Round 5 [Voice/Action]

[isgorgeous]

[ Bolin goes about his day in the usual manner, though since the draft he hasn't been as enthusiastic about the whole thing. He's been waking up a later, Pabu acting as a trusty alarm clock.

When he finally heads outside to practice his earth bending midmorning, anyone familiar with him might be able to tell his heart isn't in it. That combined with the heavy rain from the last few days means that he loses his footing a few times to fall in the mud.

After a quick trip back to the house to shower off the healthy layer of mud, Bolin will be in a few locations around the village during the afternoon. He'll be stopping by the bakery and even the library. He's a little more reserved than he normally is in both attitude and appetite.

Later on in the evening he gets around to opening his journal to make an entry. ]

[Voice]

It's weird thinking I've been here for eight months, I've never been away from home that long in my life. [ Not that he really had a home for a few years but he won't get into that. ] I'm gonna be turning 17 soon and it'll be the first time my brother won't be there for it. I never really thought about being here long enough to hit my next birthday.

In Republic City they'd be doing promotional matches for pro-bending, exhibitions to get fans excited for the upcoming season. Me and Mako would go on the days they'd let people in for free when we were kids, when we could get away with it. The weather would be getting nice again, too. It was a good time to get work in the parks doing landscaping stuff.

Luceti's really small compared to it, it could fit into one neighborhood really easily. I'm probably just homesick but... this sucks... Not really sure I had a point with all this, honestly. [ So he closes the journal before he rambles anymore. ]

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[Action]

[savedtheworld]

[It's likely Aang had been catching onto some oddness from Bolin ever since the draft. It's an easy guess that the draft had something to do with this mood change - and that Bolin might have needed someone to talk to. But Aang didn't want to push him into it - he realized that, in the end, he didn't know Bolin that well. He thought Bolin might come to him if he needed his help.

But today? Today he manages to spot Bolin during his practice and finds it odd he wasn't approached. Aang's glad to practice earthbending with his friend, after all. So he starts to make his way over towards Bolin, just in time to notice him falling in the mud. So Aang rushes over to help him.]

Bolin!

[Action]

[isgorgeous]

[ Ugh, just what he needed to start his day, a face full of mud. He's getting to his feet when he hears Aang coming over and mentally winces. Definitely not what he wanted his friend to see. A quick bending move pulls most of the mud off his front thankfully. ]

Hey Aang... That was pretty bad, wasn't it?

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

[Aang reaches out a hand to help Bolin up if he needs it, while giving a light smile.]

It wasn't too bad. It's got nothing on some of them falls Sokka's had. But are you okay?

[Action]

[isgorgeous]

Yeah, I'm good. Toph would probably be disappointed if she was around for that, though.

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[truemessiah]

[ Oh, Serenity can understand the homesickness. She was already longing for her husband, and daughter, and her crystal palace; she forgot how hard it is to be away from home. ]

Is there anything you can do that will make you feel as if you're home, even if it's just for a moment?

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[isgorgeous]

Maybe, it's just hard to think of anything right now.

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[truemessiah]

How about doing something fun, something that will take your mind off it all?

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[isgorgeous]

I can't really do probending here, though. There aren't enough people who can bend the right elements.

[cuteisawayoflife]

Pro-bending? [she's actually a tiny bit intrigued] What's that? Is it like wrestling or something?

[isgorgeous]

[ Okay this is a distraction Bolin get can get behind. ]

It's a sport from my world, teams of three who can fight with the elements face off with each other in an arena.

[cuteisawayoflife]

Elements? You mean like magic?

[isgorgeous]

Bending isn't magic, it's just something some people in my world can do. I can do earth bending, it's just a way learning to understand the world around you differently.

[endgames]

You're just gonna mope about it?

[It's not like he doesn't get the homesick feeling-- well. He's actually responding to this because of that.]

[isgorgeous]

Why can't I mope a little? I know there've been people here longer but being here still sucks pretty bad.

[endgames]

You said you're about to turn seventeen, right? That makes us the same age. [Sort... of... Luceti is such a pain with this age thing.] Practically men, and men don't mope.

[A beat.]

If we have to do anything like that, we're supposed to brood.

[isgorgeous]

[ Brood, huh? He can roll with this ]

How does one brood properly? I'm more of a moper personally so I don't know the proper form.

[worldsaway]

Another one of the benders, are you? What particular element do you have under your control? [Thor is so very curious.]

As for your concerns, I agree entirely. This place is inferior to Asgard in every sense, it is a great misfortune to be trapped here when home is where one belongs. [Aaand the less said about brothers the better.]

[isgorgeous]

Oh, I'm an earth bender. I can do a little bit of metal bending too but I'm not that good yet.

I dunno if it's really inferior, but it's definitely not home.

[worldsaway]

Earth! A respectable element indeed! Does it require a certain strength to wield it or is it something that comes naturally?

Perhaps to some! It certainly doesn't measure to any standard I know.

[hisapprentice]

But having a birthday here isn't so bad. There's lots of cake!

[Cheering people up with food. What could go wrong?]

[isgorgeous]

[ Best strategy, Luke. ]

...You definitely have a point there.

[hisapprentice]

For my last birthday, I got to have cake twice. For free! I know it's pretty awful what happens here sometimes, but...well, it's not all bad.

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[breezing]

I miss it, too.

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[isgorgeous]

[ Oh crap. Well that just makes him feel even worse, Ikki's been here longer than him. ]

Ah geez, sorry Ikki. I shouldn't have gone complaining like that.

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[breezing]

Why're you sorry? It really has been a long time.

[ It will be a year soon. ...A year. Gosh. ]

I miss the island and the temple and seeing the city. You know we could see the arena from there? I liked how it lit up at night.