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[rocking_it]

Helloooooo, not Republic City!

[Have a very close-up shot of Bolin's oh-so pretty eyes.]

So, hey. Kidnapped huh. [Kidnapped again, more like it. He leans back and strokes his lack of beard, allowing the rest of his face to be seen. There's a Sentret flopped over his shoulder like a pancake.]

This is a lot better than most kidnappings I've been to. I even get a free--uh, I'm not sure what this is. [He checks out that Sentret. It's a little familiar to him but not quite enough. Like a squished fire ferret.] Yeah, I don't know. But he is adorable! Don't tell Pabu I said that.

[The Sentret makes some little squeaky noises from his shoulder.]

Ahh, guys! It's assaulting me with cuteness! Do you think I should name him?

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[rocking_it]

I don't know too much about them, really, they're just fluffy things with big noses and ears, right?

[punchandkiss]

Sheep usually don't have big ears, no.

Maybe this is an 'other worlds' thing.

[Which she'll never get used to.]

[rocking_it]

Oh right. Weird. I've barely been out of the City until recently. It's been our home forever.

[punchandkiss]

I've never left Berk. And it was just a little village.

You...kind of get used to being here.

[rocking_it]

I guess, but I don't like being here without my brother. I mean, I can take care of myself [sure] but you don't split up brothers, right?

[punchandkiss]

Yeah...that would suck. I'm sorry.

Maybe he'll be here too?

[rocking_it]

Maybe. I feel like if he were here I'd have seen him already.

Well, it's okay! I should focus on taking care of this little guy for now. [Here he pets his Sentret again. He really needs to come up with a name for this guy.]

[punchandkiss]

You never know. It was a couple hours before I found someone from home here.

Yeah, they can be a handful. I have five now.

[rocking_it]

Yeah. And I guess somebody's got to be first, righht?

Wow, really? --Though I guess they seemed to think I was here to train these guys. [Hmmm.]

[punchandkiss]

That's what the book says.

And people here seem to end up with a lot of them.

[rocking_it]

Well, I don't mind taking care of them while I'm here. But I don't know that I can take care of that many and myself. Guess it depends on how much they eat.

[punchandkiss]

Mine have been eating a lot of berries. At first I was worried, but they seem to know which ones are safe instinctively.

There's...pokemon food you can buy, too, but I haven't yet.

[rocking_it]

Berries I can do! And I'll just get a job for myself.

[He's flipping through his manual a bit.]

This seems a little overwhelming, but I think I've got it.

[punchandkiss]

It's...not as complicated as it looks. Mostly, you catch these little creatures and train them to fight so they get stronger. [She shrugs.] Everything else seems to be a...side effect of that.

[rocking_it]

I've trained Pabu to do all kinds of tricks so I can definitely do this!

But training them to fight seems kind of mean.

[punchandkiss]

So far all of mine seem to like doing fighting. And the wild ones come running over to attack.

[rocking_it]

Really?

I guess it's different if they like it. I'm a pro-bender myself, after all.

Er, they attack?

[punchandkiss]

Pro-bender? Why would anyone be a professional bender?

[She's picturing aerobics.]

Yeah, they do. But if you take your time your own pokemon should stay stronger than the wild ones.

[rocking_it]

People like to watch! We even made it all the way to the finals!

Ok. I guess I'll have to keep him from getting his little furry head in too deep.

[punchandkiss]

The finals of...bending.

[She sounds so utterly confused about this.]

Yeah, just take it carefully. Most of the ones around town there seem to be weaker than the starters.

[rocking_it]

You know, the end of the tournament. We should've won--they cheated. [Hmphff! Cheaters.]

Okay. Maybe I can build him up a bit after we get to the first town.

[punchandkiss]

They cheated at bending? What?

[This all sounds ridiculous.]

That's what I did.

[rocking_it]

They cheated and paid off the referee. We should've won!

Not like it mattered in the end, though.

[punchandkiss]

...How do you 'lose' at bending?

[There, that was a safe question.]

[rocking_it]

Well, by losing territory. Most of the time you get knocked right off the platform. It's a heck of a fall, believe me!