MINGLE TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT

[these_balls]

Who: ANYONE AND EVERYONE
Where: ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE
When: November 25 - 27
Summary: GET IN HERE AND MINGLE
Rating: BUT PLEASE MARK YOUR THREAD CONTENT ACCORDINGLY
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[twodragons]

So just because it's following me, that means I have to train it? What kind of a deal is that?

[Can't it just follow someone else?]

[soundmind]

The deal we all get when we're brought to this world, so at least I can assure you that everybody's getting the same treatment.

[Nope, he's stuck with it.]

But I guess you don't have to train it? You can just keep it as a pet. But it won't get stronger or evolve if you don't do anything with it. And you're required to have one Pokemon with you at all times if you're exploring this world so you can't drop it off somewhere.

[twodragons]

Required? Why is there a requirement for that sort of thing?

[Will he get arrested if he doesn't?]

[soundmind]

[She shrugs. Again. Isn't this a nice theme.]

I saw someone try to leave without theirs and they got stopped and told that it was too dangerous to go alone. Considering the logic of this world I have the feeling that someone will pop out of nowhere to tell you that if you try to leave without it. I don't know how it works, whether it's magic or something else, but somehow someone will know that you've broken the rules.

[twodragons]

Dangerous? It's not like I can't fight on my own. Maybe someone else might have trouble, but I have my bending.

[He holds out a hand, and a ball of fire appears in the center. The charmander claps its front claws, once again not seeming to mind that it isn't wanted.]

[soundmind]

Ohh!

[Neat trick! Maka looks impressed by it anyway.]

I know, I can fight on my own too, but...in actuality, even though all of our abilities are intact today? They're not usually, we're just regular people any other day. And besides, I'm pretty sure that's another thing that's a part of the rules that people will somehow know that you broke--attacking Pokemon directly, I mean. I'm not sure if punching another Pokemon trainer in the face that won't leave you alone is a penalty. [Which obviously means she hasn't tested it.]

[twodragons]

They take our bending away too? What for?

[Is this some world actually run by the animals or what? Is this supposed to be how they maintain peace or something?]

[soundmind]

...Bending?

[Okay, supposing he's referring to the fire trick that he had.]

I'm assuming they do that so we'll all be on even ground. And so we don't kill each other.

[twodragons]

Really?

How do they even do that, though? And can we get them back?

[Because the idea of someone just taking his bending away is a little scary.]

[soundmind]

I don't know how they do that, but then again nobody does. It seems like it's gonna stay a mystery. We can only get them back on odd days like this when people like you start visiting and we're all sent to different places, it's like some disruption in the world's balance.

[twodragons]

What do you mean, people like me? What exactly is going on around here?

[soundmind]

[Sigh. Why are boys always so troublesome?]

I've said before that your visit might be temporary, right? People like you are just visitors here, not permanent residents like us. What I've been telling you, that's the extent of what I know and nothing more than that.

[twodragons]

What's the point, then? Why train this little guy if I'm not going to be staying here? And what am I supposed to be doing?

[Sorry, Maka. There's just too many questions.]

[soundmind]

You don't have to if you're not staying, but that's what I'm saying we're all meant to be doing as permanent residents here. I mean, you asked me what we're supposed to do here, didn't you? I can't decide what you're going to do to pass the time, that's only something you can decide.

[Ahhh, troublesome, troublesome.]

...And he's going to keep following you no matter how far or fast you walk, so.

[twodragons]

[Zuko's sigh is a frustrated one.]

Right, I'm just going to find a way home. At least it's not getting in the way or anything.

[He gestures to the Charmander again.]