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[melonlord]

Look, mun, I get it. It's hard to be the only person who knows what's she's talking about when she mentions bending. But do you have to rub it in every time I have to explain my earth-bending to people?

At this point, I'd take some of those weird future people just so someone will know what I'm talking about.

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[tinfoil_angel]

You'd have to explain what the word meant but after that I'd get it. Granted if my mun actually decides to send me to Thusia. He's tossing around ideas at this point.

[melonlord]

[sigh] An earthbender is someone who can control earth and stone by movement. Which everyone older than two in my world knows.

[tinfoil_angel]

Right and in my world I can do this without breaking a sweat.

[There is a purple glow behind his goggles, the earth beneath them would begin to rumble before a platform of ground that could hold their weight rose into the air.]

[melonlord]

[don't surprise her like that]

That's moving earth, but it isn't earthbending. They feel different, and your form's all wrong.

...

Not that that's not pretty sweet.

[tinfoil_angel]

[He'll land them back down again.]

What is the difference? Actually shifting the earth to do what you want or what?

If that's the case.

[Toph would feel the earth shift a little bit away from them and then a rock pillar would form out of the ground. Sure he still didn't move his body more than to look in the direction he wanted but it was still a little above basic bending level.]

[melonlord]

I don't know. It's just... like the difference between the sound of a flute and a horn. And you're not moving.

[sighs again, and makes her own pillar, deliberately exaggerating her bending stances more than she needs to]

[tinfoil_angel]

Mm I guess it isn't the same. Maybe you would call what I do Mindbending. It can do all of the other bending methods but it's different. My mundane likes to compare me to your friend Aang because I'm different from most people from my world.

[melonlord]

One of the people from Thusia tried to explain magic like that. Well, not from Thusia, but from somewhere else.

So you got some kind of Avatar job?

[tinfoil_angel]

I don't think so but we're both bald, glow when we use our power and can do a lot more than other people.

[Actually Karl was curious about something.]

For instance, do you want to know what it's like to see? It would only be temporary and you wouldn't even be seeing through your eyes.

[melonlord]

You can do that?

I've never really thought about it before. Really, I like seeing things my way.

[youcantknockmedown]

People around here don't know what bending is?

[Somehow she doesn't like the sound of that.]

[melonlord]

Well, around where I end up. They have all kinds of other powers, but I say earth-bending and they go 'what's that'?

[youcantknockmedown]

I guess that's a step up from arresting benders for bending...

[melonlord]

Why would anyone do that? I mean, I get that back home the Fire Nation tried that, but we were at war.

And also, they were jerks.

yay icons finally

[youcantknockmedown]

Yeah, that's what I meant. You remember Haru and the other Earth Nation colonies that were forced to not bend...

[shudder]

There isn't anything like that going on here, is there?

Re: yay icons finally

[melonlord]

Nah, just... weird people who don't have any sort of benders, but have other kinds of powers.

[youcantknockmedown]

Really? Like what?

[melonlord]

Like I talked to one girl who could draw the future. And another guy who has magic, which is like bending but not: he doesn't move like any bender I know. And a person who can turn into animals.

[youcantknockmedown]

Wow that's really cool!

[but...]

Guess we really are far away from home, aren't we?

[lightonhisfeet]

You've had a bunch of people ask that too, huh?

[melonlord]

Yep. If I could write, I'd make a sign or something.

[lightonhisfeet]

If you cou--[ Oh. Hellooo Bolin, she's blind. ]

Yeahhh you'd think it would be pretty obvious what earthbending is, just from the name, but...[ leshrug ]

[melonlord]

That requires they know what 'bending' is.

[lightonhisfeet]

No, not really. I mean earth bending. Bending...the earth, which is kind of like moving it.


You know, you just have to make the connection. [ Or something. ]

[melonlord]

Good point. Guess we're just surrounded by a bunch of dummies.