voicetesting

[barefootbender]

Putting me in a game, huh? You know, that sounds great. Really, it does. I don't mind going... maybe it'll even be kinda fun.

But there's only one PROBLEM, dummy! How am I supposed to see when everything's made of... of... that stuff!

What was it called... plastic?

WHAT THE HECK IS PLASTIC?!

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[psiandsteak]

What's plastic gotta do with seeing, miss?

[barefootbender]

I'm blind, so I see through my feet using earthbending.

But plastic isn't earth! It's not even metal. It's like... fake metal. What if I can't bend it?

[psiandsteak]

Hey, plastic isn't too tough to bend! [Says the kid who powers himself up with PSI.] You just gotta get yourself some muscles and you'll be snapping them away like a stick.

Uh, but I don't really get this bending business you're talking about. How's bending stuff supposed to help you see?

[barefootbender]

No... not that bending. Earthbending. You know?

[orz, one of these uninitiated types.]

Manipulating rocks and dirt, and stuff like that, basically. So even though I can't see with my eyes, I can tell where everything is through the vibrations I feel in my feet.

I dunno how that's supposed to work though, when everything's made out of this weird mix of plastic and other stuff.

[psiandsteak]

Wow! That sounds really swell! I don't think I've heard of anything like that before.

Huh, maybe you can get a cane! You can knock some stuff over and cause some vibrations that way, can'tcha?

[barefootbender]

Wha... a cane?! Like some kind of helpless old man?! No way! Why should I have to use something like a dumb cane when it's their fault for making everything out of weird fake metal?

[psiandsteak]

Hmm... if that's the case...

[Fistpump!] I got it! A baseball bat could work just as well, couldn't it? A metal one'd work great I bet!

[sokasm]

"Plastic"? Are you sure that's a thing?

[He considers.]

Hmmm. Maybe you will be able to see. Maybe it's a kind of metal!

[barefootbender]

Oh, it's a thing! At least my mun says so.

I mean, if anyone's gonna bend it, it's gonna be me. But from what I understand, it's not earth or metal or wood or anything at all.

[sokasm]

...Seriously?

Are you sure it's a real thing? It sounds like something a mun would make up to freak muses out.

What's it look like? [Oblivious, as usual.]

[barefootbender]

Kinda like metal I guess... smooth and hard if it's a big enough piece, but bendy and brittle if it's small.

But it's not metal at all. It's made out of "petroleum"?

[inutile]

Plastic is a synthetic, or semi-synthetic, organic polymer used in the manufacturing of industrial products. Does the presence of plastic really cause you that much distress?

[barefootbender]

Of course - How can I see if everything's half-made out or plastic or linoleum or whatever?

[smells_to_see]

You could try learning to see by smell like the Shirshu do.

[barefootbender]

See by smell, huh? Bending would still be better, but I'm not hampered by silly germophobia as far as seeing by smell goes.

[smells_to_see]

Yeah I learned how after I lost my sight so I'm sure you could too.

[barefootbender]

Maybe. I mean... seeing with my feet just feels the most right, you know? I'm an earthbender.

[smells_to_see]

Makes sense. From what my mun told me you've been doing this since you were a kid, right?

[barefootbender]

That's right! I learned it all by myself, with the help of wild badger moles.

[12goingon113]

Near as I can tell? It's a little bit like buzzard-wasp wax.

[barefootbender]

Ugh. Don't even remind me of that.

This is gonna be bad, isn't it.

[12goingon113]

It...it'd doesn't have to be. It can be really fun, if you let it.

[barefootbender]

Fun like how? Have you gone before?

[12goingon113]

Fun like getting to meet all kinds of crazy people from all different places and worlds. And then not really having to worry about the Fire Lord at all while you're there.

...

Okay, that last bit might be more fun for me than you.

[barefootbender]

No way, it means I don't have to deal with all the people always after you. Think of all the time I'd have to just hang out in the mud all day, doing whatever I want!

I guess meeting people is cool too.