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[It's helpful that so many people have been fiddling around with their lockets, and that Aang's given himself some time to try figuring the thing out. There are only three false starts before he manages to properly turn it to video.

A twelve-year-old bald boy with arrows tattooed on his head, arms, and legs sits in a lotus position. To those who would recognize it, his clothes seem similar to those of Tibetan monks.]

Is this thing on...?

[The locket's also upside-down as he works on it, his tongue sticking out with concentration, before he blinks.]

Oh! Hi!

[He puts the locket down upright and tries to look like he knows what he's doing, but the image is kind of ruined by his somewhat sheepish smile and the way he waves.]

I'm Aang! [He puts his hands in his lap, gray eyes bright and curious.] I don't really know many of you, but I'd like to! I kind of what to say something to everyone on both sides of this.

[The smile begins to fade.] In my world, there's been a war going on for a hundred years. I still don't know why it began. From what I hear, one nation attacked the others, and the others are now just trying to protect themselves. I've always wondered why that first nation attacked. [The smile's completely gone now. The eyes have lost some of their brightness.] But now... we have these lockets. So we can talk to each other, and we can find out why we're being told to fight each other.

So I came on here to ask... [He puts his palms together and closes his eyes. Just a twelve-year-old boy, trying to fulfill his duty to achieve peace and harmony.] that before we start fighting, that we talk first, and we compare what our separate sides have told us. That we try to learn about each other. I'll start.

[The boy unfolds his legs and picks up a wooden staff from the ground, using it to get to his feet and leaning on it while he speaks.] Like I said, I'm Aang. I'm an Air Nomad. That means I'm a monk, and I was taught to respect all life. [Perhaps conspicuously to those who know him, he doesn't mention his status as the Avatar. That seems like heavy stuff to tell people who don't even know what that is.] When I came here, I was told that I had to kill people who were chosen by the Unseelie to steal their Shards, and if we didn't do that, then everything I ever loved would be destroyed. They said that this is a kingdom that represents light in the world--things like honor, courage, love, justice... that kind of thing. And that the Unseelie are going to destroy all of it.

So... what about everyone else? Seelie and Unseelie? Who are you? Where are you from? Why did they tell to fight?

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Yup! Did it right on the locket!

[He has no problems with this. He can't very well ask that everyone get along if he's not ready to trust people to not hunt him down and murder him.]

But I trust that most people don't really want to fight here without understanding what's happening.

[ What a guy. She wouldn't even dream of being so bold. ]

I suppose you have a point. I don't mind fighting as long as I get home, though. They say if we win the war, my world will be saved. That much I understand. It is something I must do for my country... and for the world my friends live in.

But what proof do they have that they have any influence over your world? How do we know that our worlds will be affected either way?

I—I do not know. I just want to go home, no matter what it may take.

...I am sorry. My name is Kougyoku Ren. I hail from the Kou Empire.

I know that there's a way home. People from my future who remember me being in my world after all this are here. That means I'm going to go back. Either the Seelie will win, or they're wrong about how us not fighting will end in the destruction of our worlds and never being able to go back.

It's nice to meet you, Kougyoku. What's the Kou Empire?

Edited 2014-04-11 05:20 (UTC)

[ So they can take people not only from different worlds, but from different points in time as well. She shouldn't be surprised if she finds a younger or older version of anyone she knows here. Whatever the result of the war may be, she hopes that Aang is right. ]

The Kou Empire is a large nation in the east of my world. Your clothing is familiar—perhaps it is not too different from yours. [ She's almost certain she's only seen Aang's clothing in books, though. She's hasn't been to that part of the empire. ]

I may not look it, but I am a warrior. I fight for the empire and my father, the emperor. [ A pause. ] He is no longer with us, but... Until recently, I always thought that was the only way to live my life.

My nation is probably the smallest and we're split into four.

[His face softens, though that's not visible over voice.] I'm sorry for your loss.

It's alright. [ She was never close to her father, anyway. With everything that happened after his wake, she didn't have the time to grieve. She doesn't. ]

Um, what is your nation called, and what is it like?

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sorry this is late! i was out of town.

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