered after the war, even if not all of our people yet have.
[Especially if he helps his fellow tribesmen like this. What a nice guy, right? ... Right???]
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Well I am a bit of a rare case. I started out my business with a single canoe, and now I run the world's shipping! But I m a genius, so not everyone can be at my standard.
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[He says it dryly, pausing to wash down his food with more tea.]
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Never really understood the whole modesty thing. Why lie about stuff I know is true, right?
[connor is getting gently nudged under the table.]
So what's you story, pal? I don't know anything about you other than you're from the South about 75 years ago.
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[He raises an eyebrow at the nudge, and considers Varrick's question. He hasn't been asked all that often before, so he tries to summarise it in the briefest way possible.]
My story is not so different from any other in the war. My village was attacked by the Fire Nation when I was a young boy. Many were taken away, or else murdered. After that day, I swore I would become stronger to help protect everyone, and that I would find the ones who were responsible.
[And end them, is the unspoken implication. Although Connor is usually calm and doesn't often show his feelings, there is a raw edge to his voice as he recounts these particular details. Even if the war might be ended in this time, that won't stop the rage he feels towards the Fire Nation.]
My village, on the other hand, did not want to fight back. They preferred to stay in isolation, and to hope the Fire Nation would forget about them. What I feared more than anything was that the past was going to repeat itself, so when I was thirteen, I left the South Pole and travelled to the Earth Kingdom. I found a teacher who taught me everything he knew in how to fight, and how to think. Years later when my training was finished, I left, both to fight the Fire Nation on my own and to lend support to any rebels where I found them. It was a difficult and often fruitless battle, but I was at least able to liberate a few villages and small towns.
...That is what I was in the midst of, when the spirit world decided to bring me here.
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[Chinhanding at you, Connor, that is a way cooler story than the boring village elders ever had.]
Ever thought of writing a book? I bet that would be pretty exciting.
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[Or at least they were. Now he's in the future, it's beginning to sink in that he'll have to figure out what to do until he can find a way back.]
Besides, my story is not a unique one. Many have suffered in a similar way at the hands of the Fire Nation.
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[Yeah sorry, he's still plotting here. He's gonna make you a star, bro.]
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[Even if he's flattered a fellow tribesman would think his story was worth passing on. Traditionally in their tribe, that was generally only reserved for great myths about heroes and spirits.]
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Well, keep thinking about it! I'm trying to get started making movers again, I had to stay out of the city for a while for... certain reasons, so I haven't had a chance to get back in the directing seat for a while. Luckily my old mover star is back in town, too. Bolin, nice kid. You should meet him some time!
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Perhaps our paths will cross while I am here. What kind of movers has he performed in?
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[wat.]
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"Nuktuk" is one of the leading roles, I assume?
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It's pretty gripping stuff.
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[After all, they're almost done dinner wink wink.]
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[... Yeah, he's imagining a tiny little Water Tribe boat. (Why is everything in Republic City supersized, anyway???)]
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Is the ship as large as the ones we saw at port today, then? They were even larger than anything I've seen even in the Fire Navy's fleet.
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[Varrick finishes off the last of his noodles and waves the waitress over.]
C'mon, I'll settle up and we can go take a gander.
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I will repay you later for the food, you have my word.
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[by this point it's clear the flirting is going right over his head so by this point it's mainly just for fun.]
I'm just docked around the corner from here.
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