text; un: fireprince

[rediscovering]

hello. zuko here. a couple things:

1. for some people chroma is really difficult or weird or uncomfortable. a lot of people come from hard worlds, with difficult lives at home that aren't so touchy-feely like this, and it's hard to adjust, especially for new people. on the 20th of every month there's a social support group for anyone touch-averse to avoid the awkwardness, still get chroma, and have a mutual understanding between everyone there.

there's also private talk therapy with a professional doctor available. there will be free food, a raffle for a prize, scary movies, a haunted house, and a bonfire. meet at the community center, runs all evening. you can wear costumes if you want. anyone can come, alone or with a friend, just be respectful of others' space, thats why we're there. easy icebreaker for easy chroma and a way to meet new people and feel some support maybe. contact me or otonashi (un: otoproxy) if you have questions.




apart from that.....
2. i'm looking for people to play some sports from my home, we need at least six more.
one is a team game called kuai ball, which i guess is like volleyball... simple rules, hard game.

the other is a Fire Nation children's game called Hide and Explode, it's a stealth/strategy game, like tag but you hide and make traps around your hiding spot with lots of little bombs, it's fun. i swear it's safe, kids play it (just don't throw the bombs AT people, hurts)



3. oh and i just saw movies for the first time
i watched Kill Will and Mad Matt: Rage Road
amazing
i want to know more about movies
there's no such thing in my world

that's all thanks

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[brawlcreed]

2. That Hide and Explode game sounds amazing. Wish I got to play that growing up.

3. Movies were new for me too when I arrived here.

[rediscovering]

it’s fun. I didn’t play it a lot as a kid but it’ll probably be just as fun grown up now. My friend is making bombs for it.

Have you seen a lot of movies since then??

[brawlcreed]

I have some smoke bombs. Are those allowed?

A few. My partner and I watched some about a detective in London. Made me think of home.

[rediscovering]

sure why not
more bombs the better right??
The bombs we use are ones that cover you in soot if you set it off.
So for example, you’re hiding, the seeker sets off your bomb, he gets covered in black soot, so he’s out, you’re the new seeker.
If he manages to find you but avoids your trap, you have to run to base to be safe before he tags you out.
And obviously if you set off your own bomb you’re out

Makes sense???

I don’t know what London is but we have detectives in my world too. and bounty hunters. otherwise military officials keep the peace, but they don’t really solve mysterious crimes.
Was it a good movie??

[brawlcreed]

That's bloody clever. I'll have to remember this game when I get back to London.

It's a city. Huge city, where I live.
I thought so. But then, I got to do a bit of detective work with my sister and our little friend Artie, so the movies made me think of that.

[rediscovering]

i mean...... you probably won’t?? But you can play with us here if you want

oh. The worlds in the movies were totally different from my world, just like this world..... it’s a cool way to see what other worlds are like in a way, I guess. I used to go to the theatre with my family a lot as a kid cuz my mom loved it but movies are like
paintings and theatre combined I don’t know

I told my sister about the movies here but she doesn’t seem to care. Maybe my uncle will watch more movies with me, but i don’t think he’d like Kill Will as much as I did..... i should find something else for him.

[lightblooming]

That's kind of you to offer to help others like this. Everyone has different limits when it comes to things like touching like they expect us to do.

[rediscovering]

yeah, thanks. it wasn’t my idea, otonashi started it, but I wanted to help. we could even potentially coordinate this like a kind of grass-roots social security program eventually, as it gains traction. I think it’s important.

Also I really hate chroma shit myself so........ caught my interest.

[lightblooming]

Even if it wasn't your idea, you're still doing your part right now.

... It feels wrong that energy is transferred through touch alone. Closeness like that-- shouldn't be forced.

[rediscovering]

well thanks, then.....

absolutely agreed. it's not natural or comfortable or fair. with the people i've become close to, it is nice, and it definitely helped us become closer faster, but that feels like a fluke. i met a few people during a hugging curse and just got lucky meeting the right people, ended up being friends, but it could have gone horribly, and it was so unnerving even when it was going well. were you here for that???

[lightblooming]

... No. But, I can imagine how bad that would be if you ended up in the arms of the wrong person.

There are some people here who I wouldn't put my trust in so easily, but-- there are a lot of good people in this world, too. People who wouldn't take advantage of others.

