4th Wall @ gargleblasted

[solutionist]

I'm looking forward to meeting the Avatar there. Both of them. Though my time there will be short, I can assure you that when I leave... all those with bending will be cleansed of their impurities.

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[alesserequalist]

Who is currently there?

[solutionist]

Avatar Korra, a young Avatar Aang... many of the renowned "heroes" of the world who used bending to get their way.

[alesserequalist]

Taking adventage of the whole thing. Good luck sir.

[solutionist]

Thank you, but luck isn't something I need; I have the Spirits on my side who have chosen me for this task. I will remove bending of the Avatars and these false heroes and bring the equality so many people long for.

[amon_fire]

Yeah, because that worked out so well for us last time.

[solutionist]

In this place, they don't possess the knowledge or the power they had in the end. Even if they find out ahead of time here, there is nothing they can do to stop me. They'll be powerless. Helpless.

[amon_fire]

You sound like a megalomaniacal super-villain from a radio show.

Or, worse, Yakkone.

[solutionist]

Don't compare me to that crime lord. You'll find it to be a... regrettable course of action.

[ ...Even if he has to threaten himself. Sort of. ]

[heartisabattleground]

Bending? Cleansed? What are you talking about?

[solutionist]

Those with the power to bend the elements often use that ability to suppress others. Those who cannot bend the elements are subject to theft, violence and other crimes by those who can.

[heartisabattleground]

That doesn't sound good...but I don't think everyone would use bending or whatever it is, to do that kind of stuff to people who can't. Some of them could be even protecting the people who can't bend.

[solutionist]

There is no need to protect others from a power if it doesn't exist. Things are simpler that way and it puts everyone on an even playing field. This is more than just a power struggle—non-benders are treated as second class citizens. They receive little to no respect because the benders of society find those without their abilities to be of little value.

[OOC: AU Amon here--who really IS a scarred nonbender

[just_a_mask_now]

...Noatak, I presume?

I'm curious to know how a bloodbender can remove a person's bending. To my understanding, it was never quite explained, though I have some ideas on how it's possible. [This Amon isn't really expecting an answer to this. He's more interested in getting a rise out of the other.]

[solutionist]

[ Even though all his secrets have been spilled into the open, he seems calm enough. Wearing a mask help hides the angry expression, but not the subtle anger in his voice. ]

Why would you need to ask?

[just_a_mask_now]

Just curious. I seriously doubted you would say. At least we share the tendency to keep our techniques a trade secret. [And using the mask as a crutch, and the changing mood in voice. This Amon can recognize that he succeeded in getting a rise out of the other, easily picking up on the anger in his voice--it's not so unlike his own when he does get incensed.]

[solutionist]

It sounds to me that although we are similar, we are also very different.

[elegant_and_proud]

How tragic to think that an inborn gift is an impurity.

[solutionist]

It is indeed a shame, but it is the consequences of misusing their abilities that has lead to this.

[elegant_and_proud]

How do you define misuse?

[100yearsgone]

[ NOT GOOD.

But he's remaining calm. ]

You're bluffing.

[solutionist]

Do you think so, young Avatar?

[100yearsgone]

You couldn't take everyones bending away, even if you really did try. [ That's right, Aang will pretend there are a lot of benders on the ship. ] I think you know that.

[fatherlord]

So it's the Avatar's right to decide who gets their bending taken away and who doesn't?

[OOC: AU Amon cutting in...because I have wanted to interact with an Aang]

[just_a_mask_now]

He may be a liar, but I doubt he has much use for a bluff. Even I rarely favor such a tactic.

[Nods to the boy.] Greetings, young Avatar. Your statue doesn't do you justice.

/o/ fantastic

[100yearsgone]

[ He considers Amon for a moment. ] The ships too big to be able to pull something like that off.