[brawlcreed]

That's true
It's hard to wrap my head around some of those things
I hadn't thought of them as moving paintings, but that's a good point :)

There are all sorts of movies out there. There's bound to be one your uncle will like.

text; un: laurea

[wearingguess]

Hello, Zuko!

1. Is it okay for people who are not touch-averse to attend the social? Obviously while respecting everyone's space. (Also, may I ask what exactly therapy is? This is the second time I'm hearing about it recently.)

2. Physical feats are not exactly my forte, but I am willing to try; the games sound like fun! Is it allowed to use magic?

3. You know, we also did not have them in my world when I first came here, but in the intervening years while I was back there, they were suddenly developed. They aren't yet as sophisticated as the ones here, of course. The ones here are amazing, aren't they? I saw one recently called The World Prior to Chronology, and I cried so much that I became dehydrated! Some other ones I like are The Prince Groom, Sanguizilla vs Cordithra, and Space Battles.

[rediscovering]

it baffles me every day why people are so nice and trusting here. even the not-so-nice people are generous. i don't get it. it's just the culture here, i guess but... my world is far more cut-throat.

it would be easy to take advantage of others and exploit their kindness here. but no one seems to mind that. and believe me, i've asked. it's bizarre. nice. good. helpful. but bizarre.

[rediscovering]

well cuz of the colors and stuff, like there was this shot in the movie i watched where these two women were swordfighting in a pretty garden covered in snow, an assassin against a mafia boss, who was dressed in all white, and when the assassin scalped her, the red blood all over the white of her dress and the snow was really striking and painterly somehow... you can't see that kind of imagery on a stage... ...also you can't see someone scalped on a stage, it looked really real, it was cool, i don't know how they did that

but uncle probably wouldn't like that, he is a calm peaceful person
he'd just like the pretty garden ha
are there movies about.... tea...?? or more philosophical martial arts movies?? without any graphic comedic beheadings..... :)
oh or maybe dragons??? do you know any movies about dragons????

there's so much of so much here, it's a little overwhelming sometimes

[rediscovering]

hi titus

1. yes come
and i don't know i'm going to find out too
you talk to a doctor about your mental state and history and he figures out if you have a medical condition in your brain or something i guess and he helps somehow?? or just listens to people complain and gives advice, i guess. but it seemed like a good idea for the group...

2. no magic, not fair. non-benders can play this game at home, same should apply here. just bombs. there are bombs that cover the seeker/whoever set them off in black soot so we know they're tagged out. gokudera's making the bombs. if you have smoke bombs or something else that explodes safely, go for it, but no unfair magical advantages, it's strategy only

3. you cried????? why?!
what is sanguizilla....??? weird word. it has to do with sanguis? i'm sanguis.
space battles sounds cool, i would watch that just from the name
no prince groom i don't care about weddings or prince stuff anymore

[lightblooming]

.... I understand. I was in a world like that for a long time. I'm sorry that your home is like that.

But, maybe the fact that people are so trusting here might be good for you. We all should be able to experience kindness from others.

[rediscovering]

don't get me wrong, there are many kind people in my world despite all the pain there is from the war!! and when i traveled through a very wide country on my own, i met strangers who helped me, welcomed me, fed me..... but i often wonder, if they had known where i was really from, because my home country ravages this nation in a war for decades and tears families apart still today..... if they knew i was from there, would they have treated me the same?

but here i think i've mostly met the kind of people who would. which is weird but good, you're right.

[wearingguess]

1. This must be a field of medicine we don't have in our world! It's too bad I won't remember about it when I go back. I am sure Sphintus would be interested. (Perhaps we could finally discover what is wrong with his brain, LOL.)

2. Oh, the bomb one is fine! It's the volleyball one I expect to find difficult without magic. (I think I had begun to gain some muscle tone from ice skating and things when I was here before, but of course I didn't retain it... and my duties at home involve little in the way of aerobic exercise)

3. It was extremely moving!!! Tinytoes felt so alone after he lost his mother, and he and his friends had to try so hard to finally make it to safety in the Grand Vale!! I cannot think of anyone who would not have wept at the sight.

Sanguizilla is an immensely destructive yet noble beast who wields the power of the red moon to alternately protect and demolish the world. Cordithra is a divine and benevolent creature with mighty wings and beam attacks powered by the blue moon! She and Sanguizilla fought bitterly but eventually joined forces to save the world from a monster that came out of a big meteor or something. (By the way, I am Cordis!) Apparently they meet up with the courageous purple moon guardian, Gamiris, in a sequel, but I haven't seen that one.

Well, The Prince Groom is not particularly about princes or weddings, despite the name... though it does feature a modest amount of kissing. But now I am curious: Do you really plan to permanently stop caring about prince stuff?



(Oh by the way I was only joking about Sphintus's brain. I suppose it is too unkind to make fun of him when he is not here to defend himself)

[rediscovering]

2. ha. kuai ball is also played by non-benders. but sometimes us firebenders can get a little... hot-tempered though... so on the one hand it's probably preferable not to set the net or the ball on fire or freeze it or do something magical to alter the game because there are non-benders/non-magicians, just normal people, who are playing alongside us.....

......but on the other hand where's the fun in that, i want to win, ha
me and my sister never lose, our team will win. if something catches on fire in the process....... oh well.
besides, i've played kuai ball in the fire nation...
i want to play kuai ball here
there are so many combatants and fighters with crazy talents and different magic than in my world, people who will really bring the game
it'll be fun to have a challenge instead of me and my sister just annihilating the other team every time.
i mean, a challenge before annihilating them still. but for fun. :)

3. Tinytoes.......?? dumb name. how did he lose his mom though....?

the sanguizilla movie sounds cool, i want to see this
no on the kissing movie
and yes i dont care about prince stuff because i'm not a little boy dreaming about prince stuff and kissing princesses and whatever that movie is about, it sounds childish
if it's got depth and kissing royalty, that's different, because the drama. but that kind of play usually has a better title than "the prince groom" in that case. it'd have to be profound somehow, i don't know........

text; un: shigeru

[mysophobic]

There's a...support group for people who are touch adverse?

[ Where has he been and why hasn't he heard about this until now?! ]

It sounds...really nice. I'll definitely come by.

[rediscovering]

yeah we're trying to get it off the ground it's new
last time went pretty well, this time will go even better i think
we'll be glad to have yuo

[wearingguess]

2. Oh! You have a sister? And she's here? How wonderful!! You know, I also have a sister, kind of. (Well, I kind of have many sisters, considering there were a lot of clones of Lady Scheherazade other than me, but that's not who I mean now)

Sadly, she isn't here, so she and I cannot team up to annihilate you and your sister! :) But I shall do my best on her behalf.

3. She saved him from the fearsome Keenfang but was mortally wounded in the process. It was heart-rending!! And Tinytoes would probably think you are the one with a dumb name.

Shall we watch them, then—the Sanguizilla movies, and Space Battles? We can "Moonflix and chill"! (Or perhaps not, since I seem to recall that meant something other than simply chilling out with Moonflix.)

You are really making a lot of assumptions about the Prince Groom. It's very adventurous and dramatic! You ought to give things a chance before deciding they are childish or unworthy of your attention!

these land before time puns are killing me, jsyk, i love this lmao

[rediscovering]

2. yeah she's my ... younger ... but now older sister. i guess she's from the future. she won't tell me how far. she's my only sibling. home life was weird; still weird between us here but in a totally different new way now. but my uncle is here too, like i told you. you'd get along better with uncle iroh than with azula. you aren't each other's types trust me.....

3. ok we'll do that
let me know when
i have only daytime shifts this week, nights are all free

even if prince groom is better than it sounds, i wanna make sure i'm watching all the best movies first, right?? is that one of the best??

i cannot be stopped

[wearingguess]

2. Ah, so much family to be here. It's too bad things are weird, but apparently they often are, with family. Do Iroh and Azula get along? And does it bother you that she won't tell you when she is from? (For a time, there were others from my world here... I think they were probably from around the same point in time as I myself now am, but back then it was years into my future. They would have told me what had become of me, but I never asked because I was too afraid of what the answer might be... Is it like that for you, or do you want to know?)

By the way, Marga is also both older and younger, but she always has been! She is nine now!

3. Let's do it tonight! Or tomorrow or the day after. We can pop corn!! (Do they have corn in your world?? We don't in mine.)

I have no idea what the best movies are, but I have heard that The Prince Groom has some kind of niche religious following, which is certainly impressive in its own way